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Anonymous Sun 11 Oct 2015 15:14:14 No.887796 View Reply Report Delete

Quoted By: >>888063 >>888574 >>889205 >>890884 >>891205

is it even worth riding a roadbike if you are not part of a team and compete in real races?

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Anonymous Sun 11 Oct 2015 23:31:07 No.888010 Report Delete

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>>888004
They prevent your boat from getting marked up by black rubber.

I wear boat shoes because I was invited on a sail boat, but told I had to wear boat shoes.

So now I have a pair of boat shoes that I can either wear normally, or only use when I'm on a boat.

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Anonymous Sun 11 Oct 2015 23:34:22 No.888011 Report Delete

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>>888010
Don't a lot of running & crosstrainers use non-marking soles now anyway? Do boat shoes deal better with soaking than other shoes or something?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 11 Oct 2015 23:37:36 No.888013 Report Delete

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>>887839
put trip back on pls, nikki

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 12 Oct 2015 00:40:33 No.888030 Report Delete

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Is it even worth owning a bike if you ride under 150K a week?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 12 Oct 2015 00:48:02 No.888033 Report Delete

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>>888011
It's nothing technical. Don't fool yourself. It's just dumb mentality. 'Muh traditional boat shoe'; 'muh polo style' at this point.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 12 Oct 2015 02:59:57 No.888063 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>888102

>>887796
>is it even worth riding a light bike to go fast?
I think it is.
However, if you don't want to use a road bike, get yourself a "fitness" one. AFAIK it's basically the same crap, but with flat bar.

>>887802
>Yes, because it's fun. If you don't find cycling fun
Don't need that to find cycling fun, though.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 12 Oct 2015 08:32:23 No.888102 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>888396 >>888429

>>888063
Don't get a flat bar road bike. You're only limiting your hand positions. I used to ride a hybrid and my wrists would ache from being rotated around that way after a long ride. Now that I have a road bike, I ride on the comfy hoods 99% of the time. You can still put fenders and a rack on a lot of road bikes.

The poster formerly known as A freakin Audi

The poster formerly known as A freakin Audi Mon 12 Oct 2015 17:15:14 No.888230 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>888476

I dont need a super high end race bike, but I also want better quality than a walmart bike.

I don't want a cruiser because i like the STI shifters that even low end road bikes offer

I don't want a mountain bike because I don't find myself going off road, so why get a bike made for something i'm not going to do?

I'm mostly riding around on streets, sidewalks, and other smooth surfaces.

This is why I got a roadbike. Got a 2014 Scott Speedster 40 for $400 off craigslist this weekend. Was it a chunk of change, sure. I also know that it has quality components that will last me a long time that I can even improve upon in the future.

I'm not in any races, i'm just riding around town, to classes, with friends, and I like the fitness aspect of it instead of spending money on gas.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 13 Oct 2015 04:23:39 No.888396 Report Delete

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>>888102
Hey, I ride a flat bar "tourer" bike and only feel pain if I'm rolling real slow. Might be something about how I put less mass on the pedals and have to support myself more on me hands (if it's actually the real issue here).

I do have additional bar end horns, though.
Cheers.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 13 Oct 2015 09:12:03 No.888420 Report Delete

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>>887812
The big question is why you are not wearing jogging shoes instead.
That said, the shape of boat shoes is nice, and the grip is fantastic.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 13 Oct 2015 10:18:07 No.888429 Report Delete

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>>888102
You're supposed to add bar ends or butterfly bars anyway.

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Anonymous Tue 13 Oct 2015 13:02:17 No.888456 Report Delete

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>>887839
It can even be shit in the Netherlands where there are dedicated cycling paths everywhere. You often go too fast because you have to share the narrow roads with other slow cyclists.
But there are also many uncomfortable roads like this >>887856 which is why a more comfy hybrid bike with wider tires might be a better option.

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Anonymous Tue 13 Oct 2015 13:29:42 No.888464 Report Delete

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>>887908
>time piece

You mean a watch.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 13 Oct 2015 13:44:11 No.888466 Report Delete

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>>888464
No he means a time piece
A watch is something accurate to within a few seconds per month, and rugged and can be around magnets and water
A time piece is accurate to a few seconds per day if it's expensive enough and regulated well. It can be periodically pressure tested but is no longer trustworthy for water resistance after the case has been opened for enough mandatory cleanings. A really expensive one can survive weak magnetic fields and light bumps. It's basically a wrist fedora.

