The R3V Bicycle Thread

[LateFan]

Top speed on my ride last night.

That's too fast son....you'll put your eye out doin' that shit.

[BobombETA]

Any recommendations for a tire for my 29er? I ride mostly bike paths and cross country style.. Don't need super aggressive tread.

[BlackbirdM3]

Top speed on my ride last night.

Will

[4tDX]

Picked this up a couple months ago - Trek 520 Disc.

[Nick_S]

My BMX was stolen about 6 weeks ago. Thankfully insurance came through was able to get a super dialed bike out of it. That with a handful of connections for cheaper parts and I actually came out ahead. The best of the packages was from Profile Racing. Bought every titanium option they had.


that's about $1k worth of a few parts, lol.

New bike feels insanely good though. Been shredding on it a lot lately.


I also got my first mtn bike lately. Pictures of that to come but here's a photo from a hell of an epic hike/bike with a buddy.

[LateFan]

At Walla Walla WA two weeks ago. Whitman, OSU, and Western Washington U at the finish after 50 miles of racing.

[beta14ok]

Sad news. Prayers up.

[LateFan]

Don't mean to be a bummer - some of you NW guys may see some news of this.

An Oregon State University cycling team rider was killed in a collegiate road race near Auburn / Black Diamond Saturday. Part of the NW Collegiate Cycling series, hosted this past weekend by UW.

Fast descent on wet roads, lost control, hit a guardrail. My son's group was riding behind him a ways.

Damn sad. 29 years old, PhD candidate and teaching assistant in engineering at OSU.

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/oregon-man-killed-in-crash-during-race-near-black-diamond/

http://velonews.competitor.com/2016/03/news/collegiate-cyclist-dies-in-washington-race_400068

https://www.facebook.com/usacycling

Be safe out there.

[ST1G]

My dad got me a carbon bike so we can ride together. Couple years old, but not bad, and a blast to ride.

[kronus]

anyone have any decent disc 700c wheelsets hanging around? my commuter bike got vandalized, and I'm rebuilding it onto a chinese carbon cyclocross frameset, but need to replace the rear wheel as well.

[jpod999]

Some of those track bikes are amazing!

I got my wife a singlespeed off Bikesdirect a while back and she never liked the drops that it had on it, she just wasn't comfortable with having to lean over that far. This weekend I finally got around to building her a new setup. I got some mountain bike risers, purple Ourys, and a Tektro brake lever. Set it all up and she is way more comfortable with the riding position!

[BlackbirdM3]

Wow. wowie wow...

Some amazing stuff. Those loose hand-cut lugs are insane. Bamboo & carbon fiber...huh?

Carl Strong is in Bozeman Montana. A friend's son use to be sponsored by Strong when he was a teenager. That son is Tejay van Garderen and now he's "kind of a big deal." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tejay_van_Garderen

Thats cool. It would be good to see Tejay have a good tour this year.

I have a frame built by Carl, I broke it hahah. It was a sweet frame. Built with Columbus Altec 2+ and Easton Ultralight. Here is was prior to my breaking the dropout (It just broke while on a ride, a real JRA)



Will

[LateFan]

Wow. wowie wow...

Some amazing stuff. Those loose hand-cut lugs are insane. Bamboo & carbon fiber...huh?

Carl Strong is in Bozeman Montana. A friend's son use to be sponsored by Strong when he was a teenager. That son is Tejay van Garderen and now he's "kind of a big deal." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tejay_van_Garderen

[BlackbirdM3]

Some more from the Hand built bike show...






























Will

[BlackbirdM3]

That last one is wild.

How do you lean the tricycle one? Or is it intended for people with injuries or balance issues?

I didn't ask. I just thought it was a really nice display of workmanship. It is made from Titanium. I shot more pics of the show, I just haven't finished editing them.

Will