HC Bike/Cycling Thread

[Dreadhead]

Watching Tour of Flanders.

Steephill.tv FTW.

Edited April 6, 2014 by Dreadhead

[raffy]

Woooowwwww!!!!!

[Dreadhead]

Ben and I had a great ride in the Arlington hills. It was a good time

 

http://app.strava.com/activities/127684559

 

So weird how all of get different elevations and lengths. Oh well.

[CD44hi]

Nice!

[Nebby]

It was fun riding around town! Thanks for inviting me over Chris.

[n_maher]

I kicked off the commuting season this morning.  It was a balmy 29 when I left the house a little after 6am but felt great to be back out on the bike.  

[Dreadhead]

Picked up my Calfee from the store today after they installed the new fork. Calfee did an absolutely great job and it matches the finish exactly. One less thing to worry about in the long term. I'm looking forward to riding it on the weekend.

 

I was supposed to make it out riding from work today and it actually looks like work would have co-operated but I worked yesterday evenging and forgot to get everything ready so no biking for me other than on my DeskCycle

[cetoole]

Does anyone have any fairly inexpensive saddles that they like?  I have been riding on 130mm ones and my sit bones measure about 130mm, which seems to indicate that I should be looking at a minimum of 143mm based on the Specialized guide I have seen.  Of course, much of the discomfort is probably the fact that I never ride regularly, but I will take any improvement I can.

[Mister X]

I have a lightly used Selle Q-bik flow in the closet you can audition if you want to pay the postage.

2 problems with it though, it's width is spec'd at 140mm and it's pretty hard.

Maybe something like the WTB pure v would be a better choice?

[grawk]

My favorite saddle so far is still the selle turbo, tho I like my selle anatomica titanico a lot, too.

[raffy]

Colin, I have a 143mm Specialized Toupe I can lend to you as I haven't used it in 1.5 years.

[cetoole]

Thanks for the loan offers, if I actually rode enough to be able to compare stuff, that would be awesome, but I don't, and am unlikely to.  The specialized romin/toupe seem to be about the top of the list.  I might pick up a Romin Evo locally from someone selling a take-off.

[Mister X]

I was going to say they have the Romin comp gel at the Specialized outlet for $50 but it sez coming soon when you click to select the color and size.

 

They do have the Romin expert available for $70 though.

In white...

 

 

http://www.specialized.com/us/en/ftb/saddles/equipsaddlesspecials

[VPI]

Weather looks pretty great this weekend I might actually have to see if I remember how to ride a bike.

[MexicanDragon]

Riding is silly. You should ship all your bikes to the ginger.

**BRENT**

[grawk]

The Rules, Revisited

[n_maher]

The Rules, Revisited

Excellent. And damnit, I was supposed to send you a crank.

[grawk]

np, haven't been on the bike since then, and am taking the mtb out this weekend I think

[raffy]

Today's indoor ride

[grawk]

2 hours on a trainer?  Ugh.

[Nebby]

Trainerroad + music/movies/netflix = tolerable trainer rides

[raffy]

That's how I do it too. Today was Sufferfest ISLAGIATT.

[VPI]

Any of the locals doing a ride tomorrow?

 

Trying to convince myself to go out.

[Nebby]

Going on a MTB ride tomorrow, you're probably not interested in that...

[n_maher]

I spent an hour and a half working with my LBS on the fit on the Calfee. It actually wasn't far off from where I think it'll end up but we ran out of time to try different saddles, that'll happen this week and then it'll time be to start riding it.