Don't do it every day, but do it occasionally. I'll spend more than 3 hours biking just for the hell of it on a nice day.
On a nice Saturday I will bike out at 8AM and not get home until 6 or 7. If your commute is on a bike, and the weather is good, who cares how long it is?
Don't do it every day, but do it occasionally. I'll spend more than 3 hours biking just for the hell of it on a nice day.
On a nice Saturday I will bike out at 8AM and not get home until 6 or 7. If your commute is on a bike, and the weather is good, who cares how long it is?
Because you have to actually work 8+ hours in between, and you got crud to do in the morning and evening other than bike, I assume. Patches pointed out, it would be 3+ hours out of his day.
The road bike I've been thinking of getting for a few years was on mega-sale. $800 off the exact model. The thing is, with bikes, they don't let you choose whatever color you want. Certain models only come in a small selection of color. I would have preferred green, or 100% black, but this will do.
The color doesn't change the fact that it rides like whoah. It weighs nothing. etc.
I'm getting back into riding my bike and I have a few questions.
Do any of you mount your phone on your handlebars? If so, what do you use to do it?
Also, what are the advantages of drop-down bars, and when should I consider replacing my regular handlebars with them?
I never mounted my phone to my handlebars, but for this bike I just got a phone mount for the first time. I plan to use Strava in place of a bike computer.
So far it seems extremely strong and stable. I put my phone in it and shook the bike around like crazy. No movement. I rode around, no problem. Still, only time will tell. If you want to be super safe, let me spend more time with this so I can be sure it's legit.
Also keep in mind that this phone mount doesn't provide any water protection to the phone. If it starts raining, uh oh. There are other mounts where your phone goes inside of a protective shield. There are other kinds where you put your phone in a special case, and it mounts really nicely. They were just more expensive, and I don't want to put my phone in a case. I also don't ride in the rain.
If your bike is not a road bike, putting drop bars on it is kind of silly. Like putting a wing on the back of a car that doesn't go fast enough for it to matter.
If you get a road bike, drop bars are kind of mandatory. If you want to know about them, there are tons of articles and videos about how to use them on the Interwebs. Here's one.
Do any of you mount your phone on your handlebars? If so, what do you use to do it?
I custom built a mount out of the side of an old PC case. Sheet steel bent and cut to hold my phone snug as a bug in a rug with gaps that are just right for charging cable and headphone jack with the fuzzy side of velcro as padding and to keep the phone from getting scratched.
There's a genuine need to alert reckless drivers that you're there, but really I'd love to have something like that to scare the shit out of pedestrians walking blindly into the road.
There's a genuine need to alert reckless drivers that you're there, but really I'd love to have something like that to scare the shit out of pedestrians walking blindly into the road.
I think there are lots of groups of cars that operate using the same engine, it's just the body that's different. I could be wrong but I remember hearing VWs use Audi engines. I've heard of other car makes doing similar things.
So it looks like getting drop bars on my current bike will also require new shifters (expected) and new brakes (not expected). The shop I went to estimated the cost at $300-$400, not counting the bars themselves.
Without looking this seems excesive. Am I correct in that assumption?
So it looks like getting drop bars on my current bike will also require new shifters (expected) and new brakes (not expected). The shop I went to estimated the cost at $300-$400, not counting the bars themselves.
Without looking this seems excesive. Am I correct in that assumption?
Doesn't seem excessive to me, at least price-wise.
But why are you doing this in the first place? If the frame didn't already have drop bars, it's probably not a road bike frame. Kind of silly to put drop bars on a non-road bike.
Being able to put my hands in different positions on long rides and more speed mostly. I hadn't considered the frame being important. I'll post a picture of my bike when I get it back from the shop.
Being able to put my hands in different positions on long rides and more speed mostly. I hadn't considered the frame being important. I'll post a picture of my bike when I get it back from the shop.
The frame is the most important part of any bike. The frame IS the bike.
The answer to most "I need to make it easier to bike" questions are:
1. If it's a cruiser, fuck that garbage and get a normal bike. 2. If you have one gear, get more gears. 3. If you have more gears, get less aggressive gears. 4. Lighten the bike. 5. Get a better bike.
A Trek FX 1 - 20" - all aluminum hybrid bicycle weighs 12.35kg and costs $440
A Trek FX S 5 - 56cm - all carbon hybrid bicycle weighs 9.56kg and costs $2100
A Trek Madone 9.5 - 56cm - all carbon ridiculous racing bike weighs 7.32kg and costs $8000
A Macbook Pro weighs 1.6kg.
If you have a hard time getting up the hill, the problem isn't going to be solved by spending a few thousand dollars to save a couple kilograms. Lose weight. Increase leg strength. Use gears properly.
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The road bike I've been thinking of getting for a few years was on mega-sale. $800 off the exact model. The thing is, with bikes, they don't let you choose whatever color you want. Certain models only come in a small selection of color. I would have preferred green, or 100% black, but this will do.
The color doesn't change the fact that it rides like whoah. It weighs nothing. etc.
Do any of you mount your phone on your handlebars? If so, what do you use to do it?
Also, what are the advantages of drop-down bars, and when should I consider replacing my regular handlebars with them?
I bought this mount on Amazon. http://amzn.to/2byV7JE
So far it seems extremely strong and stable. I put my phone in it and shook the bike around like crazy. No movement. I rode around, no problem. Still, only time will tell. If you want to be super safe, let me spend more time with this so I can be sure it's legit.
Also keep in mind that this phone mount doesn't provide any water protection to the phone. If it starts raining, uh oh. There are other mounts where your phone goes inside of a protective shield. There are other kinds where you put your phone in a special case, and it mounts really nicely. They were just more expensive, and I don't want to put my phone in a case. I also don't ride in the rain.
If your bike is not a road bike, putting drop bars on it is kind of silly. Like putting a wing on the back of a car that doesn't go fast enough for it to matter.
If you get a road bike, drop bars are kind of mandatory. If you want to know about them, there are tons of articles and videos about how to use them on the Interwebs. Here's one.
https://lovelybike.blogspot.com/2012/06/drop-bar-hand-positions-introduction.html
http://loudbicycle.com/horn/
Without looking this seems excesive. Am I correct in that assumption?
But why are you doing this in the first place? If the frame didn't already have drop bars, it's probably not a road bike frame. Kind of silly to put drop bars on a non-road bike.
Mines a hybrid though, not a road bike.
1. If it's a cruiser, fuck that garbage and get a normal bike.
2. If you have one gear, get more gears.
3. If you have more gears, get less aggressive gears.
4. Lighten the bike.
5. Get a better bike.
Make changes in that order.
A Trek FX 1 - 20" - all aluminum hybrid bicycle weighs 12.35kg and costs $440
A Trek FX S 5 - 56cm - all carbon hybrid bicycle weighs 9.56kg and costs $2100
A Trek Madone 9.5 - 56cm - all carbon ridiculous racing bike weighs 7.32kg and costs $8000
A Macbook Pro weighs 1.6kg.
If you have a hard time getting up the hill, the problem isn't going to be solved by spending a few thousand dollars to save a couple kilograms. Lose weight. Increase leg strength. Use gears properly.