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Best E-Bike for under 1450$?
is measuring pin to pin distance a reliable way of checking chain wear? like dose it isolate roller wear or whatever?
>>2075662No you need the Park Tool
>>2075662Chain checkers are useless, back when I went to bike shops I had a chain with maybe 300 miles on it, took it to the shop to replace a cable, and the shop monkey was like "your chain is old as fuck man!" and showed me with his chain checker that I needed to buy a new oneFrom then on I just tracked mileage and I replace them about every 2500 miles
>>2075663frig
What is a good bike lock? I am leaving shorty to buy one...
>>2075652how the fuck would we know?USETHEEBIKE THREAD
>>2075664that checker was probably damaged.mine works great
>>2075686They're not exactly complex or delicate instruments. Maybe they just suck.
>>2075652you NEED to KILL your SELF now !
>>2075692ok, well, mine works great. if some shop monkey steered you wrong, then something was up. maybe he was just trying to upsell you a new chain.
>>2075675it's complicatedstart by discarding the notion that a lock, any lock, will prevent your bike from being stolen in the next thirty seconds. no lock will do that.
>>2075702I understand locks & doors etc, all things are not stopping mechanism but rather they only slowing mechanism. In my city people steal bikes with angle grinders.
>>2075675fortnine did a thing on it but iirc a good quality literal chain from a hardware store and a padlock is best. a proper u-lock is second best just for the sheer volume and strength of material but certain attacks btfo it entirely. cable locks are resistant to most attacks but not as much as a length of chain. finally, the stupid articulated bar things are a total meme and you shouldnt buy one ever and are open to MORE types of attack since they can be pried apart and the bearing link thingies are a huge weak point.granted, none of it matters if it's a crappy tubular lock that can be opened with a bic pen or you're a moron who simply chains up the thing incorrectly
>>2075710>padlocklmfaono>cable locks are resistant to most attacksaround here we call them gift ribbons
>>2075652Cube if you're in yurop I guess
>>2075702>>2075703they have diamond impregnated ulocks now that chew up angle grinder disks. what would be thief is going around with multiple disks?
>>2075675I saw a pretty good deal on a mini U-lock with cable for the wheels at Harbor Freight the other day. there's a section with all types of padlocks & etc.I also noticed that they had a tree trimmer very similar to the one I had just got bought from Ali for what I considered a great deal for the same price, so I reckon their other prices are pretty good in comparison.
>>2075712i didnt say they tank that shit. they are just equally shit (only moderately) against nearly all attacks because the strands can move, making grinders marginally less effective, bolt cutters require a few tries, and looped-end types let you use whatever actually good lock you want.u-locks stand strong against most attacks, but the integral lock is usually shit and easy to defeat. aint no sense in getting a crazy diamond coated hardened tungsten alloy u-lock that uses a fucking 3$ combo lock on it a child can simply pull apart. chains offer the relative strengths of both at any gauge and if you want you can get ridiculous 3 inch thick links like off a crane rigging. and they're a bit more convenient and you can solve most of its other problems yourself. chain too long? just run it through another link instead of end-to-end. chain too heavy? carry less of it if you know where you're going has more convenient tie-up points. chain too ugly or fucking up your frame? get a sleeve nigga.>>2075739harbor freight has always been cheap chinese junk rebadged as being "built in america" by doing final assembly and repackaging in hickland somewhere
>>2075743>cheap chinese junkyeah, and?we're already having the conversation that the best locks on offer can still be defeated by a battery angle grinder. so why pay more?
>>2075675HereSo I got a kryptonite chain lock. It is for my salsa rangefinder.
>>2075746i mentioned it more because>very similar to the one I had just got bought from Ali for what I considered a great deal for the same priceTHOUGH>so why pay more?eggsactly, just get a length of chain at the very same harbour freight. and a good lock. tell them you're securing your truck box against crackheads at the job site and they will show you the backroom boring stock for contractors that actually works
>>2075749about as good as it gets but still keep in mind that it is merely a deterrent. the very best locks available can be defeated in seconds, not minutes and nobody but you will do a thing to interfere. bike thieves are not sane, they will target anything, anywhere, with or without motive and they go around with the tools of their avocation. ultimately you can only deny them the opportunity.
>>2075750>>2075743>>2075710yOU are the DUMBEST motherfucker to ever be in /n/ you are so fucking retarded how do you even pass captcha.
unironically why do people say thinner tires "roll faster" because of hysterisis or whatever? I haven't heard this before the past couple years. When I was growing up, thin high pressure wheels were an aero thing, not a wheel dynamics thing. Also, when did elliptical gears fall out of fashion and why?
>>2075767Its the same as on cars. Thinner means there is less ground contact, which means less friction. And since a part of braking is that you get go down towards the ground, braking ends up having more surface contact than just rolling. The problem in biking is that PEAK performance has already been reached by Velodrome people decades ago. Its not getting better than whatever super skinny fuck they are rolling on. And Dutch cruise tires do not have a significantly larger contact patch when inflated properly either.
>>2075767they do roll faster in terms of less friction but the higher pressures they require are now known to be a net detriment in terms of ride quality, bouncing around off of every uneven surface on the road -- although usually small bumps -- is not as efficient as absorbing all the bumps with lower pressure and rolling smooth.high pressure tires FEEL fast as fuck, and like anon says, in the velodrome, they are. but under regular (or poor) riding conditions, you're robbing Peter to pay Paul.the pro peloton used to be on 20-23mm, but now they're all on 28 with a couple holdouts on 25, but with differing manufacturing yielding different results, I bet when you lay calipers on the tires, they're all around the same width
>>2075790>he cares about lower rolling resistance>while BRAKING specificallylolso it's just cope from aerofags then? because in the automotive world the rule of thumb is to use the widest tires you can before handling is impacted too much that you can't use the extra speed
>>2075818The aerofags do have a point. But the next step is also outlawed in competitive biking(MORE aero via body parts). Other anon put it really well>is not as efficient as absorbing all the bumps with lower pressure and rolling smooth.Velodroming you can get away with it. But you could also get away with just riding a round steel rim and having the velodrome be coated in something nice. While IRL you don't want to KYS hitting grainier asphalt or even cobblestone.
Anyone tried these Chaoyang H496 merlin tires? I hear they're close to GP4000.Is a 120TPI tire significantly better than a 60TPI one? Like comfort, ride feel, etc.
>>2075843Ive had 60EPI tyres be more dampening than 120EPI ones, So I would not only look at that number.That being said 60EPI is the minimum I would choose
>>2075646Opinions on PEGASUS Premio SL Disc?It's apparently for a half a price now and I'm wondering if it's a steal or just shit. What's the typical price you see in western Europe/USA?I need a decent bicycle for long weekend rides at last. I was riding on old heavy mtbs whole life.
>>2075843why would you get these when real GP5Ks are the same price?i see them online for around 30 euros all the time
>>2075675if you have insurance they sometimes specify which bike lock to use based on a (probably bs) accreditation or they dont pay out i view all locks as defeat-able so just buy the cheapest one the jews approve
>>2075866Or what about PEGASUS Piazza? It's on pretty huge sale as well. I could see myself buying it blind.
>>2075843>close to GP4000so complete trash>Is a 120TPI tire significantly better than a 60TPI one? Like comfort, ride feel, etc.yeah but not if they're contis
>>2075866>>2075866all I can tell you is I've been coming here over a decade and I've never heard of that brand.step-through frames aren't inherently bad but the ones that dip sharply like that have to be beefed up with thicker framing. the "mixte" style step-throughs are preferable. you talk about "old slow mtbs" but nothing about those bikes seems like it would outperform an mtb, in fact, to the contrary: if you had a nice old mtb without any suspension (heavy, pointless unless off-road) and slick tires, it should be way sportier. but if you're experience was with crappy, cheap department store mtbs, the Pegasus quality should be a little better.I'm afraid I can't make any recommendations on new bikes because I don't follow the market but I'm sure there's better bikes for the money. trekking style is kind of hard to recommend. bike nerds usually will get a decent road bike (they come in flat bar models but the many hand positions on a drop bar are advantageous) or hybrid and then outfit it with fenders and racks and play with the stem and bars to get them more upright. there probably are cool trekking bikes but I just don't know a lot about that style.
