Solo Rides EditionPrevious Edition>>2001874
i like riding my bike
Could you not have been fucked to take a damm picture of your ride with your prepaid lagdroid potato camera instead of this AI sloppa?
>>2020627this might or might not be ai sloppa but the original design of that art predates ai image generators, it's part of old /n/
>>2020641It's not AI but I'm 99% certain the original image didn't have this shitty canvas filter. I reverse image searched OP's image to find the original one and it turns out some d*tch fag wants ~$1600 dollars for this shitty thing as an NFT. For all we know we might be sharing this board with that guy.
>tfw
my chain on my bike fucking snapped today
>>2020689you broke it and rejoined it with a chain tool / regular pin right?
>>2020693no I walked home 3 miles like a bitch because I forgot to pack it
>>2020696i mean before it broke had it been monkeyed with ?It's pretty unusual for a chain that has been joined in an orthodox way to ever break. And so it's really not necessary to carry a chain tool unless you're on some janky shit.
>>2020714yeah idk, I had like 100 miles on it and it snapped. This is the third chain, the first two lasted for a normal amount of time. I think its new cog / cassette time
>>2020689A few years back I had a chain break multiple times, turns out Amazon seller was selling fake Shimano chains.
relaxing forest
>few minutes into ride look down and notice my handlebars aren't straightMeh, keep riding.I've had to tighten my headset a few times after swapping the top / bottom bearings. I'd think I have enough preload, then after a ride it would be loose. Quite annoying but seems good now.
Afternoon trip.
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>>2020960Yesterday I noticed 2/3 of the cleat bolts were missing from my right (dominant foot) shoe after I fell on the grass trying to unclip. Made it the remaining 13 of the planned 50 miles home without further drama. In the ending I wound up doing just 46 miles - with a dead phone I had to improvise the route having lost my Komoot directions. It was still a good time despite some setbacks - enjoyed the fall foliage amongst the farm fields and orchards here in New England. I forgot one of the places I liked only accepted cash though so no apple dumplings for me, I brought a cliff bar with me anyway.Pace wasn't too bad considering the climbing and traffic involved, was definitely cramping at the end but not full locking up type of cramps which are way worse and also put me in the grass once.
>>2020960handlebars not being straight has absolutely nothing to do with preload
Got a little DJI Neo drone to aid in my ocd pass time of monitoring construction around town. It doesn't like the wind, and there is a lot of wind this time of year.>>2021577>handlebars not being straight has absolutely nothing to do with preloadIt does if I assume the bar or wheel didn't move during the preload adjustment before I retightened the stem bolts. I had the wheel pressed against a wall and tried to be careful not to bump the bars, but I must have.
Great ~30km gravel stretch alongside the riverMaybe the last time with enjoyable weather for the season
>>2021589>It does>stem boltsI'm assuming ahead set from here on.It's still independent of the preload you've set. You simply failed to tension your ahead set to where the bolts become self-locking. Your bars then going out of whack and your headset loosening later are both symptoms of a common cause but seperate effects.
/spooky/ time
/notspooky/ ride
Took a picture of some new water reservoirs being constructed. They are doing the roof 1/2 at a time with half of one tank unfinished. Lots of interior columns to support the concrete roof slab. Now I want to go back and get a picture of the smiley face from a different angle.
>>2021608looks cool, have a >you. Although I am a bit triggered that you went through all the trouble of installing disc bosses and yet the cable runs are just strapped on with zip ties
>>2021794Tank frenIt’s a WIP. Gonna remove the old brake bosses and do something more elegant when the season is over.Also new paintjob
Fully bonked after 2 hours even when going up climbs in the lowest gear / not breathing too heavy. Had 3 more climbs on empty before I could find food. Are climbs that more taxing and you need to get fuelling right? I feel like I can go full gas repeatedly up bumpy terrain for long distances and I never bonk.
