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One thing that would be good with a route like that is some of us more novice riders could cut through downtown and meet the rest of the group on the west side. Gives us a chance to rest and be ready to keep up with the final leg.
I can maintain 25 km/h for a while, but not with hills nor for 4 hours. But it would be great to get everybody together without the novice riders keeping the rest of the group back.
That route follows mostly the pathways, so I am assuming everybody would be sticking reasonably close to the pathway speed limits it shouldn't be too bad.
If we do Tour de Calgary we'd definitely be sticking closer to 25kph. I like the idea of getting more people in on the ride and keeping it within the Calgary would let us all start together and people would be able to drop off as needed.
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Sorry I will be missing it, will be on vacation that week.
I'm still up for a training ride when you are. Doing the Highwood Gran Fondo this weekend and I'm away the weekend you're doing the RTCC but I'm around most weekends this summer.
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^ meh - i struggled getting the legs going this morning (likely due to the fact i had some bowel issues this morning). i was not mentally prepared to ride into the wind or deal with some rain. although it was really off and on drizzle during my ride and i was too lazy to stop and fish out my rain jacket from my pack.
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So impressed Winsport's kids' mtb summer camp. Today was day 2 of level 3, kid (6 year old) was dead tired but super eager to get back at it tmrw. Lunch was sounded delicious -quinoa/chicken/watermelon. Top shelf experience, and I am so happy she is enthusiastic about riding.
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Something fun out the Euro bike show. Supposed to be 43% more efficient than Di2. Might be cool on a track but I'd want to see how well it works in the real world with dirt, dust, water, etc.
I welcome our new driveshaft bringing overlords. Anything to spur development!
Consider, if you will, this was the origin of bike drive trains. We all used it. It was on every bike, everywhere. Someone then came along and "invented" the 3 chain ring 10 gear 2 derailleur monstrosity we have now, and said it was an improvement over the simple elegance of the driveshaft above. You'd laugh him out of the room.
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I welcome our new driveshaft bringing overlords. Anything to spur development!
Consider, if you will, this was the origin of bike drive trains. We all used it. It was on every bike, everywhere. Someone then came along and "invented" the 3 chain ring 10 gear 2 derailleur monstrosity we have now, and said it was an improvement over the simple elegance of the driveshaft above. You'd laugh him out of the room.
For sure this is old tech. Motorbikes have tried it in the past. Cars obviously. I wonder if it has more potential because there's less torque.
Durability is also an issue. The moment that wheel is slight untrue, it's going to throw the whole system off. That's why I think it would work best on a track or more sterile environment.
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I suppose the only issue is how well the gears can stay engaged in the different riding conditions. I suppose if it is solidly put together, it shouldn't be a problem. Wonder how free-wheeling would work though.
For sure this is old tech. Motorbikes have tried it in the past. Cars obviously. I wonder if it has more potential because there's less torque.
Durability is also an issue. The moment that wheel is slight untrue, it's going to throw the whole system off. That's why I think it would work best on a track or more sterile environment.
I added a few detail photos.
In a competitive environment, would you be going through that many gears? I thought the guys who run on the velodromes were all single-speed anyway?
I suppose the only issue is how well the gears can stay engaged in the different riding conditions. I suppose if it is solidly put together, it shouldn't be a problem. Wonder how free-wheeling would work though.
If they could somehow contain the system to prevent dirt and water from getting access it'd be a great setup.
There are a few different videos that show more detail.
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Would an out of true wheel have any affect? The "cassette" is mounted to the hub, so unless something is way out of wack...the teeth also look deep enough to have plenty of engagement. I could see durability being a bit of an issue, but the cassette looks simpler to machine as one piece, so could be cheaper and easy to replace once a year. I am intrigued.
It looks to have 12 speeds, but I don't see why you couldn't add more.
I'm heading to Vancouver at the end of the month and want to rent a road bike for the day. Any recommendations on shops that rent road bikes?
How about routes? I'll be on the bike ~5 hours so I don't mind mix of path and road. I'm mostly interested in exploring the city and surrounding areas than doing a long road ride.
I was just at an event where they used Reckless Cycles. They were very good, came out with all the bikes and helped everyone out with anything they needed. Looked to be decent bikes, too.
