tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post6796937737551011521..comments2024-03-27T07:25:55.115-04:00Comments on Bike Snob NYC: This Just In: I Typed Words and Outside Put Them On Their Website!BikeSnobNYChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11256142855437740163noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-76035167743796302022018-07-24T16:13:46.037-04:002018-07-24T16:13:46.037-04:00I see your Tan Tenovo, and I raise you one Bamboo ...I see your Tan Tenovo, and I raise you one Bamboo Bicycle.<br /><br /><a href="https://calfeedesign.com/bamboo/" rel="nofollow"> Calfee Bamboo Bike </a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-5037494311888965112018-07-24T13:01:08.282-04:002018-07-24T13:01:08.282-04:00Made some adjustments late Sunday on my road bike ...Made some adjustments late Sunday on my road bike so of course I had to see how they felt. <br /><br />And of course it was raining when I started out and of course it poured for a bit of the shortish ride.<br /><br />Getting rained on when it's in the mid-70s isn't so bad. In fact, after the heat and humidity, it was kind of nice.<br /><br />But it still doesn't seem right that you have to wash your bike after it gets wet or that your dog tells you not to jump on the couch.leroyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03489096287266831412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-51509593026406252502018-07-24T08:19:07.920-04:002018-07-24T08:19:07.920-04:00So you are having what the Dutch call "a dry ...So you are having what the Dutch call "a dry spell."<br /><br />See:<br /><br />https://bicycledutch.wordpress.com/2014/09/04/cycling-in-the-rain/Kevin Lovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13186428862833389619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-56563691050744955092018-07-23T21:44:31.309-04:002018-07-23T21:44:31.309-04:00Meanwhile over in Meerssen, Dutchland, bike lanes ...Meanwhile over in Meerssen, Dutchland, bike lanes are kissing EACH OTHER:<br /><br />https://goo.gl/images/Ka6hYg<br /><br />The broken line means motorists can drive over them, but (and this is key) have to yield to cyclists while doing so. <br /><br />Alabamans, on the other hand, have never heard of bikes by the looks of things:<br /><br />https://abcnews.go.com/US/young-man-walked-miles-day-work-car-ceo/story?id=56642518<br /><br /><br />Ze Chermannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-32918496981551379762018-07-23T21:20:04.871-04:002018-07-23T21:20:04.871-04:00PODIUM? Sorry. Late to the party. No rain here in ...PODIUM? Sorry. Late to the party. No rain here in the Midwest. Lot of wind. Riding sucks e'en when you're being blown. Along. cyclejerkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07722471133876107042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-8924370360311007692018-07-23T19:25:57.584-04:002018-07-23T19:25:57.584-04:00Here´s something to make you happy: Amsterdam Regg...Here´s something to make you happy: Amsterdam Reggae, weed and bicycle seats, by the inmense Jango Edwards<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=430&v=ai5YBKon0Pw<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-35761258534036068442018-07-23T19:16:03.809-04:002018-07-23T19:16:03.809-04:00So it's 114 degrees in Phoenix right now, and ...So it's 114 degrees in Phoenix right now, and you crybabys are complaining about a little drop of rain in NYC?wishiwasmerckxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-22617242726421250042018-07-23T17:36:30.658-04:002018-07-23T17:36:30.658-04:00Update; rain has arrived here too. (Embra)
Pure p...Update; rain has arrived here too. (Embra)<br /><br />Pure pishin' it doon....<br /><br />First first, I think.<br /><br />hey nonny mouseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-19764266313918303112018-07-23T16:58:35.421-04:002018-07-23T16:58:35.421-04:00All politics is local.
