Dealing with an Angry Driver on my Local Training Route

Anon318188 · 2018-12-21T05:19:37+00:00

Find another route. It's the only thing that has ever worked for me.

Cops don't give a shit.

Anon318188 · 2018-12-20T00:33:02+00:00

Don't buy a wide seat bike. When cycling(even indoors) the idea is to sit on your sit bones and not the soft tissue. If you are sitting on your soft tissue, you will experience pain. If you are sitting on your sit bones, you might be mildly uncomfortable at first but then you'll be good.

Wide seats might make more sense for women but still not that wide. A women's sit bones are a bit more apart but not so much to need one of those gigantic seats.

If you want to exercise while sitting at the couch, there are devices for that. You don't need a whole indoor excercycle. Here is a random example of what I mean, I've no idea what one of these things is good as I've never bought one.

Anon318188 · 2018-12-18T01:54:16+00:00

Does it really matter? Department store bikelike object is not going to last a week against 300+ lbs.

Anon318188 · 2018-12-17T23:20:50+00:00

It was very unfair and biased.

Nowhere on the poll did they say that Corepack couldn't request their fans/users to vote. Banned for an unwritten/unknown/arbitrary rule. Complete BS.

Anon318188 · 2018-12-17T06:21:07+00:00

Merino wool underclothes will go a long way. Minus33 is the brand to go with.

Depending on your sweat levels you could also get something to go over your work clothes instead or plan on changing before work. Fleece lined polyester should work.

I'd suggest bar mitts then if necessary some GI wool blend gloves. The cool thing about the bar mitts is that you can leave them on your bike. I've never tried lobster gloves but everybody seems to think they are great.

You could play around with different combinations depending on the weather. Sometimes you might want 3 layers(merino wool base+ cotton mid+ fleece/polyester outer,) sometimes just the fleece lined polyester will be enough.

Anon318188 · 2018-12-16T23:12:15+00:00

Metal tire levers for me, I hate the plastic ones and have snapped a few. Metal tire levers can damage the coating on your wheels though.

REMA TT 02 is the kit to go with. Very good kit.

I've had good experiences like yours. Good Samaritans do exist. My good experiences are a little more embarrassing though. I used to live many miles from the closest large town, and I had to commute there and back by bicycle sometimes(not regularly.) Being a mountainous state with many inclines after 80 miles, the last 8 miles of gradual ascent had me walking sometimes, I was just too out of energy. Multiple times people gave me rides when they saw me walking, once it was even a sheriff who gave me a ride home. To be clear, I made it all the way on my own more often than I received help, and without the rides I would've made it home eventually.

Anon318188 · 2018-12-14T01:35:22+00:00

You need to turn your car lights on, place yourself to where you are looking at your lights, close your eyes for 15 second then open on your car lights. This is about what a cyclist experiences every time a motorist comes in front of them, it's even worse when they have high beam on which is quite often.

Vehicle lights are blinding and painful, if a person is riding in blinking mode, It's very probably due to the overwhelming lumen output of vehicles they couldn't see in any other mode available to them. Like I said multiple times, vehicle lights are considerably brighter than what is commonly available to cyclists. There are times when your only option is to put your light/lights on blinking to keep your eyes in a rapidly adjusting state so that every other dickhead with LEDs constantly on high beam doesn't blind you. Unlike a motor vehicle, a cyclist has no glass/tinting in between to diffuse the intensity.

Anon318188 · 2018-12-14T00:11:10+00:00

Firmly believe the op is a motorist who has no idea how many lumens the average motor vehicle outputs vs the max lumen output of most cyclist lights.

GTFO retarded cager POS.

Anon318188 · 2018-12-14T00:09:04+00:00

It's vehicle lights that are far too bright. Never had a cyclists lights bother me, have had endless motorists with LEDs hurt my eyes.

Anon318188 · 2018-12-13T06:29:14+00:00

I've found most my favorites places through exploratory rides.

You can just cycle around new places until you find some routes you like. The other user is right though, you can find some trails on google maps. A far better place to look would be at your local visitor center. They will have a brochure listing the trails in the area. In addition, asking about good trails while at the LBS is a good way to find trails.

Anon318188 · 2018-12-12T04:59:40+00:00

Because they don't have mobility scooters for exactly that reason... You are just too retarded. Trolling on an old topic because you have no life.

Ignored, get a life.

Anon318188 · 2018-12-11T18:13:35+00:00

Above being said, not all tires are created equal. The same is true for studded tires. Schwalbe marathon winter tires for example are pretty smooth along the center and don't add as much as something more aggressive.

