Hybrid Bicycles - Post pictures of your Hybrid

Why yes, there was -- and you won! Nice bike. :thumb: :)

What did I win ?

The folder was actually to illustrate the fact real men can ride anything... I have no need to compensate.

:lol:

What did I win ?

The folder was actually to illustrate the fact real men can ride anything... I have no need to compensate.

:lol:

I have folding headphones...that must count for a prize too...right?

Hey Eden, u know where Tamarind street is,right off hollywood freeway,i used to live there for 3 yrs, i am going to visit my mom in China town in the fall,,u wanna show me around?
BTW u know the temple in my avatar i am sure, it was in a movie, the usual suspects.

Hey Eden, u know where Tamarind street is,right off hollywood freeway,i used to live there for 3 yrs, i am going to visit my mom in China town in the fall,,u wanna show me around?
BTW u know the temple in my avatar i am sure, it was in a movie, the usual suspects.

If you lived here three years you should know your way around :)

When you come in the fall, email, perhaps my husband and I can meet up for a ride around town to see sites. :)

Is that a Terriercam or bark collar around her neck. Come to think of it, if you borrowed RiverCity Cycler's camera and strapped it to her, could make for a good video. Have River City do the editing.


Maggie & i apologize for hijacking this thread.

I covet RiverCities cycle cam.

The device around her neck is a reciever for the invisible fence...terriercam would be a hoot.

Get her on the way via UPS and we'll make it happen :-)

What did I win ?

The folder was actually to illustrate the fact real men can ride anything... I have no need to compensate.

:lol:

What's with the extra long seatpost and giant chainring then?

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb270/Kugerand/Left_ErgonGC3_DSCF8663.jpg?t=1251412771



The GC3s arrived from Amazon yesterday. I ordered the 'Small Race' version. According to Amazon dot com this ^ is the small race version 'cause this is what I got. The box denotes these are "small, for a woman". I can only imagine what the 'Large' bar ends look like.

In any event they will take some getting used to as they are ~25% larger than the previous set.

I do like the grips that are included with the bar ends. They are touted to provide an excellent support position to help relieve that pesky ulnar wrist/elbow/thumb bone going dead syndrome. :thumb: I have mine positioned nearly horizontal...in parallel with the seat angle.

^ thanks for the info kshep. im going to be ordering these too... but on universalcycles, i saw the 'small' version of these and the bar ends are literally like 2" long... maybe yours just came in the wrong box? i dunno.... i'll try to get more info before ordering... i want the same ones you have - they look really comfortable.

^ thanks for the info kshep. im going to be ordering these too... but on universalcycles, i saw the 'small' version of these and the bar ends are literally like 2" long... maybe yours just came in the wrong box? i dunno.... i'll try to get more info before ordering... i want the same ones you have - they look really comfortable.

Here's mine...

It's an older 7700 FX

Nice set up KShep, i been thinking to get one but i am using a mirrior which goes inside the handbar,looks like the bar you have will not acommodate my mirror, BTW, how the barend keep up in place? Is the whole thing screw on over the handlebar like a regular grip?.

This is what i have now
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u306/smile_at_u90012/DSC_3904.jpg

pics from my 1st long ride.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3499/3876600262_bdfbb0c02d_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3552/3876600090_55a77a964a_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2459/3876599624_57bb01eddd_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2461/3875809117_df0cfef863_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2437/3876599898_fb738ab7f2_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2669/3876599686_69f93b46ed_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2668/3875808681_5c8951d957_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2663/3875808741_81d8d3db06_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2469/3875809315_3f1cc24ca2_o.jpg

That is some awesome scenary,you could use some exposure lock on you camera to make them even better,nice bike as well,,but where are you in those pics?

Nice set up KShep, i been thinking to get one but i am using a mirrior which goes inside the handbar,looks like the bar you have will not acommodate my mirror, BTW, how the barend keep up in place? Is the whole thing screw on over the handlebar like a regular grip?.

