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Ya that poo poo is why I don't winter commute. Imagine putting up with that while also dealing with gnarly roads. For spray don't get bear spray it's a fog. In the states I'm sure there's all sorts of Mace and stuff. In Canada there's 'dog spray' and ya I have it on me when I ride. If you're in Canada there's a chance you'll be charged with a weapons offence if you ever use dog spray on a human but after several encounters with hostile dogs and people myself and hearing what other cyclists have gone through its worth the risk to me. Salt Fish posted:Read the comments if you want to have a giant headache for the rest of the day. honestly it's never worth it to read the comments anymore. EvilJoven fucked around with this message at 00:21 on Jan 26, 2023 |
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EvilJoven posted:For spray don't get bear spray it's a fog. In the states I'm sure there's all sorts of Mace and stuff. In Canada there's 'dog spray' and ya I have it on me when I ride. Yeah I don't gently caress with bear spray unless I'm in bear/cat country. There's a reason the federal agencies that issue it to their field people make them get trained on it. I know a few people who used it on bears and other critters and made their camp uninhabitable for a while after. Worked on the bears, though. I've been chased by dogs a bunch. Riding in rural Arkansas, it was a pretty common thing. As a kid, we always knew what houses had the dogs that would chase and which ones were actually worth being worried about. I only ever got bit once, and a good squirt in the face with a water bottle works pretty well too. Once I was old enough to have a bike with gears, most of the time I could just outrun them since they rarely chased more than a hundred yards or so from their house. I guess I'm a little more nervous now that I have a kid with me sometimes and have a neighborhood dog that is truly dangerous when he's loose. And road raging shitheads seem more common these days. HenryJLittlefinger fucked around with this message at 00:42 on Jan 26, 2023 |
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I only had one encounter with a bear last year that for a moment looked like it was about to go south but in campgrounds now holy poo poo do bears ever not give a gently caress. Ring your bells and bang your pots and pans and stuff as much as you want they're basically immune to 'just make a lot of noise'.
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Cat rear end Trophy posted:https://sf.streetsblog.org/2010/01/08/la-road-rage-doctor-sentenced-to-5-years-in-prison-for-assaulting-bicyclists/ point made, report filed still gonna carry pepper gel tho 
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HenryJLittlefinger posted:
This seems like a great trainer road/Zwift route idea. Random sprint zones from v.dogs!
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deong posted:This seems like a great trainer road/Zwift route idea. Pace pooches
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Pace bison. For that time I had to decide whether to turn around and deal with a bear or keep going and deal with a herd of bison. when faced with this situation the correct choice is to wait for a ride, or pick the bear. I got a ride lol
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deong posted:This seems like a great trainer road/Zwift route idea. Hell yeah. Does zwift have a paperboy route?
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My garage is currently flooded ankle deep from rain, I acted fast and brought my bikes into the kitchen tho
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Residency Evil posted:Everyone's comments here made me choose AdZ for my workout yet again this morning. Still haven't done Ventoux. Just tried it out on a 1.5 hour threshold repeat ride on the trainer. It’s absolutely fantastic. Zero discomfort, no hot spots, and I can feel my penis. Now I have to figure out if I want another one for my bike. And if I want the sworks version. 
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Hoping to feel the can feel my penis gang when my power saddle shows up. Hope it shows up fast because the weather is taking a turn. I'm probably gonna skip that race on the 4th because spending over 200 bux and 7 hours in a car and freezing my rear end off just isn't something I'm willing to do anymore to ride bikes.
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Residency Evil posted:Now I have to figure out if I want another one for my bike. And if I want the sworks version. It does always turn out like that with cycling doesn’t it, the thing that works is the most expensive option. Currently preparing to drop £200 on insoles for my other shoes  I’d be tempted to at least try the equivalent cheaper model or used power saddle in your situation though.
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wooger posted:It does always turn out like that with cycling doesn’t it, the thing that works is the most expensive option. My road bike has a power pro saddle now that I really like, but the power with mirror (ie, the 3D printed one) only comes in Power Pro (that I have on my trainer) and S-Works. The S-Works version adds a prettier carbon base, carbon rails, and shaves 60 grams. Yes I realize it is dumb to even think about spending the extra money for 60 grams and prettier carbon.
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The carbon railed version probably has oval rails so you’ll likely need a different clamp.
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Literally Lewis Hamilton posted:The carbon railed version probably has oval rails so you’ll likely need a different clamp. And it seems obscene to run a carbon railed saddle if you don’t also upgrade to a carbon seatpost right?
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At 60g, it's not worth the peace of mind I get from not wondering if I did 5.5N instead of 5N per spec, but also if 5N is actually too low and the rails will slide around and scrape. I do have multiple carbon railed saddles; but on the whole I think I'm more practical minded now.
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It's always worth a slight extra expense if you can afford it and it makes your bike prettier.
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kimbo305 posted:At 60g, it's not worth the peace of mind I get from not wondering if I did 5.5N instead of 5N per spec, but also if 5N is actually too low and the rails will slide around and scrape. 1-bolt clamps usually go up to to 14-16 n-m. I honestly think you'd have to accidentally go to like 9-10 n-m on a 2-bolt clamp to delam a typical solid carbon rail.
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Are there really incompatible seat rails? That's like the one thing on a bike that wasn't a compatibility maze
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I have a carbon seat post but the part that attaches to the seat is aluminum. Seems really hosed up.
