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A place to share our love of all things with two wheels and pedals. This is an inclusive, non-judgemental community. All types of cyclists are accepted here; whether you're a commuter, a roadie, a MTB enthusiast, a fixie freak, a crusty xbiking hoarder, in the middle of an epic across-the-world bicycle tour, or any other type of cyclist!


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I thought the western shore of the lake would have a lot of annoying traffic, but there was a cycling path pretty much all the way that i rode. It's not for roadies or people in a hurry though, it is a bit meandering, and often shared with pedestrians, people going for a swim as it goes right along the lake shore.

The night before yesterday i did not take a room but a spot on a campsite with great lake view and 20 m walk to the lake. But like i worried, in deed a thunderstorm rolled in in the night. It was so stormy already when it wasn't even raining yet that i abandoned my tent, grabbed most of my stuff and hung out at the sanitary facilities to wait it out. I didn't feel safe in the tent, thought trees or branches could fall onto me. I also was sure that when the heart of the storm arrived, my tent will be gone. I had not set it up in the right direction towards the wind i could not change it anymore in the storm. Luckily when the rain arrived, the wind got weaker and half an hour later i felt fine moving back into my tent, it was still raining, flashing, thundering pretty good but the wind was on non storm levels again. I think the worst of the storm hit a few km left and right of my position, got lucky there. Few of my tent poles got bent by the wind but that was it, had a good rest of the night, tent stayed dry.

Yesterday i took the day off and laid around lazily at the lake all day, going for a swim every now and then. Now i am moving towards the dolomites.

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Hi. I'm looking to make my commuter a bit more upright (getting older) and want to change my handlebar to help with that. I think the typical beach cruiser handlebars (Electra) are too wide. Could a typical road-bike "bullhorn" handlebar be used backwards so the ends are closer to me rather than further?

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Now im hungover as f**k and i have to ride back 😭

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Instead of building bikelanes my county has opted for trails, which honestly is not a bad option. Or at the very least, better than nothing. The way they did it was just by turning a lot of the sidewalks into multi use paths, so it makes a lot of sense I didn't notice that I could use them.

There's quite a few of them, and it definitely makes me feel safer that I can just ride on the "sidewalk" on a lot of the busy streets.

I kind of wish they would advertise this shit more because I literally had no idea, it's like it's hiding in plain site on their website.

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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Showroom7561@lemmy.ca to c/bicycles@lemmy.ca
 
 

I love recreational cycling 100km or so at a time, but I'm completely fascinated with Randonneuring!

Has anyone completed a brevet of any length? Please share your experience going into it, and how the event ended up for you :)

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cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/334731

This video does a good job of visualizing the intricate mechanisms inside an internally-geared bicycle hub.

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I've been biking for a number of years, primarily single track XC or gravel riding. I do adventure racing, which is incredibly tough on the bikes, but am hoping to improve my bike life.

What are some of the important bike maintenance things that you all do?

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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by AchtungDrempels@lemmy.world to c/bicycles@lemmy.ca
 
 

What a day it was yesterday. Climbed up from the valley again to cross over a mountain to the Como lake. I rode up the wrong hill though and had to hike my bike along a hiking track with a small climbing passage for about 2km to get where i originally wanted to get to. This is where i wanted to get to, what a view it was on the city of Lugano and its lake: view from above lugano

I then continued a bit of regular gravel road that later turned into a single track mountain bike route, where the title picture was taken. Had to push my bike quite a bit on it too, was too steep and too many big rocks in parts, severly underbiked. I ended the day on a mountain ridge that is the border between switzerland and italy. There was a hiking refuge on there, where i had some beer and wine, cooked some spaghetti and then i camped next to an old on the ridge, right by the refuge: camp spot

Sitting now on the terrasse of the refuge, drinking a coffee, writing this post. There's a friendly and funny dog here, kiko, which is so nice. I'm gonna roll down to the Como lake now after the coffee, butit'ds just so nicr up here.

