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Confirmed a 27.2 mm seat post size.

If you have a spare, i’m willing to meet you anywhere metro accessible at almost anytime tomorrow.

I basically only have set hours to work on Monday’s and Wednesday’s at the moment. All other
days/times are my own…for riding and getting back all those missed points from broken equipment!

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@consularrider 54965 wrote:

Did you take the seat post out? Most of them have the size embossed near the bottom of the stem.

Bike shop took it out and have the stem. I have the bike. If I was crazy i’d ride seatless :p.

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@mello yello 54959 wrote:

The Trek should support your weight… but if things are snapping I’d have a wheel builder take a look at your wheels to make sure they’re properly tensioned and assembled.
I’ve never broken a seatpost, it sounds like a defect to me… which shouldn’t happen.

On the other hand…

My Bianchi Volpe has served me very well (of course, I bought it without the brifters working and converted it to fixed… so that may not be the best resume). I love the geometry, and all the bosses and rack attachments… which is why I chose a very similar (ss specific) frame to replace it with. It’s only sort of a ‘cross bike… it’s also quite the tourer – there are three water bottle cage bosses, one underneath. It fits 32’s and fenders easily with the canti’s. There’s even bosses for a front rack halfway up the fork.

If you want the Volpe frame(+) to build up I’m in the process of cleaning it up to put it on CL. 58cm.

Thanks for the offer. Too tall though. I’m a humble 53 cm. *tear*

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Yup. Top of the post broke (where the allen bolt clamps down the seat rail connector…i’m just making up terminology now!).

I think its 27.2 (that number sounds familiar actually). They didn’t have any in stock at the moment, so they needed to put in
the warranty claim and said it’d be a week to get the post in. I was a bit surprised that they didn’t have one in, as the trek FX line
is pretty popular and I figured parts would be bountiful, but oh well.

Will update once I confirm that the size is right.

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@Rod Smith 54874 wrote:

Who wants to sit on a wet saddle anyway? What size seatpost do you need? I have a few in a couple of different sizes that I’m not using. Will deliver to Takoma Park if it will get you riding again sooner.

You folks are soooo nice! I need to figure out my seat post size. I actually don’t remember what it is…
I’ll call the shop and let you know. I’m close enough to Metro that I can get around to anywhere to meetup and do a covert seatpost exchange.

Of course, I may be able to use this excuse to get my new bike ordered…N+1 looks pretty justifiable now…

“Hey honey, i’m riding this bike too much. It can’t handle me and my superfit glutes, so I NEED to get another one to spread the wealth of my hardcore biking prowess.”

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@AMRunBike 54933 wrote:

Saw this on DCist and knew it would be in discussion over here.

Since I got my bike three months ago, I’ve never even thought about feeling unsafe on any of the trails I’ve been on (Mt. V, W&OD, 4MR, Custis, RCP), but now I feel like I should be thinking about it.

It’s creepy, and it confuses me that some people have such motivation for senseless violence in them.

I hope the guy recovers well.

Ditto. I’ve never felt unsafe on the Capital Crescent or Georgetown Branch trails. Often I can be the only one for several miles (especially in the rain).
A shame that you have to even think about these types of random things happening.

I’m particularly concerned that this happened on the MBT, which if I remember, runs parallel to the Red Line. Is this an area that’s visible from the Metro?
Did none of the hundreds of people packed into those trains see anything in the heat of rush hour? I’ve thought about using the MBT as a longer
route home through the city, but now I don’t know if its such a wise idea.

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Shop is replacing it under warranty. Might have nailed down the source of some issues though.
Apparently there was a GM at the store when I bought my bike who is
no longer with the company due to “shady practices” with bike sales.

He sold my wife a bike (brand new) with a patched tire (replaced free of charge). Makes me wonder
what other shoddy practices were done with bike sales during his time there. Luckily the shop seems
very accommodating and willing to make things right!

Enjoy your rides. I’m sidelined until my new stem arrives (bike looks so sad without a stem/seat).

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Snapped my seat post bolt during the ride home in one of yesterday’s downpours. 2 miles, soaked,
riding while standing to get home last night (before the tornadoes though!).
Stem is getting replaced under warranty (small victories), so i’m not able to ride for the next week
until the new stem comes in. You guys and gals ride safe!
Tell me the tales of your rides so I can bike vicariously through all of you!

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@Greenbelt 54605 wrote:

Here’s a route we’ve taken quite a few times: http://app.strava.com/activities/38044453

This looks fun. I might fiddle with it and try a new “city route” tomorrow on the way home!

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@Greenbelt 54605 wrote:

Here’s a route we’ve taken quite a few times: http://app.strava.com/activities/38044453

Mine is similar to Greenbelt’s. I don’t do a loop, as I usually ride to work at Marymount University and then come back along the same way.
I basically brave Seminary Road and Brookville Road where Greenbelt’s takes a more bike friendly approach of 2nd Avenue (signed bike route) to get the GBT.
Both nice rides!

http://goo.gl/maps/7XDRp

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Welcome to the forums! This group helped get me into the whole cycle commuting thing.

I only work 2 days a week in summers, but I try to get at least 1 mile a day in on off days for the National Bike Challenge.
I suspect everyone would agree that you should join the Bike Arlington All Stars if you haven’t already. After all, we’re
going to win, and you clearly are a winner just based on your decision to join this little forum :p

I see your in the Silver Spring area. I’m around Takoma Park so I know a few routes that you might be interested in. My current
route of choice takes me through Silver Spring (via Sligo Trail – great route, the road is closed on Sunday’s so its a clear, wide open
place to ride fast!), then to Georgetown Branch (crushed gravel, I see lots of road bikes on there, but I think of it as my mini-cyclocross
“training”), and finally the Capital Crescent Trail all the way into DC.

I also know a few good routes directly down into the city if that’s what you’d like.

If you know of good riding areas in the area, let me know as well! Or if you just want to go out for a ride sometime! I need some riding buddies!

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@jabberwocky 54397 wrote:

Fun! The best part about commuting to Great Falls is that its pretty much impossible to get here without going over a low creek crossing.

Cyclocross practice?

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$30 and 1 hour later and bike is good as new with a new spoke. Shifting smoother than ever after the nice rear cassette cleaning!

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I’ve got pictures of the spoke so I can rethread it correctly. I suspect the following should be good for cassette removal: http://www.parktool.com/product/cassette-lockring-tool-fr-5

Its a stock trek 7.2 fx so the cassette is shimano branded as far as I know. Seems like a regular old chain whip should work fine too (http://www.parktool.com/product/sprocket-remover-chain-whip-sr-1).

I imagine (perhaps wrongly) that a pretty standard stock bike should use more or less standard stock tools. If I knew enough to have something fancier, then I would probably know of any
special or “fancy” tools that I needed.

If I try to hitup the LBS tonight after departing metro (without a bike in hand), can I just tell them “I need a cassette removal tool for a Shimano rear cassette and a chain whip” and they
should know what i’m talking about?

Then over to Ace hardware for a long adjustable wrench (i’m imagining I’ll need a goodly amount of torque) and I should be good to go!

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@consularrider 54166 wrote:

But the Courthouse Five Guys was in the other direction and over a block away, wierd wind patterns?

Bacon is special. It exists in a higher plane of existence and is not subject to the immutable laws of physics that otherwise govern our earthly realm.

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