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I went on a Ciclismo Classico http://www.ciclismoclassico.com trip to Italy in May/June, and it was fantastic, I wouldn't have changed a thing. They focus mostly on Italy, but also do other trips in...

Thanks a million, Jobob. That sounds perfect for me. I'll let you know how it goes.

Thanks, Snap. Now if I can only convince to boys to stay off the hills.....my two coworkers who ride are a guy who rode 4 double centuries back to back last year, and a guy who seems to do...

Hi All,

My company is having an off-site meeting on Thursday and Friday at a place called Costanoa, which is in Pescadero on Highway 1. Two of my coworkers and I are going to bring our bikes and...

I had the same problem with not being able to get my tire back on, until I took a flat fixing class with the luna chix. I have carpal tunnel so I just couldn't get the freakin' thing back on, but the...

By the way, Cycle Sports sells both Trek and Cannondale......

Hiya,

I'm also an Oakland girl, and go to Cycle Sports on Grand Ave (www.cyclesportsonline.com). I started going there because I had a hybrid and went clipless, and was having big problems with my...

Glad you (mostly) had a good time! I rode the Dama, too, when I did my cc trip, but didn't have any shifting problems (I have Campy Centaur and Chorus components on my bike at home so I was used to...

Hiya,

I rode my trusty Trek hybrid for about 8 years, and just got my first road bike a month or so ago. My experience:

My road bike actually feels just as stable as a hybrid. As far as speed...

Apropos of this discussion, I was amazed when I was in Florence (Italy) recently that despite the INSANE traffic, I observed a fair number of cyclists riding while both talking on their cellphones...

Well, I am somewhat museum-challenged, so most of what we did for our 7 days in Florence was walk, and I mean walking about 5 hours a day. So I probably was consuming about 5000 calories a day to...

We were there for two weeks, only 5 of those were the bike trip (but we rented bikes for the day in Lucca). Daily mileage varied, and we got rained out for a day and a half. I think I rode only about...

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/amylinus/

Click the "Assaggio Toscana" icon on the right to...

Hi all,

I posted my photos of the bike trip to flickr....could you let me know if you can't access them?

And yes, I know that there are more photos of food than of bicycles.
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The accomodations were great. No one on our trip brought their own bike, but it was a fairly short trip (5 days of cycling). I think lots of their guests do. If I were doing a longer trip (and I...

Yup, I went with the road bike. They gave me a Bianchi Dama, 48, which seemed awful small for me, but it had the right top tube length. They put the head tube extender that my bike shop guy sent with...

We went with Ciclismo Classico, I recommend them very highly on all counts. www.ciclismoclassico.com

I picked them because their focus is on Italy, their groups are relatively small, and they're...

Hi all,

Well, I'm back from la bella Italia...my cycling trip was better than I could have imagined, five days of riding with Ciclismo Classico through Tuscany. The cycling, eating, drinking and...

I'm always hot (except when it's the dead of "winter" here in California), so I almost always wear bike shorts. The Pearl Izumi Attack Shorts are my favorite. Who cares if someone else doesn't like...

Thanks, all. So do heavier people generally have to have more air in their tires?

Hi guys,

I'm not sure to what psi I need to inflate the tires on my new road bike. The tires are Vredestein Fortezza 12 bars, 23s. They say they're inflatable to 175, but I *think* bike shop guy...

Yup, it'll give you really strong legs! I honestly didn't expect the road bike to make THAT much of a difference, but I am shocked. These are the differences I've noticed:

1) my "I'm not thinking...

Hey Jolt,

I just got a road bike, rode a hybrid for many years. All of a sudden I am the person blowing by others (without tremendous effort on my part). In the past I was always the blow-ee. For...

That makes sense, Robyn. I'm glad you found a tour company that works for you. If you ever wanted to try CC again, sounds like (per Michele) they now have smaller wsd Bianchis.

Cheers,
Amy

Thanks, Michele. I emailed Jewel to ask about the wsd bikes. She must be ready to strangle me by now :)

I'm on the final countdown...my three week vacation starts after friday. I went and got...