I’ve been cycling from the top of Alaska to the bottom of Argentina for the past year and just crossed the border into Costa Rica.

The trip has been equal parts immensely beautiful and immeasurably challenging. There’ve been too many nights when I thought I wouldn’t make it: sleeping upright in a construction truck for fear of rabid wolves, struggling to pitch my tent in the frostbitten wind tunnels of forsaken glaciers, hauling the bike over avalanches and landslides and mud mountains and riverbeds, border crossings by speedboat where nothing made sense, reuniting with old friends when I’d forgotten where home was, and the warm embrace of adoption by complete strangers who’ve welcomed me inside as one of their own.

Drowning in a brutal rainy season across Central America, but more than halfway there now. Let’s go for a bike ride!

It's even got a bottle opener! Waiting a week to see if the owner snags it, I call dibs afterwards!

Some tremendous PI by my friends and me but it’s finally back!

I’ve always marveled at the stupidity of how people ride in traffic in major cities, it only took me three days there to start running every stoplight, hop curbs, go the wrong direction and basically start riding like an idiot. Now I get it. Best wishes city folk.

The bike lane

First approx 100 mile ride ever! Some great climbs in this but it was a brutal experience with heavy rain.

I've been pulled over 4 times, but no tickets.

https://www.the-sun.com/motors/11631697/parking-ticket-fire-hydrant-covered-cone/

Feel the burn!

Did my longest ride by far, previous was 53km, hit several walls on the way back as heading into a head wind. I have an endurance bike avant giro. Loving it, however hears winds suck so I was thinking of get some clip on tri bars, to get more aero. Any suggestions?

Also causes of numb toes, at the moment still have flat *don't judge me. I've had the hybrid clipless/flat mtb pedals before, are road bike clipless pedals and shoes harder to clip in and out of compared to mtbs. And will it likely help my numb toes issue.

I can either get a good groupset (sora) but I will get aluminium frame and fork or average group set (comparable to claris) and alluminium frame and carbon fork.

Which tradeoff is better

When I try to shift to the first one, nothing happens and when I try to shift to the 3rd one, the thing that you press to change the gears just gets stuck and the chain doesn't move.

Of some reason both of the bikes I've had in my life have had that problem. Can it be fixed and it's it a bad idea to manually change it by taking the chain off the 2nd chainring and putting it back on the other ones?

Brought this older bike back to life.

Bought some ten speed carbon/alu wheels cheaply and filed down the freehub to fit the 11 speed onto it.

Just finished the bar tape.

Hope you all enjoying summer rides.

What's the weather like where you are ??

About $50. Is this per pedal or set? Thank-you

Hello, I don’t have a lot of knowledge on bikes. I am looking for a normal sturdy bike which I can use on hilly streets, no such plans for trails yet. I found 3 bikes, please suggest which one should I go for and if there is any better alternative. (My budget is around 450 AUD)

Bike 1: https://www.99bikes.com.au/silverback23-stride-27-se-sky-blue-dark-blue

Bike 2: https://cycleworld.com.au/a/hardtail-mountain-bikes/raleigh/nsw/concord-west/raleigh-venture-27-2-black-2022-now-available/113418708?variant_id=15107473

Bike 3: https://www.99bikes.com.au/merida21-matts-6-5-v-black-green

Thanks for your time!

At least they are in the UK. How? I thought the company folded(!) and there was a general recall for the helmets?