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CO2 inflators rule. I use the Gu energy gels. Pretty tasty.
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Chinatown posted:CO2 inflators rule. I use the Gu energy gels. Pretty tasty. The little cliff bar cubes are nice too
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Mar 28, 2022 04:05
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or just a bag of your favorite haribos
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*quickly bonking out, bike beginning to wobble, as I hastily dig into my jersey pocket for the pack of sour belts*
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Mauser posted:some of the behavior pretty antisocial. yeah i love pissing off people on my bike it owns. unironically.
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Mar 28, 2022 07:25
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Chinatown posted:yeah i love pissing off people on my bike it owns. unironically. I recently put a car horn on my bike and its pretty  honking at people being idiots
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Mar 28, 2022 08:07
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Best part of the bike? probably the wheels
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Jestery posted:I recently put a car horn on my bike and its pretty ive really never understood why you'd do this though. definitely dont do this to be safe. a driver is going to look to the nearest car, not a bike, if they hear a car horn. you actually have a built in horn as a cyclist. its your voice. I use "YOOOOOO", "(HEY)AY YO:, and/or "guttural heavy metal scream" mostly.
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Mar 28, 2022 08:53
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Where’s that danish goon that swears the only bicycle anyone could ever need is a step through steel frame commuter and if you disagree you are obviously riding bikes wrong
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Mar 28, 2022 09:25
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My wife is Dutch and rides those step through monstrosities. We’re rarely seen together cause she couldn’t keep up if she tried. *Flexes then kisses quads*
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Mar 28, 2022 09:31
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Chinatown posted:ive really never understood why you'd do this though. definitely dont do this to be safe. a driver is going to look to the nearest car, not a bike, if they hear a car horn. It's more in the case of being merged into, or not being given right of way The horn seems to hit some receptors in the car brain to give respect for long enough for me to pass by Being able to "speak car" on a car dominanted landscape is a real confidence booster
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Mar 28, 2022 09:36
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Jestery posted:It's more in the case of being merged into, or not being given right of way lmao what the gently caress is this stupid drivel? seriously though, THIS is your best argument? holy poo poo. grow a loving pair dipshit
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Mar 28, 2022 09:42
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Chinatown posted:lmao what the gently caress is this stupid drivel? My best argument for me having dicked about with an old car battery and a soldering iron? I'm not making some grand statement that everyone should do this. It's way too heavy and unweildy I having a bit of fun being able to honk at people who close pass or just straight up don't see me. They sure as hell don't hear my bell 5 metres away in their car on a main road. I don't see why else you would do it? Or your problem with this? Being able to honk has genuine impact on my experience as a pedal powered road user
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No. 6 posted:Got my first puncture! Years of riding and managed to escape unscathed until today. An industrial staple poked right through the rear tire and pierced the tube When i got a flat tyre on my bike two separate cyclists stopped to ask me if I needed help or tools. When I got a flat tyre in my car, I got honked at. abigserve posted:Where’s that danish goon that swears the only bicycle anyone could ever need is a step through steel frame commuter and if you disagree you are obviously riding bikes wrong I'm with him. I love my bike, it's an aluminium framed thing with a hub gear but when I rode a dutch style shopping bike I was blown away by how much easier and more comfortable it was. Slow as poo poo, but so comfy. I want one for pottering to the shops.
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No. 6 posted:I hate any bike which cannot freewheel. Single speeds are fine, but there is no advantage to fixed bicycles. I can control my speed going down a hill without wearing on the brake. Which I do every day because I’ve had a few messed up high speed crashes on downhills that I’ve got a bit of PTSD over. In general being able to control speed without wearing brakes down is useful. I do have a front one regardless because I’m not suicidal. Single speeds are just fashion bikes for dipshit hipsters.
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i did 60 mph on my road bike drafting a dump truck down a highway once
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Lt. Cock posted:I can control my speed going down a hill without wearing on the brake. Which I do every day because I’ve had a few messed up high speed crashes on downhills that I’ve got a bit of PTSD over. In general being able to control speed without wearing brakes down is useful. I do have a front one regardless because I’m not suicidal. Wearing down brakes is not a problem. Pads get replaced.
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cycling is bad for the environment because it makes people live longer so they pollute more
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I like to watch bike porn where the seat has a hole in it and the bike dildo penetrates her as she rides
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Lascivious Sloth posted:I like to watch bike porn where the seat has a hole in it and the bike dildo penetrates her as she rides 
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No. 6 posted:Wearing down brakes is not a problem. Pads get replaced. Controlling your speed with your legs is useful. You can go walking speed down a steep hill with your legs if you want. I’m not talking about constantly skidding the stupid thing. Anecdotally, I had a really scary near miss situation at high speed. A car suddenly pulled out in front of me and I had both sets of brakes fail. Ended up having to jam my heel into the back wheel to stop the bike. Lt. Cock fucked around with this message at 16:05 on Apr 2, 2022 |
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Fixie skids are sweet. *watches Premium Rush for 6th time *
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Why pedal only some of the time when you can pedal all the time and while braking? Fixed gear is fun and great and makes your muscles big
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Pedal strikes for starters. All this fixie chat has me wanting to put pedals on my track bike and take it for a rip today and do some sweet skids.
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Lt. Cock posted:Controlling your speed with your legs is useful. You can go walking speed down a steep hill with your legs if you want. I’m not talking about constantly skidding the stupid thing. You're riding bicycles with bad maintenance. Controlling speed with brakes is better than legs.
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It was great seeing my frame at least still going strong from a kid who's brother is tearing apart cars for his reason. My supergoose. It came with everything including cushions. I was not tall enough to ride it, but ce la vie!
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Apr 2, 2022 20:06
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No. 6 posted:You're riding bicycles with bad maintenance. Are you dense or just trolling me
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I ran over a child with my bike
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There is no scenario in which a fixed gear will be better than brakes. That is assuming your bicycle isn't so poorly maintained that it falls apart during use.
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Dense. Got it. I have a brake. I said as much. I keep saying “you know it can be pretty useful to control your speed with your legs too” and you get fixie > brakes out of it.
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Just say you like riding fixed lol you don't even need to justify it, you are both throwing weird types of shade just ride your bike have fun!
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I've decided go ride some easy dog walking trails at warp speed on my CX bike. Then I will drink a beer.
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numberoneposter posted:I've decided go ride some easy dog walking trails at warp speed on my CX bike. Then I will drink a beer. No u won't
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I'm putting on my shorty bike shorts right now!
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numberoneposter posted:Just say you like riding fixed lol you don't even need to justify it, you are both throwing weird types of shade just ride your bike have fun! No way dude I’m mad now I will never not be mad anymore. One time I was going really fast in a near zero visibility thunder storm and spotted a junkie standing in the middle of the bike path gawking up at the sky with no umbrella too late to stop. It was like colliding with a brick wall. He was so sturdy. It barely even seemed to register with him what had happened.
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Two guys getting really up their own asses talking about bicycles. Who could have predicted?
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I find the concept of adding risk without any reward to be dumb. Everything a fixed gear bike can do, a single speed (freewheel with brakes) can do better and safer. But sure, ride a dumb bike.
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I placed 7th (03:27:58.16) out of 401 riders for the 60-mile course today. It was raining off and on as well. I'm rouding up my average speed to 18mph because I HAD TO PEE at station #2. I got a neato medal too. 
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That's super impressive! Good job and congrats. What're you riding?
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No. 6 posted:That's super impressive! Good job and congrats. Thanks. A Cinelli Vigorelli (road disk version). Steel frame and mostly carbon everything else because STEEL IS REAL. 
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