>>2021815>fully bonked>3 more climbsOk dudeBut for real though, are you grinding up those hills even in your low gears? Too low cadence strains your muscles much faster than your lungs.Also, over 2 hours with no food is not very good if you’re doing any more than low intensity
>>2021816Sure I’ve bonked worse before where I’ve had to get off the bike, let alone get up some climbs. Most of the climbs felt low intensity with the exception of one that pitched above 18% in places. I had an apple and banana during the 2 hours but I guess I need to follow the 20 minute rule with eating.
corn road and grapes
grapes pebbles and flying humans
i rode my trike like 500 feet to the corner store and bought some orange juice. leaves are starting to change and look nice
Did a 50 mile ride in 3 hours, which is pretty good for me. I had an appointment later that I was afraid of being late to, so I just carbed up aggressively and had a lot of caffeine.
short ride today of just 20 miles. Tried to do more climbing and got 1000ft, but I need to hit more elevation since i have a 2500ft 50 miler coming up on sunday.... Luckily the group stops for a decently long rest mid ride so I should be fine. Was doing 50 mile rides but flat and as a heavier rider the climbs can take it out of me.There is a tough hill nearby that I should do in 2 days
shiiiieeeeeeeetttt
Ran into a cool pair of riders today, a guy with a fredded to the max supersix on mavic comete (or cosmic not sure), riding with a guy in regular non cycling clothes on a hybrid. Both well into middle age. It was made evident to me that the regular clothes guy was just getting into bikes.Regular clothes guy was surprisingly strong, especially for his age. He made it up a steep >10% climb on that thing and didn't even use the lowest gear (obviously wasn't easy but most guys on a bike like that would have just dismounted and pushed).Remember that in real life casual riders and freds are natural friends, and the whole unracer movement is a bunch of judgmental busybodies who go out of their way to start fights over their own insecurities.
that sucked
>>2022701what is unracing?
>>2022718It's a subculture of people who are obsessed with how fast other people are going so they only ride absurdly expensive, absurdly slow bikes that should cost about $500 but oh no what if someone thinks I'm poor! so they're made of entirely chris king and paul components for no reason and the slowpoke barge costs about $5k so everyone knows how chill and laid back they are, and also everyone else is being extremely judgmental and un-chill for not riding that exact bike
>>2022722have you actually met many unracers ?
>>2022718internet idea that I still haven't seen yet.I have seen mamil, fred, homeless, and asian e-bikers but no unracers. Maybe I need to go to the bay area, portland, or some other coastal place to find the logger shirt wearing, moustouche touting, gravel/x-bike riding unracers.
Nice ride today. Normal group ride but just with more out of town people since we had the classic bike event in davis. Got dropped on friday, but today I was the dropper.... with the slow group.
brakerubs,,,chainskiping,,but rode to Churchanyways.
>>2022723Saw one last weekend on an independent fabrications unracer barge. He saw my carbon and gave me an extremely angry glare
>>2020610Gonna be biking 130 miles to NYC soon on my $200 Amazon fixie on the 25th, going to meet an internet friend. I've never done a century, but I've done 70 miles, I'll probably sleep behind a tree since it'll take me like 20 hours. Excited to do it bros. It'll mostly be a flat ride so I'll just coast most of the way and chill. I love doing these long rides in chilly overcast weather and wrap myself up in my hoodie and get cozy while my bike takes me away.
I stopped a few times to take pictures of stuff with my drone. Twice I had people stop to see if I was ok. Apparently standing beside a bike fiddling with a controller is a sign of distress. I wanted to do some loops of the circle but they were still working on it.That reminded me of a decorative circle at the university. I did over 10 loops around it a few years back and discovered it was an unlisted segment which I got the KOM for. After that the creator made it private or deleted it.Yesterday when I flew the drone I lost connection with it 400 feet in the air. It was windy but I could hear it intermittently, but I couldn't see the damn tiny thing. It stayed up there over 10 minutes before auto descending when the battery was low. At least it managed to hover over the launch site.
>>2022809>meet an online friendoh boy
cool colours update
under the cloud
over the sea of clouds
whizz with a view
late at the summit, sea of clouds almost dispersed
singletrack on the downhill
>>2023138bucolic.is this Chattanooga anon? looks like Southern Appalachia
>>2023144no i'm not Chattanooga anon
>>2023138>>2023139>>2023140>>2023141Looks comfy. Southern germany or northern austria by any chance?
>>2022745why is the maintenance on your shit always shit man
weather forecast says sunshine tomorrow. planning on a nice ride. if i remember i'll take some snaps and share them here.no promises, sometimes i just can't be arsed to go.
My best bike trip.
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>>2023195>>2023196>>2023197cool
>>2023217Camera doesn't reflect the height tho'. It looks flat as fuck, when in fact those hills are pretty high and ravines pretty deep.
>>2023218t look very silly on this tiny BEST bike >>2023199
>>2023220*then you must I don't know what the hell happened
>>2023221The bike is small so I look bigger, lol.
>>202322117" frame is pretty standard for MTBs tho' for people below 175 cm of height.
