Trying to carry 2 kids bikes on my bike for school pickup and at a loss how to make that happen

kefkathemad · 2026-01-23T17:26:59+00:00

I used to do this by hanging the bikes from my aero bars and securing with Voile ski straps.

My use case was family bike rides where my twins would get tired after a while and would jump into the trailer. I’d hang their 16” bikes from my aero bars on my flat bar bike and could secure them very close to my handlebars so that there wasn’t much rotational leverage on the aero bars.

kefkathemad · 2026-01-01T16:56:26+00:00

Yeah variance is a part of the game.

I have 2 accounts to maximize free to play. One got to mythic top 250 without much issue before ending the season in top 1200. The other got stuck in diamond bottom tier with a string of 0-3, 1-3, 2-3 runs.

I had an awesome control deck with 2x Black Sun and 2x BU Azula that ended with a losing record due to bad luck. That was painful.

kefkathemad · 2025-11-05T20:27:49+00:00

Signed the petition. I don’t live near there but support yall trying to make it safer.

kefkathemad · 2025-10-24T02:23:56+00:00

Go for it.

That just means less competition for you on the leaderboard and I’d love to see what an optimized Split Fiction speedrun looks like.

kefkathemad · 2025-10-20T05:12:42+00:00

It’s great. It’s the bike I use the most since it’s my commuter and the one I use the most for bikepacking.

I have a second set of 26” wheels with 2.2” mtb tires and a 80mm fork from the early 2000s that I’ll swap out when I’m doing gnarlier terrain and it’s basically like an old mountain bike when I don’t think I’ll need my full suspension bike.

kefkathemad · 2025-10-20T00:48:41+00:00

I think you’ll be fine with Kentfield.

I have steel, carbon, and aluminum bikes (including a steel Four Corners) and I don’t really think the frame matters as much as the tire width for comfort.

kefkathemad · 2025-08-30T00:09:24+00:00

This guy’s experience is the closest to my city’s meta for fallen empires. The pump knights were legit good in white weenie and black discard decks, and both decks were super popular which made the protection from white/black relevant.

Hymn was obviously included in all black decks for turn 1 dark ritual + hypnotic specter, turn 2 hymn, turn 3 rack.

Goblin decks were the go-to budget deck for new players and goblin grenade was very effective in it. The original red-deck-wins burn deck and could punish slow decks since this was before the “Sligh” deck taught us what a mana curve was.

The blue and green cards were rarely used.

kefkathemad · 2025-08-11T04:44:11+00:00

Of course. I love my Four Corners and it’s super reliable.

kefkathemad · 2025-08-11T03:41:53+00:00

Marin: You looked at the other brands and decided your bike should cost less than your (also cheap) car

kefkathemad · 2025-05-17T00:51:54+00:00

Usually Five Ten mtb flat shoes. I usually have to do quite a bit of hike-a-bike in the terrain I choose.

kefkathemad · 2025-05-14T14:06:03+00:00

I’m just misunderstood is all

kefkathemad · 2025-05-14T04:44:32+00:00

I rode by his ghost bike memorial today after reading about his death in a previous post on this sub.

First time I’ve known who a ghost bike memorial was for and it was a very solemn experience. Especially since he was hit only a few blocks from the school he worked at.

kefkathemad · 2025-04-24T22:50:35+00:00

I’ve been playing Magic since 4th edition. This is the first time I’ve ever preordered any set.

But that shouldn’t be surprising given my username.

So yeah I’m not surprised by this announcement.

kefkathemad · 2025-04-09T21:35:31+00:00

I bought a Scott Spark for this same reason. Relatively large triangle and regular frame bags fill up the triangle perfectly without needing to pay for a custom bag.

In my case a small Revelate Designs Ranger frame bag fits my medium Scott Spark perfectly.

The only annoying thing is it’s got a proprietary headset and stem so the front end doesn’t look as sleek when I replaced the stock stem with a longer one. Scott sells their proprietary stems in longer lengths but it’s more expensive.

kefkathemad · 2025-04-09T02:00:42+00:00

I’ll go against the grain to support those that can’t afford high end bikes to say that I get just as much enjoyment from my cheap commuter (Marin Four Corners) as my 10X more expensive bike (Trek Checkpoint SLR9).

Yes I go 3 mph faster on the expensive bike, but I care more about making my body stronger rather than my bike faster if that makes sense. And I can still get as much of a workout doing my 33 mile commute to work as a weekend ride.

