Got up early and went out for the first Sunday ride of the season which is the "No excuses, and I do not care how pretty or naked that girl is... we need to ride... ride".

The touring bike needed a shake down to test the new gear and I am not up to hammering through the river valley on the road bikes... yet.

I've been doing touring rig test runs too. Rollin' the Diamondback Interval with sleeping bag and pad on the rear rack and a good load of clothes, etc in backpack, riding the 10 miles out to decent camping land and sleeping under the stars. Unfortunately the Interval comes with rear rack mounts but only single eyelets behind the fork dropouts. If I can score a $10 fork with double eyelets or lowrider mounts I might go that route. If not I think I'm gonna roll one of the MTBs for touring.

Today I've finally arrived at my permanent residence for the next 3 months in Zurich, after piddling the last week away with relatives in North-eastern Switzerland. Had a couple nice short rides, but Alberta prairies don't prepare you for the terrain here very well at all. Should be fun summer on the fuji though.

Today I did this with my 67.5 gear inch conversion. Total time 7 hours and 22 minutes. I'm not really sure what the moving time was, I stopped for water 7 times, to use the bathroom 4 times, got lost twice and ate McDonald's for lunch. Also had my first experience with hotfoot.

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/1129859

All in all a very good route, the flattest I could put together for this area. I had some issues finding water and ended up using hose spigots from businesses that were closed, as well as getting lucky and finding a hydrant that had accidentally been opened. I felt pretty good, ate enough and rested enough that it was difficult, but not soul-crushing. Thanks to the Octopus for this thread, it really helped a lot.

Long cue sheet is long.

What's with rimtape on stem?

I used it to minimize movement/scratching when I velcro-strapped a flashlight there a few weeks ago for a night ride home after an alley cat and haven't gotten around to removing it yet.

pics later. it's one of the white ones with the smokey blue/grey on the head tube and stays

Ahh, so probably a TIG'd one. Still sweet a sweet ride tho!

still amazed that with the right gear i can enjoy riding in 29F temp. no more excuses.

wife told me that going through / fixing her cruiser was "better than flowers".

spicy cajun dry rub strip steak, toasted pine nut/feta couscous and a mid range bottle of garnacha for dinner before checking the tires on the CX for the morning commute. mindless tv (Once Upon A Time) before bed.

Went for a ride about 15 miles up along the rhine, from Düsseldorf up past Kaiserswerth and back. Got to take out my new (to me) Peugeot. First time I've been on a road/cross bike in almost 5 years, and it certainly felt nice!

I will be in PDX in July and every time I have been there my schedule has not really allowed for any decent day rides but am hoping I will be able to get out for a full day and maybe 100 miles while I am there. If I drive down I can put anything I want on the rack and as I have a city bike there would bring something more road-ish.

nope, lugged.

Weird saddle position is weird?

It almost seems like you should have gone one size up.

if it was mine, and saddle-to-bar felt right, I'd get that saddle a couple cm forward and run a 2cm longer stem. that's just me tho.

high lever placement + (what, 1.5 cm worth of spacers under stem) would seem to support the frame one size too small argument, however.

finally got around to installing my Phil bb and Omnium's

If you're looking for another riding partner I'm down to roll a century in July. I'm kinda leisurely though. On solos, usually 6.25 hours ride time. 7.5 overall. Overall is sometimes longer if there are lots of good places to stop.

I think it's the combination of that seatpost/seat. It shows a lot of rails, and a big weird looking gap.

I mean, the seat could be moved forward a little, but it might be personal preference On Jandro's part.

Today I raced in a small local alley cat called "Put A Bird On It":



Trusty steed:



Wiped out hard and ripped off a week old scab. I saw it on the ground as I was getting up:



Tape gaping:



I showed up late and they gave me a map I didn't have time to study, so I got lost before the first checkpoint. Trolololol. It was wet, so I wiped out coming around a corner just before the fourth checkpoint. My bars came out totally crooked and I ripped some bar tape, but nothing horrible happened to the bike. HTFU'd and finished at third.

The guy that won did it on an old MTB with knobbies. #ridiculous #rawrsome #respect

I think the angle of picture is exacerbating the 'weirdness'. I'm thinking of going with a 110 or 120mm stem and moving the seat slightly forward. I like a relatively aggressive fit and the shorter wheelbase and saddle-to-bar feels awesome.

I will probably be getting rid of the 1cm spacer once I get a longer stem. Needless to say, I'm still playing with the fit. Going with a 50cm as opposed to a 53cm gives me a lot more options. 53cm would have been too big.

Saddle fore/aft =/= reach adjustment :C

But yeah, the 53 probably would have been too big for you.

True. If that's a Flite, I like the tips of those about 3 cm behind BB centerline personally. Tip of that saddle looks way back. Some folks like saddles way back though.

53 would probably work, depends a lot on tastes tho. I'm having troubles dealing with them modern brake lever hoods. Damn things are so long I have to subtract a cm or two from stem length to get the same fit feel as same bike with '80s SLR levers.

Hmmm... does this mean the 53 is more my size? Alejandro isn't much shorter than I am. I feel OK on the 55cm. I've got more on the reach side. Maybe I should take a pic of myself on the bike from the side.

Also, pictures and saddle angle = weird.

Today I put in a good street ride in this morning and then cut grass.

Today I went around to about 8 bike shops. Got my buddies feet wet. He likes what he sees. I'm gonna help him with his measurements sometime, and he's probably gonna buy his first bike online, which I strongly advocated against, but hey.

No, this doesn't mean that at all. Don't make me post a fit calculator.