Best roadie tips and tricks
11-30-06, 03:11 PM
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Queen Helen Coca Butter. Thanks Vinokurtof!
11-30-06, 03:15 PM
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Originally Posted by hiromian
Queen Helen Coca Butter. Thanks Vinokurtof!
11-30-06, 03:19 PM
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Faster but still slow
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Don't bother to buy $100 Oaklies when you can just get safety glasses that are impact resistant and look just as good for about $5.99 each. Or you can really spurge and get the $20 ones.
https://www.safetyglassesusa.com/safetyglasses1.html
https://www.safetyglassesusa.com/safetyglasses1.html
11-30-06, 04:01 PM
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Attack your best friend at the bottom of a huge hill. And I mean lay the f-ing hammer down hard. Keep hammering until you almost reach the summit then pop like a balloon. Let him coast by you and take the sign for victory.
This way there will be lots of laughs during lunch the next day and you'll never become the arrogant jerk that most cyclists aim for.
This way there will be lots of laughs during lunch the next day and you'll never become the arrogant jerk that most cyclists aim for.
11-30-06, 04:30 PM
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Making a kilometer blurry
Originally Posted by Mo'Phat
tc83 just caught a Hambone this big.
12-01-06, 02:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Mo'Phat
tc83 just caught a Hambone this big.
How the hell did that happen?
I mean I'm ignant, that is obvious to most BFers by now but damn, I'm not usually... dumb.
Well, tc83, I owe you a beer. I'm not going to give it to you in person though because the anonymity of the internet lets me save some face. Now I'm gonna have to create a new user account, lay low... (but I have to imagine my serial abuse of elipses will give me away anyway.)
Damn it!
12-01-06, 02:19 PM
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Originally Posted by I_bRAD
For you guys that posted about lining the tire label up with the valve to make it easier to find... are you using invisible valves or something? Just look for the spoke that doesn't go all the way to the center. 
12-01-06, 03:18 PM
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Originally Posted by I_bRAD
You take your tire entirely off to fix a tube?
1. Remove tube from tire.
2. Find hole
3. Lay tube on top of wheel and orientate so valve hole is aligned with valve (just like it was when you got the puncture)
4. Offending debris will be in the spot where the hole is in the tube.
5. Fix it.
I still don't see how the label makes a difference. Is there a better way to do this?
1. Remove tube from tire.
2. Find hole
3. Lay tube on top of wheel and orientate so valve hole is aligned with valve (just like it was when you got the puncture)
4. Offending debris will be in the spot where the hole is in the tube.
5. Fix it.
I still don't see how the label makes a difference. Is there a better way to do this?
But either way, the tire does move at least on my rims. Wired bead tires tend to not move as much. I have also had a hard time finding the debris with out removing the whole tire, turning it inside out and flexing the heck out of it. Sometimes that glass is REALLY small. My last flat BEFORE I started to line up the label, took me a good 20 minutes to find the glass.
12-01-06, 04:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Hambone
I'm never that guy!
How the hell did that happen?
How the hell did that happen?
12-01-06, 04:33 PM
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Making a kilometer blurry
Originally Posted by FunkyTang
Originally Posted by GuitarWizard
Don't give people the middle finger in "urban" areas.
Why not?
Don't give people the middle finger in "urban" areas.
Why not?
12-01-06, 04:42 PM
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Originally Posted by rollin
Someone should sticky this thread - this is good stuff!
Although I now carry 2 cans of coke 2 pairs of socks, id bracelet, 2 wallets, US dollar bills, Canadian dollar coins, a mobile phone, some powerbar wrappers, some powder mix, some carpet foam, vasaline, talc powder, 3 co2 cannisters, a hair tie, a copy of todays newspaper, 3 tubes, 3 plastic bag (various thicknesses), a rash vet or 2... I think I'm going to need a trailer soon
Although I now carry 2 cans of coke 2 pairs of socks, id bracelet, 2 wallets, US dollar bills, Canadian dollar coins, a mobile phone, some powerbar wrappers, some powder mix, some carpet foam, vasaline, talc powder, 3 co2 cannisters, a hair tie, a copy of todays newspaper, 3 tubes, 3 plastic bag (various thicknesses), a rash vet or 2... I think I'm going to need a trailer soon
12-01-06, 05:00 PM
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i put a few turns of duct tape around my co2 can to use for tire boots and other tape needs. fixed a friends broken sun glasses good enough to get him back.
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12-01-06, 05:26 PM
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I carry a few Velcro wraps on longer rides. They have hundreds of possible uses
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12-01-06, 05:39 PM
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Your handlebars are perfect for hiding emergency zipties and a little cash.
12-01-06, 05:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Rotten Bastard
Get one of those little vinyl license holder things that hunters and people who go fly fishing use, and stick a piece of paper with your blood type in big bold letters showing through (or a Red Cross blood donor card if you have one). You can also put your license and medical insurance card in it.
This is probably the BEST advice, although the snot rocket in the crosswind and the finger in urban areas had me laughing so hard that my wife thinks I'm a total geek.
12-01-06, 05:47 PM
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Originally Posted by FunkyTang
Why not?
12-01-06, 09:03 PM
#145
Making a kilometer blurry
Originally Posted by G_Sup
I think Wizard was referring to a "Deliverence" type of situation. You know...hop in the truck with a shotgun and chase your ass down. Ever tried fighting in bike shoes?
Dunno what happened to the driver. It looked like his foot disappeared into his stomach though. He landed about 6 feet away. Freaky.
Oh to be young and ******** again.
I guess old and ******** isn't going too badly
12-01-06, 10:29 PM
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Originally Posted by goodall
Plastic bags over your socks in cool weather.
12-01-06, 10:53 PM
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...until I can ride again
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Keep a bar of soap wrapped in a paper towel in each shoe when you are not wearing them. Then they always smell fresh.
12-01-06, 11:31 PM
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Best male oriented roadie advice....
Let her win.
The rest of the day (and night) will be pure heaven.
Let her win.
The rest of the day (and night) will be pure heaven.
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12-02-06, 06:15 AM
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Place business cards inside your handlebars/seattubes. Just in case your bike gets stolen, you can prove that its yours (assuming it is ever found).
12-02-06, 03:47 PM
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Originally Posted by G_Sup
I think Wizard was referring to a "Deliverence" type of situation. You know...hop in the truck with a shotgun and chase your ass down. Ever tried fighting in bike shoes?
You're thinking about "Easy Rider".
Deliverence is more of a, "Playing a banjo, while going the wrong way down a one way street", sort of movie.
