Cyclist's and their steeds

[ferrari99]

How many of us on here are 'into' cycling either on or offroad? Let's see your steed.
Anyway here's my offroad steed.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/133344782@N07/18118304515/in/dateposted-public/
I couldn't get a photo to upload so hopefully this link will work.

 

[Fawken]

I've got a Trek 5900 US Postal and a Trek STP250 for off road with a SID Race. Tore my shoulder up 5 years ago and this is the first summer I've felt like riding. But right now, it is simply too hot. Both bikes are carbon the STP looks a lot like your bike geometry wise, but I have small rear shock that I usually lock out unless the trail is very rocky.
Pics not working.

 

[ferrari99]

But right now, it is simply too hot.

I almost have the opposite problem here, when it's less than 10C (50F) with an icy wind blowing I don't really feel like riding.
Interesting rear shock design on the STP, how much travel does it have?

 

[Fawken]

I almost have the opposite problem here, when it's less than 10C (50F) with an icy wind blowing I don't really feel like riding.
Interesting rear shock design on the STP, how much travel does it have?

Not much. Maybe 10 cm at most. I actually prefer a hardtail, but I got a good deal on the bike because it was too tall for most riders. Plus you can lock the shock out. I'm dreaming of 50 degrees. If it were that cool here tomorrow I'd be looking for a 100 mile ride. :licking:

 

[Redneck in training]

I used to have Fuji with Santour components. I loved the bike but I crashed it one night hitting a metal post in the middle of the trail. The frame was bent that the front wheel was where the pedals should be. Then I got one of the first Specialized mountain bikes but had to replace the front fork because the original had resonance vibration problem. Now I have carbon Trek road bike. When I was single and didn't have "real" job I used to bike anywhere between 600 to 1000 miles a months. We my wife and I still bike but we do only about 200 miles a month.
Can't insert an image for some reason.

 

[ferrari99]

Sounds good, the image uploading system is down.

 

[square1]

Tore my shoulder up 5 years ago and this is the first summer I've felt like riding

BTDT

 

[Baby Grand]

Great photo, Ferrari99! Very moody looking clouds.
Old school street bike, here.
1974 Raleigh Super Course TT Reynolds 531 frame.
It came with sew-up tires & Mavic red label rims and that's how I've rolled ever since.
It has been up in a loft, above where 2 of the tractors sleep, for too many years.
The road we're on has almost no shoulder at all and I dread some of the local drivers seeming inability to concentrate.
-Jim

 

[Gary Fowler]

IF it doesn't have a motor on it and a big comfortable seat, I don't ride it. I sure wouldn't be doing some of the things you off road bikers do to try and kill yourselves. I have enough danger just working around the house, riding my Goldwing and RTV 900 and driving on highways with automobiles.

 

[ferrari99]

Great photo, Ferrari99! Very moody looking clouds.
Old school street bike, here.
1974 Raleigh Super Course TT Reynolds 531 frame.
It came with sew-up tires & Mavic red label rims and that's how I've rolled ever since.
It has been up in a loft, above where 2 of the tractors sleep, for too many years.
The road we're on has almost no shoulder at all and I dread some of the local drivers seeming inability to concentrate.
-Jim

The photo is nothing amazing really just a phone photo with some editing (Australia gets far better than that). Sounds like your bike is doing well for its age.

IF it doesn't have a motor on it and a big comfortable seat, I don't ride it. I sure wouldn't be doing some of the things you off road bikers do to try and kill yourselves. I have enough danger just working around the house, riding my Goldwing and RTV 900 and driving on highways with automobiles.

You can just as easily be killed in a car or on a motorbike.

 

[RobS]

Tag to add when image upload is fixed...

 

[vabiker23518]

My touring bike is a Salsa Vaya. I rode the 4,300 mile Trans America Trail from Williamsburg, VA to Astoria, OR this spring/summer. Was a blast...but in no hurry to repeat!

 

[ferrari99]

That Vaya looks like a sweet bike :thumbsup:

 

[KennyG]

The upload seems to still be broken so I'll have to post the photos later. I have several road bikes but my best is one I built about 6 years ago. It's mostly carbon fiber. An Origin 8 full carbon frame with carbon cranks, seat post, wheel skewer levers, bottle cage, etc. SRAM Force shifters and FSA triple flange wheels. With pedals and relatively heavy Gator Skin tires, it still comes in under 17 pounds. I've done a lot of metric (62 mi) and full (100 mi) century rides on it.

 

[txdon]

My bike is a ??starts with a p, it hanging in my tractor shed being used as a weed eater rack. I did a lot of triathlons on it. I really need to fix it up after the basement flooded and the bike was 16' under water and mud and 2 knee operations I never really got back into it. If the 100˚ days would stop and I wouldn't have a mile of gravel road to ride on before the skinny blacktop road with the elderly/blind drivers - maybe I could get motivated again. Pic coming soon - I hope.

 

[ferrari99]

it still comes in under 17 pounds.

That's a lot lighter than any of mine, the MTB and the roadie are around the 12kg mark around 26lb.

and I wouldn't have a mile of gravel road to ride on

You could always put some CX tires on it and ride the gravel, I ride on skinny ashphalt roads but there's not much traffic, no one has ever come close to hitting me though.

 

[sseelhoff]

Rode a Specialized Roubaix Elite for a long time (since 2008). Nice carbon frame. Wheels sucked. Ultegra components. Rode a ton, and did the Bicycle Tour of Colorado several times. Losing flexibility as I got older, I recently sold it and bought a Fuji Absolute One.9 (with disc brakes). Aluminum frame, but flat bar, so easier on the back. Like the head's up position riding these back roads. Have a Brooks saddle that I've had for about 10 years. Highly recommend them.

Image uploading still not working...

 

[KennyG]

I put a flat bar on one of my bikes and it didn't really work for me. More numbness issues. I've gone the route of changing to a longer and higher stem with conventional bars. Riding on the hoods and tops seems to compensate for aging. :thumbsup:

 

[KennyG]

Supposedly the picture attach issue is fixed, so here goes.



Besides this bike, I've got a Trek 1000C, a road bike I built with a Nashbar Aluminum/carbon frame on permanent loan to my son, and an old Schwinn hybrid bike I've put narrow rims and a flat bar on for bike path riding.

 

[tallyho8]

Does mine count?