The Bicycle Thread

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  • David_S85David_S85 Administrators Posts: 13,247 moderator
    edited May 26, 2020

    ^ Ian, with gearing that low (what is that? 0.75:1?) you could climb walls!

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  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,948 moderator

    @David_S85 said:
    ^ Ian, with gearing that low (what is that? 0.75:1?) you could climb walls!

    It's a climber, that's for sure :smiley:

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  • sarasphotossarasphotos Registered Users Posts: 3,863 Major grins

    @ian408 said:

    Might be a couple of weeks before it arrives. Surprisingly enough, the shop I've been working through has been crazy busy and selling and repairing bikes! We're all locked down and bicycle sales are up!

    Oh, how exciting! Congrats on the new acquisition.

    Here in Germany bike shops were open for emergency repair service all during the big lockdown and were the first shops allowed to open at the beginning of May. Somehow Corona has reminded everyone here of the bikes in their garage and the bike trails are fuller than ever. And the bike business, which has been in an upswing anyway, is really booming. Unfortunately the boom hasn't brought the prices down for anything of quality.

    Looking forward to pictures of your new bike and your outings!

  • sarasphotossarasphotos Registered Users Posts: 3,863 Major grins

    On a recent ride through the forest with my "analog" trekking bike.

  • pegellipegelli Registered Users Posts: 8,919 Major grins

    High level bicycle parking (Wroclaw)

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  • Wandering DaneWandering Dane Registered Users Posts: 555 Major grins

    We had an unusually strong wind event last Saturday; saw several tipping-over bicycles like this on my bike ride Sunday morning:

    BTW: the building is the home of Liberty Media, among other things, the owner of the Formula 1 racing series.

  • pegellipegelli Registered Users Posts: 8,919 Major grins

    The bicycle parking at a local hospital.
    The sign says: "Max parking 15 minutes and only for the transport of patients" >:)

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  • willard3willard3 Registered Users Posts: 2,580 Major grins

    It is better to die on you feet than to live on your knees.....Emiliano Zapata
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  • sarasphotossarasphotos Registered Users Posts: 3,863 Major grins
    edited July 4, 2020

    Break time during a recent tour

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  • Wandering DaneWandering Dane Registered Users Posts: 555 Major grins

    Steamboat Springs, Colorado, great bicycling location:

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  • willard3willard3 Registered Users Posts: 2,580 Major grins

    It is better to die on you feet than to live on your knees.....Emiliano Zapata
  • sarasphotossarasphotos Registered Users Posts: 3,863 Major grins

    Not recommended as cycling terrain... I walked the bike for about a half a mile until I got to a path with mire dirt than loose gravel.

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    Dolomites

  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,948 moderator

    We have more than a few of these. Some are on the left side of the road and now feature walkers and runners-cyclists often skirt out into the street to get around them. As a driver, it sucks. As a cyclist, it sucks because you cannot ride in the lane dedicated for cycling.

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  • David_S85David_S85 Administrators Posts: 13,247 moderator

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  • pegellipegelli Registered Users Posts: 8,919 Major grins

    100 % Stamppot aangedreven = 100 % Stew driven :)

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  • Wandering DaneWandering Dane Registered Users Posts: 555 Major grins

    New trail and new sign to me today but it really wasn't that steep; other trails in the area are much more challenging:

  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,948 moderator

    @Wandering Dane said:
    New trail and new sign to me today but it really wasn't that steep; other trails in the area are much more challenging:

    I chuckled. Only because it's probably in an area with a large number of inexperienced users.

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  • willard3willard3 Registered Users Posts: 2,580 Major grins

    Steep has different meanings depending where you are.

    Steep in New Hampster is not the same as steep in Iowa.

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  • sarasphotossarasphotos Registered Users Posts: 3,863 Major grins

    @willard3 said:
    Steep has different meanings depending where you are.

    Indeed, steep for whom? I would call that little rise relief from the boredom of a flat trail. :smile:

  • pegellipegelli Registered Users Posts: 8,919 Major grins

    A bicycle with three wheels, so actually a tricycle

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  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,948 moderator


    Turbo Levo in da house!

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  • sarasphotossarasphotos Registered Users Posts: 3,863 Major grins

    ^^ ooooh, I bet that's a fun ride!!!

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  • Wandering DaneWandering Dane Registered Users Posts: 555 Major grins

  • pegellipegelli Registered Users Posts: 8,919 Major grins

    Choices, choices, choices.....

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  • sarasphotossarasphotos Registered Users Posts: 3,863 Major grins

    A few weeks ago during the first snowfall my partner and I took a ride with a bike buddy. You only noticed how slippery it was when you stopped and tried to keep your foot on the ground. Thank God for good tires.

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