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Anonymous Tue 13 Oct 2015 13:59:57 No.888473 Report Delete

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>>887839
>inb4 you can ride a road bike on gravel

Strade Bianchi

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 13 Oct 2015 14:09:17 No.888476 Report Delete

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>>888230
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Anonymous Tue 13 Oct 2015 14:09:28 No.888477 Report Delete

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>>887825
What if I just like going fast in a hilly countryside when old 10 speed steel bikes clearly shows their limits ?

>>887834
THIS.

>>887839
Well, I go everywhere with my modern road bike that dosen't crush my nuts thanks to a saddle that fits my anatomy and proper setting up.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 13 Oct 2015 16:15:39 No.888513 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>888577 >>890796 >>890845

If you do mostly inner city riding a mounting bike or something MTB "based" is superior. They're more nimble and it's nice not having to worry about punctures and denting weak road specific rims.

It's pretty hard to use all the performance of a road bike when you constantly have to stop for traffic and traffic lights. Most road bike riders are riding on top of the hoods like 90% of the time, kinda defeating the point of drop bars. Plus that second it takes going from the top of the hoods to the brakes can make the difference between getting hit by a car and not. With flat or riser bars you can grip properly, brake and shift at the same time which is safer. You don't need 9000 hand positions for inner city cruising or riding.

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Anonymous Tue 13 Oct 2015 20:21:26 No.888574 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>888734 >>889168 >>890789

When I started riding bikes I though an MTB would be a decent bike for me.
I just liked the way it looked. I always loved fat tires.

After a couple months I kinda felt to urge to go faster and further. However a road bike never really was an option to me because I though they were for the road racers with skin tight suits. Until I got to test ride a road bike. I was kinda like love on first ride. Everything felt so smooth and fast.

Not many days later I bought my own road bike. Spent quite the money on it too. Sure the speed was great. But one thing I didn't know was how uncomfortable they can be. Even the slightest adjustments to your handle bar or saddle could make a world of difference. But no matter what I did, it was always uncomfortable. Every unevenness in the road I could feel. Primarily in my wrists and neck. And eventually I though about switching my dropbars for flatbars for more comfort. I felt like I was overreaching. Other frame sizes didn;t help either Turned out that wasn't really an option due to compatibility of derailleurs and shifters and stuff.

So I went shopping for a flatbar hybrid and came up with
>pic related

Hybrid bikes had a bad image imo. But this one had Ultegra 6800 and looked bretty good.

Conclussion: Road bikes are faster. That's a fact. But this bike doesn't do much worse. Dropped many road "racers" while riding and also made some decent miles without any form of discomfort. This bike is also a lot more versatile. Slightly lesser road conditions are also not much of a problem anymore. Compatible with fenders and panniers. I haven't regret my purchase yet.

>>887796
Yes, but only for speed.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 13 Oct 2015 20:37:33 No.888577 Report Delete

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>>888513
>If you do mostly inner city riding a mounting bike or something MTB "based" is superior.
I do almost all of my riding in NYC and my drop bar bike with clipless pedals serve me just fine.
>They're more nimble
Highly questionable
> it's nice not having to worry about punctures
I worry about punctures more than I get them. I average 1500-2000 miles between flats. Gatorskins are not a new invention.
>denting weak road specific rims
I'm pretty good at not steering directly into potholes or t-boning curbs while going 25 mph, but I guess if you have suicidal tendencies, this could be a concern.
> Plus that second it takes going from the top of the hoods to the brakes
Because you can't brake from the hoods? You don't really speak from experience on this one, I see.
>With flat or riser bars you can grip properly, brake and shift at the same time
As opposed to drop bars, where you can't? lol
>You don't need 9000 hand positions for inner city cruising or riding.
You don't need a bike at all in the "inner city", you can just take the subway if operating a bicycle is too complicated for you.

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Anonymous Wed 14 Oct 2015 11:21:21 No.888734 Report Delete

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>>888574
>£1200 for a hybrid

Literally why

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 14 Oct 2015 15:29:22 No.888805 Report Delete

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I hate my life every time I'm forced to go by bike which is about 15 minutes longer than taking the bus and there is a snowstorm outside. I get to use public transport for free for crying out loud...

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Anonymous Wed 14 Oct 2015 15:36:59 No.888810 Report Delete

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>>887835
>>>/reddit/

Please get the fuck out.

