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Well, it’s been a week now
Well, it’s been a week now since this was posted, and I had gone out and bought extra popcorn for Cugel’s replies… oh well.
I’ve got a permanent indoor
I’ve got a permanent indoor setup and have not needed a fan (it’s in a garage so no windows either, but fairly cool at around 15 deg C in the winter months) just relying on the very small fans that are built into the bike. Maybe I’m not trying hard enough…?
However one thing that has been essential is a dehumidifier, to prevent sweat and exhalation causing a build up of humidity, is that something to consider perhaps? The garage used to go up to over 80% after an hour on Zwift, the dehumidifier keeps it down to around 60%.
stonojnr wrote:
It’s not just an EV problem. Take a look at Google maps most recent view of that car park. You’ve got Land Rover, Range Rover, BMW X5, Merc C class,couple of Mini countrymans, all comfortably over 1600kg, some approaching 2200kg. So would break the 1500kg weight limit. Unless you’re in a 20+year old car or a Twingo Fiat 500 equivalent, that car park ain’t for you.The article says the council made a mistake and won’t be enforcing it. I suspect that the fact it’s “30 cwt”, it only applies to the unladen weight of goods vehicles, and Eaton Park maybe had a legacy goods vehicle restriction before the council opened the car parks
So nothing to see here…
“Next up Brian, the
“Next up Brian, the qualifiers from this heats round will be removing and refitting a rear Schwalbe Racer on a 6 speed Brompton with mudguards at the roadside in the rain. I don’t know where this is going to go. There could be tears before we get to the medals. Remember the call of shame home is instant DQ.”
#beenthere
I’m sure there’s a point in
I’m sure there’s a point in here somewhere.
Kristen came 5th overall out of the whole field.
https://www.road-results.com/race/17025#r280019
What is your actual point? It wasn’t clear. Who are these imaginary “ubermen hereabouts” please?
The take-away I have from this story is that indoor cycling, using platforms such as Zwift is a superb training tool for outdoor cycling, do you agree?
A number of ubermen hereabouts like to dismiss the notion that one day, if allowed by the patriarchy, a woman might win high level open races against all including the men. Women are dismissed as inherently weaker beings who should be confined to the ghetto of badly (if at all) supported races for women only.Ha!
Here’s an interesting little story from another cycling website.
https://www.cyclingweekly.com/fitness/indoor-cycling/real-world-success-…(link is external)
Note the various data values involved.
A quote from the article:
After cordially warning her competitors that it was the first time she would ride in a group, she rode away, winning by almost five minutes over the hill climb series leader, Sonya Bodick. Her 5.24 wkg average for 22:52 earned her another QOM, a course record, and the victory – and even one position before her coach Josh Lipka.
The recently crowned Men’s Masters 35-39 Open US National Time Trial Champion put out 4.83 wkg and averaged 425 W to hold Kristen’s wheel and, when asked about it, could muster no more than an, “It was awful!”
Gawd – the ubermen must be feeling all trembly at the knees!
If you have the older SM-BTR1
If you have the older SM-BTR1 (external) or SM-BTR2 (internal) battery, it may not work and if you have the SM-EW67 junction you probably do. There’s a better chance of the RD-R8050 working if you have the BT-DN110 battery. I don’t think this works with that junction so you’ll need the SM-EW90 for that to work.
I know you said you’d rather not do any updates but if you have access to a SM-PCE02 linkage device, this will allow you to check and update individual components separately without having the whole system connected and working first.
You could try the newer rear derailleur first and I’d be interested in how you get on.
‘Openreach plonked a telegraph pole over my driveway while I was at work’“My daughters have bigger cars and can’t fit.”
“”I think it’s going to devalue the house as well, because if I eventually sell, because I’ve lost my husband, it’s going to put someone off…no real notice before the new pole was put up”
https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/news/grimsby-news/new-telegraph-pole-appeared-work-8812457
On the plus side, gigabit broadband availability at the premises may offset any imagined loss of value.
