e.pilot posted:

this certainly was a thing today

rope kid posted:

Friends, please help. I got a Sugino Impel triple crank, 42/32/22 (I think), 94 BCD. I bought a Wolf Tooth 94 BCD 28t chainring to replace the 32 (plan to just drop the 22), so I would have 42/28. Yeah, cool great.

The problem (?) is that the chainring bolt holes are threaded and the chainring at those locations is thick enough that it basically takes up the entire length of the male part of the stock chainring bolts. So it can't thread into the female part of the chainring bolt and I'm not really sure what the intention is here.

Are there extra-long chainring bolts for Wolf Tooth chainrings that can thread through their inner chainring and into the crank/outer chainring on the other side?

https://www.wolftoothcomponents.com/products/94-bcd-for-5-arm-cranks

I admit I may also have missed something in the product text here.

Edit: ??? https://www.wolftoothcomponents.com/collections/chainring-bolts/products/chainring-bolts

Coxswain Balls posted:

The size of IS mount you need also depends on what size brake rotor you're using, so make sure to get the correct one.

redcheval posted:

I have an extreme thirst to start biking more. I’m a big newbie and all I have right now is a little townie cruiser I’ve been riding around the neighborhood every day, but I want to do more and get out on the weekends. My fiancé and I would love to do some beginner mountain bike trails but he’s not going to be able to buy a bike any time soon even in normal, non-bike shortage times. I’m also really intrigued by gravel and trail biking.

The bike shop near me is unsurprisingly almost completely cleaned out but they have Surly Midnight Specials in for $1600 right now. I’ve done obsessive bike research over the past couple months but I still don’t really know what would be good for me. Should I just bite the bullet and get one of these? Or forgo my big beautiful bike dreams until post-covid when I can go nuts trying bikes out at the store?

redcheval posted:

Snagged that Midnight Special in hot mayo. No idea what I’m doing but I’m excited

Oldsrocket_27 posted:

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.

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"

quote:

The new features across the three bikes in the range add about $500 to the cost of an already spendy bicycle. The top of the range new GSD R14—with belt drive, Rohloff Speedhub, and suspension front and rear—will cost $8,399.
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Fitting collapsible parts comes naturally for Tern: the company began in 2011 as an upscale maker of folding bikes, co-founded by Hon and his mother, Florence. (Hon’s estranged father is Dr. David Hon, the laser scientist who, in 1981, left Hughes Research Lab to found Dahon folding bikes.)

Andy Dufresne posted:

I was more interested in the phrase "pot plant". I suspect that means different things in different parts of the world, but my brother had several of those in the basement where I grew up.

hemale in pain posted:

you could probably make something which is basically the same for $1500. it wont be able to stand up but whatever.

Killswitch posted:

e.pilot posted:

a flat bar bike isn’t necessarily a hybrid

a hybrid is a flat bar bike

this is what I’m talking about when I say hybrid

some extremely heavy step through monstrosity likely with some kind of questionable fork and the cheapest of the cheap drivetrain and brakes, literally nobody should buy these



This, is a good bike

kimbo305 posted:

But the newbies need the contenttttt.

e.pilot posted:

This is the Bicycle Megathread and we're here to help

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The modern bicycle is nearly 140 years old, and typically consists of two roughly equally sized wheels, a metal (or carbon fibre) frame, some pedals, and various parts to turn your pedalling into forward motion and let you steer and brake.

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Unicycles are not bicycles, because they only have one wheel. I don't think we need a unicycle thread.

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E-Bikes
No.

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Generally a set of components will the called a "gruppo".

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for newer bikes you can find great info on parktools.com.

moctopus posted:

Is there a ready made solution (or available steps to take) to get 150mm cranks + dual sided power without pedal based power meters?

bicievino posted:

I think you're correct, that will not work at all. That just offsets your pedal by 5mm, it doesn't change the radius of the circle made as you pedal.

Sigmund Fraud posted:

I like going on weekling camping trips with my bike and can pretty much fit everything in my two rear Vaude panniers. The tent fits between the two panniers on the cargo rack. This naturally makes the bike back heavy. Are there negatives to this? Would I benefit from shifting the center of gravity forward?

Sigmund Fraud posted:

It works out OK, but I would like, if possible, to pack my tent in one of the panniers instead as it gets soaked in heavy rains. The tent poles won't fit but I could strap those to the cargo rack. Anyone have experience with this? I guess I would need a water proof stuff sack to put inside the pannier as I would hate packing a wet tent and getting the rest of my things wet. Alternatively, I could perhaps let the pannier get wet but only keep items that I don't mind getting wet there.

Sigmund Fraud posted:

Secondly, I'd like a small front pannier/bag to hold my wallet and other small, frequently used items as it can be a pain to access the panniers. Got any ideas? There are a bunch of cheap ones avaliable to Aliexpress that claim to be water proof but I have my doubts. I like to bike hands free so I guess a handlebar bag would make that all but impossible?

e.pilot posted:

So long red dick.

numberoneposter posted:

INTEGRATED DISC ROTORS
https://cyclingtips.com/2020/08/bikes-of-the-bunch-rob-englishs-english-road-bike/

sweat poteto posted:

I did exactly this one time, wrecked a carbon SRAM Red chainset.

rope kid posted:

I hit a bit of a snag with my Crust build. I ran the cables for the shifters and the front brake, but when I got to the rear brake, I realized that my initial belief about the top tube's internal cable tube (i.e., that it had cable stops at each end) was wrong. So I need a pretty dang long piece of housing... or do I??? There are two possibilities I'm considering: 1) I run separate pieces of housing (with ends filed as flat as I can get them) that meet within the internal tube, trusting in the tube to prevent any significant squirm when the cable is pulled or 2) I do the same thing, but use Jagwire double-ended ferrules (plastic housing removed at the connection, 5mm OD - same as the plastic housing) to connect the housing inside the tube. I have no idea if those li'l Jagwire ferrules can negotiate the entrance to the internal tube, but I ordered some because they've been useful on other projects, so why not?

Are both of these ideas bad? If you're wondering why I don't just get more housing, it's because I don't think I can get more housing of the same type in the length that I need -- and I've already installed the shifters and front brake so I don't want to have to redo all of that.

simmyb posted:

Oh yeah I forgot to show off in the thread my new shoes I finished last week:

e.pilot posted:

I just drop everyone and laugh maniacally inside when they inevitably fall off.

Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:

Quick question

I had a Giant Neostrack computer that I lost last month

All it did that I care about is use GPS to track my speed + averages and save them to a website where I could look back and check my progress.

Can anyone suggest something similar? I don't care about sensors or whatever, I just want a computer that uploads my poo poo to a free website where I can look at my time + distance.

kimbo305 posted:

I've had a lot more bikes, but man, the stories / bike average is sure a lot lower
https://www.outsideonline.com/2417395/semi-rad-life-bicycles

frogbs posted:

I think it'd go over a lot better if they just said this instead of posting a video of a phone!

Bouillon Rube posted:

Is there anything wrong with re-using (lightly) used tires?

My neighbor left his cheap single speed by the curb for trash collection, and he just put new gator skins on it maybe a year ago. I asked him if I could pull the wheels off and he said go for it. I don’t think he rode much on them; maybe a few hundred miles at most.

EvilJoven posted:

LMAO some of the more common tube sizes we order are all on backorder.

ETA: June 25

This summer is going to suck so much.

TobinHatesYou posted: