Pedal bikes, anybody else ride them?

[Chaos]

Started bicycling again after retirement 5 years ago.  Averaging about 150 miles/week year round now.  The whole thing started when my son took an interest in mtn biking and got me into it.  The blue Canyon is my latest acquisition in a long line of mtn/trail bikes.  The red Canyon gets the most use, German carbon fiber wonder-bike.  All day distance rides on paved paths.  The other red bike is my all around gravel-rain-mud-snow bike, had it the longest, aluminum Diamondback Haanjo.  Good family activity (wife has a Trek Ebike) and helps maintain my mental and physical health in these crazy times.  Curious if any other bricker bikers here?

[Laitch]

I have a 2004 Cannondale F400 and a 2015 Scott E Sub Evo e-bike. I shift the Ortlieb tragkorbs from one bike to the other. The Scott's rigid fork and 1.75" 40C Maxxis Rambler tires make for a fun and challenging 25mph-40mph ride downhill on the worst Class 3 rilled, rutted and potholed gravel road in the state.   The Scott's Bosch pedal assist e-drive reduces by half the 16-mile round-trip time to town for groceries and supplies and makes the 800ft change in elevation during the three mile ride back home from the road along the river less strenuous so I don't wind up immediately eating all the food I've packed in. 

[riots100]

I have a 2018 Santa Cruz Carbon Tallboy.  It a good bike for exploring the local Santa Monica Mountains.







And because this is the Motobrick forum, here's another pic of my '91 K100RS16V


Last week I averaged 35 miles and 3700 feet of elevation gain.  I find that at my age, mountain biking keeps me in good physical condition for more yee ha !

[Chaos]

  I find that at my age, mountain biking keeps me in good physical condition for more yee ha !

Agree.  And a couple hours of mountain biking is equivalent of a century in road biking! At least for this 68 yr old bod.

[volador]

Agree.  And a couple hours of mountain biking is equivalent of a century in road biking! At least for this 68 yr old bod.

Great feckin selfie grandpa   

Not much perineum relief in your saddle selection. Have you had a PSA test lately...   

[Laitch]

Started bicycling again after retirement 5 years ago.

You probably didn't imagine a photo of your bike collection would become a pinup for bicycle seat fetishists in the Big Apple, did you? 

[Chaos]

The Bosch pedal assist e-drive......

My wife's Trek has that,  I can blow by her at will except going up hills.  She's not even breathing hard at the top while I'm close to bursting an aneurysm

[Laitch]

She's not even breathing hard at the top while I'm close to bursting an aneurysm

Getting close to an aneurysm like that keeps you younger.

[volador]

Getting close to an aneurysm like that keeps you younger.

10 Best Electric Bike for Geezers   

[koapono]

hey gang!
My current mountain/trail bike is a Marin, Rift Zone 3, 29er with a 1 x 12 drive train. Excellent!
My road bike is a 1997 trek 2300 that rolls, shifts and stops as new. It was a freebie from my son-in-law, buried in undergrowth and retrieved from behind the shed. I was able to keep all the important bits aside from cables, brakes, tires, etc.

Both are wonderful bikes and excel at the purpose designed for.
The wee seat is by "Shotgun" and is where my tiny-shredder rides. She knows but one word when we ride: FASTER!

I will say that I love Mt biking but it has been the source of more injuries, stitches, wounds and bruises than any other activity I have engaged in! Picture is a Grade 3 AC separation, before and after surgery.

ride on!

[Chaos]

koapono, love the shotgun seat!  Had a get-off last year, no harm done but looked good for Halloween.  Following my son down a 5% grade on the gravel bike and hit some moss at 30mph.  Helmet slid down on my eye but saved me from much worse.

[volador]

Uff da feckin Halloween early this year

moes should consider ATGATT   

[beemuker]

My bike is the one on the left, an old Japanese road bike converted to more upright riding position for an older man, the bike on the right is one of my brothers fixies, Ashwin Paramont track bike.

[koapono]

gotta figure out a way to transport Mt bike on the LT!
recent trip to crested butte, CO.
Finally got to ride the "401", previous attempts thwarted by snow-pack or mud.
Glorious part of the country regardless of your conveyance