Today I:
06-03-12 | 10:57 AM
Just smang it.
Joined: Feb 2011
Posts: 2,295
Likes: 1
From: Bellingham
Bikes: Felt F1X, Kilo WT, Dawes Deadeye
06-03-12 | 10:59 AM
The space coyote lied.
Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 48,691
Likes: 10,961
From: dusk 'til dawn.
Bikes: everywhere
Yesterday evening I :
Then I:
I should overnight mini-tour practically every day.
Then I:
I should overnight mini-tour practically every day.
06-03-12 | 11:03 AM
i smell bacon
Joined: Mar 2010
Posts: 5,574
Likes: 1
Bikes: Geekhouse Deerfield, GT Edge Ti, Spooky Skeletor, TET Track, Ritchey P-650b, Bridgestone MB-3
Gonna get so tarck at Marymoor today with jdg and charlie. RIDE ALL THE TARCKS.
06-03-12 | 12:48 PM
Hi, I'm Bryan.
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 2,650
Likes: 0
From: Chicago
Bikes: 2010 Focus Mares
No. I'm married, homie.
Yes. This exactly. Come drink sometime. I haven't seen you in forever, and we need classy drinkers that can hold their ****. Tomorrow after you leave work?
Yeah, I know you're a different ward, but the roads by us suck ass.
Today I went to bed at 8am, was at work by noon, had my first Bloody Mary at one, and will be here until midnight. It's gonna be a long day.
Today I'm going to see a matinee showing of Avengers and have a late lunch with friends. But first, I'm gonna take some pictures of the terrible state of the roads in my neighborhood and use them to write a grumbly letter to my alderman. (Said alderman set up these "bike safety events" that are really police enforcement of bikes breaking the laws, like riding on sidewalks. As much as I hate people that ride on sidewalks, in our neighborhood it's completely understandable because the roads are so bad and the traffic so dangerous. So I am firmly but politely going to point out that sidewalk riding is much more likely to decrease if riding on the roads isn't dangerous and/or terrifying.)
Today I went to bed at 8am, was at work by noon, had my first Bloody Mary at one, and will be here until midnight. It's gonna be a long day.
Last edited by jimmytango; 06-03-12 at 12:54 PM.
06-03-12 | 01:27 PM
Senior Member
Joined: Dec 2011
Posts: 1,938
Likes: 15
From: las vegas
Bikes: purty blue undefeated II 57cm
Today I ate **** out of the blue.
My front tire lodged itself inbetween two metal grates on the street. I fell over all was good, it was in the morning with no traffic so i got lucky.
irritating thing is i ride over metal grates i thought where the same on my regular route "looked like the same deal" but apparently NOT.
Front tired slammed down almost to the hub i felll off, i literaly had to use both arms PRYING and pulling to get my front tire unstuck.
No damage, the wheels fine and ive only got a scuffed forearm, i figured is one was was safe to ride over the other was too. HA NOOOP
anyway DERP
i just assumed that the metal grates down the street where the same as the ones im used to riding over "looked the same", THey werent and i should have known better.
sorry if i wasnt explaing things well, metal grates = basic tic tac tosetup for metal grates on streets.
My front tire lodged itself inbetween two metal grates on the street. I fell over all was good, it was in the morning with no traffic so i got lucky.
irritating thing is i ride over metal grates i thought where the same on my regular route "looked like the same deal" but apparently NOT.
Front tired slammed down almost to the hub i felll off, i literaly had to use both arms PRYING and pulling to get my front tire unstuck.
No damage, the wheels fine and ive only got a scuffed forearm, i figured is one was was safe to ride over the other was too. HA NOOOP
anyway DERP
i just assumed that the metal grates down the street where the same as the ones im used to riding over "looked the same", THey werent and i should have known better.
sorry if i wasnt explaing things well, metal grates = basic tic tac tosetup for metal grates on streets.
06-03-12 | 01:30 PM
THE STUFFED
Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 12,671
Likes: 21
From: San Francisco, CA
Bikes: R. Sachs Simplicity; EAI Bareknuckle; Madone SLR9 Gen 8
Yeah, grates, trench plates, and trolley tracks are bicycle bear traps. General good idea to avoid at all costs if possible.
06-03-12 | 01:46 PM
Brown Jersey Winner
Joined: Apr 2012
Posts: 8,797
Likes: 13
From: The Bad Woods.
i also hate curbs with the smooth metal on the edge, more than once ive tried to pop over one at too small an angle and the rear wheel just slides off and throws me on my ass
06-03-12 | 02:58 PM
sqrl
Joined: Apr 2011
Posts: 1,168
Likes: 0
From: Chicago
Bikes: bieks
Today I ate **** out of the blue.
My front tire lodged itself inbetween two metal grates on the street. I fell over all was good, it was in the morning with no traffic so i got lucky.
irritating thing is i ride over metal grates i thought where the same on my regular route "looked like the same deal" but apparently NOT.
Front tired slammed down almost to the hub i felll off, i literaly had to use both arms PRYING and pulling to get my front tire unstuck.
No damage, the wheels fine and ive only got a scuffed forearm, i figured is one was was safe to ride over the other was too. HA NOOOP
anyway DERP
i just assumed that the metal grates down the street where the same as the ones im used to riding over "looked the same", THey werent and i should have known better.
sorry if i wasnt explaing things well, metal grates = basic tic tac tosetup for metal grates on streets.
