LesterOfPuppets

I would not be able to resist if I were in that household.

LesterOfPuppets

You forgot underinflated.

MoAlpha

‘deed I did.

DougRNS

also forgot on wet roads but we get the idea.
#PeopleAreStupid

ls01

So my chain and crankset, which is a sram quarq force crankset, was delivered today. I installed the rings previously purchased onto the crank arms. I'm kinda having cold feet about swapping to the compact now. Weird.... should I stay with the 53/39 or go to the 50 /34? I hate these kind of decisions . Ima sleep on it.

Pirkaus

Do the swap, then go complain in the 41 about spinning out on descents.

MoAlpha

We are having an almost sweet-free season. Wife has lost 60 lbs since June, with 10 to go, and is only going to break discipline for a day of sauerbraten and black fruitcake (which a friend sends every year) and I have been getting my cookies at work.

MoAlpha

I just ordered a nice, used, 50/34 set for the early season and may go back to 52/36 for the summer. I have the original 53/39 in reserve in the unlikely event...

datlas 

It’s really a personal decision based on your cadence and terrain and cassette. FWIW I switched from standard to compact a few years ago and have no regrets. But you should pick what works best for you.

WhyFi

I have a compact and my smallest cog, a 12t, is still shamefully clean. No ragrets.

WhyFi

Wow - go Mrs Mo!

I've never sworn off sweets completely, but I had cut down pretty dramatically over the last year. I certainly felt the urge kick back in a few weeks ago, though. Damn winter. I think that the trip, and getting active outside, will help though, and at just the right time.

MoAlpha

I can’t cross-chain on the road bike, but the cross bike loves it.

WhyFi

I just don't have the terrain and/or the guads for it. That and I'm pretty comfortable spinning. Oh, and gravity loves me, so tucking gets me up to speed pretty quickly.

seedsbelize 

Probably would do well in fog and ice

LAJ

You'll be surprised how little difference there is.

LAJ

Nicely done!

We have a one pound box of Sees candy here, and it's not gone yet. Another box of truffles in reserve.

Bah Humbug

And at least around here, people will drive around in the pre-dawn gloom without their lights on, even in fog.

Interestingly, the spare in my old GTI was a real tire (either a ContiAllSeaonContact or ContiProContact) with the same outside diameter as the normal tires and wheels, but narrower (perhaps 165-185 instead of 225) Despite that, the spare wheel itself came with the typical warning about 60 miles/ 60mph.

datlas 

Agree the difference is modest. But it's real. And it's spectacular.

datlas 

Regarding sweets and carbs in general, despite my svelte and lean body, I do have pre-diabetes thanks to my father's side of the family. I have not really made any dietary adjustments YET, but I am confident in the near future I will have to make a conscious effort to drop my carbs except for pre-ride meals.

ls01

lol

ls01

Good thoughts, I guess I'll give it a shot. Thanks folks

MoAlpha

...three feet from your rear bumper in traffic at 68 MPH while texting with three kids in the back and we won't discuss what they do to cyclists now, will we?

MoAlpha

. ...three feet from your rear bumper in traffic at 68 MPH while texting with three kids in the back and we won't even discuss what they do to cyclists and peds in crosswalks now, will we?

Trsnrtr

Correct.

For the record, I use a mid-compact cranks, 52/36, on all of my machines, an Ultegra, a SRAM Red, and a Campy Record.

rpenmanparker 

Very happy holidays to all of youse guys. And best wishes for a healthy, happy and properous new year. Or as Jose Feliciano says, "Felice navidad," and "Prospero anno."