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

[MtnJax]

Quoting stats for posterity, let's revisit this in 12 months and see how those beer taps treat you muahahahaha.

Those are outdated. I'm actually 250 now , but going down! His new shop will be in the middle of an out and back, 6 miles 1 way. So I think 1 beer towards the end of a 12 mile ride won't hurt haha

[Auxe]

Recently bought the Trek Madone 2.1 C, first road bike and it's a really nice ride. Anyone recommend some mid range pedals/cleats?

Do you notice a vast improvement going from trainers > cleats? ready to take some falls.

Mirin

I have almost the same bike, slightly lower tier. Clipless is a 10-15% noticable boost - but near suicide for commuting

Also:

Calves have not really grown. Quads got a tad more shredded, but squats were most of it. I noticed my legs have "Not gained any size" for well over a year... but increased in strength quite a bit

The more weight I lose, the better I am, this cut is awesome! Still sadly pacing 14-16mph for 15-18 miles a day only. I really need to not skip out on weekend rides.

[DrRwilson]

Mirin

I have almost the same bike, slightly lower tier. Clipless is a 10-15% noticable boost - but near suicide for commuting

Also:

Calves have not really grown. Quads got a tad more shredded, but squats were most of it. I noticed my legs have "Not gained any size" for well over a year... but increased in strength quite a bit

The more weight I lose, the better I am, this cut is awesome! Still sadly pacing 14-16mph for 15-18 miles a day only. I really need to not skip out on weekend rides.

anyone used the double sided clipless and regular pedals on the other?


saw one the other day, it was heavy as hell

[Carloswithac]

Just grabbed my bike to load up on my rack for tomorrow morning and found it with a flat front tire.

Feels.

I know those feels! But add that I had no spare tubes, and my patches are crop! I had to go mountain biking and I was all set for road cycling. The flat happened overnight.

[tinky_winky]

Little lunchtime ride today

[DatPass]

Is that you throwing rocks at a duck? lmao




srs though, i hope thats fish splashing, i like ducks.

[tinky_winky]

haha i wasnt throwing rocks. He had just taken off from a log he was chillin on. Its were his feet dragged

[Auxe]

anyone used the double sided clipless and regular pedals on the other?


saw one the other day, it was heavy as hell

Weirdo


Those are good for MTBs though

[KRANE]

I was going to go riding or to the gym to do legs today but it looks like the rainy weather has put a damper on my riding. Rain, rain, go away?

anyone used the double sided clipless and regular pedals on the other?


saw one the other day, it was heavy as hell

Yeah right. Its like having a brick on each pedals? Stop it, I have those. But they're called dual platform to be exact: Shimano PD-M647 SPD Dual.

You can clip into either side its just has an extended platform for use with regular shoes. And for the record, they 576g.

[MtnJax]

Yes, rain rain go away! although, i wouldn't mind it raining out my softball game tonight. not in the mood to play lol

[condorhb60]

Upgraded to clipless pedals tonight. Should be interesting..

[mntbikedude]

Finally got out to do this 25 mile training route I try and do a couple of times a week. It's an easy ride except for this 5 mile climb to this little mining town. I love ditching the jersey at this point and then just that feel of flying back down that hill with no shirt, with the sunshine and wind amazing. Also had a cool experience of taking this fellow miscer from the Netherlands to Moab, Utah to ride the slick rock trail. I ended up not doing the ride (long story). But it was amazing for him, he had no idea how insane it was going to be.http://www.utah.com/bike/trails/slickrock.htm

[RockyIV]

Upgraded to clipless pedals tonight. Should be interesting..

It takes some getting used to in order to make a habit out of unclipping when you stop but you'll wonder how you ever rode without them once you are used to them

Those are the ones I have on my road bike. Good pedals.

[AdCon]

What pressure do you guys have your tyres at?

I ride casually on a mountain bike with slicks at the moment and I swear that my performance went down when I pumped my tyres up (not what I expected).

[Auxe]

Upgraded to clipless pedals tonight. Should be interesting..

I've yet to get hit by a car on my current bike

But I've wrecked myself at stoplights/sand before the first week or so riding with those. Make them loose for the first few times you ride them, tighten up after.

Should have gotten black, the silver will get trashed

What pressure do you guys have your tyres at?

I ride casually on a mountain bike with slicks at the moment and I swear that my performance went down when I pumped my tyres up (not what I expected).

Road bike tires arent the same. I'm at 100 psi front 110 psi rear

[KRANE]

What pressure do you guys have your tyres at?

