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I’m seeing a lot of early 90s
I’m seeing a lot of early 90s ridgid mtbs with cantis. Some quality others not. Still a lot of noisy chains out there.
I rode around a roundabout
I rode around a roundabout yesterday afternoon that I have not gone around that way (apart from very late night/wee hours) for many, many years.
It’s so dangerous (in my quick risk assesment view) thet I get off, use the pelican crossing, walk the bike a bit on the pavement, cross a road and only then get back on to ride the cycle route, hastle I know, far slower, but much less chance of a violent death from sheer driver incompetence.
It really is that quiet out there, sometimes.
Similar (and yet not), I’m a
Similar (and yet not), I’m a very “medium”, with L or more for a baggy, comfy look. Not my Castelli Perfecto though, couldn’t even fit in a large, and my XL is tighter than I might normally like.
Pleased I went M on my Surly, I like a bit of a smaller frame so I can move around a bit better on it.
I’m quite sure that a lot of my bikes I got sold when younger were too big, and I never got a chance to grow into them.
I managed to overtorque a
I managed to overtorque a hope QR seatpost clamp and broke the threaded bolt, the nut and part of the threaded bit shot across the room like a bullet. They replaced it immediately, wondeful Hope, never had a problem with the replacement. Though I was a little more careful, I had REALLY gone for it.
It’s my arms that tend to
It’s my arms that tend to need the extra warmth/wind protection.
Always a baselayer or short sleeved top, then depending on the heat/cold/breeze at the moment, a long sleeve jersey, a delightful Rapha merino windcheater (gift) or if proper chilly the incredible Castelli Perfecto (formerly the legendary long sleeved Gabba).
Some people swear by the gilet. Me I’d rather a Bolero.
I did once have a pertex jacket that could be converted into a gilet by removing the arms, didn’t do it once.
But unless you’re washing
But unless you’re washing your hands between the many handshakes that would happen, you become THE super spreader, and very succeptible to any infection that might be going around.
Please send it to Sainsburys,
Please send it to Sainsburys, their drivers seem to kill too many cyclists.
Maybe try and get one soon, I
Maybe try and get one soon, I’m guessing demand is up right now.
They even stuck a few banner ads on myRoad.cc early on.
I have seen instructions on how to make one out of an old T-shirt that I think I might prefer to wear. Probably just as effective virus wise, and maybe more comfortable.
I grabbed a Respro after
I grabbed a Respro after Bunscombe, the reflective City, then fitted it with Powa valves and techno filter. Carol said one summers morning that the pollution was proper high so I tried it, still very hot and sweaty, couldn’t drink (or spit, not a problem now). Could breathe, but wouldn’t want to be doing big hills.
Now I know from work that any sort of facial hair, even stubble, means you cannot participate in a face fit test, and I was allowed to obtain a powered 3M respirator with inflateable hood thing, which having previously worn standard face masks, was wonderfully comfortable, cool air being blown on my temple. (Only downside is that the power and filter unit is worn on the lower back, sometimes you forget, relase wind and are hit very quickly and powerfully with the smell.)
So with my love of facial hair and hatred of regular shaving a pollution mask probably has no real effect in protecting me from pollution, as a proper seal would not be able to be maintained. It also hurts my nose, putting a bit of plaster on the bit of the filter that touched my nose helped. It might help minimise pollution levels.
Now it’s effect on the virus, hmmm.
It might help, it could help prevent breathing in of the tiny droplets that pass it on, but one of the things I notice of others wearing masks is that they cannot stop touching the masks, their noses and the rest of their face. Contact transfer to the mucas membranes of the nose and eyes is a serious way of getting it.
The mask might help not giving it to others, catching the droplets, but the best way is to isolate yourself if you think you might have it. And of course to maintain good distances from others.
I have been wondering about how asymptomatic people who are asymptomatic really are, I can see no fever, and not coughing, but if there is no runny nose then the probablity of giving it to others would be lowered, and if it knocks you out at all then the desire of going out on a ride will disapear. (let alone doing a century, I would want to be in peak physical form). Anyone know about this?
A slight cold makes me not want to ride, and (apart from being a microbiologist and REALLY not want to be giving a disease to others) it is the thought of the commute that dissuades me from going into work. So unless there is something that I ABSOLUTELY HAVE to do I don’t go in. Spending the last 20 years trying not to touch my eyes and nose with my fingers (lab thing) helps me get less colds so it doesn’t happen much, even with a train ride (with bicycle).
Guardian had an article about
Guardian had an article about it today
My late father was digging
My late father was digging over the garden when he had a heart attack, I suppose fairly mild, sat down for a bit, waited to feel a bit better, then went back to digging. Only after that resulting much more massive heart attack did he feel that he might need an ambulance. Bloody fool.
Triple or quad bypass, and a good few years of relative health and gall stones did for him.
When I phoned to organise a
When I phoned to organise a pick up a tool (click and collect, ordered before the lockdown) I was told that there were 11 Evans stores still doing stuff.
People, probably mostly men,
People, probably mostly men, not wanting to bother overstretched A&E and GPs is my guess.
Your post had made me wonder
Your post had made me wonder if there were actually any “nice” countries, there is a list of “good” countries on Wiki, based on what they were doing in 2018, as some of those near the top have done some really quite iffy things, some longer ago than others. At the top comes Finland, so Nokian is alright, I suppose, but they probably don’t make their own inner tubes in country. Very excellent studded bicyle tyres, they know snow. But it would seem my Conti Spike Claw may never die, and the Nokians are double or more the price.
I like latex tubes, and they will have meant destruction of forest at some point, same for the latex in my tubeless gunk. That’s where the european dandelion obtained latex comes in, maybe.
If a country is too nice I suppose, someone would probably have invaded it and if the subjugated continued to be nice, stayed.
There is a also very little we can buy on that is completely virtuous, partly the nature of capitalism I suppose. Some things less bad than others. I do like to buy some veg from the Hardwick Veg Shack, very organic, don’t even use manure, but how did they obtain their large estate on the banks of the Thames in south Oxfordshire?