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Gunnaaar Scuff picture from my ride today (not even the drive side?) but I want to prove I have one bike with a flat saddle.
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Salt Fish posted:Gunnaaar Nice! Which model is that? Dig the 3rd bottle cage.
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Its their touring model, the Grand Tour, with the short lived SRAM cx1 groupset which I think got folded into force. I just changed it over to a 28T in the front so that I can take 40lbs of camping gear up a 10% grade. Top speed in the 11th cog is about 25mph if you really spin out.
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Okay maybe an 8% grade.
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PolishPandaBear posted:Are you guys including maintenance costs in this or just original purchase price? I'm including total money put into bike If I don't my commutor goes down to 8c/km
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My Roubaix road bike has been $.55 per km. It goes up to .71 if you factor in the wheelset I just bought. My Journeyman commuter/gravel bike has been $.45 per km. My Timberjack mountain bike ends up the worst at $1.15 per km. I wonder how this would end up if you did $$$ per hour of use.
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BraveUlysses posted:looking to get a replacement 11sp chain or two soon and kmc gold are now really pricey I’ve had surprisingly good luck with PYC chains off of ebay. They come in oil slick too in addition to gold.
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My road bike is $0.08/mile, not counting maintenance and the handlebar/cranks I put on it because I don't remember how much I spent. Rough guess would put it in the low teens cents per mile. No idea on the mileage on my other two, but I've had my winter commuter/gravel rig since new in '98 and it was an economy model on sale as last year's model then. I can't imagine it's more than $0.01/mile by this point.
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Heliosicle posted:Didn't get picked for the Amstel Gold sportief, anyone else get lucky? did you happen to get lucky in the second go around? i did!
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Dec 5, 2021 14:58
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CAAD10: 34c/mile total, 8c/mile original purchase price Allez: 38c/mile total, 14c/mile original purchase price All this means is that I'm just gonna spend more money on stuff for them.
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Lex Neville posted:did you happen to get lucky in the second go around? i did! Didn't get an email so I guess not? Unless there was something extra I needed to do for that. Race bike is 39c/km (not including maintenance) after 3 years, which isn't as low as I'd have hoped for. Stadsfiets is probably <5c/km since it was cheap and I've ridden it a lot. MTB and commuter are both just under 1€/km, did 1200km on the commuter since I got it in June
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My commuter is still about $2/mile - but ask me again in 20 years!
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Heliosicle posted:Didn't get an email so I guess not? Unless there was something extra I needed to do for that. no, you didn't have to do anything. people who didn't pay their entry fee in time were replaced by others. you would've received an email. sorry to hear you didn't get in! 
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I backed out as I'm not confident of doing 240k by then, I'm only comfortably back up to 80k or so following accident
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oh, sorry to hear it! the FAQ said you could change the distance up until the day of fwiw. i guess that might be too late now
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Lex Neville posted:oh, sorry to hear it! the FAQ said you could change the distance up until the day of fwiw. i guess that might be a bit late now Oh you can but if I'm doing shorter then the money is better spent on, eg, a few days in Mallorca
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My commuter went from about $0.05/mile to $0.0525 today because I spent $10 on a new front wheel for it at the local bike coop's winter sale.
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drat I spent more than that on a skewer and I was going for literally the cheapest thing I could find.
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Albinator posted:My commuter went from about $0.05/mile to $0.0525 today because I spent $10 on a new front wheel for it at the local bike coop's winter sale. My local coop is closing down Hopefully I'll pick up some good deals on some old parts I heard that a mysterious rich benefactor may be assisting them so that would be nice if they didn't need to close down
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Anyone have a recommendation for a cheap watch that’ll do ANT+ and BT connections? I’d like one for cross next year so I can just leave it on vs. trying to bring a Garmin with me when I grab a pit bike, plus my friends who volunteer their bikes for pit bikes all use a variety of Garmin and Wahoos so the mounts are inconsistent. I’d also consider a way to just stuff my Edge somewhere but I’m afraid it would bounce out of a jersey/skinsuit pocket. In these mudfest races I’m worried it would get buried and I’d never find it again. I don’t really care about seeing the data real time (except maybe elapsed time) as I’m sure my HR is pegged and I usually don’t have enough cognitive ability to actually look at the screen and utilize the data. Team bibs don’t have an internal pocket between the shoulders, unfortunately.
