Been getting out in the am before work to get some miles before committing to 8 hours of labor. We are still getting a fair amount of bicycle repairs. The fall riding is in people’s minds. I really like this time of the year. Better colors, shorter days and a drop in the temperature make for great riding, specially on trails and gravel, if you have it.
This year in Chicago, and elsewhere, we had the 17 year Cicadas emerge. That lasted a while and we all thought it was done. The aftermath of the Cicadas are the mites that have come to feast on Cicada eggs. The mites also like to land on people and give awful, itchy bites. They will supposedly be gone x end of August. Good times for sure.
On another note been trying to dial in this All City Zig Zag that I’ve been riding. I went with a zero setback post and I truly could not get comfortable on that bike. The reach was the same as my other bikes but it just wasn’t right. I ended up measuring the setback (tip of saddle with plumb Bob then to center of Bb) and the bike that rides perfect was 9.5cm.
The zero setback with the saddle slammed on rails was at 7cm. I ended up swapping the post to a setback and things are going in the right direction. Now the stem will have to get shortened to get back to that 87cm reach. To me these differences are important so one can sit on a bike and feel comfortable. Otherwise it’s a no go.
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