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Forum: Fifty Plus (50+)
03-01-23, 01:51 PM
Replies: 134
Views: 10,961
Posted By Billy Bones

At 72, I still pursue "training", as opposed to...

At 72, I still pursue "training", as opposed to 'riding my bike'. I'll race a coupla' time a year. [Often the oldest, never the slowest...so far...knock wood. IMHO, competing enforces attention on...
Forum: Fifty Plus (50+)
01-28-23, 12:23 PM
Replies: 134
Views: 8,190
Posted By Billy Bones

Nah...the effort IS the juice!! There's...

Nah...the effort IS the juice!!

There's something satisfyingly visceral about bike biodynamics unencumbered by unearned Watts. Effort in... Performance out. As the Gods intended.

OTOH, it's...
Forum: Fifty Plus (50+)
02-18-21, 08:51 AM
Replies: 102
Views: 9,432
Posted By Billy Bones

70 here and just came in from throwing snow for...

70 here and just came in from throwing snow for two hours.

As a near livelong and daily cyclist and general endurance yob, I feel like I have a realistic handle on "perceived effort" and pacing.
...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
02-18-21, 08:34 AM
Replies: 112
Views: 9,318
Posted By Billy Bones

Four bikes, four Brooks saddles...$475, maybe? ...

Four bikes, four Brooks saddles...$475, maybe?

As a lifelong and near daily cyclist, I ascribe to the "Three Most Important Components of Cycling" philosophy...fit, fit, and fit. I'll spend some...
Forum: Winter Cycling
02-14-21, 09:15 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 4,679
Posted By Billy Bones

I use those plastic sleeves that newspapers come...

I use those plastic sleeves that newspapers come in....already sock-shaped! They're tough enough for 10 outings before they shred.

They're worth about 5-degrees F colder spin than socks...
Forum: Fifty Plus (50+)
02-14-21, 08:55 AM
Replies: 222
Views: 28,644
Posted By Billy Bones

Rebecca...TREK Superfly ...

Rebecca...TREK Superfly
Selene...Specialized...Tricross
Ghisallo...Specialized Diverge
Eddy [as in Merckx]...TREK 930
Forum: Fifty Plus (50+)
02-14-21, 08:47 AM
Replies: 474
Views: 92,588
Posted By Billy Bones

I look like a large unmade bed...

I look like a large unmade bed...
Forum: Singlespeed & Fixed Gear
10-23-20, 12:30 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 3,095
Posted By Billy Bones

In the US, Presidential tariffs and stuff....call...

In the US, Presidential tariffs and stuff....call the White house.
Forum: Winter Cycling
05-08-20, 05:06 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 7,276
Posted By Billy Bones

OK...injured my neck* several years ago 'cause,...

OK...injured my neck* several years ago 'cause, you know, I do my own stunts on mountain bike, tho' that's never the plan.


Anyway, I use those microwavable 'beanbag' things most mornings to...
Forum: Mountain Biking
11-29-19, 01:09 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 2,413
Posted By Billy Bones

Stihl [the chainsaw folks]...safety...

Stihl [the chainsaw folks]...safety rated...$14...lose 'em, bust 'em, scratch 'em, you're not out that much. Look good...I tell folks they're Italian...Milan.
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
11-29-19, 01:00 PM
Replies: 78
Views: 9,147
Posted By Billy Bones

All my gals have Brooks. Worth every cent once...

All my gals have Brooks. Worth every cent once you break 'em in. My "Criterion of Saddle Virtue" [?], if I get beck from a spin and can't remember aching there below...that is, the saddle...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
11-29-19, 12:53 PM
Replies: 114
Views: 17,471
Posted By Billy Bones

Stihl [the chainsaw folks] brand. $14...safety...

Stihl [the chainsaw folks] brand. $14...safety rated...available in several lens densities...look good. Get 'em where Stihl equipment is sold...you can lose 'em, break 'em, wear 'em out by the...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
03-08-19, 08:08 PM
Replies: 140
Views: 15,593
Posted By Billy Bones

>>> Dumbest Thing You've Ever Done Two...

>>> Dumbest Thing You've Ever Done

Two things, really.

1. Bought that nurse a coffee. [I STILL wake up in a sweat after 32 years!], and

2. About the same time as #1...
Forum: Professional Cycling For the Fans
03-07-19, 01:51 PM
Replies: 82
Views: 14,297
Posted By Billy Bones

In that pro-world the best [of the best], only...

In that pro-world the best [of the best], only prevail over the other team's best by team effort. In a 120 km stage in this reality there is an astonishing air-resistance, calorie, hydration, and...
Forum: Fifty Plus (50+)
03-07-19, 01:26 PM
Replies: 73
Views: 8,784
Posted By Billy Bones

RE: "...What keeps you engaged …" I got on bike...

RE: "...What keeps you engaged …" I got on bike at age 10. Small Town USA. Freedom, that. At 68, a constant companion. But Friend-O, I have the Dark Demon inside me. The only effective thing that...
Forum: Fifty Plus (50+)
02-04-18, 06:50 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 2,979
Posted By Billy Bones

By the way, does your 930 have the black-spatter...

