And to start the new bike out right I managed to put a cotter pin through the back tire. Went over 8K miles with the old bike without any problems and didn't even get 100 miles in on the new one. Still made it home without flatting, got to love tubeless tires. I never had such a big puncture on...
That was a big factor. The old bike had Shimano Claris, 2x8-speed (48/32T FSA Vero Adventure crank, 11-34T Shimano cassette) while the new bike has Shimano FC-RX610-2 (30/46T) and Shimano CS-HG710 (11-36T). So not only more but a lower overall range. Yeah I probably won't be able to keep up with...
Not at all related to the accident but I just got a new gravel bike. I'd been thinking about it for a while, the old bike was a Claris groupset so not the best and my knees were reminding me often. Besides with no kids why not spend the money (and given all the accidents recently I might not...
Continued training for an upcoming century ride. Got in 6 out of 7 days this week in spite of the expected rain (which mostly didn't come except on Friday). Nothing tried to kill me at all this week so a bonus. Was supposed to get a new bike but it seems to be MIA hopefully tomorrow. I was...
I could put this in the bike thread but since I remembered this one I'll put it here. Not really a stupid injury but bad luck. Out for a ride today and was cruising feeling good, went through a shaded area and there was a loud kind of bang and I felt something hit my leg. I thought it was a rock...