Unofficial masters team ride today in southern Ohio/northern Kentucky...rode my trusty 2011 Schwinn Paramount Series 9 that came with factory Dura-Ace 7900...good times!

 

Had a nice ride today with my father up and around Bear Mtn in NY.

Didn't take any pictures today, but here I am from earlier this summer at the summit of Haleakala in Maui. That was quite a day. 75 miles, +10,000ft of elevation, and a 30 degree temperature difference from the base to the summit.

 

Great ride. Did it from The Village and back years ago. Tough but fun.

 

RGM and my "Vintage" FSR did some trails this morning.

 

She's a beauty. Steel is real! Enjoy.

 

Nice! I'm on the UWS so I do 9W pretty regularly. Try to make it up to Bear at least a few times a year.

 

I really dig that color.

The Synapse is a really groovy model, too.

The changes you've made should help, but in my own experience riding for over 30 years now (yes, I'm an old fart!), I found that until I paid the extra bucks for a professional fit, I would always come up with pain issues, either in the shoulders, neck, or back. The $80-100 it cost me for that was money easily saved in potential doctor's bills later on down the line, and I could ride comfortably for many, many more kilometers...

 

Take it to a good bike shop and get it fit properly. As the owner of a custom steel ... Best money I ever spent in cycling. They will look at fit, position preference, cadence, etc.

 

The bar height can be easily adjusted by simply removing some of the spacers that are underneath the stem. That flipped angle doesn't look too extreme, and flip tends to help more with reach than height (but it does both). If the reach/stem length seems ok, try removing a spacer and go from there. Re-aligning the stem/handlebars in that plane is easy-peasy, just use the front tire as a perpendicular guide.

 

Gorgeous 65 deg. F weather this AM for a ride.

On my way home, I noticed an estate sale, and had to drop in. Picked up a hand-wind Gruen, commemorative 'East-West Shrine Game 1957' watch:



Runs well; not too shabby for $50!

 

Perfect riding weather here in NYC today.

 

Nice ride ... Looks fast just sitting there. What's the group on your bike? Cross bike right? Which model?

 

Ultegra all around except for the hybrid mechanical/hydraulic brakes. Not a cross, it's a Tarmac.

 

Which model? Overcome with bike lust!

 

Thanks! It's a 2015 model, Tarmac S-Works Disc module.

 

I could break my "never Carbon" vow for this bike. Looks like s blast to ride.

 

Which bridge is that one? So beautiful... I love your bike, too...

I'm not a New Yorker, but I was in Manhattan about 6 weeks ago, and was able to rent a cheap Trek road-bike and head out of the city via the George Washington bridge on a very nice ride. I meant to post some pics, but I forgot.

Here's some from my 'bridge' ride:

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The newer Tarmacs are amazing rides. Compliant as all hell, fast on the downhill, and pretty good climbers. Very happy with mine.