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I’m not entirely sure Moldova
I’m not entirely sure Moldova is a real country. I thought it was created in the 1960s to feature in spy films starring Peter Sellers and David Niven. It’s a joke that’s gone too far.
I can’t imagine I’m the only cyclist or runner who passes the spot, and it can’t be a unique situation nationwide. It just struck me as odd.
It can’t be the chip shop.
It can’t be the chip shop. Only positive vibes come from chip shops.
Aim to get down to a 5-hour
Aim to get down to a 5-hour eating window and drop in a 24-hour fast when your riding/training schedule allows (at least 48 hours after a long ride and not less than 60 hours before your next long one). And DON’T fast every day. Shock your body by having breakfast at a ‘normal’ time once every couple of weeks, and eat three good meals that same day. Try to shift towards a keto intake too. It can work for cyclists, but it’s not easy, and it’s not fun. And probably isn’t worth it for most folk.
Very much! The first vehicle
Very much! The first vehicle that moved slowly enough for me to draft on my 1976 Raleigh Hustler.
Mine appeared under load,
Mine appeared under load, every ride. Looked everywhere. Eventually figured out it came from a loose screw in the derailleur hanger.
road.cc has been part of my
road.cc has been part of my cycling world for the past ten years. During that period I’ve been on (and subsequently off) a number of other cycling websites, but I always keep coming back here.
I don’t come back here for breaking news, I don’t come back here for incisive and data-driven tests of bikes, tyres, and equipment. I come back because it’s a bit of real-world cycling shite (in a good way) with a bit of (mostly) well-meaning banter thrown in.
To me, every time I open the site, it’s like walking into a favourite café filled with familiar faces. Some I like, some I don’t. Some are knowledgable, some spout nothing but bullshit. But it’s real, and doesn’t try to be anything other than what it is.
If I didn’t like it, I’d quietly move on somewhere else in the same way as if I didn’t like a café I’d walked into.
I can’t see the sense in standing up and complaining about the coffee or the customers. Where’s that going to get you @redrobot? Find a new café, or open one of your own.
A final note to @redrobot: when you’re paying for something, you buy the right to complain. What has road.cc ever cost you?
Fixable? Yes.Worth doing? No.
Damn. I hate it when I come on here and people tell me what I secretly knew was the truth but didn’t want to hear.
I fear you’re quite correct @WelshBoy.
Fixable?
Fixable?
Cove and their ‘G-Spot’ does
Cove with their ‘G-Spot’ do it for me.
Aargh! Now it’s happening on road,cc:@CXR94Di2 – Please write “would’ve” just like you say it.
@Yorkshire wallet – Please put youself on a “short leash”.
@Canyon48 – “This.” is not a a sentence. “This:” could be the start of one.
Next?
Let’s return to normal sprocket talk.
I agree with you on all of the above except for @Canyon48’s use of ‘This’.
It has become commonly accepted on internet forums (and therefore, perhaps, now in offline life) as meaning (and I know you know this) ‘to agree with the previous / above comment’. It’s slang. It’s part of the evolution of the language. It’s here to stay. Embrace its use, even if you choose not to use it yourself.
Anyway, road.cc is the last place you should visit if you’re searching for a bastion of the English language. And, maybe, get over yourself.
The flatness of the Fens is
The flatness of South Holland and the Fens is more than compensated for by the incessant winds that blow uninterrupted across miles of open land. Riding the roads of southern Lincolnshire will make a strong rider out of anyone who does it for a season.
Griff500 wrote:
I used the big ring to get me to the nearest cafe, then phoned mission control to send a rescue shuttle.I once suffered the misfortune of puncturing front and back (tubulars) simultaneously at the end of a 120km ride – but right in front of my favourite café.
Mind you, a cortado and biscotti did nothing to take the sting out of the fact that they were silk-lined FMBs.
CygnusX1 wrote:
Ah, comedy gold. I enjoyed watching that again.Although in fairness I should acknowledge that the famous “Clown Takes a Pratfall” video is in Reading . . .
He should have been wearing a helmet.
Hiding the upgrade expenditure from your partner.Every new bike I buy is the same colour as the previous bike. I figure if I wheel them out of the door fast enough, she’ll never spot the difference. It’s worked like a treat so far.
If you can get them with a combination of efficient bearings (as efficient as your 11-tooth pulley wheel) and can ensure low-tension, amazingly they’re worth around an extra 1% power.But, shifting may be more sluggish and, for sure, you’ll void your derailleur warranty.
Still, would be good to see these become standard on the big brand’s chainsets. Or at least an option to the standard.
Do you have any reliable information to show they’re worth 1% extra power? Everything I’ve seen shows there’s no measurable power difference (to be fair about 0.25W is the average reading, but that’s lower than the accuracy of the measurement)
I think they do look bling. So far as I know no-one makes claims of them improving shifting.
Nothing reliable, no.
But there was something on Velonews about them during this year’s TdF. The report quoted the 1% figure. Have a dig around, you’ll probably find it.
No-one claims improved shifting. On the contrary I wrote that shifting may be more sluggish than with standard pulleys.