Heading north on the big red bridge gives you absolutely no shoulder to ditch into, so it was awfully exciting when I was cranking uphill and dude rounded a corner towards me, cruising down, in my lane, looking somewhere else. I bark out a "YO" and he glares at me as he swings off with little margin for error. Sorry to hurt your feelings man! I took it out on someone who tried to pass me near the peak of Hawk Hill though.
― Uhura Mazda (lukas), Saturday, 18 August 2018 19:33 (five years ago) link
Crossing the big red bridge in the days before the rail between you and the traffic lanes used to really freak me out. But yeah, it can still be bad now.
Hopefully I can do that ride again soon! It's been a while.
― fajita seas, Saturday, 18 August 2018 21:16 (five years ago) link
bike died, have no idea why or what to do, am stuck in heavy traffic in a taxi
― Everything to do with chocolate (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 23 August 2018 07:58 (five years ago) link
this is the folder? hope u get it sorted!
― Hunt3r, Thursday, 23 August 2018 15:06 (five years ago) link
yeah thanks. i’m sure it’s fine, just need to learn how to do bike maintenance. standing in a basement with unhelpful youtube videos is not fun.
― Everything to do with chocolate (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 23 August 2018 19:23 (five years ago) link
just go to the park tools youtube account, they'll explain everything
― gbx, Thursday, 23 August 2018 21:06 (five years ago) link
I live in a relatively low theft zone, but just heard you can fill saddle allen bolts with hot glue. What are your tricks? To deter ez pickins. (Lol its a fucking c13 and my preeeciousss).
― Hunt3r, Thursday, 23 August 2018 22:20 (five years ago) link
I bought some security bolts after I got a saddle stolen and have never used them. But they exist!
― Uhura Mazda (lukas), Thursday, 23 August 2018 22:27 (five years ago) link
yeah i say pitbolts and pinheads and like that, but i uh...have a LOT of hot glue, can't reglue baskets and grips without that shiz
― Hunt3r, Thursday, 23 August 2018 22:57 (five years ago) link
― gbx, Friday, 24 August 2018 07:06 (one week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
thanks for tip. turns out the cassette was loose (i don't know what that means or how i would have diagnosed it)
― calamity gammon (Autumn Almanac), Saturday, 1 September 2018 08:14 (five years ago) link
Buy bikeBuy accessoriesFail at ridingHow do I change my gears?!UghCry.
― spacedaddy, Tuesday, 4 September 2018 23:32 (five years ago) link
What the old saying doesn't mention is how long it takes till riding a bicycle is something you never forget. Can we help?
― Uhura Mazda (lukas), Wednesday, 5 September 2018 01:30 (five years ago) link
Practice and repetition is a pain but part of the game. specific questions i’ll try to respond if i know.Shifting- shift before it gets difficult is one non-insight insight.
― Hunt3r, Wednesday, 5 September 2018 01:43 (five years ago) link
uh lemme see if i got this right: don't buy upgrades, ride up grades
― gbx, Wednesday, 5 September 2018 02:03 (five years ago) link
"it never gets easier, you just get faster"
― gbx, Wednesday, 5 September 2018 02:06 (five years ago) link
is the physical act of changing gears difficult? (janky derailleurs, old cable, front derailleurs in general) or is it how to find the right gear? after years of fixed gear/single-speed i did think that finding the right gear was tricky (i mashed when mashing was called for, got spinny when that was required). getting into the right cadence (esp when you're in the middle of the cassette) can be frustrating, but i have found, as a heuristic, that any time you move the big ring in one direction (eg it got harder), move the rear two in the opposite (eg make it easier)
― gbx, Wednesday, 5 September 2018 02:10 (five years ago) link
p sure sheldon brown (RIP) has a whole tutorial on this?
