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| bio | website | kylheku.com |
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| location | Vancouver, Canada | |
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| visits | member for | 8 months |
| seen | May 8 at 16:33 | |
| stats | profile views | 9 |
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May 8 |
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What can I do to help me sustain frequent long-ish rides? @TalFishman Oh, taking stops, or generally, using your brakes and going slowly down the hill, will add to your time, for sure, but not significantly to the overall effort. |
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May 4 |
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Is cycling better than walking to lose weight? I agree. For instance, let's compare, oh, squeezing a tennis ball with cycling. |
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May 4 |
answered | Is cycling better than walking to lose weight? |
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May 4 |
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Why are single-speed bikes with disc brakes hard to find? It might be difficult for the cyclist to get just a front brake at the retail level, but I would think not for a manufacturer who orders thousands of them from a supplier. |
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May 4 |
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Is a bike faster than a car for the first ten metres? An ant is faster than a bike for the first nanometer, too! Problem is, the finish line is located at the last nanometer, not the first. |
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May 4 |
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What can I do to help me sustain frequent long-ish rides? Just because you have to make stops doesn't mean you don't get the benefit of coasting downhill! The one "waste" is when you're already off the hill and on the flat, and you cannot keep the kinetic energy because there is a stop. Well, that kinetic energy isn't something you can keep for long anyway. Within a few hundred yards, most of it is dissipated in air drag. |
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May 4 |
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Will a bike stand that holds one wheel damage my bike? What exactly is this contraption good for, if your bikes have kickstands? |
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May 4 |
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Why are single-speed bikes with disc brakes hard to find? But this issue affects the rear. Who cares about rear brakes. If a bike was to have only one brake, you'd put it on the front wheel, not the rear, and if it was to have only one disc brake, it would go in the front. In other words, this answer doesn't explain why there aren't single-speed bikes that have a disc brake in the front. (Either just that brake, or that brake in combination with some other kind of brake in the rear, like a hub brake.) |
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Apr 2 |
answered | Ride with someone who is less trained |
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Mar 27 |
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What advanced cycling skills are useful for a commuter or city rider? About looking backwards: maybe get a rear-view mirror to help with that (though you obviously have blinds spots then, like a motorist), but it eliminates some of the shoulder checking. |
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Mar 27 |
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What advanced cycling skills are useful for a commuter or city rider? Same here. Commute to work daily, do not jump curbs. Cars do not have to jump curbs, and I go where cars go. This is a question about urban commuting, not kids doing tricks after school. |
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Mar 4 |
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I need help on how to make my bike faster Replace the legs which drive the pedals. |
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Mar 2 |
awarded | Critic |
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Mar 2 |
awarded | Supporter |
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Mar 2 |
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Are tow-hitch bike racks legal? Not really a bicycle question. "Can I attach such and such to my car so that it meets motor vehicle laws". |
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Mar 2 |
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New Chain causing skipping on cassette - will this work itself out or is it unsafe? 5000 miles out of a casette is what you can expect? Wow, that's like ... an oil change interval on a car. And I'm assuming that's a good quality casette, not something from a "bicycle shaped object?" Geez what an industry, this cycling. |
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Mar 1 |
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What subtle factors affect performance in unsubtle ways? @Kibbee Ah yes, good point. It might be a good idea to stick a piece of tape at the insertion line, or make a mark with a permanent marker. |
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Mar 1 |
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What subtle factors affect performance in unsubtle ways? But the first one doesn't change from ride to ride, unless you have loose bolts (e.g. your seat post slips down and you don't know it), and the second is obvious (you know you're struggling because it is hot and humid). Not exactly a "subtle factor". |
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Mar 1 |
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BMX stem slipping; how to stop? Don't use a cheater bar on anything, unless it is required to produce the specified N*m or lb*ft of torque. |
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Mar 1 |
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What subtle factors affect performance in unsubtle ways? Alas I was going to add food reactions to the list, indeed. |
