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An abomination unto the world?

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This never should have happened?

Scary stuff

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Don't have much, since I'm not autistic.

>>964382
Sure**

>>964382
>had to get new tire tubes for you weekly
This is why poor people are poor.

If you loved it you would have taken care of it

>we should be working to reduce all human access to wildlife habitat

The author is mostly on an anti-human rant and especially likes mountain biking, I don't really see anything to discuss.

Get fucked

>>961002
>implying there's anything wrong with conservationism
There isn't. I particularly agree with this point "Parks are supposed to be a refuge from the crush of humanity and the noise, danger, and artificiality of urban areas"

>>960892
I have them, same as you I can feel little lumps. they hurt for like 5 minutes when I start riding, but the pain goes away and I don't notice it unless I go over ~150km. Just deal with it, not that big a deal

>>960892
Yeah I got them once when I did 4 races over 2 days, and I had just shaved the insides of my thighs, also I regretfully didn't wear ass padded bibs so my ass had both sores and was legit raw.
After the two days it was really sore but if you like riding that much you'll keep doing it and it will go away really quickly, not that hard really, just don't let them bother you

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is wiggle for cucks?

nobody wants to reply?

just to clarify I am driving 200km on that one day.

Eat 30 bananas and spin your gears at 80 rpm.

Now, seriously, just take your time, it's easy, just eat something 2h before the ride, take some rests, drink something, wait a bit and keep pedaling. Find a comfortable speed for you and calculate the time it will take. I have never ride more than 110km, but I did it without resting and 3 bottles of water averaging 25-27km/h.

>>960304
I am splitting the ride into 3 parts the first 80km should go fine. Then have a 30-60min rest, take the next 40km easy take another long break and do the last 80km.

I did the previous 40km without breaks (exept for hydration) and had no problems, was still loaded with energy.

I am eating a big breakfast and then take fruit juce, fruits and enerybars with me. About at km 100 I am going to visit a tourist attraction where I might eat some salad.

>not being ready to die to prove a point
pls leave /n/ for ever

>>959523
I'm used to it when I'm on the bike but when I'm in suburbia with hardly any traffic being a pedestrian it's a bit much.

>>959523
I wish it worked that way, motordom would have lost in the early 1900's so many times over.

>>959024
Ultegra
Should be some nice sales next weekend (Memorial Day).

I'm seriously confused and have no clue what to buy. What is 'good'? What is just marketing? What is a reasonable price? It's not easy to pick a hub set when every manufacturer has like 3 different models on the market.

>>959033
>>959024
These days there's not a whole lot of difference between road hubs, unless you buy really cheap Chinese stuff you'll be getting good bearings/cartridge bearings, the advantage to the fancier hubs is marginal weight savings.

Shimano hubs are always a reasonable default choice.

>>956025
>coaster brake or freewheel wheels OP?
freewheel

Yeah, I'm also thinking to build wheels, but maybe there's something nice I haven't laid eyes on yet. I'm more looking for a retro kind of look, since it's an old Italian steel frame with chrome fork, which reduces my options a lot in today's aesthetics.

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>>956032
Thanks a lot. I think I'll stick to my original plan of going with some old Campagnolo hubs and Mavic rims.

Pic related is the frame. Just bought it on evilBay. It's an old Olmo with SLX tubing. Good enough to ride back and forth between university and my shit hole.

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>>956038
Thanks. It looks very good condition in pics. Will see in person.

I went to a local shop yesterday which had a Pinarello Montello in deep blue and even with fancy chromed lugs, kinda like pic related. I had never seen one in person until that point. However, it was very rusted on the lugs, bottom bracket and had some rusty spots here and there. The guy still wanted 220 € for it and I didn't want to take chances since I'm just a studentfag and that's a lot of money for playing Russian roulette.

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And trucks won't build America.

>>967189
My pizza deliver boy says otherwise.

Who's gonna pay for all those tracks? Who's gonna pay for the land to put them on? How u gonna get it from the railyard to their store?

Looks like shit, if you used it anywhere but what the vid shows.
Bicycle does not need 'improvements' that make it more like a car.

The windshield in my car fogs / ices over immediately when it is below freezing. That thing will be even worse since you would be breathing harder and sweating.

seems winter practical

520 is a good choice.

Though the most expensive of those "add-ons" will be the power meter. The handlebar mounted Powerpod is $300 and they go up from there depending whether you want one built into a wheel, single leg / both leg crank based. Most power meters are effectively tied to a single bike.

>>963197
yeah I am still looking. The 520 "bundle" will handle speed, cadence, and heart rate for about $400.

I dont really understand how a power meter can work from the handle bars... got any info on this?

>>963202
It pairs with your cadence / speed sensors and has its own air pressure and accelerometers. So it can determine ground speed vs air speed, how much bike is rocking side to side, forward / back, rate of climbing. Then it does a bunch of calculations on that data to come up with a power number.

There are limitations, its meant for road use so going mountain biking with it probably wouldn't provide reliable data. It even has trouble with cobbled roads. Gravel roads might also throw it off. But you can move it between bikes which is nice.

Detailed writeup on it here: http://www.dcrainmaker.com/2016/03/powerpod-depth-review.html

>>963175
Just out of curiosity, how do rooskys train without becoming the next trending dashcam video on LiveLeak?

http://observers.france24.com/en/20111004-russia-moscow-builds-first-bike-path-obstacle-course-bicycle-cycling-university-video-photo

>>963175
Who you've listed are all good cyclists (where is Majka??) but it doesn't change the fact that the:
>Giro won by Nibali (ITA)
>Tour of Cali won by Alaphilippe (FRA)
>Paris-Nice won by Thomas (GBR)
>Paris-Roubaix wony by Hayman (AUS)

the only somewhat renound UCI event that this year has been won by a Eastern European was the Tour of Flanders by Sagan, who heaps of people regard as being a top cyclist anyway, not really a change of guard in regards.

>>963344
Like everyone else. They most likely don't train on the busy streets where they're more likely to be hit by a cage. Also if they're any good they're going to spend a lot of time on Mallorca, Canary Islands, or wherever their team happens to go for training camps.

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Construction took 17 years

>INFRASTRUCTURE

>>963093
There's another one under construction, due for opening in 2026: the Brenner Base Tunnel.