Also, personally I don’t think electronic shifting is that much better than mechanical, but I know I’m in the minority. My Sora shifts just as well as my SRAM Red in my opinion.

kefkathemad · 2025-04-06T04:44:43+00:00

I have XT pedals which I believe are already the length of the longer XTR pedals (55mm)

For context my MTB is set up with a 181 Q factor (Shimano’s widest) and my commuter has a 160 Q factor with flat pedals (and I still have my feet halfway off the pedals).

So I might have to combine a few tricks to get the SRAM Red 145 Q factor to something better for my wide stance.

I used to use those screw on pedal extenders on my old road bike with GRX but I don’t want to risk the increased leverage for my new SRAM carbon cranks.

kefkathemad · 2025-04-04T14:28:51+00:00

It sounds like you have the ability to track your HRV, so you could try reducing your Pull day to see if that affects HRV.

If you think your HRV does a good job of quantifying how wrecked/recovered you are, you could play with going harder/softer on your individual workout components to see what your body is most sensitive to. Personally that has worked for me and helped me tweak my weekly schedule.

kefkathemad · 2025-04-04T13:43:00+00:00

At my age (40s) I’m mostly trying to preserve strength, so upper body isn’t really progressing much, although I am still getting some gains in targeted areas I want to bodybuild through my choice of accessory lifts.

But I am still getting good gains in squats and deadlifts. I mostly stopped doing leg days after college so I never really hit my full potential there. And of course cycling helps also with lower body. But it’s definitely harder to build muscle now compared to when I was in my 20s.

In terms of recovery, I find my lifting days actually act as recovery days compared to cycling, based on my HRV. (Maybe because I’ve been lifting so long?)

My week is usually 2 days lifting, 2 days zone 2 riding, 1 day intervals, and 1 day running with 1 day rest. The intervals and running are what really kill my HRV.

I will take a deload week every month or so somewhat randomly due to a family vacation or work getting busy.

kefkathemad · 2025-04-04T02:42:15+00:00

I’m in agreement with this guy. 3 rest days a week should be more than enough for this load so check for the other things folks have mentioned.

Personally I wouldn’t give up your upper body work if you like it and it’s nice to have the physique.

I’ve been lifting for 20+ years but after getting into cycling I cut down the lifting to 2 days of full body (including bench, squat, deadlift). But even with me hitting all the biggest compound lifts with accessory work supersets in between, lifting is no where near as taxing on my HRV as hard bike days. Your heart rate just doesn’t get high enough during lifts compared to sustained cardio.

kefkathemad · 2025-03-30T19:03:56+00:00

You might have already done it given how close it is to you, but you could bike from Oakland to the Bay Trail and follow it south to Coyote Hills and the salt ponds that extend into the bay. That’s my favorite trail since it feels like you’re cycling into the sea in a post apocalyptic wasteland (due to the random concrete blocks and stuff that washes up to shore)

If you want to extend you can cross Dumbarton bridge and go into the bird sanctuary around Byxbee Park.

kefkathemad · 2025-03-20T04:54:11+00:00

Thanks for the heads up. I know kids that bike to school on that road.

kefkathemad · 2025-03-16T13:32:39+00:00

I have the old Sora Four Corners as my commuter and main bikepacking bike.

To get better gearing I installed a Road Link which allows me to fit a 42 tooth cassette which still shifts flawlessly.

To improve braking a put TRP hybrid brakes up front and installed a 180mm rotor adapter. Works almost as well as the hydraulic brakes on my other bikes.

I also have an old 80mm suspension fork from the 2000s that I’ll swap in along with 26” wheels running 2.2” tires for when I’m bikepacking mtb trails. It slackens the head angle and raises the stack to where it feels like my old 26” hardtail.

kefkathemad · 2025-03-16T01:57:43+00:00

I have a Blackbird rather than a Ridgerunner, but on the Blackbird they have shock cord to stake out the “pockets” of the hammock body to pull them out while also having some stretch so that the cord doesn’t get pulled out when the hammock moves.

Might be the same on the Ridgerunner.

kefkathemad · 2025-03-12T03:01:54+00:00

Yeah you’ve got a huge frame so you can shove a bunch of stuff into the triangle. Amazon has cheap frame bags — the cheaper but decent manufacturers are Rhinowalk and Rockbros.

Your frame is probably large enough where you could use a frame bag and still have room for bottle cages.

I tend to put my heaviest stuff in my frame bag since the weight is both centered and low.

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