Can someone explain what a "man bike" is?

[Veronica]

Speaking of triples vs doubles...thread drift warning

Today I did not allow myself to use my smallest gear - 24x27, as the new bike will not go that low. I am happy to say that I was able to still spin well up the two climbs on my ride today. More importantly - no knee pain yet.

It was hard mentally to not downshift to that easier gear. But I do wonder how much faster I'll be able to climb with new gearing.

V.

[SadieKate]

Uh, the same? Just don't use the smaller gears on your current bike.

OK, you can blow a cyber-raspberry at me now.

[Veronica]

I meant like on a long sustained climb like Diablo. It's "easy" to do a short quarter mile climb faster, but ten miles? Will I be able to maintain that cadence? Gosh I hope so!

V.

PS Where's my cyber squirt gun?

[Geonz]

As far as "triples for the WSD" - They make that decision, I suspect, based on marketing statistics pure and simple, not on hi-browed thick-quad assumptions.
THe triple thing could be a compliment, too (or, insulting to the guys instead), if you just figure that if male egos weren't so inhibiting of sensible behaviors, then the default would be a triple for them, too. Anything can be taken any way you want to spin it...

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

I ride a People Bike...adjustable to various body geometries.

[GLC1968]

All the guys I ride with at work have doubles. Most of them would probably love to ride a triple if it wasn't so ridiculed by other men!

One of these men is also long legged, short torso and would benefit from a WSD...but he'd rather die. He's got a custom frame instead. He's also got uber-expensive race wheels on his bike when he weighs well over 250 lbs. And he wonders why he breaks spokes on any ride over 60 miles. Men!

We were recently discussing a local mountain century and we joked that the difference between men and women is that the women don't have the ego's preventing them from having the right equipment for the ride!

[Dianyla]

How to tell if you have a ManBike?

ManBikes are the sort of bike that refuses to ask for directions and so you always seem to get lost. At the sight of another bike, they immediately get an aggressive surge and start chasing. They don't need much maintenance, just a little lube and a rag. Oh, and don't let them become too deflated, they require frequent pumping up. They are also notoriously reluctant to pull over for bathroom breaks. In spite of all this, ManBikes are wonderful to own because they are always eager to go riding at any time of day or night.

[bcipam]

Very clever!!!! But so true!

[bikerz]

Dianyla - very funny!

This might be partly off topic, but since V drifted, I guess I can too... (maybe more of a "man-on-bike" than "man-bike" story!)

I was talking to my friend Steve last night about cycling - particularly going down hill. Steve used to mountain bike with a friend of his, Bob, and Steve was always faster downhill than Bob. So Bob starts staying things like "Maybe i need to put my saddle back further, lower my handle bars, get different tires, and better wheels, etc., etc." until Steve finally said to him "Dude, maybe you just need to get some bigger balls!"

[oxysback]

"Dude, maybe you just need to get some bigger balls!"

HA! Well, size does matter....heck, you should see how I smoke everyone down hills! :::snicker:::

[mimitabby]

All the guys I ride with at work have doubles. Most of them would probably love to ride a triple if it wasn't so ridiculed by other men!

This is so funny. The guys I ride with wouldn't be caught dead with a double.
They talk about their gears on their triples all day and all night. a double would mean less gears to talk about
"Wow did you see Jim's bike? it has a 66 on the $@$% and a 30 on the !@#!"
"oh yeah, but i have a 67 on mine"
blablabla.

Then of course we also have the fixie guys...

we have hills. Do you have hills?

[RoadRaven]

OK... call me real stupid but in the over-a-year that I have been here... every time I saw "man-bike" I thought you meant the gender you had ascribed your bike...

Not its geometry


Road ~blushing~ Raven