Anyone do any biking?

• justincredible

  

  My best friend up in Chicago does a lot of biking in the city. Last time I was up there we rode to one of his friends houses for a party. It was my first time on a bicycle in at least 15 years and it was pretty fun. A little shaky at first, but didn't take long to get the hang of it. Now I am thinking about buying one for myself and my wife. There are a lot of neighborhoods and parks around the city that are a little too far to walk to but it's not always convenient to drive.
• SportsAndLady

  

  justincredible;1464925 wrote:My best friend up in Chicago does a lot of biking in the city.

  He's probably one of the people I pray gets hit by a bus
• TedSheckler

  

  I love to bike. Here is me and my bike.
  
  *redacted for partial nutsack*
• justincredible

  

  SportsAndLady;1464930 wrote:He's probably one of the people I pray gets hit by a bus

  I doubt it.
• Fly4Fun

  

  justincredible;1464925 wrote:My best friend up in Chicago does a lot of biking in the city. Last time I was up there we rode to one of his friends houses for a party. It was my first time on a bicycle in at least 15 years and it was pretty fun. A little shaky at first, but didn't take long to get the hang of it. Now I am thinking about buying one for myself and my wife. There are a lot of neighborhoods and parks around the city that are a little too far to walk to but it's not always convenient to drive.

  It sounds like you're talking just leisure biking as opposed to road biking/racing or mountain biking. It is nice to have a bike especially if there are roads designed to support cyclists and/or bike paths to get around. It's a great way to get your metabolism up a bit and just get some easy healthy exercise and still get out to go places.
  
  I am looking to buy a used bike here in the next couple of months just for that purpose. I've just been using one of my parents old racing bikes and have changed out the pedals for the special shoes for traditional/normal pedals.
  
  Edit:
  
  If you're going to bike in the road, make sure you know the "rules." Don't think just because you're on a bike you can be on the road when it's convenient and then run red lights and act like a pedestrian crossing a cross walk when it's convenient. That's the kind of shit that makes people want to bash you with a car door.
• GOONx19

  

  Damnit I missed the nutsack.
• SportsAndLady

  

  GOONx19;1464975 wrote:Damnit I missed the nutsack.

  I did too. Merr
• Sonofanump

  I like to ride where no traffic exists.
  
  http://ohiobikeways.net/
• gorocks99

  

  I'm thinking of signing up for Chicago's new bike sharing program (just launched today) for weekend/quick rides: http://divvybikes.com/. $75/year, unlimited 30-minute or less rides. Only thing I need to wait for is them to open up a station closer to my house (which they're planning on doing soon).
• like_that

  

  I like to bike, I just have no friends here who have a bike. Thinking about changing the tires to my mountain bike to make it more city friendly though. Anyone have any suggestions?
• justincredible

  

  I've been scouring craigslist lately looking for deals. I've found some decent looking bikes for under $100.
• Sonofanump

  like_that;1465031 wrote:I like to bike, I just have no friends here who have a bike. Thinking about changing the tires to my mountain bike to make it more city friendly though. Anyone have any suggestions?

  I switched from mountain to road tires (1.5") years ago on my mountain bike. Buy new rims and keep the mountain rims for switching back and forth.
• like_that

  

  Sonofanump;1465047 wrote:I switched from mountain to road tires (1.5") years ago on my mountain bike. Buy new rims and keep the mountain rims for switching back and forth.

  Didn't realize you could get tires that thin placed on a mountain bike.
• Sonofanump

  justincredible;1465041 wrote:I've been scouring craigslist lately looking for deals. I've found some decent looking bikes for under $100.

  I bought a ten year old Trek racing bike for $125 on craiglist.
• Sonofanump

  like_that;1465050 wrote:Didn't realize you could get tires that thin placed on a mountain bike.

  I had to go look, my mountian bike rims are 1.95".
• ernest_t_bass

  

  I would love to, but I have a really boney ass, and it makes bike riding long distances tough.
• Sonofanump

  ernest_t_bass;1465095 wrote:I would love to, but I have a really boney ass, and it makes bike riding long distances tough.

  They make special cushion seats for boney asses.
• ernest_t_bass

  

  Sonofanump;1465102 wrote:They make special cushion seats for boney asses.

  I don't want one of those big seats, lol.
• Fly4Fun

  

  ernest_t_bass;1465095 wrote:I would love to, but I have a really boney ass, and it makes bike riding long distances tough.

  Do you use the shorts with the padding?
  
  A combination of those and just "getting used to it" and you'll eventually ignore it. I know when I started biking even after a 20mile/60 minute ride my ass would hurt. But after building it up I could easily do 100miles+ and not have an issue beyond normal muscle fatigue.
• Commander of Awesome

  

  Big into biking. I ride least 20 miles road biking every weekend, usually more than that. I also sometimes ride to work, might start doing it full time if the BART (public train system) goes on strike like they're threatening.
  
  when i lived downtown in the city I had a single sped but now that I live in norcal with hills I got a geared road bike. It's awesome.
• justincredible

  

  Commander of Awesome;1465139 wrote:Big into biking. I ride least 20 miles road biking every weekend, usually more than that. I also sometimes ride to work, might start doing it full time if the BART (public train system) goes on strike like they're threatening.
  
  when i lived downtown in the city I had a single sped but now that I live in norcal with hills I got a geared road bike. It's awesome.

  Seems like you're pretty srs about biking. What bike did you get and how much did you drop on it? There are some expensive fucking bicycles on the market.
• Sonofanump

  I had to check to make sure this thread was not merged with another thread.
• ernest_t_bass

  

  justincredible;1465144 wrote:Seems like you're pretty srs about biking.

  I picture him pwning dweebs and nerds, and hurting feelz of people who don't get out of his way!
• justincredible

  

  Sonofanump;1465148 wrote:I had to check to make sure this thread was not merged with another thread.

  I think you're making this up, personally.
• ernest_t_bass

  

  justincredible;1465155 wrote:I think you're making this up, personally.

  Don't get personal.