Does anyone know what is a good cycling computer? All I need is good GPS/mapping features that doesn't connect to my phone what so ever. I don't need fitness functions at all

Got my gravel bike and my first gravel ride already had the views to die for.

I need a universal nice bike hand gesture. A thumbs up or ok sign is just not enough for me. Do you have anything for that or have an idea that can be easily understood.

Yes this is because i just saw someone with a nice gravel bike and couldn't give more than a smile.

Started riding about 20 km / 300 m below Bormio. As my timing was again fucked up it was sunday again. So i thought i would not go up Stelvio but Gavia, because i figured it to have maybe half the traffic.

On my way to Bormio the was a road cycling race going on. I asked one roadie who was watching about Stelvio vs Gavia. He said if you have to choose one, then Stelvio. I thought alright then.

Sitting in a cafe in Bormio, watching the traffic going towards Stelvio i returned to the old plan and cycle Gavia instead. I started the climb at noon, full sun exposure, it's a north-south pass. When i had looked up the height profile it looked mellow, but i don't know what it was, i found it really exhausting. Maybe the sun or maybe that i basically only had some yoghurt, bars and a bunch of peaches until i reached the pass. Traffic was really ok for a sunday.

On the pass i saw the first two wild capricorns since i've been cycling in the mountains. Awesome, finally. I had a Cappucino and a beer and started the descend. Wow, absolutely amazing views. I stopped every now and then to take in the views. At one point i was taking a photo (not the title photo) amd i heard some cracking next to me. Two female capricorns climbed down some rocks to lick somw salt right next to me.

I had no idea they weren't scared of humans. I continued the descend, an absolutely beautiful narrow road down to Ponte di Legno, where i took a room, absolutely knackered. Feeling better now after the Pizza.

I thought the western shore of the lake would have a lot of annoying traffic, but there was a cycling path pretty much all the way that i rode. It's not for roadies or people in a hurry though, it is a bit meandering, and often shared with pedestrians, people going for a swim as it goes right along the lake shore.

The night before yesterday i did not take a room but a spot on a campsite with great lake view and 20 m walk to the lake. But like i worried, in deed a thunderstorm rolled in in the night. It was so stormy already when it wasn't even raining yet that i abandoned my tent, grabbed most of my stuff and hung out at the sanitary facilities to wait it out. I didn't feel safe in the tent, thought trees or branches could fall onto me. I also was sure that when the heart of the storm arrived, my tent will be gone. I had not set it up in the right direction towards the wind i could not change it anymore in the storm. Luckily when the rain arrived, the wind got weaker and half an hour later i felt fine moving back into my tent, it was still raining, flashing, thundering pretty good but the wind was on non storm levels again. I think the worst of the storm hit a few km left and right of my position, got lucky there. Few of my tent poles got bent by the wind but that was it, had a good rest of the night, tent stayed dry.

Yesterday i took the day off and laid around lazily at the lake all day, going for a swim every now and then. Now i am moving towards the dolomites.

Now im hungover as f**k and i have to ride back 😭

I love recreational cycling 100km or so at a time, but I'm completely fascinated with Randonneuring!

Has anyone completed a brevet of any length? Please share your experience going into it, and how the event ended up for you :)

I've been biking for a number of years, primarily single track XC or gravel riding. I do adventure racing, which is incredibly tough on the bikes, but am hoping to improve my bike life.

What are some of the important bike maintenance things that you all do?

What a day it was yesterday. Climbed up from the valley again to cross over a mountain to the Como lake. I rode up the wrong hill though and had to hike my bike along a hiking track with a small climbing passage for about 2km to get where i originally wanted to get to. This is where i wanted to get to, what a view it was on the city of Lugano and its lake:

I then continued a bit of regular gravel road that later turned into a single track mountain bike route, where the title picture was taken. Had to push my bike quite a bit on it too, was too steep and too many big rocks in parts, severly underbiked. I ended the day on a mountain ridge that is the border between switzerland and italy. There was a hiking refuge on there, where i had some beer and wine, cooked some spaghetti and then i camped next to an old on the ridge, right by the refuge:

Sitting now on the terrasse of the refuge, drinking a coffee, writing this post. There's a friendly and funny dog here, kiko, which is so nice. I'm gonna roll down to the Como lake now after the coffee, butit'ds just so nicr up here.

