Talking about what to name my new bike this morning. Thom suggests Lego-Last. I say, "Oh because it will be the last bike I buy." He says, "No, as in not the first finisher."
Doofus! But it's true. :p
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Talking about what to name my new bike this morning. Thom suggests Lego-Last. I say, "Oh because it will be the last bike I buy." He says, "No, as in not the first finisher."
Doofus! But it's true. :p
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Men!! they have no cooth at all, I swear. Regardless if it is true or not, a little encouragement never hurt. :rolleyes:
Oh Thom is totally supportive. He's my biggest fan. I couldn't have done the rides I've done this year without his encouragement. That's what makes his snarky humor so amusing. :D Oh... and that it's true.Quote:
Originally Posted by DDH
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Hee hee. Lego-Last. Kinda funny, but kinda hurty, huh?
They're just good at shooting straight, when we women sometimes need a little soft cushioning of the words. I mostly appreicate their straightforwardness and truth (although sometimes DH can be a bit too truthful :) ).
Can you imagine how weird it would be to hear man conversations that were encouraging and cushy?
man 1: "Man I should've hit that homerun."
man 2:"Oh, it's ok, you did your best and that's what counts. You're a good ball player, and you'll hit one next time."
man 1: "Thanks, you're the best friend a guy could have"
man 2: "It's only because you make me the best"
Weird....:eek:
boy, TriGirl, you pegged it. It's not quite 7am here and i was reading your little dialog thinking, men would never say this... then I reread and realized THAT WAS YOUR POINT. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Tri Girl
This thread is cracking me up. :)
I still need a name for my manbike. DH's response was "coffin nail #1)-as in my hobby is killing him. It was a tongue and cheek answer, as he is the one who go my started. If it had not been for him, I would still to this day be afraid of bikes.
coffin nail is also a name for Cigarettes. I think you need a nicer name than that! something that evokes the feeling you have riding.
I agree. The first thing I think of when I am on my bike is freedom...maybe a name that has something to do with freedom? I swear it was easier to name my children!
So... I guess brevet bikes are the standard 40th birthday present around here.... :cool:
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Originally Posted by maillotpois
Don't call it a brevet bike! LALALALALA I'm not listening. I won't be corrupted. :D
Birthday present? My birthday isn't until December. I'll get something else then.:)
Are you getting a new bike instead of upgrading your current one?
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my bike's colors remind me of a bumblebee. So I named it bumblebee, but in Italian..Quote:
Originally Posted by Bikingmomof3
Well, you're doing the brevets, right?
Yeah, apparently I am getting a new bike. For me, it will be a brevet bike. I love love my colonago, which is just bulletproof, and I was ready to try to make it work (heck I did a 600k on an aluminum race bike), but the rear triangle is so tight that I can't put fenders on and I question whether the bike would work with a schmidt hub and where we'd put the lights.
LOL - You know you really want to V and I love reading your ride reports.:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Veronica
Thanks Leslie. I know I want to do the 200 and the 300. It's after that - 400:eek: 600:eek: :eek: 1200:eek: :eek: :eek:And you know here in the Bay Area, they will not be flat rides. And yeah doing PBP would be so cool! Especially if MP and I did together in the same year.
So what bikes are you looking at MP?
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Speaking of men and their irritating habits, DH dogs me all the time about the $$$ I spend on biking, yet HE owns two cars, one motorcycle, plus a bike of his own. Jeez!
But like Veronica's guy, he's just teasing--we keep our discretionary income separate so my biking hasn't cost him a dollar and neither has his collection of vehicles :rolleyes: cost me anything.
Well, actually DH happened upon this frame at Gary Hobbs' store (where I got all my bikes, gvhbikes.com - Gary died of leukemia last year and Tom's running the shop now. Amazing how many TNT rides I coached on Gary's bikes and then he goes and dies of the stuff.) I can't get a picture in here that is not HUGE. It's a Jeff Lyon rogue frame, bright blue.