>>2075866>literally who brand>MoDerN cRuiSeRR frame>third-shift shimano slop>front sus>a fucking 27(!!) speed (!?!?)>has to "show off" that it has LE DISCS!!! in the model name when off-the-rack bikes have had discs as standard for like 10-20 yearslooks like shit but for ten c-notes you could do a lot worse. and cruisers are gay dogshit with no practical advantages whatsoever when you can get any hardtail and throw a rack on it, and then have even MORE space to store junk by getting a triangle bag or two> for long weekend ridesroad bikes are for homos but are made for that. or lose a few IQ points to get a "gravel bike" i.e. what anon said, a hardtail mtb (so not an mtb) with road tires on it (so basically a road bike, but flat bars)the only reason to get le dutch bike is having been brain damaged by NJB
Could someone explain to me the concept of "Using your hips to pedal"? I'm trying to sort of rock my hips from side to side making sure when my leg is extended, one side of my hip is lower than the other side. Is this the way to go?
>>2075882your hips should move on their own
If shocks are so bad on bikes, why do cars have them?
>>2075886Why don't you get a pedal powered car and see how much crap you want to keep on it that adds weight.
>>2075882that's not a thing. if your hips rock side to side your saddle isn't set up correctly. whoever told you that is simply wrong, and not just wrong but making shit up that is so far beyond wrong that it beggars belief.>>2075886shocks are not bad on bikes, where are you people getting this stuff?
>>2075892He probably means for bikes to ride on the road, where they sre unnecessary extra weight.
>>2075886cars weigh a literal ton. all that weight accumulates more inertia than a bike can ever have, and throws that inertia around, causing it to go in directions other than where you are steering, including up. the effect is multiplied by going speeds faster than a bike is capable of.do you really not understand how things in the world work?
>>2075886they are bad on a road bike where you want stiffness direct power transfer not on mtb bike where you trade that for being to tackle obstacles and terrain
>>2075882I'm not familiar with that phrase but you are definitely not implementing that idea correctly. the meaning is surely to activate the gluteal (butt) muscles and use them for as much of the pedal stroke as you can. this is a meaning I would agree with. rocking your hips as you describe may not be detrimental but I don't think it's helpful, and indeed is often a warning sign for incorrect saddle height, because if you overextend your legs, riders will often be forced to rock side-to-side like that at the bottom of the pedal stroke. so if that's the case, definitely lower the saddle until your knees are always slightly bent at the bottom of the stroke without any rocking. if your saddle is correct and you're just rocking anyway, I'd say it's pointless and could maybe even be detrimental, but I've never heard anyone recommend doing that.
>>2075866seems overpriced i bought an e bike for the same specs for the same money like a deore hardtail should be sub-1k i dont see the added value here unless im missing something for 1500 id get a checkpoint alr gen 5
>>2075890then why do people have lights, computers, overlapping gear ratios, paint, saddles, cargo racks, cargo itself, sometimes literal bells and/or whistles, etcetera on they're bike's
>>2075886>why do cars have them?They don't.
>>2075901>BMC TwoStroke>does not have a two stroke engine on it, not even any source of its own motive power at all
>>2075912wait until you find out about their XC fully
>>2075913Fully what? Fully Based? Based on a shrimp frying this rice?
>>2075910none of those things, by themselves or even in most combinations, weigh the difference between a sus fork and rigid, or a sus frame and rigid, or both.just buy a car and fuck off to /o/. you'd obviously be much happier , and we definitely would be
>>2075918This. Fully this. A suspension adds 15+ POUNDS to your bike and there is literally no use case where it helps instead of hurts. It is 100% pointless to ever have a suspension on your bike.
Why do they still make bikes out of steel? Steel is magnetic. It wreaks havoc with bike computers, especially if there's lots of residual magnetism in the area from nons on e-"bikes".
>>2075924nice try. troll harder
>>2075937Sorry you're slowed down by electrical infetterence .
>>2075938scan each snickers bar individually
>>2075876>>2075880>>2075901>no name brand...yeah, I can see the problem.I looked good because it's like 280 Euro after the price cut and components also look good, but I felt there might be something wrong.I live in eastern Yurop, so can't say I'm willing to drop $1000 or so on a new bike even if in theory I'm perfectly capable of that - just mere fear mere possibility of it being stolen in a blink of eye would drive me paranoid and I'm already like that with my current half-broken bike.Said old MBT is quite heavy and has full suspension (with cut bar under the seat thing); it probably absorbs a lot of energy when I'm trying to ride uphill and even in somewhat flat terrain I seem to struggle to keep it moving fast.The budget brands that are somewhat known is the stuff in Decathlon (Riverside, Van Rysel, maybe ATTABO) or more national brands like Romet or Kross, but of course I don't know about quality.Hilly roads and forest roads with large change of elevation and I plan to make both short commute transportation and multiple-hour rides. Suspension probably wouldn't be much needed and V-brakes seemed to do well enough even in the rain.What should I look for?
Pegasus makes a fine range of bikes.Nobody here rides on anything other than 5 american brands anyway
I had a trek 7.5FX for the last 12 years or so. I mostly use it for commuting, it'd average 100km/week use. I got lightly run over by a car while cycling a few weeks ago, took it into the shop, and they said the frame is out of alignment and shouldn't be used.They also couldn't sell me any bikes under $6k that are big enough for me. I'm 6'7"/201cm, looking for a generic brand commuter that's reliable and comes in a decent sized frame. He was recommending the Specialized sirrus, but it doesn't come in 2XL and the XL frame is definitely too small.I am a simple man with simple needs please help me
>>2075646Used KELLYS CLIFF 90, large (technically I barely fit) for less than half the original price. 2000km, replaced tires and chain, allegedly ready to immediate use. Claimed to be in good shape.I was thinking of putting rack on it and using it as commute and long-distance weekend bike. What do you think?
>>2075955Get it if it's a good deal, just make sure there's no catch. Biggest downside would be the fork i guess.
>>2075956What should I watch out in the fork? What about else besides possibility of seller trying to push me a cheapo shitbike instead? It's Facebook marketplace.
>>2075958>besides possibility of seller trying to push me a cheapo shitbike instead?Nevermind, seems legit. It got Continental tires as well.
>>2075947>What should I look for?not a "dutch bike" for starters
>>2075947whatever /n/ and NJB/CityNerd/etc tell you to do, do the oppositeso just get a cheap hardtail mtb with fuckhuge gears in the back and run less aggressive tires on it (might not even need to change the tires, most off the rack mtbs don't even come with proper off-road tires anymore and have the equivalent of a car's All-Seasons)
>>2075953I had my 10yo 7.6fx ruined by a cager *,,,*
>>2075795>>2075790>>2075767Less friction is only important if you're out of power though. You need friction to gain speed because your velocity is determined by how hard you push off a surface. By lowering friction, you can't actually move forward. Like, look at a car doing a burnout, how fast are they going? Because the friction is zero.
>>2075886They're not bad. Just depends on the application. For people racing on straight roads they don't care for bumps so they seek to reduce the weight. But if you're in bumpy or complex terrain, they are worth it because you maintain contact with the ground through the turbulence instead of bouncing about.
>>2075973why would he need front sus on roads, though?
>>2075981>I'm smart about bikes because I know how cars workyou don't know what you're talking about.can you even go a single post without mentioning cars? you're the worst poster on this board, fuck off
>>2075984potholes, ruts, too-high curbs, etcone time i misjudged a curb height in the dark and my front wheel took it fine, but the back instantly exploded. shit happens. never had any similar problems when i found a cheap full-sus. only other puncture i ever had was a construction staple that embedded itself into the tire and the only other damage was the rack rattling too much and a weld failing (respect weight limits on aftermarket parts, kids)
Why do people say quick-release mechanisms on wheels make your bike actually faster? I thought it was just an ease of maintenance thing??
>>2075985You think the laws of static/dynamic physics that apply to cars don't apply to bicycles? I know lycra legionnaires think the rules of the road don't apply to them, but being above the laws of physics is something else.
