# Bike blerg thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Bikes\ **Created:** [August 25, 2018, 3:07pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793 "2018-08-25T15:07:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 520
**Author:** ![igor](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/igor/32/21023_2.png) [@igor](https://tarck.cc/u/igor)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2022, 1:34pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793/10422 "2022-06-07T13:34:43Z")
Do i have the bike for you! ![gerard-2](https://cdn.tarck.cc/original/3X/1/9/191cc3bbda1078878a7b293ede2cd3c925d65fbc.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![drandalls](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/drandalls/32/2911_2.png) [@drandalls](https://tarck.cc/u/drandalls)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2022, 7:40pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793/10423 "2022-06-07T19:40:34Z")
It’s irritating that Lael Wilcox got a same-day front page article for winning Unbound XL last year on both the Radavist & [Bikepacking.com](http://Bikepacking.com) but this year it’s complete silence for winner Cynthia Frazier. ---
**Author:** ![BicyclePears](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/bicyclepears/32/1266_2.png) [@BicyclePears](https://tarck.cc/u/BicyclePears)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2022, 7:49pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793/10424 "2022-06-07T19:49:35Z")
never forget. ![image](https://cdn.tarck.cc/original/3X/8/5/852ef8909181d4eb4d2de4d5e1459524531864f4.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Crustradamus](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/crustradamus/32/7841_2.png) [@Crustradamus](https://tarck.cc/u/Crustradamus)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2022, 7:50pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793/10425 "2022-06-07T19:50:15Z")
> **[To Find ‘Freedom,’ They Ditched the Road for the Gravel](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/07/sports/cycling/gravel-biking-unbound.html)** > > Pick a course, invite endurance athletes, and let them ride free. No permits, police or decades of experience needed. gravelgravelgravelgravelgravelgravelgravelgravelgravelgravelgravelgravel ---
**Author:** ![schultzor](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/schultzor/32/709_2.png) [@schultzor](https://tarck.cc/u/schultzor)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2022, 7:58pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793/10426 "2022-06-07T19:58:52Z")
… **gravel** ---
**Author:** ![iwillbe](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/iwillbe/32/1896_2.png) [@iwillbe](https://tarck.cc/u/iwillbe)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2022, 8:28pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793/10427 "2022-06-07T20:28:10Z")
NYT boldly reporting on hot trends from a decade ago. Surest sign that something has at best plateaued is the big feature on it in the Times. ---
**Author:** ![wickedwagon](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/wickedwagon/32/170051_2.png) [@wickedwagon](https://tarck.cc/u/wickedwagon)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2022, 8:46pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793/10428 "2022-06-07T20:46:52Z")
These new kids don’t know. They never used a bash guard and cut up derailleur for chain retention to do 1x ---
**Author:** ![karl\_dandleton](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/karl_dandleton/32/177_2.png) [@karl\_dandleton](https://tarck.cc/u/karl_dandleton)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2022, 10:31pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793/10429 "2022-06-07T22:31:39Z")
my old coworker at EMS left a ton of feature stickers on my cobbled together rockhopper one day. he labeled that the “ultra inactive one sided front un-derailleur”. fucker worked. ---
**Author:** ![schultzor](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/schultzor/32/709_2.png) [@schultzor](https://tarck.cc/u/schultzor)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2022, 10:36pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793/10430 "2022-06-07T22:36:09Z")
See also their crypto “explainer” article (which was total trash from a crypto head) that ran in march. ---
**Author:** ![yonderboy](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/yonderboy/32/159376_2.png) [@yonderboy](https://tarck.cc/u/yonderboy)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2022, 11:50pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793/10431 "2022-06-07T23:50:16Z")
Road racing is basically dead in Oregon, now. We have tons of fondos/gravel events, however. I’d been wondering if it was just a permitting thing. It would make sense that a promoter could run an event on less-traveled roads and not get a lot of push back from the locals. ---
**Author:** ![rabbi](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/rabbi/32/573_2.png) [@rabbi](https://tarck.cc/u/rabbi)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2022, 2:09pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793/10432 "2022-06-08T14:09:43Z")
> [@yonderboy](#): > > I’d been wondering if it was just a permitting thing This is 45% of the reason. Permits to close down roads are fucking expensive. The other 45% is the costs to have police be on site and enforce the closing of the roads. Then the last 10% is the added stress of people waiting till the very last minute to register and not knowing if you just spent $10k plus for 30 people to race. ---