>>2023251>people below 175 cm of heightewoks are fine, I guess, but don't call them people.
>>2023252Very edgy.Anyway, people tend to ride bikes with too large frames and then they cry their backs, wrists or asses hurt.
>>2023253stupid ewoks
>>2023254Well, that's true. From bike fitting point of view it's better to have a bitt too small bike, than a little too big. You can adjust too small bike to some degree, while you can't make a bike smaller.
-10C overnight low next week, mostly low single digit daytime highs, but getting fewer windy days. No snow in the forecast yet. I really should go buy my new studded tires next week so I have them.
>>2020645just more proof that the netherlands ought to be cleansed with atomic fire
>>2023255small bikes are also marginally lighter
Went out to map some newly-finished bike trails/connectors for OpenStreetMap.But the real highlight was testing the fumo holder that Nitto included on these bars.>>2022818Not gonna spam reply, but all of these drone pics are so cool.
>>2023187>alwayshit man28yearson,,,this frame.,,,,,,,28 yearstarded care., wastupid,,,nowack.,noshop,,,,outside storage,,,funcin bear wasonit!,,ijusthurto muchunching over.,,,,,shamefull display., ya,,iknow,,,but ill just keepon riding.
>>2023380I post pics on imgur to share with a local group interested in construction around town. Several drone galleries and a several years of ground shots. https://imgur.com/user/4picsharing/postsThere are some drone galleries a little bit down the list because I published some older hidden galleries after posting those. I was in the habit of just leaving galleries hidden as once published you can't add more images until you make them hidden again. After a while all the hidden galleries started to pile up.The DJI Neo really struggles with the wind we get this time of year. I really could use longer flight time as well. But I can get it setup and be flying in under a minute.
$300 leaf dollars later I've got a set of studded mountain bike tires for the winter. Trying 45Nrth Gravdal for the first time. Too much bare pavement was really hard on my Ice Spikers and a Marathon Winter I had as a spare had a bad bead and blew off the back rim twice while riding.Also got a new pair of gloves to use as my base for layer. I finally realized that women's gloves fit me better since my fingers are short.
>>2023559>I finally realized that women's gloves fit me better since my fingers are short.It's nice to find something that works for you. Particularly if it's non-standard.
Nice 20 mile ride today with 1000ft of climbing. will do more next time but tomorrow is probably going to be a flat ride.
Great ride today now that it's cooling down. Supposed to be a recovery run but I like having fun so I just stood up most of the climbs.30 miles or so with probably a measly 500ft or less of climbing
Great day here in boston, wish it was a little cooler though. Saw a blue biker almost get run down on mass ave.
>>2023871Chain looks STRECH
>>2023890Oh man, you think so? I just put a fresh one on in June. I guess I've been putting some miles on it.
>>2023899I think they were making a joke about the graffitus, since a chain's stretch or lack thereof cannot be determined from a low resolution photo
>>2023899>>2023907>theyIm a single person but yeah its a joke. I would tension the chain though by the looks of it.https://bike.bikegremlin.com/597/determining-single-speed-chain-length/
>>2023907I thought it was both, but I would probably just pull the wheel back in the dropouts a 1/8 of an inch or a couple mm.TBQH I rode my single speed chain at a similar stretch, but I was maxed out on the dropout and just waiting till it hit 1% wear since that's the recommended allowance on single speed chains.
went to the beach today, there was tons of nice mussels. top comfy ride
>>2023930forgot pic
How do you guys ride in the cold weather months? I just can't stand it, it's so awful, feels like no matter how many layers I got on, I still feel cold no matter what. Even when I'm warmed up on a ride, I just still feel miserable, if you stop you just become cold again and the sweat becomes colder too. It just genuinely sucks.
>>2023941Winter is when the high end bike kit really makes a difference. Breathable, warm, layers. High tech synthetic endocrine disrupting textiles (turns you into a cute anime girl so it's not all bad) and the finest merino wool
>>2023941You just do it, I am young and have a hot blood, if you are an old fag, well maybe it indeed gets cold and there's nothing you can do about it, LoL!
>>2023941>How do you guys ride in the cold weather months?I dress appropriately.And weather like this >>2023944 is just fun and comfy to ride in.
>>2023907duh. sarcasm and jokes go right over my head, how embarrassing.
