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i pay good money to see the hottest uncut fork pictures online can't get it anywhere else. Turmoilx fucked around with this message at 02:17 on Apr 22, 2023 |
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tylertfb posted:This is a long stem: Overripe banana for scale. 
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Apr 22, 2023 02:44
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I yell at the wind. I am thinking about this because today's cardio day was done outdoors (Friday at the gym is usually around an hour on the stationary; today it was longer on the road bike), and I managed to have headwind for 75% of the back-and-forth ride both ways because Mississippi River. So, I yelled at it again, and... well, now I do this a lot. Does anyone else yell at the wind when no one else is around? Year before last, on Christmas Eve, we had a crazy-warm day, and I put on the spandex and got on my bike. On one section of that loop, I was in a solid, no-break 20+ MPH headwind (before the frequent gusts) for about seven miles or so. At one point, when a gust felt like it might just stop me, I screamed, "MERCY!!!!!!!1". That's my go-to when the wind messes with me.
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Apr 22, 2023 05:38
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Nah man. I'm so fast I don't waste my breathe yelling at the wind, I just pass it.
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Apr 22, 2023 05:50
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save my yelling for car brained morons
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Apr 22, 2023 06:01
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tarlibone posted:I yell at the wind. I am thinking about this because today's cardio day was done outdoors (Friday at the gym is usually around an hour on the stationary; today it was longer on the road bike), and I managed to have headwind for 75% of the back-and-forth ride both ways because Mississippi River. So, I yelled at it again, and... well, now I do this a lot. I yell at the wind, when it's really gusty or just wipes out your speed it's incredibly frustrating and I shout at it to make it stop. I'd much rather pissing rain than irritating wind.
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Apr 22, 2023 06:10
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Slavvy posted:I yell at the wind, when it's really gusty or just wipes out your speed it's incredibly frustrating and I shout at it to make it stop. I'd much rather pissing rain than irritating wind. 
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Apr 22, 2023 07:46
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That's right
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Apr 22, 2023 07:52
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Garmin + Di2 question. Can you go back to a ride and see which gear you were in at any specific point or stats regarding percentage of time in each gear or the like? I'm curious how much people actually use 50:11 or 52:11 or 52:12 gearing. And more specifically how much *I* would be using that extreme gearing. On my current bike I rarely get into that gearing, but don't know exactly how rarely.
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Apr 22, 2023 13:56
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ilkhan posted:Garmin + Di2 question. Can you go back to a ride and see which gear you were in at any specific point or stats regarding percentage of time in each gear or the like? I have not seen these stats in garmin connect, but the SRAM one does give you that info exactly.
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Apr 22, 2023 14:25
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ilkhan posted:Garmin + Di2 question. Can you go back to a ride and see which gear you were in at any specific point or stats regarding percentage of time in each gear or the like? It literally depends on the type of ride you've done that day? I'm using 50/37x10-33 I have rides that look like  I also have rides that look like  Ideally you would want a centered bell curve. I spend very little time in 50x10. It is basically an overdrive gear for descending in groups. TobinHatesYou fucked around with this message at 15:08 on Apr 22, 2023 |
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Apr 22, 2023 15:05
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wind is just a hill in another dimension
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Apr 22, 2023 15:25
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A few weeks ago one of the guys at the shop told me about this nice stretch of road that gets almost no car traffic, I've been going there on weekends. It's about 6.5 miles long 
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Apr 22, 2023 16:17
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Well, that’s not good: Was in a crash a few weeks ago so I guess I’ve been riding it like that for at least 3 weeks! This is my winter bike /commuter so I need to sort something out. Do I: 1. Try and source a new fork. A quick google doesn’t have any obvious cheap options, with similar spec at least 2. Buy a 2nd set of wheels for my gravel bike and commute on that with some more road-y tyres 3. New bike! For option 3, ideal spec is something that’ll take 32mm tyres + mudguards, rack mounts, disc brakes, probably steel (never had a steel bike and I like how they look) So far I’ve looked at Omnium CXC, Brother Kepler, one of the many Surlys (although they seem super pricey in the UK). Genesis CDF maybe? Anything obvious I’m missing?
