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ElMaligno posted:Thanks, she is well behaved on her leash but I got a Bicycle Dog Leash. She is a little afraid of bikes so i'm going to take it slow, with her with the eventual goal of taking short bike rides with her and the side goal of hauling her on a bike dog trailer when me and the wife go camping. Drown the dog with treats. That tends to change their mind real fast.
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rope kid posted:I'm trying to find somewhere to buy a 1.85mm cassette spacer to run a 10-speed Shimano cassette on an 11-speed hub and uh... basically there are no outlets in the US that have them in stock. I feel like I'm losing my mind. I actually bought one last week here: https://www.nashbar.com/shimano-duraace-fh9000-11speed-low-spacer-1.85mm-y4t724000/p312168 FogHelmut fucked around with this message at 14:30 on Aug 5, 2020 |
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Snagged that Midnight Special in hot mayo. No idea what I知 doing but I知 excited
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redcheval posted:Snagged that Midnight Special in hot mayo. No idea what I知 doing but I知 excited Nice! Congrats on the new bike. Pictures? There's a picture thread here https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3933902
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redcheval posted:Snagged that Midnight Special in hot mayo. No idea what I知 doing but I知 excited Nice that's the best color of the three imo. You'll be pleasantly surprised by how fast you can go on the surly compared with your cruiser.
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aw damnit my old asian market edge 500 screen cracked. any rec for a simple but good cycling computer under $150?
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Ooh, will post a pic or two up in that thread now. Just got back in from riding it around the neighborhood and it truly is a BLAST, I am in love.
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redcheval posted:Ooh, will post a pic or two up in that thread now. Just got back in from riding it around the neighborhood and it truly is a BLAST, I am in love. I've put about 3500 miles on my MS now, it's a stupid fun bike that you can ride just about anywhere if you're dumb enough.
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Ammanas posted:aw damnit my old asian market edge 500 screen cracked. any rec for a simple but good cycling computer under $150? Under $150 you're solidly in the cost-cutting tradeoff zone unless you're willing to go find a used Wahoo or Garmin instead. That said, I've been happily using a bargain bin Lezyne Super GPS Enhanced for ~1.5 years right now and it's been fine. It was $100, I use it to follow GPX tracks without maps, and when I've used turn-by-turn it has worked great until I get off the track and then it loses connection to my phone and struggles to route me back. If you can survive with only Bluetooth and not ANT+, you could get by with a https://www.jensonusa.com/Lezyne-Macro-Plus-GPS . If you want more ANT+ and more features you can step up to the Super Pro GPS at $150, but at that point you should probably just consider the extra money for a Garmin 130 Plus or Wahoo Bolt. You might be able to find a clearance Garmin 130 for cheap now that the 130 Plus is out also. Edit: It's elevation barometer is bad and always gives me extra elevation if there's big weather changes or I leave before it calibrates. Strava can correct this elevation. It's done a great job of staying paired to cadence and HR sensor, battery life is good, and my phone connection issues are probably because I'm on a 3.5 year old $240 phone that struggles to maintain a bluetooth connection to anything, including my car and speakers. Twerk from Home fucked around with this message at 22:33 on Aug 5, 2020 |
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shoot. i paid $90 on ebay (new) for this one cuz it was meant for the asian market but you just change the language to english and gtg. i should be less cavalier with my bike stuff, its all so loving expensive
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Ammanas posted:shoot. i paid $90 on ebay (new) for this one cuz it was meant for the asian market but you just change the language to english and gtg. Get another one? Really the new ones aren稚 necessarily better. The Edge 500 came out in 2009/2010 and it痴 lasted that long after all. Suicide Watch fucked around with this message at 02:30 on Aug 6, 2020 |
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Took out my road bike for the first time in ages beyond just trips to the bar/liquor store. Only did about 30 miles, but the frontage roads near one of my favorite close fishing spots are nice and hilly and pretty sparsely carred so I had a fun time, and I forgot how much easier climbing on a road bike was. Knew there was a reason I kept it around. Also the flats are on there until I break in/decide I hate my flat shoes for the mountain bike. 
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Suicide Watch posted:Get another one? Really the new ones aren’t necessarily better. The Edge 500 came out in 2009/2010 and it’s lasted that long after all. decided to go with an edge 130, new on ebay for $160 express shipped
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In local news, someone in Vancouver lived out my worst nightmare:quote:
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/happy-to-be-alive-and-mad-as-hell-cyclist-hospitalized-after-sea-to-sky-collision-1.5050747
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Hey don't worry, the driver can be fined almost $500 Canadian! That'll show em!
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DeesGrandpa posted:Hey don't worry, the driver can be fined almost $500 Canadian! That'll show em! Seems excessive. Are these boards even worth that much??  Accidents happen!
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I'm just a lurker, but I got a job in sales at a LBS a few months ago. Just let me say that normie and nerd customers alike need 2 get a grip (and not just handlebar grips)
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golden bells posted:Just let me say that normie and nerd customers alike need 2 get a grip Go on.
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kimbo305 posted:Go on. I think it's because I'm a lady, but men frequently lie to me about their height. Dudes who are my height (5'4"/163cm) telling me they're 5'10"
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golden bells posted:I think it's because I'm a lady, but men frequently lie to me about their height. Dudes who are my height (5'4"/163cm) telling me they're 5'10" There was someone else in here ages ago who also worked in a bike shop who said dudes who needed small bike frames would often be trying to buy large frames on sale.
