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Mauser posted:anybody got a recommendation for a firm, narrow saddle for a pretty forward leaning position? Platystemon posted:Powerful artificers are at work in Toronto.
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Lex Neville posted:Fietsenstalling 
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Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:Since I started noticing other people with folding bikes I've seen a few Dahons and there's nothing about them that impresses me so far compared to Brompton.
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Oct 11, 2023 09:36
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Does this station not have one of those stands to hang your bicyle off while you repair it? Or did you hang your bag on the Fahrradreperaturständer? Also, did some Fahrradservicestationsfahradstadtplandieb steal the Fahrradstadtplan from the Fahrradservicestation?
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Platystemon posted:Powerful artificers are at work in Toronto. The older I get, the more potential for severe injury this presents.
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Thanks for the glasses suggestions. I got a pair of blue/purple Rockbros that I wore this morning. My eyes feel great!
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I mostly road bike but have started biking on paths/gravel/grass with my 6-year-old son. Obviously, a road bike with clipless pedals isn't ideal for this, so I've been using my too-small mountain bike from when I was in middle school. I'd like to buy something a little more appropriate for this, and something that I can use for some of the local gravel/bike paths/cyclocross courses. What's a solid bike of this type that's sub $2000, ideally $1500 or less. Should I look for a cyclocross bike? A gravel bike? I'd like something with drop handle bars, a 1x groupset, and I'd toss some flat pedals on it.
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Oct 11, 2023 20:46
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Well, after much jackassery (a weird my phone has learned, apparently!) with Schwinn's molasses-like customer service, we're getting a new battery for my wife's Mendocino. It's on back order, but they said it can be sent out in around a month. So, that saga is nearly behind us. And in the meantime, she has her new Verve, and the old Cypress is going away. I'm getting a State 4130 All Road, which is more of a gravel bike, and I'm getting it with both the 650b and 700c tires. I'll probably have to upgrade the derailleur at some point, but I'm pretty excited. Speaking of... Hutzpah posted:I mostly road bike but have started biking on paths/gravel/grass with my 6-year-old son. Obviously, a road bike with clipless pedals isn't ideal for this, so I've been using my too-small mountain bike from when I was in middle school. I'd like to buy something a little more appropriate for this, and something that I can use for some of the local gravel/bike paths/cyclocross courses. What's a solid bike of this type that's sub $2000, ideally $1500 or less. Should I look for a cyclocross bike? A gravel bike? I'd like something with drop handle bars, a 1x groupset, and I'd toss some flat pedals on it. A lot of local people are running All Road road bikes for this kind of thing, even for cyclocross. The Contend AR is a popular choice, although it does have a 2× crank. It's 32c tires are pretty good for light gravel, but you can fit 38c tires on there for better results on rougher gravel.
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Hutzpah posted:I mostly road bike but have started biking on paths/gravel/grass with my 6-year-old son. Obviously, a road bike with clipless pedals isn't ideal for this, so I've been using my too-small mountain bike from when I was in middle school. I'd like to buy something a little more appropriate for this, and something that I can use for some of the local gravel/bike paths/cyclocross courses. What's a solid bike of this type that's sub $2000, ideally $1500 or less. Should I look for a cyclocross bike? A gravel bike? I'd like something with drop handle bars, a 1x groupset, and I'd toss some flat pedals on it. How much tire do you have on the road bike? Not enough to just throw flat pedals on it? I've been doing this (mostly on road/sidewalk) with a bike with a dropper and really responsive brakes. The dropper helps take away from the chore of constantly mounting/dismounting.
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Hutzpah posted:I mostly road bike but have started biking on paths/gravel/grass with my 6-year-old son. Obviously, a road bike with clipless pedals isn't ideal for this, so I've been using my too-small mountain bike from when I was in middle school. I'd like to buy something a little more appropriate for this, and something that I can use for some of the local gravel/bike paths/cyclocross courses. What's a solid bike of this type that's sub $2000, ideally $1500 or less. Should I look for a cyclocross bike? A gravel bike? I'd like something with drop handle bars, a 1x groupset, and I'd toss some flat pedals on it. If you're doing it with your 6-year-old, you might be in a position to decide that being able to go fast doesn't really matter, and you can focus on comfort with (front) suspension, bigger tires, a more upright riding position? I got a Giant Talon a few years ago and it generally served me well, but the handlebars are frankly too wide both for comfort and for fitting through gaps.
