Bicycles.........

[THE HCP]

Wondering what you guys ride? I have had a Trek mountain bike for the past 7 years, but I noticed recently when I did ride it....... it was never on a fucking mountain! Or even on dirt. Great bike, but horribly uncomfortable seat. Have wanted to really get into riding more and not in a bright neon yellow spandex outfit kinda' way. Just around town and the neighborhood with the wife and kids. Found this company called Electra and they make some pretty sweet cruiser type bikes. Read reviews on them and they are all very positive about the quality and craftsmanship. Wondering if any of you guys have had any experience with this style of bike?

http://www.electrabike.com/Bikes/townie-balloon7d-bikes-mens


http://shop.bikegallery.com/product/12electra-townie-original-21d-158617-1.htm

 

[THE HCP]

Really! No bicyclists here to give an opinion! That's right, you're busy playing D&D! #nerds

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

Really! No bicyclists here to give an opinion! That's right, you're busy playing D&D! #nerds

Hey FAMS - go to River City in SE (by MLK), or one of the other many bike shops and go check shit out in person. You can see what you like, size you need, feel, etc.

I have a Trek I got at River City. I love it.

But I did have to buy a bigger seat. Those tiny seats that ride your asshole - NOT COOL!!

 

[Mediocre Man]

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You Say FAMS I Say What?
You sure have a big gut
You Say Bark I Say Hey Man
That's no way to be talkin
To the Mrs
You Say mow I Say lawn
You Say Jesús edge this guys lawn
You Say Kaleb I Say Christ
I Don't Believe In AssClown
Larry Boy Or Bickerstaff
All he Wanna Do Is

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Bicycle Races Are Coming our Way
So Forget All Your Duties Oh Yeah!
Fat HCP will Be Riding Today
So Look Out For Those man tits Oh Yeah
On Your Marks Get Set Go
Bicycle Race Bicycle Race Bicycle Race
Bicycle Bicycle Bicyhe Wants To Ride his Bicycle
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You say pick I Say berry
Mrs HCP's too damn hairy
Burrito I Say Cool It Man
You can never be the President Of America
You Say Smile I Say Cheese
Cartier I Say Please
Income Tax I Say Jesus
What does an undocumented lawn care specialist
Know about income tax?
Cos All he Wants To Do Is

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[Eastoff]

Cruiser bikes are so heavy and slow. Go by here it should be walking distance from alameda ridge.

 

[WarriorFan]

My wife and I recently got into biking. From what I saw, cruiser bikes sucked. Got my wife a K2 hybrid and it's pretty good- comfortable, dual suspension, lightweight. I found a beat up specailized rocker comp online for 75 bucks and basically replaced everything but the frame. Since I ride around town, I changed out the mountain bike tires for wheels closer to a hybrid. In total, I spend about 300 on a bike that would cost 1200 and I love it.

 

[tlongII]

I have 4 Specialized Crossroads bikes. I keep one here and the other 3 in Sunriver.

 

[tlongII]

Very comfortable bikes.

 

[blazerboy30]

I ride a Giant OCR Composite 3 for my road races and training rides.

I ride a Felt S22 for my triathlons.

It totally depends on what you want your bike for. Racing? Cruising? Etc, etc.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

I've never been into bicycles but it's something I wouldn't mind getting into.

What are the "Rolls Royce" of bicycles?

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

I still dig www.linusbike.com/ for their aesthetics. :MARIS61:

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

This screams 'HCP'

 

[THE HCP]

^That is even too gangster for me.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

 

[VanillaGorilla]

I don't like bikes. Maybe when I'm old and immobile.

 

[Denny Crane]

Seen on the front lawn at HCP's house, next to the car on blocks:

 

[THE HCP]

You guys are no help to me whatsoever!

 

[RR7]

Seen on the front lawn at HCP's house, next to the car on blocks:

A week later he had his boys turn it into this:

 

[RR7]

As to the original question, I ride this, but it's red, not black. Used to commute downtown to work with it, now just ride it around.

 

[STOMP]

My wife and I recently got into biking. From what I saw, cruiser bikes sucked. Got my wife a K2 hybrid and it's pretty good- comfortable, dual suspension, lightweight. I found a beat up specailized rocker comp online for 75 bucks and basically replaced everything but the frame. Since I ride around town, I changed out the mountain bike tires for wheels closer to a hybrid. In total, I spend about 300 on a bike that would cost 1200 and I love it.

