Carbo Loading XLII
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it will make for some decent garage art
Maybe save up for some Hed Jet 5 or Reynolds 60s from performance. Iduno
https://www.performancebike.com/shop...lusive-50-4914
https://www.performancebike.com/shop...lusive-50-4876
Maybe save up for some Hed Jet 5 or Reynolds 60s from performance. Iduno
https://www.performancebike.com/shop...lusive-50-4914
https://www.performancebike.com/shop...lusive-50-4876
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I want to cheat and stay aero as F
+i like that reynolds has lifetime warranty
+i like that reynolds has lifetime warranty
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I'm excited to get my hand-builts, though, let me tell you.
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I wanted to feel less modern with "steel is real" fanboys like @TrojanHorse but not digging the downtube shifters. Mahn this bike soaks the road buzz WAAAAAY better then a alum track racer
Pretty impressive ride for this 31yr old Columbus SL steel
Pretty impressive ride for this 31yr old Columbus SL steel
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I had a red, white and blue Prelude from that same era ... I SO regret selling it but at the time I was poor and needed the money
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they are still hard to find in the size you need.....I don't ride this one much and I'll never get another 56cm for $160 again so it just stays with me. Add I did was add bar tape and old 23c tires
I'm been tempted to modernize it like @TrojanHorse did but never pulled the trigger on the project. All I really need is cranks and some new cables oh and time. I can move the Sram Force shifters off my Felt. Til then I'll keep buzzing my fingers shifting the downtubes
I'm been tempted to modernize it like @TrojanHorse did but never pulled the trigger on the project. All I really need is cranks and some new cables oh and time. I can move the Sram Force shifters off my Felt. Til then I'll keep buzzing my fingers shifting the downtubes
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What kind of nonsense is this? You wreck the wheels on 3 bikes so you’re down to your huffy?
im no steel is real fanboi. More of a “hey, what can I do with this. Ike I never ride” kind of thing. I love my crabon.
im no steel is real fanboi. More of a “hey, what can I do with this. Ike I never ride” kind of thing. I love my crabon.
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its easier to move pedals over then fix wheelset
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i have a friend who keeps telling me I need those. Saw a set installed on a floor model C64 at my dad’s local bike shop. I’m sure @jsigone needs them!!!!
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they would have to be in my casket after my wife finds out how much they were
https://www.racycles.com/wheels/lightweight
https://www.racycles.com/wheels/lightweight
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Non omnino gravis
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they make ENVE or Zipp a bargin priced $3200
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I have to admit. I've been admiring the Campy Bora One 35 DB wheels.
https://www.campagnolo.com/US/en/Whe..._35_disc_brake
I love the spoke pattern, and ...
https://www.campagnolo.com/US/en/Whe..._35_disc_brake
I love the spoke pattern, and ...
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Rest easy guys MEILENSTEIN LIGHTWEIGHT FERNWEG SCHWARTZ wheelsets are on back order so put the credit card back in your wallet
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Picked up my rental bike in Boise this afternoon, had a nice 14 mile ride back to my son’s house in Meridian. Did a short stint on the Boise greenbelt trail before it was closed for construction. Will go riding with my son tomorrow.
Nice bike, a Specialized Roubaix Expert, I believe, Carbon, future shock, full ultegra hydraulic disks. Interesting bit of trivial, cost to rent a Ford Focus for 4 days, $106, cost to rent the bike for 24 hours - $65.
Nice bike, a Specialized Roubaix Expert, I believe, Carbon, future shock, full ultegra hydraulic disks. Interesting bit of trivial, cost to rent a Ford Focus for 4 days, $106, cost to rent the bike for 24 hours - $65.
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Picked up my rental bike in Boise this afternoon, had a nice 14 mile ride back to my son’s house in Meridian. Did a short stint on the Boise greenbelt trail before it was closed for construction. Will go riding with my son tomorrow.
Nice bike, a Specialized Roubaix Expert, I believe, Carbon, future shock, full ultegra hydraulic disks. Interesting bit of trivial, cost to rent a Ford Focus for 4 days, $106, cost to rent the bike for 24 hours - $65.
Nice bike, a Specialized Roubaix Expert, I believe, Carbon, future shock, full ultegra hydraulic disks. Interesting bit of trivial, cost to rent a Ford Focus for 4 days, $106, cost to rent the bike for 24 hours - $65.
When i was home last month, I thought of renting a bike. Not only did almost nowhere do it, the far away places that did were expensive.
Should look at motorcycle rentals if you want your wallet to creak as it self-empties.
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#146
Non omnino gravis
I now believe anyone buying really deep section wheels is just looking for an inarguable excuse to sit out on windy days. Because I've got barely-aero 31mm section wheels, and the winds coming out of the Cajon Pass this morning were trying to blow me clean off the road. With something like 60mm, impossible. Wind was straight out of the north (again) so any time heading east or west was just a nightmare. Luckily, the wind didn't exist below about 1,500ft-- as soon as I started my descent back into the valley, it just went away... of course. Finally headed south, no tailwind. Downtown Riverside, at ~1,000ft ASL, dead calm. My neck and shoulders are still sore from fighting the crosswinds on Tuesday.
Hills are fine. Rain is fine. Wind is dumb.
Hills are fine. Rain is fine. Wind is dumb.
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Non omnino gravis
A simplified representation of why I can ride in a loop, and have headwinds from every direction... but if I try to ride the loop in the opposite direction, it's still headwinds. This dumb horseshoe valley just swirls wind from every direction all at once. This morning, I had a burst of strong headwind, a solid minute of tailwind, and then a slam of headwind all in a five minute span. On open ground. Not even near buildings. Absurd. I'm kinda where the blue dot is.
Somehow, every year I forget that the wind will return. And then it does.
Somehow, every year I forget that the wind will return. And then it does.
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I hear you on the wind. Here the wind typically will start out SSE to S, then veer to the SW to W as the day progresses. But when the wind is W, there are eddies in east Irvine and Lake Forest area, so it pretty much means I will be riding home upwind, no matter what.
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well good thing I took the slow singlespeed and didn't take the Pinarello on the pizza port ride. that 45mile commute home that week killed my wheel. I got the call from the LBS that the rim is cracked from the impact it took. Last large impact was back in Aug when I blew the side wall jumping the rail road tracks at 20some. Guess pushing massive watts to get home on that commute was the last straw
What to get next??? that one last 1 1/2 yrs lol
What to get next??? that one last 1 1/2 yrs lol