hamfoh

I'm pretty heavy too, no issues, but after coming from Omniums I feel like the stiffness is noticeable. also when I was off the saddle going up a hill I felt flex in a way that didn't make me all that comfortable. They're more than sufficient for anyone <180 I'm sure though and

vanderhoogta

How heavy is heavy for you guys? I'm guessing I'm one of the bigger riders here at 265. I've got legs the size of tree stumps and can mash pretty darn hard. Suggestions?

prooftheory

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=mash
Every time I see someone say that they are heavy and that they can therefore "mash pretty hard" I assume that they don't know what the word means. The word does not refer to downward pressure on bicycle pedals. If you are using mashing to refer to downward pressure this should refer to potatoes, not bikes.

Scrodzilla

slang "definition" > actual definition

Street rider

inb4
/Fixed gear. No brakes. Can't stop. Don't want to either.

prooftheory

Word meanings are based on their usage in a speech community. If I'm in the minority of a BFSSFG members who think that mash shouldn't be used to refer to fat guys pushing really hard on pedals, then I stand corrected. Dictionary definitions don't have anything to do with it, except in so far as they serve a normative function. I'd guess that urban dictionary is more normative here than Webster's.

toytech

I usually hang in the cv section with the other old farts, but thought I would post my Panasonic over here:

TheMoose

actually they are the s100 and I am a pretty lightweight rider with 142 lb I didn't feel any flex ,maybe after a certain time I am going to feel it but for nothing
Only thing I noticed is how smooth they are

Jaytron

Wow, she's real pretty.

LesterOfPuppets

That urban dictionary definition is pretty ridiculous. Mashing = pushing big gears is generally accepted in the roadie world too.

"ride a bicycle furiously" hahahaa!!!! Normative only for some goof from UCSD that shreds the boardwalks.

Here's a corny online encyclopedia usage, cuz I know you love those.
https://bicycling.about.com/od/glossa...Definition.htm

Scrodzilla

This.

And this.

Lao_shi

Just wondering, why the shot at "fat guys"? I can't push a larger gear because I'm not overweight? Smoke a bowl man, you're thinking too hard about this.

ddeadserious

Haven't weighed myself in a while, but I'm likely around 240 with pretty large legs as well. This is the nicest crankset I've had though, so I suppose I couldn't tell you if a stiffer one felt better.

Dean7

That is lovely.

Well done, sir. *applause*

I hang out in the road forums and that is the most accepted definition. I believe the term "mashing" is sometimes associated with out-of-the-saddle climbing as well (e.g. this: https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...-mash-up-hills) but that could be due to the fact that most people can push a bigger gear when out of their saddle.

Scrodzilla

Fixed.

redpear

Maybe it's all the fixed gear riding I've been doing almost exclusively as of late, but I say spinning is more impressive than mashing.

Dean7

Yeah. I've been riding my SS pretty much exclusively and obviously your cadence is what it is for whatever speed you want to be traveling, so I tend to spin a bit faster than I would with my geared bikes. I think it feels good.

Of course, there comes a point when you look slightly silly when you're going all "road runner" on your bike so you have to watch out for that.

LesterOfPuppets

I like to spin furiously and show those fools on beach cruisers how to really ride a bike.

hamfoh

This is scrod's, but I have a photoshop request. could anyone who is halfway decent at it turn the fork and rims black? I'll uhh... be super grateful
https://www.pedalroom.com/p/2010-leader-722ts-1609_2.jpg

prooftheory

This was to some extent my point. Why do 300 lb guys think that they "can really mash"? Carleton and TT tell us over and over that body size has almost nothing to do with competitiveness on the track. The shot at fat guys was the delusion that because they might be able to press down hard on the scale that this would convert to some special torsional strength on a bike.


Thanks Scrod. That is of course what I meant.

cruiserhead

same here, the great thing w/ ss is developing your spin. with one gear, you eventually grind up hills anyway.

if you're smooth, you don't look silly

vanderhoogta

Sorry to open the can of worms guys. Not too hip on the fg lingo i guess I'll stick to mashing potatoes.

prooftheory

I was just being a jerk. I don't think there is any reason why you should worry about the amount of flex you can get in the s300's unless you are doing standing starts at a track where power really is an issue. In the case of going up hills flex in the crankarms shouldn't matter at all. The only think to worry about is metal fatigue which really shouldn't happen with the s300's, though someone just had a picture of broken andels. The more pressing concern is tacoing the chainring, which has more to do with making sure the bolts are tight enough than anything else.

FakeFuji

I know you said decent buttt,
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hamfoh

thanks!