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>>1101329

Only when it is cold enough outside.

>>1101329
Only when I'm gay.

Every time, the real faggy fingerless kind.
Truth be told, I do it because I think they're fucking cool, but it comes in real handy for wiping snot away, for keeping my hands clean if I need to fiddle with something, and in the ever-so-rare chance of falling, I won't have skinned palms which are fucking horrible.

>>1101333
Me too!

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>>1101259

inb4 blimptrain

>>1101265
wheres the motor

>>1086303
It's just middle aged women in general they get everything handed to them in life

Not college educated


You don't explain chemestry to dog. So don't bother arguing. Just ignore move on.

Regularly someone yells obscenity loud out window as they drive past. It's like 4chan that way, but slightly less anonymous and slightly tighter on time constraint.

so angry to be in cage I spose

>Going for ride after work today
>Riding on fairly busy road, on the way to empty road through a state park
>Hit long line of stopped cars, drawbridge is open
>Sit and wait
>...
>Wait some more
>Finally closes
>Ride the next half mileish with the speed of traffic(only like 20mph) until I turn off
>Motorist in convertible passes with plenty of room
>Says "Nice job" and gives thumbs up as he passes
>See like 3 more cars over the next 20 miles

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In the meantime, I'll post some aesthetics of my own

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>>1074889
The failed SPSF (Southern Pacific-Sante Fe or "Shouldn't Paint So Fast") merger in the mid-1980s had a very 80s paint scheme. It was nicknamed Kodachrome.

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>>1074889
Such a simpler time

>>1104184
I have done alright with Merlin's stuff. It's cheap, but it seems to work for me.

Whatever fits.

>>1104184
Go to the Voler site, it's not Assos or Rapha or anything, but pro teams get their shit there and I've been wearing it for years and it's not bad at all, and not hideously expensive. Just be sure to get bib shorts and not just shorts, they're better.

Cant you return the crank and get a 3/32 one?
If you use it for commuting dont turn it an SS, SS and fixed are only good for exercising. But if you do, all you need is a cheap freewheel.

>>1104068
Yeah i guess the best way is to return it

Okay, gonna look for a regular crank with gears, thanks

What goes on in the mind of people when they take a picture like that? Don't they realize you can't see shit?
In any case you should just return the crankset you bought, go to your local bike co-op or any workshop really, and ask if they have a spare 172.5mm left crankarm laying around somewhere

Maneuverability, visibility. Try hopping a curb, weaving around an obstacle and not getting run over.

look like a twat

Is it true that a guy won the Tour de France with one and the UCI fags got so butthurt they sued the guy that created them?

Do you have running brakes?
Are your tyres pumped up enough?
Did you make sure your bottom Bracket turns smoothly without lateral play?
Are the wheel hubs turning smooth enough like the bottom bracket?

Hub dynamos slow your bike slightly, but not noticeably.

>>1103754
> Do you have running brakes?
Never even heard of those, no.
> Are your tyres pumped up enough?
I pump them regularly, but the vent on the back wheel has a different format for which I dont have an adapter so that one is a tiny bit flat maybe.
> Did you make sure your bottom Bracket turns smoothly without lateral play?
I had to look up what that means, I haven't. I will get onto that.
> Are the wheel hubs turning smooth enough like the bottom bracket?
see above.

thank you.

>>1103752
1. Please learn the difference between the word 'breaks' and 'brakes'. It's annoying as fuck.
2. Hub dynamo, even if the headlight is on, is only 6 watts. Even if you're weak as a kitten you won't notice the difference.
3. Unless your brakes are adjusted too tight and are rubbing, or your wheel(s) are out of true and therefore the brakes are rubbing, your brakes shouldn't make any difference whatsoever.
4. You say you 'restored' your bike after neglecting it. You sure you did it right? Does everything spin freely? Take it to a shop and have a professional check it out. If you, say, left it out in the rain all the time, or rode through puddles, or otherwise grossly abused it and didn't even understand how or what you allowed to be damaged, it could be totally fucked and you might not know the difference.
5. Is your bike adjusted/fitted properly to you, or did you just do the typical 'make the seat high enough' and thought that was good enough? If it's grossly misadjusted for you then you could be wasting all sorts of effort trying to ride it, effort that never makes it to the back wheel.

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>>1103712

About damn time.

>>1103712
>then up to Cloverdale and (one day) up the Eel River to Eureka.

lol, you're a funny guy.

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>>1103712
>Eureka
you don' smell-a so good-a yourself!

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I could probably live with 3 gears but they'd need massive jumps in between, 11 gets me the range I need.

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here's my excuse

>wasting your watts because you are too dumb to shift gears

IGH have literally no advantages

>>1103289
I ride downhill BTW. So far ive had 3 pinches in 6 months

>ride downhill
there's your problem. Your life may be improved by riding your bike for the purpose of transportation instead of to break bike and human parts.

I found tubeless to be a huge pain. But I don't like bike maintenance and I like when the bike pays me instead of having to buy things for it all the time

>>1103293

Huge pain? You must have had something wrong in your setup.

What kind of bitch ass old man made this chart? On my single speed i ride at higher speed than the "racing bycicle" in this shit

>>1102984
I remember as a child my top flat ground speed on a mountain bike was 40km/h.

That, "strong headwind" catagory really makes me cringe. I would probably ride directly home, so it wouldn't matter.

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>>1102846
>b

>>1102846
Use a flat-head screwdriver and a hammer.

>>1102846
Reverse thread?

Yeah its ok. would look, feel nicer, and be more efficient if you shortened the chain and used your nice long dropouts to tension it though (although if everything is worn to shit that's likely to drop a chain under load). Could go Dringle or tringle like a boss

>>1102784
This comment is legit. You have no need for a tensioner with those dropouts. You could even ride fixed if you wanted.

>>1102784
If he's still using the front derailleur to change gears, he'll need a tensioner.

another fad for fags

Well rather simple gear shifting, compared to deraileurs, looks like an advantage. But what when the roper got longer over time?

>>1102469
I have heard it got banned from races, because it gives too much of an advantage