"Bike Porn"-your rides and how/where you use them

[pjm-84]

Speed is your friend but you need to know how to use it. I managed to save a few oops moments with forward momentum.

 

[John Slater]

Got this last week, first bike i have owned with Di2’s
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I think you won't regret going di2

 

[zippster]

Got this last week, first bike i have owned with Di2’s
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holly crap that's AWESOME! enjoy!

 

[Moose]

I think you won't regret going di2

Really enjoy the bike such a good ride, the Di2 are the icing on the cake

 

[Moose]

holly crap that's AWESOME! enjoy!

Thank you, it’s lovely

 

[cpjb@btinternet.com]

Bought last day of Feb 2020, just ahead of the first lockdown.

It's fairly heavy, slower than a racer, and can't purchase tyres/tubes in a hurry from the high street. However, I'm totally hooked and can honestly say it's got me out 4 or 5 times a week since Feb in all weather. A great - if slightly bizarre - buy.

 

[Louis II]

Local trails getting a bit muddy!
Might have to bite the bullet and get the road bike out..

 

[Amarillo]

Bought last day of Feb 2020, just ahead of the first lockdown.

It's fairly heavy, slower than a racer, and can't purchase tyres/tubes in a hurry from the high street. However, I'm totally hooked and can honestly say it's got me out 4 or 5 times a week since Feb in all weather. A great - if slightly bizarre - buy.

Moulton are handsome bikes. I used to go for rides around Kent occasionally with a curate who had a £10,000+ version.

To solve the tube rarity problem, for my son’s 24” road tyre tube, I cable tie a spare to the seat stay. I always have a spare tube cable tied under my own saddle.

 

[The Merle]

Local trails getting a bit muddy!
Might have to bite the bullet and get the road bike out..
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Is that a specialized Levo ebike

 

[Trail Planner]

Thorn porn - a van/cycle trip around the Southern Hebrides

Hebridean island hopping: a tour of the southern islands by bicycle and campervan.

I always had an idea to go island hopping in the Hebrides, with the condition that they had to be served by public ferries, usually Caledonian MacBrayne. The Mountain Bothies Association had closed…

trailplanner.co.uk

 

[Louis II]

Is that a specialized Levo ebike

Santa Cruz 5010, just my legs to make it go!

 

[haydnw2]

Local trails getting a bit muddy!
Might have to bite the bullet and get the road bike out..
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Never admit defeat!

(I'll confess that the only thing I don't like about my Bronson is how fiddly it is to clean around the BB and shock)

 

[The Merle]

Santa Cruz 5010, just my legs to make it go!
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I’m still using a old hardtail with dog power (gadget to attach dog and he pulls me along).

 

[sidepod]

So Santa dropped off an upgrade. Apparently there is something in the small print about “only if you sell one of the others” but I think she....er Santa will forget about that.

Nicknamed it the Death Star. Not found anything to stop it in its tracks so far.

A bazillion torques and more twiddly knobs than err, a thing with lots of twiddly bits.
Fox Factory 180 boingers so deffo a sledgehammer to crack a nut but that’s how I like to roll. Quite muddy out there today.
Happy eebing.

 

[soulstyledevon]

I think you’ll spend more time cleaning it, than the ride...

 

[sidepod]

I have people for that

 

[Sunstoner]

I think you’ll spend more time cleaning it, than the ride...

But theres nothing more satisfying (well maybe 1 or two other things) than bringing your bike up clean again. That could be my OCD right there though

 

[soulstyledevon]

But theres nothing more satisfying (well maybe 1 or two other things) than bringing your bike up clean again. That could be my OCD right there though

Weirdo...

 

[Louis II]

Finally gave up and got the road bike out for first time in over 12 months. It normally only gets used as a commuter. In 8 years I have never known the local trails be in such bad shape and not really an option to drive to a trail centre at the moment.

 

[Jandy61]

Picking this up next week, a
defy Advanced 2015, my first road bike, got to learn how to go clipless... oh and ride up the passes of Lake District, iv entered my first triathlon, that reminds me I need to learn to swim too

 

[kurienp]

Picking this up next week, a
defy Advanced 2015, my first road bike, got to learn how to go clipless... oh and ride up the passes of Lake District, iv entered my first triathlon, that reminds me I need to learn to swim too

LOL! in the same boat as you @Jandy61 ... but this was the thought 3 years ago. Learnt to swim ... but not yet mastered breathing while swimming. have to stop to breathe and then swim the next 10 yards

Don't know your level of fitness or endurance, but going to a 11-34 at the rear has made it much easier on climbs for me. For the lake district passes, you may want to consider that. Front is still a compact. 50-34.

 

[Jandy61]

I think you’ll spend more time cleaning it, than the ride...

LOL! in the same boat as you @Jandy61 ... but this was the thought 3 years ago. Learnt to swim ... but not yet mastered breathing while swimming. have to stop to breathe and then swim the next 10 yards

Don't know your level of fitness or endurance, but going to a 11-34 at the rear has made it much easier on climbs for me. For the lake district passes, you may want to consider that. Front is still a compact. 50-34.

Been told it’s got 11-30 so will probably swap, the event isn’t till sept but it’s the Helvellyn trio so have to pedal up the struggle, I’m good for the running, never a great swimming technique so it’s time to learn- at 51, bikes all carbon, electronic gear shifters, discs etc, gave up trying to buy a new bike, looking forward to a change from my hardtail Mtb

 

[willwander]

LOL! in the same boat as you @Jandy61 ... but this was the thought 3 years ago. Learnt to swim ... but not yet mastered breathing while swimming. have to stop to breathe and then swim the next 10 yards

Don't know your level of fitness or endurance, but going to a 11-34 at the rear has made it much easier on climbs for me. For the lake district passes, you may want to consider that. Front is still a compact. 50-34.

Made me laugh. Mrs willwander is training for her first tri.
She swims the same as you.

 

[Moakesy]

Been told it’s got 11-30 so will probably swap, the event isn’t till sept but it’s the Helvellyn trio so have to pedal up the struggle, I’m good for the running, never a great swimming technique so it’s time to learn- at 51, bikes all carbon, electronic gear shifters, discs etc, gave up trying to buy a new bike, looking forward to a change from my hardtail Mtb

Can recommend swim smooth as a technique. Free online resources and well suited to Tri where energy conservation is more important than outright speed.
Also, transition is considered the fourth discipline. Whilst it might take weeks of work to shave 2 mins off your swim, it’s very easy to do that in transition.

https://www.swimsmooth.com/welcome

 

[Jandy61]

Can recommend swim smooth as a technique. Free online resources and well suited to Tri where energy conservation is more important than outright speed.
Also, transition is considered the fourth discipline. Whilst it might take weeks of work to shave 2 mins off your swim, it’s very easy to do that in transition.

https://www.swimsmooth.com/welcome

Cheers, I’ll look into this, it’s a mile swim, luckily my work place is on the shoreline of Ullswater, so will have plenty of opportunities to swim, but it’s bloody freezing at the moment, , so I’m going to bike and run for two months, loose some excess weight before I. Invest in a wetsuit, it’s turning out to be an expensive sport