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I'll start with a couple of mine:

• Terry Barentsen (fast-paced urban rides, mainly in NYC)

• BCpov (MTB rides as well as some trail building stuff)

• Shifter (informative videos on various topics relating to cycle commuting)

• One Cyclist in Lisbon (pretty much what it says on the tin, lots of silly city cycling moments in his compilations and as well as longer rides outside Lisbon)

• Ed Pratt's Unicycling The World series (I know it's not a bike, but it touches on a lot of just cycle touring in general)

Does anyone have a recommendation for home gamer bike repair stands? I’d like to find an inexpensive one that stows away easily or otherwise doesnt take too much space. Since I only need it maybe once or twice a year I can do without the hard core bike shop level of durability. For my needs it just needs to hold the bike off the floor so I can do derailer adjustments.

Trying to prepare for the day where I'm out and I get caught in the rain.

Took the Grand Canyon 8 (2022 model) out for a ride on my local track near Rheden, The Netherlands this morning. I am pretty happy with the bike and it is such an upgrade compared to my previous one.

I just got my new (used) bike, and I'm also a big music nerd and love to listen to music when I'm traveling. Do you personally listen to music while you're cycling, and in your opinion is it safe?

As the title says. I'm planning on doing my first century in July. Several +50km rides behind me at the moment and averaging about 100km a week since spring. How much food should I pack? Do you guys use sports drinks etc for hydration? Any surprises I shouls know comparing the ride to shorter ones?

Thank you in advance :)

Is this the first bike on a bridge post here? Well it is not a bridge actually, so the first is still up for grabs. It's on the last dam about before grimselpass in switzerland, maybe 200m below it. I knew i was in for some sportscars and motorbikes stinking up the scenery, it was sunday after all. I didn't expect the piaggio vespa riders from alpine countries to have a meeting somewhere, which were like 250 machines extra, conservative guess. Still, the landscape up grimsel was absolutely phenomenal. I originally wanted to sleep somewhere up there but it was early so i kept going and rode furkapasstooo. It's like 400m down from grimsel and then another 700 up.

Boy was it gorgeus, the whole day (other than the motorbikes). This photo was taken just a tad bit below furkapass, the serpentines coming into the valley in the distance were the downhill from grimsel:

This was todays route.

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My second tour. Tent is staying at home for this one, i have a cabin on the ferry and a hotel in 'dam. Plenty of space in the pannier for ahem, "souvenirs"

Recently got a '14 Trek Domane and have been racking up the miles. I found a group nearby that does 50 mile rides most Saturday mornings and states 14-16mph. What speed should be able to maintain on my own to not get dropped?

Recently got a 1by Canyon Grizl, it's been quite the adventure! Coming from the world of mountain bikes, I'm blown away by just how far I can ride on a gravel bike. Instead of taking a car to trails, I just ride from my house! It does everything, and is so much fun.

Best photo i took on my tour yet, from a few days ago. I was looking for a route through the black forest that would keep me at altitude for a while, ended up on the 'schwarzwald radweg' that i didn't know of before, i liked it a lot, skipped my original route and followed that. It's almost completely motor traffic free, mostly on gravel but everything was ridable with 38mm tires. It was surprisingly lonely on the route, hardly anybody on it, apart from some towns it passes or some more touristy places like feldberg. Involved a lot of climbing but i liked it a lot.

If you are interested in the route, there is a gpx downloadable from here.

Hi Kevin, are you ok?

In Cambridge, MA, USA, and nearby communities, bike advocates have made real progress with lanes and paths and general infrastructure. Also the city requires that new builds have a proper bike room. This building was recently gutted and fitted out and this is the bike room today - overloaded, and the building is barely half full... Looks like they will need to find more efficient bike racks!

Meanwhile in a recent commute I was in a queue of 30 bicycles at a light at which about 6-8 cars get through at a time. 10-15 years ago I was one of the few bikes on the roads at any time.

Hats off to the advocates and representatives of the local cities that have made this happen through continuous pressure and work over decades...

Is there a specific route or trail you want to hit up this summer? A distance or fitness goal of some sort? Planning a bicycle tour? Bikepacking?

Please share, I'm curious to see what all of you are getting up to for this summer!