I even strap my ultra-lite to my bikes. :-)
Posted on 08/02/2019 1:38:36 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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How 'bout etrikes?? I just bought one. Have balance and knee problems at age 72. I can pedal for a while before the knee becomes painful. Having the "e" capability lets me continue to ride and "rest" the knee 'til it is ready for another stint of pedaling.
Colnago CX-0 EVO with Dura-Ace 9000.
Diamondback Podium Equipe with SRAM Red
Willier Blade TT with Ultegra and HED 6 front and HED 9 rear.
Got a century tomorrow. Second one this season.
Bicycles should be banned from city streets and all HI ways.. JMHO.
Back in 2007 I spent $1,200 on a road bike and about another $600 on accessories. I made about 10 rides and put 200 miles on it only to never ride it again.......It sat in the basement for about 7 years before I finally sold it......LOL!
Never had to ride it on roads since there's about a 12 mile bike path near me and a real long one north of me........
Funny. I ride a Trek mountain bike and a Specialized road bike.
Please add me to your list. Thanks.
LOL, what are the odds?
I even strap my ultra-lite to my bikes. :-)
Roubaix Expert (carbon frame/Ultegra components)
Cannondale Trail 3
Cannondale street oriented hybrid (H400, aluminum frame.) This was my main bike for 20 years and is a fine urban commuter bike, but it starts to be work over 20 miles and shakes me to pieces on the C&O Canal.
I'm thinking about another bike for longer trail rides. The Cannondale Trail 3 is a trail oriented mountain bike (no really crazy downhill stuff). It's great for wet, sloppy conditions on the canal, and I appreciate it on the rocky or rutted sections, but it's heavy enough that I don't want to ride it more than 20-25 miles. Longer rides are frequent because the C&O Canal is out-and-back riding. Don't know where the right tradeoff is for longer rides.
A couple of bike shops have recommended the Specialized Sirrus X. For quite a few years, Specialized ran with the Sirrus/Crosstrail tandem for hybrids. This year, they've chopped the Crosstrail line way back and put a 38 mm tire on the Sirrus X for reasonable dirt/gravel capability. (The other Sirrus bikes remain road-oriented commuter/fitness hybrids with 30 mm tires.) Sale season is coming up, so I need to start test riding. Thoughts?
Think in terms of 40-60 miles on the C&O Canal; Harper's Ferry would be a good destination, or a through ride. Or riding out the W&OD, crossing at White's Ferry, and riding back on the canal. That's farther than I want to do on a mountain bike. I'm thinking hybrid or a gravel bike.
What patches do you use and what method? I’ve had good luck with Rema Tip Top 16mm — very thin, no bumps.
Sodpoodle ping..
Back in the day there used to be some interest on FR when
Lance Armstrong was riding. Scandals pretty much ended it.
In fact I don’t know if a TDF thread runs each year now.
You should look at the offerings from Surly. My wife and I have a couple of them that we use mainly for gravel road (no single-track) riding. Ours are the Ogre and Troll models, which can be accessorized any way you want, as they have braze-ons everywhere.
Fatbiker and roadbiker. More fatbike than anything.
Salsa Blackborow
Salsa Mukluk
Specialized Roubaix
Bianche Volpe hybrid. Central Virginia, near Lynchburg.
This Deplorable Family loves to bike and we have great bikes. We are looking for an American made bicycle trailer to carry cargo with it!
Rohloff 14 Speed Internal Gear hubs. Love em.
“Where there is no Dentist” gives detailed instructions on how to make a bicycle pedal powered Dental Drill (Free Pdf download from the Hesperian society)
Never know what you might need when you are out all alone on the trail.
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