Lunar eclipse on September 27th, charge up those lights and go for a night ride.
>>882236
>charge up those lights
As it so happens I just got back from riding pic related, got in two hours after work riding singletrack and gravel in the dark. Was fun, but I have to confess I'm a total wuss when it comes to rock drops and ruts at night.
While out today I passed through the valley where a pumpkin patch is located. On one side there was a giant truck with a sign saying to enter from other side of valley blockading the road because a bridge at the bottom is condemned and barricaded. Sure enough while riding down that road I encountered a woman in an SUV who must have gone into the ditch to get around the truck confident the sign and truck was a ruse. When I was exiting the valley there was a constant stream of cars kicking up a huge plume of dust.
The bandage from yesterday's road rash incident worked its way loose, so I had my tights rubbing on the open wound for the last 20 km.
Less people out riding the gravel roads on the weekends this year. Cyclocross has gained popularity here and the masochists do that every weekend instead.
the riveris DRYdry,, adictied to water.
Meso vain,, Check out my HairDOO!! fully moosed,, ehhorsed!
,, also, strangly,, horse slober, works as chain lube.
>last night get drunk with some friends 4 hours of sleep
>wake up and think, take it easy, just 40 miles today
>get 20 miles in and think, just keep going its fine
>30 miles in alcohol is burned out of the system
>40 miles in realize my body is failing
>start googling for alternative routes back to make it shorter
>decide on one that has a decent hill thinking I can take it easy on the way back down
>hill is 7 miles long and 3400'
>the grind
>stop at the top and chill
>coast down and race a honda on the backside of the hill for about 5 miles
>drivetrain needs some work, shit is slippin
>make it back and soo hungry
>dominos and beer now
>>882640
How cruel, taunting those blind folded horses with an apple.
Rode out to a dark spot to watch the eclipse. Actually didn't look any better than watching from home, but it was a nice ride.
My tail light started fading as I was riding out, so I changed the batteries in the dark. Which means I had to find the batteries in my bag, and the stubby screwdriver in my toolkit.
Very dark tonight, no clouds at all. On my way out I missed the turn off to the road I wanted to go down.
>>883099
clouds gettingthicker,, Small thin vale,yes? maybe? glimpse of the ghost moon,, then, darknest.
,,,
,auto passs, lites shine onto Deer herd 100 yards up ,,,imumbling, scratching,, smokiing,, !DEERight nexto me headed into the field!,, Do COOLook!, HAy Guys, hows it goin?
Walker River,, reduced to a final ditch ,,,,\flooded onto alfalfa! TOTHE LAST DROP!!
I too went on an eclipse-viewing ride this evening, left the house just before sunset and rode out of town into the mountains to get away from city lights. I reached the top of my climb just as the moon finished falling into the earth's shadow, paused for a few minutes, then looped back down another road (which had turned into a parking lot crowded with the cars of people who had the same idea), taking my time so I reached my door just as the moon was almost completely fully lit again. Can't ask for a better excuse to go on a night road ride.
eclipsed all ritey!
What a difference a couple culverts and several months make. A road that was impassable this spring because of huge pond was dry today with no standing water at all. Looks like they are draining the wetland for future development several years down the road. I flushed out a small group of deer while riding through there. The road is covered in grass so it doesn't see much traffic.
Another stupid windy day, but at least warm enough I didn't need a jacket. The wind has been changing direction just about every day, so I've been mixing up my gravel routes. Taking a gravel friendly bike gives me a lot more riding options. I put my road bike away a few weeks ago and started using my touring bike with knobbies for most rides. They didn't bother re-grading the roads after the last rain so the roads have been in great shape with several smooth packed clay gravel free channels.
>>883877
Spoke too soon. The graders are out this week churning up the gravel. I can't enjoy the down hill spots with piles of loose gravel all over the road. Nice thing about the few dirt roads I encountered is that they never get any maintenance. I was planning to take a few pictures but forgot my camera. South wind yesterday, north today and tomorrow its east. Strangely few west winds lately.
Weird lunar light on said night and after a couple beers as I was riding downtown to get a burger, clipped a big pothole pretty bad, went down on my hands, face, hip. Nasty cuts, healing
I had a nice 4 hour ride planned for today, but the forecast totally changed overnight. Rain, then misty all morning and much less warm.
I'll take the fat bike for a spin this afternoon instead.
Nice day
Rode past a snek onnaway home from uni a day or two ago.
>>884758
very cute!
Did ok out at the mtb trails yesterday despite having rode the fatty only once since April. Got a crack in my windshield while driving the gravel roads to get there.
Weather was shit today and will be shit for the next few days, rain and high winds. Going to have to start wearing a jacket on all my rides going forward.
>>884758
somehorse flipout at Snek!
