Any Avid Cyclists on This Forum?

[avro707]

I'd like to get a road bike. If I were to get a road bike, it would be equipped with Sora brifters (low end), an aluminum frame and either an aluminum fork or a carbon fork. That would be great.

I just need money now .

Edit: Oh and yes they are reflective tape dots. If your old wheel had a good hub, you should've just relaced the hub to a new rim with new spokes. But if it was just a no-name hub, replacing the wheel was a good idea.

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Now that I understand more about bikes, I decided to go through this thread again. Is that Campy equipped? Those look to me like campy brifters.

Edit 2: Just noticed the Campy decals on the rims.

You should have a look around some of the local bike stores, they often have some good deals going on bikes from previous years.

I got my first road-bike on Friday, a 2012 Trek Madone 4.5/Shimano 105 (pedals and everything else), with a Garmin Edge 800 fixed to it, Bell Volt helmet to protect my head and some Bontrager shoes. My last big purchase for a long while I think.

I took a little while to get used to clipless pedals, but now I quite like them. I adjusted the tension on them to be a bit looser and did a lot of practicing leaning against a wall clipping in and clipping out. As soon as I have to slow down to a stop, I unclip the left foot.

I had a reasonable front yard to practice in fortunately. I'm going to keep practicing for a while until I'm really confident with them. It's raining pretty heavily today and everywhere is super slippery, so no more riding for the rest of the weekend. I guess that's when you need the rollers.

It feels quite different being anchored to the pedals, and even stranger walking in those shoes for any kind of distance.

That Garmin Edge 800 is an amazing little device! Heart rate monitoring, sat-nav features, cadence all in something so small. Only thing I don't quite like is pressing things near the corners of the touch screen, it's a little bit clunky compared to what I'm used to with an iPhone - but otherwise what an awesome little device.

 

[iBreatheApple]

No, but I would really like to get in to it! I need to get a good bike and just go. It's fun while also great exercise.

 

[AlphaDogg]

I got my first road-bike on Friday, a 2012 Trek Madone 4.5/Shimano 105)

Ooh that's hawt. Except for the shallow drops. Shallow drops=not.

 

[avro707]

iBreatheApple: Yeah, I tried a few other things like running but running really isn't my thing. Some people enjoy that, but I don't.

A lot of other people at work are into that during lunch, but I just can't adjust to it. I prefer to ride a bike instead, it's more fun. That said, I'm fit enough with the amount of walking I do (to cut out a change of train morning and afternoon). I lost 25kg or so this year already, so I'm at about 65kg. I'm happy with that.

Sorry about the rant. The vast majority of drivers here are fine. It is only a very small demographic who are actually threaten you with their vehicle. Actually most Sydney cyclists tend to fairly awful themselves with their lawless behaviour and stupid riding patterns, like riding too close to the left or undertaking me.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/sydneys-drivers-worst-for-bike-rage/2008/08/01/1217097533825.html

I'm someday going to get into commuting - but the traffic worries me, they are nasty enough to other car drivers, let alone cyclists. Unfortunately, I don't live close to anyone else who cycles into work the same way I do. So I'll probably just do longer rides on the weekend for the moment.

The talk-back radio shock-jocks are guilty as well for stirring up people to be as aggressive as they are, along with some of the newspaper journalists. Let them live in their cars all day, steaming away in the nasty Sydney traffic jams.

Now I'm getting back into this sort of stuff, I wish the authorities here would put in some more cycle-ways that are useful. Especially one from Western Sydney through to Sydney. At the moment, there are a few cycleways, but none that go all the way without you having to join the road in certain places, so far as I can tell. I really envy some of my colleagues at work who live in areas where cyclists are well catered for.

Ooh that's hawt. Except for the shallow drops. Shallow drops=not.

Yeah, it's pretty nice. The white/silver one however shows dirt/grime really easily - I'm wishing I got the colour you showed above.