Share your daily rides, post pics and stats. Complain about hills and mosquitoes.you do actually ride your bike, right anon?old thread >>2045380
>>2054721>>2054722omg omg its baconand he was the first to posti love u bacon
I wish I still lived in the city so I had more reason to own a bicycle, I want to do a custom build of a nice simple single speed but I likely won't ever have to use it because I live 100 miles from any urban center.
>>2054775legendary
>>2054823KITTY!>>2054824HORSEY!
>>2054828Think it was a farm cat or some shit nigga was in the middle of nowhere on a backroad but seemed to be sticking to the edges very well
>>2054825what's that?
>>2054831a red light
unfinished section of the Atlanta beltline. a nice citizen installed a stair step for us.
Has anyone ever bicycled across USA? Should I just do it? I want to cross the country and have a motorcycle but don't really want to take it because I don't want to pay for gas.
>>2054895>anyone eversomeone, sometime; yes
>>2054895Many people have. Check out the United States Bicycle Route System. It literally covers thousands of miles
>>2054897anyone here, redditfag
>>2054902you could always learn to ask the question you want answered, dipshit. the other guy answered the question you wrote also.fuck your mother
>>2054932>your mudar do onlyfans sarr bloody bitch sarrrfuck off
>>2054944I will shit in your mother's vagina, retard
>>2054811last few days weather was nice with lots of claritytook the full suss up there today forgot how sluggish it is compared with the graveljust as i reached the summit the clouds opened for a minute and took this pic
then back to poopy cloudy view
>>2054971kino
>decide to ride my bike my apartament in the city and work on it a bit>on the way there hit 2 PRs, nothing special>work a couple of hours, starts raining, decide to head back as it stopped>get out of city, brother calls, head back cus he is at the tire shop and forgot his wallet>rain comes back>get out of city>as I am riding I have a brainfart and next thing I know I am about to eat shit>dont even get to unclip, just fall and slide on the asphalt on my side with the bike>mfw I get upwelp, I almost died today
>>2055228nvm we are so back
fountains are shut off during cold seasonfirst ride with the uswe race 2 and i really like it thing does not move and allows me to still use the jersey pockets
autumn
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This goofy intersection is almost done. Traffic turns left to get to the roundabout at the far intersection, turns left to get back on the highway at the near intersection. A truck stop is going in there and this is supposed to keep trucks turning in and out from blocking each other's view resulting in collisions.
local farmer unspooky'd my route, I can go back to night rides, yay!
>>2056113are there any climbs in your area?
>>2056222yeah
>>2056232yes to this
>>2056250
today's ride was colourful
moved my seat forward a few mm halfway through my ride today.the longer I ride this bike, and the more my body adapts to it, the more I creep the seat forward.
It rained a lot last Sunday and the ground is taking a very long time to dry out due to low temperatures and high humidity. The tire tracks on this road would have been fine for riding, but I saw a grader further up the road and decided to turn around. A grader churning up wet mud would likely have left the road unrideable.
>>2056400looks like a circle of hell, like a sisyphean ordeal without even the hill
>>2056576your pics are usually interesting, and many of them are pretty good, visually.but every once in a while, you capture a perfect composition.this is one of those times.
>>2056403>>2056400This type of landscape has always made me feel uneasy coming from forested hills.
Based phosphor just fucking stops working. Respect.
Nebrwaska gravel trail
Do any of you ride in wind of 20 mph sustained and gusts of 38 mph? Thinking about riding in wide open farmland but I deeply regretted it last time I rode in this wind.
>>2056113Anon, why are you afraid of corn?
>>2056760sometimes, but I'm miserable every time and I hate it. it's usually head or side wind but the few km you go with the wind are fucking awesome.
Today's ride
>>2056874It was only 8 miles but its better than nothing.
>>2056874bucolic
I rided again today. I only have a pic of the new parking spot and trugg. Normally this is the turn around spot but I did the trail in reverse and with the XC bike today. Somehow the hills were way harder with a 36t to 11-40t than the gravel bike 46t to 11-46t. Must be the cheap XC bike extra weight. I feels like it's 10 pounds heavier
>>2054895Would be fun but for what you save on gas you will spend far more on food (hungry cycling) and on more overnight accomodation.You will be super-fit after. Expect strange looks in rural areas.Ultimately it is cheap and easy to ship a motorbike to a major American port and ride it about. You don't have to cycle if you don't want to.