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That was me and yes it's hilarious when certain men outright refuse to buy a small frame even though they can't comfortably stand over a medium. Especially when there's an XL next to it and it's  ON SALE
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golden bells posted:I think it's because I'm a lady, but men frequently lie to me about their height. Dudes who are my height (5'4"/163cm) telling me they're 5'10" Do you ever offer to break out the tape measure?
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Buy two sizes down with a -17deg 140mm stem. This is the way.
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Lower than average MY rear end Still need to be 2 seconds faster on that segment though 
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I wish there was a way to opt out of Local Legends other than switching privacy settings and becoming ineligible for like half the challenges on Strava. I know most of them are basically just ads, but pretend internet badges are way cooler than pretend internet laurels imo.
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golden bells posted:I'm just a lurker, but I got a job in sales at a LBS a few months ago. Just let me say that normie and nerd customers alike need 2 get a grip (and not just handlebar grips) Grip2 vvc please.
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This post, now in the correct thread: This old Quintana Roo popped up on facebook, and I can't help but admire those bars. No listed size, but it's listed as having 650 wheels and being "too small" for the current owner to . It looks to me like it's a 650 front 700 rear from the picture. I really don't need to throw $250 at an old TT bike that probably doesn't fit me, but a part of me certainly wants to. 
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Those are so loving ugly.
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Oldsrocket_27 posted:This post, now in the correct thread:  so many possible but unusable hand positions
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kimbo305 posted:Do you ever offer to break out the tape measure? The giddy 5'11" customer lastly inputed his anatomical inseam. The Trek sizing super computer grinded and wheezed, and with a puff of fumes spat out a dot matrix document: "MANLET"
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vikingstrike posted:Grip2 vvc please. IT'S BACKORDERED STOP ASKING ;-;
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Modal Auxiliary posted:I wish there was a way to opt out of Local Legends other than switching privacy settings and becoming ineligible for like half the challenges on Strava. I know most of them are basically just ads, but pretend internet badges are way cooler than pretend internet laurels imo. I'm not a huge fan of it myself if only because I can see it making riding less fun, what with people feeling the urge to do the same thing over and over again just to maintain their LL status. Only reason why I have those is because it's part of the group ride I do twice a week. But that 2nd place vexes me so.
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Just sell bikes in sizes large, extra large, extra extra large, mega large and super large. Large is 46cm.
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Clark Nova posted:Just sell bikes in sizes large, extra large, extra extra large, mega large and super large. Large is 46cm. I'd like to test ride a triple venti Checkpoint, no foam.
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Oldsrocket_27 posted:This post, now in the correct thread: That's the era of 650c wheels which are a pain in the rear end to get rims and tires for.
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Is that a Terry-style bike? It doesn't really look like an old Low-pro/ TT funny bike, other than the bars.
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EvilJoven posted:That was me and yes it's hilarious when certain men outright refuse to buy a small frame even though they can't comfortably stand over a medium. My dad did this with poor results. I am a hair under 6'0.5" tall (184cm on-the-dot) and my anatomical inseam is 34.5" (87.5cm); back in 2009 when I was getting back into cycling after fifteen years of wasting my life playing Quake, I went into a Performance shop and walked out with a size Large Schwinn Searcher. It fit me pretty well and I got a lot of use out of that bike before selling it to a friend. Anyway, my dad is 5'9" tall with short legs, so his anatomical inseam is probably under 30"; he went into Performance and demanded a size Large Schwinn Searcher because that's what I'd bought. The folks there tried their best to talk him out of it but he was adamant; I tried to talk him into a Medium but nope, if his son rides a Large, so does he! He eventually got his way and came out with this bike that's much too large for him. He made it a few years without serious incident, but finally he rolled up to a stop, couldn't get off the saddle, couldn't get a foot down, and went over right on his shoulder. He was probably 65 at the time and overweight and this wound up being a proper injury that kept him off the bike for quite a long while. I no-shame ride a Medium Topstone. Buy a bike that fits, folks!
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my career as a cycling fashion designer is going well. My latest creation: the King of the Rave Mountains jersey https://imgur.com/a/k2KeJQh SAMart post forthcoming.
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becoming posted:My dad did this with poor results. I am a hair under 6'0.5" tall (184cm on-the-dot) and my anatomical inseam is 34.5" (87.5cm); back in 2009 when I was getting back into cycling after fifteen years of wasting my life playing Quake, I went into a Performance shop and walked out with a size Large Schwinn Searcher. It fit me pretty well and I got a lot of use out of that bike before selling it to a friend. Anyway, my dad is 5'9" tall with short legs, so his anatomical inseam is probably under 30"; he went into Performance and demanded a size Large Schwinn Searcher because that's what I'd bought. The folks there tried their best to talk him out of it but he was adamant; I tried to talk him into a Medium but nope, if his son rides a Large, so does he! He eventually got his way and came out with this bike that's much too large for him. He made it a few years without serious incident, but finally he rolled up to a stop, couldn't get off the saddle, couldn't get a foot down, and went over right on his shoulder. He was probably 65 at the time and overweight and this wound up being a proper injury that kept him off the bike for quite a long while. Smaller bikes are lighter and let you get longer stems. Both of these are good things!
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