I need new road shoes soon, my 3 year old Shimanos are starting to fall apart, and just got an email about these badass new reflective Empires... want: Giro Official Site

Those empires have swag to the max...

No flex zone!

i need new road shoes too, they need to do this with the more "roadie" shoes and with neon colors and im buying 3 pairs.

Yeah, before these came out I was pretty set on the black/highlighter yellow ones, I wish they would just add the reflective coating to those rather than making them plain grey... oh well. Still hot.

Or they could be considerate knowing there's a fair bit of traffic on the MUP and not be selfish?

Exactly! Bunch of unaware selfish ******** living in a bubble.

don't hold your breath.

it's good that you hold yourself to a high standard - just don't expect it out of anyone else!

ive come to realize i expect too much out of the general populace and have since adjusted my outlook on common sense

it sounds depressing, but its actually quite the opposite.

im ok with people treating me like crap, in fact i expect it, and try to be cordial in return.

when someone is actually polite to me, it's a nice surprise, and makes me feel great.

What TMonk said, I expect nothing but the worst out of people. Anything less is a pleasant surprise.

Today I got fixie dropped by some fakenger, came up in front of me at the light to awkwardly track stand in front of me and then blasted at the green, constantly checking behind him to make sure I wasn't gonna pass.

you got cat 6'd by a fixiebro.

it's good for some chuckles. were you in a cycling kit? he probably told his friends about how he dropped some ******bag roadie

Today I feel vulnerable

https://www.******.com/r/BikingATX/c...spandex_suits/

I take it that was "Red dit"? Good ol' BF filters.

Today I crunched some numbers and found out that this year I've spent more than three times as much on my teeth as on my bikes. So either I'm spending too much on my teeth or too little on my bikes.

Goddamn those empires are sexy. I wish my feet weren't so fat.

Nah, I was just riding hoke from work in regular clothes on my tarck bike. I very rarely go out in full kit outside of racing.

ah, gotcha

Same.

Did some work on the Nature Boy Zona. Now a rolling chassis. Just need to set up cogs and chain, run brake lines, tweak fit, and tape bars.

Dang, when I saw the Issi announcement on QBP newsletter a couple of years ago, I thought they'd be cheaper than that. Guess I'm gonna stick to 520s.

I have 520s on my other bike. These have way nicer feeling bearings and are substantially lighter - between XT and XTRs in weight.

I have 540s, 520s, Wellgo and Nashbar clones. Nashbars are about toast, so could use another pair or two.

That's good news that the Issi's seem worth the dough, I reckon.

Everything I've read about Issi's has been positive.

What color tape are you going with?

Thinking about blue Salsa tape and red housing.