>>2076002Axle is smaller so less friction
>>2076002Bike thieves drumming up business
>>2075998skill issue
>>2076008There he is. The incredible retard.
>>2076009>anon doesn't know how that bearings exist
>>2076009Lol no
>>2076002The surface is smaller because of geometry and so it rolls faster. A bigger axle makes more friction in the dropout. Thru-Axel QR uses less material so it's lighter as well. Even on dropouts (Yuck!) a QR mechanism is less friction on the frame so the tire can roll more freely.
>>2075958Those coil forks are pretty simple so there's not much that can break.
>>2075958Suspension forks make you slower and your ride less reliable.
>>2076052>>2076053>>2075962>>2075973I decided to not to and just ordered a new cheap-ish (on pretty big sale, normally it's about 700 Euro) trekking bike and see how it will work out.If the "getting something fancier than typical mtb shitbike" thing actually shows promise, I might shell out for a nicer road bike and go adventuring.
What's the reason you can't use picrel to adjust spokes instead of a Park Tool?
>>2076083go for it
>>2076083Do not do this. You will die.
Why do people say Dutch Omafiet Bikes are the best because they're inclusive of people with mobility issues? If you have such mobility issues that you can't bend your various leg joints, how are you pedaling?
>>2076083There isn't a single thing on earth those won't round off. Just buy a cheap fucking circle tool off AliExpress.
>>2076092skill issue, you're supposed to tighten it onto the bolt, then take it off give it another teensy turn and fit it back to get the play out that causes the hick-lathingnow, vise grips (more like VICE grips), that is a tool solely for making square things round
>>2076093Even done like that they still managed to fuck things up and takes too long. Knipex wrench pliers are far superior.
>>2076095>implying slip-jaw pliers don't strip shitinb4 BBBBUT IT'S FROM [brand] AND USES PATENT PENDING TECHNOLOGY MADE IN USA ok homo only saving grace that garbage has is you need gorilla strength to get purchase on a bolt at all. automatic wrench 4 speed, adjustible wrench for convenience, sockets for gettin er dun properly, slip jaws and vise grips and weird jaw pliers etc can fuck off before i call my lawyers for willful destruction of property
Would it be morally wrong to pack a bike frame with explosives, wire the detonator to the bike lock, so that it goes off like a roadside IED when someone tries to steal it?
>>2076093Why dont they take the fucking "play" out of them?
>>2076144most of them have a screwdriver slot at the top or bottom of the worm gear (usually flat but sometimes philips) and if you do as the manufacturer actually intends, you put it on the bolt then reef down on it further with a screwdriver, preferably a nice t-handle thing so you can get some real torque on it. but aint nobody got time for that. just taking it off and giving it another 1/16th turn usually sufficesalso people who use them exclusively tend to slack on maintenance and end up trying to use them on hella seized bolts anyway, which were fated to get shorn right off no matter the tool in use. my brother in bubba at that point just get the dremel
>>2076122Only if you don't clearly communicate to the thief that this is the case by eg. an informative sticker.
>>2076122Not at all. I always wanted to put an explosive stinger on the back to scare tailgates.>>2076150Fascinating. As a life long shade tree mechanic, I never knew that. The truism is cresents were always for idiots jews who dont want to by real tools. I of course know your undeserving technique, and just used it cause I was at someone else house and they didnt have a 15mm, and as a st mech, have performed miracles with vice grips anyhow the same same.
>>2075646I bought a nice night, but how the fuck I lock it? Currently I have a cheap steel rope lock that you probably can cut with cutters, so I definitely need something better.
>>2076204How fucking retarded are you that you can't figure out how to lock your bike. Grt a kryptonite. They offer insurance on the bike for 1 year from the purchase of the lock. The locks comes with instructions on how to sign up for the insurance.
>>2076210Well... I'm planning on getting a 8/10 kryptonite chain because it's seems to be on sale and it's being bought en masse. I also want to buy a wheel-blocking lock. I just wonder if it will be enough. It seems like bike theft is fucking rampart and I'm about to get right in middle of that bullshit.
>>2076212>a wheel-blocking lockput the kryptonite through the frame at the seat stays, which will necessarily also go through the rear wheel, and to the bike rack/street sign/ whatever. you can disconnect the front wheel and put it back there next to all that, or buy a cable with loops at the ends and put it through the front rim like a choke chain on a dog and then lock the other loop up with the kryptonite.there: wheel lock.
>>2076216or through the seat tube and rear wheel simultaneously. either way.
>>2076212>>2076204>average cyclist intelligenceno wonder ebikers are inheriting the Streetz
>>2076220they're "inheriting the streets" because young people are too poor to buy cars anymore but too lazy and fat to haul their lardasses without motorization
>>2076220Bitch. I heard horror stories of thiefs locking their bone to yours so you leave it overnight or then just taking away parts instead.
>>2076236jokes on them. i carry tools on every ride. their bike is mine now.
>>2076216two various locks are better than one lock tho
>>2076239You're gonna carry 2 ulocks with you everywhere?
>>2076240retarded Cyclists(TM) actually do thisnormal people just use a cable or chain
>>2076243The chain you would need to carry to do the work of 2 ulocks will be more cumbersome than 2 ulocks
>>2076257cables/chains are flexible/collapsible, you are retarded, probably a redditor as well
The funniest/saddest thing is the irony that the vehicle invented to be used mostly in cities is becoming increasingly impossible to use there and now it's indeed becoming more of recreational own to be used from as away from people as possible.
>>2076273pretended i posted that excerpt from Brave New World here
>>2076273>vehicle invented to be used mostly in citiesno it wasn't, it was a replacement for personal horses and therefore intercity travel
If rim brakes are so good, why don't motorcycles use them?
>>2076263>What is weight
>>2076287
>>2076289
>>2076287They do though.
>>2076288>doing anything ever where your bike needs to be dismounted, let alone locked>caring about weightyeah that extra 200g of steel cable means i wont make podium when i get to work wearing three parkas and carrying a rucksack full of snacks, thrift shop finds, that coffee i was supposed to buy a month ago, and an AR-15 with 390 rounds distributed among steel stanag mags
Best carbon fiber cable chain guard for race day? Must fit an Omafiet.
>>2076288not particularly important
>>2076298Why is this allowed?
>>2075662I would say its a difficult measurement, barely apparent over 10 links.take a new 38 link chain and put it next to a completely worn out 38 link chain, the difference is just under one chain link plate.
>>2076300>cyclists don't own measurement tools better than kintergarten rulersmy shitty 10$ calipers are good to 0.2mm by eye and are good to five thou on digital so
>>2076301womst would even ? well at least you dont carry around gauge blocks with you.>tfw the average cyclist does not own a thread pitch gauge
>>2076302chain wear is a weekly at best maintenance schedule so carrying calipers is unnecessary. however, i have a ruler from a nautical charting set on my notebook and that's good to 0.5mm and i own a machinists' shim set and that fits on a keychain. in fact, it is held together with its own shitty single coil ring like a keychain
>>2076302>>2076303btw i once went into an autobody shop and was able to just go >My bike broke. Do you have 10 M6 screws, no less than 30mm long?the mechanic there just kind awent>uhhhh i'll see>...>Does this one fit?>...>Charge him a buck each i guessapparently they couldnt count because they let me go with the "tester" so i got 10 for 11. still a ripoff but hey it was a sudden catastrophic failure on the road, you pay for convenience
>>2076304i cant cout cuz ive been drinking. i mean i got 11 for 10.
>>2076303>ruler from a nautical charting setnNeat, seems I only carry a tailors measuring tape and a 150 mm steel ruler.China teir calipers are kept at home, with their cursed 1/10 scale.>>2076304>uhhhh i'll see>...>Does this one fit?yea it do be like that, lord knows tools and items only disappear when one needs them.>they let me go with the "tester"the cost of speedy work>>2076299for it were not forbidden.Vee brakes were only used on the 50 cc bikes, four stroke engines were at a disadvantage so weight reduction took priority.
>>2076304>anon has clear specifications based on measurements he took>and then pays money for a particular set of goods it once it's proven to be satisfactory>said goods adhere to well-known standards and are a replaceable partKill this communist at once.