,, "Nemo", my loaner polopony,, FuKn Crackhead!,
, see sticks ahead, kneeGRIP or fly!,, NEVER a relax moment,,,does he listen?,
, Dude! weare iNEWZEALAND, , no SNEKS!!, relax withme?
,,
,,,HAY!,, HOWDD i get in these BUSHS~~!!, NEmO, YOU FUK!,GET, BABCK HERE!!
>>884860
horses don't know geography, though! How the fuck a horse supposed to know whether or not there's predation endemic to a landmass?
Fun ride home from work tonight. 32 mph gusts and minor flooding on the roadways. Torrential rain coming down from one side and car splashes coming at me from the other. The only other cyclists out are delivery guys.
I was surprised at not seeing any rats since they usually come out when it rains, but just a few miles left to go I caught one. He swerved when he should have gone straight and he got caught by my rear wheel. Didn't feel as crunchy as usual so he might actually have lived, but I kind of doubt it.
>>884860
godammit nemo. what are you doing in new zealand bacon?
>>885049
was riding trains,, and, seaelephants.
,,, only 3,, erh 4,,, OK! its at least 5 times ive flown off a horse. Nemo was lowand slow, and the bushs soft., flying off a TALLFAST horse,, notsofun!
>>885991
I don't understand your life BaconRider
How are you able to ride around the desert all day
Yesterday's rainy day project was to service the rear hub on two bikes. The freehub on one bike was a bit wobbly. After some online research I saw it mentioned that removing the thin internal spacer from a freehub can eliminate the wobble.
So tonight's project was to use fashion a freehub disassembly tool by dremelling and hand filing a socket and trying not to lose any of the 50 tiny bearings inside the freehub. Turns out the XT freehub only had 1 thick spacer instead two. But there was a thick burr making it thicker than it should have been. I'm not sure if that was a manufacturing defect or damage from use, but I filed it down. Wobbling and the noise it produced has been reduced to a more typical amount.
This video shows how to take them apart and links to specs for making the tool. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9gIEG1db0s
But in general taking the damn things apart is probably more trouble than its worth.
Water!!, glorious WATER!,, a tiny allocation of Watr runing in river now,, like a garden hose worth.
,,just needed to Bitch enough,.,, RIVER, has firstake on WATER!,, not alfalfa.
>>886007
What a nightmare.... That video pretty much sums up why I hate and try not to use Shimano hubs. The freebub body takes 15 seconds to remove and clean on my shitty Taiwanese hubs.
>>888015
wisdom.
>>888015
Dogebite!!, waters GONE!
,AAAAAAGH!
upriver, one mile,
Brutal wind today, 40 gusting to 60 km/h. Going straight into it I could do 13 km/h in the drops and about 11 kph on the hoods. About 2 km before my planned turnaround point the wind switched from straight west to NW, which sort of defeated the point of riding 26 km upwind to reach the start of a straight east 12 km long segment. I still beat the PR I set yesterday with a lighter straight tailwind, but not by much.
>>888880
try 2
NICE GARBAGE
SCHWALBE STRONK!
>>888884
Wew
so many bikes today,,, getit while yacan!
Caught a nice sunset the other day.
First day in a long time that there was very little wind. Went for 95 km and still felt pretty good at the end. Had to wear shoe covers to keep my feet warm. Will probably have to do that for almost every ride until I switch to winter boots.
how does this even happen
got a nice 20 miler in today, nothing special.
>>889417
It is caused by not using a dynohub.
Wind was back again today, did 13 km/h going out 40 coming back. If I can get out of the house by 8 am tomorrow, I should be able to get in a right with a tailwind both ways or at least get far enough north before the wind gets strong.
hit a 50+ miler today, something wasnt right. I started slow trying to conserve energy for the whole ride, but I bonked hard in the 35 mile range. Those last few miles were rough as a little wind started to kick up. Also met 4 girls today and blew it with all of them. I think I am gonna die alone.
it's friggen nippy out, guy.
>tfw a fat guy on a road bike climbs up a hill as if you were standing still while breathing closed mouth
Did babby's first century yesterday. Not much climbing, just some rollers and a cat 4 followed almost immediately by a 7% cat 3 so no real walls to speak of. Listed as about 3000ft of climbing. 8mph winds and rain (10% forecast) though, completely messed up my electrolytes because I only drank 2000ml instead of the 3000ml of power drinks I was anticipating on drinking and someone ate my pre-ride banana, causing me to fight off cramps for the last 2 hours. Also couldn't read my HRM half the time. Probably going to change up my fit a bit and buy some new shoes because some pains only became bad between 70 and 100.
Clocked in at 6:14, so about 16mph. How did I do?
