DrIsotope

So I burped my first tubeless tire today. Trying to exit a parking lot, there's a car in front of me, and the 900-year-old woman driving it panic stops for absolutely no reason. Green light, nothing in front of her. I grabbed what was apparently too much brake, and actually lifted the rear tire about 4" off the ground. Best I can figure, the tire didn't move at all, and the rim kinda... rotated a little. Little weeps of sealant appeared on both sides of the rim. Which I noticed after the tire went dead flat without a sound. Pumped it up (foolishly) with the mini pump, got about 200 yards and it went dead flat again. Which is not unexpected, as there was a part of the bead not seated... somewhere. Threw the emergency tube in there and rode 35 miles with (I found out at the LBS stop) a whopping 30psi in the front tire. And it rode really nice, too. Never even felt squishy.

The guys at my LBS gave me a Flat-Attacked tube of the correct size to get home, I'll pull the tire and clean the beads and try getting it seated correctly this time. I blame myself 100%, as I always use soapy water to seat, and didn't this time because I was just rotating tires front-to-rear to try to even out the treadwear. Lesson learned, no doubt. That last 12 miles with a tubed front with 70psi in it felt amazing. My wattage was down probably 20%, and speed was up. I mean, my HR was through the roof, but it was 98º and I had 75 pretty rough miles behind me already.

Just installed a new Shimano wheelset on the wife's bike without her knowledge-- she doesn't even know I bought them. Picked up the WH-RS610 from the evil empire that is Planet Cyclery (evil in that they undercut EVERYONE on pricing to such a degree there is either evil or witchcraft involved) for $199 shipped. Not for the Clydes, I think, as they are 16/20 on the spoke count, and are ridiculously light for a $200 wheelset. True UST hoops (no spoke holes,) bladed aero spokes, asymmetric rear hoop, 11-speed ready, internal-cam skewers, and best of all, dropped a full half a pound off of the bike compared to the stock Mavics. 225 grams shaved for $199? A weight weenie's dream.

If you know anyone in the sub-150lb range (or so) looking for a new wheelset, $199 for machine-built UST rims ain't too shabby.

ill.clyde

Well ... I'm over 1,000 miles for the year. Not a lot compared to some of you, but considering I was basically starting at square one, not even sure if I was going to enjoy cycling again, I'm pretty proud of it.

Down 18 pounds, much fitter than I was for sure, still have a ways to go but I feel good, and that's what matters

RubeRad

Good point; no more of those.

Beachgrad05

So I'm being transferred to office CLOSE to my home on Friday. Our pay periods start on Friday so that is when they make changes like moving you to new office. I am going to be trading my 30+ each way commute (1-2 hours each way depending on traffic conditions) for <7 miles each way by surface streets. I have mapped out two routes about (6.2 miles each) from my home to work and reversed them. I will see which one is the safer option. .


I will be able to commute by bike and get my metabolism kick started each day and I hope to lose some of the weight I have gained since I started commuting so far in April 2016 and had my motorcycle accident in October 2016 to further cut into my ability to exercise. I'm riding but avoiding climbing as the more I climb the worse my hip does. I am hopeful that my ability to ride daily and lose weight will positively impact my healing time from the hip replacement surgery set for Oct 30.

Turzy

glad to hear (or read), I think I remember reading a while ago it's what you were hoping for?

Took the mtb out tonight for a short ride, feels weird to be so upright compared to the caadx, but it was nice to change things up a bit.
Also, haven't had any carbs today, well not much at least, no bread, no pasta, no rice, no sweets...felt good all day, even after my meals, when I usually feel like taking a napp :laughing: I really think I'm gonna give this keto thing a try afterall

ill.clyde

Out here in Southern California for work (San Clements area) ... Cannot believe the hills you guys have to contend with. Respect!

Would love to have rented a bike while I'm here but my spare time is limited.

DrIsotope

One of my sisters moved out to Texas some years ago, and started riding a bike and doing those mini-Tris. She has a coach for the little crew she rides with, and he did the same thing-- a Texas native, came out to the Santa Barbara area, and was absolutely blown away by the hills/mountains. He said something to the effect of, "There's nothing flat out there. You're always either going up, or down." That's fairly accurate.