>>2076303>chain wear is a weekly at best maintenance schedule soWhat the fuck am I reading. It's at absolute best a yearly quarter checkup
>>2076311maybe hitting it with calipers is yearly but you should at least boot it and make sure it's not totally floppy every weekend or so
>>2076313>>2076311>>2076303>>2076302>>2076300https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjfrZqkDXnA
>>2076292This image made something horrible awaken within me.
>>2076282I don't think roads nor wheels/tires were good enough to do that in comfortable manner, but at very least it helped workers from suburbs travel to factories in cities.
>>2076336peak cagebrain. to this so-called "man" no vehicle can exist without roads and gas stations.
>>2076337They had airless tires back then. I doubt it was easy to ride on shitty roads. Even if so, they still had to park the bikes somewhere in the city right? Would they have good enough locks to secure them? Or maybe society wasn't so shit and they could either have some hired guard watch them or be able to beat the shit out of thieves.
>>2075979I'm sorry to hear that anon. I feel your pain.>>2075953conclusion: I was hunting around for second hand 2XL treks and found another 7.5 FX for sale nearby. great condition, very well maintained, and now I have a spare of every component except the frame.
>>2076338pneumatic tires were invented for bikes and were then adopted for the first cars. guess what kind of wheels were on all the prototype cars.similarly, the large scale paving of urban roads in something other than cobblestones was implemented due to civic demand after the first bike boom which also predated cars. which were then convenient for the auto industry to later dominate.
>>2076345The early Michelin man looks like he has bodies hidden in his basement
>>2076343>found another 7.5pretty cool, anon.
>>2076348I like how he has human hands, which means it's not a magical stack of tires that took the form of a man, like frosty the snowman etc. there's some pervert riding around in a rubber suit that looks like a stack of tires because that's his particular kink
>>2076338Looks like you found the answer, which is: none of it. Bikes are 1000 times better than cars but still stupid. Walk to work or take the bus.
>want to get the cables out from under my bar tape on my road bike like pic related>shop says pick out some new brake levers with top cables>sends me this link>https://www.diacompe.co.jp/parts#a06 what should I buy?
>>2076385a new brain
>>2076385>what should I buy?What you like.
Neighbor just bought an e-bike. How can i Sabotage it subtly without him realizing it's me?
>>2076345those boots definitely have brain matter on them
>>2076385>https://www.diacompe.co.jp/parts#a06Literally everything that's any color other than silver or black is discontinued. Fucking grim.>what should I buy?GC202, or GC202H if you want to save 6 grams by having dozens of stupid holes drilled in the levers.
>>2076392Grow up faggot
>>2076400GC202 looks solid, great, thanks much
>coupon code for $30 off an order of $100 or more>light I want is $99.99Whoever needs a Unior Pro Chain Tool Ball hmu
>>2076405add a valve core
>>2076406I could get 50 of them on amazon for that price.
What is the difference between the ringworm and hackworm tires?
>>2076410Go fuck yourself
>>2076412Why?
>>2076428Just read the fucking product page or use google AI if you need a summary. Honestly what the fuck is this questionm
>>2076453>dear google how do I crime?ok fed
>>2076463>crimewhat
>>2076314Kill yourself.
>>2076453What they dont compared them, moron. Turns out every product is great and perfect for your needs. Just finding out about captialism?
>>2076530You want to try that again?
What are the lowest profile shifters on the market in terms of handlebar space? Looking to get some bootlegs of whatever those are for my crummy e-moped because I have run out of room on the handlebars to install mirrors and yet more buttons to control electricsI don't care if the shifter is itself huge as long as it doesnt take up much clamp space and the levers/buttons are in convenient spots to not hit other things on my barslookin at picrel, does it get better than this for cramming as much shit on as pastabowl
>>2076554grip shifters probablyyou could also get one of the weird riser bars that exist solely to leave extra space for bolting shit onthere is also a large variety of miscellaneous gopro-threaded accessory mounts on amazon. the ones that work best bolt on to the front of your stem
>>2076556>grip shifters probablythat is the exact opposite of what's appropriate for my use case, i want to use a minimum of bar space possible so i can fit entire motorcycle control clusters on there i literally already have three "brake levers" a twist throttle, a separate thumb throttle, the stock "bike computer" from my chinesium ebike controller, a separate teeny control set for that, and my front derailleur is already on a grip shifter that i loathe. i have not even installed the low-profile auxiliary electronics cluster yet and even that has nowhere to go (thankfully i have not rigged up turn signals or the horn yet so i dont have to)i was gonna use an old art supply box to make a case for the controllers and other wiring and just put buttons on that but have achieved 55kmh and i am not taking my hands off the bars to fiddle with digikey-procured switches, only more controls going in there are going to be actual "do this while stopped anyway" shit like backup battery cutover or tactical radio controls or whatever
>>2076557
>>2076557as a measure of last resort you could ghetto-rig barcons
>>2076560straight bars and i refuse to get bar-end mirrors and while i was tempted to rig my twist throttle to the thumb throttle, i have used either independently enough that it seems like a worse idea than just consuming the extra space to have them separated>>2076559are u saying i need.......... fewer buttons? dont do this to me. i literally dont even have a killswitch i have to stop it by either intentionally stalling or pulling the air choke
>>2076563look I'm not saying you need fewer buttons but most people get by WITHOUT a typewriter bolted to the bars and jury rigged to AI smart glasses as a tertiary head-tracking throttle
>>2076563handlebar extender
>>2076557Please post of a picture
>>2076565could work for standing off the "computer" and its controls that i dont use often, at least. even if it doesnt let me fit more shit at least having that higher would let it sit in my periphery instead of having to look down. w2c 7/8" double clamps in bulk>>2076567no but imagine>>left handlebar, out to in>standard silicone grip>BSO brake lever that is way too fucking short>barrel shifter>mirror clamp>slight bend is here so barrel shifter can't go past italso the barrel shifter has a stupid shape and takes up like 3 full inches of bar space despite not actually being that long because the cable isnt stood off and it has decorative curvy plastic nonsense all around it>>right handlebar, out to in>carb twist throttle>e-bike thumb throttle>Shimano® one of picrel (brake lever goes to clutch because my rear brakes are not fitted properly atm)(its shift up lever only barely clears the thumb throttle as it is and i gotta really reef on it to shift)>slight bend is here so nothing fits on it properly>chink kit clutch lever (not actually connected so jammed against stem for now; turned out to be deeply unergonomic when it was connected and interferes with the shifter/brake combo unit when slid further outward)around the stem fits the display for the ebike parts (which is only useful for a speedo and battery state) and its buttans are jammed under it since i basically only use them to turn it on or off or engage the headlighti have a "low profile" aux control cluster i want to slot somewhere too once im not lazy enough to install turn signals in some pannier boxes and fit a horn, and the one mirror is not far enough out to be useful, and i would prefer to have both mirrors
>>2076568Just post a fucking picture you faggot
>he needs more
>>2076570i am NOT moving my bicycle to take a photo of it at this hour, it is full of fuel and i am VERY lazy>>2076571if i could have an unironic bar-mounted HUD on my bike i would do it even if it was only a whisky line and line-of-travel marker (i forget the meme name for that one)
>>2076573>bike is full of fuel
>>2076568This is the only button you need.
>>2076573Fine post it tomorrow please
>>2076578I can give you a recycled /o/ side shot, best I can do
>>2076584Please leave.
>>2076584Don't listen to him >>2076588Stay. You're fascinating.
>>2076584bro your micro-jet engine?your solar panels?your electrically controlled extinguishable solid propellant backup?how do you expect to get my sides to orbit without even a booster-stage?
>>2076590>bro your micro-jet engine?requires tooling beyond my price point>your solar panels?waiting for a princess auto sale>your electrically controlled extinguishable solid propellant backup?aka my legs>how do you expect to get my sides to orbit without even a booster-stage?superheated water rocket
>>2076584>can't use half the fuel tank
>>2076584Take your meds
>>2076594No. I got places to be
>>2076584A true BSO
>>2076584Why is this allowed?