Went out for a quick 6 miles with my wife to stretch out legs before a hike. We were riding on a bike path, track-standing side by side at a crosswalk, waiting for cars to pass. As we're standing, 45 year old chubby lycra-bro shouts "on your left, look out!" And shoots past me into traffic before I can even move. We caught up to him a few minutes later.
Why are there so many rude idiots in this sport and how do we fix that?
>>890254
Sounds like you're the idiot rider for trackstanding at a cross walk waiting for cars to pass, unless cars had right of way, driving on a crosswalk, on a bike path.
I imagine there was no stop sign or red light, otherwise you would have mentioned the lycra fred running a red or a stop. Instead, the omission of these things, and a less than articulate way of describing the intersection, I imagine you were trying to be nice to a car crossing a bike path when you had right of way, and you were blocking the path for other path users.
By extension, I also imagine that you made up the part about catching up to him , and him being chubby and the part about a wife as pure fantasy, not because it is implausible, but in order to make yourself sound superior on the internet. Because I know for a fact the argument would be about an idiot riding into cars and breaking laws, not being a fat slow rider on a fred sled.
So yeah, stop thinking track standing is being cool and obstructing the normal flow of traffic is a good thing. If you have right of way, you take right of way. You might think you're being courteous, but as the lycra guy in your example shows, you're just fucking it up for people, forcing them to pass you, and supposedly forcing you to pass them.
>riding with setting sun directly behind me
>mirrin' my own shadow
>see a shaddow of a bird swoop in and graze my helmet
>fucking magpie
>swoops in a second time and i try to headbutt him using shadow as a guide
>he comes in for a third attack and i swing my arm around
>timed perfectly and i connect pretty hard
>couple of scratches on my arm but i'll be ok
showed him who's boss.
I aborted my ride yesterday after puncturing about 10 minutes in and spending far too long trying to sort the tube out.
Did the ride I was going to do yesterday, some nice climbing, come back down partway on some gravel tracks on my cross-ish bike. Went pretty well, didn't stack anywhere. Had to walk it down what I now know is a segment called "death jumps" which has several bits well over -20%. Fuck that.
Then got to the end of the trail and the rear tyre had a pinchflat.
>>890258
It was a bike path, crossing a residential road. No lights or anything. The bike path has an actual stop sign. This guy just didn't want to wait his turn and rode out into the street when it wasn't safe. Thanks for the novel though.
>>890303
Sure it was
>see van with reverse lights on
>stop and wait for him
>sat where his left mirror is (UK so driver is on other side)
>he starts reversing
>still sitting there
>suddenly sees me and slams his brakes on
>I bugger off
Should be checking your mirrors before reversing mate especially in a van.
>>890322
I'll take blind spots for 200 alex
>>890347
The same shit happens here in America. Like I can see a person in their car, I can see their head, and they're just clearly not checking their surroundings before throwing their giant hunk of metal into traffic and hoping for the best.
>>890320
I will take a picture of the crossing for you the next time I am there. Likely tomorrow.
>>890373
>not just finding a random street on google maps
Uh huh. Your rant was more about your imaginary superiority than anything retarded the other guy supposedly did.
114 km of gravel and dirt roads today. Very nice ride aside from having to stop to take a shit on the side of the road TWICE. First time was just after I took this pic, beside the hay bale on the left. Second time in less than 2 weeks I had to make an emergency roadside pit stop. Wearing bib shorts is a disadvantage in these situations.
>>890407
eat more fibre
>>890409
It was a mild case of diarrhea so fibre was the least of my problems. It might be a reaction to nutritional drinks. I slammed a bottle of generic Ensure both this and the last time. The drinks frequently do a number on my stomach, particularly if I drink gatorade first. They are convenient to quickly down 350 calories while refilling water bottles, but I may have to look at other fueling options.
>>890374
I fucking hate this site lol
>>890254
>yielding to cagers
Not even once.
You yield to peds, because they are slower than you.
You do not yield to cagers. You take whatever steps are needed not to get killed by them, but if you have a chance to assert your right to the road, without undue risk of triggering road rage, you should do it.
>>890509
I wasn't yielding, I was obeying my stop sign. I was on a path that crossed the roadway. I wasn't very clear on my explanation, sorry.
>go for hike yesterday
>7 hours of steep gradient
>legs aching in the morning
>commute by bike
>went faster than I usually do with little effort
I'm supposed to go slower with painful legs, no? It's always the day after the hike that my commute is supercharged. The pedals felt extra light today and I was rocketing down the streets, no tailwind. Might do more hiking if it actually benefits me in cycling.
Pretty warm given the recent temps. Took that opportunity to ride to McDonalds like a fat kid.
>>890574
>tailwind
Enjoy your death going back
>>890347
I don't think I was in his blind spot mate I was in the line of sight with the mirror.
>>890614
There was no wind going both ways.
