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Lake as in Como or Garda?
Anyway, I take the train from London to Milan every year for the Italian GP, changing in Paris, which involves getting from Gare du Nord to Gare du Lyon. It’s great, barely any slower than flying, much more comfortable, has no luggage limits and is often cheaper. Do it!
Cycle provision from Paris onwards is great, however the Eurostar leg of your journey is, predictably, a shitshow. You have to trust your bike to the care of EuroDespatch; they might have it in Paris when you arrive, or you might have to wait several hours. Iff your bike turns up on time, you can have a little bimble around the city; if it doesn’t, you’ll have a few hours to kill near Gare du Nord. I suppose you could walk up to Sacre Coeur or have a long lunch.
Como. I think. Basically a ten-day bimble, not too hilly (as my wife will probably be with me), and with inexpensive places to stay the night. Advice on this?
Ah yes. EuroDespatch. I’d forgotten about that. Last time I wanted to take my bike to Paris was in 2016, and I contacted them six months beforehand, only to be told that there were no spaces.
Getting across Paris, c’est bien facile. I lived there for fifteen years in my misspent youth.
I’m off to research EuroDespatch again… thank you. 🙂
Have a look at Airbnb for places to stay. Last year we stayed on the slopes above Como, we had an apartment in an old mansion with the lake below, absolutely stunning! It was £116 for two people for two nights. The balcony was enormous.
I did a ride from the apartment along to Bellagio then up the Madonna del Grazie (which is a must do ride! The church is a shrine to cycling, and has a museum next to it) and then alng past the foot of the Muro di Sormanno and back to the apartment. I should have done the Muro, but the Mrs had told me not to be out too long
The road around the lake is very narrow and I wasn’t happy with some of the driving, so take care. August is a busy time anywhere in Italy, a lot of the country is on holiday.Thatsnotmyname wrote:
Well, it could happen while on a turbo, but the turbo would still not be the root cause..As others have said – the notion that this is related to use on a turbo is just nonsense. Turbo use would not affect this, or any other crankset.Why not? Isn’t using a turbo almost the same thing as just riding the bike, and if it can happen when riding the bike, then…?
…and the troll was saying it ONLY happens on a turbo, because the back wheel is fixed and can’t move around like a bike would on the road
It happens because pedals are turning crank arms, and some of these haven’t been stuck together too well.I think there’s a service
I think there’s a service that takes them from London to places in France, could you use that and then ride from there or catch a train?
Check SNCF too, the French railway company.
We drive to the east coast of Italy every summer, takes about 20 hours driving, so Milan would be be around 13. If there were two drivers you could just about do it without an overnight stop, but it can be knackering and it can take a lot longer if you are unlucky with accidents and or traffic.
I had a MkII Octavia hatch,
I had a MkII Octavia hatch, and my Propel would go in easy as with the back seats dropped down. I’m 6 foot so it isn’t a small bike either.
If I take both wheels off, I can get the bike and wheels in the boot without dropping the seats, and still carry 5 people. I’ve bought a bag to put the frame in and keep the chain from oiling up everything it comes into contact with.
Yup, utter b/sThe website and my phone weren’t getting on last night…
My bike has never been near a turbo, this is a pretty common fault. I don’t believe it is use on a turbo that is causing it; it may be making it happen more often, but I don’t think that explanation makes sense.
OP, take the bike back to the shop you bought it from and start with them. This could have had nasty consequences for you if it had let go when you were on a big effort, and it is not an acceptable failure. The shop where I bought my bike from put me in touch with Madison, the UK distributor, and I eventually got a free replacement even though it was a year outside the warranty.
Youre also wrong. The fault may ( and does ) occur on the road, putting the bike on the turbo helps it along nicely.
How am I wrong? My bike has NEVER been on a turbo.
I have found a new source of
I have found a new source of inspiration, courtesy of those Facebook Anniversary things that sometimes pop up. It was a photo album from 12-13 years ago, of my wife’s 40th birthday. My wife and our two kids, me, the in laws all sitting round a table in a restaurant. My son gleefully cropped it and enlarged the part of the photo with my face in it – I was over 12 kg heavier back then, and christ did it show!
