Welcome to the IHoP v.2

[MKader17 332]

That's right, the Holland's bike. So the big tires don't kill the efficiency on the road?

[dem beats 1,223]

2 hours ago, ///M5 said:

Your disappointed comment made my heart sink.

That was partially intended.  I needed someone else to feel my pain for a brief moment.

I knew something was up because the demo unit already sounded better than anything I had plugged into my head. 

I honestly thought maybe the 6 drivers per eat were so inefficient that my phone was having trouble driving them... But I used my phone in the store.

 

You know I have laughed off "break in" on speakers before but maybe it's much more real and does in fact take longer than a few seconds to happen. The bass is becoming this beautiful place where I can hear details within bass. That's super new for me. 

I can hear guitar strings being touched on really awesome speakers, on these I'm starting to hear the same on a bass guitar, I'm hearing the lead into and fade out on a drum being hit. Any way it's a whole new world.

 

I'm so glad I found them, then you went to them and made up my mind. Should have stepped up years ago.

[dem beats 1,223]

22 minutes ago, MKader17 said:

That's right, the Holland's bike. So the big tires don't kill the efficiency on the road?

I ran out of gear on the one I tested. It won't win a road race but I do feel the lost efficiency is exaggerated.

If you don't got off-road but a road bike. If you go off-road but also have to be in pavement sometimes a fat bike is not a bad option.

Laughs at curbs.

Edited June 1, 2016 by dem beats

[MKader17 332]

45 minutes ago, dem beats said:

Laughs at curbs.

So does my road bike; just a different kind of laugh.

[MKader17 332]

Next bike will be for the wife. Comfort will be a priority, but I do't want her to end up with something so much more inefficient that I feel like I'm barely moving on my bike.

[MKader17 332]

Or we both get fatty bikes and if I get bored I hit the ditches or something.

[dem beats 1,223]

1 hour ago, MKader17 said:

Or we both get fatty bikes and if I get bored I hit the ditches or something.

Better!

[nem 2,019]

7 hours ago, ///M5 said:

I did this winter, but here it is again.

Could you send a little snow my way?

[///M5 2,833]

9 hours ago, MKader17 said:

Next bike will be for the wife. Comfort will be a priority, but I do't want her to end up with something so much more inefficient that I feel like I'm barely moving on my bike.

What do you ride?

[///M5 2,833]

6 hours ago, MKader17 said:

Or we both get fatty bikes and if I get bored I hit the ditches or something.

There is nothing more comfortable than a fat bike

It isn't that it is slower, but it definitely takes more energy than my road bike

[///M5 2,833]

*slower than other mountain style bikes

[///M5 2,833]

First day i ran out of gear without a hill.  Was spinning out and doing a hair over 25mph.  Couldn't hold that for long though. 

 

Front sprocket is a 28 and the small rear a 10.  42 on the up hill end.  

Going to break 100mi on the fatties this week i smile the whole time too

[///M5 2,833]

Better cycling shape than i have been since 1996

[dem beats 1,223]

That's baby makin music right there.

 

http://youtu.be/AdZK0HeYkwM

 

[dem beats 1,223]

1 hour ago, ///M5 said:

Better cycling shape than i have been since 1996

I was a super fatty back then.

[MKader17 332]

8 hours ago, ///M5 said:

What do you ride?

I'm on a 2009 vintage Trek 1.2 (Sora components)

[///M5 2,833]

1 hour ago, MKader17 said:

I'm on a 2009 vintage Trek 1.2 (Sora components)

Ha, 2009 isn't vintage.  My road bike is an 82 Trek.

Anything with knobby tires will be slow and comfortable in comparison.  I have my wife on a 2005'ish Giant XTC NRS.  Full squish and reasonably rolling efficiency tires with enough knobs to grab on loose gravel for confidence.

How athletic/biking capable is she?  How about conditioning in comparison?

[MKader17 332]

Vintage in the true sense of the word

She can ride a bike and she's more athletic that she claims. She's a swimmer. Her workout swim speed is just a tad slower than my all out sprint speed and she can swim a mile no problem.

Biggest thing for her will be getting comfortable with clip in pedals.

[///M5 2,833]

Where are you going to ride?  ie, all pavement or not?

[MKader17 332]

My plan is all asphalt and pavement as long as I have my road bike. Non-technical dirt trails could be a possibility.

[///M5 2,833]

Comfort and road bike don't match.  Although getting something that takes at least 28mm tires helps a shit load.

Do you ride in your drops much?

[MKader17 332]

When I go tour de France, I do.

[MKader17 332]

I use my drops when flying down big hill, whe the wind is pushing me hard mostly.

[MKader17 332]

15 minutes ago, ///M5 said:

Comfort and road bike don't match.  Although getting something that takes at least 28mm tires helps a shit load.

Do you ride in your drops much?

Agreed, though it is relative. Im fine using my road bike daily or on 30+ mile rides

[///M5 2,833]

A flat bar combo bike might make sense for her.  Something with 35mm treadless tires or the like.