"This is a handmade, fillet brazed frameset with sport/touring geometry, fender braze-ons, and clearance for larger tires."
I am hesitant to do steel here, at the coast, given my clumsiness, etc. But I really can't get a brevet bike with the right geometry in a different frame material that I can afford/justify. The frame's not too heavy - under 4 lbs and the fork is light. So we could probably bring it in around 24 - 25 pounds. The Schmidt hub will add some weight. But it's just the best set up for lights I have seen for long distance riding. The Moab on the helmet was fine for the 600k, but I could see it getting to be dicey at longer distances.
So we're looking at maybe getting Tom to build it up for us. I would put a schmidt hub on it. It's so weird to be looking at buying a bike when I can't even ride for 5 more months. Surreal.
On the brevets -
Everyone tells me the Davis brevet series is the one to do. I would like to throw in an extra 600k, maybe SF's. PBP is out because we will probably do a family trip to France next year and I couldn't go back 3 - 4 weeks later. I heard some amazing stuff this weekend about PBP, and will definitely do it one day. Probably in 2011.
2011 - there's your goal date Veronica......
5 months seems like an eternity, but it will pass, soon, MP.
So, tell me, what qualities does a bike need to be a "brevet bike"?
I'm trying to talk MP into a Mercian. She started it by sending me this link.
Now I want it in Flamboyant Red.
http://www.merciancycles.com/frame_velocita.asp
You are flamboyant.
I'm thinking a little more cost-conscious:
http://www.merciancycles.com/frame_i...x_complete.jpg
Super nice. Probably available in flamboyant red. But would that clash with my red bar bag? Hmm... :rolleyes:
So it's probably a good thing I am not in a hurry to get a bike. Have some time to shop around.....
Well... it needs to be comfortable. So more of a touring geometry, rather than a race geometry.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lise
Some examples...
http://www2.trekbikes.com/images/bik...lblueblack.jpg
The Madonne has more of a racing geometry
http://www2.trekbikes.com/images/bik...belizeblue.jpg
The Pilot is more upright, so more of a touring geometry.
You should be able to put fenders on it and maybe even racks. A lot of brevet riders have generator hubs too.
There's probably other stuff that I don't know about.
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But you don't really "need" a special bike to do brevets. I did the 600 on the race geometry bike, and I don't know that Nanci's Lava is a "brevet" or touring bike - it looked fairly standard but I don't remember thinking about geometry last time I looked at a picture of her bike. (Lava Napping, I believe was the picture!)
I just noticed after a couple hundred miles, I start spending all my time with my hands on the tops of the bars. So I believe that a brevet bike would be better. A bit more upright, maybe cushier.
My bikes have no clearance for fenders, which would be nice to have. At a bit under 20 pounds each, both my bikes are a heck of a lot lighter than a brevet bike, but I am hoping to ultimately keep the weight down on the bike as much as possible. The Schmidt hub will add weight and some drag, but I think it will be worth it in the long run.
MP, you think the Davis ultra group will have their act back together next year?
Conflicting stores on that one from the folks I talked to at Tam Double. I hope so - heck, it's a PBP year - the brevets will be wildly popular. Doing SF or Santa Rosa would be okay. Davis is supposed to actually have some support.
Lava's a plain old Trek 2100 WSD. I doubt she'd accomodate fenders. But her big trunk/rack protects my back! I like her...She's got carbon fork, seat stays, seatpost, FWIW. She doesn't want to go to Paris, though, so I'm not going to force her.
Lava rocks! She's basically the same set up as my bike. And I don't blame her for not wanting to go to Paris. Making her ride in the cargo hold - inhumane!
Ok showing my ignorance here. What is a generator hub??Quote:
Originally Posted by Veronica
It's a gizmo you get put on your hub that generates electricity (for a headlight, for example) by the energy made by your pedalling and on downhills and stuff.
A hub that generates power for lights.
http://www.peterwhitecycles.com/schmidt.asp
Thanks Mimitabby - see learn something new everyday.Quote:
Originally Posted by mimitabby