how does it steer?!?!
― ledge, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 12:34 (sixteen years ago) link
How do you not get beat up every 14 minutes?
― Laurel, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 14:39 (sixteen years ago) link
I mean, on that bike.
wow. and haha laurel.
my bike/gear log today is that i bot a pair of perf neoprene booties size 13 on sale and cut out the zippers in back to create super big/thick toe covers. i tested them in the 15 deg temps today. VICTORY- toes a little cold, but not bad. bonus, covers dont interfere with my times at all.
also picked up some cheap, wack looking "glove covers" on close out. they are basically windproof shells in a lobster configuration. i put them over my newish, insufficiently warm planet bike borealis gloves and they worked great. gear gear gear
― Hunt3r, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 16:23 (sixteen years ago) link
Took my first ride yesterday since the collarbone break. It was 60 frigging degrees out; I rode out an old country rode with one of those ancient stacked-rock fences, listened to Thelonius Monk, all in all about a 2 hr ride. It felt REALLY GOOD.
It's raining today though, so instead I'm staying in and slow-cooking a roast.
― nickalicious, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 19:37 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=1587503
On my rounds. About a third of what I'd usually do as a messenger.
― gbx, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 23:54 (sixteen years ago) link
i wonder if "work" is a decent enough excuse to get a bike with S&S couplers....
― gbx, Tuesday, 29 January 2008 23:56 (sixteen years ago) link
i actually got blown off my bike this morning - literally blown sideways right off it and into the road :/ was trying to turn left downhill and leaning into the wind and it blew me off sideways uphill. was lucky with positions of cars. hella windy...
― emsk, Thursday, 31 January 2008 14:26 (sixteen years ago) link
wow, thats unlucky and pretty lucky at once.
i once saw a teammate get blown off his bike in front of me racing up mt evans. he was only 120 pounds in 60 mph gusts though.
― Hunt3r, Thursday, 31 January 2008 16:53 (sixteen years ago) link
There's very little chance I'll ever be blown sideways off my bike by wind, because I always seem to be riding straight into it. No matter which direction I'm traveling.
― Super Cub, Thursday, 31 January 2008 17:01 (sixteen years ago) link
this is yr chance to get the cx frame you want- get a ritchey breakaway cx frame.
― Hunt3r, Thursday, 31 January 2008 17:36 (sixteen years ago) link
Those things are crazy expensive. Isn't it like $1000 for a frameset?
― Super Cub, Thursday, 31 January 2008 19:10 (sixteen years ago) link
theyre not cheap, tho ive seen used ones pop up on craigs and ebay. s&s are also pretty expensive from what i recall. neither are considered user friendly for quick deployment from what ive read.
i think a cheaper folder is what is required here but im guessin
― Hunt3r, Thursday, 31 January 2008 19:19 (sixteen years ago) link
CX frameset is actually $1,350. Yikes. Also I read once that the Ritchey breakaways take some time and effort to break down. Not the kind of thing you want to do multiple times a day. I don't know if that's really the case or not though.
I vote for this, although I've never ridden a folding bike in general or a Dahon in particular:
http://www.dahon.com/images/bikes/standard/unfold/2008/muxlsport.jpg
― Super Cub, Thursday, 31 January 2008 19:20 (sixteen years ago) link
It's got a Nexus8 drivetrain BTW.
― Super Cub, Thursday, 31 January 2008 19:24 (sixteen years ago) link
that looks great
i really like my nexie8, but for convenience, shimano must figure out how to do it as a quickrelease hub.
― Hunt3r, Thursday, 31 January 2008 20:05 (sixteen years ago) link
Dear You Guys,
Read about Chicago's weather for today's daily bicycle log. In that shit from 8-5. Secretly I sort of love it, though; fresh powder on a road bike is the closest I'll get to real deal freshies.
/bro
― gbx, Friday, 1 February 2008 04:17 (sixteen years ago) link
Hey so I'm going to get a new bike in the next month. Very happy times. Availability is limited here and shipping is hella expensive. So a couple of local bikes shops will have these two bikes coming in the next couple of weeks. Both fixed/SS, but otherwise pretty different (steel/Al, $600/$850, etc.).
Raleigh Rush Hour
Cannondale Capo
Any opinions much appreciated.
― Super Cub, Friday, 1 February 2008 06:54 (sixteen years ago) link
They're both pretty (not much of an opinion I know)
― Mark C, Friday, 1 February 2008 09:54 (sixteen years ago) link
Of those, I like the Raleigh better but of the Raliegh single speeds I prefer the One Way for its oldschool look.
― Ed, Friday, 1 February 2008 11:04 (sixteen years ago) link
I don't know much about new bikes so I can't comment on the merits, but the copy on the Cannondale website is making me hate.
"Freewheel it or fix it. You can either coast or practice your track stand for stop and go traffic. Winner of blah blah race and countless deliveries to metro areas."
― Laurel, Friday, 1 February 2008 14:50 (sixteen years ago) link
sorry i have no been logging, cyclist friends
i am still at it 100%, bounced back after that one week off the bike pretty well, still doing strength training at the gym twice a week (today was gym)
i'll start rogging again, i swear. tomorrow i have a five hour ride.
― cutty, Friday, 1 February 2008 17:16 (sixteen years ago) link
Ed that Raleigh looks like it has its own gravitational field.
