>>2074516 Its incredibly disheartening how a stiff breeze can negate all your efforts.
>>2074542 Ive found the bulletproof drive train which you can confidently get off the seat for and play stairmaster, served my better than any whatever-speed. Granted im muscular with shit endurance.
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Anonymous05/28/26(Thu)20:55:47
>>2074544 >Granted im muscular with shit endurance Well there's (you)r problem. Go for a jog few times/week, build up that cardio endurance instead of relying on a "bulletproof" (lmao) drive train that's specifically geared for flat terrain.
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Anonymous05/29/26(Fri)00:17:05
>>2074544 yeah, all those dudes in the pro peloton who are using drivetrains you can buy are not hammering them out of the saddle stairmaster style ever and way harder than you are even capable of pushing and having a fucking single speed is the answer and then complain about climbs. YOU ARE FUCKING RETARDED
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Anonymous05/29/26(Fri)00:31:22
Is what i said when i first started cycling Then i stopped being a bitch
In my opinion, riding up hill doesn't suck ass nearly as much as riding directly into a headwind for the next 10 miles. Hills I can deal with, I throw my bike into 3rd or 2nd depending on the grade and just stop being a bitch because it's still faster than walking uphill and I know the more I do it the easier it gets. That's the main takeaway. Riding uphill does eventually get easier
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Anonymous05/29/26(Fri)20:07:48
uphill is the most fun. feels like getting shit done. did 700m today
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Anonymous05/29/26(Fri)20:23:40
>>2074548 >"bullletproof" Oh.....your a lycra fag. Say no more.
>>2074556 And you are too....same order for you. We are speaking past each other. Im thoroughly heterosexual. So my starting point isnt full fag "cyclist" bullshit. If youve never had a shifter slip and nearly break your ankle as you double over the handlebars cause you bike is pure chinese-ium, you cant talk to me. People who pay more than 200$ for a bike are sucker scum ruining everything.
>>2074605 >Oh.....your a lycra fag. Say no more. >wearing a regular t-shirt, shorts, tennis shoes to ride a bike qualifies Wow, what an amazing rebuttal, sure changed my mind. You twit. Doesn't dismiss the fact that your cardio is ass and you pretend using a fixed gear bicycle makes up for it.
You're telling me that this is the bicycling board and no one has heard of first gear?
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Anonymous05/30/26(Sat)02:06:41
>>2074637 1st gear is actually harder than 2nd or 3rd for most hills in my experience because while it's easier it's also slower, meaning you have to pedal more, of course this all depends on the particular gradient but for the most part it seems like most people here are talking about paved hills and not mountain biking
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/\nonymous05/30/26(Sat)02:13:52
>>2074639 Depends on your chainring size. Same here though, for most of my bikes I rarely use 1st.
>>2074778 it's much better to use that lithium to roll the stool instead of rolling the 5000 pound electric concentration camp oven with wheels on it.
To charge the 90 thousand watt hour 5000 pound electric concentration camp oven with wheels on it one time we have to have 180 THOUSAND gerbils running on their 0.5 watt hamster wheels for 1 hour straight.
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Anonymous06/01/26(Mon)16:17:26
I read it like a headline at first a man sucking ass somehow while also biking up a hill instead of you complaining about how you don't like biking up hills
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Anonymous06/01/26(Mon)17:01:34
>>2074615 ....im absolutely serious. Or dozed those peaks into those valleys and gasp.....a flat road! That saves infinite gas for eternity!
>>2074838 and people say comma usage isn't important
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Anonymous06/01/26(Mon)20:54:04
>>2074515 theyre called flywheels, a few nerds have already fitted them to bikes, they're not normally fitted to bikes because the extra weight negates the boost you get from having a spinning flywheel, and flywheels are used in some higher-power ebikes as it is (and obvs feature on motorcycles/mopeds)
>>2074639 >>2074637 agreed, 1st and 1st is a meme. you pedal so fast you get just as tired as you would pedalling normally in a higher gear
i usually go no lower than 1st and 7th on a normal wal mart 21 speed
>>2074563 headwinds are easier but are way more annoying because you feel slower. evne on my ebike when its windy i just feel slower but then i look at my speedo and im doing fucking 35, headwind fucks with your mind
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Anonymous06/01/26(Mon)22:10:19
>>2074866 Yeah, no. Ive seen those vids. Flywheel are based ok inertia. A spiral spring is material based genetic battery. Im truly suprise no one has tried it.
