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What type of bike does /fit/ ride
This is my daily commuter till I build my rode bike
>>37130778
ride it on the daily
Winter bike: CCM Elite mountain bike. It's a piece of shit I clean once a year and I hope to get one more winter out of it before giving it away for scrap metal.
Poor weather/errand bike: 12-year old DeVinci Stockholm, a 'touring hybrid', nice commuter bike. Weighs about 22 lbs, replaced rims on it last summer to go to 27mm centre-line tires, great for keeping up more or less with downtown traffic on shitty urban pavement. Back rack, panniers. No toe clips.
Nice weather bike: refurbished 1991 or so Marinoni. Beautifully smooth old racing bike. Cost me $60 because my brother-in-law bike mechanic is a goddam genius. Bear-trap toe clips.
Workout bike: 2008 Devinci LeMans 3. Carbon front and back forks. It's a barely passable road bike by today's standards, but still beautifully solid at 70 km/h and I like it. Clicky pedals I've got used to.
This when I wanna do road. I also have a Kona Process for mtb, but I don't use it as much
She's been an amazing bike.
>>37131854
What are photos
got this cutie by 70 dolars off craiglist to get some cardio at rest days.until my gay retard brother fucked it up completely
>>37130778
I just have a touring bike I use for everything. No need to get the fancy stuff if I'm not racing.
Thinking of getting a bike to cycle to work/uni. What sort of bike do I need? What other shit do I need? It's about 30kms either way, about 50/50 trails and roads.
Trek 7.2
Ride it around the city, long distance, some moderate trails, handles pretty much everything.
Specialized Enduro Comp 29
>>37131967
Can you commute on this and keep up with cagers?
>>37132092
No my office is a 40 minute drive from where I live. And there isn't a big bike culture in my city.
But it it's pretty heavy, not built for speed.
>>37132058
Is that front rotor bigger than the rear?
Why is the paint job like that?
Specialized 29 Camber carbon Evo Expert
>was considering commuting on bike to pay down student loans faster and save cash
>Leery about the non bike friendly metro I live in
>Get offered company vehicle and unlimited fuel today
Looks like I'm not commuting on bike
Specialized Allez Sport. Ride it to work at nights
park car at trolley station every morning and get on this baby for work, school, and back
Fuji Roubaix 1.0 LE
super entry level
>>37134952
Your mom is super entry level.
Fuji Tread 1.5
>>37130778
Some sick bikes ITT.
something similar to this
>tfw dutchfag
>>37133821
Weight saving, rear brakes only produce 30% of your stopping power so they lock up easier, you don't need extra power from a large rotor at the rear.
It is personal preference though.
>>37132058
That saddle doesn't match the bike in the slightest, looks like it'd be uncomfortable for long rides
>>37136278
>mountain bike
>long rides
>>37136285
Are you trying to tell me there's no such thing as a 'long rides' (a completely subjective term) with MTB?
>>37136313
Yes
>>37136338
Found the fattie with 0 cardio
2/10 made me respond.
>>37130778
My 600 Euro bike just got stolen a couple of days ago. Feels sad man...
>>37136374
That's a bummer dude, worst feeling.
>>37136364
>cardio with a mountain bike
Want a bike for occasional rides to the gym and riding asphalt trails in the state park. I'd like to use it for some commuting when I can. I can't spend too much.
Is my best bet craigslist, or something new?
Do you wear a helmet? Which one?
>>37137249
>Is my best bet craigslist, or something new?
Depends how much is "too much" for you.
>Do you wear a helmet?
Of course. I'm not a kid who doesn't wear a helmet because it looks "uncool".
>Which one?
The one that fits your head and you think looks good.
>>37136837
>Not hitting berms for an hour for your cardio
Enjoy getting hit by a car
>>37137977
>Enjoy getting hit by a car
Cars don't drive on the cycleway.
Bought this 1 week ago, my first bike after childhood, i like it a lot :)
>>37137991
Have you been hitting the trails a lot yet?
This is my steed, have since upgraded to Ultegra chainset. Rides like an absolute dream
>>37138006
Not realy, didnt have much time because of work and the weather was realy shitty.
Will do it this weekend tho.
don't ride it as much as I'd like since my legs are always sore from squats.
I live by a park so I like to take long walks through there for some cardio
>>37130778
Ignore the dildo strapped to my seat
a nakamura royal piece of shit from sportchek
jesus christ its barely better than walmart
>paid $219
>4 months of riding
>bad tire already done had to spend another $54 on new one
>bottom bracket shitting its self
>doesnt shift gears correctly anymore
JUST
This is my ride! Anyone knows what a old Cannondale like this could be worth today?
