You're lucky im wearing pants.


That's definitely the plan, but it remains to be seen

the valley is cool because everyone hates the valley. i dont think his soapbox racing thing happens any more so hes probably got tons of time to kill.

Today I rode rollers for the first time.

After about 30 seconds I decided that it was time to let go of the wall and the horizon instantly tilted 90°. Good thing knee caps are soft. Got up off the floor, made sure my bike wasn't scratched (first things first) and tried again. Took about 15 minutes before I could ride with both hands on the bar.

Pretty intense experience. I think the fixed gear bike is more fun.


-Tim-

Glad you (and your bike) are ok!

I used to ride my geared bike on a trainer all the time. Since the point was miles not fun, why not get them in the most efficient way possible, right?

But since switching to fixed I've never been even a little tempted to stay inside on a trainer, even on the coldest days. If the weather is truly too nasty to ride, I'd rather just stay in with a good book. :p

Make sure the rollers are adjusted such the front wheel axle is directly above the front roller axle or slightly ahead, but never behind. Also, crank up the tire pressure to the maximum value.

My RG kit is already in the mail to me. I'm the senior member of Team Retrogression. Wanna be my leadout man ?

I just got the team kit for the local shop I'm racing with this year (Velo Cult), just a few hours before I got that RG email about their kit. Otherwise I'd have already ordered it, too.

I never really cared for it because I never spent any time out there. But now I'm with a woman from 818 and have grown to enjoy it. It would be cool to be out there just so I could mountain bike every morning.

Thanks for this. The front roller position is something I've read. It is set on the first position in front of the axle. The next rearward position is slightly behind the axle so it is good to go.

I'll take any other tips you have, with loads of gratitude.

Not too shy to confess this in public. The first ride I was on backwards. Yep, in my excitement (and nervousness) I had the bike on the wrong way - front wheel where the back should have been. :o

I used to have a set of rollers, had fun with them but never rode them enough to really get used to it. I liked to set them up close enough to a wall so I could lean an elbow or shoulder on it to get up and rolling.

Thanks but I can't take the credit. It was all Kyle and Angie!

If you get in trouble on the rollers and the bike starts to go squirrely, spin faster. I have found that if you slow down, you go down.

I really hope you guys are going to keep these around for a bit...I'm broke as a joke right now, but would like to pick one up once I get the plastic paid down.

Came up on some good additions to the garage workshop!

http://i.imgur.com/WI3i5kK.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/6lzbpcb.jpg

First real ride on the Venge, 57.7 solo miles w 3.5k elevation in 2:55 on 205w. This thing is fast - once it gets up and over 22-23 mph it just wants to keep going; it's noticeably easier to keep speed on it.

Nice! There was a Ryobi drill press here for only $60 but I'm too damn lazy today to be bothering with that kinda shopping.

I have one of their miter saws and it feels flimsy AF, but its good enough for most home stuff. This drill press will be great if I get hired to make some stuff from home again. My last job required 24 mounting plates made from 3/16" steel. It was a ***** make four holes in each one with my cordless power drill.

Today I watched this video of a guy who rode a bike and paddled from White Horse to the arctic ocean. Reminded me of [MENTION=303015]Mumonkan[/MENTION].

Today I got something in the mail

https://m.imgur.com/a/J1a0N

today i got a swift industries zeitgeist for the rivendell.

Finally got my 1x11 gear in. Three pieces + Sram 1130 chain cost less than half an Eagle cassette. Doesn't have quite as much range though.

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/296/32...69785648_k.jpg

Today I got this flag in the mail. :)

http://i.imgur.com/Bin0V94.png?1

Those will serve you well :)

Range definitely helps minimize the punishment (cilmbs), so you can enjoy the reward (descents) more though.

Another contributing factor to pricey eagle cassette is that gears 1 - 11 are machined continuously from one solid block of chromo to exacting weight-weenie standards, then coated in Ti-N, and gear 12 is machined aluminum in a turbine-esque fashion. The rest of the group is then subject to the carbon fiber mark up. Eagle cassettes are essentially freewheels on steroids with a removable freewheel body (the driver body).

Nevertheless the difference in price between X01 and XX1 is close enough to be considered splurge worthy/ attainable.

Today I punished myself for being a lazy **** with 27 miles, a few sets of sprint intervals, and some other high intensity stuff. Almost made myself cry. :thumb:

Yeah, I've got the low covered, 20 GI. I think I can live with not being able to spin over 30mph or so... :)