Hello from Norway
05-26-21, 09:57 AM
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Hello from Norway
Hi!
I'm a 33 y.o. bike rider living in Oslo. I have a run-of-the-mill hybrid bike that I ride the short distance to work with year-round (and it's starting to show). It can be pretty fun riding with studded tires! I have thought about installing drop bars on it, but I haven't found a way to do that which doesn't make me think "I could just buy a gravel bike for this much money". Also I haven't found a group set for drop bars that works with 3x9 gears and disc brakes.
I also have a too-high-end-for-me road bike that I use for exercise and longer rides in my spare time, which unfortunately has been a pain in the butt recently (admittedly part of the reason I've signed up here). I've participated in the 168 km Bergen-Voss sportive four times which I really enjoyed (To the locals who know what I'm talking about: I promise the scenery is muuuch prettier than Lillehammer-Oslo
) but haven't participated in that or similar events yet since I moved here.
I'm considering buying some sort of mountain bike, but haven't looked into it very much. Not sure if I have the room for it.
That's me!
Øsse
I'm a 33 y.o. bike rider living in Oslo. I have a run-of-the-mill hybrid bike that I ride the short distance to work with year-round (and it's starting to show). It can be pretty fun riding with studded tires! I have thought about installing drop bars on it, but I haven't found a way to do that which doesn't make me think "I could just buy a gravel bike for this much money". Also I haven't found a group set for drop bars that works with 3x9 gears and disc brakes.
I also have a too-high-end-for-me road bike that I use for exercise and longer rides in my spare time, which unfortunately has been a pain in the butt recently (admittedly part of the reason I've signed up here). I've participated in the 168 km Bergen-Voss sportive four times which I really enjoyed (To the locals who know what I'm talking about: I promise the scenery is muuuch prettier than Lillehammer-Oslo
) but haven't participated in that or similar events yet since I moved here.I'm considering buying some sort of mountain bike, but haven't looked into it very much. Not sure if I have the room for it.
That's me!
Øsse
05-26-21, 11:17 AM
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Welcome!
I skipped the 3x9 setup, had a mountain bike with 3x8 for 10 years, then the 3x10’s were just coming out so jumped on that.
There’s always room for 1 more bike! I can’t talk though, down to just 2 that are officially mine (we have 3 others my wife and daughter ride).
Gene
I skipped the 3x9 setup, had a mountain bike with 3x8 for 10 years, then the 3x10’s were just coming out so jumped on that.
There’s always room for 1 more bike! I can’t talk though, down to just 2 that are officially mine (we have 3 others my wife and daughter ride).
Gene
05-27-21, 02:39 AM
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Welcome!
I skipped the 3x9 setup, had a mountain bike with 3x8 for 10 years, then the 3x10’s were just coming out so jumped on that.
There’s always room for 1 more bike! I can’t talk though, down to just 2 that are officially mine (we have 3 others my wife and daughter ride).
Gene
I skipped the 3x9 setup, had a mountain bike with 3x8 for 10 years, then the 3x10’s were just coming out so jumped on that.
There’s always room for 1 more bike! I can’t talk though, down to just 2 that are officially mine (we have 3 others my wife and daughter ride).
Gene
I have no emotional attachment to 3x9
, but that's what's on the bike already. I was hoping to buy drop handlebars and then whatever levers that would work with the existing brakes (tektro hydraulic disc) and drivetrain/derailleurs (shimano... deore?) but I cannot find any. Switching to a 3x10 or 2x11 or whatever is of course doable but imho. prohibitively expensive compared to simply buying a new bike.I moved to Oslo in July 2018, from Bergen. I was a student elsewhere and when I was done studying I wanted to move, for no particular reason, really. Ended up back home. There I met my now-fiancee who's not from Oslo but pretty close. Two years later she was done studying. And she wanted to move more than I wanted to stay, so...
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Thanks!
I have no emotional attachment to 3x9, but that's what's on the bike already. I was hoping to buy drop handlebars and then whatever levers that would work with the existing brakes (tektro hydraulic disc) and drivetrain/derailleurs (shimano... deore?) but I cannot find any. Switching to a 3x10 or 2x11 or whatever is of course doable but imho. prohibitively expensive compared to simply buying a new bike.
I moved to Oslo in July 2018, from Bergen. I was a student elsewhere and when I was done studying I wanted to move, for no particular reason, really. Ended up back home. There I met my now-fiancee who's not from Oslo but pretty close. Two years later she was done studying. And she wanted to move more than I wanted to stay, so...
I have no emotional attachment to 3x9
, but that's what's on the bike already. I was hoping to buy drop handlebars and then whatever levers that would work with the existing brakes (tektro hydraulic disc) and drivetrain/derailleurs (shimano... deore?) but I cannot find any. Switching to a 3x10 or 2x11 or whatever is of course doable but imho. prohibitively expensive compared to simply buying a new bike.I moved to Oslo in July 2018, from Bergen. I was a student elsewhere and when I was done studying I wanted to move, for no particular reason, really. Ended up back home. There I met my now-fiancee who's not from Oslo but pretty close. Two years later she was done studying. And she wanted to move more than I wanted to stay, so...
