@ 8inchcable - I do NOT wish to change the subject here (and everyone is different - body and health wise), but in reference to your FALLING comment - a lot of it is about MOBILITY - I didn't start doing CrossFit (as opposed to other fitness programs, because it is a "functional", natural, everyday movement type fitness program) until I was 62 so as to help maintain (or at least slow the decline of) my strength, mobility and endurance as the years roll along.
Unibike, bicycle, trikes..... doesn't matter.
Falling at my age hurts like never before. I couldn't imagine being mid-60's and falling.
Speaking of trikes, the kinda new Yamaha TriCity has my attention. We might go steady really soon.....
Can a Onewheel be counted in this group? It IS an EV but with just one wheel ... I got the newly released GT model a few weeks ago; am slowing learning to ride it ... no major tumbles yet :-) ... slowly taking my time and not pushing it ...
We have panniers (saddle bags) mounted on our bikes when we do the big rides.
We usually pack 3 riding outfits with us so we only need to do laundry every 2-3 days
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That's a lot of riding.
Do you carry a few saddle bags or pull a cart with gear and clothes?
Do you wash your clothes every night or toss the tee shirts?
8in… please don’t create that sub-topic LOL
Va- really loved your Keys trip.
My wife and I have Kona Sutra touring bicycles. On a good week, I get 150 miles in. I average about 3,000 miles a year. My bike has about 30,000 miles on it.
We ride to the gym. We do bicycle tour vacations, loaded up with all our shit - and keep online blogs. We have ridden our bikes down the Florida keys, the Outer Banks of NC, from Buffalo to Toronto and back, around the Kentucky Bourbon Trail, and Texas Hill Country.
Next big one will be 5 weeks to cover Ireland.
"Never thought I would see a ‘bike’ discussion on a swinger site."
My bike Profile Pics have been working Wonders for me on this site... LOL !!
Fokkers - "Never thought I would see a ‘bike’ discussion on a swinger site."
I'd much rather see this than probably 99.9% of what goes on in the Politics thread ;-)
You are welcome!
I couldn't drag you into the politics section. Wait til I create the motors vs engines thread.
Never thought I would see a ‘bike’ discussion on a swinger site. Thanks 8in.
The big thing about bikes that I remember during my childhood is how many times I got busted for pulling plywood sheets out of dumpsters to build ramps in vacant lots so we could get some air time.
That, and getting chased by Navy Shore Patrol on our bikes when we were out running around causing trouble after the 9pm curfew at the base where Pop was stationed.
Native,
Those brands take me back to the 80's.
And the Mongoose and Diamondbacks and mag wheels.
The chrome bikes were the shit!
I remember riding in kid's seat on the back of my mother's green bus/granny bike. I learned how to ride on my aunt's similar bus.
As kid, I had Huffys, Murrays and eventually A Schwinn stingray. Then when mtn biking Inloved the GT brand with the triple triangle frame. Had a GT squishy with the i-drive that was awesome.
Now I have a Specialized Roubaix fully carbon fiber, Mavic wheelset, compact crank that I changed out from the stock triple ring. I have a steel city bike as my around town cruiser and a Peloton for cardio exercise!
FWIW - I posted a link to a similar make/model to the ones we bought. The ones we bought also had front/rear fenders, a rear storage rack, and a cell phone holder. I like that the bike came with just about everything we wanted/needed, like a kickstand, front suspension and the front and rear disk brakes. These bikes tend to be on the heavier side, so disk brakes give a bit of extra stopping power IMHO.
The only mods so far is I got steering head extenders to raise the bars up a bit higher to make it more comfortable to ride, and side view mirrors. I think the 2 things were under $30 total for both bikes.
These are not meant for serious off-road, but at most, we only ever drive them on old railroad beds or walking trails in decent condition, and they hold up fine for that. Most of the time we're just on the road with them.
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PS - If you plan to climb a lot of big hills and expect to do that with mostly the motor, you'll want to look into e-bikes with mid-drive motors. This places the motor where the crank is, which means the rear derailer can be used to change gears when climbing a hill.
Otherwise, you can burn out the motor on bikes with the hub motors. We have hills, but not a lot where we drive them and, as mentioned, I'm actually providing some substantial input when climbing them, but my wife hasn't had any issues so far with the minimal input she provides.
As a kid, I went through a number of bikes, but did for bikes what I tend to do now with cars. I eventually picked a make/model that I liked that held up to the abuse I put it through as a kid. For me, that was a Schwinn Varisty 10-speed with a 26" frame.
These thing were tanks, and just as relatively heavy when compared to today's lighweight road bikes, but I took mine everywhere the rest of the kids were taking their BMX style bikes at the time, and then some.
Unlike the more expensive Schwinn models at the time, the key thing is that these bikes had steel rims, where as the Contenental and Super Sport models had alloys and would not hold up to what I was putting my bike through. Even at that, I did manage to cave a rear rim in almost all the way to the axle (ran into an open sewer at high speed). With a lot less abuse, I actually broke a Columbia 10-speed frame. After caving the rim on the Varsity, I just swapped it out for a new rim/tire and was on my way again in minutes.
I also ran into a half circular set of outdoor mansonary stairs at a high rate of speed. I bent my rams horn handlebars at a nearly a 90 degree angle to the steering head. I DROVE the bike home after that, and in less than an hour, had the handlebars changed out with good ones.
I've had dozens of bikes, had a few stolen, broke a lot of them. Used to race BMX before it was really a thing back in the '70s. Favorite bike is still a 24 inch cruiser class bike, but don't huck big air; falling hurts too much.
Most of our road and mountain bikes are from the Specialized company.
I rode a Surly 1X1 single-speed for many years when I lived in Santa Barbara. Let me tell you, using a single going up and down those hills was a beast, but I really enjoyed the simplicity and light weight of the single-speed. Now that I'm back here in Fresno, which is flat, the single-speed should be a lot more fun, with less pain for my aging body. Except during the summer, when 100 degree + days are normal.
I have it stored in the back of the shop right now, and it needs a serious rebuild. One of these days, I'll get around to it.
"Try pouring water in your lawnmower or car and see how far it goes."
It would not have any effect on how far it goes. I drive my car in the rain all the time and it goes just as far.
Me - Motorcross ain't a real sport cuz the engine is doing the work, not their legs. E-bikes need you to pedal or you're sitting going nowhere.
Fokkers - still comparing a motorcycle to a bike with a pedal crank.
Carl Lewis "allegedly" used steroids. Marion Jones, Ben Johnson were suspended for them. They couldn't put the syringe in track shoes and expect the shoes to move. They still had to run.
Even though the motor gives me more torque and power, it requires me to pedal. It's most noticable climbing hills that I would have to stand and sway back and forth to climb. I'm using my legs to climb at 12-16 MPH instead of 3-6 MPH. More speed means more distance covered in those same 1-3 hours.
"The electric motor turns electrical energy from the battery into mechanical power to move the bike"
Motors and engines are not the same.
Try pouring water in your lawnmower or car and see how far it goes.
Bikes, E Bikes, Motorcycles and Scooters.
In the WTF thread, we took the convo "off-road" to bikes.
I just started this thread to let the WTF return to topic.
We can discuss what kind of bikes you currently have, want to have, etc.
Even talk about your first beloved bike(s) from childhood. Reminisce over the ones that got stolen too.
