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MrL_JaKiri posted:I've carried an unrideable bike on my back to a shop before
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Apr 25, 2021 17:48
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EvilJoven posted:Y5ZS22000 Link Cover Thanks, this is the best thread on the forums
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Apr 25, 2021 18:41
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Cat rear end Trophy posted:That is not acceptable. You have to move to Campy if you want more effort in locking out cross-tier compatibility. 
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Apr 25, 2021 18:46
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being able to mix and match stupid poo poo is the best part of di2. I’ve got a minuscule junction box that clips to a hydro line, MTB shifter and city IGH. Zero issues.
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Apr 25, 2021 18:54
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kimbo305 posted:I’ve thought about doing an on-road circumnavigation or an offroad ride through the interior. But the logistics of shipping a bike there makes it a bigger headache to plan out. I wonder if Lauf have a demo fleet?
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Apr 25, 2021 19:08
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I finally got around to watching Lael Wilcox's film of her 2019 Tour Divide record attempt. Link here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEEGIt6FC34 It's good. I didn't realize that armchair bike trolls were such d-bags about her having a camera crew and having a personal relationship with a member of that crew. People suck. Definitely worth a watch if you've got 38 minutes to burn and like to watch people endure self-inflicted cycling related misery.
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Apr 25, 2021 19:14
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Decided I really wanted to push myself this weekend and add a new highway sticker to my frame, so a buddy and I went and did this. Incredible weather for it, and the entire southern portion of the route had some nice grey cloud coverage up through Lytle Creek.  From there, we took a random grindy dirt road for a ways up hill as a connector out to the desert / as a way to avoid the Cajon pass. It eventually gets to a decent drop off for a few miles of fun dirt downhill that I'm still getting a feel for, but I felt less conservative than I normally do about dirt shredding.  You get spit out on a more maintained, wider dirt road that eventually meets the pavement of Lone Pine Canyon Road, which I believe runs along the San Andreas fault and connects Cajon to Wrightwood. Cloud cover now gone, this was easily the chuggiest part of the route with what feels like an endless stretch of climbing out to the horizon with no cover whatsoever. Homie and I did find an unopened but clearly ancient bag of apple ring gummies laying in the dirt on the side of the road however, and we devoured them because we are disgusting and it owned.  Eventually you hit sub-alpine elevation and the scenery starts to get real pretty. We dropped into Wrightwood to top off on supplies, I devoured some gas station sushi and an enormous pickle, and we began another big ol' climb up to Blue Ridge.  We had done about 70 miles to get to Wrightwood and my longest ride previous to this was 80 something with like 7k elevation gain total, but I was in the mf zone and feeling great. We got up to Blue Ridge right at the golden hour and the view was loving incredible.   With waning daylight, we had a pretty monster drop towards Vincent Gap (I think), and the combination of flying down a mountain road while the last light of the day casts long shadows on the huge rock walls and scattered snow deposits clinging to the north face Baden Powell made for one of the coolest experiences I've had on a bike since starting to ride about a year ago. From there, we had another big climb towards the highest point on the route, Dawson Saddle, with a now rising moon and lunar illumination just shy of 100%.  We reached Dawson right around 8:30, and things get a bit blurry here, but not in a bad way? I think after so many miles and with a still sizeable chunk ahead, your brain slips into this weird meditative fugue state, and I've never really experienced that before. I felt like I could keep going forever, but the part of your brain responsible for normal consciousness, speech, etc had been flipped to battery saver mode.  No thoughts, no words, just bomby downhills, the occasional small climb, gorgeous silver moonlight, and more bomby downhills.  The mountains eventually spit us out back into the city, and all told I was back home by 1am, fried but completely content. I hope my monologuing isn't lame or boring, just feeling super stoked on my first real adventure cycling route and wanted to share 
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Apr 25, 2021 19:29
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This is a real good post and I would like to encourage more posters to make posts such as yours.
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Apr 25, 2021 19:55
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How do you eat/poop on such a long ride?
