Bought a racing bike but got ****ing screwed
08-10-09, 02:01 PM
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The new Di2-Red/11 crankset can be ordered with 150mm crank arms. With the shorter crank arm, this should pull your feet back away from the front wheel, and thus should help with the toe overlap. Just make sure you order the full ceramic eccentric bottom bracket with it, because I hear the steel ones were not designed to fit English threaded BBs, only Italian threads.
You can get even more clearance by spreading your feet out a little. After the shop drills the cranks, have them tap in a couple of these bad boys to increase Q factor.
08-10-09, 02:03 PM
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08-10-09, 02:06 PM
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going slowly (aka. walking my bike out of the garage/waiting at a stoplight) even i get toe overlap and I wear a size 8 shoe...going fast however, never encountered it once
08-10-09, 02:15 PM
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My fellow roadies, thanks for these 7 glorious pages of profound entertainment. I laughed a lot.
Forgive me of my abuse of fowl language, I guess this bike forum generation is a little more 'seasoned' then I expected. I was in needed of some excitement after reading these dull ****ing threads.
I took an anthropology class, last year in Uni, and we studied that the human psyche is extremely counter-intuitive. Therefore, if I were to have communicated as an average bike-forumesque persona, i wouldn't nearly have recieved as many responses. Thanks for verifying the typical...
I'm not an angry person, never have been, this is the internet and I can say the most ****ing ridiculous things and people will take it to heart.
Yeah, i'm keeping the bike. I came to that conclusion after about 4 responses.
As for my athletic achievements:
100M: 11.89 (2009)(165lbs)
200: 23.50 (2009)(165lbs)
400: 53.19 (2007)(137lbs)
800:2:00 (2007)(137lbs)
1500: 4:20 (2007)(137lbs)
3000: 9:50 (2008)(146lbs)
5K: 16:30 (2007)(137lbs)
10K: 38:00 (2009)(167lbs)
9 miler: 51:00 (2009)(167lbs)
I also played soccer VERY competitively for most of life before I had some major physical setbacks in Soph. and Junior years. There you guys have it! Feel fulfilled now?
O I know some of you guys got a little confidence boost out of that 25km/ hr comment! Here me out, I was casually pedalling with the gf(at the time) across the city, her comp read 25km/ hr average, so its the only the number I can go by. I dont exaggerate my times on the internet. I dont say I could run this, or i could bike that. Dont get your lycra in a bunch, I'll take my new rig out on a quick 60km ride this weekend and I wont hesitate one bit in telling you my average speed.
The attention that this thread got is crazy, I only fired out the 2nd comment to keep things rolling. But this is getting tiresome, so I unfortunately need to bring things back down to reality.
Forgive me of my abuse of fowl language, I guess this bike forum generation is a little more 'seasoned' then I expected. I was in needed of some excitement after reading these dull ****ing threads.
I took an anthropology class, last year in Uni, and we studied that the human psyche is extremely counter-intuitive. Therefore, if I were to have communicated as an average bike-forumesque persona, i wouldn't nearly have recieved as many responses. Thanks for verifying the typical...
I'm not an angry person, never have been, this is the internet and I can say the most ****ing ridiculous things and people will take it to heart.
Yeah, i'm keeping the bike. I came to that conclusion after about 4 responses.
As for my athletic achievements:
100M: 11.89 (2009)(165lbs)
200: 23.50 (2009)(165lbs)
400: 53.19 (2007)(137lbs)
800:2:00 (2007)(137lbs)
1500: 4:20 (2007)(137lbs)
3000: 9:50 (2008)(146lbs)
5K: 16:30 (2007)(137lbs)
10K: 38:00 (2009)(167lbs)
9 miler: 51:00 (2009)(167lbs)
I also played soccer VERY competitively for most of life before I had some major physical setbacks in Soph. and Junior years. There you guys have it! Feel fulfilled now?
O I know some of you guys got a little confidence boost out of that 25km/ hr comment! Here me out, I was casually pedalling with the gf(at the time) across the city, her comp read 25km/ hr average, so its the only the number I can go by. I dont exaggerate my times on the internet. I dont say I could run this, or i could bike that. Dont get your lycra in a bunch, I'll take my new rig out on a quick 60km ride this weekend and I wont hesitate one bit in telling you my average speed.
The attention that this thread got is crazy, I only fired out the 2nd comment to keep things rolling. But this is getting tiresome, so I unfortunately need to bring things back down to reality.
