Opinions on this bike?
03-24-15, 04:48 PM
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hahahahaha. I've never seen a bike that came with the fenders have the fenders right. Any metal ones have had to be bent into their correct position. And it doesn't hurt anything.
Sorry, not laughing at your comment, just at the thought that the factory would ship bikes with fenders set up correctly. If only....
Sorry, not laughing at your comment, just at the thought that the factory would ship bikes with fenders set up correctly. If only....
- Andy
03-24-15, 08:11 PM
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hahahahaha. I've never seen a bike that came with the fenders have the fenders right. Any metal ones have had to be bent into their correct position. And it doesn't hurt anything.
Sorry, not laughing at your comment, just at the thought that the factory would ship bikes with fenders set up correctly. If only....
Sorry, not laughing at your comment, just at the thought that the factory would ship bikes with fenders set up correctly. If only....
03-24-15, 09:51 PM
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I am not sure if it is reflective. That would be very cool if it was. As far as getting back on the horse, i'm sure that is a conversation or series of conversations you & wife & doctors will need to have in due time. I say if you can you should, but not my place to decide that obviously. Hard to deny that drive and fire to go places on 2 (or 3) pedaled wheels.
After my last big crash with the cruiser last march, my family was worried about me a bit on new bike. When i first got on the new bike, i myself had anxiety and really took it slow slow slow for a good few weeks. Now as i said above i can't get enough and jump on every chance i get. In retrospect, i am glad i eased back into it. Was the right choice.
As a small aside.... on this & the SE my biggest curiosity will be the effect of the larger wheels on both top speed and cruising cadence & speed. The uptown's cruising speed is around 15 mph. Should be interesting to see the difference if any the 700c wheels make.
- Andy
After my last big crash with the cruiser last march, my family was worried about me a bit on new bike. When i first got on the new bike, i myself had anxiety and really took it slow slow slow for a good few weeks. Now as i said above i can't get enough and jump on every chance i get. In retrospect, i am glad i eased back into it. Was the right choice.
As a small aside.... on this & the SE my biggest curiosity will be the effect of the larger wheels on both top speed and cruising cadence & speed. The uptown's cruising speed is around 15 mph. Should be interesting to see the difference if any the 700c wheels make.
- Andy
I completely understand a families hesitation after something like this, and I'd be the same way. But like you said there is going to be a lot of anxiety on both sides. I've yet to even see my bike and I expect that to be a huge shock to me and it will impact how I'll do when I return.
My mother and older sister just arrived from central NY today, neither has been out yet. My mother had a disturbing epiphany on her bus ride to the hospital. She saw a dump truck trailer and realized it's not just a trailer for towing lawnmowers behind the landscape truck. It's almost a second full size dump bucket on a trailer. We don't have then from what I recall back east. I actually remember first seeing one visiting my brother in Seattle. So my mom has only seen photos of my injuries and I'm scared of how she'll react tomorrow when she sees it without compression bandages that I wear when I'm up. I now realize that I don't think she understood the gravity of my accident. How close I was to losing my leg, and my life.
Anywho. I had to ride my old Schwinn with 26ers a few times to work over a 14+ mile route. I saw a negligible time difference, if even any, for those rides when compared to my 700c commuters. So I don't think it will make a huge difference speed wise. Weight is the big game changer between my late LHT and my Turbo, 33 vs 19 pound, my average over 7 miles increased by about 3 km/h. I think another bike for: comparisons sake and to change it up and to fit another need is perfectly acceptable. N+1.
03-25-15, 07:34 AM
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@kickstart - that's cool. I can't say I have ever seen a Gazelle in person. Are your fenders metal or plastic?
03-25-15, 08:15 AM
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@kickstart - that's cool. I can't say I have ever seen a Gazelle in person. Are your fenders metal or plastic?
I don't have a bike under 35 lbs.
03-25-15, 09:28 AM
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03-25-15, 10:27 AM
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Yeah it's not a conversation that's come up and been skirted around. I've gotten the I told you not to ride down that road a few times. I've not shown any idea that I'd give it up. But it will certainly be something that will be entered one cog's tooth at a time; I'm nowhere near being medically ready my ankles and left knee need a lot of range of motion work. It's also not something I'm likely to give up, just make adaptations. Thanks for the support.
I completely understand a families hesitation after something like this, and I'd be the same way. But like you said there is going to be a lot of anxiety on both sides. I've yet to even see my bike and I expect that to be a huge shock to me and it will impact how I'll do when I return.
My mother and older sister just arrived from central NY today, neither has been out yet. My mother had a disturbing epiphany on her bus ride to the hospital. She saw a dump truck trailer and realized it's not just a trailer for towing lawnmowers behind the landscape truck. It's almost a second full size dump bucket on a trailer. We don't have then from what I recall back east. I actually remember first seeing one visiting my brother in Seattle. So my mom has only seen photos of my injuries and I'm scared of how she'll react tomorrow when she sees it without compression bandages that I wear when I'm up. I now realize that I don't think she understood the gravity of my accident. How close I was to losing my leg, and my life.
Anywho. I had to ride my old Schwinn with 26ers a few times to work over a 14+ mile route. I saw a negligible time difference, if even any, for those rides when compared to my 700c commuters. So I don't think it will make a huge difference speed wise. Weight is the big game changer between my late LHT and my Turbo, 33 vs 19 pound, my average over 7 miles increased by about 3 km/h. I think another bike for: comparisons sake and to change it up and to fit another need is perfectly acceptable. N+1.
I completely understand a families hesitation after something like this, and I'd be the same way. But like you said there is going to be a lot of anxiety on both sides. I've yet to even see my bike and I expect that to be a huge shock to me and it will impact how I'll do when I return.
My mother and older sister just arrived from central NY today, neither has been out yet. My mother had a disturbing epiphany on her bus ride to the hospital. She saw a dump truck trailer and realized it's not just a trailer for towing lawnmowers behind the landscape truck. It's almost a second full size dump bucket on a trailer. We don't have then from what I recall back east. I actually remember first seeing one visiting my brother in Seattle. So my mom has only seen photos of my injuries and I'm scared of how she'll react tomorrow when she sees it without compression bandages that I wear when I'm up. I now realize that I don't think she understood the gravity of my accident. How close I was to losing my leg, and my life.
Anywho. I had to ride my old Schwinn with 26ers a few times to work over a 14+ mile route. I saw a negligible time difference, if even any, for those rides when compared to my 700c commuters. So I don't think it will make a huge difference speed wise. Weight is the big game changer between my late LHT and my Turbo, 33 vs 19 pound, my average over 7 miles increased by about 3 km/h. I think another bike for: comparisons sake and to change it up and to fit another need is perfectly acceptable. N+1.
Yeah, way back in the day when bike were hand fabricated, and I am sure if you are buying a bike that cost enough $$$ it might come that way, though my experiences have been that when bikes ship the shop has to put one or both fenders on, and if they are metal they have gotten slightly bent between being packaged, shipped and delivered.
@kickstart - that's cool. I can't say I have ever seen a Gazelle in person. Are your fenders metal or plastic?
@kickstart - that's cool. I can't say I have ever seen a Gazelle in person. Are your fenders metal or plastic?
- Andy
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