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My wife uses one of these and hasn't destroyed it yet https://www.giant-bicycles.com/ca/waterproof-top-tube-bag
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You said cost is not a factor right?
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Aren’t phones waterproof these days? I just throw the iPhone in the back pocket. Am I ducking up my poo poo?
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I have a tool tube bag that holds stuff and has a plastic window on top, against which my phone is held. I can use the touch screen through the plastic, and it keeps water out in a moderate rain shower. I haven't tested it in heavy rain, though. Annoyingly, my S21 has to be removed from its case to fit properly. And I just use a slim Speck case. I'll have to see if they make a bigger top tube bag.
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Check out Loksak - I believe it's exactly what you want. https://loksak.myshopify.com/collections/aloksak
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amenenema posted:Check out Loksak - I believe it's exactly what you want. Yeah, this looks promising. Thank you.
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amenenema posted:Check out Loksak - I believe it's exactly what you want. That looks awesome, like an industrial strength ziploc.
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What’s a good place to look online for garish (ok or not, but just a good variety) bike jerseys? Also, are there any brands of bibs w suspenders sized for the very tall? E: also this is just something I’m curious about, but what is the deal with internal hubs instead of the derailleurs? Why aren’t they more popular? tildes fucked around with this message at 02:34 on Feb 24, 2023 |
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osker posted:Aren’t phones waterproof these days? I just throw the iPhone in the back pocket. Am I ducking up my poo poo? At the high end. No. Real waterproofing was mandatory when I last bought a phone, no baggies to mess around with, completely worth it.
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tildes posted:What’s a good place to look online for garish (ok or not, but just a good variety) bike jerseys? Also, are there any brands of bibs w suspenders sized for the very tall? Love the Pain is a very loud brand, and I looked hard at the really garish ones until I saw the prices. Not cheap. Freestyle Cycling has some paid patterns that are loud, but not especially garish. NeoPro has a couple that are a little garish or just colorful, depending on your tastes.
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tildes posted:What’s a good place to look online for garish (ok or not, but just a good variety) bike jerseys? Also, are there any brands of bibs w suspenders sized for the very tall? There's probably other reasons but afaict from personal experience they are very power inefficient, shifting is much slower and often requires you to back off the torque, and being based on planetary gears means they have suboptimal gear spacing. There are probably loads of other reasons. It is cool being able to shift to whatever gear you want while standing still though, and it is much lower maintenance.
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tarlibone posted:Love the Pain is a very loud brand, and I looked hard at the really garish ones until I saw the prices. Not cheap. Freestyle Cycling has some paid patterns that are loud, but not especially garish. NeoPro has a couple that are a little garish or just colorful, depending on your tastes. If you're worried about price, you can always go the aliexpress jersey route. You can find knock offs of every major cycling brand, plus a bunch of other random poo poo. They're not gonna be as well made as the real brand name ones, but I find that doesn't matter as much with jerseys. It's still a plastic shirt with lumbar pockets. Only get aliexpress bibs if you hate yourself, and want your rear end to be as uncomfortable as possible.
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osker posted:Aren’t phones waterproof these days? I just throw the iPhone in the back pocket. Am I ducking up my poo poo? They’re a bit waterproof when new, but will fail eventually if subjected to rain and sweat, despite manufacturer claims. Ask me how I know.
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tildes posted:What’s a good place to look online for garish (ok or not, but just a good variety) bike jerseys? Also, are there any brands of bibs w suspenders sized for the very tall? The good ones (i.e rohloff) are expensive. Shimano and Sturmey Archer are okay but can get quite heavy and the shifting feels very different, some would say bad. For many people, maintaining a derailer system is not that hard, and if something really fails you can replace a single component, usually without building a new wheel. The housing can be tricky to run as it is slightly different than a derailer setup, and most frames have stops designed for derailers.
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I like some of the patterns and materials used by Cafe Du Cycliste but they're on the very high end of cost.
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wooger posted:They’re a bit waterproof when new, but will fail eventually if subjected to rain and sweat, despite manufacturer claims. I've been rinsing my phone in the sink if it's dirty or using it in the shower for the last 4 years and there's never been an issue. Anecdotal of course but it goes both ways McCracAttack posted:Does anyone have a phone wallet/dry bag they like for stowing their phone on rides? My main concern is keeping my phone/cash/id dry but also being able to check messages in a pinch. I've been using a no-name plastic dry bag but it's started falling apart. https://www.rapha.cc/us/en_US/shop/rainproof-essentials-case/product/LEC05XX I got one of these a few years ago to hold a tube, some small tools and cards/cash after my saddle bag fell off and someone took it. It's a bit pricey for a little satchel but it's never gotten damp inside and is comfy to have in my jersey pockets.
