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A new thread about cycling
Phil73805:
Yeah I watched seasons, awesome stuff.Though I preferred the soundtrack of Roam. I certainly connected with Steve Peat's experience of a British winter :-( As for what I ride, I ride a Specialized Enduro SL Pro (the 07 model). In fact that's me in my avatar on the bike at an MTB place called Chicksands in the UK. I also use the bike for cross country and 4x, gotta love an all-mountain bike :D lightweight for the climbs tough as hell for downhill.
crohnsy:
cool man enduros are nice bikes. I've heard of chicksands before, I am a huge fan of the Earthed series of vids. One day I would like to make my way across the pond and see what its like over there. My three main bikes atm are my Santa Cruz Bullit for DH, Santa Cruz Cameleon for xc, am, dj, 4x/whatever and I just got a new Cannondale SuperSix at the start of the season for my road riding efforts ^^.
greenMonkey:
Nice!
Now for a story about my absolute bad luck and stupidity. Today I got my shoes and got my clipless pedals put on my bike. I biked home from the bike shop, then got my road kit on and started off. About a minute later I realized I had neglected to pump up my tires, so I turned around and came back. I pumped up my tires, clipped in, got 20 ft out of my driveway and wiped out completely on my side. I got distracted and hit a patch of bad road, and lost control of the handlebars. I was initially super worried about the bike, as I had bent the brake/shifting assembly on the handlebars in a fair amount. I thought I might have damaged the carbon fork, which would not be good at all. Fortunately, I was able to take it back into the shop and they checked it out and said everything looked alright, and fixed my handlebars. So now my shifting assembly is a little scratched, and my bar tape is a little scratched too, but the rest of the bike is fine. I am also sporting some respectable road rash, but nothing significant enough to keep me from riding tomorrow. I feel fortunate that it happened in my neighborhood and at a low speed, as I have some friends who have injured themselves pretty spectacularly on bikes, and an acquaintance of mine recently went over the handlebars and broke her collarbone.
EDIT: Now I know why super intense cyclists shave their legs. Peeling bandages of or hairy legs with road rash = REALLY NOT FUN. I've also got a big splotch just below my hip that has been bugging me since I got it, even after I cleaned it and bandaged it. But now that I've crashed it can only get better, right? :) Also, sometime in the next few days: pictures of my bike and stuff.
KickThatBathProf:
Man, I had a similar stupid thing happen about a year ago. I was biking this rad trail along the Chippewa up in Eau Claire, Wisconsin and I biked about 45 miles until I got a flat. And stupid me forgot to pack along a spare tire. I had to walk the remaining 4 miles in my bike shoes.
godinpants:
Why did this thread have to start now?
It's being all rainy, and i want to go ride.
Also the fact that it gets dark around 5-6 these days isnt too good. Thats my usual biking time in summer, when its all cooling down.
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