I want to see some bike pictures!
tbilly20
Posts: 154 Member
It’s February, and I am ready for Spring to Sprung.... I’ve noticed that there are some cyclists on this forum. Got any pics of your bikes? Post a tricycle, post a stationary bike, or post a pic of your new Trek Emonda!
Part two, why do you love that bike? Is it the first bike you’ve purchased since you got your driver’s license? Did Cannondale make it in your favorite color? Or is it a way for you get healthy and keep up with your kids? (Seems like they pedal faster every Spring, and I don’t see mine putting in any work in the off-season! 😅)
Part two, why do you love that bike? Is it the first bike you’ve purchased since you got your driver’s license? Did Cannondale make it in your favorite color? Or is it a way for you get healthy and keep up with your kids? (Seems like they pedal faster every Spring, and I don’t see mine putting in any work in the off-season! 😅)
0
Replies
-
This is my Scott Addict Team Edition (Esteban Chaves). I built this bike just after having heart surgery. This bike has not been ridden the way it deserves just yet. I am hoping that this season might change that.
3 -
Diamondback 910UB that my amazing hubby found free on Kijiji for me. It works perfectly except that the heart rate monitor is hit and miss, but I wear a Garmin so that doesn't bother me. It came out of a special needs classroom at the end of the summer. The teacher had it as an outlet for fidgety kids but she had to get rid of it to be able to space the desks out more with covid. Teachers aren't allowed in to set up their classrooms until a few days before the term starts here, so she needed to get rid of it fast and hubby just happened to look at the ads at just the right time.
I need a new seat for it since the one it came with is really built up in the back - even when I'm leaning forward I'm fighting not to slide right off - but it's on there so tight we're not sure we're going to be able to replace it without help. We've tried to loosen it to see if we can just adjust the angle and even with both of us trying together we couldn't get the nuts to budge. But that has to wait until United Cycle allows in-person shopping again regardless. In the meantime I deal, and I love it regardless!
2 -
This is one of my favourite bikes, he (Vincent Venge) has taken me from London to Edinburgh and back in 92 hours and seen several victories in solo 24hr races. He's fun and a little bit lairy. I bough Vincent after having my previous bike written off in a hit and run accident. We've shared 8000 miles together and he always makes me smile 😃1
-
4 -
This is Lazarus. My 2014 Specialized Roubaix and main summer ride. Pictured on an approach road to the Surrey Hill AONB which is a real playground for cycling.
Lazarus because it was "killed" and reborn. A driver drove straight through me at a junction and I picked up my bike in two major pieces after we both went over the roof of the car.
Hence the unmatched forks and replacement wheels. It's done 12,700 miles now.
It's currently clean and gleaming while hanging on my garage wall for winter while I use the 2015 Roubaix I got as an insurance settlement - that one has standard wheels, disc brakes and mudguards to make it more suitable for poor conditions.
Fingers crossed events can be run again this year as my two planned closed road centuries last year were cancelled.
5 -
@sijomial Nice bike! I do hope we can get back out to some events soon, I'm looking forward to seeing some different views again.
@gje81
Fingers crossed!
I rode more miles than ever last year and nearly all were home-to-home rides with just a few car-to-car rides and I'm getting tired of the same old local roads.2 -
@sijomial - I was hit by a car in 2013, and it broke a custom Serotta in three pieces. Unfortunately it did the same thing to my left leg! I bought a Venge after that insurance settlement. It was a great bike.
Ouch, that must have stung a bit!
Funny enough the driver that nailed me offered me a lift home. I declined with the words "I've just witnessed the standard of your driving, I'd feel a lot safer walking."
4 -
My winter bike. Heavy, chunky tyres and mudguards -
Good training though!2 -
Summer bike. Much prettier and lighter!
3 -
Salsa Journeyman in the color copper
I bought in in no small part because I’m a journeyman pipe fitter that works with copper all the time and loves salsa. 😬That and it’s a fabulous road bike that won’t break the bank 🚴🏻4 -
@TakeTheLongWayHome love the colour 😍0
-
This is my Montague folding mountain bike, supposedly designed for paratroopers. My husband has a slightly different one, mostly because the color is determined by the model, so when I got mine I wanted a different color. Unfortunately, the pretty blue one has a higher stand over height. Once folded, we can fit them in the boat, sail to another town and explore to our hearts' content. We even have a raft for the specific purpose of transporting the bikes to shore when we anchor out.