>>2023899Tension your chain.
another overcast day, took the road mountain pass, it was in the clouds the whole time, frosty, sunny up top
at the summit over the sea of clouds
came from the right side moutain, going to the bottom middle thru the valley where the clouds are following singletrack, sunny and warm
finishing the downhill in the spooky cold damp mist, late for the forest colours, just in time for surfing leaves, if you can't see roots or rocks it's not a problem
>>2023941It doesn't get cold here, and if for some reason it does I take a mtb out which reduces wind chill since I am slower. I also time my rides closer to 3pm since that is the hottest time around here.
>>2023963>>2023964>>2023967Incredible views, very nice.>>2023968That sketches me out so bad. I hate riding on leaves.
I had the bright idea of sending my DJI Neo on a 3.25 km one way flight and then would ride over to the landing spot. The battery was critically low triggering an auto landing. I steered it to an easily visible point of reference, but it veered off course at the last second into some unharvested crop. After I rode over to where it was it took me 25 minutes to find it. The app caches the last 15 seconds of flight so it gave me a clue which direction it went.
>>2023973it was such a shit day leaving the house but i knew it'd be sunny up topleaves are allright although a few years back 15km into the ride i otb because a whole the size of my front wheel was covered by leaves, it woke me up
>>2023977My second task for yesterday was to gather a bunch of drone photos of the new water reservoirs to try generating a 3D model. My computer couldn't handle the software, so I used a cloud based trial of WebODM, and it turned out pretty good. Sketchfab lowered the quality a bit from the original. Need to enable HD textures otherwise it looks like blob.https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/regina-east-water-reservoirs-under-construction-7fd618d081db4fd4978868d9baf214c9
iloverides.
Rode a mile or two to turn in my ballot today. Recent bike build is working out okay and in a couple I will take the long ride to the bike co-op to get a front derailleur.
How long until my thighs aren't burning like hell , I just started biking and its whats holding me back most, not the cardio .
>>2024364>not the cardioPick a lower gear
>>2024370(I'm on an indoor bike like a pussy)
Just ordered new glasses for the second time this year. I ordered progressive lenses on the recommendation of my optometrist but I absolutely hated them. They completely ruin your peripheral vision, you have to constantly move your head. One of the arms on my current frames has been held together with JB Weld for a few months and its just a matter of time until they break again.
>>2024364Get used to spinning in the 80rpm range, or just use an easier gear. Oh, and 1 week if you keep the same intensity.>>2024386I run large glasses since I have like a -8 prescription. Mine are auto-tinting(sick) and I don't crash much anymore so I don't have to replace them. I might get aviators if I cut some weight since that's what my dad, grandpa, and uncles wore bitd....
>>2024383I wouldn't call that biking. I might concede that it could be called cycling.Also, Anons reply still applies.
>>2024383Leave the house.
>go for some gravel ride through the forest>nice sunny autumn weather, fallen leaves everywhere>pass by lots of people going for walks and having a good time>after some time, on a 1m wide single track 2 people walking in my direction next to each other>let freewheel spin to catch their attention>they don't move out of the way>'excuse me'>still walking next to each other in front of me>'SORRY?'>no reaction>assume they are just pissed by having to make room for so many cyclists today>pass by them carefully just on the edge of the trail >they get scared really hard, making some terrified sound and jumping to the side>mfw these guys were both deaf and I had no fucking idea>mfw I ruined a beautiful autumn walk for 2 disabled people
>>2024422>>2024401>>2024388My ass also feels like I just got fucked by Chad, even with padded shortsBut it didn't stop me from riding , and wont tomorrow
>>2024457Beautiful landscape and colours.
>>2024424look out for them next weekend and get them again
I was all set to get a quick ride in this morning before it got windy, but when I dropped some stuff at the door it had rained. +2 and wet was something I was not interested in. There was snow the other day and the city put down salt, so the water would have been very salty.I was doing some openstreetmap editing. One local guy just walks around and maps the smallest things. One changeset was for "Leaf Type" on several individual trees, to which I replied: "fallen" given the time of year. His reply confirmed his autism, a furry avatar and a lengthy discussion of leaf types completely missing that my comment was a joke.
>>2024624Maybe his reply was his own form of self effacing joke by acting oblivious and autistic
Was sick for two days and went for a short ride today since I was mostly over it. On the way back I started getting the telltale signs of imminent diarrhea. A few series of wickedly uncomfortable cramps as I was getting closer to home, but made it to the toilet without a literally oh shit moment.
A few more days before the daytime highs are all below freezing :(
>>2023871toe cage with no strap is corny, commit or submit
cold autumnal rides really do it for me
>>2024959it's kinda comfy, these are half clips so there isn't room for a strap.