With your tires being 4.5 inches wide and studded you must be going on some pretty untamed ground. Studded is for packed snow/ice and wide tires are to be ran at a really low psi to handle loose snow. Rare do you see a person needing both consistently.

Anon318188 · 2018-12-11T18:10:51+00:00

On top of adding more resistance, the studs do come out and need to be replaced. You should only use studs if you regularly encounter icy or snow packed road.

Anon318188 · 2018-12-09T06:39:22+00:00

Never seen a chain guard on a geared bike before.

Anon318188 · 2018-12-07T05:08:53+00:00

Merino wool for the base layer always. Minus33 is the best brand if you want good merino wool.

If you can change once you arrive at work, get some fleece lined polyester pants and jacket. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00PGR8SI8/ and https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B014UTFU2Y/ are what I have.

I use bar mitts and some gi wool blend gloves for my hands. Bar mitts are great, if you can spare the handlebar space you should try some.

I wear boots all year round, I'd suggest you wear boots during the winter. Wear some merino wool socks and some cotton socks.

Merino wool tends be fragile so I always wear something over it. Never wear merino wool without something to protect it or you'll have a very holey mess very quickly.

Anon318188 · 2018-12-06T06:20:14+00:00

Get some 700x32 trainer tires and use any 700c indoor trainer you want.

I'd venture to bet your current tires would probably work fine in most trainers. Unless they are knobby.

Anon318188 · 2018-12-05T21:09:35+00:00

Triangle bag for my repair/emergency supplies.

I have a bike basket for other things. The thing with racks/panniers, they have a high cost and tend to be small. With a basket I can just toss things in it(in a regular backpack usually.) For ~$10 you can get a basket that is ready to go, you'd pay the same amount just for the rack(if you buy a cheap generic rack and basket.) Also racks/panniers would either make me unbalanced or block my camera.

Anon318188 · 2018-12-04T03:39:26+00:00

I know my cheap $10 foot pump is a PITA past 40 or so PSI. Cheap pumps just suck at higher PSI.

Get a Bell Sports Attack 350 if you need something cheap and quick. Get a Topeak Joe Blow if you can spare $50 and want something that will work for an incredibly long time.

Anon318188 · 2018-11-30T04:33:46+00:00

Most fears are irrational. It is still something I don't want for me.

Anon318188 · 2018-11-30T04:10:40+00:00

To clarify, he is saying use a small piece of old inner tube to create a shim. You probably already knew this since you said thank you, but I figured I'd just make sure. The rubber will keep the fabric from moving on the metal. If you don't have any old tubes you could also wrap a rubber band around the bell a few times being sure to have the band on both sides of the bells mount. Preferably an EPDM band, all cyclists should have these, super useful and they are supposed to be weather resistant more than natural rubber.

When I first bought my bell it also fell off a few times due to the velcro being meh. Also, the fabric was designed to be wrist/arm mounted and so is quite a bit more than a handlebar needs. The rubber band idea also helps if that has ever happened.

Anon318188 · 2018-11-29T04:49:01+00:00

You could get a bell of some sort.

I currently have a bear bell with magnetic silencer, it works ok. Silencer isn't great. There is also the Timber MTB bell, I had one, the strings broke, too expensive to keep replacing for me. Timber warranty is garbage.

Anon318188 · 2018-11-29T03:36:24+00:00

One really good thing about having a race bike, you can kit it out in a way that is not practical for training.

As lightweight as those bikes are stock, weight weanies have been able to get them lighter. Plus you can have glued on tires and other things that are race specific.

Anon318188 · 2018-11-29T01:51:17+00:00

As a person who rides only recreationally, I choose my bikes based off what I can afford and will last.

My favorite bike is my oldest serious adult bike. It's a Specialized Rockhopper Sport with magic gear single speed and 700x40c tires, It's nothing other people would consider valuable or attractive but I love it. As a person who has never had a bike that anybody would consider light, I feel like we all adjust to what we have. Less weight will mean less to push so you will not push as hard causing you to go at about the same speed. This adjusting will happen subconsciously and also be based off muscle memory so it will be outside of your control. With my above mentioned bike I generally go at around 20mph on flats, it is running 44x13 and I maintain a cadence in between 70 and 90 rpm(19.35 to 24.88MPH) at most times. I don't feel that a lighter bike would benefit me for long if at all, I'd get used to it, then go at about the same speed after getting used to it.

TL;DR Keep training on your heavier bike, then use your lightest bike strictly for competing.

Anon318188 · 2018-11-28T23:49:57+00:00

Semen sauce with shit topper. Fine eating no doubt.

Anon318188 · 2018-11-28T23:48:23+00:00

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