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| location | Sunnyvale, CA | |
| age | 27 | |
| visits | member for | 2 years, 7 months |
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Apr 22 |
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What could cause a screeching noise when going downhill without brakes? fixed... everything |
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Apr 22 |
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What could cause a screeching noise when going downhill without brakes? Are you saying that the sound doesn't happen when you do use the brakes? |
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Apr 22 |
suggested | suggested edit on What could cause a screeching noise when going downhill without brakes? |
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Apr 2 |
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Waterproof spray or waterproof pannier cover? I think it's reasonable to ask about what works and what doesn't in this department, but for the record, if you're using dry bags anyway, waterproofing sounds like overkill to me. |
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Apr 2 |
answered | Ride with someone who is less trained |
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Mar 25 |
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How safe are helmet- or glasses-mounted mirrors? Note that while the title summarizes it as "how safe are they?" the entire body of the question (except "I can't use bar-end mirrors") is about safety in case of falls. |
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Mar 25 |
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How safe are helmet- or glasses-mounted mirrors? Let me clarify: the question is about safety specifically in terms of injury during falls, not the degree of additional safety afforded by the field of view the mirror (e.g. presence of blind spots). I'm not picking on you, merely saying that you have not addressed the core of the question, which both of the other answers do address. As you say, they do also discuss preferences and alternatives, but importantly they answer the actual question. |
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Mar 24 |
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How safe are helmet- or glasses-mounted mirrors? The question's about safety, not about your choice/recommendation of mirror types. |
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Mar 9 |
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How do I estimate how long it will take me to ride my commute? This question is talking about longer distances, but the answer pretty much covers your question - people don't usually go that much faster on a half hour ride. |
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Feb 17 |
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What is the most efficient way to ride up or down hills, and into or away from wind? @whatsisname Uh, yes, but that's beside the point. Your legs care about force, not just power, so if you're struggling up a hill, sometimes your legs become the limiting factor, and it doesn't matter if your heart rate increases. Unless you're a really, really strong cyclist, you can easily get to where remaining at threshold heart rate will tire your legs out too much, and you subsequently your legs won't be able to exert enough to keep you at threshold. |
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Feb 17 |
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What is the most efficient way to ride up or down hills, and into or away from wind? One more reason uphill is complex: none of the real hills you ride up are going to be constant grade. You're going to have tougher spots and easier spots messing with your speed and short-term energy reserves, so it gets even harder to optimize. |
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Feb 17 |
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What is the most efficient way to ride up or down hills, and into or away from wind? This might not actually be optimal - your legs do work too, not just your heart, and under some circumstances (sufficiently steep hills or strong headwinds) they're going to become the limiting factor. At that point you have to figure out where to ease up in order to be able to make it the whole way, and you're back to the difficult optimization problem. |
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Feb 17 |
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What is the most efficient way to ride up or down hills, and into or away from wind? I think that people tend to downvote questions they perceive as "bad" because they're obviously (to them) difficult or impossible to answer. This is pretty dumb, though - your question is clear and well-defined, and the explanation of why it's still pretty much impossible to answer is itself the answer. (+1) |
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Feb 16 |
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Protecting quick-release seats and wheels from theft It's not as easy as you think to cut through a rim. Bolt cutters definitely won't do it. As Sheldon Brown says: "Some will object that felons might cut the rear rim and tire to remove the lock. Believe me, this just doesn't happen in the real world. It is indeed possible to cut the rim with a hacksaw, working from the outside to the inside, but first, the tire must be removed or cut through. It would be a lot of work to steal a frame without a usable rear wheel, the most expensive part of a bike, after the frame." |
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Feb 4 |
awarded | Popular Question |
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Jan 21 |
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Bicycle lights- Indicating in the dark Things like this exist: rei.com/product/769617/planet-bike-brt-strap |
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Jan 7 |
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What are some Routes to riding from Los Angeles to San fransisco? You say you know it's not easy - but do you have a good idea how hard it'll be? Have you done a multi-day long hilly ride on a fixie before, or at least a single long hilly day? |
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Dec 9 |
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Are today's bikes “better” than a few decades ago? @gerrit Road bike really just means a bike primarily meant for the road - it could be designed for racing, touring, or commuting. People tend to get a bit focused on racing bikes (everyone likes to be fast), and even start to use "road bike" to refer only to them as you do, but traditionally it's a more broad category. |
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Nov 17 |
awarded | Organizer |
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Nov 17 |
revised |
Time trial improvement from new bike clean up everything |