>>2076597
Can i remove the gusset on my frame if smaller size frames dont have it if i shorten the seattube afterwards aswell? pic relatedSo i have this Vitus sommet pro from 2015 size L since reach and stack fit for me. However since its rather old and used to be made for bigger guys than me the seattube is too long and i cant really use the dropper as i wish. Havent really looked into framebuilding and is there any heattreament happening i should be careful?
>>2076617pic related is a smaller size frame without the gusset
>>2076617Probably. As long as your dropper is inserted below the top tube
After a couple months of riding fixed my right knee started to pop every time i stand up from a deep squat. One month later and my left knee is doing the same thing. Any ideas?
>>2076632Stop riding fixed
Should I get the Walmart special first to see if I even like road biking first before getting fitted and buying a RealTM bike
>>2076632eh, you aren't hyperextending your knees when you pedal, right?
>>2076638Rent one. I hate the feel of drop bars.
>>2076639Doesn't seem so, looking at my knee angle
>>2076648ok. I got nothing then.you can buy generic branded glucosamine for joint support from any supermarket or drug store. they do help.
>>2076311>>2076313do oil based lubecels really?I dont even glance at my chain until the odometer hits 10k kms
>>2076532Not at all. https://www.maxxis.com/us/tire/ringworm/Show me, shit for brains.
Do patches reduce your watts? I had a teeny tiny <1mm puncture that my greenstuff did not manage to seal (I'm thinking I got bad sealant). I took the tire off, glued a patch on the inside, put new sealant in, and put it back on the bike. Seems to work fine. Just curious if I've thrown maybe 1-2 watts away in the process.
>>2076638drop bars are for massive homos and are a liability on anything with less grip than perfectly maintained tarmac
>>2075662close enough for casuals. The park tool is cheap. >>2075675Kryptonite Evoluion 4 or better, or Abus equvalent.
>>2075866>PEGASUS Premio SL Disc?German company about 40 years old. It's a german trekking bike type. Probably not for lightweight rides. For light touring and cruising. Learn what the fuck a trekking bike is to answer your question. It will work for what you want.>>2075870Also a trekking bike type. For relatively short runabouts. Not lightweight either.>>2075947But both of these will be worlds better than your MBT.>>2076065ignore american advice on trekking bikes. They're mostly unavialable for sale in america. Decide on whether you want to go more aggressive, lighter, faster, or more cruising, more capacity, mor plush for your next ride. >>2075882Your fit is wrong.
>>2076083Should be done for emergencies only. The tool is cheap. You need to move back and forth between spokes repeatedly to do a proper job of this.>>2076565>>2076584BACK UP BARS BABY.
>>2076638No used, rental, or friends?
>>2076638Ive rode this. It's very impressive. A junkie had one and he had to fight people to keep it all the time, cause everyone is so stupid the design mind fucks them to ignore the well known budget brand name.
>>2076670Depends if the patch has a significant weight. If you're worried about it you can look into wheel balancing.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZMhdmtYDtw
>>2076679>bum fights: over bikesi'd watch it
>>2076684Well, I specifically avoid the term cause I think he is housed, but he is old white trash, and in mostly niggerville and its young blacks in groups trying to take it off him.
>>2076671>t. has never ridden a drop bar bikewriting posts about something you don't know anything about is for massive homos
>>2076676I got the Solero SL 24. It was at 60% sale, so it rivaled in price with cheapest bikes from native brands. It got 3x8 speeds, so it works fairly well in hilly region I live in and it can handle bad roads as well.>>2076675>Kryptonite Evoluion 4Bought the chain from that series, but it seems to be a bit of overkill in my somewhat civilized country, so I returned it**relatives and coworkers were making fun of me getting such huge chain that is going to be defeated by angle grinder if someone risks bringing it.
>>2076678>usedIt's grim: https://stlouis.craigslist.org/search/road-bikes#search=2~grid~0>rental Don't see any>friendsAlso none>>2076679The reviews seem good man, the fatass gravel tires might be an issue but plenty to dip my toe in
>>2076709I shouldn't have returned it.All cheap chains are from no-name brands and all look similar while cheaper chains from actual brands aren't that much cheaper that what I had.My boss bragged that he secures his company's gate with a shitty line lock, but he seems to forget he got cameras and that there is hardly anything light enough you could take away without car and spending time loading stuff in.
>>2076638no for the same reason that eating canned tuna isn't a good way to see if you'll like eating smoked salmon>>2076711are you fucking retardedhttps://stlouis.craigslist.org/bik/d/ballwin-felt-racing-bike/7943068933.htmlhttps://stlouis.craigslist.org/bik/d/arnold-trek-5200-oclv-carbon-110-fiber/7926205839.htmlhttps://stlouis.craigslist.org/bik/d/saint-louis-vintage-cannondale-black/7942684897.htmlhttps://stlouis.craigslist.org/bik/d/saint-louis-trek-monda-carbon-road-bike/7934312331.htmland a quick search says that cwe cyclery and big shark both do rentals
>>2076711Important to remember western brand as thinly veiled snake oil chinesium. Whole system propped up by gay shame for not being a sucker.
>>2076638ive heard that Ozark Trail is actually decent now because it's just chinese OEM slop but so is every other brand anyway. only difference is you get entry level shimano shit instead of mid-range-but-factory-seconds sram shit. they sometimes make questionable design or assembly choices (such as your picrel le grabble 26" byke with no suspension and drop bars and a bizarrely boomerish color scheme for what is supposed to be a "modern" design) but so do the redditors judging you for riding walmart brand. and normies dont even care about brands, they still think in terms of huffy and schwinn>>2076709they aint wrong. nothing will stop a dedicated attacker and even what stops casual attackers would be impractical to carry all the time. bike locks are for preventing ill-equipped crackheads from just carrying your shit away. if someone wants your 12,000$ dentist bike they will simply go home to get their big boy bolt cutters. or better yet, just stand around waiting for you and then hit you with a brick
>>2076738>they aint wrong.Watched the test of various locks, including disc blocks, last night (I'm literally losing sleep due to that shit) in which dude started with simplest methods to try to break the locks; he had to use a grinder at point where Kryptonite U-locks start - earlier either he could twist them off or used hydraulic cutters. Cheapo chains you can buy in supermarket went down to normal bolt cutters.So, at least I do prefer to get some cheaper OnGuard uLock with with extra line to secure the seat for half the price of the chain I had so at least thief has to make some noise. My bike is worth about 600-700 Euro, so someone might get interested in it if I just put on just a shittiest chain on it.
>>2076752fair but still>or better yet, just stand around waiting for you and then hit you with a bricki leave my bike in some sketchy areas and no one touches it. but there's always White Crackheads hanging out just a little too close...
>>2076669Show you fucking what. What the fuck is your question. How are they different? Have you looked at them? Fuck you, dumb fuck.
>>2076752Remember that kryptonite offers 1 year insurance on the value of the bike if it gets stolen.
>>2076777Is it easy to claim or do they BS their way out of it? Just need a police report or something?
>>2076778There's criteria to it. How it should be locked. Police report. You need either the original receipt or for a bike shope to appraise your bicycle. You need to register for it and you would need to change locks every year, you could consider that your insurance payment lol. And you could sell the old lock to help pay for the new one. I don't know how they are for paying out.
>>2076776>"looked at them"Well thats a deep experience review....
>>2076789You're asking for people to just do your research for you you lazy fuck. Do you even know one of them only comes in a 20" diameter? Faggot.
if dents are such a big deal, how come some bike frames have full on cutouts in the frame for storage compartments and stuff?
>>2076810Are you serious?
>>2076817not really but i am curious about those giant storage compartment cutouts on the top tube of some bikes
>>2076792>"research"I sure am. Fuck is an educated opinion for? Just say you dont have one, fucking gay retard.>"20 inch"I saw that. Is that the only difference, brainiac? If that were the only one, why isnt everything else the same? The tread continuing on the sidewalk? Why cant I get that on a 26"? A mtb isnt in equally harsh conditions to bmx?
