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This may have been part of
This may have been part of why I used to love motorcycling, and why I now drive a convertible for when I do occasionally need to drive.
It made driving in Chicago a bit more bearable, but Chicago’s traffic is nowhere near as bad as London’s most of the time.
I loved the book.
I loved the book. Unfortunately, he seems to have suffered from some serious mental health issues, and what happened to his son afterwards is just tragic.
Google Maps disagrees.
Google Maps disagrees.
There’s definitely at least a
There’s definitely at least a small amount of space behind me on the saddle.
I adjust mine by going on a long ride with the appropriate tools to adjust the saddle. Move it in single click increments of angle then ride another few minutes. The saddle should be nominally level front to back, but I’ve ended up at least five degrees off that either way depending on the saddle and the bike. I iterate until I don’t feel like I’m sliding forward or backward.
Black snakes
Black snakes
Caterpillars
Uncountable panicked squirrels
Suicidal rabbits
Pricey but oh so supple, Rene
Pricey but oh so supple, Rene Herse Chinook Pass.
Something odd is going on, as
Something odd is going on, as this seems unlikely.
Steve K wrote:
But I’d say maybe 150km a day?It’s doable, but very few cycle tourists do so much distance day after day. More like 100-125 km.
Also, why is it okay to say mileage, but not kilometreage?
Anyhow, there are several good tools with various levels of useablility.
https://www.komoot.com/plan/@51.4608524,-0.1153564,10z?sport=touringbicycle
https://cycle.travel/map (a nice feature of this one is that once you have a route, you can click on a point along it then click to see Google Street View.)
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/new
When in doubt, I use Strava’s global heatmap to see how much other cyclists, usually locals, are riding on a road.
https://www.strava.com/heatmap#9.29/-0.17634/51.35051/blue/ride
What color are your shifter
What color are your shifter levers? I keep a small tin of black enamel and a tiny brush handy. Sand down any rough areas that stick up proud, then paint with 2-3 coats. Looks great from a few feet away.
3M Nexcare / Tegaderm works
3M Nexcare / Tegaderm works great if you can find one big enough to cover the rash area. I find I’m basically healed in a week.
Agreed. I sometimes resort to
Agreed. I sometimes resort to google searching with my username and site:road.cc .
I’ve put 4600 happy miles on
I’ve put 4600 happy miles on their dynamo Adventure 650B wheelset. Only issue was they needed one more wrap of tubeless tape for my Rene Herse tires to pop on. I also had to buy a new tool to tighten the centerlock for the rotors. The older tool I had wouldn’t fit on there past the through axle.
This has unfortunately been
This has unfortunately been going on for ages. From Sheldon Brown:
https://www.sheldonbrown.com/tire-sizing.html
Competitive pressures have often led to inaccuracy in width measurement. Here’s how it works: Suppose you are in the market for a high-performance 700 x 25 tire; you might reasonably investigate catalogues and advertisements to try to find the lightest 700-25 available. If the Pepsi Tire Company and the Coke Tire Company had tires of equal quality and technology, but the Pepsi 700-25 was actually a 700-24 marked as a 25, the Pepsi tire would be lighter than the accurately-marked Coke 700-25. This would put Pepsi at a competitive advantage. In self defense, Coke would retaliate by marketing an even lighter 700-23 labeled as a 700-25.
This scenario prevailed throughout the ’70’s and ’80’s. The situation got so out-of-hand that cooler heads have prevailed, and there is a strong (but not universal) trend toward accurate width measurements.
Some road bicycles have extremely tight clearances and will not fit an honest 28mm tire.
In any case, how is 26.38 mm “just within” 28 mm ±1.5 mm?
Right at that temperature is
Right at that temperature is where I switch to the Pearl Izumi lobster style. They’re too warm at 5 °C, but perfect at 0 °C. I would only recommend the neoprene ones for use in cold (0-5 °C) rain. Other than that, you’ll either have chilly fingers or wet fingers from your own sweat.
If you really don’t want the fantastic lobster claws, I’d recommend combining a liner glove with a weather resistant outer sized up to fit over. Then you have three ways of wearing them. I’ve been fine at 0 °C with a thin synthetic liner under some pretty basic spring/fall cycling gloves.
hawkinspeter wrote:
A house in Clevedon [URL]https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/local-news/clevedon-couple-in-horrendous-shock-4783571[url]“Photographs from the scene show a huge hole in the front of the building, surrounded by rumble.”
Apparently you could hear the crash for hours.