>>37131931
Myron quads
>buying expensive as fuck bikes
>so they can be stolen
Beginner rider here.
Dumbass pics probably gonna rotate but it's my Fuji sportify two.5
Just got it like a week and a half ago. Been riding almost everyday
>>37138302
That's why you don't lock them up in public.
>>37138302
Implying I didnt buy my bike on gumtree for £5 and then fix it up for <£20
My fucking bike lock costs more than my bike together
>>37138366
so where do you lock them up when in public?
>>37138255
Not much, couple hundred bucks if you're lucky
>>37138398
You don't if they're crazy expensive, you keep them by your side at all times. Locks are super easy to get through if you know what you're doing.
I have a cheap bike I ride if I need to lock it up, I never ride my race bikes down to the shops.
>go to rich neighbourhood
>steal a bike
>>37130778
I ride the type that has a motor and runs on gas
>>37130778
>using the spoked jew
just walk ,stop clogging up traffic and running over pedestrians on """bike lanes""" in the middle of the fucking sidewalk
>tfw bikes wheels become "untrue" after a few months
JUST
Picked this one up about 6 years ago and haven't looked back since
>>37138467
Only if you have shit stock wheels/a shit wheel build. Properly built wheels will stay straight through years of abuse.
>>37138553
not with my fat ass riding them
>>37138448
>When you can't use basic punctuation correctly
>Thinking your opinion matters
>>37138561
Get a better mechanic then.
I'm 90kg and have trashed some wheels I have for a couple of years and they're fine.
Unless you're like 120kg+ then it's not impossible to have strong, lasting wheels.
A mountain bike my uncle made 15 years ago. Solid as fuck bike, never had any kind of problem, use it every day to go to work
Love you uncle Steve
>>37138583
>im 90kg
wow its fucking nothing
>>37138602
Found the fatass.
>>37137249
yes get a bike on craigslist, find a steel frame road bike, then post on /n/ in the buy bike general about the ones you find. They will help you
>>37137249
Please dont cheap out on a helmet and buy a shitty one, make sure it fits as well
I get called out all the time at uni (somewhat jokingly) for wearing a helmet buut it probably saved my life when I did come off my bike and smacked into the rear end of a bus
>>37139213
Cool thanks
>>37138815
i know i said in >>37138561
i was a fat ass
>>37130778
Just got it a few weeks ago for my upcoming tour.
My tire on my normal road bike blew up so I'm using this in the mean time to get used to everything & have an excuse so I don't have to buy another tire.
>>37140149
>Brooks saddle
The most comfortable ride to erectile dysfunction you'll ever have.
>>37140636
>groin area goes numb half way through ride
panic
>>37140636
i'm seriously thinking of getting another saddle for my tour but I hear that once you break in a brooks saddle, its the most comfy saddle out there.
I have this one on my road bike a SMP TRK GEL.
It's great but desu I don't really love either of the saddles so far.
>>37140636
Hold up, fampai-
Which of these is best to keep the semen-squirter healthy?
There's no explanation to which is better...
>>37140149
nice one senpai
I have this when I do some rides, otherwise I have a normal cheap moiuntainbike for daily rides (uni and work).
>>37141310
but thats fucking boring bro
Full rigid single speed mountain bike. It goes where i pedal it. No pussy ass gear dropping when things gets nasty.
>>37141818
>pussy ass gear dropping when things get nasty
You mean changing to an appropriate gear for optimum transferal of power.
Older than I am- heavier than I am.
>>37136253
Same here. Dutchfag too.
>>37136253
>>37141933
oude rammelbak gazelle masterrace reporting in
>>37136837
Have you not gotten hypoxic burn in your quads after climbing 2000ft of switchbacks? DYEmtb?
>>37142008
>hypoxic burn
"I got really bad lactic acid coz my legs are pathetic"
I'm mad jelly of everyone here. I'm riding an old bike from 1996. It's ok but I got it from my dad. And I don't have enough for a new bike yet.
I definitely wanna ride though.
>>37140636
my dick keeps falling asleep when riding. I adjusted my seat 5 times now. Nothing works.
>>37140149
Nice! Is that a good bike for riding on hilly streets?
I need something like this. I want to ride to one of my jobs. That's 20min away, but the hills are shit tier. It's like 4 miles of hills incline, varying inclines. Luckily on the way back it's only 1-2 miles of inclines. It would be awesome to get back into riding. I'm only using my trainer in the basement.
