Bicycle Brahs Part 2 - The Lance Armstrong Ball (literally bicycle)

[RockyIV]

Damn. Someone went to banned camp

[blowwzilla]

Finally back to the main bike. No more single speed riding fora while, granted that one week of riding single speed.. did WONDERS for my power. Felt like a rocket today!

269W avg, dude is a ****ing beast man...

[gamblor21]

Why is he banned

[Kraxses]

What app you guys use to track your bike rides? I just bought some ****ty mountain bike as my first bike and went for an 11 mile bike ride.

[Kraxses]

Finally back to the main bike. No more single speed riding fora while, granted that one week of riding single speed.. did WONDERS for my power. Felt like a rocket today!

like what is this Erik is using?

[BUDDED]

I'm completely new to road riding, specifically endurance.

Any way, here's my new purchase as of yesterday
Fuji Roubaix 1.5 C 2014 blk/blue



Used to be a MTB rider, but this is going to be an interesting transition

[gamblor21]

like what is this Erik is using?

I use Strava it is a free app that is very easy to use and does a great job tracking your rides

[zilaniz]

like what is this Erik is using?

Strava, its good stuff.

[gamblor21]

I'm completely new to road riding, specifically endurance.

Any way, here's my new purchase as of yesterday
Fuji Roubaix 1.5 C 2014 blk/blue



Used to be a MTB rider, but this is going to be an interesting transition

Nice I ride a FUJI Transonic 2.3 2015 and I also ride a FUJI track bike and love both of them. First thing is get pedals and shoes, You lose so much by not being clipped in.

[BUDDED]

Nice I ride a FUJI Transonic 2.3 2015 and I also ride a FUJI track bike and love both of them. First thing is get pedals and shoes, You lose so much by not being clipped in.

Thanks for the tip. Repped.

[nattyuser]

like what is this Erik is using?

cell tech

[Kraxses]

First ride was 11 miles gonna try to do 40 miles on saturday lol bike from Brooklyn to central park and back.Gonna be hard on this 200 dollar mountain bike

[KRANE]

First ride was 11 miles gonna try to do 40 miles on Saturday lol bike from Brooklyn to central park and back.Gonna be hard on this 200 dollar mountain bike

The good news is that if cycling is not for you you would not have lost much. Which is much better than having more money than good sense and spending thousands on a bike that just gathers dust in the garage.

If it means anything, I started with a used single speed Salvation Army bike.

Damn. Someone went to banned camp

A lot of someones.

What app you guys use to track your bike rides? I just bought some ****ty mountain bike as my first bike and went for an 11 mile bike ride.

Old school cycle computer brah:

1) How fast?
2) How far?
3) How long?

Although all the other stuff is great too. Its just more than I really need.

[gamblor21]

Also if you do get more into it check out Craigslist, especially in NY/NJ there are a lot of bikes for sale from people who spent to much money and are sick of them taking up precious apartment space. I ride out of Jersey City up 9W to Piermont/Nyack and am working towards Bear Mountain and back.

[MtnJax]

Only mtn biked 4 times in June. I gotta step it up. gonna be hard though since I just got a motorcycle and i'm gonna be wanting to ride that a lot while I can

What app you guys use to track your bike rides? I just bought some ****ty mountain bike as my first bike and went for an 11 mile bike ride.

i use a Garmin Edge 200 and upload to Garmin site which is also connected to Strava

[Kraxses]

Thinking i might have goofed buying a mountain bike,i didnt even know what was a road bike 2 two days ago.How much for the all black one in the OP that looks sick

[gamblor21]

Thinking i might have goofed buying a mountain bike,i didnt even know what was a road bike 2 two days ago.How much for the all black one in the OP that looks sick

Not sure what kind of bike that is in the OP pics, the front fork was most likely put on as part of a custom build, the front fork goes for about $1500 alone. A lot of bike companies are making black on black bikes, but you should never pick a road bike based on what it looks like. Has to be about fit/comfort and budget

[mayweathermusic]

Thinking i might have goofed buying a mountain bike,i didnt even know what was a road bike 2 two days ago.How much for the all black one in the OP that looks sick

Oh probably about 15 grand or so.

