Bicycles
Cycling communities were one of my favourite parts of reddit, and I've been unable to find any equivalents on here so I decided to start this community. Feel free to post and comment about anything related to cycling! I'd love for this place to continue in the spirit of /r/xbiking, not necessarily content-wise but definitely attitude-wise. We're all cyclists, and at the end of the day the only criteria for being a part of this community is riding a bicycle (and enjoying it!) Please comment any suggestions you have for this space, or simply say hi and let us know what you like to do on your bike!
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/29275922 > > in 1986, mountain bikes were making their mark in Canada, as cyclists swapped out their 10-speeds for more rugged rides. This CBC news segment from The National explores the early days of the mountain biking craze, featuring enthusiasts like Ian K., who traded his Volkswagen-like commuter for an $800 mountain bike, likening it to driving a Porsche. While the trend was just beginning, the piece questions whether mountain biking would remain a luxury niche or become a mainstream activity as prices dropped and mass availability rose. Originally aired on May 26, 1986.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/28022420 > I have a wonderful GT Transeo which I have been using for commuting and joy rides. > > I'm thinking about upgrading since I did a couple of charity rides and even a race this year as well. > > I have been riding road primarily but I'm thinking about gravel or all-road bikes since drivers in my area seem to be getting more... dangerous? If I get gravel then I can either go on bike trails or drive somewhere where there is less car traffic. There's also quite a few gravel events in my area. > > I've been eyeing either the Trek Domane, Canyon endurance, or the Giant Revolt. Any other bikes to look into? > > Budget - Preferably $1k-$2k USD. I'm okay with going up to $3k if it's worth it. I am not looking to be a pro, just something with a little more arrow and competitive than a hybrid bike 😅. Not afraid of buying used, but the market in my area is terribly non-existent. If I look for used bikes I probably would buy through BuyCycle.com or something.
Have to hold back a bit else i would have a hard time carrying those back. Maybe i should get a cargo bike or something 😅
Now that I have beat it, I am just going to focus on getting my first century ride in before the weather gets shitty.
Is anyone familiar with what the iron workers memorial bridge foot/bike path is like in the winter? My new work commute goes over the bridge and I'm wondering if it is viable in the snow or if I should budget for having a car by then. Also the state of the trans canada trail from where it meets the bridge to willingdon would affect my planning. I have heard snow on the roads is poorly managed in Burnaby and I don't like biking on them to bevin with so I'm a bit worried. The north van side I have already seen and its a mixed bag of both excellent and awful. Maybe its a city and district difference but I've seen atv plows clearing bike lanes and other parts where the bike lane has snow above my head height. I have a second bike configured for snow and with mid drive electric motor now.
Salivating for mid-block crosswalks, more armored bike lanes, daylit intersections, and more on the west coast, too.
I recently bought a junk bike. I want to slowly fix it up myself for two reasons: 1. To have a nicer bike. 2. To learn about bike maintenance. I'd like to improve it slowly (weeks or months) while keeping it functional. What order should I consider improvements? I'll elaborate. When I first bought the bike, I tuned the brakes (linear pull). I struggled. I realized brake tuning was difficult because my wheel wasn't aligned. In retrospect, I should have straightened/replaced the wheel before tuning the brakes. I'm wondering if there are any insights you could provide about the order I should tackle this project (e.g., wheel alightment before brakes).
I'm thinking about commuting by bike from home to my french classes, but the thought of my bike being stolen worries me and I'd like to hear your opinion. I think that Onguard's Pitbull 8003 U lock would be good enough for my current situation, since my class only lasts about an hour and my bike would be inside the school. I paid around $450 for my bike years ago, it's an aluminium road bike with shimano sora shifts. Would you say that it could eye catching? I'd be glad to hear your thoughts!
I doubt these will take off. They do look cool Af while shifting imo
### Once I read that it could be good to have 2 helmets. - One to deal with *freezing/cold* temperatures - One to deal with *hot/warm* temperatures I guess that both types can be used for cooler temperatures. **What is you opinion about that ?** Do you have some suggestions of helmets, some models you like, or even different advices to share with us ?
Ok, so here's my problem. I own quite a few padded shorts, ranging from $30 - $250 (bibs), and they feel great for the first 2-3 hours, then I get really uncomfortable in them. Not pain, but quite uncomfortable. I was able to ride 200km wearing only compression shorts with no padding, but I think I got lucky. Regular shorts/underwear always have issues because of the seams, so they aren't viable. I heard that triathlon shorts are *lightly* padded, so they may offer a nice in-between. Does anyone wear them? How do they compare to traditional cycling shorts?
Yesterday i finally whip up the courage to try commuting with bike, i planned the 40km round trip to visit my mom and go grocery shopping on the way back,, planned the route with as much residential street as possible, and that was a fun experience! While there's a lot of "woah, ebike"(where i live a proper ebike is rare, even though mine is converted) and "you travel from that small town? That's insane!" from stranger, what's not fun is the ride on some stretch of the road. I live in a small town outside the city, a lot of the road going out of the town is pretty much 1 lane each way, no cycling facility for the whole country(Malaysia), the road shoulder is narrow to non-existent(the line is basically bordering between road and grass/dirt) if not filled with potholes/cracks/sketchy road maintenance/bump made by tree root, and motorist often driving very fast even on narrow road. Luckily more often than not they does give me a lot of space when they're passing(thanks to motorcycle culture), but those who don't is very discouraging for the whole experience, mostly it's the one riding moped that pass me too close for comfort with 30/50kmph faster than me(no thanks to motorcycle culture). I planned to do it often, first by doing a no-car sunday, then slowly switch to commuting to work(also 40km round trip), and eventually cut down car use to only just a day or two a week or only on long distance travel, but this experience kinda made me second guess the whole plan. It's also quite tiring, i can still feel the fatigue today. So how did you guys that do the commute able to keep going? Any advice on that end?
