Bicycling After 25 Year of not Riding

[tsugsr]

Not sure this was Hoji’s issue, but lower grade chains tend to stretch faster, especially with heavy/hard peddlers...I ran into the same issue, not sure how many miles mine were lasting, but switched to a KMC z99, havnt had any issues since.


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[Hoji]

Why would chains only last a couple months?

Hard riding/cheap chains.
Shop ordered me a better one. Hopefully it lasts a little longer.
I am up to 977 total miles since 4/25. If I wake up early enough( and it is not pouring down rain) I want to hit 1,000 tomorrow.

 

[sidebite252]

Go for it!

1000 miles! ^5

 

[Hoji]

 

[Army 1911]

My friend Joe seemed unusually was told concerned about something at work one day. I asked what's wrong. He said his wife announced they were going to have sex tonight and it's been so long that I may have forgotten how.

No problem, I said. It's like riding a bike.

Joe said that was the problem. Remember when I went for a bike ride last year and fell off and broke my leg?

He was serious.

 

[Hoji]

Got a total of 73 miles in this week. 4 rides( got rained out one morning.

Today’s ride

 

[lightflyer1]

During Covid we were cleaning out the garage one day. I pulled the two bikes out my wife bought us for Christmas years ago and have never been ridden. We were giving them away to Goodwill so I aired the tires up. Wife went to get on and promptly fell over and nearly killed herself. Giant road rash on her elbow and knee and a huge bruise right at her waist line. Needless to say I couldn't get those bikes to Goodwill fast enough!

 

[Hoji]

 

[Hoji]

 

[Hoji]

 

[Mills]

During Covid we were cleaning out the garage one day. I pulled the two bikes out my wife bought us for Christmas years ago and have never been ridden. We were giving them away to Goodwill so I aired the tires up. Wife went to get on and promptly fell over and nearly killed herself. Giant road rash on her elbow and knee and a huge bruise right at her waist line. Needless to say I couldn't get those bikes to Goodwill fast enough!

Sorry to hear that.

 

[lightflyer1]

I am not. I asked her not to buy them in the first place. I have had 3 back surgeries so far and riding a bike just doesn't work for me. Glad to get them somewhere where someone will actually use them.

 

[Hoji]

 

[Hoji]

Slow ride dodging drunk students, lol. Lot of them out there for bars to be closed in the state.
On the one hand, good for business’ to find a work around for this bullshit order. On the other, fucka drunk driver. Designate someone to stay sober and not drive like a fuckhead.

 

[Hoji]

Got a short ride in yesterday afternoon just ahead of the rain(6 miles)
And a decent ride in this morning between bands of rain. Windy as all get out.

 

[candcallen]

Your nothing but a fraking show off.





















Outstanding. I would be too if I could do that.

 

[cycleguy2300]

Why would chains only last a couple months?

Bicycle chains a small and only last 1500-2000 mi at best.

They are exposed to dust, dirt and don't have the sealing for internal lubrication like a O/X/Z-ring motorcycle chain. Also, they are lubed with oils or paraffins, which isn't as resistant to pressure as grease (which I have used in preparation for a wet MTB race)

Nice tires only last about 1000mi on the rear, 2-3x on the front.

When I was in college I was sans car and was busting out 300+miles week after week. I went through a lot of tires, chains and skin.

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[ZX9RCAM]

I don't remember ever breaking, or wearing out a chain when I was a kid.

 

[Hoji]

I don't remember ever breaking, or wearing out a chain when I was a kid.

I don’t think they had chains back then

 

[ZX9RCAM]

I think we're pretty close to the same age.