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― cutty, Saturday, 16 February 2008 12:21 (sixteen years ago) link
didn't work today, and cycling was limited to going to the bike shop to buy a new lock cuz i lost mine on friday (lol :-/)
while i was there i took out a jamis nova CX bike for a spin
swoooooooooooooooooooooooooon
― gbx, Tuesday, 19 February 2008 01:08 (sixteen years ago) link
i havent been a bike shop to look at bikes for a long long time, but i was pretty surprised by specialized's cross offerings. they were very, uh complicated looking. wonder how they ride
i was also nauseated by specialized's array of kewl langsters. plz.
― Hunt3r, Tuesday, 19 February 2008 02:17 (sixteen years ago) link
ugh, those things are terrible
― gbx, Tuesday, 19 February 2008 21:00 (sixteen years ago) link
I gotta start waking up earlier for bike commute.
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Wednesday, 20 February 2008 17:24 (sixteen years ago) link
Earlier? Wouldn't commuting by bike be quicker? It knocks 10-20 minutes off my journey.
― Mark C, Wednesday, 20 February 2008 17:28 (sixteen years ago) link
So I don't have to bike home in pitch dark cold.
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Wednesday, 20 February 2008 17:41 (sixteen years ago) link
my commute is 30-35 minutes by train, 20-25 by bike
― sleep, Wednesday, 20 February 2008 19:12 (sixteen years ago) link
So awesome, you guys.
― Laurel, Wednesday, 20 February 2008 19:39 (sixteen years ago) link
SF innercity commute (4.57 miles)
walking: 60 minutes public transit (rush hour): 35-45 minutes driving (rush hour): 20-30 minutes cycling: ~12 minutes
― Steve Shasta, Wednesday, 20 February 2008 19:47 (sixteen years ago) link
How is walking only 15 minutes longer than public transit?? I am not understanding something about SF transit, maybe?
― Laurel, Wednesday, 20 February 2008 19:59 (sixteen years ago) link
Biked with my GF for the first time she has let me. Was good then sped off into the city on errands. Still need to get her a lighter bike but she has gone cold on the idea. Looks like I am schwinn polishing tomorrow.
― Ed, Wednesday, 20 February 2008 21:34 (sixteen years ago) link
"schwinn polishing"
― gbx, Thursday, 21 February 2008 04:26 (sixteen years ago) link
According to my computery thing my commute this morning was 29 mins, about 28 of those actually in motion. Now I did have a pretty good run but that's crazy, I demand a recount.
― ledge, Thursday, 21 February 2008 09:36 (sixteen years ago) link
From where to where do you commute? There is a decent SW breeze today - I can get into Soho (7.2 miles) in under 27 (moving) minutes with a helping hand from the wind, and I'm not particularly fit.
― Mark C, Thursday, 21 February 2008 11:06 (sixteen years ago) link
(And there is hell of traffic/lights on the Fulham Road/Kings Road)
― Mark C, Thursday, 21 February 2008 13:11 (sixteen years ago) link
waterloo > hamersmith. 9k aka under 6 miles. I go at top whack for my singlespeed (about 30 kph) all the way except for a couple of "hills", traffic usually isn't too bad, it's just the lights which slow me down.
― ledge, Thursday, 21 February 2008 13:17 (sixteen years ago) link
Biked with my GF for the first time she has let me.
Don't understand this...? Does she bike on her own in NYC?
― Laurel, Thursday, 21 February 2008 15:37 (sixteen years ago) link
i want to bike in london!
― cutty, Thursday, 21 February 2008 18:45 (sixteen years ago) link
You know how narrow our roads are, right?
― Mark C, Thursday, 21 February 2008 20:29 (sixteen years ago) link
Scary moment on the ride back. There's quite a sharp 90 degree corner that I always take at speed because otherwise you always get overtaken by a taxi just before, which then slows down for the bend and cuts you up. And whenever I go round I think "I really have no idea how fast I could take this before skidding out". So I did it again today, didn't really consider that the road was wet... and then my front tyre skittered out from under me... and then came back under control. Phew.
Still at least I know now how fast to take it. No I don't! I still have no clue! How are you meant to figure that out?
