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Banged out another metric. At 3:59:59 time of hitting 62 miles. Three day total: 176.8 miles. Please remove my legs. (Also Garmin, with only a heart rate strap, said that I burned all of 2k calories on that 80 miler. My rear end I burned only 2k calories)
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Loving Africa Chaps posted:the fucker is in so tight I was worried I was going to strip the plastic, gently caress. We already know you have a drill and the will to use it. All of these look like proverbial nails for your proverbial hammer. DRILL BABY DRILL
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iospace posted:Banged out another metric. Maybe if you ended at 0 elevation gain
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HR based calorie estimates are going to be especially horribly wrong if you don’t have HR zones set properly
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Steve French posted:HR based calorie estimates are going to be especially horribly wrong if you don’t have HR zones set properly different services seem to calculate it differently as well. I'm pretty sure I have Strava and Garmin setup with the same zones but I get wildly different calorie estimates when it just goes by heart rate. I'm pretty sure Strava is high and Garmin low...when using power Strava just calculates calories based off power but my Garmin watch can't read power and take that into account so it just goes by heart rate and is always lower than my power numbers So in conclusion just get a power meter
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I’m helping my brother replace his bike that was stolen and I’m wondering if this is a good deal? I’m very aware of the market right now but it being a 7 year old bike gives me pause. https://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/bik/d/portland-all-city-macho-king-ltd-gravel/7323208207.html
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skul-gun posted:Jagwire makes compatible pads and they're a legit brand that should be in-stock. Jagwire pads have been great for me. I bought another set as a spare since parts supply is unreliable in hellworld 2021.
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from the rivendell newsletter quote:It happened at the end of an all day ride and not in the middle, thankfully. A tiny stick got sucked by the rear tire, hit the fender stays and crumpled it all the way into the rear brake cable, locking up the rear wheel.
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Well that's one way to sort out the whole fender clearance issue that sometimes comes with converting a canti bike to mini v.
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> crumpled it all the way into the rear brake cable, locking up the rear wheel. Seems a little academic -- if it had enough purchase to pull the stradle cable up, it would probably have jammed on the seat stays less than a cm further, locking the fender into the tire just as well.
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May 21, 2021 08:57
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Levitate posted:
Done, op
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yoohoo posted:I’m helping my brother replace his bike that was stolen and I’m wondering if this is a good deal? I’m very aware of the market right now but it being a 7 year old bike gives me pause. I’m not sure how good of a deal it is, but I would buy that bike if it was in my budget and size.
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May 21, 2021 19:07
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Preordered a ebike https://www.prioritybicycles.com/products/current for the Costco price of $2600 feel free to tell me how I'm a dumb idiot and should have bought something else.
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Duck and Cover posted:Preordered a ebike https://www.prioritybicycles.com/products/current for the Costco price of $2600 feel free to tell me how I'm a dumb idiot and should have bought something else. im annoyed that in america it's legal to sell a 28mph ebike but police here in the UK are fuckers and keep stealing ebikes here which go above 15mph throttles aren't even legal  we're such a backwards poo poo hole
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Duck and Cover posted:Preordered a ebike https://www.prioritybicycles.com/products/current for the Costco price of $2600 feel free to tell me how I'm a dumb idiot and should have bought something else. Nah, I think it's probably a perfectly fine ebike. Does it say who makes the motor/battery? hemale in pain posted:im annoyed that in america it's legal to sell a 28mph ebike but police here in the UK are fuckers and keep stealing ebikes here which go above 15mph I'll be honest, I rarely ride above 15 or 16 mph on a normal cyclepath or bike lane anyway. I've never ridden with a throttle. I can see how it'd be nice for a little bomp off the line, but it's never seemed that necessary. Safety Dance fucked around with this message at 19:24 on May 21, 2021 |
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Safety Dance posted:Nah, I think it's probably a perfectly fine ebike. Does it say who makes the motor/battery? They're fun! quite useful for squeezing between traffic and the pavement (sidewalk?) so you don't pedal strike the curb. I find 17-18 mph the sweet spot on the road personally.
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Duck and Cover posted:Preordered a ebike https://www.prioritybicycles.com/products/current for the Costco price of $2600 feel free to tell me how I'm a dumb idiot and should have bought something else. Not sure about that one in particular, but Priority seems to have a good reputation for its standard bikes. Supposing they put a good motor and battery on an already good bike, it should be a good e-bike
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hemale in pain posted:im annoyed that in america it's legal to sell a 28mph ebike but police here in the UK are fuckers and keep stealing ebikes here which go above 15mph If you want a bike with a throttle that goes 28mph get a moped.
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May 21, 2021 19:49
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If you want a moped, just get a motorcycle. They're so much cooler
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Safety Dance posted:Nah, I think it's probably a perfectly fine ebike. Does it say who makes the motor/battery? It doesn't but internet does. It's a truckrun which isn't what I'd prefer but I really wanted a belt drive (more than I rationally should) which limits my options without spending over 4k. At $2,600+$30 shipping I'll feel less bad about buying gps/radar/suspension seat. I presently have a Ride1up LMT'D the throttle is nice but it certainly is a temptation.
