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Dat carb loading. Weirdly, despite feeling terrible, I've had some top notch workouts hungover as well. I think my strongest ever dead lift at 385 was post a night of hard drinking. I was 25troyguitar wrote: ↑Tue Jun 02, 2020 5:01 pm Ate, drank, and slept like shit yesterday. Felt like garbage all day, forced myself to get on the bike anyway... then put in my strongest ride ever.
Listen up, kids: If you don't getand eat pizza, you won't get faster.
Change of plans. Instead of shorts, ima order me some pizzas. God I hope I don't get the weirdo autistic delivery driver from Pizza Hut again. Dude remembers EVERYTHING and doesn't get off my god damn lawn.troyguitar wrote: ↑Tue Jun 02, 2020 5:01 pm Ate, drank, and slept like shit yesterday. Felt like garbage all day, forced myself to get on the bike anyway... then put in my strongest ride ever.
Listen up, kids: If you don't getand eat pizza, you won't get faster.
Didn't want to get pepper sprayed in the face or point blank shot with a rubber bullet to the forehead
I mean, you could...troyguitar wrote: ↑Tue Jun 02, 2020 1:47 pm If it sucks I'll resell it on ebay, can't do that with the padded underwear...
troyguitar wrote: ↑Wed Jun 03, 2020 9:52 am Drop bars seem terrible for control too, but I guess less terrible than the aero ones.
Dunno, I have found myself a few times now with my forearms on the bars to take weight off of my hands/ass. Seems like it could be comfy if you had the little arm holders that they use.
At this rate I'll never be riding outside let alone in a group. Dunno if my neck is ever going to be able to work with road bike positions.![]()
Ride whatever you liketroyguitar wrote: ↑Wed Jun 03, 2020 9:27 am Am Ito think that flat bars plus something in the middle like time trial dudes use would give you the best of both worlds for an aero and a comfy position?
Your first ride on a Shimano STI / Sram DoubleTap integrated shifter bike will blow your mind. Being able to downshift and brake at the same time, or shift while sprinting / standing is incredible.D Griff wrote: ↑Wed Jun 03, 2020 11:15 amtroyguitar wrote: ↑Wed Jun 03, 2020 9:52 am Drop bars seem terrible for control too, but I guess less terrible than the aero ones.
Dunno, I have found myself a few times now with my forearms on the bars to take weight off of my hands/ass. Seems like it could be comfy if you had the little arm holders that they use.
At this rate I'll never be riding outside let alone in a group. Dunno if my neck is ever going to be able to work with road bike positions.![]()
seems like it would be fine if you were just indoors. I've never tried them, but I think I'd hate it. I find drop bars to even be a bit twitchy relative to a mountain bike, but I've gotten used to them. Raising mine up a bit helped me out as well. I think most of my bike mods/adjustments actually make me slower but
. For me it is a lso a form of transportation so it needs to be usable.
Curious how your seat works out... I am starting to think I may move on from the vintage behemoth. On longer rides it's meh, chafes my legs a bit.
I rode to the dentist today, was fine.
Yeah that's basically exactly what I was doing with my elbows at the bars and hands together out front. The reason I haven't changed bars yet is because it turns into a major case of "while you're in there..."Johnny_P wrote: ↑Wed Jun 03, 2020 11:45 amRide whatever you liketroyguitar wrote: ↑Wed Jun 03, 2020 9:27 am Am Ito think that flat bars plus something in the middle like time trial dudes use would give you the best of both worlds for an aero and a comfy position?
Been saying it but you really can change the bars out to a flat style for a few hundo. Most of my teammates also have "dad bikes" that are like gravel bikes but have flat handlebars that are swept back for more casual riding. They just grabbed old/used drop bar gravel/CX bikes (like yours) and did the conversion to flat bar.
Plenty of people use aero bars, but keep in mind due to decreased control and ability to brake quickly you likley won't be allowed to attend any group rides with them on.
The combo you're talking about is very popular with Tour Divide riders, who you can think of ultra endurance solo riding gravel people. When I ride my mountain bike which is flat bar, I kind of always wish I had little mini clip on aero bars like this. When I ride to/from the trails I'm on a paved path or closed road for a lot of it and I usually just rest my elbows on the bar and clasp my hands together in front of me in an aero type position as it's more comfortable to me on the road and a faster way to ride when solo.
