Getting the bike ready for spring
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Getting the bike ready for spring
DONE!! Just put new tires, chain, cassette and all new cables along with bar tape on the Tarmac. She is ready for spring. Shouldn't be to much longer now.....
Who else has already freshened up there ride?

Who else has already freshened up there ride?
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Kona Jake the Snake
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Kona Jake the Snake
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No, I'm not even thinking about Spring. I have events to train for by then and I'm not in much shape to do well in them yet!
Endurance miles will set you free. I'm told...
Endurance miles will set you free. I'm told...
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I'm working on all Machak's rust spots now so that when I ride him through winter they won't get any worse.
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To save components from salt, to ride something with slightly wider tyres, to make sure you don't have an "excuse" not to ride, etc.
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Yeah ... same with Alberta.
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nope. I have 3 bikes, but only one I ride with any regularity. I just put it on the trainer for the first time today. Was on it for 1.5 hours while watching Chelsea/W. Brom. Albion and some of the UNC-Asheville/Liberty game. Late fall/winter/early spring is depressing time period in regards to cycling in the upper midwest.
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Hills hurt.. Couches kill
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I'm contemplating giving my ride a new paint job, I can handle the cold, and I can handle the rain. I choose not to handle cold rain.
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I wait until after Winter to tune the bike up. The last time I did it before the end of Winter, the brand new cables were corroded and the bar tape looked like crap in just a month!
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eh. Roads generally are not salt-covered all winter long, at least not here. I still end up riding my nicest bike for a lot of the winter. There's never an excuse not to ride.
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Knowing's half the battle
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