The R3V Bicycle Thread

[155///MPH]

Love that Poprad

[LateFan]

Wed night CX. It rained! Not my pics.









pizza & beer station..

[LateFan]

1 - it was in an accident

2 - someone was messing with reducing the rake and steering response

3 - ?

[leegf]

I mean where the crown of the fork meets the bottom of the head tube. I'm far from an expert on these matters, but judging from the head tube angle, the fork looks ever so slightly pushed back to me.

As you say, though, it could just be an optical illusion.

[LateFan]

Do you mean the giant ski jump rake to it? Or rather what looks like a kink at the bottom of the head tube?

I wondered that too. Unless that's an optical illusion because of perspective on the flat-topped fork crown...

[leegf]

Yeah it does. Here'a a pic - not my bike but just like it, with that pointy Pivo stem. Wonder if you can buy repro frame stickers.

Good-looking bike, and yes, you probably can find repros on eBay.

In the photo you posted (I know it's not your bike), does the fork look slightly bent?

[LateFan]

Reminds me of my old PX-10

Yeah it does. Here'a a pic - not my bike but just like it, with that pointy Pivo stem. Wonder if you can buy repro frame stickers.

[BlackbirdM3]

Was just teasin'! Yeah, the balance between comfort, distance, and speed.

A lot of mtn bikes out there - seems a good way to try it vs buying yet another specialized bike. The newer cx bikes are coming with a single 42 in front, which makes them way less useful as daily commuter / knockaround bikes.

The disc brakes are crazy good, especially when it gets really dusty or wet.

My son's crank is a double Shimano with cx gears - can't remember numbers now, but they're different than road, and closer together in number. You never need full speed 52-11 gears, and you don't really need tiny baby gears - at that point it's faster to get off and run.

This week's course - it was about 1.5 miles x 9 laps in 50 minutes.
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A light mtb will do just fine in a CX race. My Action Tec race bike was 19 lbs with full knobbies. Had a triple with a 11-28 8 spd cassette (titanium). Never needed disk brakes. The last CX race I did was a sloppy sandy mess. Ran my ceramic coated rims with a new set of pads. The sand and the rims ate the brake pads in a race but my friend and I went 1-2 lapping 3rd place (We tied for 1st, but he needed the points to win the season championship so I took 2nd.)

I hesitate to race CX because I don't want to put a wet, muddy bike in the back of my M3. If it stays dry though, I should get on it.

Will

[leegf]

Thank god for gumwalls. They just make a bike wheel look nicer.

[M-technik-3]

My old Gitane in Georgetown / DC when my son took it to school out there.

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Still going strong - my wife's older brother bought it new in 1973 when he was a teenager. Been in the family every since. Original Stronglight crankset.

Reminds me of my old PX-10

[LateFan]

looks fast sitting still!

[155///MPH]

New Bike Day

Picked up a new ride to replace my broken TCR SL. The shop gave me a great deal on last year's Propel. Amazingly close ride feel to the TCR.

[LateFan]

Was just teasin'! Yeah, the balance between comfort, distance, and speed.

A lot of mtn bikes out there - seems a good way to try it vs buying yet another specialized bike. The newer cx bikes are coming with a single 42 in front, which makes them way less useful as daily commuter / knockaround bikes.

The disc brakes are crazy good, especially when it gets really dusty or wet.

My son's crank is a double Shimano with cx gears - can't remember numbers now, but they're different than road, and closer together in number. You never need full speed 52-11 gears, and you don't really need tiny baby gears - at that point it's faster to get off and run.

This week's course - it was about 1.5 miles x 9 laps in 50 minutes.

[BlackbirdM3]

"Looks sharp. Remember what the old mechanic said..."It ain't the bike, it's the pump." "

Yes and no. I've often thought this, but not in this case. The Tsunami is noticeably faster in every respect than my Litespeed Vortex. The Vortex is more comfortable for long rides, but the Tsunami is much faster in every way.

Nice cycloX pics. I might give CX a go this winter with the mtb.

Will

[LateFan]

Last week was a dust bowl...