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Biking Nerds Unite

Joeof1 said:
You sound like most old Flat-Land riders I know. Can't be bothered to use the bike lane and can't be bothered to go the routes everyone else wants me to ride.


Honestly, even though we have bike lanes here, I do not trust the drivers enough to ride in them. A lot of my riding is over gravel up stairs down stairs and whatnot as a result.
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samme pretty much, I wish there was more offroad areas nearby though, there is one good place I could bike to but it's an hour of biking just to get there xP
 
You know I don't wear any of that protective stuff. I have been riding for about 25 years now, and haven't taken a spill in at least about 14.

curiosity said:
samme pretty much, I wish there was more offroad areas nearby though, there is one good place I could bike to but it's an hour of biking just to get there xP
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An hour of biking isn't that bad. I ride in the desert once a week here, it's only 4 miles away though. Desert riding is one hell of a workout.
 
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I have to ride this bike now, so I installed the Marzochi DJ2 fork with 203mm disk and Avid Juicy 5 caliper on the front end. I just installed a new rotor and I run 1 organic and 1 sintered metallic pad, to offset the cost more than anything. The sintered pad wears less and perfoms only when it gets heated up where the organic is softer, more noisy etc.
I changed up the stack too with a shorter stem....everything works, so Im happy. Ive gotta get a long cage derailer, because Im running med cage and the chain keeps falling off.
The front chainrings, theyre the same Cannondal CODA components that are on the blue bike on the tv show Seinfeld. From around 1992 or so.


Is anybody familur with these? I got em' all for free, and I live a few blocks away from a 35 mile long paved biking trail, so I am always riding my bike. And from my experience, these work really good if you ride a thin, sexy saddle like alot of the road bikers like to do.

My headset on my bike came loose. How would it come loose? I have a chrome/silver threadless set of cups that I want to swap out anyways.

I got the Jerry Seinfeld Cannondale crankarm in the mail that I was missing.
I am having issues with that grey Invega. The bottom bracket was damaged, so.........I gotta get a new frame.
 
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i ride a rocky mountain whistler.

nice on pave trails and shitty roads.

ok for hardcore mountain bike trails.
 
Well shiettttt, if anyone lives near me, we should get together and hit up some bike trails, there are some hardcore bike trails at some recreational parks where I live that are downright dangerous and tiring. These trails are over 12 miles in circuit. I got 3 miles into the one where I live with a buddy and we were like "we need to turn around before this gets any worse". haha.
 
On that budget, I'd get a used road bike. A new entry-level road bike will run you around $600, and a new mountain bike much cheaper than that will have components that will break quickly and/or shocks that don't really work. And a mountain bike will be slow and clunky on the roads. Somehow, hybrids and cross-trainers have the disadvantages of both, and aren't really worth your time.

ebola
 
PortalFloyd said:
What's a good bike for beginners? Mountain bike or road bike, under $500?
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are you going to be riding in town on pavement or trails?

the style of bike you get isn't dictated by budget, but by how you will use it. there are cheap road and mountain bikes. there are also hybrids that are a bit of both.
 
Thanks for the suggestions ebola, modern buddha, and kaywholed :)

kaywholed said:
are you going to be riding in town on pavement or trails?
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Probably the bike trails near where I live. What are some good brands? I looked online and Diamondback and Schwinn have some under $400.
 
So the trails are unpaved? Are they single track? Are they interrupted by tree roots and/or rocks? What is the elevation change like?

If you're mostly riding on dirt and gravel but on mostly smooth and flat-ish ground, god, I guess I can recommend getting a hybrid (but they still kind of suck).

What are some good brands?
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You will actually see varying quality within most brands, though a good brand will lead you to yield a good frame more reliably. Diamondback is actually mutually owned with Raleigh and has some good bikes in your price-range.

ebola
 
ebola? said:
So the trails are unpaved? Are they single track? Are they interrupted by tree roots and/or rocks? What is the elevation change like?

If you're mostly riding on dirt and gravel but on mostly smooth and flat-ish ground, god, I guess I can recommend getting a hybrid (but they still kind of suck)
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"Paved, multi-use. Shared roadway may be used to bridge the gap between trail segments". This track is paved, probably a smooth ride with not much elevation issues, I'm not sure though, it's a 7 mile trail that connects to plenty of other trails. What's a single track? I don't think I'd be brave enough for the road though. I'd rather just enjoy the nature of the trails.
 
If you're not going off pavement, I'd get a road bike.
Single-track trails are unpaved terrain that can only fit a single rider (that is, they are too narrow to go double-abreast on them). They tend to be more technically challenging than wider trails.

ebola
 
daily. its my transpo.

to/from work
to grocery
to ride a trail for exercise/to yoga

about an hour a day on the bike.
 
How frequently does everyone ride?
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For commuting and errands, I ride 7 days a week. Avg 12-35 miles a week for the last 1.5 years in a tropical climate


PortalFloyd said:
What's a good bike for beginners? Mountain bike or road bike, under $500?
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I know pricepoint.com has very good customer service. They do or don't have a showroom in Cali, but they DO have a in-house brand produced in China that has very good reviews. A product that goes by the name of Sette. Sette would be good for you as prob. best bet is you buying a used bike w/ suspension/no suspension or hardtail that could be upgraded. Customer service will sell you parts that are compatible with your Frame. They are always up to date on bicycle issues if you spend.

most important thing is you being comfortable on the bike ie. riding position. You've gotta have the bike professionally fitted to your body by a local bike store or sign up at bikeforums.net and utfse to find out how to set-up the bike you already have for "correct bike fitment", or " how to adjust a bike for your riding style" etc. Keep it real simple when adjusting your bike for "comfort" or "personal riding style because I see a lot of people in awkward uncomfortable relationships between themselves, their bike and terrain for fashion reasons.
Key words are: stack: how high your bikes neck is ( the thing the handlebars are attached to )
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reach how long, usually in mm your bikes neck is which determines how your torso is inlign with the pavement, and how far up or down you have to crane your head to see where your headed.
These are really key. So much other stuff is related to these 2 words.


also, If you want to view some open source $30 do it yourself bike cart plans, visit:
http://bikecart.pedalpeople.coop/
Here is a pic of just one example that the bike site has plans for....



Determining Your Road Bike Frame Size Generic Chart
http://bicycling.about.com/od/howtoride/a/bike_sizing.htm
 
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