Bicycle Thread Deux

also you need to be talking km instead of miles

 

Km is the way to go. I'm telling ya

 

I took a couple months off. Was really busy at work and got lazy. Been riding the past couple of weeks and feel amazing physically and mentally.

 

just signed up for another Ironman. here we go boys.

 

I will never ruin a ride with a run after

 

I just finished rebuilding my cross/gravel/ride-to-work bike:



Details:

• It was originally a 2013 Trek Ion CX Pro, and I kept the frame/fork/headset intact from the factory build.
• I found an Ultegra 6800 take-off (basically brand new) groupset with a cross gearing (hard to find!) on the internet for < $400.
• The only thing the group didn't come with is brakes, because there is no such things as Ultegra 6800 cantilever brakes. This was to be expected since this groupset came off of a cross bike, and most cross bikes used cantilever brakes before discs took over in the past year. So I also re-used the original brakes (Avid Shorty 6).
• I went with white hoods, instead of the stock black that came with the groupset, because the bike originally came with white hoods, and I kind of like it now.
  
• The only thing I didn't do myself was swap out the bottom bracket, since I don't have a press, and getting the old ones out is a pain in the ass. I had the shop put in a new Enduro BB86 bottom bracket.
• Seatpost is a Specialized S-Works post I found on the internet
• Saddle is a Specialized Toupe
• Handlebars are Zipp Service Course
• Had a really nice high-end Jagwire cable and housing set sitting around for awhile that I'd been looking for a reason to use, so I finally got to use that up.
• Wheels are Mavic Ksyriums that came on my road bike (since I upgraded recently).
• Tires are 700x25 Michelin Pro Endurance 4. I like to run 700x32 and above when I'm gravel grinding though.
• Bontrager bar tape. I originally bought the bike used and the dude had neon green bar tape on it, so I've just been keeping the tradition alive.
• The seat angle looks messed up here, but that's just because of the stand. I leveled it after I took it down.

Closer shot of Front and Rear Deraileurs + Crankset:



Cages on:



Bonus - Bike Tool Bench:



Now, I just need to take a picture of the complete bike when I'm outside riding it tomorrow.

 

Nice work.

 

this weather is really killing my time on the bike

 

also happy bicycle day

 

The Danish are known for a few things: healthy, happy people, delicious pastries... and fantastic bike lanes. Here's a Danish critique of poor urban bike lane design, with an emphasis on the much maligned Pennsylvania Avenue bike lane in Washington, District of Columbia.
http://www.copenhagenize.com/2016/03/bicycle-infrastructure-fails.html

so like... not this:

 

for some reason because TMB this video won't embed, link should work.

here's how bikes get stolen in broad daylight.
https://vid.me/bRLA

 

Sad.

But hey, at least it wasn't a Bic.

 

Spoiler

 

first crit race tonight. got destroyed. holy cow. need more intervals.

 

lets talk pedal preference.

I'm currently on looks with both my bikes but have a bunch of teammates on speedplays. what does everyone use?

 

love the bike-- surprisingly really like the neon green bar tape.

I'm running black bar tape on my red bike, but now you got me thinking.

 

unless you have bad knees don't get speed play. sure the pedal itself is lighter but the cleat is just as heavy


I use look exclusively

 

Anyone have an electric assist bike?

 

I use speedplays. Love em, but they aren't for everyone. I like the float though.

They suck at shedding mud though (basically all road pedals do), so I use crank brothers egg beaters on my gravel bike I posted above. Again, I really love the float on those.

 

rode 40km today. Set PR's on the first 1/4 of my ride but was unable to keep pace after that.

 

its nice riding weather in Tejas

 

trainer ride today :(

 

Who is on strava? You're killing it.

 

I'm number one in distance this week

 

not anymore...

 

if you don't strava it don't count

 

colonelrascals you're in Houston, right? Where do you ride?

I'm in Montrose and I've only taken my bike out 3 times since I've been here because riding roads down here is terrifying. That and Buffalo Bayou trail gets too crowded to get a quality ride in. I'm assuming I need to load up the bike and head to the burbs.

 

Yeah man. I'm about to ride bray's in a minute (hoping it doesn't rain on me) I will try to stay on the MUP when I can because houston roads are terrifying, but I do ride on the road probably 40% of the time.

go out to katy and it clears up.

happy to meet up for a ride if your interested.

 

BRomanceTaylor Here are some shots of my Strava heat map from 2016. We live in the same general area so I zoomed in for you.

Spoiler

 

Thanks, man. Definitely interested. I ran the marathon in January, then got fisted by work from Feb - April and am just now getting back around to doing some exercise, so give me a couple weeks to get my legs back under me and I'll hit you up. Don't wanna hold you back too bad haha.

 

Just did my first real ride since last summer. Only 7.7 and I'm dead.

 

well done sir.

 

Shop ride tonight. Not as hard of a workout as we were working with a new rider.

Got a crit tomorrow,
Hoping for no crashes.

 

crashed last week. everything was fine.

almost crashed last night, everything wouldn't have been fine. I got very lucky I stayed up right.

 

any rec's on a good quality for the price bike for general purpose for an out of shape physician? maybe some very light trails, certainly no great road distances

 

any of these 3 should fit the physician mold







seriously though go into your local bike shop and ask. 1-2k is the sweet spot for bike prices IMO

 

In Washington, DC (where I live), you can get completely fucked up, get behind the wheel of a car with no license to drive it, run someone over and kill them, then flee the scene... and expect to serve just over a year and a half in prison for it.
http://www.thewashcycle.com/2016/06/driver-in-2014-dc-drunken-hit-and-run-now-serving-17-months.html

 

riding 200km tomorrow...wish me luck