Originally Posted by
tjspiel
Or simply chuck the heels into basket next to the carrots and walk the bike up the hill. 1/2 mile? She probably walked well over a 1/2 mile looking for those shoes. And had she'd been wearing the spandex she dissed earlier in the article she probably wouldn't have been so damn sweaty either.
Hmm... Spandex on a Pashly (or whatever she was riding). That would be something to see.
i've seen it huffing along on the sidewalk screaming at foot traffic as if IT was the problem. I never see a city bike on the street in los angeles. I always seem to catch them bombing through dense foot traffic or wiggling off curbs into oncoming traffic shaking fists held aloft at the sea of "cagers".
and yeah, LA is a terrible place for heavy bikes. the hills can be intense and only the messengers seem to be in proper shape to rock a SS/fixed--even though most of the ones I see ride 8+spd back ends and lots of doubles up front.
meh article.
30lb specialized sport bike? my allez is 20lb before rack/bag. "sport bike" makes me think it's just something with drops... but what on earth did they sell like that in the 30lb range? hah