puma1552

tagaproject6

Uh, I did to my road bike what should be done to road bikes...I rode it!

San Pedro

I looked at mine.

Terrible weather this week. Hopefully rainy season ends soon.

ReneV

It's not that bad ...

Anyway, I installed 4 Season tires after entirely too many "puncs" recently ;-)

San Pedro

It's been raining everyday for the last week, and for the past three it's been threatening to rain.

ReneV

I see your slightly damp roads and raise you the sediment disaster warning I received within an hour of returning home from today's ride ;-)

surak

My bike has been exhibiting some chain issues under load so I took off the original chain, degreased and cleaned the rest of the drivetrain, and put a new Ultegra 10sp chain on to see if things will stay in place tomorrow when I go up Cougar Mountain for the first time.

San Pedro

Yeah, that was from last week when it never actually rained. Is that Shima? I heard it's really bad there. Today really is just gray without much rain. Next week everyone here will be complaining about how hot it is though...

Good luck with the mud slides.

ReneV

Kagoshima. The rain helps keep the ash from Sakurajima under control;-) Of course, all the ash in the top soil is also why we have so many mud slides ...

daoswald

Repaired my second flat in as many days, but it was because the patch hadn't adhered well when I did my roadside repair yesterday. Then I went out for about 20 miles at 10:30pm. I'm at 93 miles for the week, so I've got to get to it Saturday before the heat sets in if I want to reach my week's goal of 120.

Yesterday I installed a bottle blinky beneath the downtube's bottle cage. It's just one more visibility aid since the majority of my weekly miles accumulate after dark. The bottle blinky is an amber light that emits flashing to either side. The hope is this will reduce the risk of people failing to notice me as they approach on side streets.

MyTi

I'm putting the carbon wheels on my bike soon.

woodcraft

Bandaids & a knife in the saddle bag +1

I'd add a small roll of 1st aid tape.

Those pedals, 'tho- ouch.


I've been trying to remember to oil the chain of my short-haul bike- maybe today.

Might oil the freehub if I get really carried away.

02Giant 

I rode it. Only 30 miles, all I had time for.

indyfabz

ikr

f4rrest

I pedaled it and poked some of its buttons.

indyfabz

Cue the video:

Seattle Forrest

I'm about to clean it, drive it 45 minutes to a farmy area, and ride it.

alexaschwanden

I rode my over 100.4 miles with it this weekend with 2391ft of climbing.

puma1552

Rode about 60 miles today and sure enough, those Colnago cages are garbage, ejected the seat tube bottle (oddly enough not the down tube bottle) within 20 minutes, had to circle back and grab it, then both bottles kept coming up in the cage for the rest of the day over the lamest bumps, so spent all day constantly pushing them back down and/or making sure I hadn't lost one. The black Colnago bottles are far from the world's nicest bottles too but they at least look good on the bike, but I think the shape of the indent for the cage is half the problem - it's basically 45 degrees whereas the lips on most cages are sharper. In any regards, swung right by the Specialized dealer on the way home and grabbed cages I know don't suck, and actually look better too and match the bike extremely well - I was surprised the shade of red was basically spot on. I also think Specialized has discontinued this color scheme so I figured I'd better grab them while I could (they look matte but are glossy):






Snugged those up with a little purple Loctite and then did a full cleaning/detailing of the bike. These cages hold the Colnago bottles much, much more secure than the Colnago cages did, but still not quite as tight as Specialized bottles, again due to the indent shape on the Colnago bottles. I'll see how it goes now and if they come loose at all in the cages I'll just give up and buy different bottles, but I should at least be done with cages now since I know these are good, Fred style or not.

puma1552

Good call on the first aid tape, but unfortunately I'm at my space limit - the only other thing I can fit in there (thank god) is my keys. Agreed on the pedals, I have 5800s sitting on the kitchen counter, just need shoes. Figured the knife if nothing else would be good to cut a tire boot to size or what have you.

lol, better to be safe than sorry. I'm still playing with fire by not carrying a tube yet.

bbattle

I washed the clay and mud off my bike. I took a road that went from asphalt to gravel to thick, red clay mud. The mud caked up so much on my brakes and front fork that I could no longer pedal. I had to remove the wheels and scoop out the clay and muck. I carried the bike back out of this mess and then had to clean out my cleats so I could clip in. I got mud all over me, the handlebars, saddle, everywhere.

I wouldn't have gotten into that mess but I hate to backtrack unless absolutely necessary.

When I got home, I hosed the bike down real well and got most of the stuff off. Cleaned my shoes, too.

2014 Domane with 28mm (measured) tires. Not a cyclocross bike. :-)


You carry cyanide tablets, Puma?

Bah Humbug

I got it dirty in a rain squall. This means that tomorrow I get to clean it and my wife's bike, because of course I get to clean both bikes.

Nachoman

No ride today. Got home way too late to make my early morning ride.
But I baby wiped it this morning after breakfast.

mstateglfr 

Rode with a bunch of teens on a 65mi route with 3600' climb and had a blast.

beautiful day with excellent weather, finally!

jamesdak 

Just like every other day this month. I got another wiped down, lubed up, and ready to go. I'm spending this month riding a different bike each day until I get through all of them. Today is the wonderful Maillot Jaune.