Cycling Thread

[Baron von Kriterium]

[QUOTE=Fuzz;5893731]...just bunny hop the whole stupid thing. /QUOTE]

That's what I would do.

[Kavvy]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

Calgary Roads dept fail, again. Ugh. You could do what you suggest, but if it is busy I'd come around to the right, and stop and pull off the road at the cross walk. Get off, and be a pedestrian to cross. If it isn't busy, just bunny hop the whole stupid thing. Why couldn't they just make it a traffic circle? Why 3/4 of one?

I 'think' that Mount Royal has an issue with Cars cutting through and these traffic circles are meant to limit cars taking side roads.

[Fuzz]

Ah, the one thing that can over-rule the almighty vehicle. Nimby's. Every other user is just a casualty.

[habernac]

Rides home like yesterday are almost enough to make me quit riding. Good lord, that was cold and wet.

[Kavvy]

Originally Posted by habernac

Rides home like yesterday are almost enough to make me quit riding. Good lord, that was cold and wet.

You just need a big hill added to the ride! I was cold until I hit Mount Royal then... hill climb time.

[habernac]

I had a few of those as well. The wind kicked up and it rained harder as I hit the biggest climb.

[Fuzz]

Ya, it was pretty sucky. But I just reminds myself, it's only sucky for 20 minutes, whereas the bus sucks for 45.

[CliffFletcher]

I find cold and rainy rides are unpleasant for the first 10 minutes or so, and then I get into a kind of zone where I get satisfaction from defying the elements. There's something primal about grunting up a hill with rain drizzling off your face. Knowing there's a pot of tea waiting at the end of the ride helps.

[habernac]

My gear sucked yesterday, so partially my fault. Uphill and into the north wind didn't help, either.

It also reaffirmed that riding in snow is MUCH better than riding through rain.

[pope04]

Originally Posted by worth

little chilly this mornin' on the commute

This morning, after I locked up and walked into the office, a co-worker saw me and almost shouted, "those are the gayest pants I've ever seen."

Me: "I'm actually wearing leg warmers." Hilarity at my expense ensued.

[Fuzz]

It's way to warm for leg warmers!

[KTrain]

I picked up my sons a used youth road bike because they keep bugging me to go for longer rides. They're having trouble with the brakes because it's still a bit of a reach for them. I was thinking of getting a crosstop rear brake installed until they grow a bit. Do you think a LBS do this for me? I'd give it a try myself but I value my children's lives more than I trust my mechanical ability.

[pope04]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

It's way to warm for leg warmers!

Haha, that's what my wife says. It was +2, and my limit is +5 for shorts alone.

[Northendzone]

Rode Whiteail connector, bragging rights and Merlin this morning - could have been the best conditions of the year. Trails dry, dusty and fast......

[taco.vidal]

Originally Posted by KTrain

I picked up my sons a used youth road bike because they keep bugging me to go for longer rides. They're having trouble with the brakes because it's still a bit of a reach for them. I was thinking of getting a crosstop rear brake installed until they grow a bit. Do you think a LBS do this for me? I'd give it a try myself but I value my children's lives more than I trust my mechanical ability.

Id assume any shop would do that for you.

Id think about doing it yourself. There's youtube videos that show how to do the install. If you can wrench on a bike, you should be able to do the install. Youll either get it done or you wont, you shouldnt get into a situation where its halfassed and your not sure if its safe.

Its hard to tell from that pic, but if that bike is too big for your son, it wont be fun to ride and it might be hard for him to handle. If he cant handle it properly, moving the brakes wont fix that.

If you are going to pay a shop to install the brakes, you might want to consider whether the cost of parts and labour is worth it or whether you could put it toward a different bike for a year until your son grows into this current one.

[KTrain]

Originally Posted by taco.vidal

Id assume any shop would do that for you.

Id think about doing it yourself. There's youtube videos that show how to do the install. If you can wrench on a bike, you should be able to do the install. Youll either get it done or you wont, you shouldnt get into a situation where its halfassed and your not sure if its safe.

Its hard to tell from that pic, but if that bike is too big for your son, it wont be fun to ride and it might be hard for him to handle. If he cant handle it properly, moving the brakes wont fix that.

If you are going to pay a shop to install the brakes, you might want to consider whether the cost of parts and labour is worth it or whether you could put it toward a different bike for a year until your son grows into this current one.

Cyclepath is taking care of it. It's about $60-70 for parts and labour. They don't have to remove the handlebar tape so it's pretty easy.

I looked at a few videos and probably could have handled it but for $30-40 (after buying the parts) it's easier to leave it to the professionals.

Size-wize, my kid is in a bit of an awkward stage. He's getting too big for his 19" bike. I could have tried to find a 20" road bike for him but it would have lasted a season. The 24" should give him a couple years use before it passed down to his brother.

[taco.vidal]

Originally Posted by KTrain

Cyclepath is taking care of it. It's about $60-70 for parts and labour. They don't have to remove the handlebar tape so it's pretty easy.

I looked at a few videos and probably could have handled it but for $30-40 (after buying the parts) it's easier to leave it to the professionals.

Size-wize, my kid is in a bit of an awkward stage. He's getting too big for his 19" bike. I could have tried to find a 20" road bike for him but it would have lasted a season. The 24" should give him a couple years use before it passed down to his brother.

Cool. Hope you guys have fun riding the rest of the season.

[DownhillGoat]

Sooo, managed to bend the bracket of my saddle. Any suggestions on a good mountain biking saddle?

[Northendzone]

^ I bought a bontranger saddle at Cyclepath, bontranger has some kind of device that I sat on and it measured my sit bones and it suggested a certain model saddle.

This is such a personal choice as any saddle that I recommend may not feel great to you.

My Thunderbolt currently has a chromag moon, while it originally came with a wtb saddle that will be installed very soon on my fat bike - out of these three, I think I like the bontranger one the best.

Fizik has a lot of cool looking and pricy saddles

[Fuzz]

I've never sat on a Fizik saddle that didn't feel like a slab of concrete after 5 minutes.