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- CyBrain
Here's a tip.
http://lifehacker.com/5719714/zi…I had to go out on Saturday because my hard drive died and I needed a replacement. I could have used a little help.
- duckseason0
Amazing.
- I blew out both tires on Sunday, just before the blizzard - will definitely try once replaced.duckseason
- Projectile0
- –until you get a flat on the way to work.technikiller
- Mr.Tuffy tire liners are the great reducer of flats. That and properly inflated tires.tgqt
- time for burn outs?! :-)akrok
- OBBTKN0
You can use vinegar too... but only in emergences (corrosive)
- akrok0
hmmm..
- tgqt0
I biked across america this summer.
- for real?!akrok
- Yes, it was my third trip.tgqt
- NYC to LA - 35 days
Sea to NYC - 30 days
Phoenix to NYC -38 daystgqt - hm. i might have seen you. did you have a site about it?!akrok
- or blog.akrok
- alone of with others?akrok
- i went alone, was completely off the grid, and blogged via solar power. I have unpublished my blog and facebook pagetgqt
- http://tonx.com/the-…
republishedtgqt - dang. must have been someone else then. well, that's brave.akrok
- friday 7th, bike to our NYC drinks.akrok
- >> http://www.qbn.com/t…akrok
- Well, I was planning on biking to the FMT drinks next week, but coming from LES, not CA, WA or AZCyBrain
- palimpsest0
@OBBTKN
I remember you were looking for some cycling inspiration.
Have you tried gravel?
https://www.abicyclette-voyages.…
- OBBTKN1
Hi pal. Been in Girona, but without my bike.
In summer, which is when I travel, I do it with my wife, and she is allergic to bikes :(
But, I'm really tempted with gravel, but I already have 3 bikes!
On the Trek I can put 700x30 tires and I have some with knobs, maybe one day.
- hans_glib0
i've never really understood how gravel became a thing. i've ridden firetracks and bridalways ever since i started cycling again, mainly to avoid busy roads.
and now there's a whole industry seemingly developed around it, but to me it looks like people are being 'conned' into buying a special bike when the whole point (for me) is that any bike can manage an unmetalled track. a mountain bike is different - it needs to deal with any kind of terrain and a lack of paths so i kind of get that. but gravel?
but i'm not a bike nut, only ever own one bike at a time, and they're always unremarkable jack of all trades (what i think used to be called "hybrids"). straight handlebars, mondial tyres, pannier, what else do you need?
- "but I'm not a bike nut" is the key here, I'm not one either. I understand nuts tho. It's not about getting from A to B but the feeling you get from riding.palimpsest
- OBBTKN0
It's just a fad, but the industry needs to sell bicycles... From what I've read, sales have plummeted, and gravel is a catalyst.
There has always been a lot of love for cyclo-cross here, but gravel is not taking off.
There are road people and MTB people.
- well i wish the fad would pass, sick of all my favourite routes being clogged by superkeen mamils and strava nutshans_glib
- Gravel has already reached its peak and is probably on the downfall. Don't hold.palimpsest
- MrAbominable0
^^ Standard steel frame racing bikes can really only accommodate 23, mebbe 25cm tires. Sure, you can 'ride' gravel on those tires but it's much more enjoyable with a bike that has better clearance and possibly a higher bottom bracket.
Definitely not a fad. More like a bridge between road, cross and mtb. The world got more populated, building added value into road geometry gives people more options. The Market rushed in to fill the void.