What would you relate your bike/s to as far as motorized vehicles?
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What would you relate your bike/s to as far as motorized vehicles?
I was pondering the other day my small stable of bikes. For whatever reason it popped into my head that the Giant Rincon is like a Jeep Wrangler, the Surly LHT is like a Buick, and the Schwinn Peloton is like a Corvette.
Which motorized vehicle would you say your bike/s equate to?
Which motorized vehicle would you say your bike/s equate to?
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I have one bike that is named Bessie the Planet Express freighter on account of it's tubing is usually reserved for tandems, it's super long wheel base, the Rohloff planetary gear set. It now even has a black Quarq power meter. It's powered by dark matter!
20200723_141115 by Richard Mozzarella, on Flickr
planet_express_ship_ortho_by_unusualsuspex-d7gaoc6 by Richard Mozzarella, on Flickr
It wears 559x54 tubeless knobby Compass tires now for all gravel & tour/travel/camping duties.
Tubeless helps it to be 200% efficient.
20200723_141115 by Richard Mozzarella, on Flickr
planet_express_ship_ortho_by_unusualsuspex-d7gaoc6 by Richard Mozzarella, on Flickr
It wears 559x54 tubeless knobby Compass tires now for all gravel & tour/travel/camping duties.
Tubeless helps it to be 200% efficient.
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They don't. IMO, as paleontologist Stephan Jay Gould put it in an entirely different context, "non-overlapping magesteria."
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My Emonda SLR handles like a Ferrari
My SuperX handles like a Escalade
My SuperX handles like a Escalade
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My bikes would be like a Pinto, Vega, Aztec and Yugo. No Ferraris. Can’t afford the upkeep.
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Since I don’t think any of my bikes has an original spec’d part, a 1973 Ford Falcon XB GT.
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Yugo with only reverse
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My TiRush is like a Rolls Royce limo, and my Catrike is like a go-kart.
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I would say my Specialized roubaix is akin to a Subaru. Racey but not limited to pavement. And it gets thrashed in all kinds of weather
My salsa Fargo on the other hand is more of a unimog
And my trek remedy rides like a trophy truck
My salsa Fargo on the other hand is more of a unimog
And my trek remedy rides like a trophy truck
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I saw that truck in person during a tour.
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The Homer was a sweet ride.
That also is a sweet ride!
Learning something under the most adverse conditions makes one all that much better
My buddy's company makes carbon fiber friction discs for a variety of things. Their main focus is mining equipment. He sends me pics every now and again of some pretty jaw dropping equipment like that truck. Musta been pretty cool to check out.
Learning something under the most adverse conditions makes one all that much better
My buddy's company makes carbon fiber friction discs for a variety of things. Their main focus is mining equipment. He sends me pics every now and again of some pretty jaw dropping equipment like that truck. Musta been pretty cool to check out.
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'fess up, who has this equivalent?
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My traveling is 5' tall, to give you a sense of scale.
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