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toontra wrote: ↑25 Mar 2024, 9:18am I had a similar experience while touring in France. The cassette had come loose. A Decathlon mechanic took off the back wheel, tightened up the cassette & checked everything else was OK. No charge.

Decathlon staff in every branch I've been to are superb - knowledgeable, friendly and helpful. I'm lucky to live within cycling distance of a store so I usually click and collect.

jawaka wrote: ↑15 Apr 2024, 1:45pm I've thought of bananas but if a climb is 3 or more hours, and fuelling every 1/2 hour , that means carrying 6 bananas

Carlton green wrote: ↑14 Apr 2024, 5:36am I think it unwise to do so (that’s the polite version ) but of course you could just ignore using your brakes altogether, just letting your speed build up and loose energy to air drag - enjoy the thrill, speed and fun, etc. That’s maybe fine until there’s some issue like: a bend in the road; conflicting traffic; potholes; and debris on the road. Falling off of your bike at speed can be painful and even fatal … but I suppose that that’s all part of the ‘natural selection’ process. As for hitting someone else because you’re going too fast to be in proper control of your bike, well it’s best if I don’t pass particularly negative comments …

Vorpal wrote: ↑12 Apr 2024, 1:29pm ...
And here, I thought that my request fit the spirit of the thread

Vorpal wrote: ↑12 Apr 2024, 1:22pm

mattheus wrote: ↑12 Apr 2024, 1:15pm
Man-hours?

staff hours or person-hours, please

twodogs wrote: ↑6 Feb 2024, 10:05am https://ritcheylogic.com/bike/frames/ro ... c-frameset

I've always wanted to build one of these, I'm not sure why but it's probably just for the appearance.

I think it's interesting that for the first time in 4 years they're releasing a rim brake version, they must see a market for them.

nirakaro wrote: ↑12 Apr 2024, 12:41pm Sheets of plywood (but not sheets of plasterboard), threads on plumbing fittings, bicycle chain pitch. Square studs on socket wrenches? What else is still universally sized in imperial units?

Audax67 wrote: ↑12 Apr 2024, 10:04am

mattheus wrote: ↑11 Apr 2024, 5:24pm

Audax67 wrote: ↑11 Apr 2024, 5:12pm I can offer this, though: after I got my first stent, the hospital dieti-chienne told me to stop putting sugar in my bottles and avoid sugary stuff at controls. I tried it for one ride, and had such a vile case of bonk that I thought I was having a heart attack: no energy, trembling, ready to fall over sideways. I ate one of the sugary bars she'd told me to leave behind and I was fine in a few minutes.

Probably the biggest reason for this happening is you've effectively hooked your body on high-sugar intake.

Just like smokers who cough through the waking hour until their first fag. They say it makes them feel soooo much better!

I've been diabetic for 40 years. My standard medication reduces sugar uptake from the gut, burns muscle glycogen all the time and depresses the release of glycogen from the liver. If I cut stop taking it, it takes 4 days to be eliminated, so on every ride a deal of the sugar I consume remains in the gut. When I ride without sugar intake I depress my blood sugar & the remaining muscle glycogen in about half an hour. Not recommended.

pjclinch wrote: ↑12 Apr 2024, 8:15am

Manc33 wrote: ↑12 Apr 2024, 4:08am I'm more interested in all the equipment she's using to do the tour. I did see a bit where she shows the packed tent on camera and it was a "Big Agnes Copper Spur HV UL2" - not cheap are they! That tent is over £500.

That's in the middle/high ground for a good tent, you'd pay ~ double that for a Hilleberg Rogen, for example.

Paulatic wrote: ↑7 Apr 2024, 10:06am Fast Forward is the key word

Maybe when she finds time to do some editing there might be something worth watching.
It’s the modern world though isn’t it a way to make a living which we never dreamed of as youngsters. Her estimated income on Twitch is between 700-1700 dollars/ month
https://streamscharts.com/channels/sarahbridgewater
She’s not got enough subscribers or watches on YouTube to make anything significant on there.

Audax67 wrote: ↑11 Apr 2024, 5:12pm I can offer this, though: after I got my first stent, the hospital dieti-chienne told me to stop putting sugar in my bottles and avoid sugary stuff at controls. I tried it for one ride, and had such a vile case of bonk that I thought I was having a heart attack: no energy, trembling, ready to fall over sideways. I ate one of the sugary bars she'd told me to leave behind and I was fine in a few minutes.

rareposter wrote: ↑11 Apr 2024, 1:17pm

mattheus wrote: ↑11 Apr 2024, 1:09pm My bikes don't even HAVE rotors. Can I descend any hills safely? Or am I compelled to always use the "don't brake till you see the whites of their eyes" technique??

It's clearly unrideable and in fact you should offer your body to science for a study on how you've survived this long.

You are hereby instructed to visit a bike shop, and once they've overcome their amazement at your retro (and clearly unrideable) machine of death, they will sell you a more appropriate bike for twelvety thousand pounds. Be aware that it'll have a use by date of next month, after which it'll be obsolete and you'll be subjected to much derision and ridicule should you dare to be seen on it.

But for a month or so, you'll be king of all you descend.