>>890626
>wind going both ways
You're fucked m8
>>890373
>>890254
Here's the intersection. Make fun of me pls.
>>891092
>no chubby fred
>no cars
>again obstructing the bike path for no reason by standing in the middle of it to take a pic
>>891094
I'll have you know that I was riding on the right side, taking a pic with one hand.
>>891096
>using phone while riding
That's even worse.
Please tell me of more implausible stories like freds riding into traffic when it is clear and open with tons of visibility to the left and the right to see oncoming traffic.
>>891097
I fukd ur mum on le bike m8y
biteme.
Nice 100 km ride today, it rained yesterday so I was prepared for the chance that the gravel roads would be shit, but they were just firm enough for mtb tires. The headwind going out was stronger than forecast. It died back down half way back.
Slowly chipping away at a mountain of 50 years worth of potash tailings. They are extracting the salt out of it.
I came across a pond with thousands on snow geese. At one point they started taking off from one end and the guys in the middle said fuck that so the birds that took off circled around and landed again.
>>891155
And I had 2 dogs follow me. They came out from a farmyard to check me out then turned back. Then I checked my mirror and saw them following a few hundred feet back. That went on for about 5 km. Maybe they were intrigued by my rear strobe or the music I was playing on my bluetooth speaker.
>>891167
>the music I was playing on my bluetooth speaker.
lol, there's a massively overweight guy in full race kit I sometimes see on the trail who does this. always trashy 80s rock n roll.
are you him?
>>891155
Saskatchewan?
>>891169
Nope, I only use my speaker out in the country when there is no one around. Mostly Megadeth and Metallica today. It sits in a bottle cage so I typically only use it on my mountain bike / fat bike that have extra bottle cages mounts on the fork.
>>891179
Yup, Mosaic solution mine near Belle Plaine. I saw them installing more pipelines and drill more wells further north of the site.
>>891186
Oh neat, I thought it might be Quill Lakes at first.
I drive through Saskatoon twice a year to and from University.
Decided I didn't want to deal with the wind today, so I drove out to the valley mountain bike trails to see how construction of new trails was going. Looks like they just started, so nothing new ridable. Switched my Garmin from Smart to 1 second recording to get a better gpx trace of the trails to update the map. More trail out there than I thought, 21 km later I was pooped and still had a lot of ground not covered. Turns out despite being late October I still can't skip the sunscreen quite yet.
Ended up next to a nice looking Mosque today.
>>891653
Indonesia?
Willamette river just south of Salem Oregon
>>891657
Malaysia
Pic from today's ride. I think it was about 45F at the top if that. Had to put on more cloths for coming back down. About 40 miles and 3600 ft.
>>891657
Indonesia got the best of me, Java was just too much. I still have a ticket out of Surabaya, but will soon be in Thailand, and might not go back.
Its hard to post here because of blocking, but on crazyguyonabike, I am Java Man, and have an upto date journal.
60 km towards the end into a decent headwind. Hot and humid.
Out at the mtb trails today trying out some of the new paths that are being built. The builders are taking advantage of the wide ridges to make some relatively long runs. More switch backs and twists than the old trails which will make the easier to climb and keep erosion in check. One ride out there is usually about a week's worth of climbing for me.
>>892205
> After a bit, she asks me if I like sex. This caught me off guard. But yes I do. Then she asks if I want to have sex. Of course I do. Now that I know the words, I ask her the same questions. She wants to have sex too! I need you to understand that in no way did I initiate anything. It's my third day in Indonesia, I've bonked bad and the last thing on my mind, is sex. She asks where I want the sex. Of course the butt, but the correct answer was the hotel I planned to stay at.
I love you. Full homo.
>>892416
I went and read through some of his blog, he sure seems to like cats.
water,,, its forfighting over!
>>892205
Enjoying your blog. I'm really curious what your bike looks like?? Having a shit time is a great time.
Went to visit a friend who works at a forest reservation up in the mountains, some nice climbing to get there
This one's for you Bacon
>>893206
It looks a lot like this. I find the seat tube angle too steep, I feel too on top of the pedals. My old bike was very relaxed in its geometry, and the difference is huge.
Chilly ride, 0C with 30 gusting to 40 kph winds. My feet got cold after about an hour so I decided that was a long enough ride. A few nice days through the weekend, then near freezing all next week. I ordered some Gore thermal tights and will probably need them soon.
>>893239
WHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiny!!!!
,Neigh NEIGH!,,pFFFffT!
>>893242
you could get a setback post ?
>>893396
The problem with a set back post is then the distance to the handle bars would be to great for me. I bought this bike used, and I have it set up as good as it can be, but its just not good enough for what I'm doing.
Photo: I sat here and dad a bowl of cereal , it was glorious. A perfect day for riding in Malaysia.
