he's doing hops and shit on that bike and riding over shitty sidewalks gives me flat tires on my (extremely shitty) roadbike. lol
This man rode the Tour de France route on a Raleigh Chopper http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/acti...our-de-France-route-on-a-Raleigh-Chopper.html lol, know well the look on the face of the dude in the Del Monte kit.
Finally got the replacement to my stolen bike yesterday. Trek Emonda S6. Insurance paid me the full purchase price of my stolen bike. Really lightweight and will be great for climbing. I went 35 miles this morning and it performed really well. I need to deck it out with accessories. New clipless pedals will be installed on Tuesday. I'm pretty pumped up to be riding again after a month break.
Sick bike, man. One of the lighter frames out there, and a full 6800 groupset. That's awfully tough to beat. I'd probably throw a -6 or -17 stem on it though.
I'm back. This is user "coastal" but i am incompetent and finally just created a new account. So... I have my ironman in a little less than 2 months. Cycling is coming along nicely. 100 miles last saturday, 66 today.
I'm just getting into biking as a hobby, so I don't have a super dope bike. I picked this up recently and so far, I absolutely love it.
Any Michigan people doing this in a couple weeks? I'm really looking forward to it. http://www.tour-de-troit.org/tourdetroitride
Did 38 miles with my dad this morning. First time I've been home in 8 months. Pretty casual ride---17.7 mph
Did a 72 mile charity ride in Corpus Christi yesterday. Was trying to beat 4 hours but came up just short. 17.85 mph average. The sea breeze was blowing pretty badly on the way in. Pretty brutal
Rode my fixie to work today. 7.2 miles. Right around 33 min. Relaxing 13mph. Took me less time than my normal commute on the train. Hope to keep riding about 2x a week until I build my new bike. Anyone ride on a one by? Sram has started putting out 1x groupos, but they are pretty expensive. Gonna just take off the small ring of a 46t crank, then run either a 11-36 or 11-42 cassette in the back. If I go 42, I'd have to run a long cage rear derailleur. I think an 11-36 should be enough. Just need to find a cheap frame off eBay or CL and start piecing it out.
I started riding in the summer, and have already upgraded to my 3rd bike. I try and get out twice a week just to do a 11km circuit from home before work, then a slightly longer ride on my day off. Enjoying it a lot more than I expected. Newest bike is a KTM Ultra 1964 Ltd edition, seems to ride well so far. Looking forward to being a bike cunt.
Wanna be cool? go here and vote for the Afghan women's cycling team. fucking badasses... http://adventure.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/adventurers-of-the-year/2016/vote/afghan-women/
I don't other than riding a fixie a few years ago. Brands I can ProDeal: Diamondback, Novara, Ghost, Scott, Cannondale, MiiR
thoughts on this one? but on a serious note I would like some recs, I'll be talking to my bike techs about it too but I would like and idea as to what to look at
of those I would go with Scott or Cannondale. Of the ones you listed those are the 2 you will find among the bikes in the pro pelotons. The technology those companies develop trickles down to the base models on up. get a bike you can grow into because if you like it even a little bit you will be looking to start upgrading soon.
It can vary so much depending on components and frame material. If you are looking for full carbon frame with decent components you are going to be $1300+/-. If you go aluminum with carbon fork & post $800+/-. I am sure there are deals to be had but those are pretty standard prices at retailers.
In that price range, I'd definitely go with Cannondale. They make the best aluminum bikes in the world, which is what you are looking at in that range. I'd get a CAAD12 105 and call it a day. Should be roughly $1500 before your discount. Now, the disc brake version is a bit pricier, but I think I'd probably go that route. Disc brakes are generally superior (although you'll find good arguments both for and against), and are coming to the pro peloton in 2016 (which means most road bikes moving forward are going to come standars with disc brakes). If you want a slightly less aggressive option, the Synapse is a great bike too.
I'd like something that I can turn into a daily driver once I upgrade. Although I really am looking at just making two separate purchases, a cyclocross and a road. I dont mind spending more up front if it means I wont have to upgrade for a while.
My previous road bike got stolen, so I'm looking for a new one. The two I'm looking at are Felt and Kona. Shimano 105 is a priority and they are almost identical in price. What does TMB suggest?