>>2055228>as I am riding I have a brainfart and next thing I know I am about to eat shitWhat exactly happened to make you lose control in this situation. This never happens to me. Sounds like a minor stroke. I can't picture riding along then just falling off in the context.
>>2056760It is slighty harder work to ride against but makes you faster going back. I just ignore it.
>>2055228What is a brainfart?
>>2057034like a failure
ive been doing rad shit recently, i rode way out into the middle of fuckin nowhere on the beach to find a hole in the ground and take a picture of itand on my way back out i figured id follow the water, and the wet sand is actually dense enough to ride on pretty hardand even better, it does little scalloping shapes so you can hit it like rollers on a pump track, its dope
and just today i rode out to some abandoned industrial bridges in the woods
Snapped off. Wham. Rolling down the hill, over junction, back on the pedals and pow. Fortunately didn't fall off and wasn't standing on them at the time.By chance there was a Halfords a few minutes walk away. They sold me a new pedals and lent me the tools to fit. On my way again in half an hour.
bacon shoah'd?
great, they're killing bacon again.
>>2057129>>2057152Oh no! Anyway...
36mi on the emondeez
>>2057129>>2057152wtf why
>>2057200Those reflectors are triggering my tism, please get rid of them
>>2057207more than the yellow pedals?
>>2057207this plus the yellow flat pedals and i think he has a dork disc
>>2057220I don't know how to take it off
>>2057221leave everything as isit's beautiful
>>2057222How about my reverse wrapped bars
>>2057221>I don't know how to take it offwonderful. exactly the type of person that should be operating vehicles.
>>2057223bar tape direction is astrology. hating reflectors and dork discs is performing arts
>>2057225Well said
Visited home for the first time in years, did a century ride until 4am.
Out and about yesterday in the urban jungle.
>>2057240Why would you go for a century at 11pm?
>>2057262>everyone is as fat as i am
>>2057264>20mph average over 100 miles solo is slowSorry to disappoint you Tadej. I will keep training.
Old tractors are so /n/
>>2057262It was 118 km, not miles. Average speed was 28 km/h but I wasn't riding hard for the middle third as I was exploring downtown. Lots of climbs though, and I had the scariest cycling moment of my life that I'm still kind of processing... mainly addressing my stupidity and recklessness. I guess I'll tell it. Found a random very steep hill and went for it on impulse. I saw a curve in the road and figured I'd be able to take it no matter what so got up to well over 80 km/h before I realized it wasn't a curve but a dead end without a fucking sign. The road was eroded at an angle and the shadows from the street lamps made it look like a gentle left-hander. I only got down to about 60km/h before I hit rocky shoreline where I just locked the rear brake and held on. Somehow I stayed upright for nearly 40 feet, cutting a deep rut through wet stones until I got to the finer ones and rolled out. Stopped about 10 feet from the water. The scary part for me is it could have been anything down there... a 10 foot drop, a culvert, anything. There were boulders but off to one side and there was nowhere to bail. I could have gotten knocked out and drowned or just died instantly. I checked afterward and the grade there is 10%.Feel free to shit on me, I deserve it. I have learned a lesson that's for sure... one I already knew but I needed it reinforced apparently. Never doing that again.
>>2057291missed your one chance to get isekai'd anon
>>2057292I guess it just wasn't meant to be... certainly tried though; that's a pile of wet leaves on wet rocks I went through as well, with slicks. After riding my brakes on wet leaves on the road.
>>2057293That could've been so much worse. I've had a few close calls with wet leaves, loose gravel, sand, etc. Looks can be deceiving at night. It's no joke.
Morning ride
Just 633 km away from a milestone of 100,000 miles (160934 km) total logged rides.
ahhh, fallen leaves on curves... home...
leaf surfing’s a blast
>>2057423In some areas with mature trees we get leaf paste on the side of the roads after a rain.
This Saturday I’m going to ride a tandem bicycle with someone for the first time ever. Him and I are both going to be scheduled to do our hobby at the same time and we live in town so we decided to do it. He has the tandem and is a huge bike guy, I bike a lot but not as intensely knowledgeable as he isWe just gave it a test ride for a few minutes tonight and it felt hilarious being in the back not being able to see what’s going on or how to control anything, but I think that we are going to absolutely fly on this thing
>>2057439it's nice you'll be have your first tandem time with knowledgeable big bike guy. yeah, not being in control might be a bit scary, but it's nice to let loose once in a while. no need to be scared, enjoy the ride. I'm rooting for you!
