Hi-Viz Ride!

[Tim Kelley]

“#BIKEDC expect a hill climb, a little dirt, a few glowing barriers & a mid-ride cupcake eating contest. Light it up and get loose”

[DaveK]

@Tim Kelley 67471 wrote:

“#BIKEDC expect a hill climb, a little dirt, a few glowing barriers & a mid-ride cupcake eating contest. Light it up and get loose”

Hm… yes. I’ll try to make it.

[consularrider]

Ummm, cupcakes!

[FCJMB]

So, swag give away for those who coem out and get in the sty bright stay shiny vibe has expanded to….

Spy Optic Sunglasses – we’ll have 2 pairs of spy rivet sunglasses courtesy of Crosshairs Cycling (yes, the irony of giving away sunglasses ona night ride does not escape me)

Castelli has shipped some cyclocross gloves my way to pass along to some lucky rider

I’ll be supplying a grip of WTFKits water bottles

and I know rapha will be covering at least one persons head

Hope to see everyone at 7:30 PM on Wednesday, October 30th

Come for the party pace ride, get loose, stay shiny.

[TwoWheelsDC]

Hmm, this is 50 feet from my house…what if I just walk over?

[TwoWheelsDC]

@TwoWheelsDC 67599 wrote:

Hmm, this is 50 feet from my house…what if I just walk over?

Or, I guess it’s motivation to go ahead and put knobbies on my CX commuter for winter…

[hozn]

Any hints on planned route? (And where is this dirt that is referenced?) I want to try to attend, though likely toddler bedtime will conflict. Was thinking I could try to catch up / intercept later depending. I even have the cross tires still mounted from Friday’s commute.

[hozn]

@TwoWheelsDC 67601 wrote:

Or, I guess it’s motivation to go ahead and put knobbies on my CX commuter for winter…

Commuting with knobbies sucks for everything but snow (or dirt) — and poor traction on wet or frozen road. I would say you should buy my wheels to have a spare set to swap on, but unfortunately they are sold. (But a cheap wheelset might be worth it.)

[TwoWheelsDC]

@hozn 67606 wrote:

Commuting with knobbies sucks for everything but snow (or dirt) — and poor traction on wet or frozen road. I would say you should buy my wheels to have a spare set to swap on, but unfortunately they are sold. (But a cheap wheelset might be worth it.)

Yeah, not super knobbies… Just picked up some all-around CX tires. I wanted something for snow/mud, and I finally want to do some gravel grinders. I’ll probably do most of my commuting on my Cannondale anyway…

[vvill]

I’m planning on attending… wondering if I should bring a u-lock. @hozn 67606 wrote:

Commuting with knobbies sucks for everything but snow (or dirt) — and poor traction on wet or frozen road.

Agreed. I finally started swapping out my wheelsets on the CX bike for commutes. The commuting set is a lot heavier but I didn’t always feel too confident cornering on my CX/gravel tires (and they’re only a file tread).

[TwoWheelsDC]

@hozn 67606 wrote:

Commuting with knobbies sucks for everything but snow (or dirt) — and poor traction on wet or frozen road. I would say you should buy my wheels to have a spare set to swap on, but unfortunately they are sold. (But a cheap wheelset might be worth it.)

I actually just realized that I might be able to use the wheelset from my wife’s old hybrid, which we’ve been debating getting rid of. I hadn’t thought of using those wheels because that bike is a 9spd with disc brakes, but I’m pretty sure I can just throw a 10spd cassette on there and call it good, although I’ll have to see if the rims will work v-brakes…

[hozn]

@TwoWheelsDC 67648 wrote:

I actually just realized that I might be able to use the wheelset from my wife’s old hybrid, which we’ve been debating getting rid of. I hadn’t thought of using those wheels because that bike is a 9spd with disc brakes, but I’m pretty sure I can just throw a 10spd cassette on there and call it good, although I’ll have to see if the rims will work v-brakes…

Oh, nice! Yeah, 9/10s should be same freehub. If the rims don’t work, it could be a good first wheel building project! — or probably more practical/cheaper would be those wheels americancyclo linked in the “I saw this deal” thread.

Of course to make the swaps easier you probably want to get an extra cassette too.

[DismalScientist]

If you could put those brifters in “friction”mode, you would have a lot more options(although you might need to swap chains as well).:rolleyes:

[Tim Kelley]

FYI–there are some goodies from a company called “Rapha” which you may have heard of, that will be supplying some HI-VIZ goodness tonight.

See you all there…

[Tim Kelley]

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