By the way, does your 930 have the black-spatter paint?
Forum: Fifty Plus (50+)
02-04-18, 06:46 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 2,979
Posted By Billy Bones

Keep it! Put a little TLC and an updated bottom...

Keep it! Put a little TLC and an updated bottom bracket in it. IMHO while you may find better components on a newer bike, you'll not find a ride as satisfying as that TREK.


Got one myself! ...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
01-25-18, 06:00 AM
Replies: 97
Views: 15,960
Posted By Billy Bones

Yep...this, specifically LUGGED steel. Runner...

Yep...this, specifically LUGGED steel. Runner up, same frame with SS/Fixed conversion.
Forum: Fifty Plus (50+)
12-17-17, 05:39 AM
Replies: 45
Views: 5,360
Posted By Billy Bones

Yep lifelong, requiring at least three sessions...

Yep lifelong, requiring at least three sessions per week [bike] to near exhaustion. It feels right and beats back the demon. There IS no other "why"?
Forum: Fifty Plus (50+)
08-25-17, 05:16 AM
Replies: 148
Views: 13,947
Posted By Billy Bones

Buy the bike you want...ride the way you...

Buy the bike you want...ride the way you like...forget how that guy "over there" rides.


Much happiness in this.
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
04-24-17, 06:51 AM
Replies: 39
Views: 3,395
Posted By Billy Bones

>>>biking close calls?<<< Runner-Up: Endo...

>>>biking close calls?<<<

Runner-Up: Endo out in The Maze...all 187 pounds directly head-first...felt my neck compress...busted my helmet...walked away...the Eternal Gods were with me.

Worst:...
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
04-18-17, 04:05 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 9,372
Posted By Billy Bones

Thanks, folks. Appreciate the information and...

Thanks, folks. Appreciate the information and advice.
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
04-17-17, 12:50 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 9,372
Posted By Billy Bones

Through-Axle Thread Wear/Cross-Threading: A Question

[Yes, I searched]

My TREK SuperFly 9.7 has through-axles front and rear and I transport it in a pickup rack with the front wheel removed and the axle screwed through the rack mount.This incurs...
Forum: Commuting
06-17-16, 04:21 AM
Replies: 27
Views: 22,794
Posted By Billy Bones

CrankBrothers “Double Shot”. Don’t bother. This...

CrankBrothers “Double Shot”. Don’t bother. This is a welcome idea in CrankBrothers’ lineup but utterly FAILS in execution. Like offerings in other companies’ clipless lineup, it has a platform...
Forum: Mountain Biking
01-23-16, 09:07 AM
Replies: 48
Views: 7,512
Posted By Billy Bones

Old man...endo in the desert...all weight square...

Old man...endo in the desert...all weight square atop the head...felt the neck compress...OH *****...not walking way from this one, ever. Busted the helmet...a little stiff next day. Bottom...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
05-30-15, 02:41 PM
Replies: 78
Views: 4,762
Posted By Billy Bones

Dogs are afraid of whistles?

Dogs are afraid of whistles?
Forum: Mountain Biking
03-01-15, 09:24 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 4,111
Posted By Billy Bones

As one who shares your demographic, I'll give you...

As one who shares your demographic, I'll give you my standard drumbeat...What are you saving it for?
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
03-01-15, 09:21 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 4,873
Posted By Billy Bones

Si, certo! The Italiano single "s" is the...

Si, certo! The Italiano single "s" is the English z-sound.
Forum: Fifty Plus (50+)
02-22-15, 07:57 AM
Replies: 60
Views: 5,080
Posted By Billy Bones

This boils down to physicality as a modus...

This boils down to physicality as a modus vivendi.

1. Do you train, "just because"?
2. Do you crave the experience of high physical exertion?
2a Are you grumpy when you don't get it?
3. Does...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
02-14-15, 02:39 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 756
Posted By Billy Bones

Buon giorno, Lorenzo!!! If I understand your...

Buon giorno, Lorenzo!!! If I understand your question, you ask if you should ride a road bike [racing bike] on the roads of Italy. Vero? OH YES...Italy's roads are made for cycling with a road...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
02-04-15, 05:33 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,897
Posted By Billy Bones

I've worked the floor in a local LBS betimes. ...

I've worked the floor in a local LBS betimes. One of my drumbeats to the new sales folk [and occasionally to the owners] is that we're not selling bikes n' stuff, we're selling a relationship with...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
01-31-15, 01:22 PM
Replies: 107
Views: 7,790
Posted By Billy Bones

Da@n, Cale, I'm gonna' embroider that quote onto...

Da@n, Cale, I'm gonna' embroider that quote onto my underpants! It cuts through the paranoid crapola about the poor vulnerable consumer, bereft of a mind of his own.
Forum: Classic & Vintage
01-31-15, 05:09 AM
Replies: 118
Views: 12,570
Posted By Billy Bones

One more refinement on "Cinelli". The Italian...

