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Shear Modulus posted:i went to cycle works yesterday and the guy pitched me on a Giant Escape 2 hybrid for $750 which looked pretty nice. i walk by the mike's every week or two days but haven't been in yet. The giant escape 2 was my portal back into cycling in 2017
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Does America have the "get loads of people on the road driving slowly together" variety of protests?
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Jun 12, 2023 00:35
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Yes, it's like a lava lamp.
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yeah you gotta pretend you just had an industrial oopsie
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Jun 12, 2023 00:43
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Yeah if you are gonna lock your bike up, get a U-lock. Those are pretty hard to crack open. Cable locks are useless. I've even seen bikes locked with 2 ulocks; one ulock for frame and rear wheel, and another lock for the front wheel. Real hurthling! posted:yeah you gotta pretend you just had an industrial oopsie This is the answer. Start a small business llc with a terrible safety record.
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Jun 12, 2023 01:00
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I've got a lock that's a U-lock plus a cable, so if you can't get close enough to a pole/you're just running inside somewhere, you can still lock it up. But yeah, I've had probably half a dozen bikes stolen in my lifetime, it really sucks. It was so bad that I started insuring them and had to wait like four hours at the police station for some lazy gently caress to fill out a form I could send to the insurance company.
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It's enough to make you want a foldie just so you can bring it everywhere
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gradenko_2000 posted:It's enough to make you want a foldie just so you can bring it everywhere did someone say foldie
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Jun 12, 2023 03:10
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no! no!! did a flat mostly paved trail 25 miles today and hoo boy am I fuckin out of shape, haven’t done any serious rides since I had covid  the only non trail part was a 2 mile climb on a scorching hot 55 mph state highway dodging truk and carbrains just waiting for my buddy to blow a tire on some godawful road debris
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Jun 12, 2023 03:24
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UKJeff posted:Or maybe it’s just a POC that doesn’t want to get racially profiled by the police sure, i guess that's the other option. but at least where i live super tinted windows are up there with fake paper tags and muscle cars in terms of highest correlation with cars that are going 20 mph over the speed limit and running red lights
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PittTheElder posted:Does America have the "get loads of people on the road driving slowly together" variety of protests? Yeah and we do that protest twice a day every day Deadly Ham Sandwich posted:Yeah if you are gonna lock your bike up, get a U-lock. Those are pretty hard to crack open. Cable locks are useless. I've even seen bikes locked with 2 ulocks; one ulock for frame and rear wheel, and another lock for the front wheel. I'm going to get the biggest baddest lock i can. the last bike i owned was in college and it got stolen off of my second floor balcony.
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Shear Modulus posted:i went to cycle works yesterday and the guy pitched me on a Giant Escape 2 hybrid for $750 which looked pretty nice. i walk by the mike's every week or two days but haven't been in yet. i guess it also depends on how much you think theft is likely. this area is super bad for bike theft, even just parts like taking off a flashlight or seatpost or bell. so it's a good bike, but you could save yourself $200 with a marin fairfax or escape 3 and the biggest difference would be rim brakes and woujld at least lessen the pain of losing it. but anyways its a solid good choice ultimately the most important thing is to test em out and see which one feels right. it's kinda like buying a car is you shouldn't just buy on a name alone. bike shops should have some variety to demo you'll definitely want to invest in 2 big as u-locks and imo a pinhead seatpost + axle locking is worth it https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001Y9X328?ref=nb_sb_ss_w_as-reorder-t1_k0_1_8&=&crid=37LFT5ZELDWY7&=&sprefix=pinhead+ they aren't infallible but the goal of any bike locking set is to make the rube bike next to yours the more attractive target. so many times ive came back from bart and like all the bikes next to me are in pieces or clearly cut locks scattered all over but mine is untouched. i did have someone attempt to steal it, get frustrated, then slash the tire and seat instead. still better than having it stolen. it's definitely not just enough to lock your frame or wheel, you gotta also lock the seat and everything. axle locks at least make it so you could probably skimp on a 2nd ulock and just lockup the frame+front wheel. definitely dont leave it outside until you have a solid seatpost lock. otherwise folding bike is good and the safest option since you can just bring it in with you. bromptons ftw Xaris has issued a correction as of 03:52 on Jun 12, 2023 |
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Do disc brakes on a road bike try to throw you over the handlebars like they do on a mountain bike? Or has that problem since been solved somehow?