― ledge, Thursday, 21 February 2008 22:23 (sixteen years ago) link
good point, half of that commute is walking because my office is pretty remote.
― Steve Shasta, Thursday, 21 February 2008 22:55 (sixteen years ago) link
drifting yr front and recovering is like impossible ime, so good on you ledge
― Hunt3r, Thursday, 21 February 2008 23:22 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah she does, since she moved here we had to find a happy way of doing this as there is such a mismatch of speeds. She bikes fine on her own but initially wanted to build confidence without having to watch me nearly getting doored etc.
― Ed, Thursday, 21 February 2008 23:25 (sixteen years ago) link
drifting yr front and recovering is like impossible
I know! Fuck knows how I managed it. Sheer fluke probably.
― ledge, Thursday, 21 February 2008 23:33 (sixteen years ago) link
-- cutty, Thursday, 21 February 2008 18:45 (4 hours ago) Link
sooooooooooooo fun. esp busy roundabouts!
― gbx, Thursday, 21 February 2008 23:43 (sixteen years ago) link
Off to the park later for the first time since doing my shoulder (8 days ago). It still aches but the sharp agonising pains have pretty much gone unless I try something over-ambitious. Is this dumb? I guess I'll find out within a few minutes if it's a bad idea.
― Mark C, Sunday, 24 February 2008 15:15 (sixteen years ago) link
First time on the bike, I mean. I have a hangover too so it's not going to be big laughs I guess.
Btw, thanks porkpie for lending me this book - it's great and very funny.
http://www.bookreporter.com/art/covers/140w/0312316127.jpg http://www.lovereading.co.uk/gardimg/00/0097b956.jpg
― Mark C, Sunday, 24 February 2008 15:18 (sixteen years ago) link
Last night rode with username sleep to noise show in Bushwick. First night time + snow riding on a road bike! On the way home stopped short to avoid running a light in front of a cop and vaulted the handlebars. Got laughed at by a bodega full of fat asses, but got home fine. Wrists sore but feeling ok.
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Sunday, 24 February 2008 18:12 (sixteen years ago) link
20 miles today around the North Downs and M25. We never get the route quite right, this time we saw a sign saying "Steep hill, cyclists are recommended to dismount" and thought wahey! 100 vertical metres of fun and indeed steep descent later, and a couple of miles of cycling along the road in denial, we realised that yup that was actually the wrong way, and we would have to go all the way back up it.
― ledge, Sunday, 24 February 2008 18:51 (sixteen years ago) link
oh lord jon. be careful.
rode 3 hours today in prospect park. majority of the ride was with a group of 20 or so riders--by the end our tempo was fast and only 4 of us were left.
race season starts next week. i am going to kill!
― cutty, Sunday, 24 February 2008 19:57 (sixteen years ago) link
I should have just run the red instead of trying to stop on a wet road.
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Sunday, 24 February 2008 20:45 (sixteen years ago) link
Had a short ride around the neighbourhood - lost my back wheel big time on a hill (rear braking? on a corner? In the rain? Well done Mark) but managed not to fall off. The arm was aching after 20 mins but the action of riding is pushing the joint the right way, if you see what I mean). Did a bit of vague interval work on the little local hills. Was fun.
― Mark C, Sunday, 24 February 2008 22:34 (sixteen years ago) link
i spent 4 hours putting a new rim on my rear wheel (1.25 hours) and fucking endlessly with a diabolical chain and messed up chain tool that put me on the edge of insanity.
dint even get to ride on the nicest day since october so sad
― Hunt3r, Sunday, 24 February 2008 22:59 (sixteen years ago) link
dawdled around for about an hour in the new neighbourhood, looking for decent takeaway places; came back empty-handed. DISAPPOINTING.
― haitch, Monday, 25 February 2008 02:02 (sixteen years ago) link
so i was heading down market street behind this other guy this morning into this intersection:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2203/2110710455_0c2cd83ce1_b.jpg
and this dipshit in a brand new black bmw makes... a sudden right hand turn! cyclist in front of me (later found out his name was Zach) smashes into front door of the car and goes over the hood. i hit the back of the car and superman over the trunk.