Mountain-bikers belong in the skate park. I was cruising along on my local designated mountain bike trail, and I realized something: I want "mountain-bikers" to trade in their full-sussers for BMXes and stay in the skate-park, and stop shitting up forest trails with "features".
My usual back road was closed off today with cones. Only peds and particularly rule-flouting cyclists were allowed. Failsons with heavily modified cages couldn't go there and shit the place up as they often do on weekends.It was pretty good, a party atmosphere prevailed because the density of people was like 1/10th what it would have been. I waved at a few other groups. The roadies waved back. The MTB guys waved back. The ebike people waved back. The hikers waved back. The grabblers waved back. The unracers just gave me a dead eyed stare, like I was an inanimate object that they were annoyed at being in their field of view.Why are unracers like this?
>>2025450i've heard the exact same comment about roadies, and about mtbros, usually it's about roadies.my answer will always be that sometimes cyclists are tired and don't have the energy /focus to be friendly while riding and not to take it personally. It's interesting that you distinguish between unracers and gravelfags, where exactly is the line drawn there?
>>2023380i'm more interested in that bike, looks shiny and chrome. full pic? also how are those one finger brakes?
Nice ride today with the vintage bike riders.Came a little tired from the ride yesterday and my seat was a little low on this bike so my quads are pretty cooked.Saw an eagle, one guy had to get a new chain, and had a nice sandwich at the beach hut deli.
>>2025466Gravelfags ride normie shit like carbon or hydroformed aluminum, and have hydro disc brakes and modern-spec groupsets and bike computers and usually lycra albeit with more pockets and in more ironic color schemes. Unracers think carbon is an exclusive luxury show-off material unlike, say, all their chris king and paul crap bolted to the hand made and hand painted by rich white american hipsters steel frames, while wearing $400 japanese chambray "work shirts" and antique belgian merino wool jockey caps, all of which shows just how very down to earth and non-judgmental they are unlike all those status-obsessed assholes that comprise 99% of cyclists (oh did I mention unracers aren't 'cyclists' they're 'just some guy who happens to be on a bike')
>>2025483i've been noticing a lot of 'just ride', 'slow riders' who refuse to wear lycra and buy handmade bags and paul, CK, Nitto, etc, and winge about roadies and drink craft beer etc riding expensive modern gravel bikes, i'm not sure that your paradigm is reality any longer
>>2025511Other way around. Your idea of gravel as a "lifestyle choice" by tryhards dates from when gravel was the newest thing in town. Gravel is the default bike now. Nobody with a gravel bike thinks he's cool or different.
>>2025512>>2025511Also tryhards are drinking natty wine now. Craft beer is dad tier. And people just say "beer" now, the "craft" was dropped a while ago since what used to be called "normal beer" is now only found on the hipster beer tasting menu as a historical/educational artifact.
>>2022809How'd it go?
>>2021608Have your NATIX set up while doing this to earn—they reward users for mapping
>>2023380>Went out to map some newly-finished bike trails/connectors for OpenStreetMap.Do you earn for doing this?I use NATIX and a few others, and the rewards are quite cool.
I went to the LBS today for a 9 speed chain for my winter bike. Only chain they had was over $50, uhm .. no. Amazon it is.
>>2025610enjoy your counterfeit chain
>>2025619I did get a counterfeit chain from an Amazon 3rd party seller. I'm hoping since this one was sold directly by Amazon it won't be fake.
>>2025619>>2025687>here's your 9s kmc chain bro
>knee is feeling a little off today Welp I might as well not push it and injure myself, but I dont want to break my streak of 30 mins a day min
>>2025871never ignore that kind of shit. do NOT just cover it up or hope the symptoms will go away. there is a fixable problem somewhere. it may or may not be where you think it is.
>>2025876I did 30 minutes today anyway and ya it feels like its mildly swelling or feels mildly tight now after Won't ignore it anymore and give it a day
>>2020610>>2020615we still riding in this weather?
>>2025907I pussied out today and the rain is supposed to get worse. If it isn't bad tomorrow i am going for a ride. I have a local loop I can do that no matter where I am it's only 15 minutes away from my place, so that would be fine.Mentally and physically I do better on frequent rides, so I will ride.
>>2020728amazon sells so much fake shit
>>2021608noooooo it doesn't have drops how dare you ride on gravel
>>2021669fuck that
>>2025907I went for a quick morning ride and got hit with a small snowstorm. wind blew in my home's direction, so I just gottagofast! lucky!