This is what i have now
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u306/smile_at_u90012/DSC_3904.jpg
If I needed a mirror your set up would fit the bill.

The pic I posted earlier (blue 7.6 FX) is MorganRaiders bike....not mine. The GC3s I recieved from Amazon are the same as in that pic. I thought i was gonna get the smaller ones like WCoast or Sixty Fiver (sorry, I cannot locate the post/thread) installed.

Ergon bar ends and grips available at Amazon. Sold via BikeSomeWhere dot com. Mine order was delivered within a week. Others have beeen less fortunate with this online vendor.

http://www.amazon.com/s.html/ref=bl_sr_sporting-goods?ie=UTF8&node=3375301&brand=Ergon

I entered a search for Ergon GC3 but did not look at all available Ergon products or I might have selected a less bulky version.

Okay, if i use the grip with barend as shown in the pics, i won't be able to use my mirror bcz the barend will take up the space in the handbar where the mirror goes into...hope i am right on this.

kungpao - I believe you are right but there has to be another way to make this work.... hmmmm......

The GC3s arrived from Amazon yesterday. I ordered the 'Small Race' version. According to Amazon dot com this ^ is the small race version 'cause this is what I got. The box denotes these are "small, for a woman". I can only imagine what the 'Large' bar ends look like.

In any event they will take some getting used to as they are ~25% larger than the previous set.

I do like the grips that are included with the bar ends. They are touted to provide an excellent support position to help relieve that pesky ulnar wrist/elbow/thumb bone going dead syndrome. :thumb: I have mine positioned nearly horizontal...in parallel with the seat angle.


Mine are the Large size - It has do with the PAD for palm.
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb270/Kugerand/Ergon_GC3_grips_DSCF8689.jpg?t=1251821014

I also like having the bar ends more vertical so I can rest my hands on the end of palm pad and the bar end as if you are shaking someone's hand. This position simulates what a road biker might do "resting on the hoods". Another good hand position for me to wrap fingers totally around vertical part of bar-end. I will post some pics later on to show what I am talking about.

Ergon bar ends and grips available at Amazon. Sold via BikeSomeWhere dot com. Mine order was delivered within a week. Others have beeen less fortunate with this online vendor.

http://www.amazon.com/s.html/ref=bl_sr_sporting-goods?ie=UTF8&node=3375301&brand=Ergon

I entered a search for Ergon GC3 but did not look at all available Ergon products or I might have selected a less bulky version.


Here is where I purchased them. They have an online chat for tech support (upper left corner of web page) These guys are very helpful.

http://www.competitivecyclist.com/mountain-bikes/product-components/2009-ergon-gc3-grip-4640.460.1.html

Here's how I did mine - using regular bar ends. Just slide the handgrips in a little tighter, mount the bar ends, and then mount the mirror. (mirror turned around for picture clarity)http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s227/pjungels/bike/100_1637.jpg

I don't know how I would mount the mirror with that new style.

I use my mirror A LOT!

Mine are the Large size - It has do with the PAD for palm.


Ah HAH!! The case is solve -ed. (Inspector Clouseau voice) Thank you.

http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s227/pjungels/bike/100_1637.jpg

I use my mirror A LOT!

..the Taz doesn't care how much you use it. He doesn't appear too comfy with all those thingys pointing right at him.:)

wanderer - that setup looks bada$$! i love it! reminds me of the top of a semi-truck, in a good way!

Here is where I purchased them. They have an online chat for tech support (upper left corner of web page) These guys are very helpful.

http://www.competitivecyclist.com/mountain-bikes/product-components/2009-ergon-gc3-grip-4640.460.1.html


...the GX3s would have suited my purpose better.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2465/3878074273_caf0a74656.jpg

Here she is with some 23mm tires ready for some intervals around Boulevard Lake this afternoon. On holidays!!!