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Apr 25, 2021 19:56
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serious gaylord posted:This is a real good post and I would like to encourage more posters to make posts such as yours.  That false flat up to lytle creek is a real rear end in a top hat, just 10+ miles of wondering why you’re going so slow. A lot of fun going back down though.
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Apr 25, 2021 20:30
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rt4 posted:How do you eat/poop on such a long ride? I don’t pee on long rides, it’s weird. I rode four hours yesterday and didn’t pee once. I did two seven+ hour rides last year and pissed once on both. Weird.
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Apr 25, 2021 20:39
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Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:I don’t pee on long rides, it’s weird. I rode four hours yesterday and didn’t pee once. I did two seven+ hour rides last year and pissed once on both. Weird. Not super weird - you're using up the excess water in other ways, and sweating is basically (very dilutely) pissing out of your skin.
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Apr 25, 2021 20:45
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MrL_JaKiri posted:Not super weird - you're using up the excess water in other ways, and sweating is basically (very dilutely) pissing out of your skin. In a way, that makes us all triathletes pissing all over ourselves
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Apr 25, 2021 20:46
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Time posted:In a way, that makes us all triathletes pissing all over ourselves Unless Prince Andrew cycles
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Apr 25, 2021 20:47
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MrL_JaKiri posted:Not super weird - you're using up the excess water in other ways, and sweating is basically (very dilutely) pissing out of your skin. My wife constantly stops to pee and says it’s weird that I don’t though.
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Apr 25, 2021 20:54
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evil_bunnY posted:being able to mix and match stupid poo poo is the best part of di2. I’ve got a minuscule junction box that clips to a hydro line, MTB shifter and city IGH. Zero issues. now build a DI2 setup for my 3x10. meltie fucked around with this message at 21:05 on Apr 25, 2021 |
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Apr 25, 2021 20:56
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Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:My wife constantly stops to pee and says it’s weird that I don’t though. same, my guess is she's just drinking a lot more water and/or i am skin pissing a lot more
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Apr 25, 2021 20:58
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Love to be a big sweaty boy
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Apr 25, 2021 21:03
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Apr 25, 2021 21:04
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I drink a liter of coffee before every ride and it usually results in one (1) pee break for hour for the first three then as normal
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Apr 25, 2021 21:05
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If you have had kids it gets to your bladder before it gets to your skin, believe me we can tell you every single stopping place on a regular route in every season.
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Apr 25, 2021 21:09
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Ah ha! I have remembered I have An Anecdote. So running alongside part of the chesterfield canal there is a freight line, known as “the Queen’s line” because it’s where they send the fancy Royal train for safety reasons. One time me and my fragile bladder threw the bike down and ran into the woods. As nature was taking it’s course I heard a whooshing sound behind me, looked back and it was the Royal carriages in gold with the shields and stuff painted on them. And this is how I once mooned the Queen.
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Apr 25, 2021 21:14
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learnincurve posted:And this is how I once mooned the Queen.
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Apr 25, 2021 21:25
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PuErhTeabag posted:I finally got around to watching Lael Wilcox's film of her 2019 Tour Divide record attempt. This is really good. So good I watched it and her Lael Rides Alaska video back to back. She makes me want to go for another ride today.
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Apr 25, 2021 22:06
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Aww, thanks y'all rt4 posted:How do you eat/poop on such a long ride? We hit a pretty nicely maintained but empty public restroom in a bougie park we found before beginning the climb up to Lytle Creek and it was perfectly timed. Food wise, you pretty much make sure you have access to sustenance in your handlebar bags you can nibble on when possible, and then you just stuff your face with calories anytime someone needs to pull over to check a map / adjust something / add a layer, etc. Never don't be eating. e.pilot posted:
Definitely, and I only recently learned that phenomenon had a name lmao. There were a few different parts of the route like that yesterday and they make the reality warping field of being on a bike that long even more surreal.
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Apr 25, 2021 22:07
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rt4 posted:How do you eat/poop on such a long ride? One of the barriers I had to get over wrt long distance cycling was understanding that I had to stuff my face nonstop while riding, to the point where it became unpleasant.
