The Road Bike Thread

This thread needed some fresh pictures...

This is NOT my bike, but I was able to take it for a quick blast today and is too cool not to share.

Super fast, but a bit stretched out for my personal preference on this size, although it did stay plenty nimble despite the soft and wide tires while darting about during the ride. Fucking crazy expensive gravel grinder, coming in at 18.61 lbs with the shitty plastic pedals..not for me, but would make some lucky bastard quite happy indeed.

Commence drooling for lots of carbon and boner inducing paint matched Enve bits in 3, 2, 1...

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13416283:Dobber said:
Just bought a new Trek 520 for $900. Best deal ever. Can't wait to take some overnight trips.
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Very decent tourer! Have fun out there.

Race season is upon me and I feel unprepared.
 
13421697:NinetyFour said:
Just eat and drink lots and pedal your bicycle.
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Accurate. If you have too much climbing you're fucked, but otherwise just find a good wheel to hop in behind and do a little work yourself.
 
13409652:Twinjibber77 said:
Thinking sub-600 for the shitty destroy around town bike or 1,500 for a nice one.
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CX bikes are sick I got one last fall and built it up with 105/ultegra for $1300 and its sub 19 pounds
 
13422337:Brocka_Flocka said:
Anyone here into cx/sscx?
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This upcoming season will be my first taste of CX. I still need to pick up a bike, but I'm pretty excited to start racing.

What are you riding on?
 
13426375:division.bell said:
This upcoming season will be my first taste of CX. I still need to pick up a bike, but I'm pretty excited to start racing.

What are you riding on?
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Ridley CrossBow. Not too shabby. Its super fun dude. Total suffer fest, but too damn fun
 
13426687:Brocka_Flocka said:
Ridley CrossBow. Not too shabby. Its super fun dude. Total suffer fest, but too damn fun
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Nice bike.

I'm currently leaning towards building up a Santa Cruz Stigmata frame with a 1x11 ultegra or 105 build so I can get some quality hydraulic brakes. I'm just not a fan of Sram's road components, especially disc brakes.

I'm also waiting to see what new cross bikes are coming from a few brands. Specialized's Crux is another major contender on my radar and am curious what the 2016 models will have.
 
13426979:division.bell said:
Nice bike.

I'm currently leaning towards building up a Santa Cruz Stigmata frame with a 1x11 ultegra or 105 build so I can get some quality hydraulic brakes. I'm just not a fan of Sram's road components, especially disc brakes.

I'm also waiting to see what new cross bikes are coming from a few brands. Specialized's Crux is another major contender on my radar and am curious what the 2016 models will have.
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Good call on the Shimano. The Santa Cruz slays man.
 
13422337:Brocka_Flocka said:
Anyone here into cx/sscx?
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I've got clearance for 33's on my road bike and its fun as hell riding smoother MTB trails on it. Definitely want a legit CX bike i can beat on though, would be so much fun if i didnt have to worry about screwing up my road bike.

I also threw on some drop bars on my 20 lb rigid SS mtb and its awesome. with fast rolling low volume 29er tires it doesnt feel too far off a road bike speed wise.
 
13427239:XtRemE11 said:
I've got clearance for 33's on my road bike and its fun as hell riding smoother MTB trails on it. Definitely want a legit CX bike i can beat on though, would be so much fun if i didnt have to worry about screwing up my road bike.

I also threw on some drop bars on my 20 lb rigid SS mtb and its awesome. with fast rolling low volume 29er tires it doesnt feel too far off a road bike speed wise.
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Holy shit that sounds like a fun ride
 
Could I throw some cyclocross tires on my Tarmac SL4 and not worry about fucking it up? Just for riding on gravel trails basically.
 
13427670:MACAQUE said:
Could I throw some cyclocross tires on my Tarmac SL4 and not worry about fucking it up? Just for riding on gravel trails basically.
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Probably. The brakes and clearance is the issue. For example, you defiantly want V brakes if you really want to get serious about it. If it's even a bit muddy those road brakes will not have enough clearance.
 
13427996:Brocka_Flocka said:
Probably. The brakes and clearance is the issue. For example, you defiantly want V brakes if you really want to get serious about it. If it's even a bit muddy those road brakes will not have enough clearance.
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Mud shouldn't be an issue. I just want to do some riding on some gravel trails around my town this summer, but there's no way a road tire would survive it. Thanks!
 
13427244:Brocka_Flocka said:
Holy shit that sounds like a fun ride
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Oh she's a hoot. its crazy how big of a difference drop bars vs flats make in terms of top speed. I can run much taller gearing with drops vs flats. just shows how important aero-dynamix is.
 
13422248:will_powder said:
Gotta get on that heartrate/power game, speed is so variable
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last month I got a good new cycle computer, and I am really enjoying it, but I think I need to get a power meter too!

btw does anyone use training peaks? what's the deal, do you have to pay for it or something? I'm already on strava (switched from mapmyride) and cateye atlas...
 
Just bought an old 1980's Bianchi Super SX for all of 100$ that I'm going to turn into a Cruisey round-town single speed. Should fit in nicely with my Canny SR roady and my Pake keirin bike...
 
13435640:theBearJew said:
Anyone have any good bike grip recommendations? I am riding a single speed with a straight bar.
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Do you ride with or without gloves and is durability an issue? I do really like ESI or others foam grips for mountain biking but if you lay your bike over on your handlebars a lot then they can get pretty chewed up. I also find them kind of weird if I'm riding with bare hands, I just like a textured rubber grip more for that.
 
