Erik, I know you would, but I'm not taking some poor ass immigrant with a family to feed that makes a fraction of what I make to court and take away his house and deport him just because I got angry for 5 seconds.
Re: bike thread
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2015 11:37 am
by Erik13
postaddiction wrote:I'm getting a road bike soon probably. What should I get? Is there anything in the last 46 pages of this thread that would help?
Strictly road or will you be riding on any gravel? What's the budget?
Re: bike thread
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2015 12:20 pm
by postaddiction
eh, I don't really trust that any ride is "strictly road" which is why I've never gotten one, but it's for group rides and triathlons and shit. Budget is $1500, and I'd like to come in under 1K ideally because fuck money
Re: bike thread
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2015 12:58 pm
by Erik13
I would go for a nice light CX bike like this then...
I'm out of town for the week but I will try to help when I get back, bro
Re: bike thread
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2015 1:16 pm
by Erik13
WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE ONE I RECOMMENDED?
Re: bike thread
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2015 1:50 pm
by Geeheeb
Didn't see that post Eric, I'm in the middle of the woods with poor cell service, sorry. I think a light cyclo-cross bike is a good idea too, esp is capn doesn't like road only stigma
Re: bike thread
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2015 2:37 pm
by Erik13
Picked up the new bike today...holy shit it's like night and day compared to the aluminum Giant.
Really light, and the shifting and braking are unbelievably smooth.
Re: bike thread
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2015 6:33 pm
by Geeheeb
Awesome. Post some pics man
Re: bike thread
Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2015 6:58 am
by postaddiction
Thanks, Eric. I've never heard of Giant, but there is something appealing about "giant-bicycles.com"
Re: bike thread
Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2015 6:51 am
by Erik13
So I did the 46 mile charity ride in Vermont Saturday. Took me 3:40 with rest stops. My brother in law did it 50 minutes faster than me.
Re: bike thread
Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2015 9:55 am
by Geeheeb
did you feel good on the new bike?
Re: bike thread
Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2015 10:44 am
by Erik13
Felt great aside from some lower back pain towards the end of the ride. I didn't train enough so I'm sure my body wasn't used to being in the saddle that long.
Oh and the ride had over 3000 feet of climbing.
Re: bike thread
Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2015 7:56 pm
by Geeheeb
knee pain
Re: bike thread
Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2015 6:24 pm
by Geeheeb
Increased my cadence after taking time off, no pain.
Re: bike thread
Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2015 11:58 am
by Erik13
how much time did you take off?
Re: bike thread
Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2015 12:11 pm
by Geeheeb
a week. a nice summer week so it might as well have been a month.
Re: bike thread
Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2015 12:28 pm
by Erik13
Nice!
What's your opinion on getting a professional bike fitting? Worth 150 bux?
Re: bike thread
Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2015 6:07 am
by Geeheeb
there is so much info out there on the interwebs about it, I would only do it if I was dropping cash on a new bike and the shop rolled some or all of the cost into the bike.
Re: bike thread
Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2015 2:58 pm
by Erik13
yeah I figured out the problem. my ass was killing me and I was going really, really slow.
I moved the seat forward to the max position. no more ass pain and my average went way up.
Re: bike thread
Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2015 8:05 am
by Geeheeb
yo dog you should check some of these out:
Re: bike thread
Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2015 9:42 am
by Erik13
great videos- thanks!
Re: bike thread
Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2015 12:26 pm
by Necrophilic Mallard
Got this for the old lady:
ought to work good for BBQs too.
Re: bike thread
Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2015 12:35 pm
by Erik13
you're going to pull your wife around in that?
bike thread
Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2015 12:37 pm
by electronichamz
Erik13 wrote:you're going to pull your wife around in that?