>>37142230
i had to angle my seat down slightly and that worked
>>37142254
Honestly any bike would work fine.
It's all about the gear range that you have. this bike is designed to have a lot of mounting holes for gear like in pic related. The drive train in the front has 3 different rings & in the back a wide amount of different speeds.
>>37142230
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-bike-saddle-can-damage-nerves-your-penis-clitoris-paul
>>37142304
the fuck
i just got one of those tires put on my bike
>tfw cant patch tires like the old days
>>37142030
Hypoxic burn is not the lactic acid soreness.
/fit/ is full of so many retards.
>>37142304
oh shit yeah i need some mounting holes. One for my phone for gps and something to carry goods like in that picture. Fuck that looks cool.
I have mountain bike style. i love the handle in that pic.
have 2 bikes
a tern eclipse and a single speed focale
the focale is on a trainer in the bedroom.
>>37142317
thanks for that man. I knew i wasnt crazy. I felt the head of my dick and it was like nothing was there. But I love riding so much, recently got back into it, just cant even ride more than 15min without a problem.
>>37142390
you only need mounting holes to carry bags. Everything else that's small can just be mounted on the handlebars. Although If you put a lot of stuff on you would want to get some wider ones eventually.
With my bike I can carry so many groceries & things.
You could also get a more of a road bike feel with a rear rack, like pic related
>tfw been using WD-40 on chain
>tfw fag in store tells me its the worst thing ever so he can sell me some shit
I've pretty much worn down the knobby dirt tires.
>>37142701
He wasn't lying, ye fokken knob. Haha
>>37142735
>mountain bike on the road
I got one of these but its not as fun to ride as I thought it would be with the bitch ass traffic being so high cars honking at me left and right sometimes I rather just go running to the gym
>>37142773
And doesn't even use clipless pedals. Fucking normies
REEEEEEEEEE
>>37142773
No, it actually sees dirt, mud, sand, and has seen snow once. I have a phobia with riding on public roads.
>>37131931
Miron dique
Why are you guys such faggots?
how do i not blow out the back end of my bikes?
ive had like 4 bikes in the last 5 years
>>37142864
>tfw live in suburb
>tfw no comfy bike trails anywhere
How much do you PROFESSIONALS ride your high dollar bikes?
>>37142898
I live in suburbia too. So I drive out to ride. But there are some close trails. Sometimes I don't bother unloading the bike, and just off road, but my vehicle definitely is not meant for it. But my soccer mom SUV probably see's more trails than most lifted trucks n Jeeps LOL
>>37141818
>single speed mountain bike
Enjoy them torn chains.
>>37141770
Have a wide gap at the back end that moves far into the saddle. A Brooks saddle has no gap at all and you'll be sitting right on your artery, even if it is the comfiest.
Something like pic related will work well.
![16509586407_5b0b03ccf2_b[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/db0fW9X.jpg "16509586407_5b0b03ccf2_b[1].jpg")
Bought one of these bad boys a couple months back.
Was in perfect shape, very functional roadbike, 10/10.
>>37143062
There's much comfier shit around than those taint-punchers
>>37142939
>tfw live in Florida
>Have to drive 1 hour to decent mountain biking
>Every decent mountain biking park is an abandoned phosphate pit
A-at least we can go surfing once a month
>>37143140
But that will chafe you like a bitch on long rides.
Plus it's not even a taint puncher if you're sitting on them right + don't have a fat ass.
Why would you ride up hills when you can shuttle?
Just got it and boy do I fuckin' love this thing.
New Norco Range A 7.2
>>37143795
And here's my road/commuter bike. Rear wheel has no tread because I get bored riding on the road and just skid my tyres.
>>37143865
>mountain bike on roads
dans game
why not a hybrid?
>>37144178
The Talon was my first mountain bike before I bought the Merdia FS, figured it wasn't worth selling then buying a hybrid/road bike.
The screws for my crankset always get loose and I have to constantly screw them in, what could possibly be wrong with the crankset?
>>37144211
put hybrid tires on it?
>>37144240
worn out?
>>37144251
Just bought new tires ;). I do want to take the hard tail on more trails, but I think I'm kidding myself.
>>37144272
why are tires so hard to fuck with now?
werent they innertubes before?
>>37144313
>>37144313
Tubeless is actually pretty easy once you get them setup and running. Rarely get punctures and if you do, they can probably seal themselves. My hard tail has tubes in both and my Merida has tubeless in the front only.
>>37144271
They are brand new m8 :(
>>37144502
>>37144240
FSA brand?
>>37144313
? Almost every bike I see has innertubes
>>37144528
The brand is Sunrace I think.