My front tire lodged itself inbetween two metal grates on the street. I fell over all was good, it was in the morning with no traffic so i got lucky.
irritating thing is i ride over metal grates i thought where the same on my regular route "looked like the same deal" but apparently NOT.
Front tired slammed down almost to the hub i felll off, i literaly had to use both arms PRYING and pulling to get my front tire unstuck.
No damage, the wheels fine and ive only got a scuffed forearm, i figured is one was was safe to ride over the other was too. HA NOOOP
anyway DERP
i just assumed that the metal grates down the street where the same as the ones im used to riding over "looked the same", THey werent and i should have known better.
sorry if i wasnt explaing things well, metal grates = basic tic tac tosetup for metal grates on streets.
06-03-12 | 03:40 PM
Hi, I'm Bryan.
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 2,650
Likes: 0
From: Chicago
Bikes: 2010 Focus Mares
I ate **** about a month ago on some train tracks I didn't see (dark out, light was dead.) I hate crashing...
06-03-12 | 04:37 PM
Senior Member
Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 1,520
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From: Utica,NY,USA
first actual ride running 45:12 (from 18) on the 725.
flats were fun. my normal spin was noticeably faster. hills weren't harder per se, but required more attention to keep momentum. ended up in the drops more than usual.
bought a pair of Avid Shorty brakes for the CX commuter.
flats were fun. my normal spin was noticeably faster. hills weren't harder per se, but required more attention to keep momentum. ended up in the drops more than usual.
bought a pair of Avid Shorty brakes for the CX commuter.
06-03-12 | 04:44 PM
Bicycle Repair Man !!!
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 27,266
Likes: 150
From: YEG
Bikes: See my sig...
Today I took my Senegal parrot for her first walk in the neighbourhood... and then we went for coffee.
She likes to destroy the cardboard slips.
She likes to destroy the cardboard slips.
06-03-12 | 06:22 PM
sɹɐʇsɟoןןnɟsʇıbɟɯo
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 3,986
Likes: 0
From: seattle, too many links
Bikes: fixed gear recumbent trike
just got home from tarkc class with cc700 and yummygoogoo
went too hard in the last few open laps, had to have googoo give me a ride hom
went too hard in the last few open laps, had to have googoo give me a ride hom
06-03-12 | 06:41 PM
Brown Bear, Sqrl Hunter
Joined: Jul 2009
Posts: 4,244
Likes: 28
From: San Jose, CA
Bikes: CAAD 10 4, Dolan DF4, Fuji Track Classic
Yesterday I,
Was a lazy bum and didn't go to the track, did no riding this weekend. Jeeeeesus.
To make up for it I took the sqrl I met on the train out for an awesome evening.
Was a lazy bum and didn't go to the track, did no riding this weekend. Jeeeeesus.
To make up for it I took the sqrl I met on the train out for an awesome evening.
06-03-12 | 07:03 PM
Fixie Infamous
Joined: Dec 2011
Posts: 10,480
Likes: 28
06-03-12 | 07:42 PM
Goes to 11.
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 2,548
Likes: 4
From: Wichita, KS, USA
Bikes: 2015 Soma Double Cross
****.
06-03-12 | 07:48 PM
Uninformed Senior Member
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 1,117
Likes: 0
From: Union County, NJ
Bikes: Dolan Pre Cursa, Cannondale R400
Moving sucks.
06-03-12 | 07:51 PM
Brown Jersey Winner
Joined: Apr 2012
Posts: 8,797
Likes: 13
From: The Bad Woods.
06-03-12 | 07:58 PM
Goes to 11.
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 2,548
Likes: 4
From: Wichita, KS, USA
Bikes: 2015 Soma Double Cross
At least the couch and the bed are put together and functional. I'd kill myself if I had to sleep on the floor again.
06-03-12 | 08:03 PM
Brown Jersey Winner
Joined: Apr 2012
Posts: 8,797
Likes: 13
From: The Bad Woods.
haha those and the tv/comp are always the first things on my list too
06-03-12 | 08:18 PM
Senior Member
Joined: Oct 2011
Posts: 1,108
Likes: 0
From: San Francisco
Even I went to the track yesterday, pfft.
06-03-12 | 08:41 PM
Senior Member
Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 949
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Today I decided a few things :
- selling the cinelli bolt
- Changing the BMC frame to a CAAD10 (been hearing too many great things about CAAD10)
- buying sw8 wheels
- buying ultegra di2 upgrade kit (MAYBE... maybe... maybe)
Will revel in riding a sw8 sw8 road bike within a month. I have issues committing to 1 bike :|
- selling the cinelli bolt
- Changing the BMC frame to a CAAD10 (been hearing too many great things about CAAD10)
- buying sw8 wheels
- buying ultegra di2 upgrade kit (MAYBE... maybe... maybe)
Will revel in riding a sw8 sw8 road bike within a month. I have issues committing to 1 bike :|
06-03-12 | 08:42 PM
Thread Starter
Painfully average.
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 2,304
Likes: 4
Bikes: Caad10 / All-City SP
Damn, RGNY must have been going near 30mph into those hills or something.
06-03-12 | 08:46 PM
Senior Member
Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 949
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+1 to this. Living in SF, I've moved 7 times in the last 10 years. About to move again soon, but to a more permanent and better location. Sucks balls man.