[ClaudeGiroux]

Going to buy one of the following bikes by the end of next weekend:

Giant Roam 2 - €399.99
Giant roam 3 - €499.99
Specialized Sirrus - €429.99

Opinions on any of these? Obviously the Roam 2 is by far the cheapest, but my budget is about 500 euro. I really like the Specialized brand, but ultimately I'm probably going to end up buying whatever feels the most comfortable geometrically.

[ErikTheElectric]

Get any of the roam's, Giant makes AWESOME bicycles.

[jubjubrsx]

Got a crazy deal on this my first real road bike. Test rode a Fuji Roubaix, giant defy, and a specialized allez by far felt the best for me.

specialized secteur

[ErikTheElectric]

^ son...

[jubjubrsx]

^ son...

whaaaat? I tried the fuji's, didnt feel comfortable to me? looking more for something a bit more comfortable over longer distances, vs racers I'm to old for that now. also in my area hard to find any bike over 61cm... looong legs syndrome

wait..why am i explaining myself.....no regrets

edit on a side note gonna need some clips and shoes, suggestions for clips? that arent super expensive?

[max1122]

No. KEEP DOING THESE.


The climbs that you're able to conquer on your fixed gear/single speed are truly the ones that make you a more powerful rider.
I do repeats on the local 11-12% grades on my SS and it builds my power tremendously.

^6^^66^^^ yep.

I got much stronger from riding my fixed gear (47x15). It taught me to stop cruising, and how to "pull up" on the pedals after the downstrokes - which helps A LOT with power especially on hills - made a HUGE difference as opposed to just pushing the pedal downward then repeat.

[ErikTheElectric]

whaaaat? I tried the fuji's, didnt feel comfortable to me? looking more for something a bit more comfortable over longer distances, vs racers I'm to old for that now. also in my area hard to find any bike over 61cm... looong legs syndrome

wait..why am i explaining myself.....no regrets

edit on a side note gonna need some clips and shoes, suggestions for clips? that arent super expensive?

Just not a fan of specialized bikes. I had a tarmac SL3 for the longest time, thing broke after two weeks of having it.
*shrug*

Go with ultegra pedals and get SPD SL clips.

[jubjubrsx]

Just not a fan of specialized bikes. I had a tarmac SL3 for the longest time, thing broke after two weeks of having it.
*shrug*

Go with ultegra pedals and get SPD SL clips.

LOL Erik, you cant compare yourself as an average rider, I sub your youtube and your legs are 3x the size of a normal human beings. kind of surprised you dont go through more bikes tbh

[ErikTheElectric]

LOL Erik, you cant compare yourself as an average rider, I sub your youtube and your legs are 3x the size of a normal human beings. kind of surprised you dont go through more bikes tbh

I was speaking more from a general standpoint and from personal experience. I work in a shop and see more specialized bikes come in for service than any others (along with felt and Santa Cruz). But it's just personal preference.. At least you got a bike!

[nattyuser]

^6^^66^^^ yep.

I got much stronger from riding my fixed gear (47x15). It taught me to stop cruising, and how to "pull up" on the pedals after the downstrokes - which helps A LOT with power especially on hills - made a HUGE difference as opposed to just pushing the pedal downward then repeat.

Well the first bike I owned was that single speed, so I had to learn the pull push stroke just to get up some of the hills near my house.

[DJake]

Got a crazy deal on this my first real road bike. Test rode a Fuji Roubaix, giant defy, and a specialized allez by far felt the best for me.

specialized secteur

The Secteur was my first road bike too. Repped. Loved that thing. Now I'm riding this:



Just moved to Orange County though and with all the hills I'm thinking of going back to a roadie. I used to ride a Cervelo RS so thinking of picking another one of those up, or I've always loved the Team Cannondale CAAD 10s.

[KRANE]

Just moved to Orange County though and with all the hills I'm thinking of going back to a roadie. I used to ride a Cervelo RS so thinking of picking another one of those up, or I've always loved the Team Cannondale CAAD 10s.

Just recently moved to LA county from Florida and this 20 degree hill thing near my residence has me sniveling in terror. Maybe with a pure mountain bike? Its going to take a while.