>>2076810Because dents indicate damage from an accident There are frames that are intentionally dented or the tube is deformed
>>2076820Most things like this are incredibly overbuilt as the inverse relationship of materials/weight to cost. A bike built to anywhere near just enough to only carry exactly your weight would be proportionately damagable in innumerable other ways. Ropes for example of fail weights of 10 times what the working weight are. Remember this everytime you see a mangled car crash. That 3 pennies more if metal isnt worth your survivability. The form factor there alone is death, with passenger cabin being 6 feet wide cause its so nice to be able to what little more facetime in your horseless carriage.
>>2076820They have to make them stronger at other places. I think those storage cutouts are going to disappear again in the next couple years
>>2076554>whatever those areSL-TX30-7 they are briddy good, the blue button on them is handy and supriseingly durable.>better than thisprobably not, quill stem shifters are the most narrow, but are a little awkward.
>>2076345Wow the cigar REALLY fucking sells it for meI’m a pretty heavy smoker and smoke my pipe while riding fairly frequently if I’m somewhere that other cyclists are unlikely to be since I’m probably extremely rare [retarded] in enjoying both tobacco and cycling. I’m a suburbfag tho in a “nice” area so we have really sweet bike paths all around town that hardly anyone ever uses. I get to smoke, have the path to myself in general, and also have nice infrastructure. Very blessed, so to speak
>>2076823I know you're not the guy asking about the tire. You posting format is too obvious troll anon
>>2076834I absolutely am. Step out of your rich fantasy life, anon. Im a commuter, not a cyclist. The needless complexity of bike shit sickens me.
>>2076835You're retarded I can't help you.
>>2076820retards who have never been to an event other than their reddit-organized "group ride" mald and seethe because it Le Increases Le Weight And Makes u Le Slow!! due to the need for extra reinforcement elsewhere, which increases weight similar to how convertible cars need extra body stiffeningthey are however a fad and will die because they're too small to fit anything of real use and make normies ask if your bike is electric which causes even more seethe and mald from the sorts of people who think anyone above them on Strava did it on an "E-Moto". but mostly because 99% of them are too small or awkwardly shaped to fit anything you would want on your bike all the time, and if you need a special aero compartment for it, you probably aren't carrying it and it's in your Domestique's fanny pack insteadalso retards like >>2076828 who are surveying the world around them from mt. stupid and think anything not currently offered by Trek and made of carbon fiber will instantly crumple in a stiff breeze (or the inverse, anything that isn't a Cannondale® with the Brooks™ made of REAL HI-10® STEEL will instantly explode when exposed to mild california so-called "weather")
I'm surrounded by hills where I live so the outward journey is always though but a breeze on the way back. I was on the steepest incline today which last (for me) for at least 8 minutes of gruelling constant uphill peddling.About half way through I was joined by two ridders on Ebikes who mocked me for "struggling" and then stopped at the top and waited for me and continued to laugh at me and told me to get a real bike (I ride a Specialized Alléz)When did this become a thing! Just leave me alone ffs.
>>2076846You're so fucking lame
>>2076841There he is. The incredible retard.
>>2076849you're supposed to punch those guys
Thoughts on this tires?
>>2076838Yes, a deluded retard like you cant help anyone.>>2076841Im >>2076828, I just got back from a ride on a 90s mtb I found over a guard rail.....ive never bought a bike over 100$ in my life....how did you infer anything like that from what said? You have to be the stupidest person alive.>>2076855Too wide.
>>2076855I would guess that they get random flats a lot more often than slicks, handle worse through corners, and are constructed from a single-ply non-bicycle related plastic at about 5tpi
>>2076855>product page shot is a USED tirelmao look at how fucked up the bead is, they pried that shit off with a hatchet or what?
>>2076855I like the round and black ones.
How do I do regular maintenance on my bike? I've had it for 3 years a schwinn mountain bike but I can tell that it's harder for it to cruise and I have to work hard on every pedal. How do I make it just be smoother in general?
>>2076876have you uhinflated the tirescleaned and lubed the chainstop being fatin no particular oder
>>2076877Idk how to clean and lube the chain
>>2076876>>2076878>I have to work hard on every pedalexamine the brakes
>>2076878there's a park tool link in the op that opens a search bar.type in "clean and lube chain."I don't know what method(s) park will show, but I like the "shake chain in a jar of slovent - repeat until solvent remains clear" method for deep clean. then I mostly clean it on the bike as needed as much as I can.are the brakes misaligned and rubbing your disc or rim? if you have rim brakes and the rim is not straight (not "true") is the hump in it touching the brake pads?do all the gears shift accurately? if not look up "derailleur adjustment".
>>2076855Are you a non?
Hey, I'm 18 and living with my parents and I've been commuting to and from work and school with a bike for quite some time now. I don't own a car or plan on getting one, nor do I have a full license. I mentioned that I want an ebike to make my trips easier but every time I mention them my dad says he doesn't want it to burn the house down. How legitimate of a fear is this? Is he just being fed fear porn on cable news or this an actual common enough occurrence to worry about? Are there specific brands this hasn't happened to, or any crappy brands to avoid, to maybe convince him its safer than he believes? Also I can provide any further context if needed.
>>2076855Tires: It's Tires!TIRES IS ARRIVE!!Yes! There can be no denying that it is tires!Let’s start at the very beginning: tires is a disguise your bike wears in order to hide from the road. When gloves is gone away, the wheel is “naked” (nude and with nipples of wheel; end of spokes; visible to many people). This is disgusting, and so that’s why it’s great news that tires are here and when you look around tires can be seen!For no matter how you slice it, tires is now involved and we cannot wait for gloves to keep happening to everyone!There are many things that you are allowed to do while you have tires installed! It is not against the law to use tires while you are filling your bike's gas tank with electricity through eels. It is also not against the law to use tires while you are crawling around on the floor like an animal. Both of these things are fine for tires!If you are ever struggling to remember about tires, just think about the simple acronym "T.I.R.E.S." which stands for:TiresInsulationRevolutionary use of the traction force for motionEsterisisSpluralAnyone who says tires have not arrived is simply lying! Here is the proof:
>>2076914two things:one; you're in the prime of life, what the hell do you need an ebike for? motorization is for the old and infirm. use your low gears to spin up hills or off-road terrain. you need an ebike like a hole in your head.two: as for your father's concerns, I think he's probably right. I haven't read through this thread, but the OP is addressing the fire hazard and it has a ton of replies, so it's probably been hashed out in there>>2027639
>>2076915I hope for your sake some AI 0.1 wrote this for you
>>2076914If you buy an ebike it's not a question of if you'll burn your house down, it's WHEN. They are inherently unsafe. Would you tolerate high voltage being in your house?
I want to get a bike for exercise and to just ride for fun. My budget is $300, looking for something used. I have no idea what to look for. 700c? 650b? A gravel bike? An old road bike add wider tires? Fix up a 90s mountain bike? I’ll just be riding local bike paths and around town.
>>2076940post your Craigslist
>>2076940The most important thing is to buy the right size anons can recommend you a 61cm handbrazed frame that is a killer deal but if your 4'9 that's not going to work for you
>>2076941https://tippecanoe.craigslist.org/search/bia#search=2~gallery~0>>2076942Good point. I need a large for most brands, I’m 6’2. Mountain biked for a bit, had a GT hard tail. Don’t know anything about road bikes and there’s a lot. I’m just guessing here but 700c at 30 or 32 wide? Bars with mild sweep, not a fan of drops. Rigid. Trying to figure out some realistic specs to start looking for.
>>2076920i copypasted it from Clickhole
>>2076855They came in. Kinda floppy and annoying to install but once seated look normal. Letting the wheel sit to make sure I didn't pinch the toob but they are definitely cheap as fuck. The tread is basically decorative, the seam line is a lightyear long, and the tire itself is fairly thin. I paid 10$ each and 5$ shipping on a 4-pack so whatever.Glory to Princess Auto.
Hey beauties, i have this bike i cobbled together last year and let clect dust for months. Started riding it lately and today while riding on an easy gear in a gravel path the chain snapped. I managed to connect the broken ends with a hand chain gadget thingy and come back home pedalling half a turn of a pedal at a time.Now, the question is, should i fix or replace the chain? It's a new chain, and i'm dont remember if i shortened it by disassembling the link that broke or usin the power link that came with it. If the former then thats on me, if the latter the that probably is a defective chain, which i know is absurdly rare. What you think?
