Get me into a front-loaded commuter setup. I’ve been commuting often enough that I probably should upgrade from my backpack setup.
My bike doesn’t have eyelets to run a rear rack. I am using some of those Axion dropout tabs for the fender mount, but those probably wouldn’t support much weight.
I’m looking at front-mounted panniers. The problem I’m running into is that I can’t seem to find front panniers big enough for my work computer. It’s not something that I carry that often, though.
Should I just get a platform rack and bungee my backpack to that?
how big is your work computer?!?? I’ve got a 14" dell something or other that fits fine in my ortlieb back rollers on the front though it technically doesn’t fit based on measurements. I just (had work) bought a nice case and YOLO.
will it fit in a large wald basket? I’ve got one of the racing baskets and it’s 17" across. I put my bag in it and use the net and it’s great. (2 different bikes)
After a few months off the bike due to snow/ice and a jammed thumb, I finally got back on my bullshit.
I’ve always been jealous of the pannier commuters not having sweaty backs. My Pelago rack and front panniers rode pretty well. I had about 4.5 lbs on each side. My back was much less sweaty.
There are a lot fewer trad bikes being ridden, compared to this time last year. I passed a guy on a Riv, but everyone else was on an eeb.
The traffic lights that have cameras recognize my Outbound light like a motorcycle. There’s one signal that changes before I get to the intersection.
My Pelago rack has something like 12 holes on the bottom of it from welding. It used to sound like the winds section of a symphony above 12 mph, but they’re all covered with tape now. It’s stainless steel, so I’m not worried about rust.
So many big, dumb trucks. I’m not a short person, but so many of them are above my shoulder.
Was crossing the street yesterday and there was a big BMW saloon and a Tesla before the crosswalk when the pedestrian light turned green. The rules here are you stop before the crosswalk at that point. Solely because of the brands of the cars I decided not to put myself in front of them. Of course they both drove through the crosswalk even though people were already in it.
I was going straight through a green light yesterday, and a Porsche driver coming toward me sure looked like he was planning to make his left across my front wheel. So I held a hand up, traffic cop style.
had a pretty interesting one yesterday on the way to the group ride
Left the house and rode 2 blocks to the nearest red light. Immediately get shoaled by some dude, the woman he was with just had this “whatever” look on her face. Light turns green. I pass him.
Stoplight #2, dude shoals me again, but this time he jumps the light (and leaves the woman there.) She looks over and says “I hate when he does this ”. I pass him again.
Stoplight #3, dude shoals me AGAIN, this time the woman just pulls up and makes angry grunting noises. I said to her “I used to be that way too.”, to which she replies: “Yeah what happened, your girlfriend sort you out?” (the answer is yes.)
Stoplight #4, he shoals me a 4th time, blows the light, leaving the woman there again, and that’s the last time I saw him.
I keep telling them that my racing days are behind me and that we’re only racing the clock. I don’t think they get that I’m the only person out there pushing 80 pounds of kid and 80 pounds of bike so I’m not gonna be able to keep up with the guy in the stretchy pants on the S-Works.
Rode to work for the first time in 6+ months. The Jones is way more fun than the Kentfield, and even with 3” tires, not slower. May need to swap the 30t ring for a 32t.
my son got a cat 6 win yesterday! he has been riding around our area because he’s bored with no camp this week
so he was riding down a fairly long straight road. he says a guy slowly rolled up to his wheel and then droped the hamer and dusted him. then got 100 meters of a gap and sat up. then my son caught and passed him.
and the guy turned off a side street where he probably does not live!
Yes this thing. It has no limiter but tops out around 35 km/hr on the flats. The motor adds around 1300 watts when pinned, it’s been super fun even now as my kids are pretty huge
”. I pass him again.
