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Jun 29, 2021 09:32
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tbf it's more "fan goes home to Germany after their eventful weekend trip" but that makes for a less compelling headline
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Jun 29, 2021 09:39
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It’s my life mission not to have Fox sports write something like that about me tbh
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Jun 29, 2021 09:42
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Krogort posted:Thanks to the posters in here I ordered a Cube Agree last night that should be delivered later this week.
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Jun 29, 2021 14:11
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I at least want to be known as 'idiot participant' if I make the news for crashing out the entire field at a race. Group road rides are back on. PRd the long 30km segment that makes up basically the entire ride despite getting spit out the back when I didn't realize that the person that pulled right before I did dropped out completely and I hesitated waiting for him to go by and didn't get back on in time. I picked him up and pulled the entire way to the turn around point. Our fastest rider said he's never seen the pace get pushed so much. He used to be able to just shake everyone off but now he can't lead out anymore. I feel gross and kinda want to go back to bed. I missed this.
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Jun 29, 2021 14:13
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I’m looking at getting a Mag Tank or similar for my bikepacking/touring bike, which has both derailleur cables routed on the top of the top tube. There’s about 3” of housing at the front and rear of the tube, otherwise it’s just exposed cables. What’s the best way to set this up so I don’t have a bag squished down on the exposed cable section? I could run full housing but the cable stops aren’t designed for that so it’d look ugly. Small piece of thin foam with channels for the cables that I could clamp the bag down on?
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Jun 29, 2021 14:28
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You could always run a section of housing between the stops and leave a small 1-3mm gap between the stops and the housing. A little tape to line things up and hold them in place so they don't rattle.
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Jun 29, 2021 14:46
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Krogort posted:Thanks to the posters in here I ordered a Cube Agree last night that should be delivered later this week. Literally Lewis Hamilton posted:I’m looking at getting a Mag Tank or similar for my bikepacking/touring bike, which has both derailleur cables routed on the top of the top tube. There’s about 3” of housing at the front and rear of the tube, otherwise it’s just exposed cables.
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Jun 29, 2021 15:16
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Literally Lewis Hamilton posted:I’m looking at getting a Mag Tank or similar for my bikepacking/touring bike, which has both derailleur cables routed on the top of the top tube. There’s about 3” of housing at the front and rear of the tube, otherwise it’s just exposed cables. 
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Jun 29, 2021 15:35
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kimbo305 posted:Depending on the BCD, a n-w ring might be close to a NOS 9-speed derailleur. Clark Nova posted:Hey, I had a very similar problem when I tried running 1x with a bar end shifter. For whatever reason, friction shifting seems to make it easy to pull your chain off the chainring. The best solution is a narrow-wide chainring IMO Thanks. This problem has happened the entire time I've owned the bike. It's got a Suguino 40t chainring on the front that came with the crank, so maybe that's causing problem. I'll start with putting a narrow-wide on there and see what happens. I got this crank specifically because 95% of the bike is used for around town errands, and having a built in low profile chainguard was appealing. I stopped keeping up with bike technology about 10 years ago, so I had to look up what that is, and what a 'clutch' is on a rear der.
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Jun 29, 2021 16:09
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Literally Lewis Hamilton posted:I’m looking at getting a Mag Tank or similar for my bikepacking/touring bike, which has both derailleur cables routed on the top of the top tube. There’s about 3” of housing at the front and rear of the tube, otherwise it’s just exposed cables. You could go for double stem bags instead hemale in pain fucked around with this message at 16:39 on Jun 29, 2021 |
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Jun 29, 2021 16:36
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hemale in pain posted:You could go for double stem bags instead I do have two feed bags but they’re generally a more fiddly affair
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Jun 29, 2021 16:59
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Also: FINALLY
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Jun 29, 2021 16:59
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could it be a chainline issue? somehow when you shift the chain is getting pulled enough to the outside that its riding over the teeth of the front ring right? If you've got a goofy crank and chainring setup I could see it placing the chainline somewhere it doesnt work with out a front mech, but im kinda spitballing here.
