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i absolutely love this, so very much. a handful of you have heard it in action
soma fab crane ritten rotary bell

i’ve also got this brass temple bell
here

both pages have clips to hear their sounds

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i still think the gigantic speed bumps will solve everything.

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@DismalScientist 21665 wrote:

Just to be a general pain in the ass, I would suggest that SpokeGrenade think very hard about getting a triple crank for touring, particularly if he is doing it with full gear. When going cross country, I had something like a 52/48/26 in front and a 14/32 in back. Of course, back in the day, we had canvas tents, glass jugs of wine (rather than lightweight boxes), and had to bike in our own firewood.:rolleyes: You can climb walls with a 26/32, even with gear. Furthermore, the cogs are probably fairly evenly spaced in a 11/32 that there might not be much of an advantage in bringing a more tightly spaced cassette. Back in the stone age, my 14/32 only had 6 cogs, but I felt that sufficient to dial in any gear I needed (although the half-step middle cog on the front helped).

fortunately it will be a supported tour for a large group (i’ll be one of the people doing the supporting). It’s a bit of a stretch to call it a tour too because we’re getting free meals 90% of the time and sleeping in churches, dorms, and community centers 98% of the time
I do have a 30-39-52 triple set on my “for real touring” bike, but this trip will just be on a road bike with a light rear rack to carry my hammock haha.
and good lord, touring with only 6 speeds for a 14/32 spread? front der must have gotten plenty of use.
kudos to you and your glass jugs of wine sir.

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@KelOnWheels 21658 wrote:

Oh, so THAT’s what crosschaining is! Good to know. I shall try to avoid that.

So what the heck do things like 50/34 and 11/28 and 34/28 and 12/26 mean?

50/34= 50teeth in the big front ring, 34teeth in the small front ring
11/28=scale of 11teeth to 28teeth in the rear cassette from smallest to biggest
12/26=same concept of a scale as ^that
34/28=a combination of using the 34tooth small ring in the front with the 28tooth cog in the rear. it’s the slowest gear on most road bikes and often only used for climbing

most rear cassettes are a combination of teeth between 11 and 28 (11/28), road racers use 11 to 25 (11/25) in the back and 53/39 in the front (which is non-compact), and mountain bikers use 11 or 12 as the min to 32 max.

for example. this summer i’m going across the country, i’ll be experiencing a lot of terrain so i wanted to choose my gearing wisely.
i’m starting in the new england mountainous region and i am bad at hills so i got a mountain bike rear cassette with a scale of 11teeth to 32teeth (with a long cage derailleur to accomodate such a large cog), but i also bought a smaller cassette with 11teeth to 25teeth for the flatter regions. this will be used in combination of a compact front crank (50/34) rather than a 53/39.
my goal is to have close to a 1:1 ratio of the smallest front ring (34 in my case) and the largest rear ring (32 in my case), that’s super spinny and makes hills very easy.

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thanks for a good time everyone. itll probably be the last time i see y’all, so, fare thee well

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ill likely stop by..dont really have an excuse as i live a quarter mile away haha

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@eminva 20948 wrote:

Me! Did you have panniers on your bike? You were coming the opposite direction?

Liz

yep! red bags, blue bike, NU jersey
good mornin’ to ya!

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who was wearing a “bike arlington” jersey and was riding down van buren st in falls church to get onto the bike trail (inbound) aroud 830am?

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i’ve got a fixed gear at 58.5cm st and 57.5 tt that i can bring to this party if it ever happens.
im 6’1″

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@rcannon100 20626 wrote:

So a guy walks up to the bike rack in my garage. And he his a great bike jersey on. And great spandex shorts. And he had the hottest damn bike. I mean everything was perfect. And I was entirely intimidated. Who is this guy???? Then he hopped on his bike and I saw his calf muscles… Poser! This werent now lance armstrong. This were a spandex king. Spending lots of money dont make you a cyclists, any more than buying expensive golf clubs makes you tiger woods.

my calf muscles arent really defined at all, and i am certainly not a poseur…even though i have a jersey that says “poseur” across the chest and back…

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@SteveTheTech 20430 wrote:

I’m sure you will have no problem hitting your goal, that is such a great cause and an awesome feat on your your part. I will definetely be following your travels. Do you at least get to sleep in a hotel/motel or will you really be roughing it?
The BikeMS rides are awesome they are so well supported, I wish I had a SAG wagon to follow me on my rides out in the country some days. The people cheering you on along the route is what I find most touching. I did a ride in NC a few weeks back and there was one house we passed who had someone living there with MS with their kids and the neighbors kids cheering the entire time the group passed, it is quite a moving moment and something I will never forget.

i actually just reached it a couple days ago! you were the 2nd to last for pushing it over the top.
we’ll be staying at churches and community centers most of the way, camping one or two nights. and because it’s a large group (33 including me) we’ve got a van for bags, food and equipment and as a leader i have to drive that every 4 days, which i don’t mind, allows for some extra effort to go fast the day before i drive.
and yes, that’s one of my favorite parts as well, it’s so energizing riding by a group of people who are yelling out encouragement.

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i wouldn’t hang it from wheels, too long and they ovalize.

and congrats!

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thanks boss, i’m really stoked on the whole thing. this weekend i’ll be getting some time in on a habitat build site in lorton so i’m excited to get a taste of what my summer will be like.

i had a wonderful time on the MS coast-the-coast ride, my brother and i were able to squeeze in the century (twice the length of his previous longest ride ever). these events are always such a great experience, i’m always pumped to see so many people out supporting a cause like beating MS.

here’s to hoping you have as awesome a time as we did!
..obviously you will haha

also! i do have a blog that i’ll be doing my best to keep updated en route, it’s gogogadgetbikethighs.tumblr.com in case youd like to live vicariously through my posts.

also also! thank you for your donation!! is there anywhere along the route that you’d like a post card from?

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http://gogogadgetbikethighs.tumblr.com/post/23289475744/bike-to-work-day

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@SteveTheTech 19979 wrote:

Thank you kindly sir,

Send me the link for your page and I shall return the favor

I wish you all the best on your ride that looks like a very nice event.

ive happily reached my goal already, but if youd like to contribute to my bike&build ride this summer i’ve provided that link. i’ll be co-leading a group of 32 other young adults in a trip from portsmouth, nh to vancouver, bc to build homes along the way and spread the word about the need for affordable housing. we’ve got to raise $4,500 each and i’m at $4,420 .

however, i totally understand if you’d prefer to place your donation toward to MS as it’s a family matter with you, so i’ll provide that link as well. choose as you wish. either one will be a for a good cause!

and thank you sir, i hope you have a lovely ride as well.

http://bikeandbuild.org/rider/6196
http://main.nationalmssociety.org/site/TR?px=7615229&pg=personal&fr_id=17891

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