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taqueso posted:Are there really incompatible seat rails? That's like the one thing on a bike that wasn't a compatibility maze It's only a thing on a small subset of seatposts, and they can be swapped for like $10. It's not a big deal.
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taqueso posted:Are there really incompatible seat rails? That's like the one thing on a bike that wasn't a compatibility maze Metal railed saddles are typically 7x7mm (round.) Carbon railed saddles are typically 7x9mm, but some are 7x10mm and some are in between like 7x9.6mm or have reinforcements like the braided fabric on Fizik saddles or the metal cage on SMPs. In most cases, top-down clamps will work on any type of saddle rail. Side-clamps require specific interchangeable clamps/ears. A 7x9mm rail will never fit clamps meant for 7x7 saddle rails, but usually you can get away with using 7x9mm railed saddles in 7x10mm clamps. 7x10mm rails will only ever fit clamps meant for 7x10mm.
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What's the recommended way to fix a road tubeless puncture that won't seal? I tried some bacon strips and they're not holding at the pressure I usually use the tire at (around 70psi). The tire is like less than halfway through it's service life. Maybe the answer is to give up on road tubeless and just chuck a tube in
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Sphyre posted:What's the recommended way to fix a road tubeless puncture that won't seal? I tried some bacon strips and they're not holding at the pressure I usually use the tire at (around 70psi). The tire is like less than halfway through it's service life. Maybe the answer is to give up on road tubeless and just chuck a tube in I just patch it from the inside and then put a cute little dab of shoe-goo on the outside. I have personally decided to treat bacon strips as temporary. osker fucked around with this message at 23:27 on Jan 28, 2023 |
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The guy at my LBS tells me to just stick a tube in it for the ride home and stick a dollar bill inside against the tear / puncture.
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Sphyre posted:What's the recommended way to fix a road tubeless puncture that won't seal? I tried some bacon strips and they're not holding at the pressure I usually use the tire at (around 70psi). The tire is like less than halfway through it's service life. Maybe the answer is to give up on road tubeless and just chuck a tube in
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I like sticking glueless patches on the inside of the tire. As long as the cut isn't big enough to still create a bulge it's probably ok. I have two in my pretty new challege gravel grinders.
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Sphyre posted:What's the recommended way to fix a road tubeless puncture that won't seal? I tried some bacon strips and they're not holding at the pressure I usually use the tire at (around 70psi). The tire is like less than halfway through it's service life. Maybe the answer is to give up on road tubeless and just chuck a tube in DynePlugs work better than bacon strips. Most of time DynaPlugs are permanent fixes.
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abraham linksys posted:i'm also kind of annoyed the brompton store didn't really do any adjustments. they left the saddle at a hilariously high like 7 degree upward-facing-forward angle. the bike levers by default also are super, super far down from the handlebars Ime, the reach of the levers is annoying, but the overriding factor is how far down they’re angled, which was constrained on my bike by the folded up arrangement of the handlebar. If they were more horizontal, it’d be easier to pull back to you, but then they’d hit the frame. Maybe depends on your handlebar model. But yeah, the handlebar reach is definitely challenging for smaller hands.
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Have shoulder pain post a longer ride today. It seems like this is probably most likely to be related to putting too much pressure on handlebars, maybe from reaching too far? Per my older posts was worried they were a bit low to be comfortable, but this is making me think maybe I should prioritize getting them raised a bit more highly. E: actually maybe the answer is just to get a bike fitting instead of trying to continue to adjust myself. It seems a bit excessive since I’m just not a super intense cyclist, but maybe I’m injury prone enough it would still be worthwhile? It seems sort of expensive but also if you asked me how much I would pay to not be in pain rn it starts to seem more reasonable maybe tildes fucked around with this message at 02:13 on Jan 30, 2023 |
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abraham linksys posted:got the brompton, mostly fun, but there's a really obnoxious design issue: the left pedal folds up, and if you forget to unfold it before walking with the bike and the pedals rotate, they can scrape the absolutely scrape the poo poo out of the left side chain stay. sucks to have immediately put some scratches in a $1500 bike take it back immediately and make them fix it. a new bike should be flawless in its tune when it leaves the shop
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bicievino posted:It's only a thing on a small subset of seatposts, and they can be swapped for like $10. It's not a big deal. Except for the stupid Moots Titanium seat post where you need to get a whole new seat post if you want carbon seats.
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Shadowhand00 posted:Except for the stupid Moots Titanium seat post where you need to get a whole new seat post if you want carbon seats. Oh noooo. Maybe they just want you to prefer ti-railed saddles.
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 RAGBRAI announced the overnight towns over the weekend. I'm pretty excited because although I wasn't able to ride last year I'll actually be around the area this time. Looks like currently I'll bet riding on Wednesday for the Ames to DSM leg. Depending on the route details I wonder if I could swing Thursday as well. Only time will tell, I guess.
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Crumps Brother posted:RAGBRAI announced the overnight towns over the weekend. I'm pretty excited because although I wasn't able to ride last year I'll actually be around the area this time. Looks like currently I'll bet riding on Wednesday for the Ames to DSM leg. Depending on the route details I wonder if I could swing Thursday as well. Only time will tell, I guess. I'm signed up for the week! Super excited as well
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