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Apr 22, 2023 16:44
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TobinHatesYou posted:It literally depends on the type of ride you've done that day? The 50x10 ratio is great for me to actually put power down when descending. Love it. 
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Apr 22, 2023 17:12
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Pantsmaster Bill posted:Well, that’s not good: If you are after steel in particular, the Ribble CGR 725 is a good value. Fairlight Strael or Secan if you want something fancier.
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Apr 22, 2023 17:32
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Literally Lewis Hamilton posted:The 50x10 ratio is great for me to actually put power down when descending. Love it.  I'd need to do some extreme cadence drills to get that kind of spread across the cassette here lol (the 2t gaps reduce the useful cogs for me though too)
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Apr 22, 2023 17:37
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Pantsmaster Bill posted:So far I’ve looked at Omnium CXC, Brother Kepler, one of the many Surlys (although they seem super pricey in the UK). Genesis CDF maybe? Anything obvious I’m missing? The Croix de Fer is super heavy, Surlies are indeed too pricy for what they are in Europe, I don't know much about the cxc but the bb looks very high in pictures so I guess that leaves the Kepler which I hear is an ok bike. It's very similar to the Straggler though but dunno about the price difference for you. If you wanna spend more I know people who are very happy with their Fairlights but that's a step up in price.
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Apr 22, 2023 17:39
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Pantsmaster Bill posted:Well, that’s not good: A new fork will be £100 to £200+ might be something to get advice from the LBS on. Easily worth doing though. https://www.merlincycles.com/road-bike-forks-111352/ Have you checked how much heavier a steel disc brake bike will be be vs. your current bike? For new bikes, look at Kinesis. New or used, plenty of options that fit your criteria, except for being steel. Racelight 4S Disc is a good used option, now discontinued. Or anything with a titanium or alu frame & discs from them will be decent. RTD, GTD etc. Genesis is fine too. The equilibrium is another option, a bit lighter than the CDF, but still steel.
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Apr 22, 2023 19:07
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just bought my first set of spd pedals the PD-M520 holyshit .. these pedals are heavy what the hell.. i dont think even my bmx pedals ever weighed this much.. feels like 1lb each lol  i read these are good to start withprior experience: only flat pedals
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Apr 22, 2023 19:30
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Metal pedals just weigh more than cheap plastic pedals, the M520s aren’t especially heavy by MTB standards
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Metal pedals won't do this: 
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just been so long since i handled some pedals i guess, i NEVER! used plastic pedals.. aluminum though. tarlibone, riding along the river huh.. how do you avoid the bug clouds from going into your eyes and mouth in the summer.. it'd be my favorite place to ride especially at night if it wasn't for the bug cloud along the whole path  Turmoilx fucked around with this message at 20:01 on Apr 22, 2023 |
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Apr 22, 2023 19:47
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Turmoilx posted:just been so long since i handled some pedals i guess, i NEVER! used plastic pedals.. aluminum though. Trail bug clouds are not my fave, but I just accept that you're gonna snort/eat one every so often.
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Apr 22, 2023 21:13
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Pantsmaster Bill posted:
I absolutely love my CdF as a winter bike but yeah it's heavy af, 15kg as I've got it set up I put a grx crankset on it so hills weren't quite so torturous which helped It's utterly bombproof
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Skarsnik posted:I absolutely love my CdF as a winter bike but yeah it's heavy af, 15kg as I've got it set up Which is fine, but unless you’re doing loaded touring or something on it, just seems pointless extra weight. Double the weight of some bikes.
