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#4326
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You would think 35s would be slow. Not slow. Maybe it's the bike. Or the Eastons. The Cinelli setup is bad ass. I rode the Cinelli last weekend and had a spindly dude chase me down on a climb. I held him off for a good while and eventually caught, but did not pass, him on the descent. The ability to smash through stuff and not worry about punctures is awesome.
#4327
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I must be getting old. You get old and start thinking about cross. I do have the right bike for it, which helps a ton.
I rode the steel Bianchi SS cross bike to work as a commuter. Fun, but slow. Mountain bike was really slow. 23s are fastest, but sketchy in the winter. Cinelli with 35s is just right.
I rode the steel Bianchi SS cross bike to work as a commuter. Fun, but slow. Mountain bike was really slow. 23s are fastest, but sketchy in the winter. Cinelli with 35s is just right.
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You would think 35s would be slow. Not slow. Maybe it's the bike. Or the Eastons. The Cinelli setup is bad ass. I rode the Cinelli last weekend and had a spindly dude chase me down on a climb. I held him off for a good while and eventually caught, but did not pass, him on the descent. The ability to smash through stuff and not worry about punctures is awesome.
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Bottom line, if the driver doesn't like cyclists, that's all good and fine, but being injured or dying as a result of his feelings, is totally unacceptable. I don't like people that can't park properly, but they don't deserve a death sentence as a result.
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Kudos. The drive-side chainstay has a very interesting look to it. Is it done in 2 pieces??
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From what I've experienced, big tires (like my 38s) can roll pretty fast on pavement, but I sure still feel their weight when [cliche alert!] spinning up. They just feel so piggish when trying to accelerate or climbing. I had to work considerably harder with the Haanjo on Wed to keep up with the group ride.
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Yeah, the proximal part flattens into a sort of solid billet to accommodate the chainrings and the big tires. I don't remember if there's a weld there, but I don't know how it could be done otherwise.
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Two notable "interactions" with auto drivers on today's short ride: one good, one bad.
The woman that was too old to be driving a Golf GTI? Bad. Stopped at a red light, on a 30mph stretch of road with no shoulder, and I'm sandwiched, an older woman in a 15-yr-old Toyota in front of me with the GTI behind. Light turns green and I stick on the slow-accelerating Toyota, a car length or two behind. Too-Old-for-a-GTI pulls up along side me in the center turn lane. Uh, hello? I'm not the one slowing you down and where in the hell do you think you're going to go, anyway? There's no room between me and the Toyota and you're not going to pass the Toyota in the turn lane on this road. The street widens and I move over in to the parking lane and she passes.
The good was a wife-beater wearin', tatted-up Bubba in a pick'em up. He was behind me and gaining, but it was apparent that I was going to hit the red light first. Saw him flip on his right turn signal, so I slid over to the left side of the lane so he could make his turn. He pulled up along side and, before turning, chatted for a bit. "Thanks so much for movin' over - I really appreciate it!" Yadda, yadda. I like nice Bubbas.
The woman that was too old to be driving a Golf GTI? Bad. Stopped at a red light, on a 30mph stretch of road with no shoulder, and I'm sandwiched, an older woman in a 15-yr-old Toyota in front of me with the GTI behind. Light turns green and I stick on the slow-accelerating Toyota, a car length or two behind. Too-Old-for-a-GTI pulls up along side me in the center turn lane. Uh, hello? I'm not the one slowing you down and where in the hell do you think you're going to go, anyway? There's no room between me and the Toyota and you're not going to pass the Toyota in the turn lane on this road. The street widens and I move over in to the parking lane and she passes.
The good was a wife-beater wearin', tatted-up Bubba in a pick'em up. He was behind me and gaining, but it was apparent that I was going to hit the red light first. Saw him flip on his right turn signal, so I slid over to the left side of the lane so he could make his turn. He pulled up along side and, before turning, chatted for a bit. "Thanks so much for movin' over - I really appreciate it!" Yadda, yadda. I like nice Bubbas.
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From what I've experienced, big tires (like my 38s) can roll pretty fast on pavement, but I sure still feel their weight when [cliche alert!] spinning up. They just feel so piggish when trying to accelerate or climbing. I had to work considerably harder with the Haanjo on Wed to keep up with the group ride.
Two notable "interactions" with auto drivers on today's short ride: one good, one bad.
The woman that was too old to be driving a Golf GTI? Bad. Stopped at a red light, on a 30mph stretch of road with no shoulder, and I'm sandwiched, an older woman in a 15-yr-old Toyota in front of me with the GTI behind. Light turns green and I stick on the slow-accelerating Toyota, a car length or two behind. Too-Old-for-a-GTI pulls up along side me in the center turn lane. Uh, hello? I'm not the one slowing you down and where in the hell do you think you're going to go, anyway? There's no room between me and the Toyota and you're not going to pass the Toyota in the turn lane on this road. The street widens and I move over in to the parking lane and she passes.
The good was a wife-beater wearin', tatted-up Bubba in a pick'em up. He was behind me and gaining, but it was apparent that I was going to hit the red light first. Saw him flip on his right turn signal, so I slid over to the left side of the lane so he could make his turn. He pulled up along side and, before turning, chatted for a bit. "Thanks so much for movin' over - I really appreciate it!" Yadda, yadda. I like nice Bubbas.
The woman that was too old to be driving a Golf GTI? Bad. Stopped at a red light, on a 30mph stretch of road with no shoulder, and I'm sandwiched, an older woman in a 15-yr-old Toyota in front of me with the GTI behind. Light turns green and I stick on the slow-accelerating Toyota, a car length or two behind. Too-Old-for-a-GTI pulls up along side me in the center turn lane. Uh, hello? I'm not the one slowing you down and where in the hell do you think you're going to go, anyway? There's no room between me and the Toyota and you're not going to pass the Toyota in the turn lane on this road. The street widens and I move over in to the parking lane and she passes.
The good was a wife-beater wearin', tatted-up Bubba in a pick'em up. He was behind me and gaining, but it was apparent that I was going to hit the red light first. Saw him flip on his right turn signal, so I slid over to the left side of the lane so he could make his turn. He pulled up along side and, before turning, chatted for a bit. "Thanks so much for movin' over - I really appreciate it!" Yadda, yadda. I like nice Bubbas.
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Understood. Pretty cool actually. Ti is fly.
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My ol' dog wasn't terribly smart, but I still think that she was smarter than a lot of people.
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I had guac on my Subway the other day, and sincerely doubt there was any av in it at all.
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