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!
And the winter season is officially open!
20255442025546buy an ad
>>2026157cool
Is 28 fahrenheit too warm for bar mitts/pogies you think?
>>2025905>bacon face revealFinally.
>>2026497hi there newfriend
>>2025991Nice ass!
>>2026492When I lived in winter country I would leave my pogies on all season and only took them off when temps were above 40f. On days on the warmer end of the spectrum you can ride with no gloves, just pogies.
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spiritscreams,,,over myshoulder!!?,what?checkmirror fast!,,,,nothing.,/x/,,,never look evil in theface.
>>2026634you got lucky Bacon. not many man have survived it.
>>2026673mirrorsaves,,,dont lookat Medusa direct!,,,snakehead bitch.
I want a tracklocross. For those winter days when the fatbike is completely overkill.
mymoney,,,nogood?,,,glare atme ifi try to leve apenny?,,,,,vilagediot has its perks.
>>2026790cool dogs
>>2026817cyclocross is better and I ride fixed gear bikes all the time, they just fucking suck for bumps
god i love studded tires
found a new place with single slices for <5 that are 100% worth it.
>>2027078ohhh nice vitus with dura ace parts. Love that era downtube shifter
I did a few heat loop tests for new heated gloves and neither worked as expected. So I took another look at some ebay glove heat pads I got at the end of last season. They were too stiff and not sized correctly to fit in a liner glove. One of my tests was to replicate the ebay heat pads, but the carbon sheet I ordered had a resistance about 1/8 of what was necessary. But the shape I cut out was super floppy, so I trimmed off excess white material from the interior of the ebay pad which made it much easier to work with.
Since the gloves I'm using have a liner between the shell I decided to cut open the bottom use a needle and thread to pull the pad to the end of each finger. The thumb is tricky because they just made a hand shape not taking into account how the thumb moves in relation to the fingers.
I ended up having to cut open a bit more of the liner than I was planning in order to reach in to keep the heat pad flap. Also some folding of the heat pad around the thumb.The heat pad is 6 ohm, about the same as my DIY heated gloves. But the peak heat should be lower as about 1/3 the heating pad is on the palm, my DIY gloves had all the heat in the fingers.Just need to do the second one and sew them back up. And turn them right side out.
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>>2027087that's pretty cool anon, I just don't bike in the cold myself. It would be cool having them dyno powered but then there would be a cord
>>2027087Report back for sure. I've mostly solved my horrifically frigid finger problems with mittens, but toes still get horrible eventually no matter what I try
>>2027131I've been using electric toe warmers in my boots for 12 years now. My toes would always go numb and I could never ride for more than an hour. For me its a cold weather circulation issue, not a matter of insulation. They are a lot easier to do than gloves since you can just take a heating pad to the insoles.I've been using DIY heated gloves for several years which has made winter riding much more enjoyable. But my DIY heating loops failed many times for mostly broken wires due to solder making them brittle or the stretching when removing the gloves.
>>2027143I'm gonna look into those. Have you tried mittens? Less surface area to cool off and space to fit more robust tech I would think. I haven't had any problems with controls although I do use friction shifters partially for this reason. Insulated deerskin ones are like $10 at hardware stores. Where do the batteries live on yours, and what's up time like?
>>2027149I used mitts over my gloves before they do help but something about mitts just annoy me. I bought the largest ones I could find with removable liners so I could wear them over my normal gloves.For both my gloves and boot heaters I put the batteries inside my jacket and run extension cables. I used some silicone adhesive to glue battery pockets into my jacket and cable guides down the arms and down the legs of my winter tights.I used to have the batteries mounted on my boots but I switched to a different type of battery which wouldn't fit in the old holder or work with the old controller.I'm using Aukey 10000mah USB-C batteries and some USB-C 9V boards from Aliexpress. Most heated stuff runs at 5V for USB or 7.4V for lipo batteries. The 9V board lets the heat pads run hotter than would at lower voltages. I added a PWM dimmer to control the output. A nice feature with the USB-C batteries is that pressing the button will switch between 5V and the alternative voltage the board I use can access giving me quick hi/low option. Pressing the button twice turns the battery off. The button is flush on the battery and almost impossible to press with gloves on, so I glued on the tip of a presta valve cap. This is how I made the controller and USB-C cable. https://www.instructables.com/Heated-Clothing-Controller-and-Power-Options-Versi/I got the new gloves sealed up. They get very warm on the palm at 9V. Though they won't get as hot when I'm running both at the same time since the battery limits the output current. I'll use the dimmer to dial back the output to a good high setting. After flipping them right side out the heat pads don't quite reach the finger tips but that shouldn't be a problem. I can usually get over 2 hours out of the batteries. I switch between high and low as needed for the boot heaters.