She'll do 30-40 mile rides in Texas, and she calls them "hilly," with 600-800ft of climbing. I just laugh and laugh. She done forgot where she came from.

ill.clyde

That's exactly what I thought ... There's nothing flat! Every cyclist I saw was riding uphill. Lol

A few years back, I was in San Diego, and rented a bike and rode down Torrey Pines. The ride up was humbling and I was in much better shape

DrIsotope

Last month I did a ride from home in the Inland Empire, to Sea World in San Diego. I haven't biked much south of Oceanside, so I was unaware of the existence of Torrey Pines. I hit the base of the climb at mile 140.

What gas was left in the tank was gone by the time I reached the top.

jimincalif

Pretty much, that's how I ended up over 320K feet of climbing last year. In San Clemente you can ride south along the coast to Las Pulgas road and back, that's pretty flat. Going the other direction work your way along the bike route thru town , it's a little rolly but then you can ride along the coast to Dana Point and up the San Juan Creek trail and ride that into San Juan Capistrano. That about as flat as it gets in S Orange County.

DrIsotope

I keep having tire... issues. I went through over a dozen in my first year of cycling alone. Ive had four tires back to Maxxis on warranty, and I've had a Panaracer Gravelking pretty much explode out from under me. I keep losing riding days to one broken thing or another, so the wife decided that I ride too many miles to own just one bike. She then took me down to the LBS and bought me the one I liked the most.

I had decided before leaving the house that I was only going to look at bikes that are the antithesis of the Ritchey I ride now... and I think I succeeded.

58cm 2017 Cervelo R3, Ultegra 6800 everywhere except for a Rotor 3D+ crankset. With cages, K-Edge XL and Hotshot, it's barely 17lbs.

jimincalif

Congratulations, very cool! You're a lucky husband!

I run Continental 4000s like many in my club do and have had reasonably good luck. But our OC roads are a bit easier on tires than the roads in the 909. Maybe if I start blowing them up my wife will buy me a 17lb bike? Hmmmm.

ill.clyde

Need to show my wife this thread ... and apparently start breaking things on my bike

Congrats on the new wheels!

jsigone

Sweet Bike!! love the colors, shape reminds me of the Parlee custom framesets



Here's my new rig I got last week. Did 66 miles on the club ride saturday and it's pretty fast. Wish the rider was faster

RubeRad

that paint scheme is pretty.

Very 'dead killer whale'

indyfabz

Not legit until it is approved by the Hot or Not folks in the Road forum. Same for you, @DrIsotope

indyfabz

Got some fun things coming up in during the next month:


1. Saturday, weather permitting, will be an 80+ mile training ride.
2. Sunday before Labor Day is New Hope, PA to Brooklyn.
3. The following weekend is car camping at Rickett's Glen State Park in PA to hike amongst waterfalls.
4. September 15th I will be driving to Erie for the start of a 7 or 8 day, self-contained tour across PA with a foray into New York state.

jsigone

not sure I'm ready for the vulchers

DrIsotope

At least you can get the vultures to comment on yours. I got one remark about bar tape and that was it. The highlight of my participation in that thread was like 2 years ago, a guy called my old KHS, "the worst thing (he'd) ever seen." I wanted to airbrush the quote on the frame.

In semi-related news, this morning I decided to try that standby of the hardcore Strava-ites: soft-pedal between a series of favorited Live Segments, then hammer it out for the 1-3 minutes of each segment. The results, pretty good. It's certainly a viable strategy, if collecting meaningless digital trophies is something that appeals to you. And I'm not gonna lie, I like gathering all the meaningless digital trophies I can.

8/23: four 3rds, one 4th, two 6ths, two 7ths

cyclist2000

I don't have discs on any of my bike. I guess that I always assumed that the rotors were the same size on each wheel. But it does make sense.

cyclist2000

Neither are most men, and that includes me.

jsigone

solid strategy, but with my luck I'll get more red lights

TrojanHorse

lmao

HBCruiser1

Hey Jim, I just did a 200k with the San Diego Randos Saturday and a couple of the older gents have been riding FG for the last several months. They're really liking them. Kind of like a refresh of starting to ride all over again, another whole new world. (RE: "...rides with my wife...") that's how I got into riding the cruiser, the folks I was riding with were not much of a challenge so I brought the cruiser to make it more challenging and found out I really like the challenge of riding it everywhere I physically can. Just be sure to put brakes on it!

jimincalif

Dang Brent, 129 miles on your cruiser? I'm impressed, sounds like you're having fun with it and that's what counts!

10-4 on brakes, front and rear. Need them to use the flip flop wheel too! Good to hear from you.