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Official Road Cycling Thread
Seems that there are a hand full of cyclists in the forum. Figured we could have this thread for all things road / TT biking.
Judging by some of the other threads in this subform, there will be more tumble weeds in here than cyclist. ![]() Anyhow, I've been a mtn biker for a long time, but over the last 10 years haven't hardly ridden at all. This past December i picked up a road bike. Been riding regularly and i'm moving up to 100 miles a week in the coming weeks. Currently at about 85-95 miles a week for the past 3 weeks. Share your training, bike pics, bike questions, riding stats, etc... ![]()
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I figured I'd bump this thing and see if it got attention haha. Always in to discuss all things road bikes.
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I actually blew it by running late this morning, so I am a terrible ambassador. I will make up for it this evening, however. I do frequently commute to work via bike though (yeah yeah yeah...)
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Does it count that i brought my bike to work twice this week? lol Consolation is that so far this week i've got 62 miles in the bag, plan on getting 50-60 tomorrow finishing up with 25 or so on Sunday. All of this weeks mileage is on a new saddle, so i'm not thrilled about riding this weekend. Apparently there is a break in period. Though i'm not sure if i'm breaking in the saddle or if the saddle is breaking me in. haha
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05-20-2016, 02:30 PM | #8 |
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Good luck, I broke 2 of my beloved older Specialized Toupe saddles last year, one involuntarily and one because I guess I'm fat. It was a long process to find what I liked to replace them with. A lot of swapping ensued last year.
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05-20-2016, 02:44 PM | #9 |
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The Toupe is what i'm on now and i'm not yet thrilled. Hopefully it'll get better soon.
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I actually ride on the newest gen Toupe Expert right now, while I didn't love it at first I am actually really comfortable on it now, so there's hope. Admittedly, my team deal is with Specialized, so I am a homer for them, so there's a chance I forced myself to just like one of their saddles after trying multiples within their range.
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I'm gonna try and stick it out. I just need to get really comfortable on something in the next 5 or 6 weeks. The last week in July is going to be about a 430mile week with probably 30 or so hours in the saddle.
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Just noticed this thread. At least there are 3 of us now. Cycling junkie for the last 25 years. If it's got two wheels and pedals, I'm in.
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05-20-2016, 04:46 PM | #13 |
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I do tris, is that close enough? I only have 3 bikes in my house that are mine, so I'm not too crazy, the others are for my wife and kids.
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I have great respect for triathletes. Running is pure aerobic capacity, cycling has a strength component, and swimming is so dependent on form. The training involved to blend the three successfully must be an art.
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What have you ridden over the years?
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I somehow downsized to 2 bikes and somehow didn't spontaneously combust, so that's encouraging. I do have an open req on replacing a recently sold Tarmac though, I might have the aero bug. For now I have a crash rig Specialized Allez and a CruX to pretend to CX on, until I get another road bike added.
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![]() ![]() I'm keen to renew my cycling however, after I move down to San Deigo county this month...the landscape and weather here are prime for the sport. |
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I used to be very in to one-off everything. Zipp Vuma Quad crank, Zero G brakes, blah blah. There is a definite downside to that stuff. Probably why I've kept it simple with my car.
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Lol. I didn't ride at all for a 2 year stretch and was down to 2 bikes. Started riding again, got the bug again, and now it seems to be creeping up. I'm sure it will stay at 4. Pretty sure.
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Subbed. I'm an ex-citizen-racer-turned-ultradistance-junkie and I think I just kind of got burned out. Met my wife on a century ride so we're both cyclists. We're starting to get back into it a bit lately. Our stuff is all 80's and early 90's, lots of Columbus tubing and Campagnolo jewelry. Even friction shifters. I sometimes think about getting something modern but I don't ride enough to justify it. If anything, assuming we both keep riding more, I'll drop some coin on the tandem and outfit it with better gearshifting gizmos - and *ahem* some lower lows. Ain't geting any younger...
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