Temperature today was between 1 and 3C with 25 gusting to 35 km/h winds. With the help of my winter boots I lasted 2.5 hours. I went with a warmer base layer than yesterday. So for just above freezing I was wearing what I usually put on for -15C during the winter. I usually do find the pre-snow cold to feel worse than once there is snow on the ground.
To compensate for the soles on my winter boots I need to raise the seatpost about half an inch. So I marked the summer seatpost position with electrical tape on the 3 bikes I use during the winter.
The rear tire on my fat bike was flat so I had to patch the tube. The rear wheel is a pain to remove. Because of the rear rack I have to unbolt the brake caliper to get the wheel out. And remove the QR skewer to make it easier to get the chain on / off due to clearance issues because the shadow RD and horizontal dropout. The flat was caused by a 1 inch long thorn stuck in the tire. It was so stiff at first I thought it was a nail.
>get on bike after doing a bunch of work on it
>every just werks perfectly
It's a damn good feeling.
DOGE,, is WITH ME!!,
,,, RIDE HARD!!, RIDE BUMPS!!,, dash HIGHSPEED after helicopter!!, RIP the corners up!!
, stop to take pics in hangar,,, "PLINK"!, say wh..??? bike goes all WONKY!, im all "WHAAA??
,,,
,,,,,, PRIME BOLT! SNAPED IN HALF!! PRIME!! ,,,if it had happened while rolling>DIE<!!
,, so im Broke, but less then 5 feet from the tool box and 3 plane mechs get busy and im backup and GUD bolt,, in less then 5 ;minutes!! DOGE PRAISE PALLS!!
,, im still shakin,, SPOOPY!!
not me,,, MOTOX kid bends a knee.
,,im still in shock.
not meyet.
sky medic.
Nice day so I spent a few hours out at the mountain bike trails with my fat bike. Last time I was there the rolling terrain on the new flow track managed to eject my QR trunk bag every time, so I left it in the car. I tried to hit every trail I could. Skipped a few meh ones that would have required me to do the full climb out of the valley once for each of them. Came across one that collapsed last fall. Since no one rides it anymore I got the 2015 KOM.
The construction crew is still out there building new trails, so I'll have to make another trip out there next week for the new stuff.
Went on a nice group ride during the night with some folks I'd never met. Was good but I had to bail after an hour due to frozen feet. It was a perfect night otherwise. Definitely need to get some overshoes or even winter dedicated shoes.
about 65 miles today, flat. all was fine until on the way back the wind started kicking. The last few miles sucked because of that and fatigue. overall a fine fall day with a 65F high.
25mi today in a fine mist and a breeze. We had some gnarly rains, and I saw some flooding that caused some significant erosion. Went to check it out and PACKED my cleats with mud. I'm a moron.
Pic related, this stream never existed before.
Did my first sportive type event. 125 km + 90 or so getting to and from it.
Felt like I started way too far back, spent a good deal of the event jumping from wheel to wheel.
All in all a great day and utterly knackered now.
>>893900
Rained the last few days so the trails will be unrideable for the better part of a week. There is so much humidity after last nights rain that the streets aren't drying off. Soon enough the ground will freeze solid so the dampness of the soil at the trails will be irrelevant.
First time riding in the rain with fenders. I would typically be wet 2 minutes into the ride but miraculously stayed dry for the whole 90 minute ride. Why didn't I get fenders the past 3 years, I do not know. No more muddy backpacks and ass
Snow this week, maybe.
>>894418
>backpack
how many years more until you get panniers
>>894507
I do have panniers but I don't like walking around carrying something with my hands. I use them only when a backpack is not enough
Wet and cold weather is limiting me to paved roads this week. Wearing my high vis yellow windstopper jacket is definitely making me stand out against the leaveless trees and overcast skies.
I rode over to an area of new construction which was a mistake. All the roads in the area were covered in mud. The construction workers didn't look to be having fun. Due to the cold, every concrete curb and sidewalk they pour has to be tarped. Big piles of rolled tarps everywhere.
>>894418
Welcome to the brotherhood
>Giant branded tyres that came on the bike
>hard as diamonds and seemingly bullet proof
>over 5000 km on this bike with not a single puncture
>don't even bother to carry a spare
>when I get my first puncture that means the tread is worn so I'll replace them then
well it happened
>about 10 km from home
>start walking but feet get sore because walking in cycling shoes
>ride for a bit because fuck it. gonna replace these tyres now anyway
>can hear every nut and bolt in the bike rattling
>walk again but get sore feet again
>ride again, rinse, repeat..
>finally get home
Wore a couple of holes in my overshoes from walking so far so I probably should've taken them off sooner but oh well. I'm never going to not carry a spare tube ever again.