>>2057390great photo anon
>>2057446I’m surprised the first response wasn’t saying how gay it is to ride a tandem bike with another guy. It definitely was a strange feeling having to pretty much look at a guys ass while riding. But I figure I’ll do it once just to say I did it, and if it’s a good experience I might do it again if we have the same schedule some other time.
>>2057474>But I figure I’ll do it once just to say I did it, and if it’s a good experience I might do it again if we have the same schedule some other time.Just to be clear you're talking about riding a bicycle yeah?
>>2057453Thanks anon
damn, carbon seatposts are so nice. the ride is so much comfier, absolutely mindblowingfuck yeah science!
>>2057439I know this is a joke but makes me extremely tandem curious. Especially since my wife and I don't ride bicycles as much as we used to now
>>2057531I don't understand, why does the carbon make it comfier?
>>2057563Absorbs vibration better than aluminum.
>>2054720Kek that sunrisehttps://i.4cdn.org/wsg/1761962844241594.mp4
>>2057542It’s not a joke at all. I’m leaving in half an hour to meet up at his house and we’re gonna head off on the tandem from there. We both ride our bikes when we go to this hobby, this is the first time in a long time we’ve both signed up to be there on the exact same schedule. He used the bike with his kids (he even has a 3 seat cycle too) doing century rides. I figured this might be the only chance I get to ride one so I might as well take it. I’m extremely curious to see how it is riding the 9 miles there and also how fast we get there.
>>2057589It's alright, being bike-curious is a perfectly normal path into bikesexuality
>drink 3 whiskeys to prepare for my mandatory weekend nap>cant fall asleep>"fuck it its bice time">degrease, clean and relube my drivetrain>decide to go offroad to the next village>pass some retards (2 dads with their kids) while sending it to mog them>realise I forgot my bag with spare inner and tubes on my hardtail>"eh whatever, i will do like 10km anyway">drink a cider at the gas station, pretend I didnt gas out completely, head back>wave at some kid riding his tiny bike, he waves back, feelsgood>send it on the doubletrack>notice rear end is loose, tire is soft>pump it up a bit, as I am close to home>get back to giving it full beans>I start slipping in the mud, tire is soft again instantly>decide to give up and push it 30min back home
>>2057660five whiskeys? that's breggfast on ze river
>>2057660nice
I went on a new old rail line gravel trail but forgot to take a pic.
Sun sets so soon now.
Not getting above freezing for the next few days. -17C Saturday night. Next week looks like the last week of above freezing temp.
>>2057961yup its over gotta be on the way home by 5pm already. pretty much pitch at 5:30
hitting the greenest lines anyones ever seen at full sprint, no helmet, a 60mg edible into the day, absolutely loving existence
>be me>get new mtb>"jeez everything seems so steep, I used to be able to crush this section on my hardtail">finish up my loop and head for home>go off curb into the lot>fork doesn't compress>"huh that's odd">reach down to flip the lockout lever>realize that I've been riding around for days with the fork locked out when I thought it was fully-open and fully-open when I thought it was locked outon the one hand I've been railing some very steep and techy shit with this rig so I'm a MUCH better rider than I thought I wason the other hand I'm also FAR more retarded than I thought I was
>>2058265no helmet why afraid you won't look as cool
>>2058274i like the feeling of the wind on my head and the mild amount of potentially serious danger it provides
>>2058268I lol'd
>>2057589Top and bottom is obvious, but who is the alpha on a tandem, front or back?
>>2058332front makes all the piloting, shifting, and braking decisions. rear has his face in their ass.a moment's thought could have provided you with the answer.
One more week of above freezing daytime highs before we get some -10C days. So far I've been able to get away with summer shoes with rain covers. I did wear my heated gloves for the first time this season yesterday.
>>2058353>slips finger in your ass crackteehee
>>2058268.... how do you not notice your front fork not compressing?did you not adjust your fork when you got the bike?did you not feel it compress when sprinting when it was "locked out"post bike, do you even ride
>>2058353>sweaty man breathing heavily on your backI guess you're used to it eh, alpha?
bros I miss bacon..