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2465/3878074273_caf0a74656.jpg

Here she is with some 23mm tires ready for some intervals around Boulevard Lake this afternoon. On holidays!!!

Enjoy your time away from the grind. Sharp looking bike. :thumb::thumb:

Here's my Giant FCR2 around Manhattan.

^ awesome shots! good to see another manhattan rider on the board.

Thanks! I rest at teh place you posted. Great spot at the end of the Greenway!

Here's how I did mine - using regular bar ends. Just slide the handgrips in a little tighter, mount the bar ends, and then mount the mirror. (mirror turned around for picture clarity)http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s227/pjungels/bike/100_1637.jpg

I don't know how I would mount the mirror with that new style.

I use my mirror A LOT!

Hey Wanderer, how those bar ends stay in place without moving? i am having a very hard time to figure this out.

Home built steel Schwinn Sierra 700.

http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z258/konakilo/Sierra700.jpg

My new 2009 Specialized Sirrus in gloss blue, note the blue (specialized) bike computer...haha:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v465/woodchuckssuck/sirrus1.jpg

The bar ends are a clamp, themselves. One bolt goes thru one side, into the other. Tighten it down, and they ain't goin nowhere..... I slid the handgrips down enough to mount the bar ends flush with the end of the bar.

Hey ---- nice looking Sirrus!

Thanks Wanderer,very nice looking bike Nymtber.

Here's my transportation. That's my wife's cruiser in the background.
I'm trying to save some money for a better bike, but I've got no complaints about my current rig.

Can you guys with bar ends (sweet bikes everyone btw) please take a photo of you using your bar ends so I can see how one is supposed to hold/use them? I've never used bar ends before and les is kindly sending me bar ends, due to arrive next week....thanks so much!

Can you guys with bar ends (sweet bikes everyone btw) please take a photo of you using your bar ends so I can see how one is supposed to hold/use them? I've never used bar ends before and les is kindly sending me bar ends, due to arrive next week....thanks so much!

Bar ends are simply there to provide more grip options. Hold them any way comfortable, and if you want the bar ends to be more "padded" if they are just metal, wrap them with roadie grip tape! They are supposed to be more towards horizontal, but whatever way works. Heck the bottle collecting bums around here will have them pointing back towards them to give a more upright ride...haha

There isn't a "right" way to hold them? I tried googling for hand positions, no dice. I'm going to end up having MEC or a LBS install them for me, since I have to move my bike computer/bell/light etc, I suppose they will know the correct position to install them for me?

Luddite - You can start be setting the bar ends so they are 45 degrees from horizontal and adjust from there to find your happy place... rotate them back if the reach is excessive and forward if you would like more reach and a more aero position.

Bar ends on my longbike... the angle is just a little less than 45 degrees.

http://www.ravingbikefiend.com/bikepics/stretch09new3.jpg

You'll find them useful for out of the seat climbing. They were originally designed as an aid to climbing
for mountain bikers, as well as adding additional hand positions, a very nice feature on longer rides. You
can hold them a couple different ways to further reduce hand fatigue, at the juncture or near the end.
Tilted up can still provide the ability to change hand position, but probably not much help for climbing or
other out of the saddle efforts. Unless you have limited flexibility and/or never ride standing up, I'd
suggest closer to horizontal than 45º, 65er's and most of the bar ends pictured in this thread are
installed at reasonable angles.

Here I'm caught in the process of changing to a more aggressive looking position after noticing I was
being photographed.:o I've just stood up and have switched one hand to the bar end. The photographer
had actually ran past me on my left, and across my path before taking this picture! Startled me for a
second as I meandered up the hill pedaling with my arches, in untied sneakers, sporting my winter tan
four day after the biggest snow of the season. Then I realized it was just Joel doing his thing. I stole the
picture from his blog, gwadzilla at blogspot. Check it out. He has nice pictures of the beautiful girl on the
cruiser waiting to cross the street in the background of this shot.