― gbx, Wednesday, 5 September 2018 02:11 (five years ago) link
i just spent 16 days with a bunch of people riding the length of thee isle of great britain (john o'groats in scotland to land's end in cornwall). mostly we stuck to quieter roads which added to the distance considerably - 1220 miles ridden in total and on an average day we did about 80 miles. we were camping in tents every night, but my mum and dad drove the whole thing in their camper van so they carried all our tents and other gear so that was a massive boon. weather was mostly okay, the only day when we got totally soaked was riding through lancashire (typical), the haul over the the forest of bowland was a glorious battle against wild, wet and windy conditions. my 14 year old son did the whole thing with us - he normally only rides bmx and mountain bikes but he absolutely stomped everyone on every single climb, he was amazing. the riding was great, but tbh i really struggled with the whole group dynamic and once everyone started getting tired and grumpy i was glad to just spend most of the later days with just my son and one other guy. anyhow, photodump in my long-neglected flickr if anyone's interested in viewing my terrible helmet hair and whiskery bad looks:https://www.flickr.com/photos/145923930@N07/
― I'd Rather Kecak (NickB), Thursday, 6 September 2018 16:30 (five years ago) link
congrats, that is a great great event. it must have been amazing to do it with your kid, too. can't wait to check yr photos.
― Hunt3r, Thursday, 6 September 2018 16:36 (five years ago) link
Great work
― the salacious inaudible (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Thursday, 6 September 2018 22:18 (five years ago) link
This is not the content I expect from ilx but I find it pleasing. A stone circle! Wheelies!
― Uhura Mazda (lukas), Friday, 7 September 2018 20:34 (five years ago) link
so many endos!
― gbx, Friday, 7 September 2018 20:49 (five years ago) link
Yeah he had an spd moment after one of those endos, landed in a heap on the floor and totally ripped the leg warmers I bought him just the day before. Grrrr!
― I'd Rather Kecak (NickB), Saturday, 8 September 2018 10:15 (five years ago) link
That is a fun photostream, looks like a great trip.
hardly the most memorable moment for you probably, but the one of the geese is cool in a _is that what they actually do?_ kind of way.
― Hunt3r, Wednesday, 12 September 2018 18:45 (five years ago) link
Wow I didn’t check this for like two weeks!Thank you guys!!!!
― spacedaddy, Tuesday, 2 October 2018 16:01 (five years ago) link
missed the old CX bike and wanted something for road/path/dirty hijinx for the summer, got sweet deal on kona rove with 650b wheels and superfat slicks. so good! the french were right!
― Steve Reich, 'Ass-Clapping Music' (haitch), Wednesday, 24 October 2018 00:04 (five years ago) link
used it for nite ride, middle of the city after midnight, barely see a regular car among the garbage trucks and taxis
― Steve Reich, 'Ass-Clapping Music' (haitch), Wednesday, 24 October 2018 00:24 (five years ago) link
that’s doin it right 👍
― Hunt3r, Wednesday, 24 October 2018 03:46 (five years ago) link
yeah bigtime
― gbx, Wednesday, 24 October 2018 04:08 (five years ago) link
yeah that sounds fun as hell
night rides were actually a big part of me getting back into cycling as an adult. i complimented some random dude's classic 10-speed back in 2010 and he told me about Midnight Ridazz (LA night ride crew of Taco Tuesdays fame - "guys, please stop stealing from the 7-11 or they won't let us in")
― Uhura Mazda (lukas), Wednesday, 24 October 2018 16:13 (five years ago) link
Midnight Ridazz were founded by the biggest amateur doper in the USA. He has a lifetime USAC ban from competition, now he just tries to claim Strava KOMs all over LA. Terrible person.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 24 October 2018 22:26 (five years ago) link
and gaimon took most of them back don't shame a dude for getting back on the bike because he did it in the presence of a jerk. keep it positive ya ding dong
― gbx, Wednesday, 24 October 2018 23:39 (five years ago) link
brilliant summer idea haitch, i may very well get into some of that (now that evil magpie season seems to be over)
― calamity gammon (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 25 October 2018 10:16 (five years ago) link
melbourne bike cru
― Steve Reich, 'Ass-Clapping Music' (haitch), Thursday, 25 October 2018 23:10 (five years ago) link
the spotless reputation of Midnight Ridazz ruined
― Uhura Mazda (lukas), Thursday, 25 October 2018 23:46 (five years ago) link
Won't somebody think of the Ridazz... lol
In unrelated "tech giants are horrible" news, this was particularly disturbing coming from a consumer reports POV:
YouTube have terminated my GPLama account. Apparently for three violations of their community guidelines (no reason given). That's everything gone. 2 years work. 700 videos. 17 Million watch minutes. @TeamYouTube Explain this to everyone below. You've just ended me.— Shane Miller (@gplama) October 29, 2018
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 29 October 2018 16:25 (five years ago) link
whoa -- i've watched some of that dude's videos, seems like the most innocuous unboxing/review stuff around
― gbx, Monday, 29 October 2018 16:39 (five years ago) link
they've reinstated the channel but haven't communicated what the problems were - obviously there's probably not anyone to actually talk to about it
― Steve Reich, 'Ass-Clapping Music' (haitch), Tuesday, 30 October 2018 04:38 (five years ago) link
My main recall of Melbourne roads is nearly having a tram impale my rental while I tried to turn across traffic. Be careful.
