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Postby Lucky » Thu Aug 22, 2019 1:27 pm

I should get a fit one of these days. I can't imagine my 54cm frame with a 100mm, pretty slammed stem is close to what I should be riding, but it feels just right somehow. I guess the traditional shape bars push the hoods 15-20mm further away though.
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Postby southpaw » Tue Aug 27, 2019 11:27 am

This is still hell

Just can't get comfortable, or I can and everything disintegrates at about mile 25

Also all saddles are seeming like extreme hell to me, tried out the specialized power series recently and couldn't feel my junk for a full three days

Gonna be a recumbent bro here eventually
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Postby Jefferson Zeppelin » Tue Aug 27, 2019 1:58 pm

I was in London for work last week and went for an early morning run in Regents Park. There are some very serious groups riding paceline early in the morning out there. Really awesome to see them hammering.
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Postby Lucky » Wed Aug 28, 2019 12:29 pm

Insane final 25-30km at the Vuelta today (the break really). Great win

Madrazo was dropped 45km out, hit by his own team car 25km out, got dropped four times on the climb to the finish, made it back on one of the steepest sections 1.5km out and then attacked in the final km to win by 10 seconds ahead of his own teammate for the team's first ever stage win while the strongest guy finished 20 seconds down.Toggle Spoiler
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Postby gentleman » Wed Aug 28, 2019 8:07 pm

Lucky wrote:Insane final 25-30km at the Vuelta today (the break really). Great win

Madrazo was dropped 45km out, hit by his own team car 25km out, got dropped four times on the climb to the finish, made it back on one of the steepest sections 1.5km out and then attacked in the final km to win by 10 seconds ahead of his own teammate for the team's first ever stage win while the strongest guy finished 20 seconds down.Toggle Spoiler


i only now realized that it was jose herrada and not jesus herrada...no wonder why he lost.
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Postby Oranges » Wed Aug 28, 2019 8:09 pm

I’m considering getting a mountain bike and winter biking to work

I’m also considering getting a motorcycle training... and then a motorcycle to get to work in summer

... but the mountain bike is only slightly less than JUST the training
Having a lot of trouble sorting this one out for myself
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Postby shizaam » Thu Aug 29, 2019 11:42 am

huh... 3-d printed seats http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/special ... echnology/
bet this will be crazy expensive
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Postby Lucky » Thu Aug 29, 2019 11:47 am

gentleman wrote:jesus herrada

;)
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Postby shizaam » Thu Aug 29, 2019 12:02 pm

anyone got any recs for good commuting tires? have some super skinny ones and thinking i should just go to like.. 28 or 30
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Postby board ghost » Thu Aug 29, 2019 12:06 pm

gatorskins if youre looking for a good balance of good ride and good protection

schwalbe marathons if you never ever want a flat and dont care about slightly heavier tires that are absolutely miserable to mount.
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Postby board ghost » Thu Aug 29, 2019 12:08 pm

i just wanna put this out in the world for new roadies

you may be tempted to get like 23cc tires and fill them to like 110-120 psi but for gods sake dont

you are gaining nothing but a harsh ride and bad traction

there no reason in the world to ride anything skinnier than a 28 and and nooooo reason to inflate it higher than 80 or 90psi depending on your ride pref and weight.
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Postby board ghost » Thu Aug 29, 2019 12:13 pm

(and switch to wide rims as soon as possible. huge improvement in ride feel)
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Postby shizaam » Thu Aug 29, 2019 12:26 pm

badhat wrote:i just wanna put this out in the world for new roadies

you may be tempted to get like 23cc tires and fill them to like 110-120 psi but for gods sake dont

you are gaining nothing but a harsh ride and bad traction

there no reason in the world to ride anything skinnier than a 28 and and nooooo reason to inflate it higher than 80 or 90psi depending on your ride pref and weight.

oh yeah, on my road bike i've got tubeless 28s that I run at like 80 and I love it — will never go back. just been lazy about switching them out on my commuter.
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Postby southpaw » Thu Aug 29, 2019 12:44 pm

I really wanted to believe otherwise, I had 35c tires on this bike I bought that rides like absolute shit. Rode another bike back at home with 25s on it and it seemed so much more fast and efficient. Thought I could fix the bike by throwing skinny tires on it

