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New Thread | Bruce27 03-19-24 07:36 AM | Slightly Loose Fork Crown-Race Hello, I'm cleaning up and re-greasing a recent acquisition. It's a bike from the late 1970's. When cleaning the headset I noticed that the Crown-Race on the fork is a little loose. Most headsets... (0 views, 0 replies) | |
New Post | Garthr 03-19-24 07:34 AM | Best Commuter Pants / Cycling Trousers The "best" is any pants that fit comfortable and non-restricting while riding in whatever position you ride without a plumbers butt display. :lol: (1,394 views, 16 replies) | |
New Post | PeteHski 03-19-24 07:34 AM | Bottom bracket upgrade A couple of things worth noting here. Firstly the difference you are feeling when spinning them is mostly the seals and grease and that is often a trade-off between free-spinning and weather... (173 views, 13 replies) | |
New Post | mams99 03-19-24 07:33 AM | Future planning for E-bike touring Well, you know how it goes with tech, as soon as you buy something, something better/improved comes out. I feel that way about my electric cargo bike. 7 years ago when I was in dire need of a... (84 views, 2 replies) | |
New Post | Garthr 03-19-24 07:31 AM | Why drop bars? That's pretty much what I found too using high swept back Nitto Albatross bars, inefficient and an exercise in futility :lol:. With drop bars well below the saddle, hark ! The position feels normal,... (8,887 views, 77 replies) | |
New Post | asgelle 03-19-24 07:30 AM | Zone 2 and hills No, no, no, and may I add, no. If you subscribe to polarized training (80/20), then 80% of your workouts should be Z2 and 20% should be high intensity. Just as there will be low intensity recovery... (104 views, 8 replies) | |
New Post | Kontact 03-19-24 07:26 AM | 130mm for a 126mm hub frame Not just the BB shell, he's assuming that the stay pivots from the center of the BB, which is where the chainstay is measured from. The longest distance you'll get any bending is at the chainstay... (1,239 views, 72 replies) | |
New Post | Steel Charlie 03-19-24 07:26 AM | Tire slightly unseated Oblivioso (744 views, 33 replies) | |
New Post | PeteHski 03-19-24 07:22 AM | What about GoLo? I did a quick search and stopped reading at calorie restriction and supplements. Another fad diet which is unlikely to work long term. (58 views, 1 replies) | |
New Post | Kontact 03-19-24 07:22 AM | Immersive waxing / it should be more popular Funny how a new "easy way" involves so many steps. This requires and additive that apparently converts the chain lube to a wax-like substance, instead of just dissolving it away. Why would anyone... (60,192 views, 1,286 replies) | |
New Post | Steel Charlie 03-19-24 07:19 AM | Watch out for the wildlife ... and travel in packs I have to admit that I am way more concerned about feral humans - tho I think bear spray would work on them too (306 views, 21 replies) | |
New Post | DaveSSS 03-19-24 07:17 AM | Thomas DeGent no fan of hookless… My main argument is the stupidity of comparing heavy car and truck tires with exceptionally strong beads and sidewalls to bike tires. They have nothing in common other than hookless rims. He also... (12,365 views, 442 replies) | |
New Post | PeteHski 03-19-24 07:13 AM | Strava Leader Board for Us Olds The oldies around here appear to be quick. I just checked my local KOM and my best effort of 356W at 75kg was good enough to rank me………..#96 in the 55-64 age cat! I just need to find another 10 kph... (431 views, 23 replies) | |
New Post | BillyD 03-19-24 07:09 AM | Addiction 2024.1 You usually don’t make mistakes like that so it must be an intentional swipe. Ouch. :lol: (180,816 views, 10,516 replies) | |
New Post | Velo Mule 03-19-24 07:08 AM | Threaded fork steerer failure Typically the threads are cut. The die looks like a pipe cutting die. The depth of the threads start out being small and shallow and as it progresses up the threads become bigger and deeper until... (700 views, 28 replies) | |
New Post | wheelreason 03-19-24 07:01 AM | Pay to make the bike fit ? Sir Fixie-A-Lot... (1,422 views, 77 replies) | |
New Post | chaadster 03-19-24 07:00 AM | Help picking new titanium gravel/allroad frameset I only know Litespeed and Dolan from that list so can’t comment on meaningful on any of those, but as a T-Lab X-3 rider, I can recommend T-Lab’s R3 Omni as worthy of consideration. It’s an “all-road”... (98 views, 8 replies) | |
New Post | Fentuz 03-19-24 06:58 AM | Dahon Folding Gravel Bike GB-2 Compared to CX, Gravel bikes tend to be 10mm shorter on effective top tube and 10mm higher on the stack with 1 to 1.5deg extra slack on the head tube and BB tend to be 5 to 10mm lower. This allow a... (3,806 views, 34 replies) | |
New Post | PilotFishBob 03-19-24 06:58 AM | I have a pedal fetish I picked up these TAs in '22 still unboxed. Great pedals, had these on the Hetchins for a while until I picked up a set of Chater Leas so for the moment these are back In the box waiting for their... (255 views, 15 replies) | |
New Post | Jughed 03-19-24 06:57 AM | Thoughts on a new training goal? I'm training right now for a trip to the Alps in the spring. I also live in a pancake flat area, and any hills we do have are short/steep. -Zwift - ride the Alpe and Mt Ventoux at 100% trainer... (238 views, 9 replies) |