08-10-09, 02:20 PM
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Better yet, just have your local shop shorten your Al crank arms -- they can just drill out new holes that you can insert the pedals in. That will allow the OP to move his feet even further from the pedals and is much cheaper than the solution above.
You can get even more clearance by spreading your feet out a little. After the shop drills the cranks, have them tap in a couple of these bad boys to increase Q factor.
You can get even more clearance by spreading your feet out a little. After the shop drills the cranks, have them tap in a couple of these bad boys to increase Q factor.
08-10-09, 02:22 PM
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My fellow roadies, thanks for these 7 glorious pages of profound entertainment. I laughed a lot.
Forgive me of my abuse of fowl language, I guess this bike forum generation is a little more 'seasoned' then I expected. I was in needed of some excitement after reading these dull ****ing threads.
I took an anthropology class, last year in Uni, and we studied that the human psyche is extremely counter-intuitive. Therefore, if I were to have communicated as an average bike-forumesque persona, i wouldn't nearly have recieved as many responses. Thanks for verifying the typical...
I'm not an angry person, never have been, this is the internet and I can say the most ****ing ridiculous things and people will take it to heart.
Yeah, i'm keeping the bike. I came to that conclusion after about 4 responses.
As for my athletic achievements:
100M: 11.89 (2009)(165lbs)
200: 23.50 (2009)(165lbs)
400: 53.19 (2007)(137lbs)
800:2:00 (2007)(137lbs)
1500: 4:20 (2007)(137lbs)
3000: 9:50 (2008)(146lbs)
5K: 16:30 (2007)(137lbs)
10K: 38:00 (2009)(167lbs)
9 miler: 51:00 (2009)(167lbs)
I also played soccer VERY competitively for most of life before I had some major physical setbacks in Soph. and Junior years. There you guys have it! Feel fulfilled now?
O I know some of you guys got a little confidence boost out of that 25km/ hr comment! Here me out, I was casually pedalling with the gf(at the time) across the city, her comp read 25km/ hr average, so its the only the number I can go by. I dont exaggerate my times on the internet. I dont say I could run this, or i could bike that. Dont get your lycra in a bunch, I'll take my new rig out on a quick 60km ride this weekend and I wont hesitate one bit in telling you my average speed.
The attention that this thread got is crazy, I only fired out the 2nd comment to keep things rolling. But this is getting tiresome, so I unfortunately need to bring things back down to reality.
Forgive me of my abuse of fowl language, I guess this bike forum generation is a little more 'seasoned' then I expected. I was in needed of some excitement after reading these dull ****ing threads.
I took an anthropology class, last year in Uni, and we studied that the human psyche is extremely counter-intuitive. Therefore, if I were to have communicated as an average bike-forumesque persona, i wouldn't nearly have recieved as many responses. Thanks for verifying the typical...
I'm not an angry person, never have been, this is the internet and I can say the most ****ing ridiculous things and people will take it to heart.
Yeah, i'm keeping the bike. I came to that conclusion after about 4 responses.
As for my athletic achievements:
100M: 11.89 (2009)(165lbs)
200: 23.50 (2009)(165lbs)
400: 53.19 (2007)(137lbs)
800:2:00 (2007)(137lbs)
1500: 4:20 (2007)(137lbs)
3000: 9:50 (2008)(146lbs)
5K: 16:30 (2007)(137lbs)
10K: 38:00 (2009)(167lbs)
9 miler: 51:00 (2009)(167lbs)
I also played soccer VERY competitively for most of life before I had some major physical setbacks in Soph. and Junior years. There you guys have it! Feel fulfilled now?
O I know some of you guys got a little confidence boost out of that 25km/ hr comment! Here me out, I was casually pedalling with the gf(at the time) across the city, her comp read 25km/ hr average, so its the only the number I can go by. I dont exaggerate my times on the internet. I dont say I could run this, or i could bike that. Dont get your lycra in a bunch, I'll take my new rig out on a quick 60km ride this weekend and I wont hesitate one bit in telling you my average speed.
The attention that this thread got is crazy, I only fired out the 2nd comment to keep things rolling. But this is getting tiresome, so I unfortunately need to bring things back down to reality.
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08-10-09, 02:24 PM
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08-10-09, 02:46 PM
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meh. Nothing so special as to earn a track scholarship. If you were a faster sprinter, they sound a lot like my 1977 times from High School.
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08-10-09, 02:47 PM
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BTW, there are lots of current and ex runners in the cycling ranks. Being fit helps a lot, but it probably doesn't transfer over as well as you think it will.
08-10-09, 02:51 PM
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My fellow roadies, thanks for these 7 glorious pages of profound entertainment. I laughed a lot.
