[jimtorr]

Are any of the major bicycle races happening this year?

[Berlin_Freeper]

The Bicycle Thread PING! 🚴‍♂️😀

[deport]

Links to previous Bicycle Threads. You should include the
link so people could review the older ones if interested.
Just a suggestion

Previous threads
https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/search?s=bicycle+thread&ok=Search&q=quick&m=all&o=time&SX=5ed7f8ecc5aa18efa1daf2b810a37e84c72bf4bb

[CatOwner]

What I'm seeing right now is a lack of inventory or the ability to order a new bike from the manufacturers due to the component shortages. I'm not a serious biker, but I do spend for a quality flatbar bike for my exercise. My previous two flatbar bikes were built on 2006 Klein Reve X framesets. Built weight for a 30-speed setup was right at 20 lbs, quite a bit less than the typical hybrid or fitness bike.

Been looking at Trek's FX Sport 6, which is a carbon framed and forked bike weighting 20.5 lbs (medium frame). Retail cost is $2,100, so not a trivial purchase. I can't find this bike or a lower-end version with similar geometry to demo, let along be able to order it from Trek.

[Fred Hayek]

So far all races in Texas are postponed.

[zadox]

I love to bicycle. I have three bikes: a moderately good road bike, a very nice mt. bike, and a beat up old Firmstrong beach cruiser. I ride the old beach cruiser 99% of the time and have taken it on some longish- 40 mi + day rides. I really like that old bike with its single speed and coaster brake.

[Bob434]

[ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton]

Loving my Bowflex C6 and Rouvy!

[Berlin_Freeper]

HAPPY WORLD BICYCLE DAY!

[Berlin_Freeper]

'The new toilet paper:' Bikes are flying off shelves, overwhelming shops

Washington, DC (CNN)Eric Attayi, owner of the Urban Bicycle Gallery in Houston, Texas, has watched the pandemic transform his shop in a way most businesses can only dream of.

Bicycles are selling before he has time to assemble them for display. Attayi said he'd matched his 2019 sales by the start of May. He's had to hire new employees to meet demand, and hasn't taken a day off since February. Attayi said he'd given raises and started buying lunch for his stressed staff.

[Chicory]

I would like to buy a good women’s bike, but so many of the US ones have thos strange feature! I want to know why...

The tube on the body of the bike into which the tube holding the seat goes ends around the level of the tire.

Here is a link to a picture as I don’t know how to get the picture in the post:

http://www.bikesdirect.com/products/dawes/images/wendy_blue_2100.jpg

See how this mens bike has that part higher?

http://i.ebayimg.com/images/i/381572040010-0-1/s-l1000.jpg

I have longish legs and I feel like that tube situation would make the seat less stable.

So why do they do that?

I want one more like this:

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=australian+womens+commuting+bike&iar=images&iax=images&ia=images&iai=http%3A%2F%2Fbesthybridbikeguide.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fphoto-gallery%2F71hSU9s20fL._SL1500_.jpg

(But with gears—it’s hilly here!)

[Berlin_Freeper]

Did you know that the bicycle is a 200-year-old invention? The earliest known version was called the "running machine" and it lacked pedals? Naturally, its design underwent changes and today, despite the invention of faster, more modern vehicles of transport, the humble bicycle is still popular. On World Bicycle Day, we look at some of the cool accessories for your two-wheeler...

[Berlin_Freeper]

Cycling has significant benefits for health. It’s an easy and convenient way to stay in shape. You have so much fun cycling that you won’t even realize you’re exercising. Here are some ways cycling can help you stay fit while having fun:

[BraveMan]

                            Stander On the Mountain                            

[Berlin_Freeper]

10.6 mile last Panther ride today,

Four years ago after not riding for decades, I bought Panther (name of the company that made it) used, after seeing my daughter riding her bicycle.

I had many great rides but last year I bought a new bicycle (Pegasus) and I don't have room in my storage for a bicycle that I don't ride anymore.

Today I took Panther on a last ride and then left it at a busy train station with a sign: Free bicycle for taking.

I shed a couple of tears in the last 100 yards.
stupid bicycle.

[Berlin_Freeper]

9.2 mile ride today

Check out what parks outside in my neighborhood (pictured during our ride today):
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MASERATI GranTurismo Convertible Sport $150,000

[Berlin_Freeper]

18 mile ride today,
Told my wife this morning that one of the two graffiti walls (where street artists do their thing) near us was torn down (to build luxury condos next to the river, no doubt).
She said there was a news report that a George Floyd memorial was painted at a graffiti wall in Mauerpark, a place that I had not been to.

I decided to check it out today and do some exploring.
Unfortunately the George Floyd art piece was defaced by the time I got there:

This is outside a museum we been to that has old armor and weapons from Knights:
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This ship took less than 10 minutes to get through the lock. Wish I videoed it:
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Today's fountains:
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When I see an old graveyard I like to stop and enter to find soldier graves... and I found one!:
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I really liked this Jesus statue:
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Can you see what I saw?
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ZOOMED:
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I made it to the base camp (That's exploring!):
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Turned out the graffiti wall is up a steep hill:
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[Berlin_Freeper]

18.3 miles two days ago (Saturday)
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14.2 miles yesterday
I have a YouTube video up from yesterday's ride which covered a "Human Chain" demonstration against racism, etc.
Organized my Grannies Against Nazis (OMAS GEGEN RECHTS) but joined by many other groups.

(I need to look around less so there is not so much camera swings. I am still a noobie.)

[Berlin_Freeper]

32.2 miles today

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I bicycled around Müggelsee and stopped in a graveyard that I passed by many times before.
This is in memory of 19 young women (who were from an area that I think now is part of Poland) who lost their lives November 11, 1916; nearby in a terrible accident while working on train tracks (probably due to shortage of manpower during World War 1):
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This is the grave of a man who was a race car driver and motorsport writer. I could not find information about him but he died age 26...
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Here is a German racing car from 1909 to look at:
https://www.mbca.org/sites/default/files/2%2520Benz_200PS_BurmanLudvig.jpg

I only looked at about half the graves. Will stop in there again sometime. But after I left, I went a new way to get back to my planned route and ended up on top of a very high hill in the middle of houses (for a short while I was not sure if I was on private land) and there was a War Memorial to 82 soldiers from the area who died in World War 1: This place is really in the middle of nowhere and I found it by pure luck:
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This plaque on the monument basically says that the original bronze plaque with the 82 names of the killed soldiers (that had an eagle on top) was removed by the East Germans and the monument (which has the Knight Roland, seen in the picture above btw) was rededicated to all dead from WW1 and WW2:
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Sometimes at places like this, people have something to say and leave messages or infos covered in plastic attached to a gate/tree/whatever.
So when I saw a paper in plastic on the ground I looked to see what it was. Turns out someone lost their 3 year old castrated pet ferret named YOSHI here last week:
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[Berlin_Freeper]

Yesterday 21.4 miles, this field has a bicycle path around it that you can really get lost in time going round and round on. Especially with a beautiful cloud day.

There is a graveyard nearby,
WW1 memorial of local soldiers who died:
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Going around it, some names have dates missing:
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John 3:16
A place to sit, is considerate.
The coolest/funniest headstone, a signature and Danke (thanks).

When I was heading out the boys were busy:
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Hours later coming back they were still there:
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Today 16.2 miles

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Do you see?