If FEMA had the bicycles, would it fund Hustler's manlet bib?
#2021
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Incredibly dumb idea. Don't do it.
#2022
This many.
Thanks for that, Andrew. I'd been considering getting one, I'll just stick with my phone.
Have fun with that. It will need constant updates, and not to add features. The 510 has been out for ~18 months now and Garmin is still doing major firmware update to fix massive bugs (the kind of bugs that will randomly wipe the device and all of your ride/profile data with it). Buying a Garmin that can't be updated is a bad, bad idea, even at a $100 discount. I'm honestly not a big fan of mine, despite the featureset. If there were an alternative, I'd already own it.
#2023
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Having to fiddle with electronics got pretty old with me (though I never had anything as complex as a Garmin, or even a PWR meter). Batteries needed all the time. Every device with different, non-intuitive programming. DST adjustment 2X per year. Now I have only a basic cyclocomputer with (2) wheel sizes that I move between bikes.
I admit that I ask those with fancy stuff, "what is this grade," and, "How much climbing did we do?" But in reality, knowing that does not get me up the climb any faster.
I just found that riding was reality, not the data sets.
As I said before, if I were training for a specific goal / event, I would at least get a HRM.
Oh, and when my riding partner's Garmin loses the satelite connection and shows "0" MPH, and no distance riden, my Cateye Mity 8 is still telling me what I want to know.
I admit that I ask those with fancy stuff, "what is this grade," and, "How much climbing did we do?" But in reality, knowing that does not get me up the climb any faster.
I just found that riding was reality, not the data sets.
As I said before, if I were training for a specific goal / event, I would at least get a HRM.
Oh, and when my riding partner's Garmin loses the satelite connection and shows "0" MPH, and no distance riden, my Cateye Mity 8 is still telling me what I want to know.
#2024
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I'm getting serious about a gravel bike. Options are
CAADx, son:
Epic
sex panther
CAAD, son
cheap
105 pov for $1700
Warbird:
Poverty
Ugly
Steel
expensive
105 pov for $2300
Rock Lobster:
Epic
Sex panther
Mint green
Custom
$1400 for a frame and fork
CAADx, son:
Epic
sex panther
CAAD, son
cheap
105 pov for $1700
Warbird:
Poverty
Ugly
Steel
expensive
105 pov for $2300
Rock Lobster:
Epic
Sex panther
Mint green
Custom
$1400 for a frame and fork
#2026
.Curtlo Cycles - Handmade bicycles. Custom Mountain Bike, Road, Cyclocross, Tandem bikes
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Unless you're hopelessly addicted to tracking HRM/power data over time like I am now, I think a Cateye V3 Wireless with HRM + phone GPS is the way to go. At some point the 510 will be good like the 500 is, but only time will tell. I pity the fools who are early-adopting Edge 1000s right now.
#2029
Unless you're hopelessly addicted to tracking HRM/power data over time like I am now, I think a Cateye V3 Wireless with HRM + phone GPS is the way to go. At some point the 510 will be good like the 500 is, but only time will tell. I pity the fools who are early-adopting Edge 1000s right now.
Sorry saw something shiny.
That's the more preaux version of my frame (TWO carbon toobss!!) polished and re-stickered.
#2038
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I'm now strongly considering buying a CAADx (lightly considering a Trek Crocket) and going to New Mexico for a few days and pedaling in the southern NM forest area. I ahve 34 days of "use or lose leave" and this sounds like a damn good idea.
Any thoughts on a CX vs a gravel bike? I hear the gravel style bikes are way more cush and more relaxing to ride with a lower BB. CAADx is sexy, Trek is poverty and ugly, like a Hyundai.
Any thoughts on a CX vs a gravel bike? I hear the gravel style bikes are way more cush and more relaxing to ride with a lower BB. CAADx is sexy, Trek is poverty and ugly, like a Hyundai.
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If you're in the south bay, I'll let you try mine. You will understand then