I have a cyclocross bike myself, Redline Conquest Pro. I have a set of road wheels/tires and more cyclocross wheels/tires, and right now I have the cyclocross set on there. I've never ridden out in the suburbs. Is it pretty flat out there, or are there some hills?
Riding at night in downtown Chicago is so amazing, though. Highly suggest going down Michigan Ave at 3 am and around the loop. Seeing such a big city empty out at night is so awesome.
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07-15-2011, 06:26 PM #1231
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07-15-2011, 06:33 PM #1232
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Given me a great idea, I'm def doing this at some point in the summer. The suburbs have some hilly areas, I was just in st. charles today and went up the biggest hill I've seen around here, obviously nothing like some where out west but it was good. Much more hilly than anything on the lake shore path for sure.
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07-15-2011, 09:43 PM #1236
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hnngggg.. did 18 miles today, third ride on this bike. legs were shaky as i was finishing the last quarter of it.
fuarking frustrating path i chose though. red lights on a major highway (US-1) every like 10 streets. I'll have to find a better path. I don't really like riding on roads though :\\\\ get all nervous and shiz
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07-16-2011, 12:14 AM #1237
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What are some affordable, decent upgrade wheels. I have Mavic Cx22S's that came with the bike.
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07-16-2011, 12:33 AM #1238
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whats everyone's opinion on bike computers? any good recommendations?
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07-16-2011, 08:13 AM #1239
the basic ones are very good value for money, most will cover
max speed
average speed
total distance
time riding
average speed
clock
current speed
the more expensive ones have features like power output in watts, gradient, cadence etc
its always fun to see how fast you are going during a sprint or down a big hill
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07-16-2011, 10:17 AM #1240
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07-16-2011, 10:40 AM #1241
I have a bar mount for my iPhone. I use map my ride for computer/gps/maps. Never get lost anymore, I can explore anywhere and always get myself home.
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07-16-2011, 10:48 AM #1242
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how does one get into the tour de france? srs
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07-16-2011, 05:34 PM #1243
Tested out my flip 3rd gen cam the other day, came out awful. thought i was going to crash on that corner lol
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07-16-2011, 06:12 PM #1245
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only been 4 days w/ the bike & 40 miles but I can definitely tell i'm starting to get dat ass
so luscious cant stop grabbin it
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07-16-2011, 06:28 PM #1247
Normally most cyclists are European. They start riding at a young age and eventually do junior racing in Europe. Eventually if they are good they get invited onto a U23 team or a development team. If they show their potential at that point they are brought onto a team as a neo pro and do a few small pro status races. In time they 'graduate' to the real team and start doing races with them. It is very very rare that a neopro does Le Tour de France (there is an American neopro there this year! Tejay van Garderen). Most guys go thru the ropes for a few years and hope that they get selected for their teams Tour squad (each team has up to 30 or so riders on it...only 9 do the tour). Some Pros never even get the chance to do TDF.
As an American it is a bit different. You work your way thru the junior ranks then hopefully get picked up by a dev team (currently Trek and Garmin have the biggest ones) or you get picked up by USA Cycling's dev team and go over to Belgium to do some racing. Belgium is THE european training grounds for American cyclists. There they learn if they are really cut out for european cycling, which is way different then in the US. At that point...they hopefully work their way onto a team, which is becoming easier for Americans since we have 3 Pro Tour status teams based out of the us (HTC, BMC, and Garmin). Others do the US domestic team route and race around the US hoping to get spotted by a big team and getting to the big ranks. Some US domestic guys don't end up doing so well in the Pro Tour (see Ivan Dominguez!).
All in all it takes a lot of work to get into the TDF; the guys there are the BEST at what they do which is easily one of the hardest sports on the planet. Well...unless you are French and on a French team...then you kind of get to go by default at times (FDJ, Cofidis, Europcar).**Official Bicycle Crew** Ờờ
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07-16-2011, 07:09 PM #1249
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75 miles today... megusta.jpeg
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07-16-2011, 07:16 PM #1250
Cateye wireless is always good. If you can afford Garmin Edge 500 is awesome for all the features and ability to automatically load rides on to your pc with the Garmin logging and graphing speed/heart rate/etc. Also makes tracking training much easier.
I'm partial to Shimano RS80's.. can be had in Australia retail for about 600~. Light, spin well and very stiff. Great training wheel, can be raced on no problem also.
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07-17-2011, 05:53 AM #1252
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thinking bout getting a road bike too
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07-17-2011, 06:03 AM #1254
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do you wont regret it. I have a mtb and a road and the road bike gets used far far more. In fact just got back from a nice and easy 50 miler in the sun and rain!
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07-17-2011, 06:51 AM #1255
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i always listen to music when i ride...makes me ride double as strong/fast etc.
here's a matching track
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07-17-2011, 07:59 AM #1256
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I feel bad. Ever since I got my road bike, my mountain bike only gets love once a week. =)
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07-17-2011, 08:05 AM #1258
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http://soundcloud.com/hamzabotic/brotrance-mix-vol-2
my mix, misc likes it
http://soundcloud.com/hamzabotic/ham...use-summer-mix my electro house mix
weekly DL ''a state of trance'' for new trance, also check out this thread
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07-17-2011, 10:45 AM #1260
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i rode out to this yesterday
but otherwise april velobeats does the job
http://www.velobeats.braynardwebdev.com/
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