>>2076965fix the chain but also buy a new one. keep fixing the old chain until you get annoyed enough, then install the new one you already have on the shelf.
>>2076966I seeI will do that and also start carrying a chain tool on me
>>2076970>I will do that and also start carrying a chain tool on meas someone who has had to put on and take off a chain a lot on the side of the road, this is very not worth it. messing with chains is finnicky in the first place; if you have to do it in an emergency you'll be too upset to do it properly. just install a quick link or two (i have two in case the first is in an inconvenient spot and i dont want to work around it)
bluepill me on dual-cable brake leversare they a meme or can i have my clutch on one side and brake ineffectively for race conditions but still competently on the other
Exhaust "system" failed. How much backpressure do I really need?
I firmly believe a bike using complex mechanical advantage could be almost as fast as an ebike. Think about how pullys are used for example. there has been fairly flat innovation since they were invented.
>>2076975most ebikes are limited to 32 not because legislators figured out that's the sweet spot, it's because mot shitty ones people tolerate can only go about that fast. 32 is distinctly achievable over flat ground by someone who is in okay shape on pretty typical gearing. (which is why the cheap ebikes top out in power around there; the riders buying them have no interest in going much faster)
>>2076973>ExhaustWhat
>>2076973>>>/o/
>>2076979It's not a motorbike, you see. It's just a bicycle that has an engine on it. From what I've been told, it actually belongs on the sidewalk.
>>2076973mcfucking kill yourself
>>2076973>Exhaust "system" failed. im sorry about your ass cancer
>>2076971QLs lose you watts.
>>2076889I adjusted my breaks forgot to lift the bike and spin, to make sure they werent grabbing. Hopped on for a test ride, thought I was dying.>>2076914Thermal runaway is mostly fantasy. >fear pornExactly, its dramatic. But winning the negative lottery after misplaced faith in chineseium, vs all your worldy possessions. but yeah, the first half of this >>2076919. I know the backend of that is depending on how far it is, a long bike ride at the end of a tough shift isnt doable.Living with other people means making compromises, within reason, as much as you can, even unto their irrationalities. Its not your house, so its someone else's way. Can you accommodate all dad's concerns?>charging outside>far enough away from all other property>chemical fire extinguisher
>>2076999Lithium fires burn so hot even firefighters cannot do anything about them. You have to store your e-""bike"" outside and uncovered and at least 45 yards from anything you don't want to destroy if you want any chance to be safe.
>>2076919>motorization is for the old and infirm.it never gets easieryou just go faster
Why aren't 36" wheels standard yet? Don't they roll faster?
>>2077026Why not 72" then?
>>2077027MTBers don't use it, must be slow.
I feel for the meme and made a Reddit bike. Can anyone rec me a cheap saddle for upright riding that’s not too pussy?
>>2077028My mtb is killing me on the road.
>>2077040Get something off AliExpress. Since you like reddit so much you should know they have a list of AliExpress recommended saddles.
>>2077040>barrel shifters on le cruiser barsOof Ouch My Wrist's
What is in your opinion the best budget mtb? Tired of youtube videos recommending $1500+ bikes as budget bikes
>>2077086what is your >USE CASE thoughif it's just going for a lil' rip through the park a walmart bike is perfectly fine. just dont get a canadian tire bike. they still suck. but walmart, costco, even princess fucking auto is carrying bikes occasionally and they're fine. the front forks are usually dogshit but you can fix that for an extra like 200bux for a real one. the rear shock is just a gas piston and spring and pretty hard to fuck up without doing it so badly it explodes under your ass and if you want a "budget" bike it's unlikely you need to adjust more than preload. maybe pick up some better tires. usually the stock tires on those things are the cheapest shit the OEM could get away with and come pre-rotted. maybe swap out controls (shifters, brake levers) as desired for your personal Style™ and how much wrist pain they give you. they come with discs pretty much standard now and are the same chinese crap you'd get off of amazon to "upgrade" anyway. 99% of them come with entry level shimano stuff, but shimano stuff nonetheless. trawl your local thrift shop or craigslist-bootleg for fun new parts as normies realize they don't like biking and "part out" their 1500$ dentist bikes trying desperately to recoup their "investment"
>>2077086probably an ozark trail fs3, under 1k new and comes with a dropper, full air suspension, and hydro brakes. if it snaps under you then you need more than entry level
>>2077089>>2077090My plan is to use it for trails/bikepacking, but also for commuting to work and to the store and also general riding around town. I also want to do some road touring. Also been looking at gravel bikes and hybrid bikes. They look pretty solid, but I preferably want one I can actually go into the woods with.>walmart bikeI live in Europe and we don't have Walmart. My city has a store that I think can compare to Walmart in that it sells all kinds of halfway decent stuff for relatively cheap. They have a version of the Merida Big.Nine for roughly $800 with relatively decent specs:>SR Suntour XCT30 fork>Shimano Essa 1X8>29" wheelAlso been looking at Trek Marlin 6, but it's a little bit out of my price range, but would easily save up for it in 2-3 months.
>>2077092I used essa recently and I really liked it. Yeah there's big jumps between the gears but you get a 1x system with the durability of a 8 speed chain. Only thing I don't like is narrow wide chainrings don't work well with an 8 speed chain without a chain guide.
>>2077092>trails/bikepacking,everyone says this and then doesn't but even then cheap big box bike frames are made fine now and if anything easier to do field maintenance on because they're so cheap you can have spares of everything, and they're built so deadbeat dads can put them together>gravel bikes and hybrid bikesthey are the same thing and these days not even very distinct from real MTBs, many of the overpriced models being hardtails anyway>Europeso whatever your local big box store is then idk. whatever your national chain "hardware"(auto parts and domestic appliances) store is if you dont have a true big box store nearby and are truly not a larping amerimutt who doesnt have a € key somehow>but also for commuting to work and to the store and also general riding around town.legally distinct non-walmart bike it is then but>29"a meme. get a 26 solely because theyre easier to find replacement tires/tubes for and LE ROLLING FASTER BIG WHEEL is a product of virtual gear ratios and not inherent wheel fizzicks (your contact patch is the same, average bike clearance is fuckhuge anyway, you only need a 29 if you yourself are big, if an obstacle is too big for a 26 if you smash into it with a 29 the rim will crumple inwards all the same)
>>2077092>trails/bikepacking, but also for commuting to work and to the store and also general riding around townsounds like really light trail use, if you're willing to go to to 1k then you can find plenty on aliexpress like the fabled twitter bike: https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256808012976227.html
>>2077102>get a 26 solely because theyre easier to find replacement tires/tubes forThis hasn't been true for a while now.
My rear derailleur has about 30,000 miles on it the past 3 years riding. Anyways that much mileage with a lot of salty sweat dropping on it as I ride in high humidity where I live led to a situation where the derailleur had trouble shifting and wouldn't even go up into high gear for climbs. Well I figured out what the problem was, circled in red it was almost like stuck in place from corrosion on that pin from sweat getting inside the cracks and salt probably causing it. Well I dumped a bunch of PB oil in it and it fixed the issue, it shifts but I was thinking I should probably take it off completely and clean it out and re-grease it or else it will just get bad again and I'll have to keep re-oiling it but I can't figure out how exactly I would even be able to clean it as the bolt that allows the deraileur to pivot cannot be screwed out, it looks like it's a rivet or something that cannot be removed. So question is is it impossible to actually clean this out and I just need to keep re-oiling it to keep it functional?
>>2077110if it were me i would just keep juicing it with a lubricant until a more significant problem came up
>>2077110I think you're pretty boned. Either keep oiling it or replace it. Could try letting it sit in something to dissolve the salt but you're probably dealing with corrosion at this point. Unless you knock that pin out, smooth out the hole and install a new pin you're stuck oiling it.
>>2077110RD's are dirt cheap. You should be able to find one, possibly off a crashed bike for almost nothing. In the meantime, I'd flood with thin oil and work it regularly, wiping grit off in between.
>>2076876Sheldon brown. Park tool. Make sure wheels spin without getting stuck. Lube your drivetrain. Have proper tire inflation.