This is a photo from two years ago, i stood there for a good minute wondering how the hell and why this weird cycle path was there. It is in southern France, on the climb to Col d'Ecre, bit north of Nice. Take a guess, i finally fully understand.
I couldn't find almost any tutorials on how to disassemble or service this particular eBike motor (Bafang M400), so I just started removing screws and pulling out parts while taking a ton of pictures. I found two dirty, rusty bearings that I cleaned and re-greased, along with all the gears, and then put it back together. Not only did I manage to avoid breaking it, but the noise seems to be gone as well. This was by far the most intimidating bike repair I've done so far. I've serviced every other part before, but I hadn't dared to touch the motor until now. It also turns out that the motor is much better sealed than I expected, so I'll happily continue doing deep river crossings with the motor half submerged in the future, just as I have done until now.
When we were kids, you may have had a honky-horn with a bulb on the end, perhaps you had bells with gears that strike multiple times as they unwind like one of those self-propelled matchbox cars. Maybe you unscrew your bell halfway so the cracks on the trail ring it as you weave through a crowd of other trail users. Or maybe you ride a folding bike through the airport with a little electric horn. Perhaps you're the best kind of DIY redneck and have fitted a literal tugboat horn to a bike trailor so you can scare the bejeezus out of a coalroller after they dump a load of black smoke on you. Whatever it is, I want to know about it and why you chose it.
When i went onto my first solo cycle trip some years ago (from germany to marseille, france), my coworkers joked that i should ride mont ventoux. I had no idea what mont ventoux was, but read it up. On that trip i happened to cycle around this mythical mountain, looked awesome, but i never seriously considered going up ever. On two more cycle trips i cycled around mont ventoux on different routes, and it always looked just so cool from afar. This trip i wanted to hit mont ventoux, but i got sick basically on the western foot of it. I rode in recovery mode east past it, through the valley, looked awesome again. I then continued towards the high alps but eventually decided to turn around because of the weather forecast, back south into the prealps of provence. And today i actually got to ride it. I rode it from Sault, because that's where i was coming from, which i guess is not what the OG's do or consider "riding mont ventoux", but cycle tourers are aloud to do that, haha. Lots of roadies going up there. And it lived up to its name, it was real windy. In the morning at the bottom of the climb one roadie told me that it might be too dangerous to ride to the summit today but thankfully the wind chilled out a bit as i was going up, and also the cloud that had covered the top went away. Picture is bit below the top on the descend to Malaucene. That glider plane was going nuts, that stuff looks absolutely crazy.
The one where it says "terre de cyclistes". Pretty cool slogan, metropole nice cote d'azur.
www.yankodesign.com
I don't even know what to say to this. Some of these are great and then there's ones that haven't made it to even prototyping.
[Alternative Youtube Link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QV88C5ZK0x0) [Written Article about the bike](https://electrek.co/2024/01/09/this-bike-was-specifically-designed-to-bring-transportation-to-low-income-rural-areas/), for those who are bandwidth limited.
I lost four spokes on my morning commute when the chain decided to jump off the big cog. Of course I don't have a spoke protector. (Who needs a dork disc? Bad things won't happen if you keep your bike maintained. /s) I was lucky to skid to a stop rather than crash when the rear wheel locked up. PSA: keep a few zip ties in your repair kit. 
Long story short: completely stripper the hex slot on the back of the freehub body while trying to remove it. It’s incredibly tight. Can I just take a pipe wrench to it from the front or do the teeth seen here on the new part lock with the wheel hub making it impossible to turn?
Edit: The way I had it in the photos is correct. Thanks for helping me out, those who chimed in! Original question: I replaced the straight handlebars with risers on my mountain bike, and because of the slightly longer distances involved, I have to replace the brake and gear cables with slightly longer ones. Unfortunately, I did not take a picture of the cable clamp for the front derailleur before I undid it. Now I'm clueless as to how to route the replacement cable - basically the same problem as [this poster on RetroBike](https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/cable-routing-on-deore-xt-front-derailleur.383461/), except their derailleur is different from mine. I have super old parts, so I've had a hard time finding documentation online. The best documentation I've found is the following: - [Parts List](https://si.shimano.com/en/pdfs/ev/FD-M739-1570/EV-FD-M739-1570.pdf) (1-page PDF) - [Service Instructions](https://si.shimano.com/en/pdfs/si/F530A/SI-F530A-000-00-ENG.pdf) (1-page PDF) In the service instructions, third column, "SIS adjustment" section, three-quarters of the way down, it says: - Cut off any unnecessary cable, attach an end cup, and hook it onto the pin. - Note: Pass the cable through as shown in the illustration. What is absolutely throwing me for a loop is the illustration seems to show the cable running from the bottom upward, but... how? Can anyone help me figure out what I'm missing? I feel like a dumb dumb.
Blew my freehub muscling up a steep incline. This is why I ride with half of my workshop in my backpack. Had zip ties packed up specifically incase of this happening. I once [snapped a chain](https://i.imgur.com/Y8LOsXr.jpeg) and had to walk my bike back home. I never wanted to do that again so I've been pretty much prepaired for anything ever since. Usually it's just [flat tire](https://i.imgur.com/A5JLzct.jpeg) I've had to deal with. Had to fix the chain another time too but had a [chain tool and a masterlink](https://i.imgur.com/m6sg0ga.jpeg) that time. So far the greatest breakdown has been when I snapped my derailleur hanger and had to shorten the chain and convert it into [single speed](https://i.imgur.com/SIa0GqG.jpeg) to ride home. The freehub had been experiencing skipping for some time now so I can't say I was too surprised when this happened.
Bicycles
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