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In addition to ordering a quill extender I also went and ordered a new bike seat. If my cables aren't long enough I might need to go to the bike shop for new cables. I also have a fitting appointment for next week, we'll see what they have to say as well. I think fitting first to confirm that a higher stem would help and then if the stem is too long for the cables then I'll bring it to the bike shop.
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AstraZenmaster posted:Hello bike thread, long-term occasional lurker here looking for some advice, I hope you don't mind. Bikes are good, etc. It's great to see diverse use cases for cycling here - this cargo bike is a full car replacement for you which is awesome! People like you are what will be required to change hearts and minds (and departments of public works) to make infrastructure more friendly to cyclists.
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AstraZenmaster posted:Hello bike thread, long-term occasional lurker here looking for some advice, I hope you don't mind. Bikes are good, etc. A big low gear is what you want so you can just sit and spin up hills.
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Looking for a dreaded ebike. Wife wants some bikes to go about 7 miles to and from house to beach, it's predictably flat. We would maybe be hauling a baby trailer or something Budget is $1000-3200 per bike, preferably it has like, I guess a Bosch system? I dunno, don't want a piece of crap that won't have support in 3-5 years I had a 23c road bike for like a decade, put many thousands of miles on it, commuted daily by bike for six years, totally get the advantage of regular bikes. Wife wants an ebike to go to the beach with. So ebike I'd like an ebike that doesn't look like hot garbage, a lot of the budget Chinese things are function over aesthetics, I know if a bike is ugly, I'm not gonna ride it much Edit: if my bike had a perfectly horizontal top tube, that would be tits Hadlock fucked around with this message at 08:10 on Jan 30, 2022 |
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There’s an e-bike thread here in TGO that could probably be able to help also.
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Thanks everyone for your feedback! Looks like I'll give SPD a miss for now, and possibly investigate some extra-grippy / specialist flat-pedal shoes instead.Sab0921 posted:It's great to see diverse use cases for cycling here - this cargo bike is a full car replacement for you which is awesome! People like you are what will be required to change hearts and minds (and departments of public works) to make infrastructure more friendly to cyclists. I have the luxury of living in a city with a world-class public transport system and decent bicycle infrastructure (though there's plenty of space for improvement on the latter). We've been car-free since we moved here. It's great! But wouldn't have been realistic where we lived previously - I was still bike-commuting past potholes and aggressive drivers, but certainly wouldn't have dared doing so with my kids in tow. Which I suppose is the problem - you need a reasonable level of infrastructure before hearts-and-minds (and hopefully, eventually, infrastructure-) changing behaviours become tenable...
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So with Specialized moving to direct sales, is their profit margin just increasing that much or will they reduce the direct to consumer MSRP? Edit: I mean I know the answer but it kinda sucks. nwin fucked around with this message at 13:45 on Jan 31, 2022 |
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They could also piss off (even more) shops that still stock their stuff if they give consumers an extra incentive to purchase direct. They probably want to dump shops eventually, but not yet. Specialized would still win in either situation though.
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Hadlock posted:Looking for a dreaded ebike. Wife wants some bikes to go about 7 miles to and from house to beach, it's predictably flat. We would maybe be hauling a baby trailer or something These are not good deals, but they might be a couple hundred off inventory in other places: https://www.theproscloset.com/collections/e-bike?sort=price-ascending Dunno how sporty you wanted the bike to be, but this has the most horizontal TT https://www.theproscloset.com/products/2019-orbea-gain-d30-l-2
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What is with "the pros closet" seems like there's an awful lot of "certified pre owned" bicycles, seems very odd
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Hadlock posted:What is with "the pros closet" seems like there's an awful lot of "certified pre owned" bicycles, seems very odd It's a big warehouse used bike seller. They try to take premium bikes, brush them up if needed, and then upcharge compared to if you were to get the bike on Craigslist.
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Hadlock posted:Looking for a dreaded ebike. Wife wants some bikes to go about 7 miles to and from house to beach, it's predictably flat. We would maybe be hauling a baby trailer or something I know some folks who are happy with their Rad Power Bikes and they are relatively affordable. https://www.radpowerbikes.com/collections/electric-bikes The RadCity 4 or 5 sound like they might be the sort of thing you want.
