Steve French posted:

My kid hauler:

Steve French posted:

I looked at Tern but opted for the spicy curry because I don't really have any need for the compact aspect of the GSD, living in pretty wide open space with an enormous garage. So more cargo area it is

jet sanchEz posted:

Sold both of these recently. The De Rosa was a pretty good fit but I just wasn't riding it enough. The Land Shark was always a bit too small, I just bought it because it's a cool bike.

Oldsrocket_27 posted:

in preparation for tomorrow's forecasted 6" of snow:
After:

TobinHatesYou posted:

Teaser.

HAIL eSATA-n posted:

Who did you let ride it?

HAIL eSATA-n posted:

Get some studded tires and go have a great time on that

HAIL eSATA-n posted:

This is why I wear a ski helmet without EPS foam when playing around on ice

loaf posted:

I was afraid of making permanent changes since I have no idea what I'm doing, but it's way past time to chop the steerer. It was much easier than I expected! All I needed was a $20 tube cutter from the hardware store. I drove the star nut with a socket and a hammer.

EvilJoven posted:

I don't think that's a coyote

kimbo305 posted:

Cyberpunk 250W

Blackhawk posted:

Safety Dance posted:

I don't love dirt pedals with the little studs. The way ride around town, they wind up scratching the hell out of my shins. If she also has that problem, RaceFace (and I assume other manufacturers) make plastic platform pedals without the metal studs that work almost as well, and won't scratch her up.

Safety Dance posted:

Gotta bonk the pedals into position whenever I stop at a light. I might do that a hundred times on a 15 mile ride around Manhattan.

HAIL eSATA-n posted:

You're supposed to put your feet on them

Safety Dance posted:

I thought it was easier to spend 20 bucks on new pedals than retrain my muscle memory. It turns out there are a bunch of different ways to do the same thing

Krogort posted:

New bike day !
Looking fast but it’s not going to last as it will soon receive mudguards and a rack.
Those tires are terribly slow compared to my road bike , but they make bike itself is much more comfy despite it being full aluminium.

maxe posted:

Samopsa posted:

this was basically the last carbon road bike under 3000 euros for sale in my size in the Netherlands



(TCR Advanced Disk 1, 2021 model)

TobinHatesYou posted:

Biggus Duckus posted:

kimbo305 posted:

What's that stem dealie? And where is that steerer bottle cage in the folded position?

Havana Affair posted:

It's a late-seventies Bridgestone Submariner, made in Japan with a stainless steel main triangle.

lodie posted:

new tape + tires

kimbo305 posted:

My toddler got into the habit of grabbing onto my saddle as I put him into the bike seat and not letting go, forcing me to ride standing up.
On a lark I looked for cargo bikes on Craigslist and found something that fit the bill for my needs:
- can carry two seats
- compact enough to take in and out of the basement (and up the outside stairs if I'm parking temporarily)


The Tern Cargo Node is basically Tern's Node frame (running 24" wheels) with disc mounts and then a standard Xtracycle cargo retrofit kit.
It's so not-bespoke that there's still the hanger at the original axle:

Also note the plastic roller idler for suspending the untensioned bottom half of the chain.

Deployed vs folded:



So far, it's working out. It's shorter than a normal bike when folded, but wider, and has no easy way to grab around the deck with the bike seat installed.
Still, it's a bit more wieldy than a normal bike for the up/down stairs use case.

The Andros adjustable stem seemed gimmicky when I first heard about it, but in this application, it's nice -- I don't bother folding down the steerer and the bars and saddle are close enough in height where I need to swing the stem down to tuck the bars under the saddle. It's definitely more solid feeling than I expected.


Having a frame mounted front rack is the most trippy part. I apparently was verifying my steering angle subconciously by looking on my peripheral vision for my front basket to swing with the bars as I steered, and with this rack visually turning away from the bars, I kept overadjusting my steering every time I thought the basket (and therefore bars) weren't turning, exacerbated by the fact that I'm used to turning the weight of the load in the basket. But in the long run, it'll be nice -- no variation between morning and night when dropping the toddler and supplies off at daycare.

Turning circle is mostly ok, but again I'm not used to the front rack sticking out to the outside of the turn, required more clearance on tight turns.


Coming with dynamo and lights is a nice bonus.

AEMINAL posted:

Just upgraded my 3x7 to a 1x9!

AEMINAL posted:

I work at a bike shop now doing IT poo poo, and I get B2B prices for all my parts and expert mechanic help from my fellow coworkers :-)

sweat poteto posted:

Very fun for tooling around local paths and nice to just carry a proper chain lock in the basket without any hassle.

Jestery posted:

I saw this yesterday

sweat poteto posted:

Hah. The twisty one up the fork? I couldn't find exactly the wire I wanted - some thin non-black coax. Still keeping an eye out for something better than this.

sweat poteto posted:

Any particular vendor? I found some but they were min-qty 500ft.

Mauser posted:

that's very pretty, but my one minor complaint would be that the blue pedals aren't my thing. Having never ridden anything with a belt, what's the benefit over a chain?

eeenmachine posted:

The smoothest drivetrain I’ve ever owned was an ebike with a belt drive and a Nuvinci Envoilo hub.

bicievino posted:

Slavvy posted:

The main concern off-road would be little stones getting trapped between the belt and pulley right? Seems like you'd have to get awfully lucky for it to happen right where the master link piece is

Slavvy posted:

I had the chance to ride a 5 speed internal hub bike and I thought that + belt drive would be the ideal drivetrain for almost everything.

Slavvy posted:

Oh that sounds unpleasant, so it basically works the opposite of a derailleur? Like you have to back the torque off momentarily to let out change?

e.pilot posted:

the alfine 8 is pretty bulletproof, see them on rideshare bikes a lot and if they can handle that kind of neglect and abuse I’m sure I’ll never kill mine

ddiddles posted:

Just put together my new bike, been riding ebikes forever and I've forgotten you have to exert yourself to go anywhere on a normal bike. It's pretty awesome.

w4ddl3d33 posted:

introducing: the first bike i have ever owned, a barracuda carina

VideoGameVet posted:

I bought this Pelso Brevet carbon fiber frame and built it up as a 1x12.

Jestery posted:

It's such a different beast, way more communication than expected, but so much potential there

dema posted:

It is an e-bike.

https://www.trekbikes.com/us/en_US/bikes/road-bikes/performance-road-bikes/domane/domane-slr/domane-slr-9-etap/p/36744/?colorCode=white