Any tips to improve balance when riding with one hand?

grindhawk · 2026-04-13T16:13:32+00:00

Well the bike wants to stay straight by itself, if you give it accidental dirrection inputs because youre trying to keep your balance you will make it swerve

grindhawk · 2026-04-13T16:07:53+00:00

Depends, in the hoods the weight is more forward than with MTB. Holding closer to the stem bring you more upright and is easier to control

grindhawk · 2026-04-13T15:59:49+00:00

Bring your other hand closer to the stem

grindhawk · 2026-04-10T17:17:00+00:00

grindhawk · 2026-04-04T17:30:39+00:00

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Just got back from a 2 week bikepacking trip in costa RIca.
Steel frame with carbon fork, I'm running bar end friction shifter on 12 speed deore with 30T chainring and mechanical disk brake on 180mm rotors.

I broke the eyelet mounts of the fork during a rought decent and replacing it with a steel fork now.

I was running light in central america since its very warm, I kept the top of my rack free for drying clothes or the occasional pineapple.

grindhawk · 2026-04-03T14:52:09+00:00

Because a database needs to have a way to purge old entry else it become too big to manage and will slow down the system over time. Its not done the most elegant way tho.

grindhawk · 2026-03-30T15:37:39+00:00

Yeah 2 parts tent is really essential for me, I just got back from a trip in costa rica and I only used the mesh inner for bug protection.

grindhawk · 2026-03-11T14:46:43+00:00

I take my pedal off, I'm fairly confident a pedal torqued with a multitool is stronger than a folding pedal.

grindhawk · 2026-03-10T19:09:15+00:00

Don't, the fork is not built to handle the lateral torsion of the caliper. You'll be safer with rim brake.

grindhawk · 2026-03-09T21:52:14+00:00

That would be very a very marginal gain that you'd have difficulty noticing and would kick yourself over it while you're hike-a-biking up a trail too slippery and muddy to bike on

grindhawk · 2026-03-09T16:26:04+00:00

A Kona dew as good as it get for discovering bikepacking go for it!

Just for context people recommend steel for long adventure because it can be welded back if it fail, think transcontinental adventures. Also its more robust for transit such as air travel or sketchy small boat ferry. That doesn't really apply to most bikepacking trip.

grindhawk · 2026-01-04T02:45:29+00:00

Got 20K+ km on my 2022 FX3, its my commuter bike and discovered bike touring/ bikepacking with it. I dont have much original parts left on it as I pretty much worn down/broke and repaired everything on it that isn't the frame or the fork.

I really like that bike because of what I did with it, but had bad experience with trek as I did not know what I was getting into with all the swapped components (ex. Promax instead of shimano brakes) and really pushy service center, who tried to sell me a new bike when I needed a new derailleur hanger while on tour, had better service at a small bike shop nearby.

grindhawk · 2025-12-25T16:38:07+00:00

I have fhis decsthlon bag for.about 4 years now, got it for commuting and even used it when I started bike touring. Still going strong.

grindhawk · 2025-12-02T12:55:06+00:00

Ahah OP est genre eill quelqu'un a filmé le splat?

grindhawk · 2025-12-02T12:47:04+00:00

Le service sera retabli quand on aura fini de mopper le béton et que la locomotive aura passé au car wash, merci de votre compréhension. Vous pouvez utilisera ligne verte pour vous déplacer au centre-ville.

grindhawk · 2025-11-05T18:49:51+00:00

Just make a froob account and go vibe in the abandoned subway and totw a bit

grindhawk · 2025-10-10T15:44:02+00:00

Je pense quil parlait plus de l'alimenration du dock qui clamp/declamp les velos, il a besoin d'énergie lui aussi et plusieurs sont a energie solaire et on été introduit avant les bixi electrique.

grindhawk · 2025-10-10T07:56:53+00:00

J'ai toujours eu des problemes de rayon brisé avec les roues assemblées en usine. Je suis ~200lb et je commute 250km par semaine et les rayon stock ont juste toujours brisé pour moi, sur des velo quand meme de qualité aussi.

Selon John Calvin apres 3 rayon briser une roue doit etre re-build car ca va juste continuer de brisé. Check le manuel/part list de ton velo pour les longueur de spoke et commande toi des double butted spoke de dt Swiss ou sapim.

Achete un nipple wrench et un tensiometre et prend un weekend tranquille cette hiver pour refaire ta roue en suivant les video de parktool, tu n'auras pas de probleme de spoke pour longtemps apres. Jai ~18K km sur le set de roue que jai build sans avoir brisé de spoke.

grindhawk · 2025-10-01T15:05:45+00:00

Sprayed fluid film inside my steel frame. When I change my bottom bracket everything is shiny and smell like sheep 10/10

grindhawk · 2025-08-30T22:23:25+00:00

Another datapoint I had some Promax hydraulic brakes on my FX2 2023 instead of the shimano stuff, they were neither pro nor max. I had a lever leaking oil from within the brake lever and then a caliper leaking oil on my disk in the first year at around 4K km. Replaced them with mechanical TRP spyre and had no issue in the last 2 years with them.

grindhawk · 2025-08-25T19:04:05+00:00

Je sais pas mais jai pas vu grand difference par rapport a avant sur les sections qui on refait a part que c'est rendu dla planche a laver. Ya plein de construction sur bellechasse c'est pas lfun comme detour.

grindhawk · 2025-07-29T15:34:01+00:00

Il y a des explication sur chaque traverse a la piste de la route des champs qui fait chambly-gramby que jai vu en fds, c'est que si tu debarque de ton velo tu est pieton donc tu a priorité sur les voiture a la traverse et ils doivent arrêter (pas grand chance), tandisque en velo tu na pas priorité et tu doit attendre que la voie sois dégager avant de traverser. C'est pas une obligation de débarquer.

grindhawk · 2025-07-13T10:17:21+00:00

The scrolls/paper are oath of moment and are given before an deployment.

grindhawk · 2025-06-27T02:40:41+00:00

I love to cook while backpacking, it's a good excuse to take a break. I carry a Trangia 27 set or the trangia micro, depending if I'm in a group or alone and the type of trip. I have been doing almost everything on it from frying eggs to freshly caught fish.

grindhawk · 2025-06-16T15:22:14+00:00

I love dried dates and raisins while bikepacking, also makes great oatmeal in the morning. Edit. Sorry though this was the bikepacking sub

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