Search results

  1. jpn

    Road tubeless worth it?

    Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to everyone! I'm getting a new wheelset for my road bike (2011 Surly Pacer). I'm 6 ft 200 lbs and usually do 15-20 mile rides 4-5 times a week March thru November on my roadbike. I'm a masher not a spinner. This will be a tubeless ready wheelset. I usually...
  2. jpn

    Can't we do better than this?

    The past six months have been very wet. I had shoulder surgery last May so 2018 was a real dud for me in terms of riding. I'm itching for the weather to either get cold again or dry out so I can get into the woods. Meantime I am just happy to ride mtb on roads to get some conditioning for...
  3. jpn

    Conti tubeless advice

    I'm an idiot. I know Contis are very difficult to set up tubeless. Was brain dead when I bought two x king 2.4s over winter from Jenson when they had good sale. Tried mounting them last week. Bead sets, but won't "glue" on. air is weeping out at numerous spots on sidewalls and tread. Used 4 oz...
  4. jpn

    Lost rear fender

    Was in here @430 Sunday afternoon. Pretty dry. Couple of mud patches down by stream crossings on white. Did white and blue. Saw a couple of riders on blue. Anyway, lost my rear fender. Black with orange strap clamp. Clamps on seatpost. Think I lost it on white. Let me know if anyone picked it...
  5. jpn

    Stephens today at 5:30

    Gonna ride Stephens today pink maze lower area at 5:30. I'm old and fat so if anyone needs to build self esteem feel free to join me and leave me in dust. I park by fence on right as you come in Kinney rd. Red honds minivan; black karate monkey.
  6. jpn

    29 inch front wheel wanted

    I picked up a used front wheel from a member last summer, very cheap (Free) and have tried to use it this summer, but for the life of me i cannot get any tires to mount on it without a significant "bump" in the tire. Rim seems true and round when i spin without tire, but I have mounted 3...
  7. jpn

    loud motorcycle question

    I was doing a quick ride around my town yesterday on the road and a really loud motorcycle buzzed by me while I was going up hill. Some sort of tricked out Harley and the exhaust was really really loud and of course he revved while he passed me. I get to the top and he is on the side of the road...
  8. jpn

    scared me pretty good

    I was riding up a pretty steep hill last week - Crigger Road up in Beemerville (Sussex county by Space Farms). I am in the steepest section, head down pumping away and out of the corner of my eye I see something low flying down the hill right at me. This is a side road that dead ends so it...
  9. jpn

    anybody hear about theft of bikes up in Sussex County recently?

    I heard a wild story at work the other day about some bikes being stolen and then fortunately recovered by the owners and was curious if anyone here heard about this or know the victims I heard that there were three very expensive bikes - I am assuming road bikes because there were supposedly...
  10. jpn

    medium ride was big fun

    I would love to do the gran fondo this sunday but the cost in money and time is just way too much. However, after painting the house all weekend and the weather being so nice, I hatched a plan for tuesday. I took the day off of work, but told my wife i was going to work. l left the house normal...
  11. jpn

    Trek T900 tandem and Trek trailer for sale

    for sale, 3-4 year old Trek T900 tandem for sale in excellent condition. silver color. comes with Trek Burley Bee trailer also in excellent condition. Tandem is a hybrid type bike; great for rail trails and pavement. Tires in good shape; drivetrain is original and is mix of shimano nexave...
  12. jpn

    chain cleaning question - using air compressor?

    does anybody use compressed air when cleaning their chain? I bought a cheap compressor but I haven't used it yet and may return it. my thought was to blow all the gunk out of the chain after I put some rocknroll lube on it. I wonder though if using compressed air would just push the grit...
  13. jpn

    road crankset advice

    I have a surly pacer with 2x9 compact gearing. came 50x34. I had a 36t ring that i put on, but i would like a bigger outer ring. it is 110bcd, which seems limiting. if I need to I will swap out the whole crankset to get to standard gearing, 53x39, but does anybody know if anybody makes a 52t...
  14. jpn

    175 road crank with 53/39 rings

    upgrading my road bike; looking for a good used crankset: 175mm; 53/39 rings, either square taper or external. bike is a surly pacer, with bottom bracket specs: 68mm english thread, 1.37" x 24t anybody have anything decent they are not using?
  15. jpn

    weird obstacles

    riding on county road up in sussex county today. nice loop - naturally every direction i went i felt like I was going right into the wind. 360 degree loop from office and I am always going into the wind! Had a new experience today after 40 years of bike riding... Wind gust blows a 40 gal...
  16. jpn

    what is up with all the trees?

    was in KVSP at lunchtime. it looks like the new campsites by the twin lakes are gone and they are planting tons of trees. WHAT IS UP WITH THAT? the State is going broke, but has money to install/uninstall campsites and then plant hundreds of trees in a state park that is filled with...
  17. jpn

    ATV use in at split rock resevoir

    article today at nj.com about off duty police officer in an ATV accident at splitrock resevoir. somebody suing town for public records says ATV use is illegal there. town says they don't think ATV use is illegal. anybody know. I thought ATV use was illegal on all county and state property?
  18. jpn

    looking for a used portable basketball hoop

    Anybody have a portable basketball hoop setup they want to get rid of? need one for my 10 year old son who is really getting into basketball.
  19. jpn

    advice/opinions wanted re 20 yr old jamis dakota

    I still have my first mtb. Up until a couple years ago, I still rode it fairly regularly. it is an early 90s Jamis Dakota, rigid, 21 speed. Deore DX, came with friction shifters, I replaced them a few years ago with triggers. I thought the bike was done about 7-8 years ago when a couple of bike...
  20. jpn

    lots of displaced rocks on trails

    My son and I did last years race loop on saturday night around 7pm. didn't see any other riders, but on a lot of the trails there were big rocks/small boulders right in middle of trails that looked as though they were purposely dislodged from the sides of the trails where they had been set in as...
Top Bottom