I need to buy a bike for my wife and need some suggestions. We are completely recreational, limited to minimal or no off-trail riding, and she needs to be able to pull a chariot with it. Keeping it in the $1000 range if possible would be ideal. Thanks!
She'll be there to try it out and choose the one she likes - just don't know enough to know what I should and shouldn't be looking for.
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So I just downloaded Strava, and used it this morning on the commute.
I stopped at a stop sign about 10 seconds into my ride, and because of the auto pause function it paused.
It never started again though, so when I hit stop when I got to work, it drew a straight route directly from home to work (about 4km less than my actual route), which I "completed" in 37 seconds at an average speed of 427.3km/hr.
What am I doing wrong? Do I have to start the press start again after every time I stop?
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Do you also have it set to be able to always track your location, or just when using the app?
Might have to check that.
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I use my Fitbit Surge for my rides and have it push to Strava. The battery is better for longer rides and saves my phone battery. It also adds the heart rate info to Strava which is fun for more data.
Fitbit doesn't have auto-pause for some reason but when Strava gets a hold of the data it performs all the calculations for when you're not moving and removes them from the average speed.
with the nexus hub. Saves maintenance. You won't be doing big climbs with it, but for your needs it would work well.
I would not get overly excited about his bike as it does not have disc brakes.
if your budget is $1,000 you'll be able to find a pretty decent bike with disc brakes. I'd suggest going to visit your local bike shop (LBS). they will have some good options for your wife
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If bikes want to be on the road they should follow all the rules of the road! That means complete stops at stop signs, whether there's oncoming traffic or not!
Damn punk kids and their bicycles! Get off the road!
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I have an idea I've been mulling around in my head for next time someone goes off on a rant to me about cyclists rolling stop signs. My proposal is for that person to grab a lawn chair and join me at a residential 4 way stop. We will each bring a stack of $10 bills, and every time a bike rolls a stop, I will peel off a $10 for them. And every time a car doesn't stop, they can peel one off for me. I am fairly confident as to the outcome.
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I have an idea I've been mulling around in my head for next time someone goes off on a rant to me about cyclists rolling stop signs. My proposal is for that person to grab a lawn chair and join me at a residential 4 way stop. We will each bring a stack of $10 bills, and every time a bike rolls a stop, I will peel off a $10 for them. And every time a car doesn't stop, they can peel one off for me. I am fairly confident as to the outcome.
You'd have to control for the relative frequency of bikes vs. cars for this to be meaningful. Do it on a percentage basis after an hour or so of watching the intersection. Per capita, are drivers or cyclists more likely to blow though the intersection without coming to a complete stop?
I'm not sure about 4-way stops as I don't encounter any of those on my daily commute, but based on my anecdotal evidence, cyclists are FAR more likely to run red lights than motorists are. And I don't mean speeding through a yellow-turning-red that they really should have stopped for; I mean approaching an intersection where the light is already red and then treating it like a stop or yield sign (or in some cases ignoring it completely and just riding through the intersection at speed as if the traffic signal wasn't there at all) instead of coming to a complete stop and waiting for the light to turn green.
Rolling stops don't bother me at all, for either cars or bicycles. I think most of them should be turned into yield signs anyways (the stop signs, not the cyclists).
Cyclists can roll through all they want, so long as their estate pays to fix my truck after I run over them.
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You'd have to control for the relative frequency of bikes vs. cars for this to be meaningful. Do it on a percentage basis after an hour or so of watching the intersection. Per capita, are drivers or cyclists more likely to blow though the intersection without coming to a complete stop?
I'm not sure about 4-way stops as I don't encounter any of those on my daily commute, but based on my anecdotal evidence, cyclists are FAR more likely to run red lights than motorists are. And I don't mean speeding through a yellow-turning-red that they really should have stopped for; I mean approaching an intersection where the light is already red and then treating it like a stop or yield sign (or in some cases ignoring it completely and just riding through the intersection at speed as if the traffic signal wasn't there at all) instead of coming to a complete stop and waiting for the light to turn green.
From my anecdotal evidence, I would guess there would be more cyclists that would go through a red light, after it has turned red, and everyone has stopped. I've seen very few cars that would just go through an intersection with red lights still showing. I see pedestrians do it all the time (crossing on do not cross sign), and cyclists do it now and then. I see way more drivers run lights that are amber or red than I see cyclists run them. One reason might be that cyclists know there are cars coming towards them that are turning left as the light cycle ends, so if they run them, they might be getting squashed.
I see way more cars roll through stop signs than I do cyclists. I also see the cars that never stop where they are supposed to (at the stop line/sign), and usually coast 5-10 feet past the line. These are the scary ones as a cyclist, as you aren't sure if they are going to stop or not. A driver should stop at the line, and then inch forward to see if it's clear, not go 10 feet by it and then stop if there is traffic.
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Semi-related, but does anyone else die a little inside when you're waiting to cross a busier road at a 2 way stop, and some driver stops to let you cross?
I appreciate the thought, but I don't trust that the other few lanes of traffic are going to do the same. I'll just wait for the traffic to clear, thanks.
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Semi-related, but does anyone else die a little inside when you're waiting to cross a busier road at a 2 way stop, and some driver stops to let you cross?
I appreciate the thought, but I don't trust that the other few lanes of traffic are going to do the same. I'll just wait for the traffic to clear, thanks.
I feel like the jerk every time. I give a sheepish wave and go but I hate it.
Semi-related, but does anyone else die a little inside when you're waiting to cross a busier road at a 2 way stop, and some driver stops to let you cross?
I appreciate the thought, but I don't trust that the other few lanes of traffic are going to do the same. I'll just wait for the traffic to clear, thanks.
I just stare at them like they're an idiot. If they honk or wave at me to go, I point to the stop sign I'm waiting at. Usually this gets the message across that they, not I, have the right of way.
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Semi-related, but does anyone else die a little inside when you're waiting to cross a busier road at a 2 way stop, and some driver stops to let you cross?
I appreciate the thought, but I don't trust that the other few lanes of traffic are going to do the same. I'll just wait for the traffic to clear, thanks.
I know the drivers are trying to be courteous, but as they slow down they basically remove the gap I'm aiming for. I wave them through while yelling that they have the right of way. Unfortunately, the gap has disappeared and I have to wait for traffic to clear.
I typically deal with this situation daily northbound on 26 St SW crossing 26 Ave. Most times it is quicker to dismount and cross as a pedestrian.
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I wave them through all the time. When I used to take 8th avenue north eastbound in the mornings I'd have people stopping on Centre street all the time to try and let me through. Argh.
Also I find if you can somehow stop a farther ways back and still maintain a good visual on the intersection that helps in not having motorists stop for you.
