Thread: Cyclists Anonymous

Originally Posted by edhewitt

just make sure that you are 100% confident with the clip in/out - out especially if you are riding on the road. it gets scary pretty quickly if you cant get a foot down if needed.

Already had my inaugral fall. Unclipped my right foot. Put down my left foot 😂

No issues since then. But im just going to accept it's going to happen.

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So did my first fully laden cycle to the train stn as a test. Was actually less than a minute slower than unladen. Go figure.

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Originally Posted by Arbroath

My name is Chris,

I'm a dork that wears Lycra.
I ride 2-300 miles a week.
I live to bring my body to the point of breaking.
I eat as many calories per day as a 600lb man.
When I ride, nothing else matters.

Curious if there are any other avid cyclists on here. I've been riding for about 5 years now. My daily steed is a 2015 Felt AR5 with a few extra tweeks.

Anybody else out there?

I might have missed it in the 10 pages. So let us see a pic of your bike.

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Here's a picture of me from yesterday's downhill.

I have a query.

If my tyres are under inflated will they loose air quicker?

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I'm currently busy building up a bike for my girlfriend. I've had to buy the fork, headset, cassette and shifters but the rest of the parts including the frame have come from a good mates spares collection and my own.

I'll hopefully get the shifters and cassette delivered by Wednesday and I'll be able to finish the build this weekend.

A pretty much straight forward build.

Frame - Kona Blast 26" (resprayed by my gf's Dad)
Wheels - Mavic Crosstrail; Centre lock rotors 180f / 160r
Fork - Rockshox 100mm Coil
Brakes - Clarks Skeletal
Drivetrain - Shimano 10spd 32t chainring 11/34 cassette
Bars - Ritchey Carbon
Stem - Giant
Seatpost - Easton EA70
Headset - FSA
Saddle - WTB ladies

Originally Posted by Cincinnatus

Pulled up to a stop sign once and was day dreaming and forgot to unclip. Hit the ground - jumped up and the first thing I did was look around to make sure no one saw me.

I saw a guy do this once.

At least there are 2 bicyclists in the world that stop at signs or lights........

...Stepped On A Pop-Top...

a-mile-and-a-half into a ten-mile loop (going east on 10th Ave North, just after the intersection with Haverhill Road).



I was certain (isn't it obvious?) that it was a humongous sheet-metal screw, but noooooo



Walked the both of us back home. Repair? Mañana.

Note: That's a fairly new tire -- Continental "SpeedRide" 700x42 -- with only 1,652 miles on it. Really negligible tread wear, too. Patch the tire? Toss it? (I've got three new ones, but...)

Originally Posted by 32t

I saw a guy do this once.

At least there are 2 bicyclists in the world that stop at signs or lights........

Three 😂

Cyclists who don't bug me horrendously. Worse are those who ride on the pavement so they can use crosswalks.

Incidentally it's illegal to cycle on pavements here in the UK unless it's marked shared use.

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Originally Posted by JBHoren

...Stepped On A Pop-Top...

a-mile-and-a-half into a ten-mile loop (going east on 10th Ave North, just after the intersection with Haverhill Road).



I was certain (isn't it obvious?) that it was a humongous sheet-metal screw, but noooooo



Walked the both of us back home. Repair? Mañana.

Note: That's a fairly new tire -- Continental "SpeedRide" 700x42 -- with only 1,652 miles on it. Really negligible tread wear, too. Patch the tire? Toss it? (I've got three new ones, but...)

I bet that was the rear tire. It looks like the bolt had been already run over many times. Unless you are short on funds I would replace it.

Originally Posted by TheGeek

Three 😂

Cyclists who don't bug me horrendously. Worse are those who ride on the pavement so they can use crosswalks.

Incidentally it's illegal to cycle on pavements here in the UK unless it's marked shared use.

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I am glad that I looked up the term pavement before I replied. Here in Minnesota USA we call them sidewalks and the pavement is the roadway. Here it is also against the rules to ride on the pavement [UK definition] but no one complains about children.

Here cyclists basically have the rights and RESPONSIBILITIES of any other driver.