>>2076943As a general rule, fit and riding position are more important than a mm or two on the wheels. For your height, 700c, obviously. Any road bike but a pure racer should work. Shitheap hybrids should work.
>>2076999The fear porn is real, but so are cheap chinese batteries.
>>2077040Trust your ass. For that, you might as well go all the way and get sprung saddle. And further beyond and get leather, brooks or better.
>>2077086Depends on terrain. 90's steel MTB if you have more skills than drops. I would otherwise aim for hydraulic brakes, and then the best front shock for your money, probably just getting out of cheap Suntour is good enough.>>2077092Aim for light german trekking bike. Go light. The suspension will probably be ass, you go good suspspension or none at all, depending on your terrain . Go with wider, bigger tires before suspension.
Looking at getting a bike trainer. Let me start by saying im not a hardcore rider and am looking to get back into riding everyday instead of currently hitting a trail once a month. Im wondering if I should get a fluid trainer or an electromagnetic one. Both smart trainers.When I was riding everyday I had a fluid trainer that I gave away after my bike got stolen. But I have a bike again and a vr headset which would make using the trainer more fun i hope.
>>2077149Just go outside bro
>>2077123Unfortunately it's a Di2 deraileur, pretty expensive to replace. I'm just gonna keep oiling it I guess, I cleaned it out extensively flushing it with WD-40 and putting more PB oil in it and it's working, but after a few ride it starts to get a little stuck again so I guess I'm oiling this thing up every few days now
>>2077110take it apart and clean it
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Any recommendations on a bike light that isn't some chinkshit that will break fast? Every single piece of trash bike light I've got from amazon has broken so fast, I just want something that is going to last more than a few months and is actually bright. I've been leaving earlier and earlier in the morning for my rides before the sun is up and the lights I use are such shit, and it's hard to find one that works. Granted, I'm a cheap fuck so I've been buying ones that are like $10-15 so no shit they are gonna break fast. But I'm willing to spend like $30 or a little more than that if it isn't going to break so fast. Any recommendations?I only really need a good front light, my rear light is fine for now, I paid a little more to get a quality one a few months ago.
Any anons living in Brazil? Kind of want to see if those anons have good bikepacking bikes they would recommend. (mostly for touring but I want to go off road like with a 50/50 between roads and trails)
>>2077159That's what you get for not maintaining your things properly
>>2077251Convoy S2+ is really good if you put in a striped //lens like picrel.I think i have a 30 degree lens and i use it to ride in the woods at night. You can also check out Towild CL series from ali, they seem decent.
>Orbea Alma h30 Is there any better hardtail MTB with 1x12 gearing I can get for sub 900 eurobuckets? My understanding is that the components are very good while the fork/suspension is decent on the Orbea. It has 100m of travel but is compatible to update to 110m. Should weigh between 12-13kg in size M. I dont want a brand with a bunch of proprietary parts though in case something needs replacing. Does anyone see any red flags here? I dont know anything about modern hardtales btw, just need a good MTB for leasure with good climbing ability.https://99spokes.com/en-DE/bikes/orbea/2026/alma-h30
Noob here trying to go next level because my actual practice is too uncomfortable.Can someone tell me the year of my bike? I bought it second-hand. I have absolutely no idea if it's from 80's, 90's, or 2000's… It's a Raleigh, obviously. Bought to an old man 4 years ago. You lift the gears with little handles directly on the frame.
Can you ride a bike drunk?Can you lose demerit points off your licence if detected riding a bicycle drunk?
>>2077308>You lift the gears with little handles directly on the framelol, yes, we know.they're called "downtube shifters," btw.it's probably late 80s. could be early 90s.seems like a neat bike. see if you can fit wider tires on there, the hi-pressure skinny tires were a meme because they feel really fast but turns out wider and lower pressure is actually faster and also way more comfortable.problem being, most road bikes from that era came with thin forks and rear triangles that prevent anything but skinnies. also fitting them through the brake calipers may be difficult but you can flip the little lever on them to disengage the caliper and push them through then flip the lever back.but anyway there's plenty of life left in the current tires, just consider it when they wear out if you want
>>2077309>Can you ride a bike drunk?I don't know, *can* you?I've done it many times but a couple of those times I wrecked.>>2077309>demerit points off your licenceI've never heard of that happening, but I live in the US and you don't say where you are. could vary by state, could depend on an individual judge's ruling if it was something that went to court, I suppose. but I feel like I would have heard about that when I was a messenger, we tended to pool information like that.
>>2077308My main issue is with the riddle.Literally plows and compresses my crotch because of the nose going up slowly, even when I tighten the bolt.This is the position before and after, after 10km. Shocking, right? What should I do? Buy a new one? Some advice for a model? Some that I can incline a certain angle and will stay the same. Preferably with a trench in the center.Or should I bend the big rod with a hammer? I think this won't do because it seems the bolt losen up anyway just because of my position forcing on the riddle and making the nose go up.
>>2077310Thanks for your answer.I actually wanted to change the cassette since it's decent when rolling downhill but terrible when climbing the slope.The store's clerk told me such a bike wasn't worth and I should buy a better one if I wanted to do such investment.Was he bullshitting me? He sounded sincere. You expect some clerk to tell you>yes you absolutely can, look we have this model… but this time it was the contrary.Sounds reasonable to me, wouldn't it be better to modify one with a lower frame, more recent and with the shift levers on the handlebars?He also told me old bikes had different size of tires at the time so it's not so great to mount new tires on them today, it's kinda incompatible. Is it true?They're new I recently changed them.
>>2077312get a new seatpost. pull out the existing one and the diameter is usually stamped on the part inside the frame. or measure it with calipers. an ordinary one is very inexpensive. but there's a bunch of diameters so getting that right is important
>>2077313>I actually wanted to change the cassette since it's decent when rolling downhill but terrible when climbing the slope.you can potentially save yourself a headache and just source a new chainring that fits on this bolt circle. looks like the bolts are even still on it. the front derailleur will have to be tuned to reach it, but this solution would be way easier than a new cassette in the rear because your rear derailleur will (almost certainly) not fit it and you have to buy a long cage derailleur also and recable and tune it, too.someone probably replaced the crank and just took the little ring off so as not to retune the derailer. if so there is a possibility that the existing derailleur can't adjust far enough for a triple gear spread, but since someone has obviously tinkered with it, it's hard to say for sure what's going on.also, you need a crank puller tool to get the ring on the crank.
I just spent two hours guessing the code to my bike lock because I changed it from literal 3333 to something else and didn't bother to write it down.Turned out I just changed one digit at beginning.I was lucky I didn't lock anything with it then.
>trying to restore bike>stuck cup & cone bb>weld a piece of metal to extract it>EZ.png>sunk a bit of time and money>get BB threads chased>threads are misaligned/crookedCan I get weld on material on the threads and get it tapped to fix them or will the heat warp it again?
>>2077314What makes the saddle go up? I want to know to avoid having the same issue on the new one. Isn't the micro-adjustment thing favoring this?Any idea of a model or a type of model?Can't I get one without that micro-adjustment thing? Do we all have to regularly tighten the bolts or are there some seatposts which don't move no matter what the times goes?
>>2077412Make sure there's no sand between the two clamping parts and tighten it down real good, use loctite if you have some. The saddle shouldn't slip if torqued down properly. Maybe you stripped the splines or something. You could try a seatpost adjusted with two bolts like picrel
How you be gripping your shit?
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Are there some actually decent brands of bags/sacks for the trekking bike? I'm thinking of getting a casual side sacks for the rear for groceries while leaving top of the trunk free for attach whatever I end up needing to transport and attach with those rubber straps(I got the TUBUS brand, seems pretty solid).Generally I want it for commuting, grocery runs and weekend trekking. Thievery seems to not be so rampart over here, but I'm going to be fairly paranoid anyway, so I doubt I will be leaving it by the gym for over a hour or so(which is shame, because parking is sometimes an issue)
Got a used bike recently that's stuck in 3rd gear. It has a sachs T3 hub, and I got a new shifter for it. Apparently my local bike shop is saying there's something wrong with the cable. How much of a hassle is this going to be to get fixed? I thought this was going to be an easy replacement.