>>2027153Thanks, informative. Looking at what these cost off the shelf and it's absurd
I put the extension cables for my boot heaters in my tights, then it ended up being +4C so I didn't need my heated gloves or boot warmers.These thermal tights used to be nice and warm, but over the years they've thinner out to being good enough for around freezing. Down toward -10C I need thin long underwear. Colder than that my heavier windproof ones.
>>2027300>>2027153>>2027087>>2027086>>2027085Please don't burn yourself man
>>2021608nice bike, never seen a gravel with flatbars
Getting out here was pretty fun
>>2027413Nigga is that Jurmala???
>>2027590No, that’s Indiana
>>2027087Had my heated gloves on for the first time today. One was much cooler than the other barely making heat. Both initially had the same resistance measurement, but the bad one now fluctuates wildly between 12 and 50 ohm when I move my hand. The pad is supposed to be around 7 ohm, so at 12 it will never be warm. Not sure if it was a manufacturing defect or if that design is doomed to a quick death. Maybe I'll keep using the working one and see how long it takes to break.
>snow storm incomingfinally some funny snow riding ahead!
>get shitfaced, go to bed at 3am>wake up at 7am cus kidney was bored and wanted to make some crystals for art class>at around noon decide to drink some dark bacardi (hair of the dog, etc.) to pass out and pass the stone in my sleep>realise that if I fall asleep now, I will have to bike in the dark>dress and go for a ride>mfw after I got back
>>2027926few more hrs for me. got everything ready to go
>>2027926Due to cold and or high winds there haven't been many decent winter riding days in the past month for me. Today is looking pretty good though.
Rode a bike for the first time in 20 years last night.Herman Miller should make Aeron bike seats.
>>2027955Get a selle anatomica
>>2027955ride more and your body adapts.
>>2027955start with the basics.center the fore-and-aft movement of the saddle in the seat post clamp
>>2027955measure sit bones by mashing ass into corrugated cardboard
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>>2027955you're probably going to have to try some different saddles but these pics give you the right idea. with the saddle adjusted properly, the saddle is better thought of as a perch, a lot of your weight goes into the pedals, somewhat "holding you up" keeping some of your weight off the saddle. also, stand on the pedals and raise your butt up a little when going over bumps and let your knees absorb the shock. as a noob, the soft tissue between the sit bones and saddle will be tender for a while, just have to ride a while and it goes away.
>>2027973>>2027971>>2027970>>2027969>>2027967>>2027956I appreciate all the suggestions. I'll definitely be looking to improve the saddle and position long term, but I think I just need more of this >>2027963 for the next few weeks.I could also lose ~70lbs, but if it hasn't happened yet, I don't think it ever will.
>>2027413>>2027592>Getting out here was pretty funI know this exact area
Only decent winter riding weather in weeks and my fat bike had a flat tire. Surly tires quickly start flaking rubber on the inside of the tire exposing the casing. Then when the bike sits idle during the summer the tube bonds to the casing fibers. Then first ride as the tire flexes the tube can pull away from the tire ripping out little chunks of rubber making very tiny leaks. This happened last year and the year before, I was going to let air out of my tires last spring when I put the bike away but forgot.Fixing flats on my Moonlander is a pain because there is not enough clearance when using a rack to remove the rear wheel without removing the brake caliper.Last year when I was fixing the flat I smeared EP6000 flexible adhesive all around the tire where casing was exposed. It seems to have worked as there was barely any flaked rubber this time and no peeling of the adhesive. Just a few spots that needed a touchup after cleaning the inside of the tire and turning it inside out.I used a hand pump chemical sprayer with soap and water to clean the tire and tube in the bathtub. The water was soapy enough to find the very small leak. I patched that and a bunch of other spots with rubber missing. Probably 20 patches on that tube now between what I added last year and this year.This time I wiped powdered graphite around the inside of the tire to see if that will keep the tube from sticking.
i'm mostly cycling for fitness and I wanted to hit 250W.failed a TR workout indoors so I dialed down and started deloading. went to do some easy workouts.decided to tone down to 150W for indoor to recover for a bit then did that for 2-3 weeksish. re-tested and i've decreased to 160w..... i used to be able to hold that for an hour easily but now my legs feel so fucking heavy. what the fuck happened? all my 1min-2min segments are a good 10-30 seconds slower on my best efforts. how the fuck did my fitness decrease so much after one deload?