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Phone wallet for a reasonable price (in the UK at least) https://www.velopac.cc/product-category/ridepac/ They’re excellent.
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tarlibone posted:I wish there was an affordable gravel bike with a steel frame. Salsa Vaya? I love mine as my do it all bike. Although it did quickly kick start a hobby leading to a mountain bike, and a cargo bike…
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Jonny Quest posted:Salsa Vaya? I love mine as my do it all bike. Although it did quickly kick start a hobby leading to a mountain bike, and a cargo bike… It's a bit more than I want to spend. I'm looking for something in the sub-$1K range, or very close to it. And thanks, all, for the suggestions. Here's what I've got so far.
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Is there that big a difference between 650 and 700 wheels when it comes to riding?
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You will never ever swap wheels to go on one ride vs another. As a very lazy person I know that's never going to happen. I mean come on, really? No way.
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It would be nice to have some nice big 650b tires for gravel rides and then also some 32mm 700c slicks or something for road riding. I move wheels around a reasonable amount on both my cx and road bikes. Thankfully they all line up pretty well wrt indexing and brakes.
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Salt Fish posted:You will never ever swap wheels to go on one ride vs another. As a very lazy person I know that's never going to happen. I mean come on, really? No way. There are people in this thread that use 2 wheelsets for their gravel bikes to convert to a road bike. It's really not that much effort.
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I have a 650b wheelset and a 700c wheelset to swap between road and easy gravel and shittier roads/clowning on easy single track. Neither of these wheel sets are stock either. The bearings on the back wheel of the 650b wheel are hosed might be time to buy a blind bearing puller and a press or just say gently caress it and get a hub that isn't salvaged off of another bike.
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Just reading that I need to take a nap.
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With modern wheels and well aligned disc brakes it takes 30 seconds to swap wheels. That's my plan when I get a new gravel bike. Slicks and gravel wheels for each purpose.
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jamal posted:It would be nice to have some nice big 650b tires for gravel rides and then also some 32mm 700c slicks or something for road riding. Serious question here, is there a noticable difference to the wheel size or is it just about having another set of tires?
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Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:Serious question here, is there a noticable difference to the wheel size or is it just about having another set of tires? Two bikes is a lot better than two wheelsets  The most noticeable difference for road is going to be tire selection, where 700c gets all the skinny racy poo poo and 650b *might* get some wider gravel tires though I think most things in that space get a 700c release in the same sizes. A smaller wheel with the same diameter tire will obviously be lighter and spin up faster For mountain bikes you get conversation about turn radius and wheelbase vs. more easily rolling over obstacles but everything seems to be trending toward 29" these days
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I’m a 16” wheel guy now
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Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:Serious question here, is there a noticable difference to the wheel size or is it just about having another set of tires? I run 35mm gravel kings and 2.1 inch Nanos and there's a hell of a lot of difference between the two.
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Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:Serious question here, is there a noticable difference to the wheel size or is it just about having another set of tires? In the situation people are discussing you would presumably have moderate tyre clearance on the big wheels, which you would use for slicks at a reasonably high pressure, which is good for rolling fast in pavement. Whereas going to 650's would create more tyre clearance so you could have a much fatter profile tyre on there that runs at a much lower, more comfortable pressure, presumably with a more aggressive tread, both of which are better for loose and bumpy surfaces. The difference is vast and can make a road bike feel like a 90's rigid mtb.
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That makes sense, thanks!
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Starting to think that doing my century crushed limestone rides on panracer 700C slicks wasn't the optimal choice
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I think those state bikes fit a 27.5x2.1 too which is like, a real mountain bike tire.
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Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:Starting to think that doing my century crushed limestone rides on panracer 700C slicks wasn't the optimal choice Not all crushed limestone is created equal. There's a trail in my area called Nickel Plate. It's a rail-trail that goes from a big town near me to a tiny town that exists today only because there was a railroad station there 130 years ago. Anyway, about 1/3 of this trail is crushed limestone (the northern part). Those sections are smoother than some of the paved parts of the trail, and definitely smoother than most local side streets or roads for motorcars. It is slower, but except for the occasional pebble in the open areas or root or grass clump in the wooded areas, it's surprisingly smooth. In my admittedly extremely limited experience, there's a big difference between "crushed limestone" and "gravel."
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Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:Starting to think that doing my century crushed limestone rides on panracer 700C slicks wasn't the optimal choice Honestly it probably was.
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 Lmao More Fred than u
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Seventy bucks
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Salt Fish posted:You said cost is not a factor right?
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ilkhan posted:With modern wheels and well aligned disc brakes it takes 30 seconds to swap wheels. That's my plan when I get a new gravel bike. Slicks and gravel wheels for each purpose.
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