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The rim on my rear wheel blew out while i was fixing a flat in order to get home from work which is 6 miles from the train station, hooray for friendly coworkers driving by 
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Apr 3, 2018 22:56
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alnilam posted:The rim on my rear wheel blew out while i was fixing a flat in order to get home from work which is 6 miles from the train station, hooray for friendly coworkers driving by if theyre so friendly why didnt they stop |
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Apr 5, 2018 05:19
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Adiabatic posted:if theyre so friendly why didnt they stop they did they drove me and my bike to the station that's what i meant |
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Apr 5, 2018 11:52
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oh word carry on then |
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Apr 5, 2018 12:05
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If they were really your friends they would have let you learn from your mistakes. (Cue to Alnilam riding around with an extra wheel on his back) But seriously I'm glad it worked out. I broke a spoke and my rear wheel froze up once, thank goodness it wasn't down hill. |
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Apr 5, 2018 17:27
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i enjoy riding both of my bicycles |
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Apr 5, 2018 21:55
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at the same time? 
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Apr 5, 2018 22:00
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I need to change the gear cables (inners and outers) on my road bike so I bought some. It was only when I got home that I remembered the annoyance of road bikes and replacing cables is you need to put new grip tape on too. And I hadn't bought any. So I went online, ordered tape and treated myself to some new gloves too. I'll put up with the shifting up twice, down once to move one gear annoyance for now. |
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May 1, 2018 11:44
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Piso Mojado posted:here's my hawg ^^^ This bike rules, and makes me pine for Seattle. I dig your choice in panniers and saddle. The fenders and front rack make it look totally badass. This is 100% my kind of bike. Here's my normal bike, with an assload of ice and a spooky jack-o-lantern hanging from the saddle:  Here's the bike I keep at work, on account of I walk to work and this helps me get around campus quicker: 
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May 1, 2018 15:36
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Olympic Mathlete posted:I need to change the gear cables (inners and outers) on my road bike so I bought some. It was only when I got home that I remembered the annoyance of road bikes and replacing cables is you need to put new grip tape on too. And I hadn't bought any. I always just cut off the cap at the derailer, then yank the other end out of the shifter. Then you can cram the new cable into the housing and pull it through once it pokes its head out the other end. I use bar-end shifters, though, this may not work with the "I don't have time to move my hand to shift or pull over to pee because I'm busy winning the Tour de Poughkeepsie" integrated brake-shifter race-o-matic things. |
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May 1, 2018 15:48
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These are totally a thing where I live: These too, but they're going out of style: 
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May 1, 2018 15:52
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cruft posted:These are totally a thing where I live: what on earth does one do on these things when coming up to an intersection where the light is against you and there's cross traffic? |
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May 1, 2018 16:07
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Manifisto posted:what on earth does one do on these things when coming up to an intersection where the light is against you and there's cross traffic? a.k.a. why god invented wheelies |
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May 1, 2018 16:16
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Manifisto posted:what on earth does one do on these things when coming up to an intersection where the light is against you and there's cross traffic? I rode a tall-boy for like ten minutes once. it's tricky to mount, start, stop, etc, but you get the hang of it |
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May 1, 2018 16:51
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alnilam posted:I rode a tall-boy for like ten minutes once. it's tricky to mount, start, stop, etc, but you get the hang of it I believe it, but I guess I mean as a mechanical matter, what do you do? do you have to hop down onto the ground? |
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May 1, 2018 17:07
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alnilam posted:I rode a tall-boy for like ten minutes once. it's tricky to mount, THAT'S WHAT SHE loving SAID GODDAMMIT |
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May 1, 2018 17:09
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Bo-Pepper posted:THAT'S WHAT SHE loving SAID GODDAMMIT  Manifisto posted:I believe it, but I guess I mean as a mechanical matter, what do you do? do you have to hop down onto the ground?
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May 1, 2018 17:18
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really tho this is probably the easiest way to explain https://youtu.be/By5E00tl4U0 the one i rode didn't have pegs but you find somewhere else to step |
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May 1, 2018 17:19
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May 1, 2018 18:13
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i flunked out posted:anyone else ride a fixie? Too technologically advanced and convenient for me. I use a wheel like in B.C.
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May 1, 2018 18:59
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i flunked out posted:anyone else ride a fixie? A long time ago (early 80's) I had a housemate who rode a track bike. Fixed gear, no brakes, etc. This was in Seattle, in traffic, up and down all those hills. He survived, as far as I know. |
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May 1, 2018 19:11
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May 1, 2018 19:24
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i flunked out posted:anyone else ride a fixie? I had one for a couple years, and it was okay I guess. One day while I was fighting like mad to control my downhill speed (lots of hills in the rocky mountains, turns out) it occurred to me that humanity has invented the technology to not make hills a complete pain in the rear end. In that moment, I was enlightened. |
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May 1, 2018 20:25
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I begrudgingly rode a housemate's spare fixie for a few months once after my frame broke and i had to It was a neat experience i guess but it only reinforced my notion that riding a fixie in one of the hilliest cities in the country is dumb |
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May 1, 2018 21:05
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cruft posted:I always just cut off the cap at the derailer, then yank the other end out of the shifter. Then you can cram the new cable into the housing and pull it through once it pokes its head out the other end. I use bar-end shifters, though, this may not work with the "I don't have time to move my hand to shift or pull over to pee because I'm busy winning the Tour de Poughkeepsie" integrated brake-shifter race-o-matic things. I can do the cable inners without too much pissing about but I need to change the outers too. It's been 4 years of use daily and they're full of crud so I bought some new slick teflon ones. I'm hoping they're not poo poo 
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May 4, 2018 19:31
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I finally got round to installing the new cables. Having gears that shift properly is totally underrated and I should've done it forever ago.
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May 16, 2018 10:55
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My last 3 bikes were stolen, 2 of them by landlords. I don't know if I'm ready to be hurt again. |
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May 16, 2018 12:48
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I just moved from a place thats up a huge hill from my biking trail to a place thats level with the bike trail and so now the worst part of my ride isnt leaving and coming back. I'm really enjoying it |
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May 16, 2018 21:13
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Bikes are cool but woah |
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May 17, 2018 03:43
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I haven't been riding my bike recently despite great weather for several reasons: - the plastic in the handlebars has become really polymerized over the years; grabbing onto them is like grabbing onto a handful of black goo -the handlebar apparatus is loose and I don't have the right wrench to tighten it -I don't trust my tire pressure gauge and am scared of over or under inflating the tires -the chain is finicky and slips off all the time especially when I change gears I've been meaning to get everything looked at but the nearest bike repair store is pretty far away. Maybe later today... |
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blaise rascal posted:I haven't been riding my bike recently despite great weather for several reasons: If you lived nearby I'd fix your bike. Fixing bikes is pretty therapeutic once you know what you're doing. |
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