>>37144528
>>37144560
My bad, it's generic, but it's the only one I found with just one ring.
>>37144560
>>37144657
Better just get a warranty if you can. My FSA cranks kinda did the same for no reason. Just kept falling out/coming loose. I just ended up buying a different brand.
>>37144664
I might just buy a better one then. These are pretty cheap, like 6 dollars.
Giant Roam. I do a lot of flat, straight, trails, this thing gets the job done without being 15000 dollars of overengineering.
Is oversize a standard?
My bike's rear tyre exploded the other night, ruined my ride.
>it's spelled tyre in Aus
>>37145169
>the smell of the inside of a bike tire
worst smell
>>37130778
That chain is looking a little rusty m8
GT 5 series recently put gatorskins on
>>37145289
Your mom's looking a little rusty.
>>37145289
I know I live in Colorado and I bought it from a friend of mine so it is a bit of a rough state till I get a new place
>>37132058
>29er
>laughinggirls.jpg
>>37146355
Its a 2007 garyfisher tarpon
>>37145195
smells like expired cat food
>>37148186
tubeless sealant explosions are worse.... but it has never happened to me.
>>37135997
I like the basket thing on the back
>>37130778
>>37131847
>>37131862
>>37131908
>>37131967
>>37132058
>>37134952
>>37135905
>>37135997
>>37136253
>>37136331
>>37137991
>>37138017
>>37138107
>>37138137
>>37138255
>>37138320
>>37138514
>>37140149
>>37141795
>>37142735
>>37142748
>>37142819
>>37142864
>>37142892
>>37142904
>>37143795
>>37143822
>>37144791
>>37148245
lol literally 99% of /fit/ rides shitty ass mountain/hybrid bikes. i half expected to see kiddie bmx bikes.
>>37148571
well we went to /n/ and they said to get an 80s/90s steel mtb.
>>37148571
>literally 99%
Nice math skills.
>>37148571
maybe because /fit/'s primary occupation is lifting and not biking?
>>37148946
Why would you still buy a mountain bike?
>>37150841
Mountain bikes seem like the default purchase with road bikes and with some people even hybrids being seen as for serious cyclists.
One you spend a bit of time on a decent road bike going back to slow old mountain bikes seems unbearable
>>37150841
My guess would be, most people buy a mountain bike as teenagers, because that's when you'll ride through the forest and build ramps in your backyard.
And many people don't upgrade their bike until much later when they either become more serious about biking or start working and finally have money for a decent bike.
I personally am >>37136331.
That's a hybrid I bought last year. I went with that because of the area I live and ride in. Around 50% of what I ride on is decent roads (which is where the slimmer tires - compared to a mountain bike - and suspension lock give me an advantage), the other half is shitty asphalt roads or dirt/gravel roads, where a suspension and bigger tires - compared to a road bike - are practical.
In addition to that, I never go totally off-road, so a full suspension mountain bike isn't really worth it either.
>>37148571
My bike isn't a mountain bike/hybrid you disgusting pleb fuck.
>>37130778
>get a bike
>shitthatscool.jpg
>refugee accomodation built next to my flat
>one week passes
>bike gone
:)
>>37151343
A cyclocross would perform way better on anything you ride on desu.
>>37152935
It sucks because you Euros haven't grown up with darkies around you to learn of their behavior but you gotta watch your back when they're around. They can't help themselves, it's just in their nature to be pieces of shit.
>>37148571
not even the guys who posted these, but have you seen these?
>>37132058 about $5k
>>37143822 about $2k
come back when you know what the fuck you're talking about
This is my baby, which I am riding pretty much every day for 40-200km rides because I am stalling my studies in laziness
>>37157939
And this is my mechanically perfect heavyweight town bike which weighs 28kg that I ride for general in-town business. The thing is undestroyable
kilo tt and nashbar 105 road bike
>>37130778
found the pic on the internet but I have the same model copped it on craigslist for 300$ been riding it all year at uni and got some sick leg veins
>>37158920
Shitty snapchats but veins are p juicy. Biking is dope
>>37158920
FUCK YEAH AMERICA
>>37159001
how much ya bike?
>>37156464
mountain biking is shit
>>37159001
those toes what the fuck. fucking ausfags
normal pic of legs in mirror?
>>37161277
NOT AN AUSSIE REEEEEEEEEEEEEE. Can't get any overhead lighting with my dorm mirror and it's like a pie plate so the ghost of the holy spirit is in every pic. Pic related is from Mar31
>>37161225
I only have time to do an hour or two most days I go out. I'm also around DC and we've had shitty weather all spring plus I don't like playing chicken with all of the immigrants on the roads. I probably do ~75 miles a week and there is only one big hill rest is totally flat.