I ride casually on a mountain bike with slicks at the moment and

I ride 100/110 front/rear. The ride can be a bit bumpy on rough roads, but the reduced rolling resistance is a godsend.

I swear that my performance went down when I pumped my tyres up (not what I expected).

You likely passed the point of diminishing return. Check your recommended pressure range and experiment with it. There should be a sweet spot somewhere in there.

[condorhb60]

I've yet to get hit by a car on my current bike

But I've wrecked myself at stoplights/sand before the first week or so riding with those. Make them loose for the first few times you ride them, tighten up after.

Should have gotten black, the silver will get trashed

I have ridden on clipless several times trying other people's but just never had them on my bike for normal riding. I don't care if the silver gets beat up honestly, Shimano's comparable model this year is plastic instead of aluminum and the next model upgrade is carbon. And I'm not about to buy pedals for over 1/3 of what my bike cost Going to be planning an epic upgrade about a year from now when I'm graduated and hopefully have a good full-time job secured.

[SelleItalia]

Completed the strava challenge of 48 hours cycling time, did it in 15 days

Also anyone see the race across America? Sickening..4000+Km with 6 hours sleep by the winner :O

[KRANE]

Completed the strava challenge of 48 hours cycling time, did it in 15 days

Also anyone see the race across America? Sickening..4000+Km with 6 hours sleep by the winner :O

Dope free?

I have ridden on clipless several times trying other people's but just never had them on my bike for normal riding. I don't care if the silver gets beat up honestly, Shimano's comparable model this year is plastic instead of aluminum and the next model upgrade is carbon. And I'm not about to buy pedals for over 1/3 of what my bike cost Going to be planning an epic upgrade about a year from now when I'm graduated and hopefully have a good full-time job secured.

By then you'll figure you can just buy a new car instead and drive everywhere while eating large bags of pork rinds. Bam! You're fat and ugly. That how it happens.

[TheStender]

Also anyone see the race across America? Sickening..4000+Km with 6 hours sleep by the winner :O

Son of a bitch, I didn't think it started this early. I missed it completely.

The Trans American race is still going, it's interesting to see how much slower you go when you have zero support.

[thsker]

High of 90 tomorrow, gonna have to get an early start. First fairly hot weekend we have had this year, hard to believe that my garmin recorded a low of 39 (at around 2pm) last Saturday.

[KRANE]

High of 90 tomorrow, gonna have to get an early start. First fairly hot weekend we have had this year, hard to believe that my garmin recorded a low of 39 (at around 2pm) last Saturday.

Its the Summer Solstice: the longest day of the year. Suppose to be the hottest too.

[thsker]

Its the Summer Solstice: the longest day of the year. Suppose to be the hottest too.

Temps around here usually peak late july-early august.

[KRANE]

Temps around here usually peak late july-early august.

Yeah, I guess I read it wrong?

[SelleItalia]

Dope free?

No idea bro..I assume something like that would be tested..but who knows :/

[TheStender]

No idea bro..I assume something like that would be tested..but who knows :/

I'm really upset that I missed it this year, I don't know why but I was thinking it was in July.

So I've been watching the RAAM reports, this is from the second day of racing, skip to 1:12 to see a rider have a pretty nasty crash.

[KRANE]

I hate to see anybody crash. There's enough ideas going through my mind already. So please, if you post a video. have the decency to embed or clearly mark it as below.

On a related note, I've always though it pretty stupid for reporters (in any sport) to interview people when they're bleeding/injured/etc. Save those "what happened" interviews for when they're in the hospital, clean, safe, and/or recuperating.

[TheStender]

On a related note, I've always though it pretty stupid for reporters (in any sport) to interview people when they're bleeding/injured/etc. Save those "what happened" interviews for when they're in the hospital, clean, safe, and/or recuperating.

He didn't go to the hospital or clean himself up from what I saw. He was apparently fine so I didn't think it was that big of deal since they happened to be right there (in a race that can stretch out hundreds of miles).


That does look like an ascent/descent Carlos should hit up though.

[MtnJax]

These storms need to fuk off! I gotta hit the trails once this Germany/Ghana game is over

[TheStender]

These storms need to fuk off! I gotta hit the trails once this Germany/Ghana game is over

I had to go through quite a bit of mud and water on my ride yesterday. Some of the trail was even washed out on a ridge so I wonder what the plan is for that section. I should have gotten a picture of it.

And now the river is flooded so every road across is closed. There is literally no way to bike across the river for about 30-40 miles. Even driving there is only one crossing for a 25 mile stretch or so.