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Oct 11, 2023 21:37
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Hutzpah posted:I mostly road bike but have started biking on paths/gravel/grass with my 6-year-old son. Obviously, a road bike with clipless pedals isn't ideal for this, so I've been using my too-small mountain bike from when I was in middle school. I'd like to buy something a little more appropriate for this, and something that I can use for some of the local gravel/bike paths/cyclocross courses. What's a solid bike of this type that's sub $2000, ideally $1500 or less. Should I look for a cyclocross bike? A gravel bike? I'd like something with drop handle bars, a 1x groupset, and I'd toss some flat pedals on it. Your use case is so undemanding you could accomplish it with a set a gravel wheels and chill pedals, or anything from an endurance bike with a bit of clearance to a medium travel hardtail.
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Put a setback post and some tall risers or BMX bars on your old mountain bike and turn it into a klunker/BigMX/cruiser thing for laid back rides with kid. Worry about getting something for going fast once you start having trouble keeping up
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I think I may have overemphasized one of my use cases (riding with my son) and underemphasized my other use case (doing the local gravel roads/CX courses with buddies). I have a Giant Defy as my road bike and it's great. I have 32mm GP 5000s on it and I could probably get a second wheel set and something knobby and swap them as needed. But, I'm lazy and don't want to have to swap things all the time and I'd rather keep my road bike fairly clean and have something else that gets ridden in mud, rain, winter, and whatever.
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I'm no expert, but I just recently rode a bunch of gravel bikes at various price points. My local bike shop got a deal on some Felt Broam 60s that are usually $1300 down to $999. I was very impressed with it for the price. Even at $1300 it seemed like a very solid bike. I wouldn't recommend getting the 40 or the 30 though, I think they cut a few too many corners on the components (they're fine bikes for the price, but given that $1300 is well within your range, I think it's worth the extra money). \/\/\/ Also a good choice Grumpwagon fucked around with this message at 02:50 on Oct 12, 2023 |
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Oct 12, 2023 02:47
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Canyon Grizl 7 1by maybe? $1800ish?
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ilkhan posted:Canyon Grizl 7 1by maybe? $1800ish? I agree with this recommendation. Unless there's a specific need (e.g. faster or burlier), this is one of the best all-around options at the price. Grail AL (especially the $2k AXS XPLR build) was another, but it's disappeared from Canyon's site. If you're amenable to used then things open up around $1500. Any couple years old aluminum framed build with Rival/105 or better is gonna be pretty good. A buddy picked up a 2020 Trek Checkpoint ALR 5 with full 105 for $1800 and that was in '21 when prices were crazy! amenenema fucked around with this message at 03:26 on Oct 12, 2023 |
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VictualSquid posted:Does this station not have one of those stands to hang your bicyle off while you repair it? Or did you hang your bag on the Fahrradreperaturständer? It’s not my photograph. I think that users are expected to hang the top tube of the bike on the pegs on the right, which isn’t a great design because on many bikes that pinches cables. That negates half the reason to use a repair stand. It also necessitates removing frame bags, but maybe that’s a problem for fewer commuters than I’m imagining. I have a particular dislike for main alternative on these sorts of things, hanging the bike from the saddle, because I broke a saddle doing that. It would not be a problem for that lumber saddle that I posted earlier though.   (also not me) Just flip the bike over and rest it on the saddle and handlebars I guess because clamps are too fragile for public places. 
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If you're open to steel there's a few jamis renegade options in that budget Just hit 8k miles on my renegade 
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Slavvy posted:
That show ruled, I'm not even mad that I now have the theme song playing in my head.
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Griddle of Love posted:I got a Giant Talon a few years ago and it generally served me well, but the handlebars are frankly too wide both for comfort and for fitting through gaps. Watching my partner trying to get his Talon 1 through the front door and around the corner is always fun. It's just too wide.
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this is such a big fahrradservicestation it's stressing me out. in austria we have these little things:  my dad is an angel and is helping me to get a new road bike. i want to uglify it: how can i do this without tape? will paint not weigh it down for races?
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You'd really have to go nuts with paint to add significant weight to the bike. We're talking about an absurd number of layers here.
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Looks like Canyon dropped the new Grail. Seeing a bunch of vids on youtube. https://www.canyon.com/en-us/gravel-bikes/performance/grail-generation-2/#section-product-grid ilkhan fucked around with this message at 15:22 on Oct 12, 2023 |
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Ugh, my local Brompton shop is having 20% any in-stock model tomorrow so I could get a 6 speed C line for $1,350, BUT I just found out that next year's models have 12 speeds and come in a nice navy blue. I hate bike decisions. https://www.reddit.com/r/Brompton/comments/14gtvza/new_colours_and_new_gearing/
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kind of looking at a space horse since all city is going out of business and I always like them. I wanted something bigger and longer than my kona rove 54, I'm looking at the 58 spacehorse but it has the exact same reach as my 54 rove
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A MIRACLE posted:kind of looking at a space horse since all city is going out of business and I always like them. I wanted something bigger and longer than my kona rove 54, I'm looking at the 58 spacehorse but it has the exact same reach as my 54 rove If you have a ton of spacers on the Kona and the stack is higher on the spacehorse you should have the stem effectively further away on the space horse at the same height since adding spacers moves the stem up and closer to you.
