Any cyclists here?

[Keith_W]

I was wondering if you could post a picture of your bike

My wife and I have been cycling for more than a year. I bought her a matching bike. Pity she doesn't seem to use it much!

These are our bikes - Orbea Diem. Carbon fibre flat bar road bike. It is as light as a road bike, but has an upright riding position which both of us prefer.

 

[tonmeister2008]

Nice bikes!!

I'm a cyclist and have a Trek 5.5 Madone (carbon fibre frame) This picture is more about the background scenery (Lake Sherwood in Westlake Village,CA) but my bike is in the foreground.

 

[Peter Breuninger]

The race machine and a vintage one

Here's a couple for ya

 

[cjfrbw]

Not a cyclist, per se, but I ride a bicycle around Santa Cruz. I wanted suspension for my large body, lots of gears for going up hills, and rugged construction to go off of curbs and bumps without problem.

Skinny tire bikes are faster, but I just wanted transport and fun, not speed.

Cannondale SuperV2000, about 1996 vintage, $200 from a doctor who went overseas. It gets compliments from people who seem to know more about bikes than i do.

 

[Keith_W]

Sean, your image isn't showing up.

Peter, very nice! What type of bike is that gold Trek?

 

[Peter Breuninger]

That my dear friends is a Y-foil, the UCI made it illegal and killed sales for the Trek wonderbike. It's a sloppy ride regardless, you bounce up and down, well I should say... your butt does and thus you lose power transfer. I resurrected it for the photo shoot, ride it 100 miles the next day and sold it the following week. I rode real Trek/Lemonds for years prior to riding the Felts. I'm still off the bike for now (bad crash last year) and getting a little American male belt roll. I'll be back though, watch out if you ride in the Phila area! Very few can hold my wheel.

 

[Gregadd]

My stead post car accident.

 

[RBFC]

Not a cyclist, per se, but I ride a bicycle around Santa Cruz. I wanted suspension for my large body, lots of gears for going up hills, and rugged construction to go off of curbs and bumps without problem.

Skinny tire bikes are faster, but I just wanted transport and fun, not speed.

Cannondale SuperV2000, about 1996 vintage, $200 from a doctor who went overseas. It gets compliments from people who seem to know more about bikes than i do.

The Cannondale is a fantastic frame! I raced a Cannondale 2.8 frame in the LeMond National Time Trial series around 1990. The mountain bike frame you have was on my wish list back then!

I have a Klein Pinnacle mountain bike that I occasionally use to commute to work now.
Lee

 

[ack]

Although my Trek 7300 is no high-end bike, I do pride myself in successfully dodging the moronic Boston drivers, and have lived long enough to author this post! A major feat at that... But seriously, my 8-year-old is now old enough to ride with me, so finally I have very good company... and we're getting one for my wife this weekend, so we can all ride in the lovely 3-inch-rain New England weather.

 

[Johnny Vinyl]

Thinking about jumping back on a bike after several decades. So I'm going to start with a decent entry-level bike that's good for bike paths and perhaps a little bit of easy trail-riding. I'm doing this mostly just to get out and enjoy nature while getting some exercise. If I really get into it then I'll upgrade the bike and attempt more difficult terrain next year. My budget as such is not large, but after talking to a few people at various shops and considering their recommendations I decided that this may be a good bike to get started with.

http://www.sportchek.ca/product/index.jsp?productId=17416996&cp=3733354.3767828.3767829.3758104

 

[Peter Breuninger]

Looks good. Position and comfort are the primary objective after your hiatus, performance next (weight and frame material/stiffness/groupo). Remember when you step up... it's road or trail bike or both, not hybrid (neither fish nor foul). PM me, though I'm on a short cycling break due to injury, I can advise. Don't let my tummy fool you

 

[Matt193]

After a 17 year hiatus from riding a bike, I picked up a Giant Talon 2 29er about a month ago. I am really shocked at how out of shape I am.

 

[Bobvin]

Had a good tough weekend on the bike... Saturday was 65 miles up and back, 4800' vertical to the top of McKenzie Pass here in central Oregon, riding from the west side. Being new to Oregon, its fun to get on some of these scenic bike roads. I haven't loaded details from my Garmin, but I pushed pretty hard even knowing Sunday was to be another climb. The pass is still closed to vehicle traffic, so only cyclists on the way up. At the top, this year, there is no snow. Common for there to be six foot walls of snow flanking the road this time of year, but we were able to see the full lava beds exposed. Very cool place.


Sunday's ride was on the Aufderheide Scenic Byway (). We rode this from the northern end at the McKenzie river to the summit at Box Canyon. Another 3200' vertical in 28 miles, for a 56 mile day. These two days will be good training for the upcoming 'Ride the Hurricane' climb in Olympic National Park (August). At the summit is a nice stand of old growth forest and spotted owl (!) habitat. The summit pitch of the last 4 miles averages about 8% grade.