**Author:** ![schultzor](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/schultzor/32/709_2.png) [@schultzor](https://tarck.cc/u/schultzor)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2022, 2:11pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793/10433 "2022-06-08T14:11:28Z")
the few times I’ve been vaguely involved in hosting a road race, I saw the tab we racked up for the cops to be on site (aka sit in their car at one intersection for X hours) for and my jaw dropped ---
**Author:** ![iwillbe](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/iwillbe/32/1896_2.png) [@iwillbe](https://tarck.cc/u/iwillbe)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2022, 2:31pm UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793/10434 "2022-06-08T14:31:09Z")
Who would have thought a protection racket could be lucrative. Nice bike race you have here, shame if someone drove an suv through it ---
**Author:** ![jame5on](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/jame5on/32/81952_2.png) [@jame5on](https://tarck.cc/u/jame5on)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 1:06am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793/10435 "2022-06-09T01:06:09Z")
I assume this was seen? > **[Has Gravel Outgrown Its Britches](https://g-tedproductions.blogspot.com/2022/05/has-gravel-outgrown-its-britches.html?m=1)** > > Saturday Peter Sagan and Specialized announced that he will be at Unbound Gravel  When I was a kid, hanging out with my  relatives who were ... ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Jart\_Attack\_PhD](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/dr_jart_attack_phd/32/16324_2.png) [@Dr\_Jart\_Attack\_PhD](https://tarck.cc/u/Dr_Jart_Attack_PhD)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 2:04am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793/10436 "2022-06-09T02:04:23Z")
Weird read. Like, don’t jocks and dentists eventually take over basically any organized cycling event? I got yelled at to move over for a paceline in ragbrai in like 2014. Seems like you can show up and ride your ride and not get freaked out about a $8000 road bike ruining your event Also lolling remembering “the pro” Juan Pelota always showing up to do a day of ragbrai. Goddamnit stop ruining my drinking event you freakin racers!! ---
**Author:** ![joyofvaping](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/joyofvaping/32/37814_2.png) [@joyofvaping](https://tarck.cc/u/joyofvaping)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 2:10am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793/10437 "2022-06-09T02:10:57Z")
jocks take over a lot of niche physical activities/hobbies and can sometimes push out the previous, actual enthusiasts – examples i’ve seen include ultimate frisbee, long-distance skateboarding, downriver kayak racing, etc ---
**Author:** ![Emor\_please](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/emor_please/32/89_2.png) [@Emor\_please](https://tarck.cc/u/Emor_please)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 2:22am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793/10438 "2022-06-09T02:22:58Z")
> [@schultzor](#): > > the few times I’ve been vaguely involved in hosting a road race, I saw the tab we racked up for the cops to be on site (aka sit in their car at one intersection for X hours) for and my jaw dropped Several events around here cancelled specifically because of cop fees ---
**Author:** ![Emor\_please](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/emor_please/32/89_2.png) [@Emor\_please](https://tarck.cc/u/Emor_please)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 2:30am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793/10439 "2022-06-09T02:30:12Z")
The idea that organized go fast bike rides only became less inclusive recently is a fucking joke. Go fast cycling groups of any kind typically start off as repellently exclusive and judgmental in my experience. Hey are designed to exclude ---
**Author:** ![EndpointBraden](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/endpointbraden/32/22101_2.png) [@EndpointBraden](https://tarck.cc/u/EndpointBraden)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 2:39am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793/10440 "2022-06-09T02:39:32Z")
> [@Emor\_please](#): > > The idea that organized go fast bike rides only became less inclusive recently is a fucking joke. Go fast cycling groups of any kind typically start off as repellently exclusive and judgmental in my experience. Hey are designed to exclude I don’t think this is universal. But definitely common. Bikesnob (I think) dug into the pass/fail nature of many cycling disciplines and how they are not so much exclusive by design, but rather exclusive in nature. I think there’s a distinction to be made there. ---
**Author:** ![iwillbe](https://static.tarck.cc/user_avatar/tarck.cc/iwillbe/32/1896_2.png) [@iwillbe](https://tarck.cc/u/iwillbe)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 2:44am UTC](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793/10441 "2022-06-09T02:44:29Z")
Yup. Most experienced roadies I first interacted with were nice and supportive, and when the morning ride out split into two groups at the first breakaway I watched them disappear over the horizon. Not being rude, just practicing the sport at a different level. [Previous page](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793.md?page=519) [Next page](https://tarck.cc/t/bike-blerg-thread/21793.md?page=521)