Well, not sure about exactly that but yes, the general idea. People say to me all the time, "Be careful on that bike! You might get hurt!" Well, yes, I might. But I've seen a lot of people more...
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Well, not sure about exactly that but yes, the general idea. People say to me all the time, "Be careful on that bike! You might get hurt!" Well, yes, I might. But I've seen a lot of people more...
Muirenn, my experience with complex ideas like this is that you just get in and start swimming. And at first a lot of it just washes over me. But then it starts to make sense and increasingly...
Well, clearly, everyone here views the bike as a canvas and you customize it to notch it up and turn it into a work of art. I'm really pretty cheap and my Madone is not, by any means, top of the...
Muirenn, went to the Maxxis page for tires. Lots of information--overwhelming! But the graphic on surfaces versus tires was somewhat clarifying.
Crankin, re: the Katy Trail. I felt the same way versus my hybrid which has wider tires but not at all textured. There is a little texture at the edges of the tire, but the center portion is...
NWG, Both of my bikes are so light that I can lift them easily (at age 62) into the bed of my truck. I AM wary of weight. A slow, heavy bike made me not like cycling as much. I noticed a big...
Muirenn, I thought this was "art photography" until I opened it up. But what you're saying is the raised areas aren't as deep as some.
Kansans=Nebraskans. I think it matters how much they would expect to see a cyclist on the road. I have one of those lovely blinking LED tail lights but I _often_ forget to turn it on.
Muirenn, looks like a beautiful bike...I went to the manufacturer's page. So do you have knobby mountain bike tires on it or something else. Sometimes answering the question, "What kind of cycling...
To my disappointment I have been on the Katy Trail twice but it's always been for short walks. And I think what I remember is some sand, though you could probably choose a route or path. I remember...
Those are beautiful stretches of road. Well, on the nearly over grown one, you might start to hear banjo music if you listened closely. :eek: There are stretches in KS where cell reception isn't...
North Woods Gal and Trek 420, my husband has a friend that used to road race as an amateur and I saw him up on the dike--fairly smooth hard pack with some gravel--and I thought he was being daring...
Clips make sense to me on pavement. Where you need more responsiveness to conditions like you might on gravel, it does not make as much sense. I don't even like the feeling of slipping on ice in a...
Muirenn, i do have cantilever brakes. When there is the least little moisture, they make a fierce squeaking noise when I brake. (Not exactly a confidence builder.) So much to learn.
OUr LBS is awesome. But I rarely do group rides. It's hard enough to get me on a bike and on the road. Coordinating with others would be "too much". And I'm not, by any stretch, fast. So I'd just...
North Woods Gal, Kansas is actually home to a rather famous gravel race (which I do not aspire to) called the Dirty Kanza. They have various distances including a shorter community ride. But it...
This is a fascinating thread but since I am just getting in to gravel riding, feel like I need a primer. Is there a good primer resource for gravel riding?
Hi! I'm a bicyclist who has been less active. Just nursed a family member through cancer. So now, I'm turning my face back towards cycling. I have a road bike and I have a hybrid. I have been...
I want to add an ANT+ chamber to my bike set up. I have an old Garmin Edge that honestly does everything I need it to do. In looking at the documentation on it, I need to purchase a GSC 10 device...
I have done the Tour de Cure in Kansas but my son is living in the Cleveland area and I am considering doing the Tour de Cure in Cleveland to create a reason to visit him and take my bike. ...
Oakleaf my impression is that she is through with cardiac rehab and that her cardiologist said go do it--just pace yourself. That is what I read.
This is really an interesting thread. I do think that perception of work can keep people from trying to exercise because any shortness of breath is perceived as a threat.
I _would_ use a HRM. I...
You don't say a lot about yourself. (And not that you should.) Your age, general fitness etc. All of these things matter. A lot of it depends on how long it takes you to go those 4-6 miles. IF I...
Crankin there are two forms of "I never want to do that again", I think. There is the form you experience when your body is not prepared but you do some form of exercise and you spend days...
Clips. Well, they are just lessons in humility. I rode in very low traffic areas and it was literally a couple of years before I rode in a group. It always seems like one foot is easier to unclip...