The All Road Bike is THE Road Bike
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- On Saturday we rode some Industrial Gravel and country roads making a loop to East Akron, through Springfield, Mogador and then out to Kent. We did this all from our "gravel bikes". I don't really like the term gravel bikes but all road bikes are just the way to go for most riding.
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I've noticed the term ATB seems to be a bit divisive for some reason...? I love it! Especially in reference to the mid 80's mountain bike (my personal fav) but any bike really with enough tire clearance for descent volume tires and provisions for racks and fenders, there's plenty to be said for comfort and versatility! Long live the ATB! haha!
Great vid again and congrats on the 1000 miles!
Thanks! I think the lines are just all so blurred now (which is a good thing) it’s just hard to know what to call things. No idea what my Marin should be classified as. 90s MTBs are hardly MTBs at all by today’s standards. My Raleigh Tamland 2 was conceived as a gravel race bike but would hardly fit that description just 6 years later. All Terrain and All Road seem like the best descriptors we have.
I was waiting for the mutants and the zombies to come howling out of that dark tunnel! 😉👍
Ha! We have some even gnarlier tunnels I need to get back out to and film. 🧟
That music was very John Carpenter wasn’t it!
Hello!! Congrats on 1000 miles this month. I also ride a 90s mountain bike gravel conversion. Which 26 inch tires are you using. I am always looking for a good tire. Right now I run the Panaracer Gravelkings and they have been great, but it's always good to have options. Let me know if you can. Thanks!!
Thanks! I’m running Gravel Kings also. I actually do have a problem with them - we ride lots of crushed limestone trails and the Gravel Kings just throw those tiny stones everywhere. I’m going to put Rene Herse (my favorite tire brand) on when I wear these out.
Bet ya a fiver ya can't pop a sweet wheelie.
Definitely not a sweet one. My truck skills are pretty pathetic. Random place to put this but I will be heading your way late October again.
wow your channel is awesome. SUB SCRIBED. i love you jus talking about bikes and the different rides.
Thanks so much!
Good morning Tim. I enjoy the industrial gravel rides. Mad Max with bicycles.
Exactly!! Parts of this town feel so post-apocalyptic .
A thousand miles in July! Most impressive! I struggled to get 300 in May. Of course, I teach high school Agriscience so May is my busiest month of the year. So it was tough on me and the family! I had to promise my wife that I would not take on anymore St. Jude Challenges in May. LOL!
The scenery was different. I enjoy the industrial rides occasionally. We live about an hour from Chattanooga, TN and they have this awesome paved trail called "The Tennessee Riverwalk." It wins in & out of natural areas, abandoned & current industrial sites, and residential areas. About 15 miles, running all along the Tennessee River, then an additional 12 or so miles that run along a creek. In all, you can park at one end, ride it all in an out & back and get over 50 miles. And the best part to me is that you just have to worry about traffic at the crossings. People in my part of the country just do not see a lot of cyclists on the roads, so they do not look for them. They are too busy looking at their phones. I avoid road riding all that I can.
Thanks! Interesting that is a high school level class. I worked on a farm for ten years and my girlfriend was a farmer, farm market manager, and now works in food access.
I actually went to a cool farm when I was in Chattanooga - they sell to local restaurants ....though the name is going to escape me now. I also took one of the city bikes a bit but it was a work trip so I didn't get to ride that much. We have the same problem with car culture here in Akron - I don't stay off the streets but try to take more chill ones.
@@TimFitzwater Most areas would simply call it “Shop.” We teach the kids about agriculture, but also have a heavy shop portion to our classes where we teach kids to build & how to maintain things. I usually have a day where I let a student bring their car in and teach the kids how to change a flat. We have a community garden where the kids work, planting, maintaining, and harvesting food to be given to the community. We have chickens that the kids take care of. And one of my favorite programs that we just started last year; we take old bikes donated from the community and restore them to be given to charities such as Christmas Angel Tree, Foster Care, churches that are needing some for poor families, and even our students at our school. We started this program after Christmas last year and have had around 85 bikes donated. We hope to get 50 of those finished up and given away by Christmas. So far, we’ve managed to get about 12 completed. The bottleneck is components. Every single bike needs tubes, tires, and cables. Most need new seats, brake pads, and some we even repaint.
@@mountainsmoore3657 That is so awesome!
Hey Tim! Thanks for using my music! Enjoy the channel! I ride a little, mostly been a runner, but bad knees may put me on a bike more now!
Thanks for putting that music out there! I was a runner too and had just started getting into half marathons but sciatica ended that for me. I really ramped up the bike mileage after that.
What is the name of the song? Really great stuff.
PBR nice. I could see myself riding a 1000 miles... in 2 years.