― Hunt3r, Saturday, 26 May 2018 13:55 (seven months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
just fell victim to tram tracks
― calamity gammon (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 31 December 2018 01:37 (five years ago) link
oh no- hope yr well and no or few damages! status check?
― Hunt3r, Tuesday, 1 January 2019 14:52 (five years ago) link
a load of skin came off left elbow, both knees, left calf and right hand. no damage at all to neck or helmet/head. bike front wheel is jamming against the brake and the chain mechanism is making a funny noise, but i think it’s fixable (will know next week).next time i see a load of arse biscuits standing in the bike lane i will lose my shit at them.thanks for your concern <3
― calamity gammon (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 1 January 2019 20:49 (five years ago) link
FWIW this has happened to me also (although not quite as dramatically!) and almost everyone who bikes in downtown San Francisco. Hope you heal quickly!
― fajita seas, Tuesday, 1 January 2019 20:55 (five years ago) link
thanks! a lovely bloke came out of his shop and got me bandaged up, and the hospital i went to (public health is free here) checked joint movements &c. and established nothing was broken.
― calamity gammon (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 1 January 2019 20:57 (five years ago) link
I think I might be on the verge of getting a Brompton y/n
― gbx, Tuesday, 1 January 2019 23:54 (five years ago) link
what for specifically? depending on your situation you might be better off with another folder
― calamity gammon (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 1 January 2019 23:58 (five years ago) link
commuting. one of the ways I can get to work that isn't driving is commuter rail + bike the rest of the way
I guess it'd also be nice for bringing along on trips, too, as a number of airlines will let you bring them on as carry-on luggage
― gbx, Thursday, 3 January 2019 02:02 (five years ago) link
ah brompton then. for portability there’s no competition.you’d want to consider things like # gears v weight, expensive light titanium v weight, etc. i went for six gears in standard metals, so it’s heavy but not too expensive. if your ride doesn’t have too many hills, you could get away with a three or two speed.
― calamity gammon (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 3 January 2019 02:28 (five years ago) link
Call is going out:
http://coloradogravelgrinderchampionship.com/pony-xpress/details
May 18, 2019. I'm hoping to lasso a gbx, as much for wanting to meet a legend, as anything else. :^)
i've had a lot of... dreams and setbacks as i've ventured through the last couple years, but i'm confident i can make it through this one. i'm comfortable being a reliable 50+ ally, as opposed to "ima set a pr" guy, though if asked to pull or die, i'll ride til i die.
Anybody wanna walk through the process of doing this? i'll be on a minimally loaded drop-bar, tubeless, 26x2.1" mtn bike. This kinda monster-cross shit is considered "fashionable" by my understands.
hope all are well. i see most of yall through strava and the fatmantis group, but while few, we are strong.
― Hunt3r, Monday, 7 January 2019 04:11 (five years ago) link
also:"NEW for 2019 Class 1 Ebike for 85 K distance with later start time (no age or gender classes )."
― Hunt3r, Monday, 7 January 2019 04:23 (five years ago) link
that gravel ride looks terrific hunt3r, very jealous - you'll have a blast on that!
i've been upping the miles here in an effort to tire my son out. it's not working at all, it's absolutely killing me while he's just getting fitter and faster all the time. i had a virus over the last six weeks so i did manage to get some time just sitting on my arse, but i think i'm over that now and it's all beginning again. 100 miles last monday, and then 55 yesterday up four of the big climbs in the area - we were going to do another couple as well, but thank the lord we ran out of daylight :D
main riding goal this year is mountain mayhem which is the longest running uk 24hr mountain bike race. i'm not really into racing at all anymore (i'm soooo slow) but they've just dropped the lower age limit to 14 so we're doing it as a pair. with any luck i'll just be able to do one lap and then let him ride the rest - seriously i'd just be slowing him down, he's just ridiculous
― my name is leee john, for we are many (NickB), Monday, 7 January 2019 08:37 (five years ago) link