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Anonymous Wed 14 Oct 2015 16:46:23 No.888853 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>889007 >>890798

>>888734
Because it's my main form of transport. Why go cheap?

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Anonymous Thu 15 Oct 2015 01:29:50 No.889007 Report Delete

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>>888853
Nigga you don't even have a rack

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 15 Oct 2015 13:41:04 No.889103 Report Delete

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>>887826
I don't wear a helmet because
>implying it would save me
I wear headphones because
>implying I want to be saved

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 15 Oct 2015 13:54:48 No.889108 Report Delete

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>>889103
I encountered a cyclist recently on a night ride who had crashed and was immobilized due to injuries. He was waiting for the EMTs to arrive, alone, with a destroyed bike. He had hit his head hard, and would probably be dead or a vegetable if not for his helmet.

His bike showed signs of being ridden often, for a long time, in other words not an inexperienced cyclist, just had a lapse of judgment which could have killed him. Lucky for him he had enough sense to wear a helmet.

People who ride without helmets are only fooling themselves. The lucky will just die, the unlucky will be brain dead and a burden on their families. Have fun being invincible, kids.

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Anonymous Thu 15 Oct 2015 14:37:56 No.889118 Report Delete

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I use a road bike for regularly hauling my fat ass to work and back. It works.

Fit was a no brainer to me, though it could have been blind luck. I took measurements, wrote down a frame size from a online calculator and got a suitable used bike. The seat needed adjusting, but that's it (flat pedals, no cleats).

As for comfort, I personally find the road bars better than the flat bars on my previous bikes. The varied hand positions do help. There have been no doubt-the-long-term-viability-of-this-cycling-arrangement pains so far, only the welcome soreness of muscles adjusting to their new exercise regimen.

The carrying capacity is basically what I can fit in a backpack, though I could get a seatpost rack and frame bags and carry more stuff more comfortably. A city bike or an MTB would be able to carry more, using racks that are more stable and straightforward, but the road bike suffices for small loads.

The bike regularly goes over shitty roads, grass, sand and gravel-littered roads and various types of paving stones, wet or dry, slick 23c tires and all. The texture of the road is transmitted to my wrists down to the small details, but I don't find it to be a big deal so far. A bike with fatter tires and a suspension would certainly provide a more cushioned ride and be able to traverse curbs that a road bike wouldn't.

It's not the optimal bike for my use case (that would be a hybrid), but it's fun, it keeps me coming back to ride and I can handle the disadvantages. And unlike a hybrid, it has allowed me to satisfy my curiosity for road bikes.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 15 Oct 2015 17:43:00 No.889156 Report Delete

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>>887825
>not a race cyclocross bike
if its not a race bike its not a cyclocross bike m8

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Anonymous Thu 15 Oct 2015 18:57:36 No.889168 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>889214 >>889803

>>888574
>eventually I though about switching my dropbars for flatbars for more comfort

Wroooong. Flatbars are the least comfortable of all commonly found handlebars. You just need to move the drop bars higher and/or closer.

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Anonymous Thu 15 Oct 2015 22:25:03 No.889205 Report Delete

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>>887796
>Is it worth a riding a road bike if you are going to riding on the road?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 15 Oct 2015 23:22:10 No.889214 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>889218 >>889222

>>889168
>stating personal opinion as fact
never change /n/

when will this stale board be deleted again?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 16 Oct 2015 00:04:12 No.889218 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>889268

>>889214
>Less hand postions = more comfortable

I hope your stale brain gets deleted.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 16 Oct 2015 00:30:21 No.889222 Report Delete

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>>889214
if you want wide flatbars that badly just get some bar ends to put on the ramps

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 16 Oct 2015 05:27:28 No.889268 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>889273 >>889289 >>889303 >>889804

>>889218
wow, you're so unbelievably stupid. you're like a vegetarian eating a bunch of different plants to try and get some protein when all you really need is a good steak.

like using drop bars and moving your hands around every five minutes because you're so uncomfortable but all you really need is the proven comfort of superior flat bars.

>mah aero race bike drop bars!
haha!!
go lance go!
go lance go!
go lance go!
go lance g...

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Anonymous Fri 16 Oct 2015 08:04:31 No.889273 Report Delete

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>>889268
>he does this for free

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Anonymous Fri 16 Oct 2015 09:55:41 No.889289 Report Delete

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>>889268
Milspec shitposting, did nikki drop his trip?

