guzziguy Posted July 15, 2019 Report Share Posted July 15, 2019 Don't know. More importantly, who won Megavalanche today? ? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jose Posted July 15, 2019 Report Share Posted July 15, 2019 7 hours ago, guzziguy said: Don't know. More importantly, who won Megavalanche today? ? jajaja I'm trying to take you to the dark side 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guzziguy Posted July 15, 2019 Report Share Posted July 15, 2019 I thought that was what I was doing. ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jose Posted July 15, 2019 Report Share Posted July 15, 2019 Wooo Impressive victory of Van Aert (in a spring) today in the Tour. Not only is he a great cyclo-cross champion but he defends himself very well on the road!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jose Posted October 31, 2019 Report Share Posted October 31, 2019 Ready.... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n_maher Posted November 1, 2019 Report Share Posted November 1, 2019 Good luck! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augsburger Posted November 1, 2019 Report Share Posted November 1, 2019 I thought the Tour de France was in July? 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpelg Posted April 24, 2020 Report Share Posted April 24, 2020 Any recommendations for a basic trainer to turn my road bike into a stationary? Looking to get some exercise during my @home work lunch hours. Nothing fancy, just sturdy & not requiring tools for every adjustment. Maybe...$150-300 range-ish? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Sawyers Posted April 24, 2020 Report Share Posted April 24, 2020 I've been thinking about this too. There is a good review of the various types on the Global Cycling Network (GCN) you tube channel. Actually for all things cycling it is excellent, run by a couple of ex-pro British cyclists. Turbo trainer vid Their training turbo training vids are a thing to behold - they reduce themselves to sweat pouring exhaustion. Heaven knows what power they are putting in. There are a number of different length and duration sessions to watch. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n_maher Posted April 24, 2020 Report Share Posted April 24, 2020 2 hours ago, jpelg said: Any recommendations for a basic trainer to turn my road bike into a stationary? Looking to get some exercise during my @home work lunch hours. Nothing fancy, just sturdy & not requiring tools for every adjustment. Maybe...$150-300 range-ish? Please, please don't but anything that isn't a smart trainer. I hated riding on the trainer until I got my TACX Flow. Not too much more than you're looking to spend ($370) and just so much better an experience and something that I'll likely use it even during the good weather months when time simply doesn't permit riding outdoors. And I should have offered this stuff here I guess, but I've basically got all of the parts stripped off of the Calfee which includes a mostly complete (no chain, no cassette) Dura-Ace 7800 group, S-works carbon cockpit (stem, bars), and some other misc. bits. Pics Herehttps://pbase.com/n_maher/dura-ace 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave R Posted April 24, 2020 Report Share Posted April 24, 2020 Have one of those spin bikes which I go on pretty regularly. What I like about it, is it has magnetic resonance and a fixed gear, so I can make the pedalling easy or hard, but it has to be done continuously. Wasn’t keen on the original saddle so got that Selle SMP carbon, and although it’s rock hard, it’s surprisingly comfortable, in fact very. I train to those DVD’s, and also GCN workouts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pars Posted April 29, 2020 Report Share Posted April 29, 2020 Pretty cool video of a couple of endurance cyclists doing a 467km stage from the 1903 Tour de France on near period bikes. https://www.globalcyclingnetwork.com/video/can-we-ride-and-survive-a-stage-of-the-1903-tour-de-france 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbelyo Posted April 30, 2020 Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 I'm not into bikes but that was really cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Sawyers Posted April 30, 2020 Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 That was awesome. And apart from dirt roads back in 1903, you had to fix your bike if you had a mechanical. If you had assistance you were given a time penalty. There was a famous incident while descending the col de Tourmalet, recounted here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugène_Christophe when he walked 10km down the descent when his forks broke, found a forge, and set about brazing his bike back together. But he had the blacksmith's son pump the bellows. In spite of losing a massive amount of time, he was given a 10 minute penalty because he had assistance from having the forge pumped. He still finished in 7th place. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grahame Posted May 4, 2020 Report Share Posted May 4, 2020 This being Head-Case, this turned up in another feed, and I thought it might be of interest (15:27-21:00) More details ... https://swind.life/products/swind-eb-01-mountain/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augsburger Posted May 6, 2020 Report Share Posted May 6, 2020 Gee, another hot after work ride but this time with a 19 mph headwind and a whole lotta dust. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jose Posted May 6, 2020 Report Share Posted May 6, 2020 I have used a "Prologue", very similar to this for five years. The first week was a pain... but once you get used to it it is the best I have ever had. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torpedo Posted July 13, 2020 Report Share Posted July 13, 2020 What do you think, bike experts, of this Carbon Fiber beauty? If its weight to resistance ratio is as good as they claim it could be interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jose Posted July 13, 2020 Report Share Posted July 13, 2020 Aesthetically IMO it´s a beautiful frame, I like the idea of not having the vertical tube (where the seatpost goes) and I like the idea of using the same "look" frame for everything (road and mountain). I'm not an expert but I'm not sure if it´s whether there is an advantage in weight / resistance vs. a current carbon frame (multi layers) and specific either for road or MTB. On the other hand, without a vertical tube that helps support the rider's weight, these pods have to be quite robust... and heavy. For general use such as going for a walk, excursions, moving around the city, etc. I think it would work 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Sawyers Posted July 13, 2020 Report Share Posted July 13, 2020 That is a thing of beauty. My only concern is - is it stiff enough? It would seem to be prone to lateral bending if pedaled hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augsburger Posted July 14, 2020 Report Share Posted July 14, 2020 Agreed, climbing on anything steeper than 5% would seem to be a little whippy and the fast downhills should give a give a sphincter tightening experience IMHO. Price for the non-E version with a Shimano groupo seems pretty low. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swt61 Posted July 14, 2020 Report Share Posted July 14, 2020 That looks like a torture device for gay bottoms! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MexicanDragon Posted July 14, 2020 Report Share Posted July 14, 2020 5 hours ago, swt61 said: That looks like a torture device for gay bottoms! Isn't that what they called you if someone pissed you off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swt61 Posted July 15, 2020 Report Share Posted July 15, 2020 Good point. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n_maher Posted July 15, 2020 Report Share Posted July 15, 2020 I've been continuing to train pretty hard this year and am now back to commuting to work on the bike. Had a nice tailwind on the way home today and was racing impending storms so I pushed hard. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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