jimincalif

It's a new month. Last month's thread was pretty weak, hopefully it's because we're all busy riding!

DrIsotope

Got lost in the delightful city of Upland on the 31st, when I daydreamed my way off of the Pacific Electric Trail on the wrong street and ended up in a residential district in the middle of what appeared to be nowhere. Had to resort to Google Maps, ended up tacking 13 "bonus miles" onto the ride, and didn't get home until well after noon. When I left the house it was 64º, and when I got home it was 99º. Do not recommend.

jimincalif

I didn't know Upland was big enough to add that many miles. BITD (c 1971) when I was about 13 my fathers office was in Upland and we lived in Riverside. A couple of friends and I rode to his office and back home. Don't think I've ridden in Upland since..

DrIsotope

Well, there's still nothing in Upland. It's just a bunch of houses wedged between Rancho Cucamonga, Ontario, and Claremont. I realized how I missed my way home after consulting the maps last night-- for about 2.5 inexplicable miles in the City of Upland, Base Line Road-- which goes from the foothills of Mt. San Gorgonio all the way to Santa Monica-- is called 16th Street.

Today I stuck smack dab in the middle of my I.E., and did a 50k lap twice, to end with 63 miles and 2,645ft of climbing... in at least 70% relative humidity. I was wishing for the 99º. It's sprinkling outside right now, and just shy of 90º. Gross.

RubeRad

I think I missed July

jimincalif

We'll forgive you this time, but don't let it happen again!

RubeRad

I'll try extra hard to not miss July 2018

RubeRad

mmm, Miss July

jimincalif

Ok, you win. Anxiously waiting for you to miss August, miss September, miss October, etc.

ill.clyde

I second the motion

Turzy

motion is adopted

ill.clyde

Well, the verdict is still out on the Maxxis Re-Fuses that I ordered.

And it was an auspicious start. Got them Monday, put them on while I was in the middle of conference call hell, and not sure if I screwed up or rushed it, but 8 miles in or so I hear air rapidly leaving the tire. I swapped out a tube as fast as I could (was getting eaten alive by mosquitos) and went home. When I got there, I looked at the tube, and didn't see the telltale snake bite, so I don't think it was a pinch flat, but I could be wrong.

Anyway, took out the new tube, and reinstalled it again just to be on the safe side, and patched the old tube to put in my seat pack. So far so good.

That said, they're chattery at times over the chip seal roads out here, and they're definitely not the fastest (seem especially slow going uphill). And they're not as supple, at least not yet, but that said they're not bad tires. We'll see how it goes over time

RubeRad

I dunno, adoption is not the relationship I was thinking of...

RubeRad

That's an interesting looking tread. What size did you get?

ill.clyde

25's .... Not sure my bike would accommodate anything wider ...

Turzy

anyone ever swapped disc brakes? as in...rear rotor on front wheel and vice versa?
well i did and just realised it. I was gonna go for a ride, so I was trying to put on the rear wheel (had the trainer wheel on) but I could not get the wheel to fit in...figured out I didnt pay attention when I installed my rotors on my new wheel set a couple days ago, I put the 160mm rotor on the rear wheel and the 140mm on the front wheel...
oh well, I'm all set now...

ill.clyde

Haven't made the jump to discs yet ... but I would imagine my next road bike will have them.

RubeRad

No, what's your thinking on that? If the brakes are the same model, then I don't see much point in swapping any more than the pads, or the rotors if the same size. And for hydraulics, swapping front/rear means the front brake will now be in your right hand and vice versa, unless you also disconnect the hoses and refill/rebleed and everything.

jimincalif

So I think I've just about talked myself into buying a SS/FG bike:

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I've never ridden FG before, figure I can start out using the SS freewheel and work up to it. This BD bike looks to be pretty cost effective compared to trying to assemble something from parts, unless I wanted to spend days trolling swap meets and e-bay - not my thing.

The coach in the torture clinic last year emphasizes pedaling efficiency and mentioned FG in addition to practicing on rollers. A FG sounds a lot more fun than rollers, let me tell you, been there done that. The other objective would be to use this when going on rides with my wife, she does OK but it's not really a workout for me when using my road bike.

indyfabz

Postings that could be seen as objectifying women are frowned upon, at least in other forums. Just sayin'.

RubeRad

Nice, that emerald green looks pretty sweet. Reynolds tubing is a nice touch too.

Beachgrad05

Thank you. As a woman I'm not exactly sensitive to this but in a forum where we are all basically plus sized body image is maybe an issue. At least for some. I know I'm not exactly photogenic in a swimsuit or in my cycling attire.

dagray

Interesting week. Got some riding done on the coast; listened to two individuals speak (one had translated part of the Old Testament for the NIV bible and the other had translated parts of the Old Testament for the New King James Version); my old dog passed on, and I watched a guy wreck his bike in front of me (2002 Triumph) and not get more than a couple scrapes and bruises.

The guy riding the bike was about 50 feet in front of me in freeway traffic that was moving about 30mph when the bike shot sideways out from under him sending him careening down the road for about 20 feet, and his bike down the road 40 feet to have his bike lodge under the rear bumper of a Subaru wagon.

Stopped for lunch and was notified of a fatality accident on the freeway so took the old historic highway for about 30 miles to get around the wreck.

Home safe now

Oh, and talking about safes... I had to watch a youtube video to figure out how to get mine open since I rarely lock it when I am home.

Turzy

I was going for a ride early yesterday morning, and about 1 mile into the ride, I shifted to the largest cog, and the chain ended past the cog, in the spokes...no damage done though...I spent a good part of the afternoon adjusting/indexing my derailleurs. Took a walk at the end of the day, felt good.
Got up early again this morning and took the bike out and finished the ride I started yesterday...the time I spent on the derailleurs yesterday was well spent, I had never experienced such a silent and smooth shifting drivetrain before

ill.clyde

Second popped spoke this season. Riding along, crested a hill (wasn't pushing hard) and heard it ... got to my next turn and stopped, and there it was.

Fulcrum Racing 7s ... six or seven years old, probably 5K miles on them or even more. They've largely been problem free the whole time I've had them. I know I'm heavier than I have been, but I've ridden at heavier weights on them and have ridden much worse roads on them. What's the life expectancy on something like that?

Trying to decide if I'm going to have it fixed or just order a new wheelset. Don't want to spend a fortune, but don't want to cheap out either. Was looking on Amazon and found several Chinese carbon sets ... reasonably priced ... just wonder if they're on par with the "Chinarello" framesets that have been popping up