It’s been getting on for
It’s been getting on for three weeks now, surely a key part of a business that produces content to deliver via the internet is the capability of delivering content via the internet? I don’t think I ever could have got away with letting a problem like this go on for so long.
It’s not the regulars moaning that road.cc need to be concerned about, it’s when the Google rankings drop off a cliff due to constant crawler errors, the ad revenue will go with it.
[snip]As to such segregation being particularly important for women ….. [snip]
Part of the issue seems to be men telling women that they ought to be frightened of traffic when cycling; and the daft buggers believing what they’re told! Once women were told they couldn’t be doctors, engineers, soldiers or prime ministers. Cuh! to that, eh? Let the husbands change the bairn’s nappy and do the hooverin’ whilst the womenfolk go out on their bikes to the cafe, where they will tell risque jokes about blokes. 🙂
Except my post was about an item on Woman’s Hour about transport priorities for women with a woman presenter and a female guest (and, indeed, a contribution from a female listerner). Other than me reporting what I heard, there wasn’t a male voice anywhere.
Quite clearly the BBC need to invite a male guest onto the show (possibly from West Wales) to tell them where they’re going wrong.
If you already have a DSLR
If you already have a DSLR with reasonable investment in glass, I think I’d start by looking at what mirrorless options are available from the same manufacturer, as most will offer adapters for you to continue using your existing lenses on the new mount should you need to.
For me personally, I have a lot of Sony/Minolta A mount glass (some left over from Minolta 35mm film SLR) for my big camera (Sony A77mkII), and so it was an obvious choice to look at the Sony A6000 for the mirrorless option for when a smaller camera is needed. I have E mount lenses for this, and also have a A->E mount adapter so if need be, I can use the A mount stuff on the smaller camera. Also don’t rule out a much smaller compact option, for example I have the Sony RX100mkIII which is pocket sized yet a decent sensor and Zeiss optics.
Bad luck, and at least you’re
Bad luck, and at least you’re OK.
I wonder whether the damage is due to the type/thickness of tubes used or a fault in manufacture… I also have a Ti bike and had a similar crash on only its third ride out(!) (I didn’t hit a piece of wood, someone in a car coming in the opposite direction decided to turn right, across my path). The other factors, 10mph impact speed (from GPS), over the bars/back of the car sound very similar.
I was concerned about both the carbon fork steerer and the frame itself. My LBS has some tools for checking frame alignment, and they gave it a clean bill of health, so maybe either I was lucky or you have a dodgy frame.
It maybe worth finding a shop yourself that has similar tools (I think they were this and this), and checking how far out it is, and perhaps going after Ribble again with either a “fit for purpose” or “satisfactory quality” angle to try and get them to up their 10% offer, in consumer law, surely any reasonable person would expect something sold as a gravel bike to be able to take a 10mph OTB spill without bending?
You mention rim depth, this
You mention rim depth, this will make a difference depending on your priority, generally speaking, deeper rims (>50mm) will be faster and sound nice, but could be heavier (£ for £), and can sometimes be a handful in crosswinds, a shallower rim (<30mm) will be lighter and easier to handle, but won’t necessarily be as fast on flats & descents. A sweet spot between the two could be around 35-40mm.
Also an indication of your budget would be useful.
Noel was the most pragmatic
Noel was the most pragmatic of the two brothers, so he almost certainly won’t look back in anger.
I’m constantly surprised by the amount of riders I see, who clearly don’t understand how to take a gel, to make it work, as intended. In order for it to work properly, a standard sized gel ( for arguments sake a normal sized SIS type gel) it really needs to be washed down with about 400mls of fluid. The actualities depend on various riding conditions, but as a rule of thumb, I rarely see people drinking enough fluid, to make the gel work as effectively as it should.The example you give of SiS – they’re specifically designed not to be required to be consumed with additional water.
I wouldn’t pay any more than
I wouldn’t pay any more than £14 for a pack though.