My previous bike was a very nice road bike, but too often when I locked it up to run into the store or something I'd come back to some dirtbag trying to steal it. Currently I've a 5G Santa Cruz Blur for mountainbiking, but my bad paint-job steel frame beater road bike gets out a lot more. I bought the frame used in Portland for 45$ and then outfitted it with some decent components/wheels. I stripped all the labels off the componentry to be on the DL that it holds some value. Sure some carbon fantasy would go a little bit faster, but I'm not winning the Tour De France. Much more important is that a decent bike is the right size and fits your life.

I use it to commute to the Caltrain and then to my jobber down the Peninsula. I also make it out on night rides a few times a week... in fact I'm off to catch the sunset on the GGBridge!

STOMP

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

If your looking for a bike to commute around town, I recomend a cyclocross type bike or a basic mtn bike. Road bikes arent very comfortable for short to mid commuting IMO, you feel every bump in the road. You can put a big more comfortable seat on any bike. I personally like commuting on my Mtn bike because I think its more comfortable... big tires absorb most of the bumps etc of city riding.

http://www.specialized.com/us/en/bikes/multiuse/sirrus/sirrussport

http://www.specialized.com/us/en/bikes/multiuse/ariel/arieldisc

Trek makes some cool commuter bikes:
http://www.trekbikes.com/us/en/bikes/town/urban_utility/district/9th_district/#

 

[tlongII]

I like sitting more upright. Low handle bars kill my back and neck.

 

[Eastoff]

I like sitting more upright. Low handle bars kill my back and neck.

understandable, but you're going to have a lot of extra drag and your legs are going to work a lot harder. I tend to agree though, it does bother my back, and I've got about 20 years on you.

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

I like sitting more upright. Low handle bars kill my back and neck.

Me too!

understandable, but you're going to have a lot of extra drag and your legs are going to work a lot harder. I tend to agree though, it does bother my back, and I've got about 20 years on you.

Legs working harder is a good thing!

 

[THE HCP]

Beer, I looked at that exact TREK bike as well. Very nice.

 

[santeesioux]

http://www.amazon.com/Takara-Kabuto...door-recreation&ie=UTF8&qid=1427092369&sr=1-8

I'm going to guess buying a bike like this on Amazon is like going to Wal Mart to buy one and flushing your money down the toilet, right?

 

[SlyPokerDog]

http://www.amazon.com/Takara-Kabuto...door-recreation&ie=UTF8&qid=1427092369&sr=1-8

I'm going to guess buying a bike like this on Amazon is like going to Wal Mart to buy one and flushing your money down the toilet, right?

You'll shoot your eye out.

 

[santeesioux]

You'll shoot your eye out.

Even for light exercise/commuting/escaping methheads easier? Not like i'd be actually road racing or anything.

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

I have a 2014 Marin Bobcat Trail. It was 999 at REI, bought it there because I didn't know if I would ride it much so I coukd return it easily. I have a sette royal gel seat and run Geax Evolution street type 29 inch tires. My wife and I were riding yesterday and we got passed by 2 road bikes going pretty fast. For funsies I took off and chased them down, I was gaining on them while they were pedaling hard. I had to slow and coast so as not to pass them. I know they couldn't have been maxed out, but they were booking.

I just checked the graphs on Runtastic MTB and it said I hit about 20mph. That seems pretty good for a 315 lb guy on a 40lb mtb.

By the way, I have shimano m395 hydraulics. Not the top of the line by any stretch but modern discs are awesome.

 

[Further]

I have a Trek 520 touring bike I bought at bike gallery a few years ago. I love it. I've done a couple bike/camping trips on it, and even when I was at my heaviest it was super solid and comfortable with all my camping gear. I biked 42 miles a few days ago, longest I've done real recently. I had wider handlebars put on cause it helps my shoulders and back, but aside from that and little things like the seat, it's all original and still working great.

I want to start doing some cyclocross next year, which means I'll have to buy a another bike. I was looking at a Kona cyclocross bike, but I'm not sure I want to spend the bucks without being sure I'm going to cyclocross race enough. My nephew is a racer, came in third in nationals, and sometimes I go to his races. But I've yet to try it myself. The Clydesdale division is for people 200lbs and over, so I would most likely race there if I try it.