I *love* riding a bike

CincyNeid

King_Spicy wrote: »

Do you guys download Strava on your Garmin? Last time I had my navigation enabled on my phone so I can use GPS and Strava, it drained my entire battery in the length of a 40 mile ride. I'm guessing it was strava killing it as I normally can go 2 full days without charging it, and that was the first time I had attempted to use it. I might need to get a smart device to handle the GPS and Strava, or else one of those mobile battery packs that act as a charger.

Certain Garmin devices allow you to star Segments on Strava's website and sync those Segments to your Garmin so when you get close to them you'll get a little reminder and KOM position on your screen. It'll tell you Fill_in_the_Blank Segment is coming up in x feet/meters. And during that segment it'll tell you if you're ahead or behind on that segment. If I remember correctly the only to Garmin's to do it are the 520 & 820.

NorthCascades

Red hydraulic brake hose should arrive today.

88Rian

Love riding.

King_Spicy

Both my coworker and my wife's old boss have invited me to go mountain biking and drinking with them. They both have amazing multi thousand dollar dual suspension machines. I have a 15 year old Mongoose Pro series hardtail bike with cords on the dry rotted tires showing, and not able to shift into 1/2 of the gears. I think its time to upgrade.

NorthCascades

I'd love to have a MTB. Don't know if I ever will. They're illegal on all of the trails anywhere near me. There's a park just outside the city with an MTB area, but it's a park in a city, it's not the mountains. Get out to the mountains, and I have to drive 2 hours for the nearest trail system I could explore on two wheels. So I just rent them when I go out there.

This was the Cutthroat Pass trail.





Those trees are going to turn gold again before long.

This was Sun Mountain.

CincyNeid

MTB is where I got my love for cycling I have a Specialized Pitch 650b. Upgraded the group set from a Shimano/SunTour special it a Sram GX 2x10. I'm slower than a flock of turtles stampeding through peanut butter on but I love riding it. I'm thinking next year will be the time to upgrade the fork on it and possibly the wheelset. I'm currently throwing my little bit of play money at my Road Bike and moving from a Shimano grouppo to a Sram system....

Living in the Miami Valley, we have several trail systems around. I can think of 5 trails off the top of my head. Most of our is Single Track style riding so the XC style set up suits me much better than a full suspension All Mountain style bike.

NorthCascades

One of my goals this year was to ride the Angels Staircase loop. I still have time but I'm not sure if it'll be possible or not. I don't even know how to judge whether I'm ready for it. Will it be too strenuous for me? Will I have enough skill handling an MTB? Cutthroat Pass was also listed as "advanced" and that was fine in terms of skills. Also, the trail is maybe a 5 hour drive, that means a couple nights in a hotel, and Beth's work schedule isn't very accommodating right now.

http://www.mtbproject.com/trail/5183409
http://rideviciouscycle.com/angels-staircase/
https://www.evergreenmtb.org/trails/angels-staircase

niblue

I was taking it easy tonight so did for once stop and take a picture of my Roubaix:

ntnunk

allaboutthecake wrote: »

ntnunk wrote: »

Nope, though I usually only slap my cam (a Garmin VIRB, in my case) on during special events and/or races, for example:

Am looking to replace my Fly6 that's under my seatpost. its only 2yr/o but I have to baby it to get the camera charged up and whereas I could go 6hr w/o recharge, now the battery is dead at 2hr. So how do you like the VIRB? How long does it last to record high def?

My understanding is the Fly6 and the VIRB aren't exactly designed for the same thing. Isn't the Fly6 a "looping" camera that's mostly designed to catch any crashes that happer?

At any rate, my VIRB will go a bit over 2 hours before having to swap batteries. It's a first-gen VIRB but I like it a lot. For what I use it for, i.e. mostly recording during various races, it works great.

allaboutthecake

ntnunk wrote: »

allaboutthecake wrote: »

ntnunk wrote: »

Nope, though I usually only slap my cam (a Garmin VIRB, in my case) on during special events and/or races, for example:

Am looking to replace my Fly6 that's under my seatpost. its only 2yr/o but I have to baby it to get the camera charged up and whereas I could go 6hr w/o recharge, now the battery is dead at 2hr. So how do you like the VIRB? How long does it last to record high def?

My understanding is the Fly6 and the VIRB aren't exactly designed for the same thing. Isn't the Fly6 a "looping" camera that's mostly designed to catch any crashes that happer?

At any rate, my VIRB will go a bit over 2 hours before having to swap batteries. It's a first-gen VIRB but I like it a lot. For what I use it for, i.e. mostly recording during various races, it works great.

Thanks for answering. Yes the Fly6 is looping & mainly Insurance. I have a GoPro on the helmet, its a PITA cuz eats batteries like no tomorrow so will go thru 4-5 in a ride. It also doesn't get along well with humidity but I've learned to look for signals. As for the VIRB, I think I'd get sick of changing the seatpost cam batteries, too.

(I was on the receiving end of a solid right-hook, hence the cameras.)

P13C35

My service dog is my biking partner. I have a Springer attached to my Specialized which makes riding with a dog awesome. She is high energy and needs a 10 mile run every morning to work it out. She is my 'excuse' to get out there. The sharing of the experience, one on one time, and freedom we both feel is a motivator to start every morning, greeting the other regulars on the trail. Biking isn't a burden for me, not even seen as exercise! it is the most free activity I can engage in. It is not as fast a ride as it would be without my girl, but I've tried bike partnering with many friends, and my dog is faster than all of them. I love that I can for an hour and a half in am and can then add it to MFP as exercise!

allaboutthecake

P13C35 wrote: »

My service dog is my biking partner. I have a Springer attached to my Specialized which makes riding with a dog awesome. She is high energy and needs a 10 mile run every morning to work it out. She is my 'excuse' to get out there. The sharing of the experience, one on one time, and freedom we both feel is a motivator to start every morning, greeting the other regulars on the trail. Biking isn't a burden for me, not even seen as exercise! it is the most free activity I can engage in. It is not as fast a ride as it would be without my girl, but I've tried bike partnering with many friends, and my dog is faster than all of them. I love that I can for an hour and a half in am and can then add it to MFP as exercise!

Too bad we weren't closer, we could run the dog then you could bike with me :-) I do love that your SD can run on your Springer. I think most dogs I've seen would rather shred my tires with their teen than run along with me. lol. I have stock dog that likes to chase me every morning. Too fast for him, tho I do admit it gets my heart pumping!!

narak_lol

@P13C35 wow this sounds awesome! Best type of bike riding!

svarychevskagunder

look at mine mongoose impasse dual full suspension bicycle. The bike fits pretty nice under me, and I feel like I have full control. I feel it is very reliable and capable of what you need it for. just love it. n also I ride in the street with it all the time http://bestadviser.net/mountain-bikes/helpful-mongoose-mountain-bike-reviews/

NorthCascades

MiniMansell1964

i probably average 200km a week on my mountain bike..