Zach was cohherent, legs looked bloody and gnarly though. paramedics and cops called and show up, take Zach away to SFGH. i give my report to cops/traffic investigator. apparently the driver claimed that we were riding on the sidewalk and ran a red light while traffic was congested and he had no other choice but to make an illegal right turn. LOLZ0RZ. Traffic investigator actually laughing when recalling his account of the story which was nice touch.
i'm pretty banged up (cheek bump/abrasions), wrenched back, and sore/bloody left knee.
zach's front end is totalled. i have pics. i got zach's bike at my place, took pics. i have never seen handlebars in this position.
my damage: fork got super bent back. hopefully my front tube is not out of round so that i can salvage the frame. front brake was pretty ugly and twisted up. amazingly the deep v's and phil hubs are still true...
be careful out there folx.
― Steve Shasta, Friday, 29 February 2008 20:13 (sixteen years ago) link
sorry to hear it steve. good luck w yr bike.
― Hunt3r, Friday, 29 February 2008 20:52 (sixteen years ago) link
race season starts this sunday. also just got my powertap wheelset this week. WATCH OUUUUUUT.
― cutty, Friday, 29 February 2008 21:02 (sixteen years ago) link
Riding on the sidewalk? When there's a delightfully clear bike lane RIGHT THERE?
Sorry, Shasta. RIP your perfect complexion. ;_;
― Laurel, Friday, 29 February 2008 21:28 (sixteen years ago) link
Steve, fuck the BMW driver. I hope he gets what's coming to him. Can you and Zach get compensation?
― Mark C, Saturday, 1 March 2008 01:04 (sixteen years ago) link
ILX bikers hella accident prone.
― Dan I., Saturday, 1 March 2008 03:28 (sixteen years ago) link
either that or you live in BFE.
my guess is the latter.
― Steve Shasta, Saturday, 1 March 2008 08:45 (sixteen years ago) link
Get a lawyer!!!
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Saturday, 1 March 2008 16:16 (sixteen years ago) link
btw me upthread not being sympathetic to shasta = we already spoke about it on IM
― cutty, Saturday, 1 March 2008 18:02 (sixteen years ago) link
let's all wish cutty best of luck on his first race. godspeed.
― Steve Shasta, Sunday, 2 March 2008 01:10 (sixteen years ago) link
i was in the front of the field killing it until my chain jumped! pulled off and put it back on but could never catch back up to the pack. next time that won't happen cause i'm not going to shift out of my 53.
― cutty, Sunday, 2 March 2008 13:51 (sixteen years ago) link
That is sucky. What were your opponents like?
I did 24 miles earlier, including my fastest 2-laps of Richmond Park. It felt great, though according to my heart rate monitor (on its debut outing), I spent most of the time at about 90-95% of my max. Is this bad? I never felt like I was at absolute full stretch.
This afternoon, I cleaned my bike.
― Mark C, Sunday, 2 March 2008 17:38 (sixteen years ago) link
cutty was that yr first first race? tough luck. you probly know but unless the chain gets seriously f'd up you can often downshift yr front and slow pedal it back on. its nice if, when you put your hand up and start to drift back, you have a teammate to push you along while you sort it out. oh yes, you WILL scatch up those beautiful cranks. same technique with dropping the chain to the inside, but sometimes that problem is more resistant to getting back up on the rings. course, sometimes yr just fucked.
75 degrees yesterday, i did my first leisure ride in yonks, 45 miles, about 3000 feet of climbing straight shot. i was so ill afterwards i had to lie down for half an hour ;_;
today-snowing 3"-6", back to the couch/desk.
― Hunt3r, Sunday, 2 March 2008 20:15 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm about to go riding in the snow for the first time ever (meeting some folks at the park for brosnowdown). Wish me luck!
― nickalicious, Saturday, 8 March 2008 17:07 (sixteen years ago) link
Had a great time riding back in the neighborhood but I got on the road and hit one slippery patch and got scared and rode straight home (then went right back outside on foot).
Love the give of fresh snow under tire though.
― nickalicious, Sunday, 9 March 2008 00:05 (sixteen years ago) link