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A couple of times recently I've seen some guy on what appears to be an electric moped that goes like 40mph Blasting down the bike lane at 40+ pedaling furiously on something that looks like a dirt bike
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Duck and Cover posted:It doesn't but internet does. It's a truckrun which isn't what I'd prefer but I really wanted a belt drive (more than I rationally should) which limits my options without spending over 4k. At $2,600+$30 shipping I'll feel less bad about buying gps/radar/suspension seat. Oh yeah, the belt drive will be real nice. I hope you enjoy it!
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serious gaylord posted:If you want a bike with a throttle that goes 28mph get a moped. ebikes are better though, you don't have to worry about when you can or can't be in bus lanes or dumb stuff like where you can or can't park. e: also unless you have crazy wide handlebars it's easier to filter between traffic on a bicycle hemale in pain fucked around with this message at 21:52 on May 21, 2021 |
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The Wiggly Wizard posted:from the rivendell newsletter isn't this exactly what those plastic breakaway clamps for fender stays are designed to prevent? e:  I guess if a stick catches the stay it wouldn't help all that much
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Clark Nova posted:isn't this exactly what those plastic breakaway clamps for fender stays are designed to prevent? Yeah the newsletter addressed this directly, Riv only install SKS, which have the breakaway tabs. Their bikes look way better with silver aluminium fenders tho, it's a shame. E: the moral of the story is VO parts are on the cheap end of nice. Buy Honjo and cry once, then enjoy forever.
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fenders off road, not even once
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yeah, VO is a little pricey, I spent like $15 more and got berthoud fenders from ben's cycle instead 
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I don't know about any of this stuff that's been posted, but I'm super mad at eBikes because they're pretty quiet and the people riding them have a habit of drifting by you on the left and scaring the poo poo out of you because they don't know riding etiquette.
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I set my helmet on the hood of my car for a second today, and the INSTANT my back was turned the loving wind gusted and blew it off onto the concrete. How religious do I need to be about the one hit rule? Is that enough to require a replacement now? It's a little scuffed but I can't see any cracks or dents.
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I've just found out the hard way that tubeless sealant will happily dissolve your carpet if you leave it there long enough. I was storing one of my bikes in my spare room and didn't realise it had a hole that hadn't sealed properly, so now my carpet has a bald spot that's almost as unattractive as my own.
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Unsinkabear posted:I set my helmet on the hood of my car for a second today, and the INSTANT my back was turned the loving wind gusted and blew it off onto the concrete. If there's no cracks or deforming of the foam it's probably fine. The testing and impacts it's designed for are when there's something inside that's adding momentum to the blow.
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The Wiggly Wizard posted:from the rivendell newsletter I had this exact same thing happen to an SKS mudguard last year. I popped it back into shape and it's been fine ever since, despite the crack that now runs halfway across it.
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I have a Scosche arm band HRM (rechargable, USB, with spare bands) and a CycleOps chest strap HRM (uses disposable CR2032 batteries) - both only used once before I decided I hate wearing HRMs. If you want them and can PM me relatively soon I'll toss one/both in the mail to you.
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90 miles on the bike today. Met two really cool guys on the ride who were going to the same place as me and let me tag along even though they were on carbon fibre and I was on my big landbarge touring bike with racks. I managed to keep up!! Then we all got beers together. Hooray for bikes.
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I think I’ve asked in the past but I’m searching for a direction to head. Quad pain just on one side about midway up the leg. It’s on the side of the quad but not the IT band. Usually starts to hurt 20-30 minutes into the ride. Backing off helps but doesn’t fix it. Also not a great solution since I’m mountain biking and doing long climbs. I’m thinking it’s some sort of overuse thing, it came on last summer when my volume really picked up. The pain does last after I’m done and is quite sore as I sit here.
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n8r posted:I think I’ve asked in the past but I’m searching for a direction to head. Quad pain just on one side about midway up the leg. It’s on the side of the quad but not the IT band. Usually starts to hurt 20-30 minutes into the ride. Backing off helps but doesn’t fix it. Also not a great solution since I’m mountain biking and doing long climbs. I’m thinking it’s some sort of overuse thing, it came on last summer when my volume really picked up. The pain does last after I’m done and is quite sore as I sit here. n8r posted:Given your issues maybe you get a little slack, but honestly this is likely a technique issue. Work on good body position and being in that attack position. If you don’t absorb bumps with your legs you’ll rattle off pedals regardless of disabilities.
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n8r posted:I think I’ve asked in the past but I’m searching for a direction to head. Quad pain just on one side about midway up the leg. It’s on the side of the quad but not the IT band. Usually starts to hurt 20-30 minutes into the ride. Backing off helps but doesn’t fix it. Also not a great solution since I’m mountain biking and doing long climbs. I’m thinking it’s some sort of overuse thing, it came on last summer when my volume really picked up. The pain does last after I’m done and is quite sore as I sit here. Have you considered lowering your expectations? Perhaps this is just a new reality of getting older.
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I’ve had two bike fittings and it’s been happening for 9 months so that’s unfortunately not a fix.
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