A new gal joined our group for the rides. Attractive, petite gal who was a very strong rider. I had put a little distance on her headed into the summit pitch as I had to take a quick trip to the head in the campground just before the road really ramps up. She got ahead of me and kept me in the hurt locker as I worked my ass off to catch her before the summit. Always fun to ride with a woman who has skills on the bike. She could really descend as well. Sadly my wife didn't join this weekend, I love riding with her. But she's not much for fast descents. Saturdays descent was epic, not too steep but very curvy, some curves changes coming faster than I could shift my weight to setup for the apex, but mostly just feathering the brakes here and there, with the occasional "holy ****" moments. Sunday's descent not quite as spectacular as Saturday, but a welcome reward after the climb.

 

[Barry]

Well I ride a little on these -- a Richard Sachs custom and a DeRosa.





Memorable moments: Assault on Mt. Mitchell (it's 6,683 Ft and was 1,000 miles in a week down the Blue ridge Mountains) also did a double century with 215 miles in a day. Slowing down though only 326 miles in April.

 

[Steve williams]

Had a good tough weekend on the bike... Saturday was 65 miles up and back, 4800' vertical to the top of McKenzie Pass here in central Oregon, riding from the west side. Being new to Oregon, its fun to get on some of these scenic bike roads. I haven't loaded details from my Garmin, but I pushed pretty hard even knowing Sunday was to be another climb. The pass is still closed to vehicle traffic, so only cyclists on the way up. At the top, this year, there is no snow. Common for there to be six foot walls of snow flanking the road this time of year, but we were able to see the full lava beds exposed. Very cool place.
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Sunday's ride was on the Aufderheide Scenic Byway (). We rode this from the northern end at the McKenzie river to the summit at Box Canyon. Another 3200' vertical in 28 miles, for a 56 mile day. These two days will be good training for the upcoming 'Ride the Hurricane' climb in Olympic National Park (August). At the summit is a nice stand of old growth forest and spotted owl (!) habitat. The summit pitch of the last 4 miles averages about 8% grade.

A new gal joined our group for the rides. Attractive, petite gal who was a very strong rider. I had put a little distance on her headed into the summit pitch as I had to take a quick trip to the head in the campground just before the road really ramps up. She got ahead of me and kept me in the hurt locker as I worked my ass off to catch her before the summit. Always fun to ride with a woman who has skills on the bike. She could really descend as well. Sadly my wife didn't join this weekend, I love riding with her. But she's not much for fast descents. Saturdays descent was epic, not too steep but very curvy, some curves changes coming faster than I could shift my weight to setup for the apex, but mostly just feathering the brakes here and there, with the occasional "holy ****" moments. Sunday's descent not quite as spectacular as Saturday, but a welcome reward after the climb.

Well I ride a little on these -- a Richard Sachs custom and a DeRosa.

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Memorable moments: Assault on Mt. Mitchell (it's 6,683 Ft and was 1,000 miles in a week down the Blue ridge Mountains) also did a double century with 215 miles in a day. Slowing down though only 326 miles in April.

wow, you guys are my envy.

Bob the photo gives meaning to what you did

 

[Bobvin]

My custom carbon CYFAC ABSOLU

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[Bobvin]

And my other custom frame, 1981 MERZ touring frame. Jim Merz, the builder, was a renowned frame builder in Portland in the late 70's, early 80's. He went on to be the chief design engineer at Specialized. I've also heard that he recently has been back @ Specialized. I was excited to see he has a Facebook page!

I've finally ditched the old Flite saddle (in the pic it was somewhat poorly adjusted) that hurt my ass for years. Thank God some for newer saddle designs.

Picture shows a somewhat older buildup, with Campy downtube friction shifters and Clemente silk touring tubulars. I ride this bike to this day, and once did a self-supported tour from Lubbock, Texas (Texas Tech) to Jasper Canada, Vancouver, and finally my home town of Spokane, WA. One flat, one loose spoke. One change of tires half way through.

 

[Bobvin]

And my other bike, the best ant-aging money I've spent. Guaranteed to have you grinning ear-ear like a 10 year old!

 

[Dimfer]

And my other bike, the best ant-aging money I've spent. Guaranteed to have you grinning ear-ear like a 10 year old!
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cool looking bike, I had been tempted to ditch my S Works Enduro (carbon) a few times in favor of a fatbike

 

[Bobvin]

Tried something new this morning... That old MERZ shown above was built to be a loaded touring bike, and had ample clearance for fenders and tires up to 32mm. As a road bike, compared to the CYFAC, it is heavy, inefficient, and seriously dated. Rides like a dream, but on the hills the large frame flexes and the power does't reach the wheels like the carbon bike. And, I haven't done a full bags loaded tour for a couple decades. So I see a post from the local group for a gravel ride. Most folks riding these rides are on cyclocross specific bikes, some carbon, disk brakes, etc. I've never done a lot of mountain biking, but thought I'd give the gravel a test. I bought some 32mm cyclocross tires, mounted them to a spare set of wheels, and gave it a go. Very different to be riding a trail with loose gravel on a bike with drop bars. The MERZ has an old half-step granny setup in front, and I was thankful for granny. If I convert the bike over to more gravel riding, the gearing will change, and ditching the old downtube shifters is a must, in favor of brifters.

Anyway, great new experience for me, having someone ahead of me bombing down the descent forced me to ride faster than I'd have been comfortable myself, but once I got my balance sorted out I was able to keep with the group. We had about 17 people, many rookies like myself. Great fun, and challenging too.