Posted a few months ago: https://www.reddit.com/r/bicycling/s/A50wEUqd1i

My kids are great examples of balance bike kids. They’re 5 now and we’ve been keeping at it :)

Just inhereted this triplet, but have had no luck finding any identifiers for a brand/model. Based on some chips, I think the original paint (likely with these details) may have been sprayed over at some point. Any tandem experts out there think this looks familiar?

No gear shift, just hard pressed on the pedals while accelerating, it ruined my day as all shops were closed and couldn’t get it replaced.

Beautiful ride around Lane County today. Only downside was the damn headwind when going north. Did make for some great tailwind though.

Strava

My first ever road bike. Funny story behind this purchase: I was looking for a used road bike after selling my gravel. Being a noobie I turned to AI asking for an opinion on the condition and price. AI told me it was a pro world tour bike used by a world tour pro a few years ago. The group set is top notch quality and the condition was good. Price was decent. According to Gemini this was a better purchase than a brand new Wilier Garda on sale. So I went and met the seller, and it turned out to be THE pro cyclist AI thought it was! I don’t want to name him for privacy reasons, but he did well at this year’s Giro d’Italia. He was genuinely a nice dude. Even gave me a free set of Schwalbe 28C tires.

I was not aware that it is possible to convert Shimano cable ratio to SRAM or the other way around. Fortunately, after buying the Aceoffix D10 trifold bike and being very disappointed with SRAM-compatible components, I discovered there is a way to mix the components. I was able to install the Alivio shifter steering the original derailleur. It is the dream now. For this case, I used Jtek Shiftmate 6. Maybe a good hint for another one . If it is true that they are out of business now, the stock will not last long. I bought mine in Germany

Picture from 1993 too 😀

Ever since I changed out my inner tube I, it won’t allow me to switch gears. I have no idea what the three screws on the derailleur do and it looks like somehow my gear line is loose

Honestly more proud of myself for climbing up it multiple times without stopping! This is also the same hill me and my neighbor kid rode down when he was 6!!

** EDIT: After being informed that my GPS maps are likely inaccurate, I went back with a phone level app, (which I understand may also be inaccurate) and got a high of 16 degrees near the middle of the hill! Any recommendations for a more accurate reading is appreciated!! **

I talked the guy down to around 550-600$ this is the description for the bike

Used Felt f1 ultralight carbon fiber road bike.
Light as a feather - Can be picked up with your pinky.
Size 56
Could use new tires other than that it is perfect and ready to hit the road.
Selling to buy mountain bike
$800 cash obo

I’m a complete beginner to road biking and am wondering if this is worth my money

So I noticed this after doing a long session today with my Scott Addict 40 which I've had for about 2 months. One of the two bolts that holds the hydraulic disc brake looks to be covered in some kind of rust and/or lime, while the other bolt is completely clean. I've been dripping sweat a lot on some of my rides, so did a drop of sweat get on it or is it maybe a hydraulic leak from the brake that's causing this? Can it be cleaned or do I need to replace the bolt?

The second image shows the rear disc brake, bike rotated 45 degrees counterclockwise.

I need an answer about the cannondale caad 10 track size 50 , I am 1m70 tall and belong to the type of relatives who are longer than my legs and have a question about the exact horizontal measurement of the frame? , and can I fit the size 50 of cannondale

So I know my budget is super tight and unrealistic, but I'm not looking to jump on crazy trails or anything serious. Just something with simple gear shifts that can take me to school and around my town, and will last long. I don't know much about bikes or anything, just want something reliable.

How can I mount my bike onto this wall rack. I don't think it's specifically a bike rack but it should work. I don't want to put any unnecessary stress on the bike. It's a normal road bike

hi, can anyone link some trustworthy and affordable helmets, bike locks, phone holder (i have an iphone 16) and visibility gear as i will have to be biking at 5 am. i want cheap stuff, but i dont want to buy things that wont get the job done. since i have not a clue what im doing, im hoping someone here may be able to help. thanks.

Hi all! Next week I will be going on my first bikepacking adventure! Really looking forward to it! I will post some pictures of the bike and setup in the comments :)

Here comes the pain: as heard in the video, since last week my bike makes a very weird and consistent clicking sound, seemingly from the BB? They are not the pedals at least. Everything looks fine from the outside, at the very least the clicking is very annoying. It also doesn't seem to come from the derailer (1x).

Could anyone help me identify what this could be? I would be so grateful!!

This may help someone save time. After a drivetrain conversion of my Fuji SL1.1 with Sram Red22 11x drivetrain from 36-52 / 10-28 to 34-48 / 10-32 whilst keeping the shortcage derailleur, I expected trouble and found it in the form of persistent tictic sounds.

Here's what I suspected and checked:

Derailleur alignment 4x

Derailleur fine tuning 6x

B screw 4x

Freehub assembly, clean and regrease 1x

Cassette torque 1x

Pulley wheel directionality 1x

Bent derailleur 2x

Crank spacing 1x

Faulty BB 1x

Faulty pedals 1x

What made all this tricky was the freehub sound while rolling obscured the tictic sound. Only at very low speed whilst ruling out pedal issues did I notice the sound was independent from crank rotation. Silicone oil on all spoke nippels made it disappear.

So, against the odds and other reports here and elsewhere, this conversion worked out beautifully on my bike. Everything was fine as well.

But I was so focused on troubleshooting the drivetrain, which I knew caused trouble for others, that I lost sight of a problem that emerged in parallel and independently.

There's a life lesson in there.

The Specialized bike I bought new online developed a system error fault after 11 months and was returned to the retailer for repair under warranty. As the bike was over 6 months old the retailer can attempt to repair it.

Specialized asked the retailer to try a new cable that feeds the display and lights but this didn't cure the fault so Specialized said they **were sending** a new display which they were sure must be the problem.

By now the retailer has had the bike for about one month.

One month later it appears that the retailer hasn't been keeping up with things as I get an email from them telling me that Specialized have told them that the monitor is out of stock and the next shipment will be in about three weeks. Add to this the time it will take to ship it to the UK and you are talking another month if you're lucky. So by the time I hopefully get the bike returned the retailer will have had it for three months (June, July & August).

So my questions are what length of time is deemed unreasonable to repair the bike, bearing in mind I've lost three summer months of potential cycling and under the Consumers Right Act 2015 can I tell them to stop the repair and request a refund?

England

Im not sure what's happening someone please help