count chocula Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubbish heap two Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 FUCK YEAH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uzzi 9mm Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 i have never ridden a cross bike let alone race a cross bike. Looks lung busting and i can appreciate the mount / dismount skills but i dont get it :confused: Anyway. Want Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soup Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 I like the cross bike because i can ride anywhere, trail, road etc, and only a few mph slower than a road bike on the road, and a hard tail on the trail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chitownbneatnik Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 Mmmmm, just destroyed a front wheel in a collision with a drunk bitch around Clark and Fullerton, gotta love Lincoln Park drunk bitches. In any case, now in need of a new front wheel (road) for a reasonable price, replacing an alexrims that was due for replacement anyway, looking for some advice. Also trying to hook up some new shorts, thinking I want like a bib/singlet so please let me know if anyone has recs. For future reference, is it completely reasonable to demand $100 on the spot for compensation from drunken idiots that cause accidents like the one I was in tonight? The new wheel will cost at least that so damn if I don't have some foot-in-the-mouth feelings right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soup Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 You can try to demand it from her but I have no idea if it'll Work. I know my friends who ride pro all have their bikes insured. I remember back when Adam Switters was on Rock Racing and some driver in Davis ran him and his $7k bike over (Of all the bikes in that town to hit). He called up his insurer, went into a bike shop, ordered a bike of the same value, insurer payed the bill and he was back on the road in a couple days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubbish heap two Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 http://bicycletraveler.bicyclingaroundtheworld.nl/first-issue This is looking pretty sweet. First issue, download the PDF free online. In other news, it's Sunday. It's cyclocross. I prayed for rain all night last night. Stoked as shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubbish heap two Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 UGH FLATTED OUT END OF FIRST LAP. i'll get my podium in the B's eventually... when my bike cooperates for once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soup Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 Today marked the third flat this week for me. It sucked today especially because today i was out of tubes. I guess changing the tires from road to cross every other day doesn't bode well for tubes. Anybody have any home-remedies for a sore ankle? Its not related to an injury and and just hurts on the outside of my left ankle, specifically when i twist it for dismount. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XJONATHONX Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 Is it the one you stand on with the other unclipped already to hop off with? Maybe youre just putting too much through your ankle and need to twist out with your whole leg? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soup Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 Its not injured or worn out from cycling. Im guessing its from motorcycling because it hurts when i shift and I do that a hundred times a day. I clip out like four times. I hear home remedies help with non-serious ankle problems so I need to figure out what those are. Oh and stretch, people. Stretch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KM4RT Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 RICE Or maybe one of those resistance band thingos and use it to stretch and work the ankle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IRON CHEF Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soup Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somethinglikethat Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 A poor night time cell phone photo, but this is my all-purpose ride, and the first bike I've ever owned that isn't an entry level mountain bike. Surly Cross Check, I bought this as a complete in early July. Since then I have added Brooks b17 special saddle, Brooks bar tape, Shimano PD-M324 two sided clipless/ platform pedals, an Ultegra rear derailleur, and Kenda kwick roller sport touring tires. Also got the cheapest cateye computer I could find for mileage/speed etc. I use this as my "car" for my daily commute/errands, as well as for fitness/fun/touring type riding. Longest ride this summer was 136 Miles. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FREIGHTYONE Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 Nice ride! Count, what kind of touring set-up do you have? I've been backpacking like crazy on the Appalachian Trail for a good part of the summer and I'd really like to combine that with bicycling next summer, apparently where I live (Pennsylvania) is a great place for touring, I see folks coming through all summer and most of the fall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUGR Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 Can anybody tell me why the top tube of this frame has that downward curve? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubbish heap two Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 Another cross race, another mechanical. This time I had a 45 second gap on the rest of the field with 2 laps to go. Chain dropped and got totally lodged in the chainguard. Ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RHDS Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 feel cant fail me now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
count chocula Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 i don't technically have a 'touring' specific bike. right now i'm just using my old trek for light stuff (1 or 2 nights). if it's loaded up it flexes like mad when i'm climbing. but, it works for what i need at the moment. damn rubbish! that's such a bummer, but it sounds like you're on pace to crush this season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XJONATHONX Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 http://www.calfeedesign.com/products/bamboo/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fist 666 Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 i don't know if this is old news but this is the gayest thing i have seen in a very, very long time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Knight Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 ^Quicksilver for the new generation... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolling nowhere Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 Quicksilver wasnt nearly that faggoty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IRON CHEF Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 QUICKSILVER WAS FRESH CAUSE THEY THREW SOME GOOD BMX LEGENDS IN IT. WOODY ITSON, MARTIN APARIJO, PAT RAMANO, AMONG OTHERS THAT WEREN'T AS FAMOUS THAT I CAN'T NAME. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Knight Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 in the trailer you can hear the free wheel 'click'.....as he rides a fixie..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XJONATHONX Posted October 1, 2011 Share Posted October 1, 2011 Just bought a new in box garmin 305 with hr/speed/cadence for $150. Seller had 100% good feedback so we shall see how this goes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubbish heap two Posted October 1, 2011 Share Posted October 1, 2011 Praying for the cross gods to keep me mechanical-free in tomorrow's CX race. Also, a W would be nice :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soup Posted October 1, 2011 Share Posted October 1, 2011 nice john. When you get on strava hit me up. http://www.strava.com/athletes/128937 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubbish heap two Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 Well, I was rolling in 1st place again today. Then I pinch flatted. We'll see what tomorrow has in store. 4 DNF's in a row, 5 mechanicals in a row. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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