>>2059036he had a good run
Saw aftermath of a single-bicycle crash on the path today. It was exceptionally gusty and I think the old guy just got caught off guard
>>2059033long story short the new bike has tires that are more compliant than the suspension was on the old bike.
>>2059038i don't think he can
my "daily ride" is just to work and there is nothing of interest on it
I have discovered new places todayit was a good ride
>>2059164that's the best type of ride. I love to explore
>>2059129best post on 4chan all week
One small problem with the updated heated gloves I made last year. They draw too much combined amperage to get to full heat from the same battery. I ordered a new power bank with 3A 9V output and twice the capacity for more heat and longer runtime.
>>2059200Maybe you should stop being a retarded nigger and just buy proper factory made muffs ?
>>2059200don't listen to Big Muffs faggot. ganbare!
New pump day. I have two Topeak Turbo morphs and they are both junk that should have been replaced long ago. Just having them on the bike dirt and water can get inside and mess them up. The press on / flip handle air head also sucks and rare stays engaged. Im never getting another pump that doesn't have a screw on air chuck. I got a flat a few weeks back and the check valve stopped working so it couldn't pump air.New one is a Lezyne High Volume micro floor drive. Surprisingly lightweight.
>>2059284my topeak products all broke eventually, like a few years.my lezyne stuff seems good
>>2059284Got to try out the pump today because I foolishly ignored a slow leak for a few rides. Tire managed to hold air for an entire ride 3 times so I put off fixing it. The small wire that was still in the tire shifted mid-ride today and it started going flat quickly.The pump works great, but the handle is a bit awkward being so small.
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No flats all summer then 3 in the past two weeks. Today when it was 0C, but I managed to fix it pretty quickly. At least all of them involved something sticking out of the tire. Mystery flats make me paranoid there is something in the tire I missed that will make it go flat again.
>>2059663my man
>>2059663Eyyy
>>2059663Good to have you back!
>>2059663fucking finally
>>2054720
With GF to the market.
>>2059852dude, your feet are tiny
>>2059852grim
>>2059852am I on /fa/?
>-3 celsius>snow and ice>nobody aroundreally nice wintery sounds and sights. ice cracking extra loud, trailblazing through fresh snow on unridden roads and so on
>>2059877kek
>>2059877I see bacon has more then enough to eat at home.
We got just enough snow that I'll have to put the studded tires on. It is cold enough now that it won't be melting. Though late next week it might get warm enough for the main roads to get wet from the ice melter.
>>2059980I put mine on just hours before the first ice, it was pretty much perfect timing. Seriously considering a second wheelset so I can swap to regular tires quickly though, it's annoying having to go easy on braking and acceleration all the time. Year after year I curse and praise studded tires.What are you using? I use Schwalbe Marathons but learned the hard way to use liners for when a stud rolls over and punctures the tire. I wish I didn't need to haul so much stuff on my commute but I do, and there's a lot of climbing that's hard on the rear tire as well. Front has never so much as lost a stud though.
>>2059983I wore the rubber on my Ice Spiker Pros down enough that it was breaking studs. I switched the rear one to a 26" Marathon Winter, but that tire had a defective bead and blew off the rim twice on me wrapping the tube around the rim. Last fall I switched to 45Nrth 26" Gravdals. I was looking for something that looked like it would roll fast and stand up to bare pavement since I use my fatbike when there is a lot of loose snow. I never liked the thick sidewalls on the Marathons as it felt like sapped energy unless pumped up rock hard. Once Marathons wear a certain amount they start pushing the studs to the interior of the tire. I had wore Marathons start causing flats on my touring bike. I haven't ridden that bike in winter in several years. Drop bars in the snow keep you on your toes since there is more weight on the bars.
>>2059985Yeah, the Marathons do need to be max PSI to feel remotely acceptable. I'll definitely check out the Gravdals, I see they are available in 700c.
>>2059877man those bikes are huge
>>2060010They are literal motorcycles.
>>2060022that's pretty neat. the owners of the vineyard let you ride through?
>>2060023yes vineyards are not fenced off and we have freedom to roam in the countryalthough every year the state declares a ban prohibiting the public from entering the vineyards from the end of july until the grape harvest which takes place around the end of augustyou get a fine if you get caught
>>2060042Hay there happy horse