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Anonymous06/02/26(Tue)03:11:36
>>2074872 it would be like a really big tape measure I think? I would like to see it.
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Anonymous06/02/26(Tue)05:49:34
>>2074894 They are in stuff. Watches, clocks. But large conventional ones would be something like garage door counter weight springs. Which can be dangerous as fuck. Its victorian tech, youd have to learn what grades in part how much torsion, and super brakes, cause once the dogs deploy to catch the drive train, i dont think there is a way to disengage.
>>2074866 How did you become this bafflingly stupid?
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Anonymous06/04/26(Thu)08:23:46
>>2074935 headwind + uphill + in the rain + huge trucks blowing past you constantly + small angry dogs chasing you
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Anonymous06/04/26(Thu)10:41:46
>>2074935 I hate it when I roll downhill into a headwind. It pisses me off, it makes me feel like the wind is actively fighting my need to allow gravity to accelerate me
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Anonymous06/05/26(Fri)00:30:11
>>2074606 >>2074607 >>2074838 Bikers (like the Village People type) are a famous gay stereotype, and "uphill gardener" is Bong slang (admittedly quite rare nowadays) for a homosexual, so this is why a male uphill biker is an especially gay thing.
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Anonymous06/05/26(Fri)20:31:07
>>2074938 Honestly, you could use something like this as a sort of headwind trainer, just use it to headwindmaxx and once you remove it suddenly headwinds feel easier
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Anonymous06/05/26(Fri)20:47:51
I simply bought an electric motor and gasoline engine for my bicycle.
I rode my bike 56 miles yesterday and my ass bones still hurt. Is it gay if I get a woman's bike seat ffs? Or should I wear padded shorts?
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Anonymous06/10/26(Wed)18:50:15
>>2075580 padded shorts + harden the fuck up. your sit bones get used to it, sort of, eventually. women's bike seats are made to accommodate a wider pelvis, if you don't have a female at birth shaped pelvis then it's just gonna make things worse.
>>2075582 Are there padded bike seats for men? This can't be healthy. Also I already have some erectile dysfunction I am finally improving so I don't want to make it worse with this.
>>2075026 agree. he's a normie who loves to talk, and thinks his opinions are worthwhile. talkin' loud and sayin' nothing
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Anonymous06/10/26(Wed)23:51:25
>>2075580 are you new? your assbones will break in after a while. also saddle width is a factor but no, don't get a women's saddle unless it happens to be the correct width, and even then I'm not too sure. otoh, if it's comfy then you're good , but really you have to try a lot of stuff
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Anonymous06/11/26(Thu)01:55:54
>steep hills something to overcome, and you're rewarded for your efforts with a downhill coast when it's over >headwind can literally last your entire 20 mile commute with nothing you can do about it and it feels like God himself is giving you a massive middle finger the entire time hills > headwind
Just buy an escooter retard. It feels so good passing these sweaty heavy breathing lycrafags
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Anonymous06/11/26(Thu)15:11:22
>>2075583 You've seen the electric planes? Thats how they work: jet engine powers a generator. The suppose laughability of a piston charging a battery was only cause its redundant use-case. Piston power has only held on for stop and go traffic. Which a electric motors best application. Hybrids have been backward since launch. Also evening parabolic piston engine cycling for hypermiling cruise.
>>2074544 >>2074605 This is my favorite board, but it's crazy to me when a /fit/ poster comes here and makes cyclists spontaneously combust for no reason. Bicycle people are high-strung like cats.
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Anonymous06/11/26(Thu)18:44:29
>>2075636 most hybrids use the ICE engine to also power the drivetrain for better throttle response at speed, high(er)-end torque, and fun vroom vroom noises. or at least thats what the older prius models did, idk about modern slop vehicles but theyre all designed by retards anyway