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wash bucket posted:Do disc brakes on a road bike try to throw you over the handlebars like they do on a mountain bike? Or has that problem since been solved somehow? They're fine so long as you don't have the habit of death-gripping the brakes while going full speed downhill. There's a bit more grip than rim brakes but plenty of range when applying it.
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i did 40 miles today on my giant escape 2 and it was a great time  with disc brakes yeah you have to feather the brakes and lean more on the rear wheel than the front. i've had my bike nearly three years and the front brake pad is still fine but i've had to replace my rear one from overuse
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Pepe Silvia Browne posted:Giant Escape 3, I will post pics after I pick it up from the bike store gradenko_2000 posted:I bought a new bike to replace my stolen one. It's a Giant Escape - it's so much lighter than my old one, feels like it flies at the slightest provocation. It's very nice Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:I got back into cycling with a Giant Escape, it's a good bike. Leroy Diplowski posted:My partner has a giant escape. She absolutely loves it. I put on some neon blue grips that match the color accents and it's quite the looker. Shear Modulus posted:i went to cycle works yesterday and the guy pitched me on a Giant Escape 2 hybrid for $750 which looked pretty nice. Petanque posted:i did 40 miles today on my giant escape 2 and it was a great time more and more people are saying this!!!
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mawarannahr posted:most folks I know in Seattle have had their bikes stolen multiple times. I can't imagine dropping more than like $400-500. I just walk cause I'm scared of getting run over.  A bike locked with a good u-lock to something solid will almost never get stolen. The only good way is with a car jack, and that needs enough room.
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I wonder if anyone watching The Lockpicking Lawyer has ever used those powers for evil https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z31B-mcD6WQ EDIT: [I am not trying to scare anyone off]
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gradenko_2000 posted:I wonder if anyone watching The Lockpicking Lawyer has ever used those powers for evil
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as penance let's share an educational video about how to properly lock your bike https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vw9erXJvByE
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cat botherer posted:Counterpoint: I never had my bike stolen despite leaving it locked on the street daily for like 14 years until I moved away. All sorts of sketchy places, late at night, whatever. U-lock around the frame and cable lock on the wheels. A lot of people are *still* use cable locks or else don’t understand how to properly lock. Like it’s super common to see people just lock their wheels. Also get a good u-lock. I bought a cheapo abus one and the lock stopped working. I had call someone to pick me and a friend up because our bikes were locked together. It was a smaller lock and I couldn't get a car jack in it so I ended up taking a hacksaw to it.
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silicone thrills posted:yeah that was kind of my thought around it is that if it is VIEWED as a pro environmental action it would get slapped with terrorism against "vital infra" but otherwise it would probably end up just being hit with defacing public property or something along those lines. *extremely lawyer voice*: Listen buster do you even know what mens rea means *fumbles with door handle, struggles to get into car with half empty handle of liquor* 500excf type r posted:I've considered making inverted speed bumps in my road Do you want motocrossers becaues that's how you get motocrossers Milo and POTUS has issued a correction as of 05:42 on Jun 12, 2023 |
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If you are looking for disc brakes, hydraulic disc brakes offer the most benefits except weight over rim brakes but cost $$$ Mechanical disc brakes not worth it over proper rim brakes imo
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Good morning in America!