>>2028043nigga i ride bikes irl for fun
>>2028043You didn't need the deload so you didn't get the overcompensation, and thus straight up detrained.Good news is if you push yourself again it will come back fast.Oh, and if you got sick or something mentally/physically stressful happened recently that can impact your performance too. Or if you are just eating like shit(not enough, only shit food, etc).
>>2028053ughh i don't think i can even do what I did before. I usually did most of my training outdoors and it's a little difficult in the winter months. just mad confused how resting dropped my fitness so fucking hard.
>>2028056It's not just resting that did it.As I said before it could be mental, or other reasons.If you don't like training/can't in the winter it would be better to do indoor training, or crosstrain, and then come fresh and excited to train in the spring.
>>2027926Based soldier of the storm
>>2028125that's recent? where the hell is snow in poland? I'm waiting and waiting but meteo says it will be 12C on Thursday. I don't think I'll be able to have any snow ride this year anymore.
Do any of you guys like to xc ski? I ride all winter but not too long ago I finally got decent at skiing, and I wish I did it a decade ago. It's a great replacement/complement to riding when the roads are really fucked and I'm considering making top tube straps or something so I can carry them and continue down woods roads when it gets too deep for the bike. I also feel like it helps the back and core problems I get from riding just by being different
2 am-15 c
very nice weather in the morning, so I went for longer ride. got heavy rain'd my ass in the last 3 hours. it was alright.
>>2027955Went on another ride a couple days ago for about 25 miles. Noob gains are great. My butt barely felt it, probably could have done another 25 no problem. ebike though, so it doesn't mean much, but I did have off and on eco most of the time. I just use turbo for intersections and small sections with no bike lane.Destroyed the bike though. I guess I'm not supposed to just shift from tenth to first immediately because I forgot before I stopped. About 10 minutes of fiddling on the side of the road with my phone flashlight and I finally figured out a link broke, so I had to walk 5 miles back home. The last 2 or 3 miles felt like purgatory on a long ass road with no intersections.Got a new chain yesterday, turned out it was too short so I had to take about 8 good links from the old one and frankenstein it. Still doesn't work. I think the chainring is fucked. I'm just gonna let the bike shop fix it this time and rape me so I can get back to riding faster.
>>2028130>that's recent?Nope, 13th of March 2023 in Latvia, 8 celsius today, no snow expected for upcoming weeks :(>>2028156>2 am>-15 cvery based
With the heating pad not working out for my heated glove I'm onto plan C. A single 102 cm length of carbon rope with 4 evenly spaced copper crimps which will allow for 3 parallel heat zones. I knew you could make 2 zones out of a single piece of rope by having on polarity on each end and the opposite of the middle, but I wasn't sure if you could do 3. I tinkered with a circuit simulator to confirm I needed to wire the 4 crimps + - + -. I sewed in the carbon rope to get it exactly where I wanted it, but it did take a long time.I opened the ebay heat pad and the conductive material is very fragile. Grey looking stuff that is almost like a dried paste, possibly graphite with a binder.
>>2028343Oops, I screwed up my zone calculation forgetting how parallel resistors work (and I had built a calculator in Excel several years ago specifically for that). 3 loops means dividing the resistance by 3. So instead of being around 7 ohm, the glove is 2.5. And 33 watts vs 11 (though my battery could never output that much). What I actually need is a longer 134 cm rope in 2 zones. I should be able to salvage the first glove with a little rewiring and toss an extra 30 cm of carbon on the back of the hand.
>>2028147>It's a great replacement/complement to ridingIt's the other way around. Riding is a great replacement for skiing when there's no snow. :D Johannes HK rides in the off-season, for one.I think cycling can really be beneficial for skiing. I spent a fair amount of time leaning trials basics last summer and now I feel like I'm able to glide on one ski in V2 alternate far longer than ever before.
