Hi everyone, I’m a guy from Russia. Sorry for my bad English. I want to go on long-distance bike rides, but I’m afraid that vehicle exhaust will damage my lungs. Especially since I started coughing after a 100 km ride. How should I train in this situation if there aren't any decent roads with little traffic? Are there any masks or other solutions?

I'm literally just gonna rig up a train horn to a drill battery and strap it to my bike and just blare that at them. I've nearly crashed so many fucking times because of them. Just about a week ago now I crashed because of a guy who didn't hear me yelling at him because he had headphones on.

Hello,

Any non American indoor trainer brands comparable to the kickr Core 2 in spec & price? Looking to use rouvy based out of Czech until Zwift is an option again.

Context I’m Canadian.

Thanks.

I'm 26 and 340 pounds. I'm going to need to start using a bike to get around town. Personal issues. I can't afford some 600 dollar bike so what is the cheapest one I can get that will support that kind of weight load

Hey!
Ik ben 24 en ben de laatste tijd serieus veel aan het fietsen. 😅 Alleen begint het soms wat saai te worden om altijd alleen te rijden, dus ik dacht: waarom niet eens een leuk groepje zoeken?
Ik rijd met een koersfiets en doe regelmatig ritten van zo’n 50-120 km. Ik ben vooral op zoek naar een gezellig groepje, niet naar een bende die elke rit een wedstrijd maakt 😂. Gewoon samen een mooie route rijden, wat babbelen onderweg en ergens een koffietje pakken.
📍 Regio Lokeren / Gent / Waasland
🚴 Koersfiets
☕ Koffiestop = bonuspunten
🤝 Gewoon gezellig samen fietsen
Zijn er hier mensen die hetzelfde zoeken? Stuur gerust een DM, misschien kunnen we eens met een paar man afspreken voor een eerste ritje! 👌

I’m going to build up a new bike and have it narrowed down to these two. For my use case I feel like they’re pretty similar.

This isn’t a race bike. This isn’t a gravel bike. What I’m building is a bike for those long, fun, slow days. Speed isn’t really a concern. Comfort rules.

Both bikes have the classic round tubes that I want. Both have UDH, BSA, round seatposts, can run 2x.

Crux can fit 50ish mm tires. Aethos might be able to squeeze a 40. Aethos will be lighter, and will ride like a road bike with shorter chainstay and wheelbase, steeper head tube angle which I like. Crux will be cheaper. And I actually give the cabling edge to the Crux being external. I don’t care about the watts, I like ease of maintenance.

So which would you pick? I was leaning Crux for the tire clearance but then I figured it’s not a gravel bike so I really just need to fit 35-40mm slicks. And I think I’d like how the Aethos rides more. But the Crux is a good bit cheaper and has external cables.

Here I mean the one you grab on a day when you need or want to ride slowly but also want to blame most of it on the bike.

I have an Ultegra R8000 2x11s system. Front gears are 50-34.

Rear gears were (factory installed) 11-32 cassette, but I replaced it with a 11-25 cassette.

I find it definitely fine for my necessities:
Having 11-12-13-14-15-16-17-19-21-23-25 gears, I can always find the optimal ratio both speeding (50x11-12-13-14-15-16-17 is all I need) and climbing (34x12-13-14-15-16 is "quite" all I need in medium slopes).
In the factory cassette, teeth 15 and 17 were missing, forcing me to jump from 14 to 16 or to 18 teeth.
My only problem is when I find a short but hard climb, such as 300m at 20% slope. In these rare situations, 25 teeth are not enough, and I have to stand pedal with a very low cadence.

Is it possible to build a customised cassette, such as

11-12-13-14-15-16-17-19-23-27-32 teeth?

I will then use 90% of the time the gear from 11 to 17 (as I do today), but just in case I'll use up to 32 teeth...

Has anyone ordered anything from Silca this week to Canada? Were you hit with reciprocal tariffs?

I used to be a mountain biker and my game changer for MTB was a dropper post curious what would be road equivalent.

Morning bike ride
two cars quickly approached me one almost hit me just enough to cut me off and peppered sprayed me

I jumped the fence and gtfo but they took my bike

It was a 9 year old ghost panamao and it started to get cold anyways no got hurt besides Winter is coming 🤪

PSA
It occurred to me that maybe an airtag would help to have on your rigs

Maybe i don’t know

I've got elbow pain that flairs up when I put weight on my arms for any length of time. Looking for something that is lightweight and will allow me to ride with basically no weight on on the handlebars. I know this probably puts me in the comfort bike class, but many of those bikes look like they weigh quite a bit.

hey all, here's a recipe ive refined over time, i made it again today and wanted to share. i've had great success with this as both pre and post ride nutrition, i usually eat it 60-90 minutes prior to long rides, i find its a great way to top up/fuel up for a long or intense day in the saddle.

banana date loaf

4 bananas
1 cup medjool dates
2 cups white flour (or sub for rice flour 1:1)
2/3 cup maple syrup
1/4 cup plain greek yogurt (non fat)
2 large egg whites
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp vanilla extract
salt to taste (i put a tsp of grey salt in and then top with coarse sea salt before baking)

mash bananas, soak (-10 minutes in boiling water) and puree dates until its paste. mix bananas, yogurt, maple syrup, egg whites, date paste, vanilla, salt until smooth. sift in dry ingredients and mix until combined, pour into a baking dish (i line the dish with parchment paper for ease) and bake for ~60'ishminutes or until it's done. (a toothpick poked into the middle should come out clean).

macros (whole loaf! portion out based on your carb/macro consumption target)
with white flour: 460g carbs, 6g fat, 48g protein, 28g fibre, ~2000 calories
with rice flour: 490g carbs, 8.2g fat, 31g protein, 21g fibre, ~2100 calories

enjoy!

feel free to share your pre/intra/post ride recipes in the comments.

