Oh hey! Hobie's in a cycling thread - if only MrsHJ were awake to see it. Ah well.

 aflanigan wrote: 
Fixed gear, really? It doesn't freewheel? Anyway, lose the fork.

 Zep wrote: 
Damn yes! I missed that entirely, I was too busy writing him off as a Williamsburg hipster, what with his Brooks contraceptive saddle and fixey gear.
 
And he gets extra points for original colouring. My H16 was 187** - damn, I can't remember, but she was venerable, and she'd been resprayed.
 
And had an awfull lot of work done on her undersides. Gawds bless microballoons and epoxy resins.

 aflanigan wrote: 

Parked next to a Hobie Cat?

ah brooks, or do I mean aarghhhhh.

My old fixed gear road bike, partially restored.  Since these pics were taken I've replaced the brake hoods and handlebar tape and put conditioner on the leather saddle.  Did a 20 mile ride yesterday and the Brooks leather saddle is still quite comfortable.

Ouch Lance!

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 Alexandra wrote: 
Potential energy is your friend.

Don't you love pioneering new roads......and then happening upon something really delightful, like a winding downhill through a canopy of sweet-smelling fir/pine trees and cool breeze? Beautiful.
 
 
For every downhill, though, there is an uphill. Oy.

I probably rode less this summer than I ever had. Hot temps and work, plus a certain amount of laziness, has kept me from doing what I used to enjoy more than anything. 

What a perfect morning for a ride......cool air, bright blue skies, shining sun glittering on the Willamette, sweetgrass aromas wafting from farmland meadows, and lots of challenging uphills that got my circulation pumping through every tiniest capillary in my body....and then long, undulating downhills all the way home.
 
 
Ahhhhh.
 
 
My hill skillz are improving.

 fuzzy wrote: 
great concept but at € 400 I can't see it winning the market by storm.

 Zep wrote: 
I use a Garmin Edge 205 as a bike computer. It's a gps, and the data can be uploaded to several different apps. This app is Garmin Training Center. It keeps a great riding log. I can also lay the tracks down on Google Earth. That can sometimes be pretty cool. 

 ScottFromWyoming wrote: 
Yes, they are Sunshine High Flange hubs.  I did the conversion from sew up rims (my old Araya and Super Champion rims were very beat up) to clincher rims over this past weekend.  It was really simple and didn't require relacing.  See HERE  The main problem was removing all the rim glue I had slopped onto the nipples before threading them into the new rims.

I decided to reuse my old double butted spokes (since they are double butted SS and replacing them with comparably nice double butted spokes would be rather expensive) and their length, plus the effective rim diameter of my new clincher rims prohibited me from switching to a three cross pattern even if I wanted to.  So I'll have a nice soft ride.

After switching out the rims, I had to true up the wheels, they're good to within a millimeter or two for now.  After a few weeks of riding I'll check them again.

Just ordered some replacement brake hoods (non-aero, with the brake cables going through the end!) and some new handlebar tape (the old cloth tape looks righteously old school, but is very worn out and offers no vibration absorption).  Will also try to soften the leather saddle with some conditioner.  We'll see if my old butt can handle a leather saddle after years of gel/foam saddles. 

Took it out for a spin to go to dinner tonight. Like most riders of modern multispeed bikes, I've gotten into that lazy "coasting" habit.  Every time I went to stop pedaling the bike reminded me of exactly how much forward momentum we were carrying.

 swell_sailor wrote: 
The last 10 15 miles look like a lot of fun. 

What app is that?  

 Alexandra wrote: 



We've all been skint, no shame. Better'n spending what you ain't got.

although I've done that too.

Doug (my husband ) and benny are out doing trail maintenance today.

 Alexandra wrote: 

Check out this site: http://www.hawleyusa.com/

 MrsHobieJoe wrote: 
I've got a shop that I go to (that I think does it) - they assembled my bike when it arrived - great techs there. I just haven't had the $$ to do much more than that. (I must be starting to sound like a skipping record) But soon.

 Alexandra wrote: 



Sounds great and you will probably find wearing gloves nicer on the hands whatever it does for your wrists. One of the bike shops in Portland will have a specialisation in bike and rider set up. Ask around to find out who it is.