So, has the proposal to in...All politics is local.<br /><br />So, has the proposal to install a bike lane through the middle of the Trump Tower lobby gained any traction up there in left-leaning NYC?wishiwasmerckxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-88590233405310823522018-07-23T16:52:21.030-04:002018-07-23T16:52:21.030-04:00The mountain stages in the Alps made for compellin...The mountain stages in the Alps made for compelling TV, but the 2 flat stages which followed challenged Phil and Paul"s considerable ability to fill the airtime with idle chatter.<br /><br />When someone who is an hour behind on GC gets up the road by 11:00 with another mountain stage looming, the peloton gives a collective shrug, and somebody you've never heard of and will never hear of again wins a stage at the Tour.<br /><br />Things should look up again tomorrow in the Pyrenees.<br /><br />And that concludes your TdF update for today's rest day.wishiwasmerckxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-73650139351295895432018-07-23T16:12:23.612-04:002018-07-23T16:12:23.612-04:00Gianni Moscon needs some bitchslappin’ lessons. Th...Gianni Moscon needs some bitchslappin’ lessons. That was pretty weak. Foghorn Leghornnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-49060350614153670842018-07-23T15:57:57.624-04:002018-07-23T15:57:57.624-04:00If it’s rainin’ I’m trainin’If it’s rainin’ I’m trainin’Drockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15394480972258253747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-54978303318823355312018-07-23T15:30:30.668-04:002018-07-23T15:30:30.668-04:00Thanks for the rain fucker!!Thanks for the rain fucker!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-45278560084600466082018-07-23T15:27:07.228-04:002018-07-23T15:27:07.228-04:00Does the rain also prohibit you from riding the wo...Does the rain also prohibit you from riding the wooden fred bike? Vertically stiff and laterally warpednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-39767977103893310352018-07-23T14:13:59.715-04:002018-07-23T14:13:59.715-04:00Welcome back Tan TenovoWelcome back Tan TenovoBamaPhrednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-18656722446514861672018-07-23T14:07:53.926-04:002018-07-23T14:07:53.926-04:00My brakes started squealing today and I noticed my...My brakes started squealing today and I noticed my front left brake pad has toe out instead of toe in. Woe is me; I hate adjusting break pads. There's no point to this story; I just wanted to type some words in the box too.<br /><br />I want to take the bus when it rains, but it gets stuck in traffic and takes 3X as long. Or I have to walk a mile to the subway stop. It's still satisfying to cruise past all the stopped cars on my commute home even if it's raining.Billyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03186773166703979971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-17241231619264193652018-07-23T14:03:55.564-04:002018-07-23T14:03:55.564-04:00WhenLifeGivesYouLemons,
Bike handles well on the ...WhenLifeGivesYouLemons,<br /><br />Bike handles well on the road, but it also really makes you want to leave the road, so doing a 100% road ride on it would be kind of frustrating.<br /><br />If I'm going to do a pavement-only ride I'm going to go for the Fred Sled.<br /><br />--Wildcat Etc.BikeSnobNYChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11256142855437740163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-72488758993584637942018-07-23T13:32:30.014-04:002018-07-23T13:32:30.014-04:00Visiting family in NY State this week.rain.rain.ra...Visiting family in NY State this week.rain.rain.rain.rain.rain.rain.....and rain.bad boy of the southnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-48627571852480569532018-07-23T13:16:14.628-04:002018-07-23T13:16:14.628-04:00A wet road review of the 1894 Trek 720 I saved fro...A wet road review of the 1894 Trek 720 I saved from Craig's List last year:<br /><br />Like Tan returning to racing after swearing it off for several years, I returned to rain riding this weekend, both days. 32 mm Continental Ultra near slick on the rear, 28 mm Panaracer Pasela on the front. Going 18-20 MPH downhill in the middle of the lane with a car behind me, approaching a curve when I realize I'm going too fast. Light touch on both brakes, steering wide into the flow of rushing water against the curb, and the Great Lobster On High saw fit to keep me upright. Whew.WhenLifeGivesYouLemonsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-84728316393827233552018-07-23T13:07:23.870-04:002018-07-23T13:07:23.870-04:00Yes! Thoid place.Yes! Thoid place.Chazunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-12157730195592630582018-07-23T13:02:28.414-04:002018-07-23T13:02:28.414-04:00"...recently I got this sweet new bike and I ...<i>"...recently I got this sweet new bike and I was looking forward to riding it all this week on a variety of different unpaved survaces. So of course the Great Lobster On High has seen fit to punish me by unleashing an eternal rain and forcing me to stick to the roads..."</i><br /><br />One of (maybe the main one) points of this "sweet new bike" is it is nice to ride on the roads to the trail? So will we get a review of how it handles on road, particularly wet ones?WhenLifeGivesYouLemonsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-18577944960652961352018-07-23T12:54:34.167-04:002018-07-23T12:54:34.167-04:00Bicycle lanes caused the 2008 financial crisis and...Bicycle lanes caused the 2008 financial crisis and they are about to cause another one.HDEBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-82443763854131595072018-07-23T12:46:25.219-04:002018-07-23T12:46:25.219-04:00I tried kissing a bike lane once, but the glass ch...I tried kissing a bike lane once, but the glass chards punchured my inflated lips.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-60871435453791779402018-07-23T12:40:16.432-04:002018-07-23T12:40:16.432-04:00Pododioyumyumyum?
What? I'm loving the TdF. ...Pododioyumyumyum?<br /><br />What? I'm loving the TdF. Breakaway, Sky follows with 6 GC wannabees, catches break. Rinse and repeat.Been there, done thatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213956784784062266.post-75777401590551657482018-07-23T12:36:45.199-04:002018-07-23T12:36:45.199-04:00As usual, the first week of the tour was a bit bor...As usual, the first week of the tour was a bit boring. Unless you like failed breakaways and crashes. The second week was pretty good though. I've been impressed by how long it takes the peloton to catch Sagan when he goes in the break, even on the big mountain stages.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com