― Mark C, Friday, 1 February 2008 21:44 (sixteen years ago) link
the black cannondale mouse-over has vertical drop outs
― dan m, Friday, 1 February 2008 21:58 (sixteen years ago) link
haha, it does. That's bizarre.
― Super Cub, Friday, 1 February 2008 22:24 (sixteen years ago) link
i like that oneway. "what if rivendells were fairly practical?"
wow do you really need 65mm of fork offset on 72 deg head angle? that leaves a pretty low trail bike (about 39mm according to Kogswell calculator)
― Hunt3r, Saturday, 2 February 2008 01:23 (sixteen years ago) link
i really like the oneway too. looks like excellent commuter bike.
― cutty, Saturday, 2 February 2008 14:47 (sixteen years ago) link
Brooks standard on the bike is pretty darn cool.
― Super Cub, Saturday, 2 February 2008 20:09 (sixteen years ago) link
ooh i really like that one way
daily log: going on a bike ride......in NYC!
cuttlery/dddddb/laurels: what is best way to manhattan from carol gardens? brklyn bridge?
― gbx, Sunday, 3 February 2008 19:09 (sixteen years ago) link
YEP, BKLYN BRIDGE
― ddb, Monday, 4 February 2008 16:15 (sixteen years ago) link
OH SHIT!! I JST CHECKED MY MESSAGES...I DIDNT KNOW YOUR WERE IN NYC EVAN!?!?!?!?!
I ALSO DIDNT KNOW THAT LAUREL SCREAMS INTO CELL FONES WHEN SHE IS HAMMERED! ;)
― ddb, Monday, 4 February 2008 17:35 (sixteen years ago) link
have moved to new suburb and am BACK on the bike. first ride: sunday nite, from new apartment along track to near city and back, about 10km.
― haitch, Tuesday, 5 February 2008 01:10 (sixteen years ago) link
Just put down a deposit on the Raleigh Rush Hour. Due to arrive in a week or two. Will update.
― Super Cub, Tuesday, 5 February 2008 02:15 (sixteen years ago) link
ddb: Yeah, you'd only know that if you ever came out with us, ever.
― Laurel, Tuesday, 5 February 2008 15:48 (sixteen years ago) link
coming up to an intersection today saw a late 20s/30s commuter guy kind of spazzing out on his MTB inbetween cars [Alex: market and 8th]. as i approach, he jumps off his bike, throws his bike to the ground in front of the car to his left, and starts yelling into that car's window: "you want a piece of me, i'll rip your goddamn head off you stupid motherfucker" just as the light turned green.
I just rode past and said "you tell him!"
― Steve Shasta, Friday, 8 February 2008 17:56 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wizardishungry/2253526708/
;_;
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Saturday, 9 February 2008 21:30 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wizardishungry/2252984171/
n_n
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Sunday, 10 February 2008 00:36 (sixteen years ago) link
My bike got stolen. I've been riding my Huffy but it is tiny in comparison to me meanwhile somewhere out there a bike thief looks ridiculous riding this oversize thing.
This all ultimately resulted in me resentuflly prowling the streets in ridiculous cold weather having PeeWee's Big Adventure moments of visions of people riding it just out of the corner.
― nickalicious, Monday, 11 February 2008 22:58 (sixteen years ago) link
of my eye.
ha
bad luck dude. insured?
first commute on bike in month (again). sweaty, exhausted, out of shape.
― ledge, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 10:05 (sixteen years ago) link
Haha nice one Tom. I cycled today too - I'm *just about* keeping my fitness at a certain level, but I need to start building up soon for the Paris trip - I really, really want to take advantage of the motivation to move to another level.
― Mark C, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 11:39 (sixteen years ago) link
PUT THE ROAD BIKE ON THE ROLLERS TODAY FOR A BIT...I HATE THEM...THEN RODE FIX TO WORK...LATER SOME MTB VIDEO GAME.
― ddb, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 17:12 (sixteen years ago) link
how much should I pay for a service (this is in the UK)? I have never paid for one before.
― caek, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 18:01 (sixteen years ago) link
"service" of a bike, not a willy
bike commuting is soooo satisfying i did it friday but it's too cold for me this week
― sleep, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 18:28 (sixteen years ago) link
service usually costs....$45? in my hood. mostly that's a clean and maintenance of all the lines/brakes/deraillers. truing wheels is extra most of the time.
tonight i'm going to open workshop to figure out what the fuck is wrong with my touring bike.
― gbx, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 22:18 (sixteen years ago) link
I should get some rollers and figure that out. Someone from the shop wants to get enough women together for a roller race sometime soonish??? Not me, I'd be eaten alive. I could be getting in shapier, though.
― Laurel, Tuesday, 12 February 2008 22:31 (sixteen years ago) link
slightly less sweaty today - although i'm wearing slightly thinner clothing and decided it would be a good idea to pump my tyres up to slightly more than 20psi.
maybe tomorrow i'll break out the gps and heart-rate monitor. woo!
i reckon a uk bike service should cost around £20-25?
― ledge, Wednesday, 13 February 2008 09:26 (sixteen years ago) link
There's a bike shop in Putney where they dismantle your bike and give it a full service... for £89.
― Mark C, Wednesday, 13 February 2008 10:37 (sixteen years ago) link