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I have recently become a "hood angle doesn't matter just do what feels good" evangelist. Granted, I have gone on the massively other direction, with a whopping 1° hood angle, due to angling them in so they look like Spinaci. But whatever feels good and feels fast, gently caress it, go for it.
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Can I use this thread to solicit some advice about picking up babby's first bike? I mainly want to see if I'm missing any options, and if there's anything to avoid, particularly if I'm buying new. I'm mainly going to be road/gravel riding for fun and fitness, as well as doing daily all-season commutes and around-town family visits out in the country. It's a six mile round trip to my MIL/FIL, and a twenty mile round trip to my SIL/BIL's house from mine. All on some pretty fun and well-maintained county roads. Every time I have to jump in my car just to see my niece I'm thinking "I could do this AND exercise". My wife has a hybrid commuter (I think it's from Brooklyn Bicycle?) bike and we'll take these types of trips together. I tried her bike out and even though it's too small for me it was an absolute hoot just to be on a bike again. I can't really budget time/money to go particularly far down this hobbyist rabbit hole, but... I said that about cameras once. So I guess my question is whether I should save the ~$400-500 between something like her bike: a Trek FX / any of these "hybrid" or "fitness" models from the major manufacturers, and the big step up to something like a Jamis Renegade A1 / Cannondale Topstone Pretty hard cap on budget in the low $1,XXX range. I've really combed the used options in the area (sparse as gently caress inside of 50 miles) and I am just not confident enough to evaluate a potential lemon. Anything else I should consider? I have a couple local shops that I'm going to go sit on stuff at but inventories are light considering *indicates world*
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Mar 24, 2022 17:34
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mite ride the bike tonite
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Mar 24, 2022 17:41
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Literally Lewis Hamilton posted:31° hood angle seems like a lot. I was surprised to learn it was this big an angle as well tbh, but both visually irl as well as in practice it "feels" nowhere near as extreme as I would've expected a 31 degree angle to be
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Mar 24, 2022 19:17
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numberoneposter posted:mite ride the bike tonite  edit whats a good angle as a starting point for installing levers on a drop bar
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Mar 24, 2022 19:32
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Gunshow Poophole posted:My wife has a hybrid commuter (I think it's from Brooklyn Bicycle?) bike and we'll take these types of trips together. I tried her bike out and even though it's too small for me it was an absolute hoot just to be on a bike again. I can't really budget time/money to go particularly far down this hobbyist rabbit hole, but... I said that about cameras once. I'd try out a drop bar bike to see if you can deal with it off the bat. That'd give you more versatility. But a disc braked hybrid without suspension fork (some trim of FX should fit the bill) is still a lot of bike and will have decent components, meaning it'll be pretty cheap to maintain in the long term.
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Mar 24, 2022 20:05
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BraveUlysses posted:whats a good angle as a starting point for installing levers on a drop bar Parallel to top tube.
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Mar 24, 2022 20:10
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Is making the bottom of the lever even with the bottom of the bars not a thing anymore? Edit: Next you're going to tell me bar height should be about comfort instead of just slamming your stem
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Mar 24, 2022 20:25
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Dog Case posted:bar height should be about comfort instead of just slamming your stem mods?!
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Dog Case posted:Is making the bottom of the lever even with the bottom of the bars not a thing anymore? Some drops curve all the way to the end. How do you define even?   Love to browse dongular drop bars right after work deploys website filtering.
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Mar 24, 2022 20:45
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kimbo305 posted:Some drops curve all the way to the end. How do you define even? You stand back and eyeball it until it's most esthetically pleasing
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Mar 24, 2022 20:47
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I think I've got pandemic induced brain damage and can't remember things anymore, what was the website with the rules about slamming your stem and positioning cranks for photos and everything
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Mar 24, 2022 21:29
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Dog Case posted:I think I've got pandemic induced brain damage and can't remember things anymore, what was the website with the rules about slamming your stem and positioning cranks for photos and everything The Velominati rules? They are mostly satire though https://www.velominati.com/
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Mar 24, 2022 21:34
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Yeah, they started as making fun of people and then enough idiots took it seriously that they started to as well.
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gohuskies posted:The Velominati rules? They are mostly satire though https://www.velominati.com/ That's it, and yeah I know. I haven't paid attention to bike stuff for like 5 years, i don't know all the current bike jokes
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Dog Case posted:Is making the bottom of the lever even with the bottom of the bars not a thing anymore? Higher, narrower, and longer is faster than slammed.
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Dog Case posted:You stand back and eyeball it until it's most esthetically pleasing This is basically the correct way to build anything
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https://philthethrill.net/the-new-rules-of-cycling-aka-philuminati/ Chiller version of The Rules
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I like Phil
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quote:Rule #1: Everyone riding a bike and being safe and having fun is doing it right. unlike the other set of rules I am immediately able to recognize this as satire
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Time posted:I like Phil
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Mar 24, 2022 23:58
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Filippo Pozzato posted:Rule #1: Only God Can Judge You.
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Dog Case posted:You stand back and eyeball it until it's most esthetically pleasing
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https://twitter.com/motorists/status/1507137723542474759?t=LWeUMbvY0MJaYVt995yvqg&s=19
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Mar 25, 2022 13:46
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What about White History Month?!
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*photo of massive car-only infrastructure extending beyond the horizon* is BIG BICYCLE trampling your rights?!
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sweat poteto posted:Fabric scoop radius all day long I like riding in the drops at least 50% of the time, and I see the scoop radius is more for upright riding. That an issue?
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kimbo305 posted:What about White History Month?! 
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Head Bee Guy posted:I like riding in the drops at least 50% of the time, and I see the scoop radius is more for upright riding. Nope, I'm assuming that refers to it having a fraction more squish than the racier models. A few years ago I did a 150+ mile ride on it, with much of the time spent in the drops or invisible-aero-bars.
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I prefer the flat fabric scoop over the shallow or radius, and do have fairly low handlebars.
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NightGyr posted:
Got everything built up on the new frame, and added lights for good meaure. I'm in love. 
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Lookin nice as heck
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Nice job on the fender lines
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NightGyr posted:Got everything built up on the new frame, and added lights for good meaure. I'm in love. Ok I know this frame is fine, and you were in a crash, and I get it, this is a great frame no issues with it. But lol that you looked at that frame and were like "yeah, I'd buy another one of these". I'd be ordering custom exxxxtra large lugs. Salt Fish fucked around with this message at 19:10 on Mar 25, 2022 |
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kimbo305 posted:Some drops curve all the way to the end. How do you define even? He’s talking about the lever angle, not the bars. For the bars themselves, you can make the endcap of the bars exactly vertical, same result.
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Salt Fish posted:Ok I know this frame is fine, and you were in a crash, and I get it, this is a great frame no issues with it. I see a decent number of hosed up or broken Wolverines, but not because they're fragile frames. It's because people who own them tend to ride them insanely loving hard, and a LOT.
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I rode a v2 frame for years on chunky fire roads and such with no issues Then sold it to buy a hard tail 
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I'm not saying anything bad about the frames it's just the psychological effect of being in a crash.
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NightGyr posted:Got everything built up on the new frame, and added lights for good meaure. I'm in love. mazel tov! Real nice that you managed to salvage the rims. Crashes like that tend to own a bunch of components for good.
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wooger posted:He’s talking about the lever angle, not the bars. So which line would the levers be parallel to??
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