Bought a set of smaller tires and now the bike is just more chattery and less cushy, and I was actually slower over a 30 mile ride

Question though, aren't you risking serious pinch flats at 80-90 psi? The 28s I'm about to install say min 110psi though I remember them being fine at like 95psi
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Postby board ghost » Thu Aug 29, 2019 1:37 pm

not in my experience. probably depends on your rim width, weight, and riding style (how hard you hit potholes and curbs and such)
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Postby incoherent grunting » Thu Aug 29, 2019 2:06 pm

badhat wrote:i just wanna put this out in the world for new roadies

you may be tempted to get like 23cc tires and fill them to like 110-120 psi but for gods sake dont

you are gaining nothing but a harsh ride and bad traction

there no reason in the world to ride anything skinnier than a 28 and and nooooo reason to inflate it higher than 80 or 90psi depending on your ride pref and weight.

This was me when I got my roadbike and I thought it was just the way things were with road bikes until I bought my commuting roadbike and put on 28s and it was like riding on a cloud - my times were very similar and for a much heavier bike it's obvious it had nothing to do with the tires.

Too lazy/cheap to do anything about my 23s, tho
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Postby board ghost » Thu Aug 29, 2019 2:15 pm

i mean yeah ride what you got till it wears out

but for road tires you can/should always inflate at or below the low end of the range.
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Postby incoherent grunting » Thu Aug 29, 2019 2:24 pm

I always do 100psi because it's a nice round number, but when I was filling them up the other day I was wondering why I decided that was right. Gonna try 90 next time 8-)
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Postby fraew » Thu Aug 29, 2019 5:56 pm

Not to be a naysayer, but you gotta check whether your frame will FIT 28's... 25c's are usually a given, though
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Postby Jefferson Zeppelin » Thu Aug 29, 2019 6:06 pm

I've been inflating to 120 all this time
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Postby brittle » Thu Aug 29, 2019 6:12 pm

fraew wrote:Not to be a naysayer, but you gotta check whether your frame will FIT 28's... 25c's are usually a given, though

I felt like such a dingus taking my bike to buy some wheels I found on Craigslist. But after badhat's Hed mishap, I wasn't about to drop $450 on wheels that would make me have to buy a new frame
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Postby gentleman » Thu Aug 29, 2019 6:38 pm

im 135 lbs and pump up to 110psi the night before a ride.

i rarely flat.
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Postby gentleman » Thu Aug 29, 2019 6:38 pm

im 135 lbs and pump up to 110psi the night before a ride.

i rarely flat.
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Postby brittle » Thu Aug 29, 2019 6:40 pm

170 lbs. Keep it about 90 psi. But when I race I fill to 100-110
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Postby Lucky » Thu Aug 29, 2019 7:33 pm

I run 25s (tubular) at about 80 psi. Don't think my frame will take anything wider lol
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Postby board ghost » Thu Aug 29, 2019 10:01 pm

gentleman wrote:im 135 lbs and pump up to 110psi the night before a ride.

i rarely flat.



you bounce tho
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Postby fraew » Thu Aug 29, 2019 10:07 pm

65kg and 90-100psi - usually 25's. Half my race tubs are slow leakers too (stupid latex inners)
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Postby shark week » Thu Aug 29, 2019 10:09 pm

does MALm have la vuelta locked up or what?

Astana is so stacked. i don't see how he fucks this up.
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Postby board ghost » Thu Aug 29, 2019 10:26 pm

fraew wrote:Not to be a naysayer, but you gotta check whether your frame will FIT 28's... 25c's are usually a given, though



this is true and a fair point. but your odds are pretty good unless you have like real racy tubes and clearance. not fitting 28s is such a niche-y asshole roadie design thing. even the plushie roadies like roubaixs and madones and synapses have good clearance now.
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Postby board ghost » Thu Aug 29, 2019 10:28 pm

brittle wrote:170 lbs. Keep it about 90 psi. But when I race I fill to 100-110


like i’ve never seen anything that suggests you actually get speed benefit to doing this. and you lose grip, which would be a problem on corners or wet or gravel on course
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