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A number of mfgs do direct sales now, but most of them don't just send the bike right to your house. Instead it goes to a nearby bike shop who puts it together for you and gets a cut of the sale. Most of the brands my shop carries do this. Right now it can be kind of useful as there might be bikes online that a dealer wouldn't normally carry and can't order. I don't think any shop really likes this but so far at least I'm not seeing it as the downfall of the LBS. And no, it's not going to make bikes cheaper. Cannondale does a number of more normal looking e-bikes like the canvas and quick https://www.cannondale.com/en-us/bikes/electric/e-urban/canvas-neo/canvas-neo-2-smu https://www.cannondale.com/en-us/bikes/electric/e-fitness/quick-neo-sl/quick-neo-sl-1
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AstraZenmaster posted:Which I suppose is the problem - you need a reasonable level of infrastructure before hearts-and-minds (and hopefully, eventually, infrastructure-) changing behaviours become tenable...
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convert an old TT bike into an ebike with an illegal 1500W ali express wheel motor and get a gopro
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numberoneposter posted:convert an old TT bike into an ebike with an illegal 1500W ali express wheel motor This but with a warranty
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kimbo305 posted:It's a big warehouse used bike seller. They try to take premium bikes, brush them up if needed, and then upcharge compared to if you were to get the bike on Craigslist. Except they upcharge by $2000 vs the real used market making it pointless. There’s an attempt to do the same in the UK called cycleexchange, it’s also so expensive that you’d be better off buying new. Less than £1000 off RRP for 3 year old bikes is not why people buy used.
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wooger posted:Except they upcharge by $2000 vs the real used market making it pointless. It varies a lot by bike. They do have some NOS stock, especially with ebikes. Older steel stuff is especially undervalued by their algorithm and unsurprisingly gets sold first.
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The best looking e-bikes out there are LeMond - just get one of those - sell a kidney or whatever. https://lemond.com/prolog
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Yeah that lemond looks exactly how I imagine an e bike should look Lol @ $4700 bike, $17.00 pedals I feel like for $4700 I'll just buy my own carbon fiber and epoxy, Panasonic 18650 batteries and build the bike I want. If that lemond was $2999 that would be the bike for me Why are ebikes so drat ugly
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Hadlock posted:I feel like for $4700 I'll just buy my own carbon fiber and epoxy, Panasonic 18650 batteries and build the bike I want. If that lemond was $2999 that would be the bike for me Now that I think about it, I do have a 5700 105 groupset just sitting in a box ready to go
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It’s funny because not only is there that fantastic specialized drop bar cyclocross ebike there are some amazingly good looking ebikes with branded parts designed for beach runs, and all at a fraction of the price point he’s deliberately looking at
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Sab0921 posted:The best looking e-bikes out there are LeMond - just get one of those - sell a kidney or whatever. This is very pretty
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Sab0921 posted:The best looking e-bikes out there are LeMond - just get one of those - sell a kidney or whatever. This is barely heavier than my analog bike...
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How about 12.2kg cyclocross in purple https://www.specialized.com/gb/en/turbo-creo-sl
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learnincurve posted:How about 12.2kg cyclocross in purple Whoah, is that an optional 2nd battery that literally fits in the bottle cage? Edit: Jesus a 120mi range? You could cover some serious distance touring with that thing (assuming you had a place to charge it each night). eeenmachine fucked around with this message at 17:51 on Feb 1, 2022 |
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learnincurve posted:It’s funny because not only is there that fantastic specialized drop bar cyclocross ebike there are some amazingly good looking ebikes with branded parts designed for beach runs, and all at a fraction of the price point he’s deliberately looking at Link? Edit looks like bikes direct has Shimano/Bosch mid drive bikes and they're all about $2800-3600 so I would imagine it's going to be hard to find a name brand bike for much less new Hadlock fucked around with this message at 18:04 on Feb 1, 2022 |
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i've convinced myself that i want a road bike for my N+1 since my gravel bike is good but i'd love to go faster on the days that im only on pavement. i found this used bike: https://www.pinkbike.com/buysell/3224078 and between the shortages of new bikes and how god damned expensive they are...i'm not sure i'll get a better deal than this one (even though i really want di2) thoughts? even the extra bucks for the carbon wheels seems like a good price too edit: xl bikes are few and far between so this definitely influences my selections OBAMNA PHONE fucked around with this message at 18:25 on Feb 1, 2022 |
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My only thought is, make sure you like the Domane feel. Most people do, I hated it. Felt like an old Lincoln Town Car, too floaty and mush road feel compared to, say, a CAAD or even a Synapse. But my preference is more on the feedback and road feel side of the spectrum compared to the comfort side.
