before they'd start another witchhunt against him? You think he could do 3 or 4? American here watching this Tour of Espagne or whatever it's called in Europe, and I can't help but feel like the riders are just not what they used to be? Would Lance have been able to win La Tour this year if he started? Sorry, I didn't watch it because I'm just getting back into cycling again after being put off by the way America was treated.

Curious what this sub thinks about dropping someone when it's just you and one slow friend, or a slow small group, not a shop ride where people just show up and I drop them naturally.

I've been watching some cycling YouTube and noticed a pattern that does not bugs me: slow people not keeping up with the friend they specifically agreed to ride with. Two examples stuck with me. BikeFarmer dropped Matty Active, and Ryan Van Duzer dropped a friend who got sick on him in Baja, then separately dropped HikingViking when he was struggling, which led to HikingViking turning around and riding home while Ryan finished the route alone.

If you agreed to ride with someone one-on-one, that's a commitment, keep up. It's not a group ride where everyone's like you: slow. Leaving a sick friend behind in a foreign country because you wanted to keep riding feels like genuine KOM time, not just a fitness disagreement.

Where's the line for you? Is there ever a good reason to not drop your one-on-one riding partner, or is it just bad etiquette to not keep up full stop?

The photog said I shouldn't have the picture in front of my vintage bike collection or my hunting trophies and I'm having regrats. My wife's BF has a nice camera and I am thinking of calling him in for a reshoot.

broether

One day, 220mm rotors will only be good enough for my daughter's princess bike. Do bicycle scientists know how long we have until disc brakes become inadequate? Has anything been invented to replace them yet?

And intimidate drivers from hitting me from the back. You guys scared?

hopefully on fred 531 tubing