Forgive me of my abuse of fowl language, I guess this bike forum generation is a little more 'seasoned' then I expected. I was in needed of some excitement after reading these dull ****ing threads.
I took an anthropology class, last year in Uni, and we studied that the human psyche is extremely counter-intuitive. Therefore, if I were to have communicated as an average bike-forumesque persona, i wouldn't nearly have recieved as many responses. Thanks for verifying the typical...
I'm not an angry person, never have been, this is the internet and I can say the most ****ing ridiculous things and people will take it to heart.
Yeah, i'm keeping the bike. I came to that conclusion after about 4 responses.
As for my athletic achievements:
100M: 11.89 (2009)(165lbs)
200: 23.50 (2009)(165lbs)
400: 53.19 (2007)(137lbs)
800:2:00 (2007)(137lbs)
1500: 4:20 (2007)(137lbs)
3000: 9:50 (2008)(146lbs)
5K: 16:30 (2007)(137lbs)
10K: 38:00 (2009)(167lbs)
9 miler: 51:00 (2009)(167lbs)
I also played soccer VERY competitively for most of life before I had some major physical setbacks in Soph. and Junior years. There you guys have it! Feel fulfilled now?
O I know some of you guys got a little confidence boost out of that 25km/ hr comment! Here me out, I was casually pedalling with the gf(at the time) across the city, her comp read 25km/ hr average, so its the only the number I can go by. I dont exaggerate my times on the internet. I dont say I could run this, or i could bike that. Dont get your lycra in a bunch, I'll take my new rig out on a quick 60km ride this weekend and I wont hesitate one bit in telling you my average speed.
The attention that this thread got is crazy, I only fired out the 2nd comment to keep things rolling. But this is getting tiresome, so I unfortunately need to bring things back down to reality.
Forgive me of my abuse of fowl language, I guess this bike forum generation is a little more 'seasoned' then I expected. I was in needed of some excitement after reading these dull ****ing threads.
I took an anthropology class, last year in Uni, and we studied that the human psyche is extremely counter-intuitive. Therefore, if I were to have communicated as an average bike-forumesque persona, i wouldn't nearly have recieved as many responses. Thanks for verifying the typical...
I'm not an angry person, never have been, this is the internet and I can say the most ****ing ridiculous things and people will take it to heart.
Yeah, i'm keeping the bike. I came to that conclusion after about 4 responses.
As for my athletic achievements:
100M: 11.89 (2009)(165lbs)
200: 23.50 (2009)(165lbs)
400: 53.19 (2007)(137lbs)
800:2:00 (2007)(137lbs)
1500: 4:20 (2007)(137lbs)
3000: 9:50 (2008)(146lbs)
5K: 16:30 (2007)(137lbs)
10K: 38:00 (2009)(167lbs)
9 miler: 51:00 (2009)(167lbs)
I also played soccer VERY competitively for most of life before I had some major physical setbacks in Soph. and Junior years. There you guys have it! Feel fulfilled now?
O I know some of you guys got a little confidence boost out of that 25km/ hr comment! Here me out, I was casually pedalling with the gf(at the time) across the city, her comp read 25km/ hr average, so its the only the number I can go by. I dont exaggerate my times on the internet. I dont say I could run this, or i could bike that. Dont get your lycra in a bunch, I'll take my new rig out on a quick 60km ride this weekend and I wont hesitate one bit in telling you my average speed.
The attention that this thread got is crazy, I only fired out the 2nd comment to keep things rolling. But this is getting tiresome, so I unfortunately need to bring things back down to reality.
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08-10-09, 02:57 PM
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My fellow roadies, thanks for these 7 glorious pages of profound entertainment. I laughed a lot.
Forgive me of my abuse of fowl language, I guess this bike forum generation is a little more 'seasoned' then I expected. I was in needed of some excitement after reading these dull ****ing threads.
I took an anthropology class, last year in Uni, and we studied that the human psyche is extremely counter-intuitive. Therefore, if I were to have communicated as an average bike-forumesque persona, i wouldn't nearly have recieved as many responses. Thanks for verifying the typical...
I'm not an angry person, never have been, this is the internet and I can say the most ****ing ridiculous things and people will take it to heart.
Yeah, i'm keeping the bike. I came to that conclusion after about 4 responses.