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Jun 29, 2021 19:48
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meowmeowmeowmeow posted:could it be a chainline issue? somehow when you shift the chain is getting pulled enough to the outside that its riding over the teeth of the front ring right? If you've got a goofy crank and chainring setup I could see it placing the chainline somewhere it doesnt work with out a front mech, but im kinda spitballing here. Doesn't feel like it, but anything's possible if the troughs are really worn. It's on shifts to bigger cogs, so more inboard, more tension on the underside. Neither would encourage the chain to move over to the outside of the chainring, I think.
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Jun 29, 2021 19:57
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Ah I missed that it was shifting to bigger cogs made it fall off the outside of the ring, that's real weird tbh.
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Jun 29, 2021 21:37
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Posting this here because what Lachlan is doing needs as much exposure as possible but peep the footwear https://twitter.com/EFprocycling/status/1409997503790030859?s=19
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Jun 29, 2021 23:15
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Anyone ever use your bike to pick up takeout, especially a big pizza? I think a trailer is the way to go, but I don't want to overlook a less cumbersome option.
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Jun 29, 2021 23:24
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rt4 posted:Anyone ever use your bike to pick up takeout, especially a big pizza? I think a trailer is the way to go, but I don't want to overlook a less cumbersome option. Front rack and bungees seems the simplest solution
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Jun 29, 2021 23:27
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Loving Africa Chaps posted:Front rack and bungees seems the simplest solution Works great in the summer, but chills your pizza fast in the winter. I actually got one of those delivery hotbox backpacks.
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Jun 29, 2021 23:38
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 Road handlebars make a great platform for pizza boxes. Just hug the box or rest your hands on top of it.
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Jun 30, 2021 03:25
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Bungie it to your back and keep a good aero tuck.
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Jun 30, 2021 03:57
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I have this front rack and love it. https://www.specialized.com/us/en/p...XBoC_XkQAvD_BwE
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Jun 30, 2021 04:48
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I use a big insulated picnic bag which keeps my back warm.
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Jun 30, 2021 07:19
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Loving Africa Chaps posted:Posting this here because what Lachlan is doing needs as much exposure as possible but peep the footwear Bit worried as hes doing this due to knee pain but I reckon he'd finish it on one leg at this point. Hes nearly finished stage 6 and will surely have started stage 7 by tonight.
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Jun 30, 2021 12:31
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Take off front wheel and replace with pizza.
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Jun 30, 2021 19:23
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poemdexter posted:Take off front wheel and replace with pizza. A pizza baked beyond recognition, the poor man's carbon wheel
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Jun 30, 2021 20:02
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Took my bike to ride on the formula 1 track in Austin yesterday evening, with the Pub carbon wheelset for maybe their third use. Since I don't have a bike hitch or roof rack I just take the front wheel off and load the bike into my hatchback. When I pulled out the bike to reassemble it I found that one of the brake pads was tight against the wheel and wouldn't roll. I rotated the front caliper slightly to recenter the wheel and checked that the axle was seated properly and then went on to ride. Later that evening I stopped at the top of the turn 1 hill to catch my breath and noticed again that the front caliper was binding with the front wheel. I adjusted the caliper again and didn't seem to have anymore issues. I'm wondering if I basically set the front caliper clearance too tight when I put in the new pads, if the caliper is just a little loose and rotating, or if I should go get my wheels checked/trued at a bike shop. I spun the wheel on the front axle and didn't notice anything exceptionally wonky about its rotation, but I'm not an expert here. Any ideas?
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Jun 30, 2021 21:29
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Omg You can’t post that and not tell us what it’s like to ride COTA!?
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Jun 30, 2021 21:34
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MetaJew posted:Took my bike to ride on the formula 1 track in Austin yesterday evening, with the Pub carbon wheelset for maybe their third use. These are rim brakes, right? Make sure you’re installing the wheel with it on the ground so the weight of the bike centers it in the caliper. You should have the little lever to flip up that gives you more clearance to take out the wheel, and flips down when the wheel is installed to get the correct clearance. Make sure it’s appropriate when it’s flipped down.