>>894737
carry a patch kit too
I had extra tubes but they had a bad patch job and I still had to walk 8km home. People ask me why I have a huge ass saddle bag and they carry no puncture repair at all. Until they learn it the hard way...
It snowed yesterday, then thawed and then it froze into ice sheets before the water could evaporate. There was also some freezing rain last night. I keep my bike outside and everything froze, derailleur, brakes, even my saddle had a thin sheet of ice on it. I managed to free my front brake, rear was still frozen.
Also stuck in a low ass 34 front 25 rear gearing. Was spinning like a mad man on my commute.
Damp and misty for my ride today. I had to keep wiping my glasses off. Could have been worse, I've ridden in mist that freezes on contact creating sheets of ice on my glasses.
>>894910
Many of the times me or a group I'm in stop on the highway to fix a flat vehicles stop to see if we need help. When I'm with the randonneur we usually have about 10 tubes and 3 spare tires between us.
Very foggy up at the ski resort this morning.. And freezing cold
Took the charity bike out for a ride today, it was 20c, really warm for this time of the year.
>>894917
>When I'm with the randonneur
You're a rando?
That's pretty neat.
First ride on rollers since the beginning of March. I haven't ridden my road bike since putting new tires on it, and fresh tires on plastic drums are a bit squeaky.
Just above freezing, but the wind was light so the ride was fairly nice. Found a big beaver on the way back.
>cycle to local village because there's a bridleway that leads to my nearest city
>realise I didn't look at the map properly and had no idea where it was
>cycle back to my village
>decide to keep cycling and go on a bridleway to another village nearby
>been raining loads recently and today and was so muddy
>I only have a cheapish but not BSO hybrid bike with stock commutery tyres
>done this route before in the wet though and it's fun
>constantly wrestling with the back wheel and trying not to fall off as you go through fucking loads of mud
>no mudguard so get covered in mud
>come off the bridleway onto the road and down the hill into the village
>puncture
>don't worry I'll use that inner tube I patched up at home!
>doesn't work
>one hour later fucking around at the side of the road in the wind I manage to find the puncture on my current rear tube, fix it and go home by this time it's getting dark and I have no lights, wearing a fluorescent jacket though which helps loads especially on the road
>get home knackered and covered in mud
Did 15.99km desu, feel tired but good. Also underbiking or w/e is fun but I feel like I should get some better tyres.
What tyres can you get that can cope with off road better than commuter tyres but aren't cyclocross? Actually what are cx tyres like on the road?
>>895680
Cx tires are fine in the road, desu since most are 32c they absorb bumps better, just can't corner at as high of speed... Expect to lose momentum faster and have to pedal more
>>895696
Continental Tour Ride looks alright actually, a bit of a mix.
>short commute to eat
>front (and only) brake snaps mid-ride
>caveman stop with flip-flops not such a good idea after all
Also came across this fatass dog
>>895699
>and only
FIXIES GET OUT REEE
>>895699
>riding with flip flops
dont wear a helmet, sure, but you need shoes to ride man. That shit is fucking crazy
>>895699
so basically what you are trying to tell us is, that you lack common sense.
I finished my trip, riding 105 km to the city of Hat Yai. The police led me out of Pattani Province, due to the war going on. Even with the war, southern Thailand had the best cycling and best food of the trip.
I put my bike on the train, and flew to Bangkok. I have to switch out bikes but then will tour around Thailand for a few months. It's winter here, still warm, but pleasant for cycling.
my freewheel was literally frozen, literally.
Anytime it was -5 degrees, the cassette would spin both ways. I did some research and apparently the old grease froze.
Went to the co-op to fix it, gonna wait until the temperature dips to see if I actually fixed it.
>>895794
And this is yet another reason why I'm completely okay riding fixed for the winter.
>>895680
Wew lads, did 38km today to my nearest city and back. Weather was AWFUL constant strong headwinds, pissing it down. Got very muddy but was fun.
>my village through nearby village to where the national cycle route is
>cycle on that to city
>was expecting it to be a rural road, but it was 75% mud and deep puddles and the rest road
>get to the city and cycle on the Netherlands-tier cycle paths
>surprise my mum at work, have lunch and go home
Have to say when I was nearly home I was suffering quite a bit and my legs weren't working that much any more, my area is really hilly ;_;
Proud of myself desu though, that was great fun.
Left my Edge 800 on the map screen and started turning down all the crescents along my general intended route and adding other zig zag ride lengthening detours. 77 km in total in balmy 9C weather. Gravel roads were still a bit soft from the past week's 19 mm of rain, but will dry nice and smooth. The mountain trails are going to be a mud pit for at least the next few days. The creek and lake along my path had a thin layer of ice over it, but should disappear tomorrow.
