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    • Posts: 5,600 Member
      amorfati601070 wrote: »
      Yessir..

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

      I've had a good experience with ORR cycling - but then I ride 650cc and they are one of the few companies that make race wheels for those
    • Posts: 5,650 Member
      amorfati601070 wrote: »
      Yessir..

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

      Bang for the buck, I'd look at FLOs.

      If your pockets are deep enough, any of the high end brands are going to make a good wheel.
    • Posts: 26,047 Member
      Madwife2009 wrote: »
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      Wow. Just wow.

      Thanks. :)

      I have been at it a while now, but kind of got out of practice between about 2012 and 2014 ... and gained some weight. In 2015, I lost the weight and in 2016, I got back into the long distance cycling again. Feels good!

    • Posts: 7,166 Member
      I mainly MTB but ride pavement a bit especially if the trails are muddy.
    • Posts: 1 Member
      Living here in Colorado, LOTS OF MTB but some Road
    • Posts: 145 Member
      I have come to loathe riding in the winter. My bike has been rollers since December.
    • Posts: 413 Member
      I ride but I'm also a fair-weather rider. I just can't get the motivation to ride in the winter Pacific Northwest weather.
    • Posts: 10,321 Member
      Not a cyclist but I love to ride bikes, at high speeds, preferably in races....
    • Posts: 71 Member
      Former roadie. Between 1-2 dozen years and a few dozen pounds ago, I regularly did half-century, metric century and century rides. Then--aging, surgeries, blah,blah... Last year my total mileage was a small part of what a good month would have been “way back when”. One of my more ambitious fantasies for 2017 is being able to do a century ride again.
    • Posts: 488 Member
      Rodie here! I can usually ride year round here in the South! Very few cold days.
    • Posts: 174 Member
      New roadie here. Started in summer of 2015, just taking the bike out for leisurely rides when I ran into a neighbor one afternoon who was also riding. After a chat we began to ride every other day non-stop for 6 weeks putting on 1050km. I lost 24 pounds in the process (much needed) and gained lean muscle. I never looked back. I live in Southwestern Ontario so just waiting for the warm temps to get here so I can get back out there. I do it because I love it, not look to enter any marathons or centuries, as of yet. Time will tell in that department.
    • Posts: 7,166 Member
      Hornsby wrote: »
      Not a cyclist but I love to ride bikes, at high speeds, preferably in races....

      And how does that make you NOT a cyclist?
    • Posts: 34 Member
      I've been riding road bikes for 25 years. This fall started riding a mountain bike and have been riding it through the winter on a cross country trail. I wish I would have tried off road sooner I really enjoy it. I also ride a sportbike doing track days, a dirt bike woods and adventure riding, and a trials bike just playing around. I can't do any cool stuff on it but it's still fun.
    • Posts: 3 Member
      I'm just a commuter here in Alberta. Ride all year. Studded tires in winter. Likely ride about 10 miles a day. I don't have a proper tracker for riding.
    • Posts: 134 Member
      Yep - used a bike as transport for my commute for most of my working life. I now cycle most weekends and plan holidays which are based on cycling. Have all sorts of bikes, tourer for everyday, carbon fibre for faster road riding and a new MTB to use in the forests near our new home. Also do spin classes at gym twice a week.

      Not at all interested in racing or clubbing etc but love being out on my bike(s). But like to read about cycling related things, follow the Tour de France and read books about that too.

      I just join this group in here http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/3764-cycling-challenges
    • Posts: 145 Member
      dreamonsugar wrote: »
      I'm just a commuter here in Alberta. Ride all year. Studded tires in winter. Likely ride about 10 miles a day. I don't have a proper tracker for riding.

      I used to love riding in the winter...not sure what happened..lol. you're quite dedicated
    • Posts: 26,047 Member
      Sedu1906 wrote: »
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      I used to love riding in the winter...not sure what happened..lol. you're quite dedicated

      I used to enjoy riding in winter too in Alberta and Manitoba ... and then I moved to Australia and now I've become a winter wimp. :grin:

    • Posts: 8,374 Member
      Sedu1906 wrote: »
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      I used to love riding in the winter...not sure what happened..lol. you're quite dedicated

      I used to as well, but then winters around here become much icier. I ride in snow no problem, but when there is ice everywhere I have no interest in risking life and limb when I have a trainer in the basement. Not the same as outdoors, but it will do.
    • Posts: 145 Member
      So I'm riding yesterday as it was unseasonably warm in nj, and I notice this car sitting on my rear. After a few minutes noticing it's still there is slow down to make eye contact with the driver who, turns out, was filming me on his phone.

      I'm not sure if I should feel flattered or violated. Lol.
    • Posts: 71 Member
      Sedu1906 wrote: »
      So I'm riding yesterday as it was unseasonably warm in nj, and I notice this car sitting on my rear. After a few minutes noticing it's still there is slow down to make eye contact with the driver who, turns out, was filming me on his phone. I'm not sure if I should feel flattered or violated. Lol.
      That’s creepy and it’d be possible trouble in my area. If that happened to me, I’d write down the license plate #, car description and as much of a description of the driver as I could manage. That kind of thing is one of the reasons I always have a note pad and a couple pens in my handlebar pack. I also frequently carry a little p+s camera with me and if I’d had the camera on that ride, I’d definitely have photographed that photographer.

      Your story has now got me seriously considering adding a pepper spray canister to my standard handlebar pack gear.
    • Posts: 84 Member
      2 mountain bikes, A road bike and a fatty for the snow. I love riding the trails!
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