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I'll start with a couple of mine:

  • Terry Barentsen (fast-paced urban rides, mainly in NYC)

  • BCpov (MTB rides as well as some trail building stuff)

  • Shifter (informative videos on various topics relating to cycle commuting)

  • One Cyclist in Lisbon (pretty much what it says on the tin, lots of silly city cycling moments in his compilations and as well as longer rides outside Lisbon)

  • Ed Pratt's Unicycling The World series (I know it's not a bike, but it touches on a lot of just cycle touring in general)

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Does anyone have a recommendation for home gamer bike repair stands? I’d like to find an inexpensive one that stows away easily or otherwise doesnt take too much space. Since I only need it maybe once or twice a year I can do without the hard core bike shop level of durability. For my needs it just needs to hold the bike off the floor so I can do derailer adjustments.

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Trying to prepare for the day where I'm out and I get caught in the rain.

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Took the Grand Canyon 8 (2022 model) out for a ride on my local track near Rheden, The Netherlands this morning. I am pretty happy with the bike and it is such an upgrade compared to my previous one.

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Where I live there are almost no bike lanes, not even the shitty painted ones. How dangerous is it to get on the road with all of the other cars?

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I just got my new (used) bike, and I'm also a big music nerd and love to listen to music when I'm traveling. Do you personally listen to music while you're cycling, and in your opinion is it safe?

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As the title says. I'm planning on doing my first century in July. Several +50km rides behind me at the moment and averaging about 100km a week since spring. How much food should I pack? Do you guys use sports drinks etc for hydration? Any surprises I shouls know comparing the ride to shorter ones?

Thank you in advance :)

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Full mid life crisis bike.

Still got a lot of fine tuning and changes before I can call it “mine”.

First ride went pretty well despite some mechanical issues

Never a bad day to ride

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I am considering getting the cgo600 pro, and I am just wondering if anyone had any experiences they could share, as I hadn't heard of them before

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My ride this morning was a leisurely one stopping for a few pictures and just enjoying the day instead of pushing watts.

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Bike on a Bridge! (i.imgur.com)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by AchtungDrempels@lemmy.world to c/bicycles@lemmy.ca
 
 

Is this the first bike on a bridge post here? Well it is not a bridge actually, so the first is still up for grabs. It's on the last dam about before grimselpass in switzerland, maybe 200m below it. I knew i was in for some sportscars and motorbikes stinking up the scenery, it was sunday after all. I didn't expect the piaggio vespa riders from alpine countries to have a meeting somewhere, which were like 250 machines extra, conservative guess. Still, the landscape up grimsel was absolutely phenomenal. I originally wanted to sleep somewhere up there but it was early so i kept going and rode furkapasstooo. It's like 400m down from grimsel and then another 700 up.

Boy was it gorgeus, the whole day (other than the motorbikes). This photo was taken just a tad bit below furkapass, the serpentines coming into the valley in the distance were the downhill from grimsel: furka

This was todays route.

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I've never had an ebike before and don't really know where I should start. I'm looking for something practical and hopefully not too expensive.

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My second tour. Tent is staying at home for this one, i have a cabin on the ferry and a hotel in 'dam. Plenty of space in the pannier for ahem, "souvenirs"

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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by BobKerman3999@feddit.it to c/bicycles@lemmy.ca
 
 

Hi everyone, I'm looking to buy a cargo bike because my bike with a pannier is not enough. I looked at bike trailers but I see the limit is around 20kg which I feel is on the smallish side.

Is there a cheapo cargo bike i can buy? No need for motors and stuff because I live in a flat town.

Edit I see 2 comments in the counter but only one in the app?!?!?

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Recently got a '14 Trek Domane and have been racking up the miles. I found a group nearby that does 50 mile rides most Saturday mornings and states 14-16mph. What speed should be able to maintain on my own to not get dropped?

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