Finally achieved my arbitrary metric goal of riding 10,000 km in year. How much more I can add to that is highly dependent on the weather. In the cold I don't usually go longer than 2 hours. And once there is snow on the ground my average speed drops to around 13 km/h. And when there is lots of snow on the ground and I'm using my fat bike my average speed can drop below 10 km/h.
Rode home from the train station this morning, maybe 25 km. The police closed down the road, I was thinking for some member of the royal family. I couldn't move so I ate.
It was a good morning, no too hot, and the clouds came in and blocked the sun.
>>895794
Just spray it with WD-40, no joke.
WD-40 will thin out the grease.
>>896166
Boy that is one small serving
>>896189
This is why america is a lardbowl, right?
Recently took a trip around the countryside of Tennessee with my grandpa. I rode an early 90's Murray that was rusted or cracked everywhere that it could be rusted or cracked because I didn't bring my own bike. The only thing keeping it alive was penetrating oil.
Amazingly it survived the whole time with almost no issues other than some loud ass clunking from the back. Overall a very enjoyable experience.
>1/4
>>896348
>2/4
>>896351
>3/4
The 15 inch frame and plastic saddle was slightly uncomfortable
>>896352
>4/4
Only a select few of the gears actually worked.
>>896354
If you take those bars off it fits better in the dumpster.
Drove out to mtb trails hoping to get a ride in before they got wet again tomorrow. But they still hadn't dried out from last rain, so I did a short loop of the more grassy section before going home. I'm going to have to wait until the temperatures stay below freezing before I get to try the new trails.
>>896354
itsnot the bike,,, mostly, Mostly.
>>896648
So you just saw me talk shit about the bike but you still felt the need to say something you thought was clever as fuck
I bet you feel pretty smug don't you faggot
Another ride on the rollers. Trying to dial in the saddle height / angle on a fairly new Brooks Pro. I want to put some hours on it over the winter so it is less rock hard come spring.
what is the best and cheapest bike light that is rechargeable? thanks guys
>>895863
Did 38-40k to nearest city again but this time more to the centre, was fun.
Although
>be super careful normally looking everywhere
>time I didn't l didn't look a car pops out and I have to slam my brakes on
>this happens twice
I need to git gud desu
>tfw trying to go to sleep but jet valve on camelbak bottle keeps making noise as room temperature drops
>>897169
this fucking shit. fuck. sometimes it even wakes me up.
>>897169
What noise?
>>897224
As the water temperature changes causing it to expand or contract it creates a pressure difference causing the bottle suck in air or blow it out cause the silicone valve to open and close. Generally an intermittent clicking noise at night. Closing the lockout usually puts an end to the noise.
When coming inside after a cold ride it can let out a long continuous whine.
>>897224
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBk9wfhYxbY
Went through the trouble
Gave the mtb trails another shot today. Dry spots, tacky spots, kind of sticky spots and really sticky spots. Fat bikes aren't the quickest climbing bikes, even less so with a couple extra pounds of mud stuck to the tires. There was a new section of trail that the builders didn't get around to compacting before they packed up, it was dry but soft and will take until spring to compact naturally.
A while back I was looking at a map and saw a spot where there should have been a road. So I looked at the satellite view and sure enough a very seldom used dirt road. It hasn't rained in a week so I decided to go ride down it, because autism. Very very crumbly crust 1.5" thick, collapsing it sapped all my momentum leaving me chugging along in my lowest gear. Only got 1/3 the way down before encountering some low spots with standing water. I'll have to wait until spring and when it is thoroughly dry before giving it another go.
Nice 70 km ride today. Had to stop mid point to switch to less warm gloves / hat. Noticed over 2 hours in I had only drank 1/2 my first bottle, I never drink enough when its cold. The dirt roads just aren't drying out. One I went down was like dense molding clay.
Everything was flowing smoothly, then suddenly Santa Claus parade! Blocked off streets and a shitload of traffic.
I've been seeing a lot of people skate skiing on roller skis lately. I saw a group of 4 of them today. If this el nino is like the one we had in 1998, that might be the only type of skiing they do this winter.
Warm fall is coming to an end mid-week. So long above freezing daytime highs. Several days of brutal winds will lead up to the temperature drop with gusts beyond 90 km/h on Wednesday.
I GOT MY FUCKING BAR MITTS STOLEN. I EVEN LOCKED THE ZIPPERS TO MY BRAKE CABLES. FUCKER TOOK MY FUCKING BELL TOO
>>898834
its not a new low,, but its low.
,,warm fingers, gotahavem.
>>898834
why would anyone want to steal that shit? The only thing more dorky than a bell is bar mitts. That guy did you a favor.
jk stealing is never acceptable.
>>898885
what do the owners of these horses think of you always feeding and messing with them? or are these all local and you know everyone in some small rural area?