Both gloves all wired up and tested. That took far too many hours of sewing. I just need to cover them with fabric, I may just glue it in.
I rode my fiancé's bike to get the mail today.
MennyChristmas.
there's no snow, but I'm gonna have white Christmas anywayMerry Christmas everyone!>>2028670Merry Christmas Bacon!
Waiting for the light snow to stop before I go for a ride. Riding while it is snowing is annoying since it melts on your face making it considerably colder than it would be at a given temperature.
>>2028816Steam powered horse A weapon to surpassMetal Gear
night rides are pretty fun
black ice everywhere this morning, even trying to walk on the sidewalk was crazy. i took the trike to the store, the drive wheel was slipping even on a tiny incline but at least i didnt have to worry about falling over
>>2028568icheated.
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>>2028947nice
>>2028947they replaced all the lights around here with those led ones and they suck ass. its the cone they use, its so much smaller than the old lights and even though its bright, its only bright within that small area
>>2028947great shot
>>2028948I would like to be cornered in a dark alley by this bike and it would be raining and thunder and no one would hear my screams
I got 20 miles today, it was the 2nd ride I have tried since breaking my ribs and trashing my shoulder.It actually felt fast and since it was a different starting point and different paths since construction has shut a lot of my normal rides down I figured I'd have a few PR's to look at on strava...But noooo strava fucked up 13 seconds into my ride and never recovered until I went to finish the ride.Oh well it was still good but cold.I need to get some proper winter cycling pants instead of the lycra leggings that suck
>>2029203>breaking my ribs and trashing my shoulderits nice to hear you're riding anon but don't be one of those fags who hurts themselves because they didn't recover properly. just ride what feels good, don't push it until you know you're 100%
>>2029216Thanks for the concern anon. I broke my ribs mountain biking but I was doing road bike riding yesterday which to me is taking it easy. Swinging the bike back and forth like in a sprint or climbing is painful and of course breathing is a bit tough still because when I broke the ribs I cut my lung but not a full puncture.Also since I work construction I was back working after 3 weeks... and that sucked to high hell, I was given a couple of girl apprentices to help me because I was in so much pain, and also likely to mock me a bit.I also started working out again this week, so I would say I am probably close to 80% back to normal.
Some redneck yelled "get off the road, nigger" at me a few days ago. That was so comfy.
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>>2028947>>2028948>>2028949sick shots
>>2029601notsure,,,ifAI?,,,adreamstate,, gods vision foroads.,,,wheresnow?,,,WHERES mysnow?,lastyear pic>
Merrynewyear,,,,,,inormaly dont wearboots,,bitim going to Kickass!,,,,,HUGS!@!
>>2025907Yeah but I wont go as far as I usually do
Took my best bike for a winter ride. Got myself new tires 2,10, different tread for front and rear wheel. I'm delighted.
My feet are cold
>>2029827Aw anon, you're the BEST(tm)!
No ride today, because I went into the communal garage, I saw that someone had stolen the seat clamp off my bike, and he LBS was closed for the day.Why would anyone do this?
>>2030005he should be rounded up and shot
I put two extra locks on it last night, for a total of three, and guess what?It's now stolen. Fuck me, I should have moved the thing.
Finally had some snow and will to ride
>>2030153Looks comfy. If only i knew what clothes needed in this weather to ride. Never tried riding in snow or anything like that before, but it looks interesting.
this is amazing, I can now larp as anime character I think I'm gonna rewatch yowamushi pedal this winter
>>2030188If only search engines existed we might come to learn about this obscure and mysterious activity. Until then, we will stay inside and do nothing about it
>>2030188Well I wore a hoodie with t shirt underneath and jeans and gloves and ushanka when I took that picture lol, it was like minus 5 degrees Celsius
First ride of the year in these freezing temperatures. Only did 12km but took and hour because most of my ride was rock crawling in first gear over slippery roots and rocks. Was pretty fun tho. Only thing that got cold where my toes. Has anyone a recommendation for shoes or maybe those overboots?
