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crossy wrote: ↑23 Sep 2021, 2:03pm Does the lack of power in your legs affect your ass as well as your wrists and hands. Just done 30 miles my ass began to get sore but when I pedalled harder it relieved the pressure. Bit of a pain as I like to just bimble around or do I just need more time on the saddle to get used to it.

Cycling power is derived from the ‘buns and guns’. It’s more about C.V. fitness and endurance, than ‘strength’ per se. Work on glutes and quads, and develop your aerobic endurance, and you’re laughing.

Look at your normalized power for given conditions, and terrain on each bike. Then look what that equates to in terms of speed. I’d be amazed if the newer bike is slower.

colin54 wrote: ↑20 Sep 2021, 6:35pm

Mike Sales wrote: ↑20 Sep 2021, 5:45pm I prefer strong, sweet, milky tea to any fancy variety, including so called English Breakfast tea. I would even prefer the brew I descibe above.
My tastes are transport caff plebeian.
What should I call my preferred cuppa?

I drink tea the same way, if asked how I like it , I might say; British Standard, milk and two sugars, or two sugars, plenty of milk and leave the bag in please. I do like drinks super hot, I might put it in the microwave for 20 or 30 seconds after adding the milk if I'm making it myself.
You should of course call yours what you like Mike , I call mine a cuppa tea.
Would you call a mug of tea made by yourself builder's tea ?

Now then, this is a whole new level. Originally, milk was added to tea ( milk in the cup first ) in order to protect the fragile China cups From heat shock. Personally speaking, I believe milk in tea is sacrilegious, YMMV.

freiston wrote: ↑21 Sep 2021, 12:10pm

Marcus Aurelius wrote: ↑21 Sep 2021, 11:45am

It’s not every day one gets an opportunity like this.

SM520!

https://www.spitfires.com/sm520

AFAIK, the only two-seater Spitfire that I've seen in the air is Grace's Spitfire (ML407).

Coming from the Lincolnshire Fens, I used to see the BBMF in the air a lot. I used to go to Duxford for the Warbirds airshows regularly but I haven't managed to get there for a few years now.

That’s top sleuthing there. She’s a beautiful, and pretty much unique kite. It was an honour to be in her presence.

It’s not every day one gets an opportunity like this.

Well this is not something you expect.

Jdsk wrote: ↑15 Sep 2021, 1:55pm

Marcus Aurelius wrote: ↑15 Sep 2021, 1:49pm Starting a sentence with ‘so’. It really really irritates me.

Also extensively discussed upthread. But it was used in that way by many great writers:
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As always... why is it so irritating, please?

Thanks

Jonathan

PS: Did I manage to avoid it... that wasn't easy. ; - )

It depends exactly how it’s used. For example ‘so be it’ is fine. ‘So wadidiz yeah, is that I din do nuffink’ is very bad. ‘So what my mates and I did was………’ not quite as bad, but still irritating, especially if there was nothing said / written before it. ‘So to be clear…….’ nearly as irritating, especially if used in isolation, and not following anything.

Jdsk wrote: ↑15 Sep 2021, 2:01pm

Vorpal wrote: ↑15 Sep 2021, 1:51pm

Jdsk wrote: ↑15 Sep 2021, 1:38pm Yes, but more on the bit that doesn't make sense, please.

I don't always note that things that don't make sense, but there are many 'false friends' between English and Norwegian.

Our word 'spare' has the same origins as 'spare' in Norwegian, but in Norwegian, it means to save, instead of extra parts (more like to spare a life than a spare part), but my kids often use it with money, as in, "I will spare my money until I have enough for the new game".

Thanks.

More false friends, please... and I'll start from the position that they're likely to have a common root and divergent usage.

Jonathan

PS: Any theories on the origin of to go spare?

The origin of to go spare, as in get angry, derives from the Cockney rhyming slang ‘spare tyre’ meaning to show your ire, by extension to get irate.

Starting a sentence with ‘so’. It really really irritates me.

Titanium frames can be a bit hit and miss, regarding failures at ( particularly ) the welds. However, top quality frames ( V.N. for example ) will be welded by people who do know their onions, so are reliable. Ti is a great material for a bike frame, but it does need to be built properly.

Spen wrote: ↑9 Sep 2021, 3:06pm Quick up date and a resolution.

I changed the chain from the clarkes to a Shimano XT 9 speed, made little difference, maybe slipPed a little less. So I took off the SRAM cassette and put the worn Shimano one back on, problem solved! Looks like my bike just really doesnot like SRAM 9 speed cassettes

The splines on a Shimano freehub are pretty shallow ( compared to Campagnolo for example ) and can get ‘notchy’ with use. You’ve probably found that the original Shimano cassette has worn the notches in, so works better than the newer SRAM cassette, which is probably shuffling about, fore and aft, on the freehub, causing the slippage you’ve been experiencing.

You use different muscles in different ways between running and cycling. Cycling power relies mostly on buns and guns ( glutes and quads ) and is concerned with (almost exclusively) up and down motion. Running engages a lot more muscles to provide forward thrust as well as up and down ( oo er missus ) and also brings muscles that help stabilise the various joints in the leg and ankles into play. When running, the muscles also act as shock absorbers to a far greater extent than with cycling, as running is a high impact activity. Pound for pound, you tend need better aerobic endurance for cycling, than running, excluding short sprint running events ( 100-800m sprinting ) for example. I used to run in cross country events until my ankles were destroyed by a car running them over after knocking me off my bike years ago, and leaving me with something looking like Robocop meets the terminator in my ankles, and the difference between cycling and running ( in terms of muscle usage / feeding / fuelling) is night and day different.

I pre empted the brake pad shortage, before the merde hit the fan, and managed to get enough to get me to about halfway through next year. I’ve got 2 bikes on discs, and 3 on rim brakes. I concentrated on the disc brake pads, over the rim brake pads.

A friend of mine who runs a Bianchi Owners club Facebook page, said he was in contact with Bianchi about some various things, and they told him that they don’t expect anything like normality until the end of 2023, and would be amazed if they’re on an even keel much before 2025.

Spen wrote: ↑8 Sep 2021, 7:13pm The chain is correctly routed through the deraileur and the jockey wheels are in the correct position

Check each link for breakage in the side plates, or pringling ( twisted link ).