“patrolls”????
“patrolls”????
Apart from that, I hope they throw the book at Mr manning. But they won’t.
Yup, utter b/s
Yup, utter b/s
The website and my phone weren’t getting on last night…
My bike has never been near a turbo, this is a pretty common fault. I don’t believe it is use on a turbo that is causing it; it may be making it happen more often, but I don’t think that explanation makes sense.
OP, take the bike back to the shop you bought it from and start with them. This could have had nasty consequences for you if it had let go when you were on a big effort, and it is not an acceptable failure. The shop where I bought my bike from put me in touch with Madison, the UK distributor, and I eventually got a free replacement even though it was a year outside the warranty.
Happened to me about a year
Happened to me about a year ago, it’s broken. The two parts should be bonded together; I had had mine about 3 years and there is a 2 year warranty. Shimano originally tried to get out of it but I kept the pressure on them and they eventually replaced it under warranty. I had been on a mission to climb Rosedale Chimney in Yorkshire, the bloody thing let me get to within about a mile before I realised it was a potential disaster. Glad it didn’t happen when I was out the saddle on the climb! It was something like a 25 mile ride back to base, rolling and then praying when I had to pedal it would hold together.
Lots of info on google about, here’s a thread on bike radar – https://forum.bikeradar.com/discussion/13064693/ultegra-crank-failure/p3
I’d say you should be able to
I’d say you should be able to do that twice a week from where you are now. You will feel a lot more tired and it will feel like it takes you a long time to get used to it, but it’s doable. Do you get any other riding in, say a longer more casual ride at the weekend?
I commute two or three times a week myself, the direct route is only 7 miles but it is on a horrible road, so I do 10-15 miles on the country lanes. It’s much nicer and you get more training out of it too.
I did the commute to Sutton from home a couple of times – 44 miles each way! It took me about 2.5 hours, we didn’t start work til 9.30 so I could get up at 6 and still have some extra time for emergencies or mechanicals. Only in the summer though, I don’t mind riding in the dark but 90 minutes is about the most.
It’s not all bad, according
It’s not all bad, according to some figures I read (can’t remember where) you get an 8% benefit when someone is on your wheel…
I ride in similar conditions
I ride in similar conditions to you, although dodge the rain when possible. Craft make some great baselayers; I wear one of those with a Gore thermo jersey of some kind and a North Wave fluoro jacket, this all keeps my top half warm down to about 3 degrees. The Gore jersey twp extra little pockets on the sides, as well as the three ones at the back plus the zip pocket, very handy when you have lots of stuff to carry and don’t want to take a bag.
I use silk glove liners when it is really cold, with some Castellu winter gloves. The liners are a tenner from Amazon, work brilliantly for me.
Legs – I use normal cycling shorts with leggings from Sports Direct that are about a tenner. The benefit of these is you can use them off the bike, if you get hot you can take them off, and they dry quickly when they get wet. I do have thermal bib longs too, a Castelli pair and a DHB pair.
Overshoes – Endura thermal ones are the warmest I have tried, and have lasted the longest too. I would invest in some Northwave winter boots if I had to ride in the wet, a colleague has them and swears by them.
Definitely get it looked at.
Definitely get it looked at. I broke my scapula last August, and although the bone healed, my left arm is pretty feeble still. It feels like a knot in the bicep, I don’t know if this was un-diagnosed at the time, or maybe in my injured and feeling sorry for myself state, I didn’t realise it was in addition to the bone injury.
I have discs on my mountain
I have discs on my mountain bikes, and always turn them upside to fix a rear puncture, never had a braking problem after. They are only upside down whilst I fix the flat, which is 15 minutes tops, unless I bugger it up.
Not sure how you would take the wheel out without turning the bike over? Aren’t you likely to damage the rear mech/cover yourself in oil/be unable to get the wheel back in easily?
The road around the lake is very narrow and I wasn’t happy with some of the driving, so take care. August is a busy time anywhere in Italy, a lot of the country is on holiday.
It happens because pedals are turning crank arms, and some of these haven’t been stuck together too well.