homebrewk

Please get a CAAD 10

Jaytron

I want one really damn bad myself.

nuhtowel

I got myself a caad9, and I ride kit and all, I like it way better than my fixed gear.

homebrewk

Really! Sweet! What component set would you be interested in?

63_dorinte

They're up to 10 already ? I bought a brand new CAAD3, doesn't seem like that long ago though I did get rid of it 11 years ago. I must be older than I think .

hairnet

but it isn't as pretty as the older models

Jaytron

Probably Rival. Depends on what happens between now and tax return time. Haha

cc700

when i make a bedtime grocery run and choose the store farthest from my house out of three closest stores you'd really think i'd take one of the bikes that doesn't have a bad valve in the rear tube.

you would think that.

then breaking twenties at the gas station to fill up on the car compressor and it still doesn't get me all the way home.

confession here is: I are dumb.

jdgesus 

u gotta mount that pump on your helmet!

cc700

all my hand pumps are broken but YES I DO

Leukybear 

Dat swagger.

misskaz

Confession: I rode my fixed gear to work today (took the long way, so about 11.5 miles) and it hurt. My ass hurt and my hands hurt, a lot. Considering I rode almost 100 miles on my other bike on Saturday, that seems weird to me. I was wearing padded shorts liners and regular street clothes. No gloves, but I've had the same problem even with my gloves. I'm not sure how much of the problem is just about getting used to this specific bike and how much of it is a fit issue. I might switch out the saddle to see if that changes anything. I guess my confession is I'm afraid this bike doesn't fit me right.

Jaytron

Sounds like a fit issue. If you can do a century and not feel pain, but 11 miles hurts on this new bike, then it is most def a fit issue.

jdgesus 

just copy the length from crank to top of saddle, reach, saddle tilt, etc etc etc from good bike to your fixed gear...

at least it'd be a good start

misskaz

I'm pretty sure the biggest difference is the saddle to bar drop. Maybe I can get a different stem with a higher rise? I really love bullhorns and have a long torso so I don't want to switch my bars.

Y'all that ride bikes with crazy saddle-to-bar drop, I don't know how you do it. I might just need to HTFU.

Scrodzilla

I think you're problem is the opposite and you need more saddle-to-bar drop. Bullhorns can cause a lot of discomfort in several places if they're up too high because you're reaching up and forward when your hands are anywhere but the tops.

Judging by the pic of your bike in your sig link, you may need a shorter stem if you're out on the horns a lot but maybe you could try flipping it to lose some of that rise?

MACRI

secretly late at night i'll take my old norco dirt jump bike out to the skate park by my apartment and just screw around in the flow bowl taking lines and doing stoppy's over boxes like a tool.

redpear

You will naturally HTFU as long as you keep a good posture. I like a lot of saddle to bar drop, and you ease up pressure on your hands and wrists by bending your back not at the hips, but at the spine, so that it is curved. Your core will develop so that it will support more of your upper weight, allowing you to remain in that position for longer without hand pain.

I'm suspecting your butt hurts because of your saddle. I use to experience a lof rear-end pain because my saddle was designed for a more upright posture. I switched to a flatter, narrower saddle and the pain went away.

DeusVolt

I confess that I REALLY ****ING WANT one of those "One World Japan" cycling jerseys.

misskaz

Hmm, interesting. I figured I wanted my bars higher because when I'm riding I am finding myself holding the flats of my bars with the tips of my fingers so I can sit up a little more. But I am more comfortable out on the horns than on the flats. I'll just have to play around with things and see how it goes. Thanks!

walnutz

-I sometimes put a saddle bag on my fixie because I don't like shoving crap in my pockets and I don't like wearing messenger bags
-the word "fixie" doesn't bother me
-I hate it when people beat me up hills (rare, especially when I'm on the roadie)
-I love my geared roadie
-I once used a Dura-Ace lockring and cog and couldn't feel the difference
-I often ride my fixie in full roadie spandex

-sometimes i go weeks without posting, then I post 20 times in two days

Scrodzilla

I once ate 25 Twinkies for 250 bucks.

mashtofu

+1. Wish BF would remove the link; they've been sold out for months.

homebrewk

Leukybear 

Nice! EZ $$$$$$$.