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hirsute wrote:

hirsute wrote:

Thanks for the summary but I’m still not giving him any clicks.

Nor me although I do like the idea of him increasing his cycling experience. The few sections of his videos that I’ve watched have been boring and I don’t think he’s particularly insightful or knowledgeable.

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wtjs wrote:

feeling sorry for the family he spending all this time with if he does a hard session on the trainer and then just goes about his day

This seems to be a common delusion, presumably carefully fostered by the deodorant and laundry products industries- most of the smell is on the clothes. Indoor training = sweat pouring out like rain, which is a wash in itself. Personally, I wouldn’t be online telling strangers how to accomplish ‘personal hygiene’

Genetics can also affect whether sweat is smelly or not, so it’s quite possible to be drenched with sweat and yet not have an offensive odour.

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Changing into cycling shorts

Changing into cycling shorts shouldn’t take very long at all, so unless you’re doing very short trainer sessions you might as well get changed as you’ll be likely sweating into your clothes anyway.

Personally I don’t like saddles with lots of padding as they initially seem comfy, but can apply pressure in the wrong places as the padding gets squeezed. However, people have different size and shapes of their sitting anatomy so the chances are that you’ll just have to go with testing out saddles until you find one that works for you.

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This doesn’t quite fit the

This doesn’t quite fit the brief, but here’s a mysterious autonomous? car just waiting to pounce. It appears to have crashed but it’s not clear what it crashed into.

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/police-cordon-place-after-car-7315048

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Flipping autonomous vans!

Flipping autonomous vans!

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/van-flips-over-bristol-city-7305578

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wtjs wrote:

Ask HP, and stand back!

I tried replacing my Ultegra crank with a few strands of (uncooked) spaghetti held together with a bit of duck tape. It’s not ideal, but seems a lot stronger than Ultegra/Dura-Ace cranks.

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That looks promising, but it

That looks promising, but it hasn’t been launched yet – “The Department for Transport expects to include measures to enable the creation of the branch in the forthcoming Transport Bill.”

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Richbeck wrote:

Richbeck wrote:

Not cheap, but I guess if David at DCR uses one, then it must be good!

Tools – DCR Wheels https://dcrwheels.co.uk/products/misc-parts/tools/

I like the look of that spoke holder, but can’t justify replacing my Park Tool one.

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Had to hunt around a bit to
Had to hunt around a bit to find the spokes (DT Swiss Aero comp) as well, so I hope I don’t need to get some 256mm ones

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Couldn’t find one for
Couldn’t find one for straight pull spokes using the Prime RD010 hub and Prime 60mm rim

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I did use an online spoke
I did use an online spoke calculator, but must have got one of the measurements wrong. Probably the distance to the rim including the nipple height (which I didn’t have).

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Well, there’s some cheap ones

Well, there’s some cheap ones on EBay, but I’ve only ever tried the Park Tool one which is overpriced.

To be honest, I don’t find a spoke tension guage that much use as once you’ve built a couple of wheels, you can pretty much tell which spokes are too loose or too tight by trying to deform them or if you’re musically minded, plucking them and listening to the tones.

However, I may not be the best person to make recommendations as I’m in the middle of building a Prime Carbon 60 rear wheel but bought the wrong spokes – I calculated that I should use 260/262mm ones but soon realised that they’re too long. Now mucking around with swapping the 260mm spokes with 258mm ones and will replace the 262mm with the 260mm ones. I hope I don’t have to get even shorter ones.

Edit: just seen that there are some phone apps for judging spoke tension by the note – similar to a guitar tuning app.

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Just sent mine

Just sent mine

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Simon E wrote:

You wouldn’t normally ‘pass through’ Portmeirion, it’s down a dead-end side road outside Penrhyndeudraeth.

Hope you enjoy the tour. North Wales is a wonderful area to cycle but is blighted by a huge influx of incompetent idiots in cars during the holiday season.

We’re off to Dyffryn Ardudwy at the beginning of July, so that may well include us.

By the way, I can recommend the Gelato in Portmeirion.

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hirsute wrote:
hawk ?!
 
 

hirsute wrote:

hawk ?!

 

 

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