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I've been riding about a 100 miles a week, despite the 40* weather... longest ride is 42 miles, usually average about 20 around 15 mph... sup?
 
^VERY nice!!!! How long've you been doing that kind of volume? I hit that <err...close anyways. hit 389 in 4 weeks> about a month ago, then let myself get overtrained and, surprise, injured myself. almost 2wks now no proper training :|

what're you riding? any pics? :]
 
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Fuji Roubaix 2.0 w/ 105 throughout (except the back derailleur, I think, which is Tiagra.

The thing that got me seriously riding was Strava, the iPhone app that tracks all your stats. As soon as I found that, I got obsessed and had to ride everyday. I started riding seriously last spring. I probably should join a team or a club, but I move around so much that it is pointless.

Anyway, nothing brings a smile to my face quicker (besides blowjobs) than flying around on a bike.
 
very nice :)

errrr ya i meant to put these up a while ago lol... what i setup for my brother as a "getting home" present:


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he had attempted a white paint job b4 his arrest - it was the fugliest matte-white i'd ever seen (he thought it was gloss...i'm operating under the assumption he sprayed it the same day he was doing stupid things that caused the arrest, cuz he wasn't thinking str8 at all :| ). I told him i'd do the pink stem, fork, and maybe the crank, as he requested. He doesn't know i spent forever removing his bumpy, fuct matte-white paintjob, re-did in gloss, and completed the pink accents throughout (also contrasted them to navy blue, has a cool cotton candy theme- cool for a hipster anyway LOL, and he's a hipster to death)

/am aware that the headset's bearing track got botched (spacers too), was rushing the job and removed tape in a hurry smudging the shit outta it. Will be re-doing that, and still need to go grab him a chain (the wheel situation is still kinda in limbo, once my ride's all setup and done i'll have wheels properly done for him. Right now it's just the red andonized rear and an old/ghetto front that i re-did gloss-black (came out crisp as shit tho >;P )
//the majority of the nuts/bolts were done in glow in the dark, like chainring's bolt setup and the pedal's screws are all glow ;PP

and this isn't fresh anymore, but on mine i did the DUB logo (if you dunno DUB, here ya go, prepare to have your mind blown. bmx/cannabis culture FTW: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J35isD3VJ2M ), and i did "george", both in glow in the dark spray.


(GLO)george and DUB. by newPHOTOdumpingACCOUNT, on Flickr

/yes, george is an actual anole, he is my friend and has riden hundreds of miles with me. his body isn't much longer for this world, so he'll need swappin out soon. RIP george.
 
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/already posted in the nikes/shoes thread, but was taken for this thread in the 1st :] bike is finally back on the road!! *And*, removed teh brakes / put the fixed-hub on >;]
 
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^ I've never had issues with my Trek hybrid. Dunno if $400ish would suit your budget but yeah. It's light enough I can get it upstairs if need be, but sturdy enough that it hasn't fallen apart from about five years of riding (once did approx. 15 miles every day, 25+ on the weekends).
 
I had a schwinn hybrid, sweet bike at $300. I didn't dig the disk breaks because they would get wonky (high maintenance even though it had shimano parts) and it was back heavy which screwed up taking tight turns in traffic.

They only qualm I've had with Trek in the past is that the leaning span to the bars wouldn't accommodate my size. In that the ride-ability would be uncomfortable and cumbersome on long rides. (I'm barely 5'3") Although this was a 2005 model, is it privy to assume they've improved on adjusting the handle-bars?
 
^any chance you have pics of the setup? Between sliding the seat forward on its rails, and flipping(if applicable) and adjusting the stem, and adjusting handlebars if applicable, you should be able to get it proper. If not, then the bike wasn't your size in the 1st.. The fit on a bike is very very important, MORE important than quality and components IMO.

EDIT: see the pic of my bike upthread. I'm 5'7", and approached my setups (on 27" / 700 size bikes) wrong for years. I went more by the look, ie super aggressively dropped bars, seat far back/up, etc. Over past months, as i realllly started putting down heavy mileage and learning *everything* i could, you can see my seat is slid forward about as far as it goes, my stem is flipped so it angles up instead of down, and i keep an adjustable seatpost clamp (tho i'm just playing w/ a couple mm's at this point, and will have permanent clamping soon)
The difference on a properly fit bike crushes differences in component quality, not just for the enjoyment of a ride, but for how fast you can go, how safe you'll be and control had, and eliminating/reducing soreness/aches from longer distances(tho even w/ great fitting, i'm at a point where i wouldn't endorse more than 30-50mi daily for any stretch of days, unless you're damn sure your body's handling it ok!)
 
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kovic fixed gear
^half for the song and half for the video(which is solid but not tops, it's just fixie fun <ie fixed gear hub, usually w/o other breaks>. c'mon folk let's get more bike culture offroad/touring/bmx/vert/fixie going on in here!!)

Simply_Live said:
It is a hybrid. It's the "newer" style if hybrid. The tires are adapted for road use.

And you forget it's a guy's bike. On a hybrid, the seat is generally lower if it's a guy's bike because they don't want their balls getting squished.
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guys keeping seats lower is something i'm not even familiar with...i guess if it's squishing balls *at* the proper height (as in seat-to-pedals, based on inseam length), i would look at tilt way before considering dropping the seat. That is, of course, for regular road riding; riding off-road, you'll lower your seat from its most comfortable and efficient height, to accommodate for the bumpiness.


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nike6.0 riders in china
sport is coming so far! :D
 
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she mainly rides it on bike paths, light trails, and a couple times hilly off road. its a 'wsd' women specific design, so it fits well and one of the more comfortable ones she test drove.
 
that's cool shit dude, i imagine you ride with her right?
have been wanting to pursue some kind of off-road or cycle-cross(if that's the term cannot remember for sure) soon...wanna do too many things on bicycles lol, am also very very likely gonna grab a bmx soon (i sold mine when i got into triath/distance rides. bmx breaks you and is incompatible with lots of other sports for htat reason)

that's cool shit dude, i imagine you ride with her right?
have been wanting to pursue some kind of off-road or cycle-cross(if that's the term cannot remember for sure) soon...wanna do too many things on bicycles lol, am also very very likely gonna grab a bmx soon (i sold mine when i got into triath/distance rides earlier in the year. bmx is tough to balance w/ other stuff, not only because it breaks you, but because it's extremely hard to get better just riding 'here and there', real progress pretty much requires being in the scene/culture, like being on that bike 24/7 and getting the common movements sooo ingrained and 2nd hand yknow?)

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^from random pics thread in lounge.
/am no engineer, but think you'd need two ski's in the front if you wanted to stay upright.. woudl still hop on that w/o hesitation, as-is.



OH, and did someone edit or delete my posts and others' in this thread??!! I swear to god that my posts have been touched, but never got a pm and there's *zero* "edited by" in my windows... Simplylive did you alter them?
 
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any thoughts on lubing bike chains with either WD40, lithium grease, white lithium grease, or any mixture thereof? Really wanna throw some lube on my chain instead of buying a new one (chain prices being the reason i've yet to buy dry-lube or chain-lube). Will i regret using a normal grease/lube on my chain?

Am gonna clean and repack/lube my bottom bracket tonight, too, am very excited :) lub packing bb's and headsets, bike feels soo great afterwards :)


EDIT: how the fuck did you edit my post before i submitted it, CotB?
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/think you're just fucking with me at this point!
 
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