HC Bike/Cycling Thread

[grawk]

thanks, it felt like an accomplishment.


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[jose]

On 8/30/2020 at 4:12 PM, grawk said:

thanks, it felt like an accomplishment.


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I have a new friend 😉 

[grawk]

On 8/22/2020 at 3:54 AM, jose said:

 

Fuck

 

 

I missed that the first time.  Ouch.

[jose]

Well don't touch the asphalt... just skid with the rear wheel locked for 60m at 50km/h.

I have already ordered the spare parts but I have fallen in love with a nice Bianchi frame. Now I just have to convince my wife ... and my bank account 🙂 

[Augsburger]

5 hours ago, jose said:

I have already ordered the spare parts but I have fallen in love with a nice Bianchi frame. Now I just have to convince my wife ... and my bank account 🙂 

Before or after you make the purchase?

[grawk]

after obv

[MexicanDragon]

6 hours ago, jose said:

Well don't touch the asphalt... just skid with the rear wheel locked for 60m at 50km/h.

I have already ordered the spare parts but I have fallen in love with a nice Bianchi frame. Now I just have to convince my wife ... and my bank account 🙂 

Sounds like you should probably get the spare parts for the above, and then go ahead and order a complete of that Bianchi. Can't know if it was better without just hopping off one onto the other, right.

Wife should understand...

[jose]

I´m a gentleman !!!!!! ...  after, of course 

Good input Brent. My intention is to change everything (including the new components) from the Stevens to Bianchi. I can't afford a complete Bianchi as I want (Ultegra / Dura Ace DI2, DT Swiss, etc.)

Later, when my wallet recovers, I´ll buy an inexpensive groupset (like Sora or 105) and use the Stevens for my Tacx Flux. By the way,  now I just repaired the carbon on the damaged pod.

At the end of the trip, maybe I will spend a little more but at this moment for me it is more comfortable.

[jose]

Bianchi Oltre XR4: 

 

 

I have broken my piggy bank... 

 

Edited September 2, 2020 by jose

[grawk]

that's not celeste

(also, very nice)

[jose]

Yes, not celeste and it´s not my first choise but I was lucky to get a size 52 used. This is not a very common frame here and it´s very expesive. 

However, I am still negotiating the price with the store. The economic crisis due to Covid in Spain is beginning to hit very hard.

 

[n_maher]

Here's to hoping that the negotiations are successful. I think I'm out of the bike buying game for a while, unless I see a screaming deal on a SuperSix EVO Disc.  Then I might do bad things...

[MexicanDragon]

6 hours ago, jose said:

Bianchi Oltre XR4: 

 

 

I have broken my piggy bank... 

 

Yay!

[guzziguy]

Had a run in with a stick today about 6 miles from home!

 

 

It was too big to plug, so my friend cut off most of the stick and we road home.  It didn't leak at all.

I love running tubeless.

Edited September 3, 2020 by guzziguy

[n_maher]

Impressive, Ken. 

[Augsburger]

Yes and amazingly lucky.

[grawk]

wow

 

[grawk]

it’s amazing how this training stuff works. i got back from my 15 mile ride this morning, feeling like it was a slow one and strava told me i’m getting faster. 

[Pars]

Well, like Lemond said, it never gets easier, you just go faster...

[grawk]

[grawk]

Nate's gonna knock me off the head-case Strava leader board this weekend

[grawk]

[n_maher]

On 9/10/2020 at 9:13 PM, grawk said:

Nate's gonna knock me off the head-case Strava leader board this weekend

FAKE NEWS!

Nice riding, Dan, you are racking up the miles.

[grawk]

I'm setting a goal of riding Haleakala in Feb of 2022.  I've gotta build up my climbing a lot now.

 

[grawk]

Somehow 6 miles on Zwift is harder than 20 miles on the road