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  • NorthCascades
    NorthCascades Posts: 10,970 Member
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    Yessir..

    Road, looking for new wheels soon. Any recs? stayin alloy.

    HED Ardonnes.
  • kcjchang
    kcjchang Posts: 709 Member
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    Sedu1906 wrote: »
    Can't go wrong with Mavic. Prices can be reasonable and they are bomb proof.
    Except for the proprietary part. Ksyrium been bomb proof for me. The Open 4 CD wheelset that I built in 1990 are still true and round with original spokes still intact. Loss count number of miles and spills.
    Yessir..

    Road, looking for new wheels soon. Any recs? stayin alloy.
    Kinlin and Pacenti seems to be the go to for custom hand built on a budget and low weight. Checkout BHS and BDop if you get an inkling for DYI. See miketechinfo.com also. Pretty easy and you don't need any special tools except for a "good" spoke wrench (some are nice have but not required).
  • denversillygoose
    denversillygoose Posts: 708 Member
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    Steff46 wrote: »
    Wow, a friend of mine just had his bike stolen right out of his driveway. So sad.

    Bikes live inside where it's safe.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,874 Member
    edited January 2017
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    Yup...road. During the winter I'm mostly on my trainer though. I usually do a couple of endurance events annually...last year I did a trial series which was a good experience, but not really my gig and an injury kept me from completing the series...besides, I don't have the bike for it.
  • Sedu1906
    Sedu1906 Posts: 145 Member
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    Steff46 wrote: »
    Wow, a friend of mine just had his bike stolen right out of his driveway. So sad.

    Call in the Marines!
  • Sedu1906
    Sedu1906 Posts: 145 Member
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    cwolfman13 wrote: »
    Yup...road. During the winter I'm mostly on my trainer though. I usually do a couple of endurance events annually...last year I did a trial series which was a good experience, but not really my gig and an injury kept me from completing the series...besides, I don't have the bike for it.

    I've never done a TT race but it looks fun. Not sure how well I'd do. I sign up for any Fondo I can get to. I'm not the fastest in any group but I can suffer with the best of 'em.
  • amorfati601070
    amorfati601070 Posts: 2,867 Member
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    Sedu1906 wrote: »
    Yessir..

    Road, looking for new wheels soon. Any recs? stayin alloy.

    Can't go wrong with Mavic. Prices can be reasonable and they are bomb proof.
    Yessir..

    Road, looking for new wheels soon. Any recs? stayin alloy.

    HED Ardonnes.
    kcjchang wrote: »
    Sedu1906 wrote: »
    Can't go wrong with Mavic. Prices can be reasonable and they are bomb proof.
    Except for the proprietary part. Ksyrium been bomb proof for me. The Open 4 CD wheelset that I built in 1990 are still true and round with original spokes still intact. Loss count number of miles and spills.
    Yessir..

    Road, looking for new wheels soon. Any recs? stayin alloy.
    Kinlin and Pacenti seems to be the go to for custom hand built on a budget and low weight. Checkout BHS and BDop if you get an inkling for DYI. See miketechinfo.com also. Pretty easy and you don't need any special tools except for a "good" spoke wrench (some are nice have but not required).


    Will investigate further. Cheers guys.
  • MaxisBack
    MaxisBack Posts: 5 Member
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    About 5,000 road miles a year. Add me up!
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 24,927 Member
    edited January 2017
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  • Sedu1906
    Sedu1906 Posts: 145 Member
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    Machka9 wrote: »

    Was this your first century ride?
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 24,927 Member
    edited January 2017
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    Sedu1906 wrote: »
    Machka9 wrote: »

    Was this your first century ride?

    No ... it was my 99th century ride, and 174th ride of 100 miles or more. In other words, I've done 99 rides of 100 miles plus 75 rides which have been longer than 100 miles. :)

    I'm an active long distance cyclist (centuries, double centuries, audax/randonneuring events, 24-hour TTs, etc.) and have been riding long distances since 1994.

  • Sedu1906
    Sedu1906 Posts: 145 Member
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    Machka9 wrote: »
    Sedu1906 wrote: »
    Machka9 wrote: »

    Was this your first century ride?

