How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby bychosis » Mon Mar 04, 2024 6:31 pm
Never, ever, ever admit out loud you're 'just going to take it easy" for a mountain bike ride. I did, but in avoiding the faster but bigger drop line managed to find an erosion rut and got my ankle jammed up between the frame and pedal. Fortunately just a bit of a graze but an annoying reminder about riding to what you know vs trying a newer alternative.
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby jasonc » Thu Mar 07, 2024 8:36 am
I like the fact that even remotely clouds that look like delivering rain means less PMDs. I only saw a couple of new faces on the commute. I only saw them once or twice, and now, not in a whileRetrobyte wrote: ↑Thu Mar 07, 2024 8:06 amVery good commuting weather all week, it's been nice. The high number of joggers on the Parra river shared path who were around on early mornings in Jan and Feb have dwindled right down to almost nothing again - the new years resolutions have all failed for those people.
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Postby g-boaf » Thu Mar 07, 2024 9:08 am
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby g-boaf » Fri Mar 08, 2024 9:13 pm
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby bychosis » Sat Mar 09, 2024 7:22 am
Pop a comma after "pretty" and you've got a date not a commute
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby bychosis » Mon Mar 11, 2024 5:30 pm
Way home took a little detour to Glenrock to check out an upgraded trail. Then about another q0min into thw Great North walk home the rear brakes made a horrible sound. Quickly stopped and found a calliper bolt gone and the disc adaptor hanging out to the side. No shares, no multitool (wonder where thats gone?). Managed to remove the remaining bolt by hand and strapped the calliper to the seat stay using a Velcro strap off my front light. Detoured back to roads to get home and avoid some of the extra braking required in the bush.
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Postby jasonc » Mon Mar 11, 2024 7:04 pm
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Postby bychosis » Mon Mar 11, 2024 7:09 pm
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby g-boaf » Wed Mar 13, 2024 8:07 am
Might have to wear cycling cap under helmet.
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby P!N20 » Wed Mar 13, 2024 11:17 am
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby g-boaf » Wed Mar 13, 2024 9:33 pm
The consolation is that the thing is probably dead now. I've never had one get in my helmet before - I mean the worst I had was going down the Colombiere descent and a bee managed to get behind my glasses. I did an emergency stop with mavic carbon wheels and mavic brake pads screeching like a banshee, ripped the glasses off and brushed that thing away and somehow did not get stung by it. I should have got a lotto entry that day. Not just from not getting stung, because it should happen when I'm riding someone else's very expensive race bike that I borrowed.
Anyhow, after today everything has settled down.
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby bychosis » Thu Mar 14, 2024 4:18 pm
As of this afternoon th commuter will be getting fatter tyres. It's had 23mm on it for ages and was going to eventually replace them with 25 but I think I'll go with 28. After replacing a tube on Tuesday, diligently the night before needing it, I rode to work this morning with a flat spot where the bead didn't set properly. Deflated then filled again at lunch and all was good until about half way home I hit a curb crossing a bit hard and probably pinched the rear tube and gave it a slow leak. Then after taking it a bit easy it seems the front got the same treatment somewhere and I ended up riding on a flat the last km or so.
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby g-boaf » Thu Mar 14, 2024 6:58 pm
It was very gusty though with some challenging headwinds.
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby Retrobyte » Sat Mar 16, 2024 9:09 am
You'll definitely notice the more comfortable ride with fatter tyres. My commuter gravelly wears 32 and my roadie 28, and the lower pressure also means you are less prone to punctures - I've had one puncture in 2 years, whereas when I ran 25mm tyres I would have several every year.
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby bychosis » Sat Mar 16, 2024 11:18 am
Just ordered some 28mm tyres. TBH not too worried about the comfort side of things, but increased pinch flat protection is going to be worth it for the multiple road crossings on the share path. Seems they don't build the pram ramps smooth enoughRetrobyte wrote: ↑Sat Mar 16, 2024 9:09 amYou'll definitely notice the more comfortable ride with fatter tyres. My commuter gravelly wears 32 and my roadie 28, and the lower pressure also means you are less prone to punctures - I've had one puncture in 2 years, whereas when I ran 25mm tyres I would have several every year.
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby warthog1 » Sat Mar 16, 2024 12:07 pm
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby g-boaf » Mon Mar 18, 2024 8:16 pm
What wasn't so great was the big roundabout at Horsley Drive and Cowpasture Rd - getting across that (using the paths) is a nightmare, the traffic just doesn't stop.
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby Mububban » Tue Mar 19, 2024 2:39 pm
And delivery delays mean I haven't received my smoother MTB tyres to use on my dually for extra commuting comfort.
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby g-boaf » Tue Mar 19, 2024 8:12 pm
Someone at work might have come down with Covid again, fortunately I kept away from her.
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby g-boaf » Tue Mar 19, 2024 11:51 pm
The brown moved off the path when it saw me. Not in a hurry, just calmly.
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