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Tandem gravel road racing with badass women who aren't my wife is pretty close to my favorite thing.
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I'm guessing your Synapse has the basic Shimano 16 spoke front/20 spoke rear wheelset. They're surprisingly strong, but with that low spoke count they don't have margin for error. You being a big guy, you need that margin. Have a shop build you some bombproof wheels - Velocity Dyad rims, 36 quality spokes (Wheelsmith or…
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Hey, if you haven't solved your hand issues, I hugely recommend some Ergon grips, like these: http://www.ergon-bike.com/us/en/product/gp3. They're phenomenal - everyone I know who rides a flat bar road bike, hybrid, mountain bike, fatbike, whatever, they all have Ergons. I have a soft spot for the Trek 720 - I inherited my…
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Nothing's better than swooping down a hill - but you have to develop the confidence. There's two major techniques, and they apply to both road and off-road riding: 1. Outside foot down, and press that outside foot down. 2. Look in to the turn - the bike goes where you look, so don't look at what you are trying to miss!…
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Oh, let's see... Primary roadie is a 2011 Specialized Roubaix Comp frame w/ Dura-Ace 7800 from my original 2005 Roubaix Pro that I hamfisted the seatpost clamp and the nice folks at Specialized replaced under warranty (points for them!). This is "Bones". Main mountain bike is a 2007 Cannondale 29er with a Lefty fork. It's…
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Local Hero! Local Hero! Hail Sufferlandria!
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You don't need a good saddle - you need a good bike shop, with lots of saddles to demo...
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I just sent in the renewal for my coach's license. I'm planning to race my brains out this year, but I'm not doing anything that requires a racing license - a couple of local cyclocross series, a kickass local road/crit series on a racetrack, and a few mountain bike races. The biggies are Iceman in November and (gulp)…