    No ... it was my 99th century ride, and 174th ride of 100 miles or more. In other words, I've done 99 rides of 100 miles plus 75 rides which have been longer than 100 miles. :)

    I'm an active long distance cyclist (centuries, double centuries, audax/randonneuring events, 24-hour TTs, etc.) and have been riding long distances since 1994.

    That's more than impressive!
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 24,927 Member
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    Sedu1906 wrote: »
    Machka9 wrote: »
    Sedu1906 wrote: »
    Machka9 wrote: »

    Was this your first century ride?

    No ... it was my 99th century ride, and 174th ride of 100 miles or more. In other words, I've done 99 rides of 100 miles plus 75 rides which have been longer than 100 miles. :)

    I'm an active long distance cyclist (centuries, double centuries, audax/randonneuring events, 24-hour TTs, etc.) and have been riding long distances since 1994.

    That's more than impressive!

    Thanks. :)

    I've tried many types of cycling, but long distance is the one I feel most comfortable with. :)
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 24,927 Member
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  • Sedu1906
    Sedu1906 Posts: 145 Member
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    Machka9 wrote: »

    Thanks. I'll check it out.
  • ritzvin
    ritzvin Posts: 2,860 Member
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    Steff46 wrote: »
    Wow, a friend of mine just had his bike stolen right out of his driveway. So sad.

    Bikes live inside where it's safe.

    yep. West side of Buffalo here - I actually once had a beat up children's mountain bike stolen mid-day from my driveway once with a church group sitting outside 3 doors down (I didn't think anyone would actually be pathetic enough to cut the lock on a bike worth less than $5 - I was wrong)(it wasn't a high end U-lock though -wrongly figured that it would have been overkill on that bike).
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 24,927 Member
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    Machka9 wrote: »
    Sedu1906 wrote: »
    Machka9 wrote: »
    Sedu1906 wrote: »
    Machka9 wrote: »

    Was this your first century ride?

    No ... it was my 99th century ride, and 174th ride of 100 miles or more. In other words, I've done 99 rides of 100 miles plus 75 rides which have been longer than 100 miles. :)

    I'm an active long distance cyclist (centuries, double centuries, audax/randonneuring events, 24-hour TTs, etc.) and have been riding long distances since 1994.

    That's more than impressive!

    Thanks. :)

    I've tried many types of cycling, but long distance is the one I feel most comfortable with. :)

    On Saturday, I cycled my 100th century. :)

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/Machka9/view/hint-of-hadspen-hike-160-km-bicycle-ride-913161


    Well, actually, my 175th ride of 100 miles or more, but my 100th ride of the 100 mile distance. A century of centuries. :grin:
  • Madwife2009
    Madwife2009 Posts: 1,369 Member
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    Machka9 wrote: »
    Machka9 wrote: »
    Sedu1906 wrote: »
    Machka9 wrote: »
    Sedu1906 wrote: »
    Machka9 wrote: »

    Was this your first century ride?

    No ... it was my 99th century ride, and 174th ride of 100 miles or more. In other words, I've done 99 rides of 100 miles plus 75 rides which have been longer than 100 miles. :)

    I'm an active long distance cyclist (centuries, double centuries, audax/randonneuring events, 24-hour TTs, etc.) and have been riding long distances since 1994.

    That's more than impressive!

    Thanks. :)

    I've tried many types of cycling, but long distance is the one I feel most comfortable with. :)

    On Saturday, I cycled my 100th century. :)

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/Machka9/view/hint-of-hadspen-hike-160-km-bicycle-ride-913161


    Well, actually, my 175th ride of 100 miles or more, but my 100th ride of the 100 mile distance. A century of centuries. :grin:

    Wow. Just wow.
  • NorthCascades
    NorthCascades Posts: 10,970 Member
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    I've barely been on the bike since I got skis.
  • rjc992
    rjc992 Posts: 20 Member
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    Road cyclist here. I used to do 4000 miles per year, but down to about 2000 per year now and looking forward to spring riding soon.