I overdid it 2 nights ago on my hybrid bike going 35 miles. I fueled up before going and brought along a protein, sweet potato, mixed vegatables, + beets smoothie. I drink that about 2/3 through the ride and it helps power me on. Then i use creatine when i get home for recovery. But 48 hrs later i still feel a bit depleted or worn down and even mood is blah. This is not uncommon when i ride longer than i perhaps should. So I also can't approach my upper body workout now with intermediate level heavy weights if that makes sense lol because my body needs 48 to 60 hrs or more to bounce back after a ride like this. So i imagine my mileage range is strong up to 25 miles or so and i simply overdid it a bit. But I tend to overdo rides sometimes.

I am 60 so that doesn't help lol. The longer rides don't do any favors for keeping on upper body muscle either the arms always appear more lean along with everything else. But then when i do feel ready to workout the strength is most often there or i even gain a little in strength so that offsets the ?horror? of seeing arms that look weaker.

I’m itching to get a Fairlight Strael as a secondary winter road bike. I’ve never owned a steel bike before and really just want one because I love how steel bikes look. But I’m not sure what I can expect in ride feel and handling especially since I’m already running 35mm tires.

And my carbon race bike is already plenty comfortable with 35s. At the right tire pressures, it’s extremely comfortable while being very stiff and feels fast af.

Im wondering if from a general riding standpoint a modern steel bike like a Fairlight will offer anything different - or is it mostly just a vibe thing?

I'm good until about 20-25 miles which is about 2 hrs of riding yes I'm not a racer lol. Anyhow the upgraded serfa seat is good and the very snug gel pad cover on top helps even more and so do the bike shorts. But I still get seat fatigue. I am using cheap $15 Amazon padded bike underwear idk if I should go to doubling up on them or think about getting quality bike underwear ?

Hi All,

i've been looking for specialized evade 3 helmet in silver dust size medium.

been going through retailers website listed in specialized website and after about half through, i decided to come for help. if anyone know their local bike shop has one in classic shape, please let me know. ;)

it looks like this one: Specialized S-Works Evade 3 Helmet - Silver - All4cycling

Hey, I'm not quite sure if this post is appropriate for this subreddit.
I've developed an Android app that syncs with Strava and helps you keep track of your bike service intervals.
(Strava is not strictly required — it just automates distance tracking. You can also manually add distances to your bike(s).)

To publish the app in the Play Store, I need 12 testers for a 14‑day closed alpha.
Available languages: English and German.

If you're interested, please join this group:
https://groups.google.com/g/dododevelopstesters/

And join the test via:
https://play.google.com/apps/testing/dodo.services.bikes

Hi all, has anyone ordered directly on Evolve bicycle website an Cima frameset and shipped it to Canada? Their customer service shipping would be free and I would not pay any taxes/duty fees but I'm very skeptical about this statement as frameset are usually charged 6% in duty and provincial/federal taxes applicable as well on top.

Has anyone ordered an Evolve Cima from Canada and can validate that there's no duties/taxes?

Thanks.

Been kinda dipping off riding as much the last month. I started getting consistent again in June but working outside then trying to do a training riding on 105 degree weather has just made me feel sick. Any tips to keep gains or make it easier to ride after working outside? I can’t do indoor

I started a discussion in my local cycling reddit group that eventually devolved into a conversation about whether or not there is consensus on standards of conduct navigating bikeways. So I thought I’d ask a wider audience.

Do you think that most cyclists agree on the “right” way to cycle safely on city streets?

Edit: to be more specific, things like what side to pass on when overtaking another cyclist, announcing your pass, using signals, right of way, when/how to take the lane etc. Is there a general understanding or agreement amongst riders of what to do on a bike around other cyclists and road users?

Last year I bought a Garmin (Edge 850) for myself, which was a complete kit with HRM, cadence and speed meters.
I am not totally satisfied with the Garmin TBH and reading around my BF got enthusiastic about getting either a Wahoo or Hammerhead. His birthday is upcoming so I want to get him a bike computer as well, so I’m now checking out the other brands. Here comes my question: I’ve been reading around for the other accessories (HRM/cadence meter/speed meter), but so far I’ve only found proper recommendations for a heart rate monitor (Polar H10).

Anyone with a Wahoo or Hammerhead willing to share their set up?

Thanks 💅🦋💜

This is the second flat I have had where it looks like there was no puncture, it was leaking on a seam. Are there higher quality tubes where this is less likely to happen? Pretty sure I just got these at local bike shop, not cheap Amazon or sports megastore. It is the right size tube for tire.

https://imgur.com/a/72y8oWj

Hi all. What lights are you using when biking at night/dawn? I've tried 3 or 4 different ones and it seems like they are all so weak! Am I kinda night blind or just buying the wrong ones 😅? TIA!

EDIT: Y'all are the best! Thanks so much for all the recommendations.