Probably not much difference. Why shimano over sram? I like sram for some reason. Have had both, honestly can tell a difference but sram just feels cooler.
I'm building a commuter right now. Got a nashbar cross frame and fork. It will be all black with gold components. Gold brakes, chain, chain ring bolts, pedals, seatpost clamp. Shit will be af
You still in Atlanta? What are you trying to get put of a bike? Loose Nut in Grant Park has a lot of cool bikes.
Yea I've been looking around my hood in Inman park. Probably gonna buy one from Outback in Little Five. Have pretty much decided on the Felt at this point. Looking for something to do the Bo Bikes Bama route and the associated training.
Their shifters areally different, but that is probably about it. Felt makes good bikes, so you probably can't go wrong. I thought Kona made more mtn bikes and cruisers. Their Jake model is pretty popular.
I have Red 22 on one bike, and it is awesome for sure, but the mid and low tier Shimano stuff is better than the mid and low tier SRAM stuff IMO. 11 speed 105 is really awesome. My gravel bike has 10 speed SRAM Rival on it, and I've been planning to swap it out for 11 speed Ultegra for awhile now. It just doesn't shift great (especially compared to Red), and requires way more upkeep than my bike with 105.
Some dude from Tampa (who vaguely resembles sammy hagar) just broke the year record. http://road.cc/content/news/174210-kurt-searvogel-betters-tommy-godwins-unbreakable-year-record more backstory here: http://www.bicycling.com/culture/people/kurt-tarzan-searvogel-on-the-verge-of-annual-record?cid=soc_BICYCLING magazine - bicyclingmag_FBPAGE_Bicycling__ It's an accomplishment, but it's one of those feats where I can't help but wonder how much more difficult it would have been in 1939... on the 1939 bikes (and environment): finicky 3 speed SA internal hub, heavy drag hub dynamo front, heavier tubing, wheels, crappy tires, in heavily polluted London air, rutted depression era English roads, etc.
I know, right? I just got done with the Festive500 (500km from Christmas Eve to NE Eve - which isn't all that much when it comes down to it) and I was complaining.
I ride 15 miles round trip to work and back. I'm good with that. LOL at doing a century to and from work, then busting out another 400 over the weekend
I am looking at buying a new bike. I currently have a 2008 Giant boulder SE. I use it to ride 10-15 miles a day at the beach. My longest ride is like 30 miles but that isn't the norm. Looking to get a Hybrid. Looking at the Giant 1,2 or 3. Can someone help me out in plain language what I am losing by going for a better (more expensive ) bike. Price at my bike shop start at 349 for the 3, 429 for the 2 and 620 for the 1. They also have a 2013 demo Escape 2 for 299. Thanks
Built my new commuter bike. Tired of a fixie, especially after lifting. About 7.5 miles to work. Nashbar CX frame. 1x11 42t ring up front, 11-32 in the back. Sram rear mech and shifters. Mix of nashbar and chain reaction parts... Gold chain, pedals and soon to be bottle cage for extra
You're basically looking at different components. At that level I have no idea between the shifter, front rear mech series. Tourney vs Atlus. Less gears on the cheaper one. The cheaper one will be heavier. Has a steel fork. More expensive shifter and mech will be lighter and smoother. Not sure you can tell a difference at that level. I'd go ride both and see how they feel. Demo bikes probably a good deal
Is there any decent bikes out there with extremely high weight limits? Like 350? I've been losing weight for a few months now and i'd like a bike but i want it to hold me up.
Zero clue. Carbon is out. Aluminum or steel frame, heavy wheels with 36 spokes. A LBS could help more
Thanks. I just hate going into stores when i'm not quite ready to buy. I've looked around online some but a lot of places don't list the weight limits in the specs.
Anything more annoying than fine tuning a rear derailleur? Shit works led fine at my house, no sweat in and out of all gears on a test ride, then 3 minutes from my houseit skips in and out of the 2nd/3rd cog and have to shift twice to get it to the smallest cog. Fucking annoying. But God damn shifting into an easier gear made life 100x easier than crushing up a hill out of the saddle in a 46-16 single speed. Also pannier bags instead of shoulder bag is nice.