HC Bike/Cycling Thread

[MexicanDragon]

Just wait until Jeff parts out his Calfee for Red22.

**BRENT**

[tyrion]

Nate, sweet Calfee!

Chris, sweet Giant!

[n_maher]

I went a bit crazy this afternoon and swapped the wheels and cassette and put my 25mm GP 4 seasons on there for the rest of the year. I this bike.

[grawk]

now slam the stem

[Nebby]

now slam the stem

 

You first? 

[grawk]

I'm gonna soon.  I already have a lot of drop

[justin]

after riding a road bike for a bit i've started lowering the mtb a little. even after lowering it i have negative drop. with no spacers, the stem flipped, and replacing the riser with a flat bar, i think i'd be at even

 

 

i dont know how the tall people ride down a hill like this

Edited November 3, 2013 by justin

[guzziguy]

For steep downhills, don't riders stop and lower their seat stems?

Edited November 3, 2013 by guzziguy

[CD44hi]

down hill, you get off the seat and lower the center of gravity behind the seatpost. 

[n_maher]

No stopping, they use a dropper.

[Nebby]

Yup, dropper seatpost is where it's at.

[aerius]

All of my mountain bikes are setup with the bars higher or level with the seat.  Low bars on a mountain bike don't make sense unless you're doing XC racing.  For all other riding you want to be more upright for better balance and so that you have more room to move your weight around to control & balance the bike in rough terrain.  Trying to have a road bike position on a mountain bike is stupid IMO, unless all you're doing is riding gravel roads in which case you should be on a cross bike.

[n_maher]

now slam the stem

 

I consider a single 15mm spacer sufficiently slammed.

[VPI]

Rode a different route with Chris today that took us over a large bridge into Maryland followed by a never ending hill up into Maryland.  I think while I am in better shape now I might actually be in worse cycling shape now that I only ride once a week at most.  

 

Today was fun but the wind on the Mad Fibers was a bit disconcerting as my front wheel would randomly just twist in the wind.

[Nebby]

I did two loops at Patapsco today with the beginners group, it was quite a lot of fun with a bunch of new experiences. Roots...lots and lots of roots and logs to jump over, though what was really hard for me were the roots on the steep climbs, those were particularly rough. Creek crossings were interesting as well, soaked shoes are fun to pedal in

[justin]

Mtb fail, at ER...bleh

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[VPI]

That is why I am on the road bike all the time.  Hope everything is okay.

[justin]

Same as CA except happened very fast and hit fronttop of shoulder instead of meaty backz about to get morphine and xray

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[VPI]

As another that went on that trip in CA I can say that sucks massively.  Hopefully it is not a Collarbone.  Did that back in the football days and it is a tough one.

[Nebby]

Totally with you Jeff, hope it's not a collarbone!

[n_maher]

Shit Justin, sorry.

I got a nice 7 mi MTB ride in this afternoon on some much less technical but still local trails. It was nice to not be constantly in fear of an epic crash.

[justin]

Dunno what happened, had good speed on tiny smooth downhill , a couple tiny speed bumps after and suddenly over the top. If anything i think its clavicle

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[VPI]

Those little closely spaced bumps can fuck up a bike making it fly if hit just right.

[Dreadhead]

Ouch that sucks big time Justin.

 

I enjoyed my ride with Jeff today but I feel bad I dragged him into a construction zone in Maryland. I will not be doing that route again for a year or so it looks like with the amount of construction it looked like they had planned.

[VPI]

It was not that bad.  If people didn't think they needed to pass in single lanes with jersey barriers on both sides it would have been a bit better.  That long climb was a hell of a workout.