One more refinement on "Cinelli". The Italian auditory palette will pick out the double "L". The sound is held for a half-note longer than the single "L" and this goes for other double consonant's,...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
01-24-15, 06:20 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 2,895
Posted By Billy Bones

Bellwether O2s...affordable, durable, adequate.

Bellwether O2s...affordable, durable, adequate.
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
01-04-15, 01:51 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 2,889
Posted By Billy Bones

Agree. Or...let the inquiry go unheeded...

Agree.

Or...let the inquiry go unheeded into cricket territory.

Thing is, Yankee', in this life once you're tagged as someone who needs to stand, deliver, and explain yourself, you've lost...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
12-27-14, 01:33 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 3,952
Posted By Billy Bones

...on the left rear [little] window of my stretch...

...on the left rear [little] window of my stretch cab Tacoma. For me, it's a Tribal Totem that lets others of my Tribe know that a Cyclist is nigh.
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
07-28-14, 05:47 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 3,667
Posted By Billy Bones

Bellwether O2 shorts. Affordable, durable,...

Bellwether O2 shorts.

Affordable, durable, perform well. Buy three pair and rotate through the cold water wash to keep your nethers clean and cozy.

I just found 'em on Outside Outfitters for...
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
07-26-14, 01:52 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 745
Posted By Billy Bones

Is It Tubeless-Ready?

[YES, I searched.]

If a non-mechanic was confronted with a pile of rims, how would he [she] determine if an otherwise unlabeled rim was tubeless-ready? Mind, the available documentation is a...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
07-25-14, 10:50 AM
Replies: 140
Views: 13,701
Posted By Billy Bones

In addition, what must seem a prank is a symbolic...

In addition, what must seem a prank is a symbolic defecation on a subject of distain. From within the cab of 6000 pounds of steel, it's also a cowardly act from which one may infer a man's...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
02-11-14, 06:09 AM
Replies: 73
Views: 7,596
Posted By Billy Bones

Little bar-end mirror. I ONLY trust it when I...

Little bar-end mirror. I ONLY trust it when I actually SEE traffic in there...don't trust a negative view...before I commit to a turn, I take a quick twist-and-look. By the way, this applies even...
Forum: Training & Nutrition
01-23-14, 07:31 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 1,850
Posted By Billy Bones

Grandmothers. Schnapps. Grandmothers+Schnapps.

Grandmothers. Schnapps. Grandmothers+Schnapps.
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
12-10-13, 02:52 PM
Replies: 56
Views: 4,599
Posted By Billy Bones

Go out into the kitchen and get that big syringe...

Go out into the kitchen and get that big syringe used to inject butter into a turkey carcass. Fill it with warm water and gently work it between bar and grip...inject water...
Forum: Fifty Plus (50+)
11-08-13, 02:15 PM
Replies: 103
Views: 7,100
Posted By Billy Bones

INSPIRED!!! This is a great solution...and the...

INSPIRED!!! This is a great solution...and the price is right! Next time at my mom's house, I' going to poach a couple. Thanks, Rum'.

Related, those plastic 'tubes' that newspapers are...
Forum: Fifty Plus (50+)
11-08-13, 05:12 AM
Replies: 103
Views: 7,100
Posted By Billy Bones

Yep...most important component. Get together...

Yep...most important component. Get together several of varying heat-retention capabilities, including a "Buff" for milder duty. http://buffusa.com/sports/collections/filter/original

A protected...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
10-22-13, 06:05 PM
Replies: 91
Views: 5,327
Posted By Billy Bones

Long ago, as a young cat, I commuted across the...

Long ago, as a young cat, I commuted across the back lanes in rural West Virginia to my job. One morning...in the fog...I encountered a wild GODDESS. She was standing in her glass picture-window...
Forum: Training & Nutrition
10-22-13, 05:59 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 997
Posted By Billy Bones

Long shot. This is NOT diagnostic, but you may...

Long shot. This is NOT diagnostic, but you may want to rule out Lyme Disease. Periodic malaise, every few weeks, occurs in non-routine situations [plane]. Jes' sayin'.
Forum: Mountain Biking
06-28-13, 11:48 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 349
Posted By Billy Bones

Problem Getting Out of Crank Candy Pedals: But Conditional

I made the jump to Crank Brothers this Spring and am pleased overall. But just when I think I’m finally comfortable, I’ll have trouble disengaging. [Yeah…ate some terra firma this AM, Breakfast of...
Forum: Fifty Plus (50+)
06-28-13, 11:32 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 1,085
Posted By Billy Bones

Cool, but we gotta' do something 'bout leading...

Cool, but we gotta' do something 'bout leading with that title.
Forum: Fifty Plus (50+)
06-27-13, 07:16 AM
Replies: 68
Views: 3,863
Posted By Billy Bones

You've got the right saddle properly dialed in...

You've got the right saddle properly dialed in when two hours after you get back home you think, "Huh, I forgot all about the saddle.".
Forum: Mountain Biking
06-22-13, 03:21 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 692
Posted By Billy Bones

Invest in s cheap-a$$ pair of mountain bike...

Invest in s cheap-a$$ pair of mountain bike shorts...wear 'em anywhere...use organic tops...Dude, don't overthink this stuff.
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