As for my athletic achievements:
100M: 11.89 (2009)(165lbs)
200: 23.50 (2009)(165lbs)
400: 53.19 (2007)(137lbs)
800:2:00 (2007)(137lbs)
1500: 4:20 (2007)(137lbs)
3000: 9:50 (2008)(146lbs)
5K: 16:30 (2007)(137lbs)
10K: 38:00 (2009)(167lbs)
9 miler: 51:00 (2009)(167lbs)
I also played soccer VERY competitively for most of life before I had some major physical setbacks in Soph. and Junior years. There you guys have it! Feel fulfilled now?
O I know some of you guys got a little confidence boost out of that 25km/ hr comment! Here me out, I was casually pedalling with the gf(at the time) across the city, her comp read 25km/ hr average, so its the only the number I can go by. I dont exaggerate my times on the internet. I dont say I could run this, or i could bike that. Dont get your lycra in a bunch, I'll take my new rig out on a quick 60km ride this weekend and I wont hesitate one bit in telling you my average speed.
The attention that this thread got is crazy, I only fired out the 2nd comment to keep things rolling. But this is getting tiresome, so I unfortunately need to bring things back down to reality.
Forgive me of my abuse of fowl language, I guess this bike forum generation is a little more 'seasoned' then I expected. I was in needed of some excitement after reading these dull ****ing threads.
I took an anthropology class, last year in Uni, and we studied that the human psyche is extremely counter-intuitive. Therefore, if I were to have communicated as an average bike-forumesque persona, i wouldn't nearly have recieved as many responses. Thanks for verifying the typical...
I'm not an angry person, never have been, this is the internet and I can say the most ****ing ridiculous things and people will take it to heart.
Yeah, i'm keeping the bike. I came to that conclusion after about 4 responses.
As for my athletic achievements:
100M: 11.89 (2009)(165lbs)
200: 23.50 (2009)(165lbs)
400: 53.19 (2007)(137lbs)
800:2:00 (2007)(137lbs)
1500: 4:20 (2007)(137lbs)
3000: 9:50 (2008)(146lbs)
5K: 16:30 (2007)(137lbs)
10K: 38:00 (2009)(167lbs)
9 miler: 51:00 (2009)(167lbs)
I also played soccer VERY competitively for most of life before I had some major physical setbacks in Soph. and Junior years. There you guys have it! Feel fulfilled now?
O I know some of you guys got a little confidence boost out of that 25km/ hr comment! Here me out, I was casually pedalling with the gf(at the time) across the city, her comp read 25km/ hr average, so its the only the number I can go by. I dont exaggerate my times on the internet. I dont say I could run this, or i could bike that. Dont get your lycra in a bunch, I'll take my new rig out on a quick 60km ride this weekend and I wont hesitate one bit in telling you my average speed.
The attention that this thread got is crazy, I only fired out the 2nd comment to keep things rolling. But this is getting tiresome, so I unfortunately need to bring things back down to reality.
08-10-09, 03:05 PM
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So basically you acted like a huge dick in order to get your simple question answered because college told you to.
Good job.
Good job.
08-10-09, 03:13 PM
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08-10-09, 03:34 PM
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As for my athletic achievements:
100M: 11.89 (2009)(165lbs)
200: 23.50 (2009)(165lbs)
400: 53.19 (2007)(137lbs)
800:2:00 (2007)(137lbs)
1500: 4:20 (2007)(137lbs)
3000: 9:50 (2008)(146lbs)
5K: 16:30 (2007)(137lbs)
10K: 38:00 (2009)(167lbs)
9 miler: 51:00 (2009)(167lbs)
I also played soccer VERY competitively for most of life before I had some major physical setbacks in Soph. and Junior years. There you guys have it! Feel fulfilled now?
100M: 11.89 (2009)(165lbs)
200: 23.50 (2009)(165lbs)
400: 53.19 (2007)(137lbs)
800:2:00 (2007)(137lbs)
1500: 4:20 (2007)(137lbs)
3000: 9:50 (2008)(146lbs)
5K: 16:30 (2007)(137lbs)
10K: 38:00 (2009)(167lbs)
9 miler: 51:00 (2009)(167lbs)
I also played soccer VERY competitively for most of life before I had some major physical setbacks in Soph. and Junior years. There you guys have it! Feel fulfilled now?
If you were trying to calm things down with this post you failed.
08-10-09, 03:34 PM
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This guy has same issue as Op
08-10-09, 03:36 PM
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Two words that might have solved the problem - or something.
TEST RIDE
I have overlap (size 12s 56cm C-dale), when riding with my 3 year old. Anything faster than that and I never notice it.
TEST RIDE
I have overlap (size 12s 56cm C-dale), when riding with my 3 year old. Anything faster than that and I never notice it.
08-10-09, 03:36 PM
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