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>>2020610I rode in real snow yesterday with 2.4 slicks and went down twice because of slushy snow, soft landings thankfully but I was surprised at how little snow made 2.4" slicks feel sketchy. Never felt that on 28mm road tires on my road bike cutting through slush so after going home last night, I swapped to 2.4" MTB tires and will be doing some more traction testing
>>2029837Its really hard to ride
>>2030549I tried the 2.4" MTB tires in snow now, it was fun and not as sketchy as slicks (no shit) but they use so much more energy to hold speed on clean road. I'm going to need to find a tire that has a good balance
i really need to buy some shoes and not use my running ones. my longest ride yet, but ofc I forgot to press go twice, so missing a few km of the ~15>>2030540n-nice bike
>>2021589Flying in the wind I realized the Neo is not the drone for me as the gimbal only goes up and down and can't compensate for drone tilt (which is how drones maintain position in the wind). My photos the other day were tilted 45 degrees. So I sold it and ordered a DJI Mini 3 instead. The new drone is much faster and has the same flight time on 1 battery as the Neo does with 3 and is about the same price. The flight time will let me do much longer time lapses, explorer more, and fly over to other places instead of packing up and moving. I took a bit of a hit selling the old one its better than sitting on a shelf.>you must wait 900 seconds to postFug, I've had to sit through that multiple times.
leave your dirty bicycle out side where it will be stolen and destroyed by the elements
>>2030634Wait your longest ride ever are 15km?I dont want to shit on you but i think your seat is way to low or the bike is way to big for you and that might cost you a lot of efficency. Doenst look like a dropper seatpost to me.Get some cheap shimano m520 spd pedals and some shoes for it, you will love it after 15mins. Also they are pretty damn good for the pricepoint.
>>2030725its my first bike, learned on it, I got it a few weeks ago, but havent ridden it a lot (maybe like 80km) as I fucking got sick twice in a month. got it as alternative excercise to running, cus I can bike 1hr+ with 155 heart rate easily, but running that no way, my legs give up way before since I got fat as shitI am not getting lock on pedals, seems like the fastest way to eat shit if I fall, and yeah I am slowly raising seat till I feel good.
>>2030727Pretty good that you started biking but i strongly suggest that you put your seat at the correct height from the getgo.Just use your inseam and multiply that by 0,885 to get it started. You can fine adjust from there. Clipless pedals arent that bad, the best thing about them is that your foot is always in the same, the ideal, position.And you wont eat shit, well you wont tackle hard terrain eitherway with your tires.
>>2030733>And you wont eat shit, well you wont tackle hard terrain eitherway with your tires.I already almost ate shit a couple of times mdude, even with my lower seat. I am thinking of just buying some waterproof hiking bootsI multiply inseam and then thats from ground to seat? or from hub to seat?
>>2029409>and also likely to mock me a bitif i were in a position to do that to my friend as a joke, i so would
>>2030742Not him, but I think the rule is center of bb/crank bolt to top of seat. Keep riding, and try the seat up 1-2cm every week or so towards the .885 and you will notice when it's too high. Symptoms of too low seat are knee pain at high power, not much hamstring engagement, and possibly hip pain. Too high is ass rocking side to side, knee pain(too much extension), and harder to keep cadence up since you have to extend so much.Anyways keep riding. That's all that really matters.
(inseam-12cm) is a better starting point to find your ideal height than the multiplication imo
>>2030716i do feel very bad about it but i have no other option
>broke 50 km/h on my mtbI also raised the seat quite a bit, and it was okay, didnt measure it though gotta do that these days
first time doing 30km without resting and embarrassed myself in front of a rooner and a delivery driver who drove to the street across to deliver a package when he was already parked, not that its his fault but I didn't eat during the ride so I was not in the best head space to assess danger, tried to unclip both legs while braking too hard and flopped
>>2031048>first time doing 30km>I didn't eat during the rideRiding your bike is a good thing but i'm curious how fat are you?
>>203105128%~ body fat in 30c+ weather
>>2031052I'm jelly it's <0c here and it's tough riding more than 4h
Weather seesaw continues. Unfortunately during the brief warm periods it has been super windy.
Got another ride in and it was pretty cool because it was completely silent in the forest.Had a hard slam on my my ride back tho and thought i broke my hip.Fortunately my body and my head took all the force and my bike is completely ok.Wear a helmet lads, this could have been my last ride if i didnt have one on.