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A MIRACLE posted:kind of looking at a space horse since all city is going out of business and I always like them. I wanted something bigger and longer than my kona rove 54, I'm looking at the 58 spacehorse but it has the exact same reach as my 54 rove How tall are you?
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ilkhan posted:Looks like Canyon dropped the new Grail. Seeing a bunch of vids on youtube. That force build may be my gravel bike next spring. How much of a pita are canyon PF BBs? -Cannondale Bb30 survivor
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wooger posted:How tall are you? 6’ I’ve had 54, 56 and 58 bikes I’ve got a decent amount of saddle offset and I put a bigger stem on the Kona. And yeah it’s got all the spacers right now
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ilkhan posted:Canyon Grizl 7 1by maybe? $1800ish? That's a drat nice bike. Too bad they seem to be replacing them with a more expensive model. They either have a front suspension or are available in just XL/2XL. I'll keep an eye out though.
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I'm not very familiar with modern Salsa but they've got the Journeyer from $899 and up based on the level of specs and you might be able to find them in a local shop to check out You should still convert your old mountain bike even if you get something else because weird off-road cruiser things are fun as poo poo
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In ancient times, Chinese martial arts were used for fighting. They were effective. Over time, through secrecy and intentional self-mythologizing, what actually worked got encoded into forms that, when practiced on their own, became ineffective for training people how to fight. They practiced empty movements. The masters became legendary, but their techniques became obfuscated. In modern times, some have endeavored to reanalyze and rehabilitate the techniques behind the forms. For a long time, people had forgotten what the Ritchey Bullmoose handlebar was for. It was revered but not understood. I have rediscovered its true purpose: 
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As tempting as those prices are I think I will go with some sort of all road titanium bike, maybe a custom sized frame to better deal with my height
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I'm not sure how often they haver frankenbells available, but seems like they're available right now: https://www.spurcycle.com/products/factory-seconds
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woke up this morning and my dad had left me a note with a road bike that was on sale and the exact cash i'd need for it. went to the store, tried the bike, it felt very uncomfortable, got very sad and started walking around until i stumbled across a local bike shop. went in, and what do you know - they'd just refurbished a bike that was the exact same model as my stolen one, except with way, WAY less scuffed brakes! i've ordered a bunch of dumb stickers to make it less appealing to thieves, so if you see some dude riding about with a bike that has a 'if you honk at me i'll kill myself' sticker on it, honk so i know i've been recognised
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w4ddl3d33 posted:i've ordered a bunch of dumb stickers to make it less appealing to thieves, so if you see some dude riding about with a bike that has a 'if you honk at me i'll kill myself' sticker on it, honk so i know i've been recognised This feels like a trap. Glad you got a new bike!
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I think if you're riding a 54 Kona a 56 all city would be a better choice. My 58 super professional fits well, if not a little on the big side, and I'm 6'1, and have a 56 major jake. Not a ton of seat post showing on the all city and my bb to saddle height is like 800-805mm depending on the saddle, cranks, pedals etc.
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w4ddl3d33 posted:woke up this morning and my dad had left me a note with a road bike that was on sale and the exact cash i'd need for it. went to the store, tried the bike, it felt very uncomfortable, got very sad and started walking around until i stumbled across a local bike shop. went in, and what do you know - they'd just refurbished a bike that was the exact same model as my stolen one, except with way, WAY less scuffed brakes! Make sure to pick up a heavy duty U-Lock like a NYL Kryptonite or an OnGuard Pitbull too! Or a beefy chain like the NYL Kryptonite Evolution. As much as it sucks to carry around, any folding lock, really cheap locks, lightweight lock, cable rope, thin chain, etc. is practically nothing to bike thieves these days, all they do is deter more honest or nervous people from being tempted. Heck, even the heavy duty U-locks can be cut by a grinder in like 45 seconds to a few minutes tops. Even the angle grinder resistant ones like the Hiplok D1000 can be cut in like less than half an hour, if they're really motivated. All you can do is buy the biggest, hardest to cut through or leverage-attack lock you can afford so that your bike is harder to get to than the bike next to it on the bike rack, and make sure the object you're securing the lock to is as difficult or harder to cut through/defeat. It's not convenient, but it's better than having a valued bike stolen...  https://youtu.be/aBxyaFf379g?si=ZJKFqhZi_Iy59Kt5 Also, make sure your bike is registered with your local-law-enforcement's endorsed bike registry. I know lots of people who have had bikes returned months later(one was even like 2 years later). I know it doesn't help the bike that's gone, but these things really do help.
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