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Jun 30, 2021 21:37
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learnincurve posted:Omg You can’t post that and not tell us what it’s like to ride COTA!? COTA is fun to ride on but it’s kind of a mess because you have bikes everywhere and a lot of different paces. It’s like running f1 while f2, the Ferrari challenge cars, and some guys Camaro are all on track at the same time
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Jun 30, 2021 21:40
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 Slacked off this month
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Jun 30, 2021 21:41
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learnincurve posted:Omg You can’t post that and not tell us what it’s like to ride COTA!? Tell me what I'm looking at because that looks like a roller coaster and not something I want my bike on.
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Jun 30, 2021 21:52
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Literally Lewis Hamilton posted:COTA is fun to ride on but it’s kind of a mess because you have bikes everywhere and a lot of different paces. It’s like running f1 while f2, the Ferrari challenge cars, and some guys Camaro are all on track at the same time I’m disappointed but not surprised they haven’t got it separated into ability levels and allotted time slots - with the elevation as it is that’s a bit daft of them tbh.
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Jun 30, 2021 21:55
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poemdexter posted:Tell me what I'm looking at because that looks like a roller coaster and not something I want my bike on. Circuit of the Americas, Herman Tilke designed race track. Now this guy is notorious for designing loving boring but very safe racetracks that can be switched over from open wheel, to bikes, to tin tops without costing the track too much money. The legend is that the track he designed was just dead flat (like most of them) and he stayed around for the supervision of the initial stages and then left. The moment he was on the plane the track owners brought in tons and tons of Earth and heavy equipment, made that enormous hill, and created themselves what is arguably one of the top 5 F1 racetracks in the world.
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Jun 30, 2021 22:01
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Time posted:
Nice elevation, just ride 300 and some change more
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Jun 30, 2021 22:11
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learnincurve posted:I’m disappointed but not surprised they haven’t got it separated into ability levels and allotted time slots - with the elevation as it is that’s a bit daft of them tbh. I did a team time trial at Silverstone which ended up a mess as even if we were starting off at minute intervals its laps, so you had 35mph bois blasting past old codgers doing it for charity. I've done a few trips to goodwood too and thats a worse setup. Just everyone on the track at the same time for a free for all.
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Jun 30, 2021 22:12
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Literally Lewis Hamilton posted:Nice elevation, just ride 300 and some change more gently caress
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Jun 30, 2021 22:28
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learnincurve posted:Omg You can’t post that and not tell us what it’s like to ride COTA!? It's a fun time, imo. Turn 1 is brutal and I'm not in peak performance shape, so in the lowest gearing on my 11-32t I still felt like I ran out of gears and had to grind up. One lap I stopped midway to catch my breath. The hill right after turn one is fast and I hit about 37 mph which is a lot of fun. Yeah you're dodging some slower riders, and then you got the guys in the full carbon TRI/aero bikes that look a little silly but I'm not complaining. Drafting people on the back straight is also fun. I've done several motorcycle track days there and you really don't realize just how many uphill sections the course has until you're on a push bike. If you're in Austin on a Tuesday night in the spring/summer I recommend it. Literally Lewis Hamilton posted:These are rim brakes, right? Make sure you’re installing the wheel with it on the ground so the weight of the bike centers it in the caliper. Yeah, rim brakes. (If my group set is Shimano 105, 11 speed does that imply that my brakes are also "105"?) I thought I had seated it appropriately which was why I was so weirded out. Edit: pics  Turn 1 early in the night and later as more people arrived  
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Jun 30, 2021 22:35
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Are the turns kinda boring at bike speeds as I suspect? I've only done walkthroughs at two road courses, and neither seemed wide enough to offer that much fun, especially in a mixed 'category' ride.
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