Lol! My friend lent me an exact version of this sign back in the day - my roommate moved it to open a window - I came home drunk and pulled the chain - smashed to bits on the floor. I found this as a replacement years later - I always tell my friend it is technically his.
those ruins are awesome!
We have some strange spots here in Akron!
I just missed getting 1000 miles for July ... 960. My commute to work is 40 miles round trip. I skipped a day for a reason I don't remember, I think maybe it was a dentist appt. Grrr! Foiled! Congrats on your 1000 miles. I too did the C&O-GAP ride, early June, DC to Pittsburgh. Great ride!
So close! Numbers are just numbers but they do also make for good motivation/goals!
@@TimFitzwater For sure. Funny thing, it wasn't until I saw your vid that I decided to check my July numbers. Ha!
@@c_steve_j ha!
what airport was that at 4:07? do you ever get any grief from car drivers over blowing stop signs ?
Akron-Fulton - little municipal airport. Some cool history there though as the Goodyear built their two huge dirigibles in the air dock. Also - the Corsair navy fighter planes for WWII. I don’t blow stop signs if there is a car at the intersection….a lot of people think we dangerously roll lights and stop signs - it only looks like that on video - we can clearly see if it is safe and always signal to each other. Cars give us grief in this city even when we follow the laws though.
Congratulations getting your mile goal. I agree I love a all-purpose bike. What is cool is that can mean what bike you like to ride.
Thanks and right on!
Beautifully shot. Subscribed.
Thanks! 😎
wow that’s a long ride for a beer! congrats 1k miles
Thanks! 😎🍻
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love love love the 26wheels,, as a five footer, the 26in wheels are better suited to a frame that fits... and they are easiler to maneuver. unf all the well known brands ( trek, specialized and cannondale ) make a xs frame but they NOW all put these huge 700C tires on them...interesting when im on the local bike trails in pittsburgh,, most of the cyclist i see are on 80's or 90's hybrids with 26in wheels and upright handle bars!! if you get a chance check out Paul Suchecki's YT video on "my vintage touring bike 1987 Miyata.." esp how he changed the handlebars to help with his ongoing neck/back problems..!! pedal on~~~~
@@BufordDuckworth totally agree,, always enjoy his videos,, i just found him this summer on YT after following the "dots" of the Trans American Bike Race!
I will definitely check that out. 26 inch wheels make so much sense on smaller frames. There is a women who actually designs custom frames for shorter people around smaller wheel sizes. Driving me crazy her name is escaping me. I think my next project is going to be a fully upright all-road bike - maybe mustache bars.
@@TimFitzwater I'm waiting for your project to learn. I really appreciate upright riding, I' ve done an experiment with an old wheeler 3590 (26 inch cromoly of the 90s, a 18'' frame that is good even for shorter cyclists ).
What do you think about single speed conversion ?
@@3kek717 I've converted a Miyata road bike to a single speed - switched the wheels from the bigger 27inch down to 700c(can now get 35mm tires on it). I'm not into single speed off-road or all road bikes though. I have friends who love them though - even do hilly races on single speed hardtails. My knees need gears!
I LOVED THOSE DONKS!! 😍😍😍
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wait where are the donkeys at? lol
They were at the corner of Meloy and I believe it was Sanitarium. 🐴
awesome ride and filming !!!
Thanks!
good on ya, Tim! ⭐
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Nice video
Thanks! 😎
Great video 👍
Thanks! 😎
Good job on the 1000 mile month. Im lucky to make 500 miles in a month. What's your poison ivy susceptibility? We have poison oak where I live. That stuff put me in the ER. Urushiol is the agent and is also on mangos. Yeah, I got poison oak from eating a mango.
I like how you use your bikes and your all-road mentality. Your three spoked wheels reminds me of mag wheels. I grew up in the days when us teenagers put mag wheels on our cars to make 'em look cooler.
Your bike build videos support what I'm about to do with a mid 70s Centurion Super Lemans frame. I'm going for an all-road, rando bike. Thanks for that.
Thanks! I usually get poison ivy at least once every summer. After that Sunday ride I did take a shower as I know I was near it. They say the urushiol allergy is supposed to get worse over time but for me it has only lessoned. My Dad doesn't get it at all. I never knew about the mango thing!! I love a good mango.
A friend gave me those three spoke, vintage, carbon wheels. I love them! A lot of people think they are mags at first - which I remember from the 80s BMX kids when I was growing up.
Sounds like that Centurion will be an awesome build!
@@TimFitzwater FYI pistachios and cashews also have urushiol. Raw cashews are always blanched. That Centurion has a very short top tube. Good for a mile making fit.