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Literally Lewis Hamilton posted:Anyone have a recommendation for a cheap watch that’ll do ANT+ and BT connections? I’d like one for cross next year so I can just leave it on vs. trying to bring a Garmin with me when I grab a pit bike, plus my friends who volunteer their bikes for pit bikes all use a variety of Garmin and Wahoos so the mounts are inconsistent. I was going to suggest the Forerunner 235 which I've owned since 2016 , but when I looked up the price the drat thing is still over 200 bux. The GPS/Heart/ANT+ works a treat, but I don't know if you can pair BT sensors with it.
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I bought a cheap turbo trainer without realising they are not compatible with thru axle bikes out of the box and I am unclear on what doodad I need to buy so they are compatible. I have a photo of the specs on my current thru axle but googling has not given me a definitive answer. What do I need to get? 
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A Robert axle project trainer axle. https://robertaxleproject.com/wind-trainer/ jamal fucked around with this message at 20:34 on Dec 6, 2021 |
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e.pilot posted:Newish bike day
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what's the verdict on dedicated winter shoes vs shoe covers? what's my best option for keeping my toes dry? i'm more likely to be out in wet weather than incredibly cold weather. i have some toe covers but they're basically useless in the rain and only marginally useful in the cold. shoe covers look effective to some degree and its nice you can wash them off easier than a shoe but they also look incredibly dumb, even for me, someone who is getting soaked while wearing bib tights.
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BraveUlysses posted:what's the verdict on dedicated winter shoes vs shoe covers? what's my best option for keeping my toes dry? i'm more likely to be out in wet weather than incredibly cold weather. I have neoprene shoe covers, and i've found they're not useful enough below about 5°C to stop my toes from going numb. Others swear by them though.
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BraveUlysses posted:what's the verdict on dedicated winter shoes vs shoe covers? what's my best option for keeping my toes dry? i'm more likely to be out in wet weather than incredibly cold weather. I gave up on shoe covers and bought some actual winter shoes and I wish I hadn't waited so long. They're warmer, drier, and way more convenient. No regrets.
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colonel tom posted:I gave up on shoe covers and bought some actual winter shoes and I wish I hadn't waited so long. They're warmer, drier, and way more convenient. No regrets. Big agreement to this.
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I have the shimano mw7 goretex boots and they're pretty great. Warmer than my old 45nrth fasterkatts.
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Fourth. Buy the shoes.
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If you’re on a budget use a bit of plastic bag or aluminum foil between your sock/shoe or shoe/cover in the forefoot area. Blocks wind, keeps your toes warm, and still breathes. I keep latex gloves/a bit of foil for this for emergencies
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BraveUlysses posted:what's the verdict on dedicated winter shoes vs shoe covers? what's my best option for keeping my toes dry? i'm more likely to be out in wet weather than incredibly cold weather. For Seattle-area riding, make sure you're getting actual waterproof and seam-sealed shoes, not just "winter shoes". Most winter shoes are actually too warm, and not fully seam sealed/waterproofed. I've got the Lake winter boots, and they're great when it's actually below freezing, but I still get frozen if it's wet and 35. A friend swears by the fizik ones.
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thanks thread, terra clima x2 look like a good option
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BraveUlysses posted:what's the verdict on dedicated winter shoes vs shoe covers? what's my best option for keeping my toes dry? i'm more likely to be out in wet weather than incredibly cold weather. If it's cold enough to need dedicated winter shoes I'm riding the trainer.
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BraveUlysses posted:thanks thread, terra clima x2 look like a good option fwiw I think they have the road version of the Artica - I'm not sure if the "breathable upper" on the terra clima is going to be all that waterproof. Maybe consider https://www.fizik.com/us_en/terra-artica-x2.html ?
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e.pilot posted:If it's cold enough to need dedicated winter shoes I'm riding the trainer. don't you just take your bike to a different hemisphere for the day? 
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  I was home all day!
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spf3million posted:
I bought a $14 pot lid the other day and the shipper not only sent it same day FedEx (????) but sent it signature required. I had to actually sign the paper saying it was ok to leave it for the next day. Meanwhile when I bought my Canyon last year they just dumped it on the porch.
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e.pilot posted:If it's cold enough to need dedicated winter shoes I'm riding the trainer.
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