Enough with the Gravel Grinder , How about a Pavement Pounder ?
06-21-19, 03:38 PM
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Enough with the Gravel Grinder , How about a Pavement Pounder ?
Enough with the Gravel Grinder , How about a Pavement Pounder ?
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How about a pavement pounder?
Is that a new type of road bike? Pray tell!
Is that a new type of road bike? Pray tell!
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06-21-19, 06:09 PM
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Yeah, because paved road bikes are so underrepresented around here...***
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I don't like it when my bike makes pounding noises.
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06-22-19, 05:41 AM
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I for one got all the gravel grinding I wanted for life when I lived on the farm, and had to ride gravel roads to school.
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06-22-19, 07:18 AM
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Enough with the Gravel Grinder, How about a Pavement Pounder ?
How about a pavement pounder?
Is that a new type of road bike? Pray tell!
Is that a new type of road bike? Pray tell!
I can think of two advantages of one long ride vs split miles…
Secondly, I think that if training for a long ride, one has to toughen up down there where you sit, and I think that requires extended, continuous time in the saddle; I calI it…ahem...uh...“pounding the perineum (or pudendum).”
Secondly, I think that if training for a long ride, one has to toughen up down there where you sit, and I think that requires extended, continuous time in the saddle; I calI it…ahem...uh...“pounding the perineum (or pudendum).”
06-22-19, 09:21 AM
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06-22-19, 12:37 PM
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Makes me think of wide tire "urban" bikes.
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06-22-19, 02:53 PM
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Where I used to live, I could ride a 25 mile loop almost exclusively on the road and designated bike paths.
Since moving, my rides consists of sidewalk, street, and through the park on grass.
So I did this:
Streets here I believe were voted worst in the US; you can't really call them paved anymore.
I do ride my road bikes but carefully choose my routes or I drive someplace else and ride on paths. I'll probably ride them more once I change over to 28mm tires.
I think a pavement pounder is more of an urban do it all bicycle. We don't have many gravel roads here although many of our roads do have gravel on them!
Since moving, my rides consists of sidewalk, street, and through the park on grass.
So I did this:
Streets here I believe were voted worst in the US; you can't really call them paved anymore.
I do ride my road bikes but carefully choose my routes or I drive someplace else and ride on paths. I'll probably ride them more once I change over to 28mm tires.
I think a pavement pounder is more of an urban do it all bicycle. We don't have many gravel roads here although many of our roads do have gravel on them!
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06-22-19, 03:29 PM
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Real gravel riders would never use the term gravel grinding.
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Looks like the term gravel grinder got let loose not too long ago.
https://salsacycles.com/culture/five...gravel_grinder
What is a Gravel Grinder? (Part 1 of 4)
https://www.cyclingabout.com/complet...re-road-bikes/
https://www.bikereg.com/events/Gravel-Grinder
https://salsacycles.com/culture/five...gravel_grinder
What is a Gravel Grinder? (Part 1 of 4)
https://www.cyclingabout.com/complet...re-road-bikes/
https://www.bikereg.com/events/Gravel-Grinder
06-22-19, 05:45 PM
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Looks like the term gravel grinder got let loose not too long ago.
https://salsacycles.com/culture/five...gravel_grinder
What is a Gravel Grinder? (Part 1 of 4)
https://www.cyclingabout.com/complet...re-road-bikes/
https://www.bikereg.com/events/Gravel-Grinder
https://salsacycles.com/culture/five...gravel_grinder
What is a Gravel Grinder? (Part 1 of 4)
https://www.cyclingabout.com/complet...re-road-bikes/
https://www.bikereg.com/events/Gravel-Grinder
-Tim-
06-22-19, 05:56 PM
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Makes me think of wide tire "urban" bikes.
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https://haromtb.com/collections/urba...sley-27-5-2019
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https://haromtb.com/collections/urba...sley-27-5-2019
06-22-19, 05:58 PM
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Where I used to live, I could ride a 25 mile loop almost exclusively on the road and designated bike paths.
Since moving, my rides consists of sidewalk, street, and through the park on grass.
So I did this:
Streets here I believe were voted worst in the US; you can't really call them paved anymore.
I do ride my road bikes but carefully choose my routes or I drive someplace else and ride on paths. I'll probably ride them more once I change over to 28mm tires.
I think a pavement pounder is more of an urban do it all bicycle. We don't have many gravel roads here although many of our roads do have gravel on them!
Since moving, my rides consists of sidewalk, street, and through the park on grass.
So I did this:
Streets here I believe were voted worst in the US; you can't really call them paved anymore.
I do ride my road bikes but carefully choose my routes or I drive someplace else and ride on paths. I'll probably ride them more once I change over to 28mm tires.
I think a pavement pounder is more of an urban do it all bicycle. We don't have many gravel roads here although many of our roads do have gravel on them!
06-22-19, 06:16 PM
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Where I used to live, I could ride a 25 mile loop almost exclusively on the road and designated bike paths.
Since moving, my rides consists of sidewalk, street, and through the park on grass.
So I did this:
Streets here I believe were voted worst in the US; you can't really call them paved anymore.
I do ride my road bikes but carefully choose my routes or I drive someplace else and ride on paths. I'll probably ride them more once I change over to 28mm tires.
I think a pavement pounder is more of an urban do it all bicycle. We don't have many gravel roads here although many of our roads do have gravel on them!
Since moving, my rides consists of sidewalk, street, and through the park on grass.
So I did this:
Streets here I believe were voted worst in the US; you can't really call them paved anymore.
I do ride my road bikes but carefully choose my routes or I drive someplace else and ride on paths. I'll probably ride them more once I change over to 28mm tires.
I think a pavement pounder is more of an urban do it all bicycle. We don't have many gravel roads here although many of our roads do have gravel on them!
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