mac11irl
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okay, i have to ask... why are all the bikes gone single chain ring on the front?
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thread hijack! i realised last night that the rock i hit yesterday morning and what i though was just the rear axle pushed off line and the tyre rubbing on the fork is actually a minor warp in the rim rubbing on the fork 🤦♂️ may try to bring it around straighter later in the immediate term, short term ill probably get a new wheel ordered up. but longer term given ive moved to off road pedalling and the bike is quite old (30ish yrs) and a fully fixed frame im going to treat myself to a new one for my birthday in August. so, given the neew pedalling regime is a couple of k o. road to get to the hills, where its then fire breaks and literal rock fields on the sides of hills (like the one thats done the damage)¥9¥)¥¥ do i go hard tail and over size tyres or full suspension and regular tyres. would the rear suspension reduce the risk of buckles more than the over size tyres, or is it u likely to make a difference. ive read all the "hardtails are faster with less effort" stuff online, but given im doing the cycling for the cardio as much as the fun i dont necessarily mind the extra effort needed if its more beneficial... thanks guys
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went for it today... and suceeded in getting up Long Hill coming East from The Cross. strava time is abit misleading, i paused for a minute to check my directions after the last day i thought id made it but was short, and forgot to unpause 🤦♂️ total time was actually 1hr 15mins. nice view too and im a local legend on a hill climb segmwnt, which really means im the only dope who keeps pedalling up it
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there mustve been something in the air today, bits of last nights meteor shower perhaps?
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feel free to accidentally leave stuff here too
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headed out early today, and made it to The Cross with enough tome to extend the journey. so i headed a bit Sth West to get over the peak of the hill The Cross is actually on. then dropped down the west face into the woods "Christmas tree walk". it was fun, cutting down a fire break trail. then i got a bit misplaced, thought i was gone wrong so while keeping an eye out for where i should be aiming for stayed pedalling, and braking heavily on the steep bits i learned something today too... apparently instinctive reflex manoeuvres stay with you into adulthood if you spend long enough doing it as a kid building muscle memory. front wheel gained traction on a decline while hard braking and up i went, and time slowed down.. the 10millisecond decision to attempt a doomed rescue (gauranteed face plant) or ditch was made without direct brain involvement, and i just tucked and rolled in a beautiful "rolling breakfall" @e-Roottoot should know what i mean . straight back uo grabbed bike checked it over and continued on. my helmet didnt even touch the ground. my first proper "Off" in about 25 yrs 🤣 view from on high
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Stick it in N, handbrake on. on the occasions i have driven autos, and now with swmbo's dsg arona, thats what i do if im gonna be sitting for more than about 10seconds. its really not going to "slow you down" when moving off. also pretty sure anything else is a marking down on a driving test, even for an automatic license.
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jesus Ken, bit tetchy.... i too am a 5ft 6in lad, but i have the seat down abit from the top, and sit bent elbow (on door handle) it seems stupid, but shoes can make a difference too. in my trainers that i wear travelling i sit 2 notches closer than if i hop in with my work boots still on travelling between locations. the lumbar support in my mk2 octy does nothing.. ive driven from home (clonmel) to belfast, then cairnryan to east glasgow, and return home in 36hrs round trip (about 600miles ish) home to home and been comfy the whole time. ive done 40mile journeys in work vans and been stiff for an hour after it.
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well the weather yesterday was absolutely abysmal, so i went nowhere.. sun shining bright today, so up, out and up the cross again, but... with my 1 extra gear.. i had a crack at pedalling the rock trail to the top, had to dismount for one really steep 50yd bit, as the rocks are too loose, so i tried to use the peaty, grassy bit to side, but the back tyre just lost traction so i had to bounce off for a minute. but i did the rest on the bike
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sorry @J.R., i meant the chain wasnt staying on the biggest rear sprocket, slipping back down to the next one when i release the twist shift. it was also trying to come off the bottom, smallest sprocket, like it was over derailling. so i fiddled until i got the big sprocket (priority) but now the small one is gone. i just need to fuddle some more, and get it right. @UndertheRadar yeah Lidl were meant to have the stands about 3 weeks ago, and our local one never got any 🤬
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ill need to re check, but i tightened, loosened, fiddled.. got nowhere ill give it another go later today if i have time. given the move toward hill climbing anyway, its not going to be a major inconvenience for a while to figure it out.
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have you considered that maybe you have an underlying issue that the car exacerbates? sciatica for example? have you tried some daily yoga to stretch everything out? im going to assume you have a desk based job youve been doing from home, so you may just need to make some time each day to counteract the effects of sitting for ages.
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tackled the bigger hill at 715am. i thought... The Guardians of the Glen allowed me to reach the summit. thats the view back to the Cross. i came over from there. then i got home, proud as **** of myself. until i stopped strava, and looked at the map. the proper summit is another 100m climb over another 800m. dammit. get it the next day
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panorama overview of the entire borough area the stile is where the gate is at the bottom of the final trail to the top. i made it the whole to the gate this morning! 4mins faster to the top than monday mornings first ever attempt. . 26m 48sec. met a guy walking back down at the stile "did you cycle the whole way up?" yeah, fkin tough! "jaysus fair play to ya, you look fresh enough after it." i fairly well dont feel fresh! "are you goin all the way?" yup, ill push the bike from here, the trail is too rocky to pedal it, then roll the whole way down "haha, good man, enjoy the last bit to the top" home, but dropped back down on the other approach route, to see what thats like. looks to be a 15% gradient.. the whole way up!!! sod that.not a hope of keeping moving on it.
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havnt really looked at it ever tbh. but doesnt surprise me about it either, given how many horror stories there have been with people getting caught out and ebay having to intervene in a legal quagmire.
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visibly raining up the cross hill when i went this morning. so.. set a new pb on the 20k riverside route. wouldve been a littke quicker too except i got stuck behind a garda van going through town and couldnt safely go round them, and then got stuck at traffic lights... wouldve made it through on the first green if the squad hadnt been mooching along all feckin slow
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jezus george, this thread pre dates me joining by 16 months!!
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aye, its a heavy bike... and about 30yrs old it was mothballed for a very long time.. its still wearing its factory front tyre!! original deraileur, chain, and brake set up. mud guards and twist shifters are new.
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my quads are knackered.... decided to do a climby challenge for a change. had to get off and walky pushy the last 800m of the ascent... good god its steep! 31mins to get up there, i was home in 11... worth it for the view...
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ooooooo which challenge were you finishing?
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not a great week... got out for a 16k lap on thursday. ended up late getting out yesterday morning, and had to drop sr to school before hoofing it to a worksite. so it was a short lap 12k. but to toughen it up a bit o threw a short hill climb section section into it. it was nice, so i may extend the hill climb route to the longer alternative lap as a new route. start climb training... and ive just reslised thst the much sterper climb is actually less total climb than going the whole way up the bypass on my 16k route ... **** today was a 630am leaving the house start to get to site and watch the boats in the estuary.
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yer sittin on a 6grand saving scheme!
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theres another thread about superskoda, and recent orders to the UK reaching Holland after a couple of months, then being sent back to Superskoda as not deliverable to the UK. their customer service is also notoriously slow to deal with anything...
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@MikeTheThinker ahve ne'er ad an one point ate, only an deezul. bear in mind its a recirc valve, rather than a dump valve... i would imagine there is only one part number for it? pretty sure the oem one is a Bosch.
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