Many spin bikes have multi-position bars that have an aero bar type position available, just to give you more hand position options.
troyguitar wrote: ↑Wed Jun 03, 2020 11:58 amYeah that's basically exactly what I was doing with my elbows at the bars and hands together out front. The reason I haven't changed bars yet is because it turns into a major case of "while you're in there..."Johnny_P wrote: ↑Wed Jun 03, 2020 11:45 am
Ride whatever you likeBeen saying it but you really can change the bars out to a flat style for a few hundo. Most of my teammates also have "dad bikes" that are like gravel bikes but have flat handlebars that are swept back for more casual riding. They just grabbed old/used drop bar gravel/CX bikes (like yours) and did the conversion to flat bar.
Plenty of people use aero bars, but keep in mind due to decreased control and ability to brake quickly you likley won't be allowed to attend any group rides with them on.
The combo you're talking about is very popular with Tour Divide riders, who you can think of ultra endurance solo riding gravel people. When I ride my mountain bike which is flat bar, I kind of always wish I had little mini clip on aero bars like this. When I ride to/from the trails I'm on a paved path or closed road for a lot of it and I usually just rest my elbows on the bar and clasp my hands together in front of me in an aero type position as it's more comfortable to me on the road and a faster way to ride when solo.
Many spin bikes have multi-position bars that have an aero bar type position available, just to give you more hand position options.
Bars themselves are $15, sure. But if I'm getting new shifter(s) I might as well ditch the triple front ring and derailleur, at which point I might as well go 1x11 or 1x12 which means ditching the rear cassettes (indoor and outdoor) and rear derailleur. Dunno if my mechanical disc brakes are compatible with the throw of regular flat bar levers either, so maybe new brakes? Might as well get a power meter if I'm changing cranks too, right?![]()
It's a slippery slope for sure.troyguitar wrote: ↑Wed Jun 03, 2020 11:58 amYeah that's basically exactly what I was doing with my elbows at the bars and hands together out front. The reason I haven't changed bars yet is because it turns into a major case of "while you're in there..."Johnny_P wrote: ↑Wed Jun 03, 2020 11:45 am
Ride whatever you likeBeen saying it but you really can change the bars out to a flat style for a few hundo. Most of my teammates also have "dad bikes" that are like gravel bikes but have flat handlebars that are swept back for more casual riding. They just grabbed old/used drop bar gravel/CX bikes (like yours) and did the conversion to flat bar.
Plenty of people use aero bars, but keep in mind due to decreased control and ability to brake quickly you likley won't be allowed to attend any group rides with them on.
The combo you're talking about is very popular with Tour Divide riders, who you can think of ultra endurance solo riding gravel people. When I ride my mountain bike which is flat bar, I kind of always wish I had little mini clip on aero bars like this. When I ride to/from the trails I'm on a paved path or closed road for a lot of it and I usually just rest my elbows on the bar and clasp my hands together in front of me in an aero type position as it's more comfortable to me on the road and a faster way to ride when solo.
Many spin bikes have multi-position bars that have an aero bar type position available, just to give you more hand position options.
Bars themselves are $15, sure. But if I'm getting new shifter(s) I might as well ditch the triple front ring and derailleur, at which point I might as well go 1x11 or 1x12 which means ditching the rear cassettes (indoor and outdoor) and rear derailleur. Dunno if my mechanical disc brakes are compatible with the throw of regular flat bar levers either, so maybe new brakes? Might as well get a power meter if I'm changing cranks too, right?![]()
https://www.amazon.com/SHIMANO-Claris-B ... B075WP25W1troyguitar wrote: ↑Wed Jun 03, 2020 1:00 pm I suppose just for fucking around indoors I don't really need to change anything but the bar and grips, plus maybe a single 8-speed shifter for the rear... or even throw a ghetto bar end on inside my grips and attach the STI shifter to it. I don't need brakes inside and I have only been using my middle 39T front ring. Could likely get going for $50 or so.
Do it! You have another stem already, right?troyguitar wrote: ↑Wed Jun 03, 2020 2:34 pm Just had either aor brilliant moment...
For screwing around indoors, can't I just use both of my stems and have the stock drop bars with STI levers mounted below a bare flat bar? I have 50mm of spacers now and the stem is only 40mm tall.
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