I've gone out with my school's cycling team a few times and most of the kids have pencil legs bc they don't lift but they can fly. Cycling definitely is worth it tho cardio + mild leg work
Not my exact baby but close. Commute and leisure.
>tfw hit new top speed
>tfw new distance record
>>37137249
craigslist mang. I got baby for 175 nearly new, previous owner bought it new and only rode it like twice when they decided exercise was too hard, so they put it in the garage for a year then sold it to me. Goes about 1700 new. 1/10 the price.
>helmet
They're bullshit. The most common neck/head injury is rotational which helmets don't do shit for. Head injuries account for less than 6% of all cycling injuries. I've actually gone body over handlebars before onto cement...only injury was a skinned knee and scuffed shoe.
>>37137977
Found the faggot who doesn't understand how to anticipate and prevent cager collisions. I bet you suck at driving a car, too. Also, separated lane, fgt, get shrecked.
>>37138198
>>paid $219
>expects a good bike for department store prices
Heh.
>>37138302
>stolen
Hey, this faggot doesn't use a U lock.
>>37150894
>slow old mountain bikes
>tfw I outpace all those plebs with their shitty meme road bikes on the way to uni
>tfw doing ss t-rex mode actually is useful
>>37145169
How does this happen?
>>37157939
>every day for 40-200km rides
Impressive.
>>37161892
I do around the same per week, with tons if hills and my legs are an amorphous mass. Big, yes, but zero definition.
>>37130778
I live in the Netherlands were using your bike for small distance transport is pretty common.
I ride my bike to the trainstation to go to college veryday and to work and to the gym.
So on average I bike about 20km or 12 miles a day. It is great way to keep in shape, maintain basic cardio and I live rural so it is pretty comfy with the proper music.
Pic quite related
>>37154129
cool bike anon :3
>>37162108
Question. What's with you clog-wearers and these giant steel hunks of heaviness? My baby weighs about 15 lbs and is perfect...but a bike like your pic can be about 40 lbs. For what purpose?
The frames are steel and the rims are steel. Everything is fucking steel. These bikes are very heavy but also insanely durable and thats the catch, people ride on 50+ year old bikes here that have barely seen any maintenance and still run great
>>37162144
Well a couple of different reasons
A we use our bikes more intensively so we need a good bike
B most bikes are as heavy as mine. The bikes in this tread are also very common in the Netherlands. This is the first time I had this type of bike
C Hipster stuf has become more populair the recent years thats why this heavy duty bike got more populair since it is old school.
Back in the day these bikes were used for small transport and the ballsackbreaking bar was later placed as reinforcement so that the bike would break due to the heavy load. The female type byke was actually the standard byke. Back in the day people would have small baskets in front of their bikes for transport. With the hipster stuff getting populair this became populair aswell. Especially among housewifes and student to put their bags in.
Anyone else?
>>37162851
Are you a literal nigger faggot?
>>37130819
DELETE THIS
>>37142550
Nice. Just finished a short bike trek through the Netherlands (where I live). 4 days 687km on a trekking bike (VSF Fahrradmanufaktur).
Pic is my bike. Trek Madone 6.9 SSL.
For cardio, would a heavy steel mtn bike be better than a skinny tire, lightweight roadie? I don't have the time and space to be traveling miles and miles. A nice 5 mile ride would be all I'd do. So would a mtn bike be better since it's less efficient?
>>37164153
5 miles will never be efficient. The nice thing about cycling is that you can go 80miles+ and explore whatever you want. Cycling is so fucking efficient that you can go massive distances, and that is also what should be driving you to do it. Just have fun!
>>37164311
>>37164153
Well, 80+ miles is nowhere near normal people would do. 5 miles is pretty short though, why only 5 miles? Is time the issue or is your cardio like shit? You say time, but if you do like 5 miles in 15 minutes, showering and changing clothes would almost take longer.
5 miles to the top of some mountain can still be a pain in the ass. If you just want to get your 30minutes of 'working out' a day, that will do.
And I really do think of cycling as a healthy way of being outside as well. Get some sun, fresh air and work your body.
If it really only is 5 miles you'd be doing, dont bother buying anything fancy. Just buy the cheapest bike (with some gears) nearby. Make sure it fits.
Good luck!
I ride single trails and sometimes freeride tracks in bikeparks with it
Road bike because I live in Dallas where mountains are non existant
