hey ben, that ride on sunday, whats the pace going to be like?
im asking because i might want to do it fixed because i need to ride but has no road bike currently.

with the wind? I don't think so bro

yung jeezy pdx:

hey ben, that ride on sunday, whats the pace going to be like?
im asking because i might want to do it fixed because i need to ride but has no road bike currently.

Multnomah Falls has a long downhill section and a long uphill. I wouldn't really recommend doing it fixed. A freewheel, however, might work out.

Multnomah falls would be sketch as fuck fixed, have fun skidding the shit out of your tire to avoid drifting into the other lane and getting hit by oncoming traffic...

I just got back from an out and back to Vernonia today. Much recommended ride, Scappoose-Vernonia highway is gorgeous as hell. 113 miles.

stumptown:

toddistic:

i rode the ms150 fixed, second day was about a 5 mile climb and i went past a lot of road bikes. i was wearing lyrca however.

This same thing will happen with singlespeed MTBs vs. geared ones. It's because with no gear to shift down from, you're forced to commit, stand up and power through. Your HR was probably way above the other guys you past, hence you would eventually blow up earlier. But once the grade hits 15% or more, the effect doesn't really happen anymore...

i had alot of fun, 46x18 up the hill, flipped the wheel after the climb to 46x16 and had fun destroying my knees on 15 miles of descent. was alot of fun, gonna try it next year geared - i want to do the day one 100 miles in around 4 hours.

MrBaker:

yung jeezy pdx:

hey ben, that ride on sunday, whats the pace going to be like?
im asking because i might want to do it fixed because i need to ride but has no road bike currently.

Multnomah Falls has a long downhill section and a long uphill. I wouldn't really recommend doing it fixed. A freewheel, however, might work out.

Mult Falls is Mon, Sun is chill ride, maybe fixed up the cemetery to dwntwn. I have to drive back to PDX tomorrow, so im not making any big plans.

How about Monday mornings around 8 we meet up at stumptown downtown then go put some miles down

i was thinking just the springwater or if anyone has a better route we could do that.

There's like a dozen ways to get some hills in. Just zigzag the west hills.. Just in NW you can do cornell/thompson, springville, germantown, newberry, mcnamee, cornelius pass, logie trail, or rocky point.

There's some easier ways through SW - up to council crest is nice and you can do the fairmount loop and then head to skyline from there via humphrey blvd.

I think im gonna wait till midday, mileage and terrain will kind of pend on what the weather and my legs feel like doing.

Mon 20% chance of rain, rest of week 60+. So get out tomorrow if ya can. Not that I wont ride in the rain, but its nice to get home and feel my fingers and not have to wash the bike.

hey Ben, what are you looking like after new years? I'm gonna have a bunch of free time for two weeks, and need to get my road on. The colnago has had a flat tire since september, it's probably time to get up onnit.

Helpful tips for road racing:

http://www.ritteracing.com/2009/08/the-art-of-riding-sideways/

No problem.. I usually just wear a magnum while riding and pee in that, but this sounds a lot easier.

Just FYI I wouldnt mix sram/campy drivetrains.
I bought my whole rival group new for a bit over 600. Im sure you could pick up someones older group for less off fleabay.
Is this late model schwinn at least have a standard size BB?

Personally, I like my sram and hope to buy force when I someday build a new roadie.

Red, Dura Ace and Record are great groups, but they are for pros who get it for free, or Drs/lawyers who wish they were pro and have more $$ to burn. The performance from one level down to the top is hardly worth the $$.

dude, friction is hot. pardon the almost-pun?

but seriously, downtube friction shifters make me hot in the pants...."brifters," not so much. shit's the jam, especially if you're slick with it. theres a much more "real" feeling to it. plus its a helluva lot less of a pain in the ass to set up, especially if you're mixing component groups.

take into account, i also dislike carbon fiber anything,and aluminum, not to mention that wireless dura ace bullshit (yikes!). this slightly influences my tastes in bikes.

M, Both groups at this point are really good, and will last a long while. Both are more repairable than shimano (prolly why youre not looking at them). I wanna try Campy for the fun of it some of the old stuff was quirky (blame that italian design). Yeah, their logo and heritage is sexy, but I like the double tap shifting and that it was at least designed in the US (of course pretty much all groups/components are manufactured in china).

A, Got this job thing goin, otherwise I would think about it.
Interesting the temp is supposed just drop throughout the day, but the rain will let up. So warm and wet or cold and dry? Hm.

Possibly gonna get out and ride Sun, no idea where.

From the perspective of dollar to performance ratio, buying a grouppo alone, Rival makes the most sense by far.

grimm:

Possibly gonna get out and ride Sun, no idea where.

Ben I would love to ride Sunday my friend.

FSA cranksets?

im looking at fsa road stuff, the gossamer looks affordable.

they're generally really affordable, if it doesn't irk you to have a mis-matched drivetrain..isn't that why most prebuilt bikes, even with 105/ultegra/rival come with them?

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The cranks aren't that bad but in my experience, FSA's bottom brackets suck. Not too durable, not too smooth. I'd just match the crank with whatever group you get.

The SLK cranks are absolute shit. I have the team issue carbon cranks on the road bike, and they seem decent.

kinda late coming into this, and it seems like youre sold on rival (which Ive liked a lot the limited times Ive ridden it) but I got a good deal on my Ultegra 6600/6700 mix and have had no problems with it at all and really like it. the shifting feels really, really good. Ive also ridden chorus a little and it felt good, but I didnt like the little thumby lever on the brifter, although I'm sure youd get used to it if you had it, and Im just used to shimano STI shifting.

edit: oh yeah and the 6700 cranks are stiff as balls. they rival my omniums which are like the stiff(est?) track crank/bb available

The chain is specific for anything more than 8 gears. So I don't see how an 11 speed chain is any worse than having to get a 10 speed chain or a 9 speed chain. and any chain works. Campy chains are stupid expensive (compared to the price of a dura ace chain) and a sram or shimano chain will work fine on any brand.. Everything 8 gears and less is 3/32nd and takes the same chain.

11 speed is nice but it'll get a lot cheaper in a couple years, so unless you're racing, I don't see the point in investing in 11 speed unless you hve a stupid amount of money to spend.

Campy hubs aren't hard to buy new.. they aren't as readily available used though and they are more expensive. More companies make shimano wheels and some really nice stuff (i.e. chris king) doesn't come in campy. If you ever are, racing, for example, a lot of races have neutral wheels and they're all gonna be shimano (esp in cross, cuz shimano sponsorship)

Campy can only be mixed in a few ways. I.e. shimano cranks, front derailleurs, diff chain, etc.

I think I'd probably go with shimano if I was building from scratch, but SRAM is efinitely cheaper in the long run.. easy to maintain.. and the shifters are rebuildable (unless you do what i did and when you fall the shifter body falls completely out of your shifter and the whole thing breaksi n half)