Ditch the bag!
#176
It also does not trump physics. I may or may not NOTICE an incline change from 0.0 to 0.1 but no matter, it will take more power and energy to maintain the same speed. On the flip side people actually do claim to notice the smallest things like the 30 gram weight difference between two different cassettes when the combined weight of them and the bike could be 180+ pounds and that 30 gram difference is a 0.037% change and claim it had an impact on their performance but yet they themselves could weigh 500 grams different one day over the next but they don't notice that?
I'm not arguing anything, I just don't believe some of what people claim to notice and if them noticing or not had any real impact. Same like the butt dyno related to a car performance. It is terribly inaccurate.
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#177
I use this:
https://silca.cc/collections/packs/products/eolo-wallet
I can carry all I need for up to a 100 miles ride.
https://silca.cc/collections/packs/products/eolo-wallet
I can carry all I need for up to a 100 miles ride.
#179
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#181
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Bikes: 2015 Workswell 066, 2017 Workswell 093, 2014 Dawes Sheila, 1983 Cannondale 500, 1984 Raleigh Olympian, 2007 Cannondale Rize 4, 2017 Fuji Sportif 1 LE
I hear the next expensive and unreliable product will be rubber bladders built into the frame tubes, with tiny hand-pumps (electric, for DI2 set-ups) and hoses which reach to the rider's mouth.
Water bottles aren't just uncool, they are un-aero. and the weight of bottles and cages? Outrageous. Trust me, before long all the cool kids will be riding bikes equipped with Tube-Sux® hydration systems. Options include the Little-Sucker® gel pump, and CO2 powered models ... because only a complete Dumbrowski would carry an uncool, an-aero, overweight hand pump.
If you can't fit it in your jersey pocket---stick it up your tube! Tube-Sux®, the original frame-contained hydration provider.
Water bottles aren't just uncool, they are un-aero. and the weight of bottles and cages? Outrageous. Trust me, before long all the cool kids will be riding bikes equipped with Tube-Sux® hydration systems. Options include the Little-Sucker® gel pump, and CO2 powered models ... because only a complete Dumbrowski would carry an uncool, an-aero, overweight hand pump.
If you can't fit it in your jersey pocket---stick it up your tube! Tube-Sux®, the original frame-contained hydration provider.
#182
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From: Dublin, Ireland
Bikes: Bianchi Ti Megatube; Colnago Competition; Planet-X EC-130E; Klein Pulse; Amp Research B4; Litespeed Catalyst; Trek Y11
I hear the next expensive and unreliable product will be rubber bladders built into the frame tubes, with tiny hand-pumps (electric, for DI2 set-ups) and hoses which reach to the rider's mouth.
Water bottles aren't just uncool, they are un-aero. and the weight of bottles and cages? Outrageous. Trust me, before long all the cool kids will be riding bikes equipped with Tube-Sux® hydration systems. Options include the Little-Sucker® gel pump, and CO2 powered models ... because only a complete Dumbrowski would carry an uncool, an-aero, overweight hand pump.
If you can't fit it in your jersey pocket---stick it up your tube! Tube-Sux®, the original frame-contained hydration provider.
Water bottles aren't just uncool, they are un-aero. and the weight of bottles and cages? Outrageous. Trust me, before long all the cool kids will be riding bikes equipped with Tube-Sux® hydration systems. Options include the Little-Sucker® gel pump, and CO2 powered models ... because only a complete Dumbrowski would carry an uncool, an-aero, overweight hand pump.
If you can't fit it in your jersey pocket---stick it up your tube! Tube-Sux®, the original frame-contained hydration provider.
As if we were all competing in the TdF.
I do what feels best for me, and I'd encourage everyone to do the same.The other day I saw some bikepackers struggling up a mountain with more crap strapped to their bikes that definitely outweighed the bike by a factor of 2 or 3. Hey, whatever gets you up the hill, seemed to be working pretty darn well for them. They were enjoying themselves (I hope!), so that's really all that matters.
#183
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Bikes: 2020 Specialized Roubaix Comp SC - 2016 Specialized Roubaix SL4 - 2015 Giant Roam 2 Disc
She's a woman, so why not a "fisherman?
#184
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I just completed my first century three weekends ago, and I did it on my hybrid with flat "rat trap" pedals & Greenfield stabilizer kickstand while wearing regular tennis shoes, polyester workout shirt & shorts. I did get pictures at the start/finish line but unfortunately they didn't have a "I just completed my first century ride" banner. That really would have been nice.
But I just went out to do a nice bike ride, and if possible ride the whole 102 miles. Yes, most everyone else had spandex jerseys and high dollar bikes, some were going to do a very serious ride and try to complete the whole thing in 4 hours. I was just out there to have fun and see how far I could go.
But I just went out to do a nice bike ride, and if possible ride the whole 102 miles. Yes, most everyone else had spandex jerseys and high dollar bikes, some were going to do a very serious ride and try to complete the whole thing in 4 hours. I was just out there to have fun and see how far I could go.
#185
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Bikes: 2020 Specialized Roubaix Comp SC - 2016 Specialized Roubaix SL4 - 2015 Giant Roam 2 Disc
I hear the next expensive and unreliable product will be rubber bladders built into the frame tubes, with tiny hand-pumps (electric, for DI2 set-ups) and hoses which reach to the rider's mouth.
Water bottles aren't just uncool, they are un-aero. and the weight of bottles and cages? Outrageous. Trust me, before long all the cool kids will be riding bikes equipped with Tube-Sux® hydration systems. Options include the Little-Sucker® gel pump, and CO2 powered models ... because only a complete Dumbrowski would carry an uncool, an-aero, overweight hand pump.
If you can't fit it in your jersey pocket---stick it up your tube! Tube-Sux®, the original frame-contained hydration provider.
Water bottles aren't just uncool, they are un-aero. and the weight of bottles and cages? Outrageous. Trust me, before long all the cool kids will be riding bikes equipped with Tube-Sux® hydration systems. Options include the Little-Sucker® gel pump, and CO2 powered models ... because only a complete Dumbrowski would carry an uncool, an-aero, overweight hand pump.
If you can't fit it in your jersey pocket---stick it up your tube! Tube-Sux®, the original frame-contained hydration provider.
#186
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From: Nashville, TN.
Bikes: 2020 Specialized Roubaix Comp SC - 2016 Specialized Roubaix SL4 - 2015 Giant Roam 2 Disc
#187
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Bikes: Bikes??? Thought this was social media?!?
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