13435670:NinetyFour said:
Do you ride with or without gloves and is durability an issue? I do really like ESI or others foam grips for mountain biking but if you lay your bike over on your handlebars a lot then they can get pretty chewed up. I also find them kind of weird if I'm riding with bare hands, I just like a textured rubber grip more for that.
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With this bike I'm just going around town, so no gloves. I don't lay the bike on the handle bars much, but that may change if I start to tinker with it.
 
Working up to doing a century ride this summer, been doing a few 30-40 mile rides and did a 77 mile ride last year after never going more than 20 (no clue how I pulled that off). Going to get a couple 40-60 mile rides in next week. Anyone else here keep it 100?
 
13438201:john18061806 said:
Working up to doing a century ride this summer, been doing a few 30-40 mile rides and did a 77 mile ride last year after never going more than 20 (no clue how I pulled that off). Going to get a couple 40-60 mile rides in next week. Anyone else here keep it 100?
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Yep, centuries are rad. Find an actual organized one, they're way more fun than solo ones.
 
13438201:john18061806 said:
Working up to doing a century ride this summer, been doing a few 30-40 mile rides and did a 77 mile ride last year after never going more than 20 (no clue how I pulled that off). Going to get a couple 40-60 mile rides in next week. Anyone else here keep it 100?
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I did a century this last winter on almost entirely flat land... pretty much rode the same route as the Amgen TOC stage 1. Clocked in 102 miles.

I'd like to do a Tahoe Lake-Loop and then ride down to Truckee to finish off 100 miles, but now that I'm not living at altitude, it's difficult to train for that kinda thing, since it would almost all be at 6200 ft or more.
 
13438201:john18061806 said:
Working up to doing a century ride this summer, been doing a few 30-40 mile rides and did a 77 mile ride last year after never going more than 20 (no clue how I pulled that off). Going to get a couple 40-60 mile rides in next week. Anyone else here keep it 100?
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Planning on doing a few organized century rides for charity in the upcoming months. I feel fine, I try to ride 100+ miles a week plus a 30-50 miler if I have time/feel like it. Rode a solo century last fall after never doing a ride longer than 69 miles which was preceded by a only 20 mile rides. Love the feeling of accomplishment after
 
13440138:*TURBONERD* said:
Find an actual organized one, they're way more fun than solo ones.
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I was considering that but I think I'll do it with one or two friends who are much more avid bikers than I am. They want me to experience this and they are willing to hold my hand the whole way if needed.
 
You'll be fine, just take a ton of food with you and make sure your bike is fitting perfectly or your body will hate you the next day.
 
probably depends on what your route would be like. I used to carry a minimalist backpack on my century rides but now I just put some cash, credit card, insurance card and my phone in my pocket and stop at convenience stores along the way. I don't know if you can do that in America... there aren't as many stores or vending machines. it also depends on the weather because if it's hot you'll need to stop for water more often. I think once I drank over 6 litres of tea on a ride a couple of years ago.

I like to get way out in the country for my century/double metric century rides, because stopping every 100m at a light is really frustrating. Also... for your first time you might want to try a route that is mostly flat, although in Japan that is nearly impossible, I'm not sure about where you live. However, I never plan my routes, since I usually change where I want to go in the middle of the ride... as you can see! https://www.strava.com/activities/320243797/analysis
 
I'm beginning to look at new cleats. Does anybody have any experience with the Giro Empire ACC (or the SLX, as it's quite similar)? I've been checking out the reviews things seem pretty legit, but of course I'd try some on before buying. I'm currently in a pair of Northwave Torpedos that have been good other than the occasional hot feet during the summer; the hot spots have been mainly on my soles.
 
One of my rims got bent because I let some idiot ride it and I guess he was dropping curbs with it, I was wondering where I could get two replacement rims online for a reasonable price, its a jamis satellite sport
 
13446149:statuswhitegirl said:
One of my rims got bent because I let some idiot ride it and I guess he was dropping curbs with it, I was wondering where I could get two replacement rims online for a reasonable price, its a jamis satellite sport
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Guaranteed you can just true them back to straight. Take em to a shop
 
I'm painting my commuter, anybody got ideas for a color? i was thinking some kind of olive/army green, or some unique bright as fuck color. mostly want it to be a super unique color. gonna do it legit too, no spray paint, i'll take it to a painter or powdercoater.
 
13446894:.MASSHOLE. said:
What do most of you guys pay for bike service work (assuming you don't do it in your own)?
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I wish I could do more of my own work but I don't have enough tools. I can only change a flat on my road bike. where I live it's usually about $10 for a flat, $30 for a new tire, I forget new brakes maybe $10-20 and I believe a full tuneup starts at $50 at my LBS

the service is excellent and they usually get the work done within 2 hours on a busy day but usually within 30 minutes. last week I got a new tire and flat fixed on my cruiser bike in 10 minutes. in vancouver it's like, oh you have a flat? ok come back in 2 days.
 
For those of you who want to consider doing your own service:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUdAMlZtaV1333Cy1QnIZwqDXj1q0Ooyy
http://www.parktool.com/blog/repair-help

One of the biggest things that I see people always freaking out about is their gear shifting and indexing:


It's very daunting at first but is beyond easy once you learn it. I'd say that 90% of the time people on group rides who are complaining of bad shifting or drivetrain noise don't have their gears properly indexed. Once you understand how to do it its like a 1 minute fix.
 
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