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Junkozeyne posted:If you are looking for disc brakes, hydraulic disc brakes offer the most benefits except weight over rim brakes but cost $$$ Mechanical disc brakes are totally worth it, just for the lack of brake dust. And a lot cheaper and easier to service than hydraulic. Groda has issued a correction as of 16:01 on Jun 12, 2023 |
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wash bucket posted:Do disc brakes on a road bike try to throw you over the handlebars like they do on a mountain bike? Or has that problem since been solved somehow? This has basically nothing to do with the type of brake, unless it's a super bad brake. The cause of throwing you over the handlebars is that the wheel relative to the road but you have a ton of momentum so you continue forwards, which then turns the bike (and you) around the front wheel axis, which then kills you. On the rear wheel, same thing happens, except the direction of the momentum is so that the front wheel tries to go down, which it can't, so less problem. In sum, hard brake using the back break, and in general probably do 60/40 back/front braking, regardless of type. Unless you're in a car, in which case engage the parking brake and don't ever let go.
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BonHair posted:More like mourning It's mourning in America again
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BonHair posted:This has basically nothing to do with the type of brake, unless it's a super bad brake. The cause of throwing you over the handlebars is that the wheel relative to the road but you have a ton of momentum so you continue forwards, which then turns the bike (and you) around the front wheel axis, which then kills you. On the rear wheel, same thing happens, except the direction of the momentum is so that the front wheel tries to go down, which it can't, so less problem. I was gonna say, this is a physics problem not a bike hardware problem!
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Gunshow Poophole posted:I was gonna say, this is a physics problem not a bike hardware problem! I have multiple bikes and the one with hydraulic disc brakes is the only one where I have to be careful of the front brake like that. Maybe newer ones aren't as touchy.
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Keep in mind that if you absolutely have to stop RIGHT NOW it is still better to pull both brakes equally hard while trying to move your hip back as much as possible. While braking more force (/mass) is working in the front wheel meaning more braking power. If you have some quiet road or something you can test stopping distance between only front and back brakes, the difference is very noticeable. Nothing to do with the ability of the brake on the wheel itself.
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Deceleration will cause your weight to shift forwards, and therefore reduce the braking power of your rear brake. My advice to anyone who rides a bike is to practice braking exclusively with your front brake. That way, once you learn how to control your front brake, you'll have far shorter stopping distances and way more control in case you need to perform an emergency brake.
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I use front brake almost exclusively on hard surfaces and rear brake more on loose terrain. I gotta try out using both at the same time and compare to front only. Pretty sure when I've had to panic emergency brake I end up grabbing em both because I remember the last time I did it for real the rear started skidding a bit
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wash bucket posted:Do disc brakes on a road bike try to throw you over the handlebars like they do on a mountain bike? Or has that problem since been solved somehow? however I guess this is somewhat unintuitive so people get confused about it a lot
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wash bucket posted:I have multiple bikes and the one with hydraulic disc brakes is the only one where I have to be careful of the front brake like that. Maybe newer ones aren't as touchy. I mean, the reason you risk getting thrown is because good disc brakes absolutely fuckin STOP their wheel lol mystes posted:to add to what other people saying, to get the maximum braking power in an emergency, you need to be able to lock the front wheel. If your brake isn't strong enough to do that, you're increasing the stopping distance and essentially it's set up wrong. yeah, it's not "bad" to have an extremely powerful brake, just gotta remember to use them correctly, because you are not meaningfully attached to the bike you're taking from 20 to 0 in half a second
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nobody here is so dumb they don't understand basic physics. imho any product that can so easily toss you to the ground maybe isn't a perfect product, particularly for newer riders
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Polo-Rican posted:nobody here is so dumb they don't understand basic physics. for certain values of "here" and "basic"... sure
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Polo-Rican posted:nobody here is so dumb they don't understand basic physics. imho any product that can so easily toss you to the ground maybe isn't a perfect product, particularly for newer riders How a moving object behaves when losing traction is also basic physics, prepare to be surprised at what happens regularly when it snows/ices over.
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