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Hadlock posted:Link? there are a couple of other drop bar bikes on there, if you sign up for newsletter and get the code you get 15% off buying direct https://www.specialized.com/gb/en/turbo-creo-sl Friend of mine had the older version in yellow with a slightly bigger battery, imported from mainland Europe, 12kg 200 mile range and was like actually wearing a bike it was that well-balanced - feels like they are using bits of the electronics as ballast to get the stability right.
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Sab0921 posted:The best looking e-bikes out there are LeMond - just get one of those - sell a kidney or whatever. Gorgeous bike, and so light. Maybe I can convince my wife to ride a bike with me if something like this becomes a little cheaper. learnincurve posted:How about 12.2kg cyclocross in purple This is a cool bike in an excellent color.
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learnincurve posted:It’s funny because not only is there that fantastic specialized drop bar cyclocross ebike there are some amazingly good looking ebikes with branded parts designed for beach runs, and all at a fraction of the price point he’s deliberately looking at That Turbo Creo MSRP's at $6k minimum in the US Dunno what exactly you're trying to say but that's not a fraction of the price point he's looking at e: Spec's "Active" Ebikes have some flat bar ebikes that look pretty decent for $3.2k and up though Levitate fucked around with this message at 20:10 on Feb 1, 2022 |
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Levitate posted:That Turbo Creo MSRP's at $6k minimum in the US 11/6 is a fraction.
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Maybe she’s friends with Femke van den Driessche.
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BraveUlysses posted:i've convinced myself that i want a road bike for my N+1 since my gravel bike is good but i'd love to go faster on the days that im only on pavement. This is the most gravelly road bike there is, and has been used to win pro gravel (not by name, but in fact) races in Spain. Are you sure you want a second bike that’s almost interchangeable with your first? Also, are you definitely 6’6”+ and long legged with short arms/torso and want a relaxed position? that frame is enormously relaxed and not very long: Reach 386mm, **stack 652mm** https://geometrygeeks.bike/bike/trek-domane-sl-6-2021/ Almost a cruiser, and noticeably more upright than my gravel bike. Compare it to the geometry of your current bike on there at least.
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wooger posted:This is the most gravelly road bike there is, and has been used to win pro gravel (not by name, but in fact) races in Spain. thanks for the recommendation to check that site...you are definitely right, that bike is very upright seating position. i'm 6'4", pretty long inseam (33W by 36inseam pans) and shorter torso. i'll keep looking i guess. not in a rush so i'll hold out for something else.
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With the 25km/h assist cut off here I'm really not too excited about getting an ebike Not saying others can't enjoy them, but I tend to cruise around 20-30 for my cycling into the city and back so I would genuinely see little advantage to the tech for myself personally, atleast not one worth the couple grand price tag More power to the ebike people, they absolutely have their place in the diaspora but I wonder how many would be served just as well by a good quality bicycle with a wide range and experience re:gears and pacing? Still, anything to get more people on bikes, and I'm definitely seeing more and more people riding around here On slightly different news I'm going on a local community protest(?) Ride in a few weeks The council has been dragging their heels finishing up a bikeways project, so a group of families and local cyclists are utilising critical mass principles to ride the projected route. We have a strong enough cycling culture in the area that the attendees won't just be weird bearded dudes with hi vis panniers but also full families on bakfiets and daily commutors Will be fun? Hopefully, my first group ride
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