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Re: The Cycling Thread
« Reply #4100 on: April 14, 2016, 07:59:32 pm »
Quote from: johngenx on April 14, 2016, 07:55:09 pm
Yeah, why not use a disc-guard?  And hey, they'd only be handmade out of carbon fiber and unicorn crap and cost $2000.

I don't think the pros care about how much things cost...
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Re: The Cycling Thread
« Reply #4101 on: April 14, 2016, 08:35:46 pm »
Exactly.  Which is why they'll be VERY expensive.
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Re: The Cycling Thread
« Reply #4102 on: April 14, 2016, 08:55:01 pm »
Disc guards?  Gear guards would have been nice on the day that I sliced a zipper into my calf after I hopped off when sliding down some mud.  It took almost a year for the grease to work itself out of the wound.

That's when I swore off MTB.  That bike is still for sale.
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Re: The Cycling Thread
« Reply #4103 on: April 14, 2016, 09:02:38 pm »
Quote from: Brigitte on April 14, 2016, 08:55:01 pm
Disc guards?  Gear guards would have been nice on the day that I sliced a zipper into my calf after I hopped off when sliding down some mud.  It took almost a year for the grease to work itself out of the wound.

That's when I swore off MTB.  That bike is still for sale.

My bike has the same feature as our clothes dryer...

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Re: The Cycling Thread
« Reply #4104 on: April 14, 2016, 09:35:24 pm »
Quote from: Brigitte on April 14, 2016, 08:55:01 pm
  Gear guards



She makes a good point.  What would happen to a knee that was thrust into a spinning gear set?

I'm guessing the same type of injury?
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Re: The Cycling Thread
« Reply #4105 on: April 14, 2016, 09:40:24 pm »
Quote from: johngenx on April 14, 2016, 07:55:09 pm
Yeah, why not use a disc-guard?  And hey, they'd only be handmade out of carbon fiber and unicorn crap and cost $2000.
Damn that prohibitively expensive unicorn crap hahhaa

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Re: The Cycling Thread
« Reply #4106 on: April 14, 2016, 09:41:02 pm »
What about if you fall off and hit a bridge abutment?  Or pavement?  Or...

But, yeah, I get making the bike at least not mauling the rider...
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Re: The Cycling Thread
« Reply #4107 on: April 14, 2016, 10:05:09 pm »
Disc brakes have been used for years on mountain bikes and one crash much more often off road than on road. Never seen anything like that happen on a dirt bike crash???
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Re: The Cycling Thread
« Reply #4108 on: April 14, 2016, 10:35:44 pm »
Quote from: Guy on April 14, 2016, 10:05:09 pm
Disc brakes have been used for years on mountain bikes and one crash much more often off road than on road. Never seen anything like that happen on a dirt bike crash???

Not as many guys in such a close pack usually though....so maybe that's why there's more concern?  Plus guys on dirt bikes wear tons of safety gear.  Cyclists not so much.
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Re: The Cycling Thread
« Reply #4109 on: April 14, 2016, 10:43:37 pm »
Yeah, the roadies wear little gear and ride 1mm from each other at speed.
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Re: The Cycling Thread
« Reply #4110 on: April 14, 2016, 11:21:00 pm »
Typical crash in a road race...

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Re: The Cycling Thread
« Reply #4111 on: April 16, 2016, 03:34:37 pm »
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The Cycling Thread
« Reply #4112 on: April 18, 2016, 04:48:12 am »
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Re: The Cycling Thread
« Reply #4113 on: April 18, 2016, 07:32:22 am »
FFS already. Like the sport needed to lose any more credibility.
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Re: The Cycling Thread
« Reply #4114 on: April 18, 2016, 07:39:41 am »
Quote from: rrocket on April 18, 2016, 04:48:12 am
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Re: The Cycling Thread
« Reply #4115 on: April 28, 2016, 07:43:37 am »
Durham Forest is open! First day on the trails this Saturday, can't wait.
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Re: The Cycling Thread
« Reply #4116 on: April 28, 2016, 07:49:27 am »
^^^ And the weather's supposed to be nice.  I hope to get out for my first ride of April  :-[ in the morning.
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Re: The Cycling Thread
« Reply #4117 on: April 28, 2016, 07:53:47 am »
Quote from: Jaeger on April 28, 2016, 07:49:27 am
^^^ And the weather's supposed to be nice.  I hope to get out for my first ride of April  :-[ in the morning.

What happened for the other 27 days?
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Re: The Cycling Thread
« Reply #4118 on: April 28, 2016, 08:18:11 am »
Guys, if I'm looking for a good beginner city bike (road + some offroad) with a max price of $600, is there a particular bike or set of bikes you can recommend? 

I was looking at the Miele Preza XD hybrid (http://www.mielebicycles.com/1332-Preza_XD-hybrid-bike.html) which is on sale right now for $500 from a local shop. 
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Re: The Cycling Thread
« Reply #4119 on: April 28, 2016, 08:24:16 am »
Quote from: quadzilla on April 28, 2016, 07:53:47 am
Quote from: Jaeger on April 28, 2016, 07:49:27 am
^^^ And the weather's supposed to be nice.  I hope to get out for my first ride of April  :-[ in the morning.

What happened for the other 27 days?

Got distracted car shopping.  :rofl2:
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