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Thanks for the ideas.  I Thanks for the ideas. I don't travel much, but when I do, I like to travel light. The only time I want to travel with a bike is when I ride it (or driving to a group ride, in which case it's in the back of my truck, so no folding). I'm in a holding pattern for...

Well, I'm still trying to Well, I'm still trying to gauge his interest. He's almost big enough to ride my old DF (a decent Felt road bike), and he's actually pretty excited about that. I think he'll be tall enough for it this summer. He's growing fast these days. If he's still interested...

I bought a Silvio in back in I bought a Silvio in back in June and have been loving it. I put around 1500 miles on it so far. I went for a bike ride with my son (who is 11) this weekend. He has a kid's mongoose mountain bike. Anyway, to keep less of a speed differential between us, I...

Thanks Mick, you probably Thanks Mick, you probably just saved me a lot of hassle. I have Ultegra 6700's and have been thinking about QRings.

stand I like that stand. I might have to find one for my Silvio. John T, I think this would be a nice thing to have on the options along with the mirrors, water bottles, etc.

I'm glad to hear that you are I'm glad to hear that you are making progress Mick. 29 on a flat is not too shabby! Here's a question to you Q-ring owners - did any of you have an ultegra triple before the Q-rings? If so, which Q-ring set did you replace it with (if you replaced just the...

pedalling backwards I played with pedalling backwards today too...doesn't bother me either. How about pedalling with one foot unclipped? I can too that too. I just wish I had a place to rest the unclipped foot!

+1 on leaning +1 on lean steering. I found myself thinking the other day that I was steering like I would on a motorcycle. I don't intentionally steer with my feet, ever. I do sometimes intentionally steer with my hands (when I am going to slow for leaning to work). I think riding...

Gold I use the gold one, here: http://www.rocklube.com/ You put it on, run your chain a bit, then wipe it off. Works like a champ. I think Steve is probably right though. What matters most is just keeping the chain clean and dry.

Use a parking brake I find this helps a lot when parking the bike http://cruzbike.com/parking-brake-0

I have always loved this iPhone app, but figured one day I'd cough up the dough and get a Garmin for the nice online data presentation and powermeter interoperability (two things that Cyclemeter lacked). Cyclemeter just came out with a new version today that has very nice online ride data...

Me too! Hey Charles, I just passed 2000 miles for the year too! Also a record season here. Tarmac - check out CycleMeter on iPhone. It has all the stats that Charles showed up there (of course you need external sensors for Cadence and heart beat data). It's not as nice as a...

edit I wish I could edit. I put the wrong links in my last message http://maps.google.com/?q=http://share.abvio.com/ac33/f44f/4d28/b19a/Cyclemeter-Cycle-20121117-1344.kml http://maps.google.com/?q=http://share.abvio.com/ac33/f44f/4d28/b19a/Cyclemeter-Cycle-20121124-1353.kml

what a difference a week makes I rode the same route last Saturday as I did today. Well, actually I took a bit of a shortcut near the end of the route today (1 mile shorter) because I was running out of daylight. Last week's ride was great. I averaged 18.6 over 54 miles! This is record...

Zefal Spy Mirror Seeems like that Miracycle mirror really sticks out more than a mirror should. I like this Zefal Spy mirror that Cruzbike sells. http://www.cruzbike.com/zefal-spy-mirror-usa-only I've had mine for almost 2000 miles now and it has never fallen off and it has very...

At least I'm not the only At least I'm not the only one. That's a cool roller. Pricey, though. I havent seen that one before. I did well on rollers on my DF but I can't ride them long on the Silvio. There's too much forward and backward rocking and I keep falling off. So my plan for...

35 miles this morning I took half the day off from work and used 2 hours of that on myself, on a ride. It was a cold morning. There was frost on the grass as I left, and it was about 37 degrees. I wore 3 layers of clothes on top and 2 on bottom. By the time I got home I was down to a single...

Eric -   If it's any help for Eric - If it's any help for your baseline comparison, I have some ride data of me riding an old mountain bike on the roads vs me on a DF vs me on a Silvio. My avg on the moutainbike was 14.4 mph over about 650 miles of riding. That was when I was just...

wow Wow, Dan that's a LOT of cycling! Amazing. And the fact that it's in the mountains makes it even more so. As I look at my ride data for the year (I'm around 1800 miles at present and a mere 43000 feet of climbing), I'll be happy if I make it to 2,000 miles for the year...

Eric -  Thanks for the RWGPS Eric - Thanks for the RWGPS tip. As I was zooming out on your route map, I realized that you were in Michigan. Brrr!!! Ancient Diamondback to a Vendetta? That's like going from a Jeep to a Ferrari! Apples and Oranges. Randy - Congrats on getting the...