- Posts
- 6,509
- Likes
- 77,051
Mad Dog
路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! 馃憤
Beautiful day to ride a bike!
- Posts
- 543
- Likes
- 1,898
Kazyole
路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.
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.
- Posts
- 13,054
- Likes
- 52,025
Larry S
路路Color Commentator for the Hyperbole.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.
Done that ride Greenwich village to Bear Mountain and back. It's brutal but fun!
- Posts
- 13,054
- Likes
- 52,025
Larry S
路路Color Commentator for the Hyperbole.Great ride. Did it from The Village and back years ago. Tough but fun.
- Posts
- 13,054
- Likes
- 52,025
Larry S
路路Color Commentator for the Hyperbole.
- Posts
- 13,054
- Likes
- 52,025
Larry S
路路Color Commentator for the Hyperbole.Finally landed the vintage Ritchey I've been lusting after for a few years:
26 inch frame, built by Tom himself in his garage around 80-81. Eclectic parts mix, Phil Wood BB, 180mm cranks with "bailout" granny ring, the first Shimano Deore derailleurs with the stag emblem, Suntour Superbe Pro brake set, Campy downtube shifters, and some dated 27" wheels. All I cared about was the gorgeous fillet brazed frame. Ritchey originally allowed himself to use larger diameter tubes by brazing, thus freeing himself from the constraints of precast lugs and prescribed tube sets. What this means is I get to have a large steel frame that is light and stiff, unlike the usual "wet noodles".
I swapped out the 27" wheels for some freshly laced 700c, allowing me many hundreds more tire choices. I also went with a steel seat post and stem, for my own confidence. I weigh too much for some of my old alloy bits...
Let's go for a ride! (Pic heavy warning)
Rode toward the coast through Pt Reyes Station. Interesting footpath crosses the southern terminus of Tomales Bay. Looking back eastward toward town, the modest timber bridge took me off the North American Plate, across the San Andreas fault, and onto the Pacific Plate! That's Black Mountain in the distance, the locals call it Elephant Hill. Take your pick.
I love the tree-tunnel effect on the paths.
Still rolling west on Bear Valley Trail, they grow em big out here in the Pt Reyes National Seashore. This is just the top of a tree that came down across the path, the trunk extends back across the creek and on up the hill!
Just shy of the cliffs and a view of the ocean, one last bridge.
Well that's it, thanks for looking. I had a pint after my excursion, I recommend it. What a beautiful day to ride a bike!
- Posts
- 543
- Likes
- 1,898
- Posts
- 30,418
- Likes
- 36,069
dsio
路路Ash @ 惟FI've got the seat at a much more reasonable height, bars are still too high but I'm not comfortable enough messing with the stem to flip it back down without knowing how to align it all correctly afterwards. Gotten a bit better but still way too unfit, which I'm trying to address by adding really overpriced aftermarket bits of carbon fibre.
Also swapped the worn stock 25mm tyres for some 28mm Conti GP4000 II's and have a Cannondale SAVE carbon vibration damping seatpost which I hope might make back to back rides easier.
(Pic is before new tyres and some other bits)
Also swapped the worn stock 25mm tyres for some 28mm Conti GP4000 II's and have a Cannondale SAVE carbon vibration damping seatpost which I hope might make back to back rides easier.
(Pic is before new tyres and some other bits)
- Posts
- 7,285
- Likes
- 76,461
dougiedude
路路Carpe horologium!I've got the seat at a much more reasonable height, bars are still too high but I'm not comfortable enough messing with the stem to flip it back down without knowing how to align it all correctly afterwards. Gotten a bit better but still way too unfit, which I'm trying to address by adding really overpriced aftermarket bits of carbon fibre.
Also swapped the worn stock 25mm tyres for some 28mm Conti GP4000 II's and have a Cannondale SAVE carbon vibration damping seatpost which I hope might make back to back rides easier.
The Synapse is a really groovy model, too. 馃憤
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...
- Posts
- 13,054
- Likes
- 52,025
Larry S
路路Color Commentator for the Hyperbole.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.
- Posts
- 996
- Likes
- 1,862
Wetworks
路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.
- Posts
- 7,285
- Likes
- 76,461
dougiedude
路路Carpe horologium!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!
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!
Edited:
- Posts
- 996
- Likes
- 1,862
Wetworks
路Perfect riding weather here in NYC today.
- Posts
- 13,054
- Likes
- 52,025
Larry S
路路Color Commentator for the Hyperbole.Nice ride ... Looks fast just sitting there. What's the group on your bike? Cross bike right? Which model?
- Posts
- 996
- Likes
- 1,862
- Posts
- 13,054
- Likes
- 52,025
Larry S
路路Color Commentator for the Hyperbole.Which model? Overcome with bike lust!
馃グ
馃グ
- Posts
- 996
- Likes
- 1,862
- Posts
- 13,054
- Likes
- 52,025
Larry S
路路Color Commentator for the Hyperbole.I could break my "never Carbon" vow for this bike. Looks like s blast to ride.
- Posts
- 7,285
- Likes
- 76,461
dougiedude
路路Carpe horologium!
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:
View attachment 289573 View attachment 289572 View attachment 289571 View attachment 289574 View attachment 289575
- Posts
- 996
- Likes
- 1,862
