i wear a helmet now fukk it. i look like a piece of shyt but i was on some steep trail and busted my ass and hit my head pretty hard while wearing a helmet
i was like ok im def always wearing this shyt from here on out
i also wear this shyt under my bball shorts
nothing scarier than having ur dikk and taint go numb and fall asleep mid ride n resuscitating it back to life while ppl ride by looking at u like
You've got to quit wearing the padding. Thats for fat people and people who ride minimally per year. It's enough to make it so your ass or nuts wont hurt during one ride, but if you are out there more than 3 times in a month, you shouldn't rock any padded shorts or anything because your body get used to your seat.
i only see cacs wearing a helmet
act like a helmet is gonna save your life if you get hit by a car brehs
Only see cacs wearing a helmet? I see plenty of black males (sorry I just dont see that many black females on bikes) rock helmets. We care about our lives.
Everyone has an equal opportunity to get hit by a car. Helmet or not. the helmet is going to determine who gets to tell the story a week later or post it on the coli.
What's a good price point where you start to see quality bikes?
I think I might buy one this summer
@GinaThatAintNoDamnPuppy!
A bike is a bike. Take it from someone who has fixed up a bike from the 70's and gotten his hands on a $2200 mens road bike that could be lifted by a toddler because it is so effing light. At the end of the day it comes down to comfort and style. For instance index shifters, friction shifters, bar end, tube top, dropped bars you can really customize a bike to your preference. A fully customized bike that you like can be found for less than $500 especially if you by cheap and add on your own accessories, and for instance what you cannot do, find a local bike shop to do for you.
@GinaThatAintNoDamnPuppy! since you seem like the resident bike connoisseur let me ask you this question. I recently got a hybrid, think its a 18 speed. I'm mostly riding on a flat terrain with some hills so I was looking for the optimal setting for my gears to get the most resistance. Right now I believe I have the left shifter set at 3, and the right at 5 as I read that was going to give me the best ride for this terrain, but half the time I just start gliding and am not really getting a good ride in
If you are just gliding then you will want to change your left shifter to 2 or decrease the right shifter to 3, 2 or 1. It sounds like you want more control over your cadence. The huge gears are cool because you will get your mph up and like you say glide with just a few pushes of the pedal but you have to find
your gear which will allow you to amount of speed for the amount of power that you put into it, and that is different for everyone.
Its kind of like sprinting, someone with long legs might take long strides, whereas someone with short legs will have shorter strides and more steps. No two runners with the same leg length are the same but they might be similar.