>>898891
when i lived with 28 Minidonkeys/islandonkeys/Ceciliandonkeys,, i loved having folks stop and pethem!,, its Your fingers!, no biting realy.
,,, the Zebras?, DOUBLE FENCED!!
,
,,storytime.
. delivering Killt Yak to Render'ers, (they make jello),, on a ramp to the grinder is horse,, a downer horse with hoofrot,,saddle sores, cant stand,,,,, so VERY sweet!
,,,Trade our deadmeat, for Live!,, take "Jackson home, treat feet, 3 weeks to full recovery!
,,
,,,next summer,> NewTruck Skids to a stop on the road, small woman runs fullllllll speed, vaults fence, leaps around Jacksons neck, much crying., she had to sell Jackson years before and now had Moneys!,,, lots of moneys.
,,he got a Super Cool horsehouse!
>>898871
If I see my mitts on another bike, I'm going to ruin his day. They got stolen in university, guy better not be dumb enough to leave them on.
>>898910
r-right in the feels baconrider
>>898910
Why do you write like that m8? Are you constantly drunk?
>>899025
>constantly drunk
on Deadgoatea.
,
,,pic>damnyou /o/!
Bacon looks like the kind of guy I want to smoke up with, and I don't even take marijuana
>>899147
that hors looks stoned af
strange Weeeeeoooweeeoooweeooo sound,, slow a bit, and check around,,see what im draging.,
, WEEEeeoooruuueee,, I know that sound~!
,,use my mirror to look straight up>DRONEY~~!
,followed me a while.,wrongun,, and didnt get a clean line to BLASTIT!
Short 40 minute ride today at -11C. Was trying some new "thermal" tights that were woefully inadequate for that temperature. So I'll wear my old stuff again this winter.
>>899553
What jacket do you wear? Looking to train and commute through the winter this year and can't find anything I like af a decent price point.
taunting the clouds,, LOOOOOOSERS, cant spin, Babylegs!!
,, letsee if theyll put on the rain.
,last year we had 160% rain on the desert floor,,, but none in the mountains.,Bassackwards!
>>900441
I have a Gore Xenon 2.0 windstopper softshell jacket (there are two other very different products with similar names). I ordered it online when Wiggle had it for about $200 CAN, but didn't have a chance to try it first. Its race fit with no much extra room after accommodating my non-race fit body. It works well for me between 0 and -20C by using different base layers.
Gore makes one called the Phantom which is a looser fit, but doesn't have side zips. The sleeves on that one unzip which seems like a somewhat useless feature.
lookout mountain
>>901260
why stop for pictures there though, you only had like 2 more miles to the top
>>901261
There were clouds at the top. I did finish the ride, and got lunch at buffalo bill's
>>901269
If you continue down that road you reach the frontage road and then can take that up to genesee. Cross the highway and then keep heading west is a nice short climb to the top of genesee mountain. That's where I usually go when I end up out that way.
>>901292
Thanks for the tip!
I had plenty more energy that day, but the weather was starting to turn quickly, so I decided to get low before it started to precipitate.
>>898003
It was warm enough (0C), and calm enough (10kph) for me to do the 60 km round trip ride to try that road again. Plus it had been cold enough overnight that if there were any wet spots they would be frozen solid. The sun started melting the surface so I was getting a bit of mud stuck to my tires. About 3/4 the way down the road sort of ends and just becomes a wheat field. When I got to the next east / west road I came across two cars parked drivers window to drivers window. Happens surprisingly often when out riding gravel roads.
This year someone stole a number off the sign for the long since demolished drive-in theatre. Today I noticed a sign next to the sign.
>winter is here
>scalp drying due to windchill
>serious flaking
i fuckin hate this part of winter. Riding in the cold and snow is nice, but every part of my body gets dry.
>>902201
>eczema
>so much worse in winter
>the flaking
>the itching
its like the surface of Titan,, spacesuit,,, not even super cold yet.
,, alll my old injuries remindear
started ride,, hear , Crackling,,crumblings,?
,, stop, its coming from up the channel,, around the corner> ICE FLOOD!, sorta like lake edges, but flowingin ditch.
PIC>24000$ river cleanout.
>>902526
ice
shuffleing like cards.
Riding down a washboarded gravel road on my touring bike it felt like someone was using my testicles as speed bags. Other than that nice ride in unusually warm weather.
>>903202
> not wearing bibs 24/7 for proper nut cradling
Managed to squeeze in another gravel ride over 70 km. Temperature on my computer only got as high as 3C the entire ride, but I was warm enough. I hate when I get a hair from my wool gloves stuck on my tongue, something that happened many times today. Lots of dogs on today's route, few ambitious enough to chase me.
21 km today in great conditions. I went to the bike shop, but it was closed for the Kings birthday.
