Nvreloader
Western Nevada
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For us OLD guys
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Jeremy McCreary
Bought it anyway
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- Carlsbad, CA
Is it just bragging, or do you really live up to the name like I do? Just ask my wife. Loud and proud!
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PedalUma
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- Petaluma, CA
I have been having a blast on an analog bike the last few days. The thing is to focus on cadence not effort. High cadence with low effort in a top gear. It will feed back to informing my eBiking technique. A guy stuck in a truck got angry because I was so much faster and more nimble. He was stuck in a truck doing a big fat three point U-turn when I zipped around him.
Slaphappygamer
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- Aptos
I’ve driven a large truck for many years.
From the drivers view, it’s dangerous for someone to pass around the truck. Especially during a 3 point U turn. Be it a bike, walker, runner, it’s all the same. The driver, that was focusing on this maneuver and watching for cars, now has to wait for you. You are harder to see since you are smaller than a car. He has to halt his maneuver so you can have safe passage or to not hit you. The driver can’t see how much room the rider has. Only the rider can see that, which is why he has to stop. OR if he is an Ahole, he can say “F it, they see me. They probably have enough room to pass.”
I’m not trying to give you a hard time or be trouble, I wasn’t there, but I believe it’s safer to make eye contact with a driver in that situation and wait for them to finish or wave you to pass. I can’t even imagine how I’d feel if I clipped someone while driving the truck in this situation.
I completely agree, biking, even running, cadence is key.
PedalUma
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- Petaluma, CA
That truck saw me coming and decided to block the whole road anyway. So I just went around. What he did not like is that I did not share his sense of entitlement to hog the road. There is a section of red curb with a fire hydrant and bike lane with signs that say No P Bike Lane every 30 feet. That is where big rigs park everyday. Bikes follow the rules of physics just like big rigs. For bikes maintaining momentum is key. Particularly for analog bikes. Big rigs sometimes cross a double yellow line when making a right at an intersection. That is their nature. I am just an old guy on an acoustic bike.
Jeremy McCreary
Bought it anyway
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- USA
- City
- Carlsbad, CA
I see both viewpoints. Drives me nuts when pedestrians walk right behind me when I'm backing out of a parking space. And nuts when drivers block my bikeway — especially when there was a win-win they chose not to take.
What's lacking in both cases is common courtesy. That often includes respectful communication, like waving someone by, or even just signalling your intentions.
What's lacking in both cases is common courtesy. That often includes respectful communication, like waving someone by, or even just signalling your intentions.
PedalUma
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- Petaluma, CA
The intention that I interpreted was being signaled to me was, "I see you coming with a 52 ring to 11-T at a cadence 105, and I don't care, because I am bigger." I could be wrong. And my fault, I did have some ego. I had already made my down payment to have that inertial capital invested.
stompandgo
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Dude, you were flying. Especially for an Old Guy.
PedalUma
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- Petaluma, CA
Right now that bike is 28 but it is getting 622-50 Big Apples, then it is going to NYU. That will up the effectual gearing on the top-end at 29, placing the speed at C-100 at closely approaching 41 mph.
Gear chart using MPH @ 100 RPM
For 700 X 50 / 50-622 / 29 x 2.0 tire with 170 mm cranks
With custom sprocket(s)
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PCeBiker
No-Hands No-Pedaling No-Credentials
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- Canada
I miss the good Ole days of Pangaea when I could walk from my house to Africa, and didn't have to swim.
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