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Anonymous Fri 16 Oct 2015 11:05:50 No.889303 Report Delete

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>>889268
g8b8m8

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 17 Oct 2015 22:49:11 No.889803 Report Delete

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>>889168
Posting in a Grant Peterson thread.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 17 Oct 2015 22:54:41 No.889804 Report Delete

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>>889268
Go blow your dad

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 18 Oct 2015 10:13:32 No.889945 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>889975

Road bikes are still the most efficient.

I think the real question you meant to ask is whether or not it's worth investing money in an expensive bicycle even though you're not riding competitively.

The answer to the question is different for each person. If you have the money to invest in a bicycle that you will maintain then sure, spend as much as you want however you should know that after a certain limit the benefit from spending money has extremely limited returns.

No matter how expensive your bicycle is it also won't matter unless you are in peak physical condition.

As long as you have all of the basics for a road bicycle in place, geometry, drop bars, slicks, adequate components and a decent road with which to ride on you should be able to get quite a lot of enjoyment from riding while also spending money sensibly and frugally.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 18 Oct 2015 11:52:46 No.889975 Report Delete

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>>889945
>it also won't matter unless you are in peak physical condition.

Because of course a lighter and more efficient bike isn't faster, no matter what.

Why does /n/ have these delusional attitudes about bikes?

>I passed a guy on an expensive bike once so expensive bikes are shit
>the only possible options are being a 390 pound hamplanet or being chris froome, no one actually exists in between and I of course can maintain 40mph for 17 miles, my broken bike computer proves this is true seriously guise also I broke a crank once because I'm so strong!!! rawr!

Anyone, at any level of physical conditioning, can benefit from not being on a 30 pound BSO on knobbies. It's not going to make you win a race, but that doesn't mean it won't make you faster than you were before.

I don't even have an expensive bike, but I've ridden them before and if I could rationalize it for my personal needs (I can't), I would totally get one.

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Anonymous Sun 18 Oct 2015 12:25:03 No.889984 Report Delete

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>>889975
I think you're taking what I said to extremes.

Past a certain point it doesn't really matter, it's a lot easier and better to lose weight, develop good cadence and become a more competent cyclist than it is to get full carbon or expensive components.

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Anonymous Tue 20 Oct 2015 19:39:58 No.890789 Report Delete

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>>888574
>didnt get a bike fit
>didnt get a good set of bibs with a dece as fuck chamois
>thought flatbars were comfier
>bought A FUCKING FLATBAT HYBRID
>with MOTHERFUCKING 11 SPEED ULTEGRA

please leave this board and never return. you have no fucking clue and are not welcome

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Anonymous Tue 20 Oct 2015 19:43:43 No.890796 Report Delete

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>>888513
>more nimble
with a far slacker head angle, i see
>punctures and weak rims
maybe if you didnt have a piece of shit 100 dollar wheelset shod in some goddamn kendas this mightnt be a problem. oh also manouvreing around stuff helps
>second it takes to go from tops of hoods to brakes
>cant brake and shif at the same time
they are called brake-shift levers for a reason, you fucking homo

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Anonymous Tue 20 Oct 2015 19:46:00 No.890798 Report Delete

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>>888853
>main form of transport
>dont even educate yourself on bike fit, tyre width and pressure or geometry enough to properly ride a roadie
>instead get some tricked out hubbard rig with neither the efficiency of a road bike nor the practicality of a heavier built commuter

it must be nice to be able to afford a whole new bike just from government grants for being a fucking retard

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Anonymous Tue 20 Oct 2015 21:53:30 No.890845 Report Delete

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>>888513
i'd agree with this mostly - currently using an old volpe with drops as my commuter but a decently set up flatbar hybrid is perfect for stop and go city stuff, will do distance comfortably if well fitted also.
of course, if you're some scowling, elitist, bib wearing homo that fags up his weekend on group rides and considers himself some kind of authority you likely wouldn't be seen dead on one of these comfy and practical bikes - a shame really.

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Anonymous Tue 20 Oct 2015 22:56:08 No.890884 Report Delete

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>>887796
>i saw a kid riding that bike to school
fucking hell i have to ride a fixed gear because it's cheaper

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 21 Oct 2015 21:50:19 No.891205 Report Delete

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>>887796

I ride a road bike for fun. I'm slow. I ride 50-60 km alone. I enjoy it way more than riding my mtb.

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Anonymous Wed 21 Oct 2015 22:04:52 No.891208 Report Delete

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no matter how many times i scroll past this thread i can't believe how stupid it is

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