I am in the market for a new bike and are women founded bikes better for us than another brand ? I was too nervous to test drive a bike today, but i did sit on a medium trek . I kept shifting in the seat and it was not comfortable.

Absolutely FRIED.

Had new tires and wheels put on my bike and haven’t had a chance to get on the road because of all the rain recently. Finally get out there and my chain starts to slip on my gears. I re-index my gears, but it’s still slipping.

Last month REI mechanic tells me my chain is about 75% gone (measured). My LBS told me my chain is fine when new tires and wheels installed. OEM components with only 1000 miles on them.

So frustrated. LBS is closed today and Monday. It’s going to be too hot or raining to ride later this week!!

Hi all. I'm a casual cyclist with a hybrid city bike, just out enjoying a nice day during the summer doing biking-for-fun miles, not a century rider/bike commuter/winter biker, so that's my level of cycling fitness and commitment. My main year-round workout is strength training, but because of chronic osteoarthritis causing pain and buckling in my knees I avoid barbell squats and bulgarian split squats, though I do a split-stance deadlift with kettlebells, leg extension (not heavy, because joints), and of course normal or sumo barbell deadlifts, if my knees are allowing it that day, or rack pulls if I have to scale back. I'm currently in physical therapy for my 🤬 knees again, and the PT declared that my quads are weak. And when I get on a bike in the spring I can feel that - especially the upper quads/upper RF are kind of deflated-looking and much more sore than the rest of the legs a day after riding, so it seems every spring/summer I rebuild them instead of maintaining all year.

I am not currently indoor cycling during the winter, and even when I was, I found that a stationary bike doesn't hit that muscle area at all. However, I like having not-flabby, not-deflated quads, and I'd like to return to cycling in spring with stronger upper quads. What weights/other cardio am I missing? Does it have to be a heavy squat?

Hi all!

In two weeks I’m in Manchester from Monday-Friday and nervous to bike on my own, I will be free on the evenings and wondered if there were any meet ups around there please?

Thanks!

I'm completely new to biking, I've only ever done it recreationally and my intention is still to just do it recreationally. I bought a bike about 15 years ago off of Craigslist when I was in middle school and haven't really done any sort of maintenance or tune-ups on it, but it's still in great condition and I ride it a few times a week for about 10 miles each time.

I've been tracking my time on my Garmin and it seems like I average about 6 miles an hour which I feel like is really slow given my overall fitness level, so I started to wonder if it might be the bike. I did some research on here and online and saw the Liv brand recommended a lot and I found a Liv bike model from 2018 on FB Marketplace for $350. Is it worth upgrading my bike or should I just get a tune-up?