**Confession thread**
04-30-13 | 06:20 AM
#1756
Senior Member
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 13,765
Likes: 3,937
From: Louisville, KY
Before is better than having to go during.
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Bikes: 1996 Eddy Merckx Titanium EX, 1989/90 Colnago Super(issimo?) Piu(?),1990 Concorde Aquila(hit by car while riding), others in build queue "when I get the time"
Bikes: 1996 Eddy Merckx Titanium EX, 1989/90 Colnago Super(issimo?) Piu(?),
04-30-13 | 06:55 AM
#1757
Senior Member
Joined: Apr 2012
Posts: 7,391
Likes: 13
From: Memphis TN area
Bikes: 2011 Felt Z85 (road/commuter), 2006 Marin Pine Mountain (utility/commuter E-bike), 1995 KHS Alite 1000 (gravel grinder)
I don my bike kit to go on a 8-10 mile jaunt. It's just more comfortable that way.
04-30-13 | 01:42 PM
#1760
Erect member since 1953
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 7,000
Likes: 38
From: Antioch, CA (SF Bay Area)
Bikes: Trek 520 Grando, Roubaix Expert, Motobecane Ti Century Elite turned commuter, Some old French thing gone fixie
I so very much want to be cool and love my fixie, but I don't. I love my Roubaix with a triple.
04-30-13 | 01:54 PM
#1763
You Know!? For Kids!
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 6,166
Likes: 29
From: Just NW of Richardson Bike Mart
Bikes: '05 Trek 1200 / '90 Trek 8000 / '? Falcon Europa
We are the only tenant on our floor. Other floors have learned this and employees of other companies ride the elevator to our floor to use our bathrooms. My confession, we have a whistle. If you do not respond to the whistle, we turn the lights out when we leave the bathroom, leaving you in a dark stall.
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04-30-13 | 02:31 PM
#1765
The Weird Beard
Joined: May 2005
Posts: 8,554
Likes: 3
From: COS
04-30-13 | 03:58 PM
#1768
Maud Magnet
Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 765
Likes: 0
From: Atlanta, GA
Bikes: 2012 Specialized Allez Comp, 2001 Kona Stuff
04-30-13 | 04:03 PM
#1769
Senior Member
Joined: Jul 2002
Posts: 40,863
Likes: 3,115
From: Sacramento, California, USA
Bikes: Specialized Tarmac, Canyon Exceed, Specialized Transition, Ellsworth Roots, Ridley Excalibur
Full of awesome. I went OS bars and noticed nothing different except for a thinner wallet. My commuter has a big daddy triple and it rides like butter. I destroy the lunch ride on the downhills because I have more mass. They pay me back on the climbs for the same reason and because I suck.
05-01-13 | 01:40 AM
#1771
Senior Member
Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 2,654
Likes: 1
From: Northern VA
Bikes: 2008 Trek Madone 5.5, 2009 Cervelo R3SL tdf edition, Cervelo R5 with Di2
My regular bike is in the shop, and I've been riding my 7-year old Trek in the meantime. I've spent $15K on bikes since I stopped using the Trek as my main bike, and there's very little appreciable difference.
05-01-13 | 07:03 AM
#1773
Senior Member
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 39,726
Likes: 9,738
From: TC, MN
Bikes: R3 Disc, Haanjo
I'm assuming that you can get away with a little less clamping force on a 31 (without slippage), so I wonder if this was a consideration as carbon bars became more common, more so than overall stiffness.
05-01-13 | 07:09 AM
#1774
Senior Member
Joined: Nov 2012
Posts: 2,504
Likes: 251
From: Palm Desert, CA
Bikes: Speedvagen Steel
