10 more things I wish I knew as a beginner cyclist
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20 Comments
#11 Check your chain for stretch and replace as needed.
Can we get a video on the new drop cues options? Pretty interesting subject for the poors.
Excellent, great advice! Fairy liquid (concentrated) does indeed remove grease and I’ve used for several years once I discovered how effective it was! Weight and stretch trading does indeed help all round fitness and for cycling—Critical I’d say!
100% agreed on the offroad shoe preference.
@bike grease: I use gall soap, it works wonders
Claris is 8 speed, apex is 11 speed but we get the point 😉
With wide albatross bars, a Redshift TT seat post and an ideal ratio makes single speed very viable too!
Don't forget flat pedal mtb shoes. For cycling enthusiasts who don't compete or who are just getting into cycling, it's much better, imo, to encourage them to use good mtb flat pedals and good stiff rubber bottom shoes, yes, even on road bikes rather than trying to push them immediately toward clipless. For one, you know that outside of competition, clipless are unnecessary and the performance loss w/flat pedals is negligible. Plus, flat pedals/shoes are more versatile and convenient, especially if out riding for fun, commuting or if you get stranded and have to hike a bike.
obviously jimmy doing the heavy lifting in this video
No ideas for a video: let's do a 10 things I….. One
Oh boy… traveling with bikes, what a hassle.
I've reached the conclusion that I need a special bike for travelling. One with cables that are not routed through the stem&headset.
Because it's awful to remove and put back those integrated stem&handlebar with internally routed cables, and for the moment I have a borrowed soft-case box.
A second-hand bike is cheaper than a brand new hard-shell box. One with standard stem & handlebar and cables that don't run through the headset. And I'm travelling by airplane like once or twice in an year. But I can use the bike for training throughout the year.
You should do a special video: travelling with bike, by plane, in 2025.
Well……..if, if, only IF, and if you put a steel frame on a soft bag, nothing, nothing, no cracks or breaks would've happened to the frame. Steel doesn't snap or break. But hard plastic? What do you expect? By the way, Carbon is nothing but hard plastic…….it craks, it breaks……..
Don't be the aerodynamics guy instant of that learn to chose right components for your bike if you want to be fast you can do vintage bike faster than carbon bike with the right components
Disagree with "aluminium fail very quickly". I personally broke one handlebar on courier red light sprint and it wasn't fast, I felt some movement and there were 2-3 cycles of load (pedal strikes at my case) until it got really soft, but it didn't broke off! So it's not quickly, you probably will notice it.
* Steel is real, 1985 USSR frame still getting abused every day rain and hot for delivery work
**Handlebar was old, vintage one, modern ones probably made from different alloy and have thinner walls
I have Look pedals and Sidi shoes. I always bring with me the plastic cleat covers so I can walk around if needed.
Did someone let Jimmy go to the pub before this?
I feel like this is a misrepresentation of the reliability of aluminum, especially for modern stuff. I think with modern specifications an aluminum frame can last a lifetime. Of course, I don't have data to back this up lol. Also if anything, I feel like carbon is more prone to sudden catastrophic failure.
Like you say, road shoes can prevent foot pain. I used off-road shoes for about a year. I was able to ride up to 30 miles, but my feet would cramp after that.
A good pair of road shoes and supportive insoles unlocked longer distances for me.
can't run tubeless with the Specialized Cotton
My hard-sided bike box got repurposed when not in use for travel to our daughter's nursery. She kept all her surplus stuffed animals in there that didn't fit on her bed. Once you fill both halves of a bike box with plush toys, you've officially got more than any child reasonably needs. Bonus: as she's grown up, there's now a bike box for her Scott.
One thing to remember about any material used for making bike frames has yield limits. Aluminum has far far less than steel and carbon has a superior yield limit vs steel. Point is a high end aluminum frame with good welds can last decades if it's not being pushed beyond its yield limits like year round racing could do.