Cyclist's and their steeds

[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?