Just went shopping for my trip. Also got a Cateye Strada Wireless. Damn that thing is tiny.


Guys, need some help. 47/17 too big for climbing? All shops would be closed right now, I can can still CL some 18,19,20t tonight im sure.

Mountains or hills?

How fit are you?

I run 46:17 down here in the foothills of the Appalachians and don't have any real problems. Our tough climbs are rollers of up to 12% with a more typical 6-8% generally 0.25-0.75 miles in length.

47:18 would be better for climbing but I think 47:17 is better all-around.

Mountains.
Fitness, on a scale of 1-10, 7.5-8.5

I took a ride the other day with 47/15, and it was pretty rough, there's a 16%'er that I almost had to take the walk of shame on. \

I think i'm going to gear down, and roll the dice.

I run 45 /16 and if **** hits the fan 45 17

Don't have any other chain rings as of now. When I get back, I'm buying scrod out of all of his gears...

Just had walk-in parties of 20, 14, and 10 all within five minutes of my horribly under-staffed kitchen, in addition to the usual Friday night. Brutal.

I'm preparing for the bicycle apocalypse. Where I'm headed, I'm about 60 super twisty miles away from any kind of store. So far I have packed:

4 standard tubes
2 Thorn resistant tubes (if worse comes to worst)
40 glued patches
2 large tubes of rubber cement
1 jar of rubber cement
12 glueless patches
1 spare continental GP4000S
2 spare kenda folders
4 spare waterbottle mount bolts
12 CO2 cartridges
1 extra helmet
1 extra set of cleats
2 extra sets of cleat mounting hardware
4 presta valve adapters
2 extra cycling computer batteries
1 bottle of chain lube
1 tub of grease
1 can of engine degreaser
1 extra chain
And all the tools I need to completely take a bike apart and put it back together.

(used to do dishes/prep/back up grill) SOB!!! that's when i'd get my buddy to hold ice packs on my carotids, just so i could keep my head straight....

would have finished the Pake lockup bike today, but it seems the rear hub might be fried. and, of course, i didn't have the right cone wrenches. will hit the LBS's tomorrow for wrenches see if it's an adjustment or replacement. doesn't look good though.

but, tried Lizard Skins tape for the first time. that feels good.....

today i rode with owner of this bike: http://www.cycleexif.com/english-cycles-project-right

http://distilleryimage9.s3.amazonaws...380fd29b_7.jpg

shortly after i snapped the pic, he rode right into the bushes (and managed not only not crash, but also trimmed someones hedges for them)

Man, I hear that. I manage/cook at a little Dutch cafe that's staffed by 2 or 3 people at a time. Had a group of 18 walk in 15 minutes before close tonight. The entire restaurant only seats 20. Who the **** doesn't have the consideration and common decency to call ahead before coming somewhere in that large of a group?

Today this thread got too big for my browser at work. Had to wait until I got home to reply. Anyways...

Heh, yeah. I might go back to using something on that side, but for now I'll see how I like not having the option.

I didn't catch how wacky that bike is the first couple of times I scrolled through. I wonder how sturdy those are

I don't miss any of that. I remember going on a wait half an hour before closing and wanting to just strangle someone.

Today I did 32 miles round trip from to go watch practice sessions for the Toronto Grand Prix (Indy cars). It was awesome, but I bonked really badly, pretty far from home (high of 96 today and didn't eat enough), which made for a very long ride back.

tried to ride rollers for the first tie since the knee surgery and wow am I outta shape and in consistant.

Today I threw down at the pumptrack.

That is wacky. I didn't notice the belt drive until just now. Seems like one end of the handlebar should loop around to form the other end, as well. :lol:

OH! And today, the sqrlfriend and I took an afternoon trip to buy a Peugeot mixte from a guy on CL. She loves it, and has dreams of outfitting it with drop bars and panniers. I just hope it doesn't end up too small for her.

Today I got the fantastic idea of selling my roadie, and picking up a Civilian Vive Le Roi. It would be pretty much free for me, as I should be able to get about 1200 for my roadie used.

Make it my roadie, and my Cx, with a pair of 28c or 25c(if they'd work, comes with 32c knobbies stock) slicks thrown on.

edit: just found the measurements on the stock Jalco DM23 rims. Inner width of 18.5, outer width of 22.5. So my usual 23's would actually work. pretty awesome.

It's probably just fine. Cannondale has the Lefty mtb fork. Aircraft landing gear also have wheels mounted in a similar fashion - not to say these are all that comparable.

it sure is a looker, the guy was super stoked about it (obviously)

a lot of motorcycles do single sided swingarms these days too, was planning to put one on my ducati before i sold it
that thing looks pretty sweet but i think it would look cooler if it was balanced on the other side, this way when you look at the drive side its all like "gwaaahh??"

Fair enough. I guess the next question is: what problem does building a bike that way solve? Is it purely aesthetic?

Well the design resolved the problem of belt driven drivetrains having to require some sort of junction in a seat or chain stay because the belt cannot be broken lengthwise. Ingenious idea of by having it on the outboard.

http://www.cycleexif.com/wp-content/...s-right-11.jpg

Looks like it also automagically produces a zero dish rear wheel, which would arguably make it stronger due to equal spoke tension on drive side and nondrive side spokes, and all that jazz.

Oh wow. Thats a remarkable design. How does one tension such a drivetrain?

My guess is an eccentric bottom bracket.

I think not having a drive-side chainstay probably violates some fundamental rule of frame building.

Today I worked for close to 16.5 hours, went to do some karaoke with Misskaz, and was going to go on a ride through the burbs, but then realized that I hadn't eaten since Thursday afternoon, so I got a cheeseburger and went home.

I'm not riding as much as I'd like, but when you consider that I work 65-75 hours a week I think that 100 miles a week isn't terrible. Also, I did some math and realized that I've ridden upward of 2700 miles fixed so far this year.

quick glass of water and a banana, out the door at 0730 to try my normal commute/trail route on the SSCX to see if i'd need gears on Monday.

nope. actually took a little bit of time off. i'm assuming it was from not being able to sit in easy gears and cruise along. the recent hill climb article was valuable. managed to stay in the saddle the whole time.

i'm sure there's some magical geometry answer, but this Ridley just feels like it wants to -go-.

I'll be back in a month. Be a dick for me.


adieu.