Post pictures of your Hybrid
04-22-11, 04:12 PM
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04-23-11, 07:38 AM
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No they didn't tell me that I can't. To be honest I haven't had the need to take photos of products in a bike shop before because I can go back any time to check on prices / quality etc. Also "if" the shop staff did tell me that photography is prohibited, I wouldn't be offended and go as far as telling them no sale, as I would respect their policy. Everything they, or any other bike shop sell, would be on the internet for me to view and research anyway.
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04-23-11, 07:42 AM
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04-23-11, 08:19 AM
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04-24-11, 07:21 AM
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Sierra Madre to Long Beach
Months in the works and training has paid off. OOn saturday me and a buddy decided to bike to long beach. We left the Sierra Madre area little after 11am got to LB around 230pm. Now my legs are pretty much done im not biking any wher eatleast for a day or two. GReat weather for riding....
heres the route i took
https://www.mapmyride.com/routes/fullscreen/27441990/
heres the route i took
https://www.mapmyride.com/routes/fullscreen/27441990/
04-24-11, 08:52 AM
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Months in the works and training has paid off. OOn saturday me and a buddy decided to bike to long beach. We left the Sierra Madre area little after 11am got to LB around 230pm. Now my legs are pretty much done im not biking any wher eatleast for a day or two. GReat weather for riding....
heres the route i took
https://www.mapmyride.com/routes/fullscreen/27441990/
heres the route i took
https://www.mapmyride.com/routes/fullscreen/27441990/
04-26-11, 11:05 AM
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40+ km/h on a hybrid! 
Today I flipped my spacers and my stem to drastically lower my handlebar:
The stem is a 30° Ritchey and so now it points 30° down:
My bike, resting on the central square of Geraardsbergen after it's new record:
Distance: 10,1 km or 6.3 miles
Average speed: 40,4 km/h or 25.25 MPH
I'm going to keep this configuration for a while and see how my bad back copes with it ...
If it's bad I'll put it back as it was and keep it that way.
If it's good ... I'll also put it back as it was ... and start looking for a second hand TT-bike
Today I flipped my spacers and my stem to drastically lower my handlebar:
The stem is a 30° Ritchey and so now it points 30° down:
My bike, resting on the central square of Geraardsbergen after it's new record:
Distance: 10,1 km or 6.3 miles
Average speed: 40,4 km/h or 25.25 MPH
I'm going to keep this configuration for a while and see how my bad back copes with it ...
If it's bad I'll put it back as it was and keep it that way.
If it's good ... I'll also put it back as it was ... and start looking for a second hand TT-bike
04-26-11, 02:29 PM
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Oh no you didn't! Do you think bike riding has made your back stronger?
04-27-11, 05:19 AM
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40+ km/h on a hybrid!
Distance: 10,1 km or 6.3 miles
Average speed: 40,4 km/h or 25.25 MPH
I'm going to keep this configuration for a while and see how my bad back copes with it ...
If it's bad I'll put it back as it was and keep it that way.
If it's good ... I'll also put it back as it was ... and start looking for a second hand TT-bike
Distance: 10,1 km or 6.3 miles
Average speed: 40,4 km/h or 25.25 MPH
I'm going to keep this configuration for a while and see how my bad back copes with it ...
If it's bad I'll put it back as it was and keep it that way.
If it's good ... I'll also put it back as it was ... and start looking for a second hand TT-bike
04-27-11, 07:47 PM
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My GT Fitness series. I was not sure if it was going to be fun & reliable due to the low cost, but I ended up really liking this. Also used as a commuter.
04-28-11, 12:32 AM
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04-28-11, 08:17 AM
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If the weather is ok tomorrow morning I'll head off before work and look for a decent 10km stretch.
I can't fit my aero bars as my hybrid's bars are oversize, and my aero bars aren't.
My prediction for me is 27 - 29 km/h over 10 kms and max speed 45km/h on my hybrid. I think that'll be the best my 46-year-old body can muster up.
(of course I'm hoping for a miricle)
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04-29-11, 07:05 AM
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My bike 2009 Globe Carmel
My hybrid that I bought in April 2010. I have put 1000 miles on mostly rail trails in central CT that include Farmington Canan Trail that stretches 86 miles from New Haven to Westfield MA.
04-29-11, 07:49 AM
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04-30-11, 02:45 PM
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My 2010 K2 Astral 2.0
I got it exactly two weeks ago and I already put 175 miles on it. I was on spring break for the first week of me owning it, so I rode it 10-30 miles every day.
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04-30-11, 08:25 PM
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Velocommuter Commando