2 -
This is my triathlon bike, a Felt model IA 10. Bike is equipped with Di2 shifter, Ultegra group set and Garmin Vector 3 pedals. I last raced it in 2018, losing 2019 to injury and 2020 to race cancellations. Really looking forward to putting some miles on it this year training for Ironman Chattanooga in September.4 -
@tbilly20 - Yes, IMCHOO is a favorite among our tri club peeps. I'm hoping that I can find a "144.6" window sticker to add to my collection. Will check the Yellow Deli. Lots of room for calories after an IM race!1 -
helen_goldthorpe wrote: »
Summer bike. Much prettier and lighter!
It looks like those bikes are consummating a marriage! 🙂3 -
Half of these are either destroyed, stolen or sold. Currently the Avanti is my main steed, Focus is commuter and Trek is on the stationary.
3 -
I don't think my cheap mountain bike from Walmart would fit in with these rides, but it gets the job done when I'm looking to change things up a little in my routine.2
-
@amorfati601070 - Awesome shots of your bikes! I take a photo of every bike I’ve owned as soon as I build it. I get a bit choked up looking back through the pics. No stolen bikes here, only one wrecked beyond repair, but lots of great memories!1
-
@amorfati601070 - Awesome shots of your bikes! I take a photo of every bike I’ve owned as soon as I build it. I get a bit choked up looking back through the pics. No stolen bikes here, only one wrecked beyond repair, but lots of great memories!
The white TCR is prolly the most sentimental. It got totalled in a hit and run! It was my main bike for like 3 years. I built up the Avanti and Trek. I kinda miss the folding bike. Get a bit on edge riding these flashy road bikes to the shops, but I don’t live in such a ghetto area now lol0 -
Six years ago, I bought the cheapest gnarliest Walmart bike to see if I would “stick with cycling”. I rode that $60.00 piece of crap for 5 years before upgrading to the Bianchi Luna. I had no idea cycling could be so magical after riding and lugging that heavy steel frame around. I ride 3 seasons of the year and am looking forward to getting back out on the road.6 -
Trek 2018 X-Caliber 9. Family bought it for me, as a Christmas 2017 present and retirement gift. "Go riding," they said, "it'll be good for you." They were right. It was. And is. Down about 85lbs (could still go a lot more), much better physically. and quality of life much improved - even with the 2020 covid lockdown/quarantine/etc. impairment on riding. I was inspired to take up riding again in summer 2017 by my daughter's participation in a local women's tri event, and the wide sprectrum of participants. I dug out my old 1980s Fuji Touring Series IV from the garage, where it languished for about 30 yrs while I did career stuff, spruced it up prior to getting it shop-tuned and promptly crashed it (my fault, long story with consequences). It was no longer the bike for me, nor I for it, even though I loved that bike. I ride the X-Cal everywhere, road and trail, about 50/50 on-road/off-road, about 80/20 paved/unpaved and have hauled it from the FL Keys to Ontario Canada from my base in coastal NJ USA.
Pic 1 is the Trek at an observation deck in the Sandy Hook unit of Gateway National Recreation Area, NJ (near where I live). Pic 2 is the Fuji on her way to a grateful new owner last summer.
3 -
I love her because she's fun to ride. She handles exactly the way I want and expect a bike to handle, so she feels like an extension of my body.
4 -
I will live vicariously through all of you! I'm about 10 weeks away from being able to share... Still many inches of snow and ice here and much more to come.3
-
@Angella__613 - I started on bike that was about 4 sizes too small for me, and I rode that sucker til the wheels fell off (actually the bearings crumbled out!). You appreciate a good bike so much, when you’ve paid your dues on something else!
Also, mad props if you snapped that pic while pedaling!!!0 -
@NorthCascades - The best bikes always dive into turns effortlessly and feel more like appendages than machines. I had a Pinarello F10 Disk that felt that way for me. I had a Cervelo S3 Disc that was close, but the tire clearance was lacking when they first hit the disc brake market.
Very cool pic! What mountains are in the pic?1 -
I don’t have a pic handy, but I got in my first ride today since December 😎8
Unlucky with the leg, bet that hurt more than a bit! Was very lucky that I'm well covered and bounced after I got hit, wrote off my bike though and I DNF'd 🙄
Categories
- All Categories
- 1.4M Health, Wellness and Goals
- 393.3K Introduce Yourself
- 43.8K Getting Started
- 260.2K Health and Weight Loss
- 175.9K Food and Nutrition
- 47.4K Recipes
- 232.5K Fitness and Exercise
- 424 Sleep, Mindfulness and Overall Wellness
- 6.5K Goal: Maintaining Weight
- 8.5K Goal: Gaining Weight and Body Building
- 153K Motivation and Support
- 8K Challenges
- 1.3K Debate Club
- 96.3K Chit-Chat
- 2.5K Fun and Games
- 3.7K MyFitnessPal Information
- 24 News and Announcements
- 1.1K Feature Suggestions and Ideas
- 2.6K MyFitnessPal Tech Support Questions