The Biking Thread

[cory]

This website will get ya pumped to ride

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[cory]

Yeah it got me pumped up so I jumped on my bike which I hadn't been on in approx 2.5 years and did a couple appts and rode around, maybe 8 or 10 miles, lordy lordy it was soooo much fun, had a peak experience for sure. Psyched to go out early AM next Saturday and go up into the local woods area.

 

[Tommy_B]

Had my road bike back after spending a day messing about with wheels, freehubs and everything else. Nightmare.
Went out and did 65km. Was great fun and surprised how much I'd missed it after only Mountain biking for a month

 

[cory]

Do you prefer one over the other or are you just happy to have both road and mountain at your disposal

 

[Tommy_B]

Do you prefer one over the other or are you just happy to have both road and mountain at your disposal

Good question. I got the Road bike in lockdown and loved going out and exploring. Never had a road bike before and probably not ridden any bike for 20 years.
I bought the Mountain bike to have something that I could go out with the girls on and found it was quite nice just going out on different terrain and across fields.
Glad I didn't get a better mountain bike to be honest as I would try jumping off stuff and probably wipe myself out. If I was given a tonne of cash and could buy a dream bike I'd get a road bike so probably lean towards that

 

[Patrick A]

Just back from a ferry ride and a 30 mile loop around the Schoodic peninsula in Maine. It was glorious.

 

[cory]

It was glorious.

Wow I bet!

Look up Ruel in Harpswell!

 

[cory]

Gravel Road Maps and Biking Routes - Gravelmap

Gravelmap is a tool for finding and sharing local gravel roads for biking, gravel grinding, exploration and more.

gravelmap.com

 

[Tommy_B]

Do you use Komoot? Very cool to plan and shows you elevation and terrain. You can filter in if you want to go MTB, Road, Gravel or hiking etc. Worth a look

 

[cory]

No but thank you for the heads up!

https://www.komoot.com

 

[Tommy_B]

Went for a little blast on the MTB this evening after work. Going well until I fell off and slid down a hill in the mud 😄😄

Definitely more fun staying upright!!

 

[cory]

This guy apparently has a cool biking/bike repair site

 

[SeanKroll]

Cool idea.

$98 profit is poor accounting in real life.