Bicycle Riders #2

[stlimprov]

Pogacar and UAE looked very strong, and they played their cards perfectly.

The GC will be more back of the mind for about a week. There's a flat-ish itt, but I don't expect anything dramatic there. Next HC climbs are in 14 and 15 (on Sunday the 14th and Monday the 15th).

I've been a road racer, and I've hit white knuckle speeds on a descent; watching Pogacar (in particular) FLY down Galibier was enough to raise my heartrate a zone or two.

 

[Con]

Pogacar and UAE looked very strong, and they played their cards perfectly.

The GC will be more back of the mind for about a week. There's a flat-ish itt, but I don't expect anything dramatic there. Next HC climbs are in 14 and 15 (on Sunday the 14th and Monday the 15th).

I've been a road racer, and I've hit white knuckle speeds on a descent; watching Pogacar (in particular) FLY down Galibier was enough to raise my heartrate a zone or two.

I remembered him crashing last year or the year before coming down the mountain so watching him fly down I was holding my breath for him. Looking at the scenery they are riding in is just beautiful. They have to really focus so they don’t fly off the mountain.

 

[Bazza]

History!

 

[DzynKingRTR]

2 of my 3 bikes are tubeless and it is definitely worth it, the third bike is too old to convert to tubeless. in 4 years i've had no flats on either bike. when my tires get old, they will sometimes lose pressure if they sit for several days.

finally got my bike fixed. the protection tape on the rim had shifted and was poking holes in the tubes.

also found out my bike is not tubeless ready, so it would cost about $500 - $600 to convert. or I could get one that is ready for about $1000. Don't want to drop that much right now, so sticking with what I have.

 

[92tide]

finally got my bike fixed. the protection tape on the rim had shifted and was poking holes in the tubes.

also found out my bike is not tubeless ready, so it would cost about $500 - $600 to convert. or I could get one that is ready for about $1000. Don't want to drop that much right now, so sticking with what I have.

glad to hear it was a simple fix. tubeless is nice to have, but not $5-600 nice

 

[92tide]

got some panniers set up on my bike for commuting to work. about 10 miles each way. so far, so good

 

[Con]

got some panniers set up on my bike for commuting to work. about 10 miles each way. so far, so good

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That is a pretty good ride everyday back and forth.

 

[92tide]

That is a pretty good ride everyday back and forth.

i wish i could do it every day. i'll probably be able to do it 2x per week most weeks

 

[Bazza]

Not surprising, I guess but still........

Japan's Olympic Track Bike Costs More Than a New Porsche 911

The all-carbon Japanese bicycle costs around $135,000 and is made by a company that builds race cars and space rockets.

www.thedrive.com

 

[DzynKingRTR]

looks like a lot of work has been done on the Silver Comet Trail. took yesterday off and went for a ride. hopefully they plan on putting up traffic lights in spots where you cross busy roads, otherwise bad things are going to happen.

 

[stlimprov]

Not surprising, I guess but still........

Japan's Olympic Track Bike Costs More Than a New Porsche 911

The all-carbon Japanese bicycle costs around $135,000 and is made by a company that builds race cars and space rockets.

www.thedrive.com

Although I would put forth that that is kind of a made-up number. The pros who actually "need" this aren't buying bikes out of pocket. Any top level team is getting supplied as part of a sponsorship arrangement. It gets weirdly skewed in that it pushes a certain story for the price tag to be as ridiculous as possible.

I have a friend going back to high school years who started and ran a very successful high end bike retail operation. When I would tell him that I didn't understand where the critical mass was for this market, as pros are getting sponsorship and (what would now be) 10-15k bikes significantly limited your market, the joke was that there are more dentists and orthodontists out there than you'd imagine.

 

[Bazza]

I don't normally come across horses where I ride but would like to think I would slow way down and go way around them - just like I do when I pass dog walkers in my work truck. Animals deserve as much space as possible between them and ANY vehicle on wheels!

 

[OakMtn4Bama]

NHL star, brother struck and killed by car in NJ while riding bikes a day before sister's wedding
Stay safe out there guys.

 

[bama579]

looks like a lot of work has been done on the Silver Comet Trail. took yesterday off and went for a ride. hopefully they plan on putting up traffic lights in spots where you cross busy roads, otherwise bad things are going to happen.

Lived In Kennesaw/Acworth for twenty years. Really miss the Silver Comet Trail.

 

[Bazza]

 

[Bazza]

 

[mdb-tpet]

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Most cars don't consider bicycles "traffic", so then bicycle riders shouldn't have to recognize "traffic" lights right?

 

[mdb-tpet]

Not surprising, I guess but still........

Japan's Olympic Track Bike Costs More Than a New Porsche 911

The all-carbon Japanese bicycle costs around $135,000 and is made by a company that builds race cars and space rockets.

www.thedrive.com

These Japanese bicycles are to standard bikes as F1 cars are to a Camry.

 

[DzynKingRTR]

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I always obey traffic laws. Mainly because I don't want to die.

It really hurts getting hit by a car. Trust me.

 

[mdb-tpet]

I always obey traffic laws. Mainly because I don't want to die.

It really hurts getting hit by a car. Trust me.

I really want the Idaho laws everywhere and roundabouts instead of traffic lights and protected bicycle lanes that connect to all areas of our cities and bicycle parking and laws that punish dangerous driving and driving culture/laws that assume the vulnerable users are to be protected not shoved out of the way. Basically Denmark and the Netherlands in the USA.

I can and do obey most of the traffic laws, but sitting at a light with nobody coming and waiting for the signal to turn green that I can't trip with my carbon wheels is so pathetically 1970s. Or waiting 2 minutes to cross a road to get to the correct direction bike lane is beyond ridiculous.