These bar ends are curved kinda like a section of a drop bar, so it's hard to determine the angle, just
wanted to post the picture again.:) Thanks for asking. :D
http://i478.photobucket.com/albums/rr147/Rod_Smith/GLORYrod.jpg

Wow....you don't see one of those ^ (longbike) everyday. Ingenious. :thumb:

Startled me for a
second as I meandered up the hill pedaling with my arches, in untied sneakers, sporting my winter tan
four day after the biggest snow of the season. http://i478.photobucket.com/albums/rr147/Rod_Smith/GLORYrod.jpg

We have a winner in the winter tan contest. :)

My bar ends are close to horizontal. I like being able to stretch out at bit when taking on a headwind, although the front feels a bit 'twitchy' if too much of my weight goes forward.

That's some hybrid action there, eh? Took "combining elements of different bikes" to a new level. There is one parked
on K sreet in DC most days, and I'm seeing them on the street with alarming frequency. Inauguration Day bikers.
http://i478.photobucket.com/albums/rr147/Rod_Smith/IMG_1341.jpg

That's some hybrid action there, eh? Took "combining elements of different bikes" to a new level. There is one parked
on K sreet in DC most days, and I'm seeing them on the street with alarming frequency. Inauguration Day bikers.
http://i478.photobucket.com/albums/rr147/Rod_Smith/IMG_1341.jpg

Yes, hybrid x2.

I need to get out more.

A tandem sighting 'round here would likley cause a traffic pileup of newsworthy proportions.

Note, there is a longbike hidden under three of those warmly dressed people, not a tandem.
Only the driver pedals. Only recently have I seen longbikes around here.

Note, there is a longbike hidden under three of those warmly dressed people, not a tandem.
Only the driver pedals. Only recently have I seen longbikes around here.


10-4. I gathered from the context of your caption that the pic included another longbike.

Cycling does not seem to be very popular here in SE Ga...thus a tandem sighting would cause a stir. Someone on a longbike would warrant a visit by the constable or quite possibly some branch of Homeland Security.

Back to the bar ends....I too have a set of no-longer-needed bar ends that I will be happy to pass along. Packed up and shipped free to anywhere that's not...you know....too far away. (New Zealand qualifies as too far) Same deal Les offered....pay it forward when and how you can. Pm me questions or shipping info or both. (they appear similar to the bar ends on Sixty Fivers longbike...without a brushed/silver metal clamp)

There isn't a "right" way to hold them? I tried googling for hand positions, no dice. I'm going to end up having MEC or a LBS install them for me, since I have to move my bike computer/bell/light etc, I suppose they will know the correct position to install them for me?

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a340/Huntmoor/DSC03080.jpg

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a340/Huntmoor/DSC03081.jpg

This is an alternative to the usual positioning of bar ends, these are more like bar middles. Makes for a lot of options for positioning your hands. The bar tape adds a comfort factor as well. I like where they are well enough that I have not moved them in three years of riding that bike. The only change I've made to the bike in that time is as I've gained bike fitness and flexibility, the adjustable stem is now in it's lowest position. In those pics, it was adjusted all the way up. Good luck regardless of how you decide to install, which is totally up to you, the owner and rider of the bike.

Can you guys with bar ends (sweet bikes everyone btw) please take a photo of you using your bar ends so I can see how one is supposed to hold/use them? I've never used bar ends before and les is kindly sending me bar ends, due to arrive next week....thanks so much!

Luddite - I will get some posted later this evening.

customized with 'satmap' satnav, new peddles, velocity slimline rear rack and a brooks saddle
(pic with old B17 recently have changed to a new 'swallow' ouch!)

I'm new to this: how did you manage to get your pics so large and part of the page >>
I can only get pic as an attachment with max size of 100k ???

Nice bike, I use Photobucket,once the pic is uploaded, point the pointer at the pic you want to psot and it shows a drop menu,highlight the img , copy and paste in here.