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Apr 25, 2021 22:13
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Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:to the point where it became unpleasant. You have to slowly build up to it. I believe in you.
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Apr 25, 2021 22:30
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Being able to eat when not hungry and inhale gas station garbage at any opportunity is an underrated cycling skill.
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Apr 25, 2021 22:34
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sweat poteto posted:Being able to eat when not hungry and inhale gas station garbage at any opportunity is an underrated cycling skill. Accidentally got this big boy last year 
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Apr 25, 2021 22:42
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I just started cycling again for the first time in about 10 years by taking my new-to-me cargo bike to the grocery store. Went pretty well, aside from my horrid conditioning. My quads were really sore afterward but my glutes weren't at all. Is this normal or does my seat need to repositioned?
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Apr 25, 2021 23:43
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Even if your fit was right, that's the likely soreness you'd feel. Check the Lemond method's predicted setting vs what you have: https://roadcyclinguk.com/how-to/technique/beginners-guide-how-to-set-your-saddle-height-on-a-road-bike.html
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Apr 25, 2021 23:50
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Used my ultrasonic cleaner today, popped my chain off and threw it in and used a zip tie to keep the gears together like someone in this thread suggested. Easiest poo poo in the world, can’t believe I used to mess around with a chain cleaner and brushes for the cassette.
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Apr 26, 2021 00:54
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rt4 posted:I just started cycling again for the first time in about 10 years by taking my new-to-me cargo bike to the grocery store. Went pretty well, aside from my horrid conditioning. When I started commuting by bike about 6 months ago, from not having been on a bike for about a decade, my quads burned the whole way up the hill (even the parts I walked). That gradually tapered off over a month or two and these days I only feel any discomfort in my thighs if I decide to push harder. My glutes have never complained, which I also find puzzling when I'm riding and I'm concentrating on what my legs are doing while I pedal. But I'm not complaining about this particular lack of a pain in my rear end. Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:Used my ultrasonic cleaner today, popped my chain off and threw it in and used a zip tie to keep the gears together like someone in this thread suggested. I washed my bike yesterday, and used my newly-purchased-from-ALDI chain cleaner - it worked well! I guess I'm like three miles behind you on this path, just getting into a chain cleaner in addition to cheap little brushes? Whatever, bike is clean and I've got an appointment tomorrow morning for a new rear tyre at my LBS.
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Apr 26, 2021 01:48
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I've debated getting an ultrasonic. What's it like with managing the solvent or cleaning fluid? Do you need to swap it out every time? Is it safe to dispose down the drain?
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Apr 26, 2021 01:57
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Giant Metal Robot posted:I've debated getting an ultrasonic. What's it like with managing the solvent or cleaning fluid? Do you need to swap it out every time? Is it safe to dispose down the drain? I just use water and a drop or two of dawn soap. I’ve always put it down the drain and never thought of it but tbh I’m not sure on what my bike lube is made of, if that were to make a difference.
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Apr 26, 2021 01:59
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Giant Metal Robot posted:I've debated getting an ultrasonic. What's it like with managing the solvent or cleaning fluid? Do you need to swap it out every time? Is it safe to dispose down the drain? I bought mine at Harbor Freight, cheap as poo poo ($80?) plus they sell a powdered cleaning solution that's safe to dump down the drain as far as i can tell. Ran the cassette + chain through two cycles, fished them out, and dumped the filthy water down the drain. Seemed fine. Got them clean as hell, I was impressed.
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Apr 26, 2021 02:00
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PuErhTeabag posted:I finally got around to watching Lael Wilcox's film of her 2019 Tour Divide record attempt. She accomplished more than the arm chair trolls ever will. If I was racing that you can bet my wife would tag along..
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Apr 26, 2021 02:01
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How do you all wash your bikes? I don't have an outside hose. After my ride on Saturday my bike is covered in clay dust from the trail.
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Nitrousoxide posted:How do you all wash your bikes? I don't have an outside hose. After my ride on Saturday my bike is covered in clay dust from the trail. baby wipes
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