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Apr 22, 2023 22:16
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I tell myself my heavy as gently caress bike just makes me fitter
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Apr 22, 2023 22:17
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Goes downhill really well
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Yeah my steel commuter is 13kg with front and rear racks, fenders, dynamo light etc. I notice the weight when I ride with folks on racier setups, but don't mind it when I'm using it for commuting. In retrospect I probably would've gone with an alu frame instead of steel, but most of the weight comes from the racks and poo poo, so I doubt I'd get the total below 10kg without spending a lot on light stuff.
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Apr 22, 2023 22:29
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Slavvy posted:I tell myself my heavy as gently caress bike just makes me fitter Everything I read about Bromptons said they aren't good on hills but I've been having a blast pushing ~28 lbs of foldy bike up and down hills and pedestrian ramps. ymmv
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Apr 22, 2023 23:04
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Turmoilx posted:tarlibone, riding along the river huh.. how do you avoid the bug clouds from going into your eyes and mouth in the summer.. it'd be my favorite place to ride especially at night if it wasn't for the bug cloud along the whole path There are two riverside (more or less) trails in my area: Confluence Trail and the Sam Vadalabene (aka Great River Road) trail. Confluence doesn't really have a bug cloud problem because it's mostly either on top of a levee or down in Granite lovely. What you do have are large bugs that like to dive-bomb you; I haven't swallowed one of those yet, but they hurt when you hit 'em. Vadalabene, on the other hand, can be nasty with clouds of bugs. I can usually see the clouds ahead of me, and I just put my head down, close my mouth, and plow through. The real problem is when you stop: the sweat starts gathering on your skin, and in a couple of seconds, you're in the center of a cloud of bugs. As for night riding, Confluence is closed from dusk to dawn, and I'm not sure about the Vadalabene. But that said, in the summer, the bugs are a thousand times worse at night. You don't have the clouds of little gnats or anything, but you have an insane amount of mayflies and other river flying insects that near as I can tell just fly around looking for lights to swarm or cars to splatter onto. Driving on the river road at night leaves your car covered in bug guts. I would not want to be on my bike on that route.
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Gear question: is there a CO2 tire inflator that uses the cartridges meant for airguns, which are unthreaded? I ask because I have several airguns that use these cartridges, and thus I have a bunch of the cartridges on hand. I want a small emergency repair kit and I like the idea of a CO2 setup over a frame pump, but they all seem to use a threaded CO2 cartridge.
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Salt Fish posted:Metal pedals won't do this: much easier to work on now
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my mtb bb sounds like it's full of gravel and the lbs isn't open on weekends. time for a new bike
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HAIL eSATA-n posted:much easier to work on now That’s right
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tarlibone posted:Gear question: is there a CO2 tire inflator that uses the cartridges meant for airguns, which are unthreaded? There are loads on aliexpress and you can even get ones that can use both kinds
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looking at bike parts online with no target/direction just lookin to look and this is kinda mind blowing to me https://www.competitivecyclist.com/sram-red-etap-axs-shifter one shifter is 500 bones the prices they put on somea these things thinking about how other parts of similar design but for not bikes are.. not like this oh ok i see its carbon, and electric somehow someone: i could make that on a pi. what do you think is the most over priced bike part that is simply made ? or not simply made just inflated Turmoilx fucked around with this message at 09:05 on Apr 23, 2023 |
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Has to be the absolute black jockey wheel thing with plastic bearings
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ilkhan posted:Garmin + Di2 question. Can you go back to a ride and see which gear you were in at any specific point or stats regarding percentage of time in each gear or the like? You can get stats if you have either the 12 speed or the EWU-111 wireless unit, and have the garmin connected to it. Plug the file into https://di2stats.com. bicievino posted:Yeah my steel commuter is 13kg with front and rear racks, fenders, dynamo light etc. Aluminium's not safe for racks if you're putting any load on them, so steel is definitely real. (Titanium is something that doesn't rhyme but works similarly)
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Titanium takes the strainium
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