The All Things Cycling Thread

#1,451
#1,451
27 miles - 2300 ft elevation gain. Most of it in the first half of the ride. My road bike was dusty. That is so wrong.

Any of you use Strata.com app?
 
#1,452
#1,452
tri_vol said:
27 miles - 2300 ft elevation gain. Most of it in the first half of the ride. My road bike was dusty. That is so wrong.

Any of you use Strata.com app?
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Strata is what I used today for the first time. I'm really liking it. Really accurate compared to Endomondo and MapMyRide.
 
#1,456
#1,456
Velo Vol said:
Fixed for me.
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Ditto. In fact, I need to clean and lube mine tomorrow. Racing a criterium on Wednesday night in Iowa City.

How often do you tits check/replace your chains? I've been coming across a lot of people that have 100% worn chains and don't even know it. A worn chain will slowly damage the rest of a drivetrain. Most shops don't check for chain wear around here, apparently.
 
#1,457
#1,457
I measured the chain (I don't have a tool) a few weeks ago.

I've had a Wippermann chain on that has lasted ages.
 
#1,460
#1,460
I have some Jagwire stainless slick on mine right now. Never liked teflon much, and I can not see myself going cheap, especially on brake cables
 
#1,461
#1,461
Not sure what the "cheap ones" are. I don't have teflon. Some sort of stainless steel (although there's a spot of discoloration).
 
#1,462
#1,462
Cheap ones are just steel. Bike shops can buy them for $0.15 EA and sell them for $5.99. We don't even mess with them here. Stainless or teflon are the only options we offer, and we sell them for the same price as the cheap ones. We make a lot less, but repair quality is much higher.

I use teflon on my road bike, stainless on my mtn bike.
 
#1,463
#1,463
New Reddit jersey and cap came in today. Then rode 6 miles of singletrack. 1500' of gain. 6.0mph avg. Got a KOM on Strava. Was cut off by the sun low and in my eyes.
 
#1,464
#1,464
I went 5 years without changing most of my cables (I had to change one that corroded).

Last year a guy I marginally knew "helped" me replace the cables and housing at the UT bike shop. Actually he did most of the work and I watched. Only charged for the price of the materials. It was nice.
 
#1,467
#1,467
Velo Vol said:
19.2 mph on today's ride.
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Did essentially the same ride last evening under similar conditions. This time it was 19.6 mph.

Was the difference attributable to:

(a) Tires inflated to higher pressure.

(b) One or more fewer stops at the lights.

(c) MASSIVE INCREASE IN POWER OUTPUT.
 
#1,473
#1,473
I must say, I'm not overly excited about racing tomorrow. Virtually no road saddle time and absolutely no group time this year... I'm going to get deposed in the first 5 laps, probably. I'll work for my buddy Joey for as long as I can.
 
#1,474
#1,474
Velo Vol said:
Did essentially the same ride last evening under similar conditions. This time it was 19.6 mph.

Was the difference attributable to:

(a) Tires inflated to higher pressure.

(b) One or more fewer stops at the lights.

(c) MASSIVE INCREASE IN POWER OUTPUT.
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C probably but maybe A when you factor the relative humidity with the dew point and road gradient. Definitely not B.
 
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