[CCrew]

Exactly. 23-25mm tire is going to go right into these though. Even a bikeshare bike might get tossed if it gets caught in the groove, although it may not drop in.

[CCrew]

@SteveTheTech 5304 wrote:

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Do you travel with any type of protection?

I just travel fast enough that given most situations i’m approaching and departing before thy realize what’s up. That and I’m running with about 1000 lumens of zombie burning lights and I’m leaving them temp blinded if I try. Short of one am on the Key Bridge where two hoodlums tried to clothesline me off the bike I’ve never had an issue.

Today by far qualified as the weirdest I’ve seen. I’m chalking it up to the 4th and alcohol consumption, because when I got near Falls Church there were two guys sprawled in the middle of the trail. She quite clearly was intoxicated, and the only guy close by was not very coherent, so I quickly ruled out assault or I would have stopped. I did pop the next hill and call 911. Let the cops sort that one out!

[CCrew]

There’s an even bigger, and potentially more dangerous issue now.

They’ve extended the area that the first set of steel plates cover, and they’ve put two plates side by side extending all the way across the bike lane. Problem is that the steel plates have an almost 1″ gap between them and that gap is parallel to the direction of travel and almost in the center of the bike lane to boot.. So if you come up on them with narrow bike tires and you hit that gap you are going down. Someone really, really needs to get someone in authority out there before someone gets badly hurt.

[CCrew]

@skreaminquadz 5071 wrote:

What are you building CCrew?

And here’s the finished product…. I hate to have a half finished bike around It’s like a kids bike tho… so little!

[CCrew]

@TDB 5278 wrote:

The gentleman went down to $350 due to the damage on the crank, which I believe can be repaired easily enough by either going in from the back side of the crank with the pedal to clean out the threads, or Ive got friends with large tap sets to re-thread the 1 or 2 jiggered threads. Aside from the mildly amusing detail of the front tire being a schrader valve and the back a presta, i am wholly pleased with the results of my search. Now, to training…. huzzah!

Find a shop that can do helicoil to repair the thread and you should be as good as new. Great deal. Enjoy!

[CCrew]

@SteveTheTech 5276 wrote:

As for bandages she was way ahead of me on that one. She has been shopping the 3M (http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/3MSWC/Skin-Wound-Care/BrandsDirectory/Tegaderm/) bandages and they have something very close at CVS. Since this is a long weekend we have picked these up and order others online.

Tegaderm is good stuff. Best thing out there for road rash.

Glad to hear she’s doing better!

[CCrew]

Ouch. Glad she’s ok (or at least nothing lasting – that road rash HURTS!) Bike is just a bike, she’s what’s important.

[CCrew]

Thanks for that link. I’d had several people at work ask if I’d seen it. How’s that for awkward watercooler conversation?

These “studies” seem to come and go on the various bike boards and pretty much go nowhere fast…be interesting to see if this one gains any traction coming from the NYT. Forum topics usually seem to degrade based on someone going juvenile.

I will agree though with the article that I think it’s more of an issue based on individual physiology than it being a correction for cyclists as a whole. Without going into specifics I can conclusively say that even with the stupid amount of miles I ride I’ve never seen the issues described in the article at all. But I also am very particular on riding a saddle that fits my sit bones well.

[CCrew]

@Tim Kelley 5198 wrote:

Do elaborate!

Snot rockets?

[CCrew]

@Tim Kelley 5187 wrote:

Regarding drafting, if I meet up with someone anywhere (road, trail, etc) who is going about the same speed as me, I generally ask first if we can draft/paceline before doing so.

If someone rolls up to me and starts drafting me without asking, I gradually try to drop them.

You obviously weren’t the tool that was wheelsucking me yesterday then. I pulled him for 2 miles until we hit a crossing. Looked back and told him it was his turn. He looked at me like I was an alien. He then proceeded to wheelsuck me again for the next two until I had enough and did the Top Gun maneuver… hit the brakes at about 20mph and watched him fly right by :p

Didn’t wait long enough though… had him again in a mile, he couldn’t hold his own….

[CCrew]

I’m in my 4th year of doing this, so take it for what it’s worth. Which is probably very little

At the end of the day, all you can worry about is not being “that cyclist”. The fact that you even made the original post says that you’re not.

Whether it’s driving, cycling, or even walking there’s always going to be idiots. The person that just has to pass you in the car so they can pull back in front of you and turn right. The person that butts in front of you in the grocery line. You can let it get to you, or you can let it roll off. It’s a lot easier to let it roll off. Sometimes it’s really frigging hard… I’ll be the first to admit. But in reality, what’s the alternative other than confrontation? That usually never goes well. Even complaining at a place like here will frequently get enough of a mixed response that you question whether you’re right or not. At the end of the day just do what your conscience says is best. It’s all you have.

That’s it. There’s idiots in the world. Take your satisfaction in just not being one.

-Roger

[CCrew]

@DaveK 5152 wrote:

That’s the Back Roads Century put on by Potomac Pedalers. It’s all rolling, not much (if any) flat terrain. Very well run event though, the support is fantastic. I’ll probably do it again this year depending on the date.

Yeah…I live just a couple miles from berryville off rt7. Not much flat here I’ll vouch for that.

[url]Http://www.backroadscentury.org[/url]

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@Dirt 5111 wrote:

Tim… I was also looking at possibly doing something in the Shenandoah valley… Between Winchester and Staunton. I need to research that and do some exploring. I just haven’t had time.

There’s a century in Berryville I think it’s Septemberish.

[CCrew]

Nothing really wrong with it (other than high price!) if you realize that you’re not buying a bike that you’ll ever resell easily, and parts for it (9 sp 105 ) may be harder and harder to get. If you like the bike and it fits well you could do worse. I’d not pay that asking price though… More like $250-$300 if in really good shape and it indeed has 105 components. If the seller tries to use that as a bargaining point be sure to point out it’s 9 speed, and 105 has been at 10 speed for a while.

RestontoDC is right that a good rule of thumb is it’s not usually good to buy a bike named after a car. At the price point you’re looking at there’s a lot of good older bikes on Craigslist so I wouldn’t limit your search.

[CCrew]

I was hoping for something like the epic pothole picture That one however would be hard to beat….

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