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I'm half Finnish, I LOVE the country. We as children spent 6-8 weeks there every summer until the age of around 12. I even love the winter, never having lost the sense of wonder at 2 metres of snow everywhere. Especially from middle-Finland northwards it's often not really truly dark in winter, as everything is white and reflective, and the sun is never actually very far over the horizon. Magical to me, though I've not had to live through a whole winter there. Funnily enough, early Spring is worst because as the snow melts, everything goes brown. And the mosquitoes can be bad.[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19702991#p19702991]Snakebite the 2nd[/url] wrote:I spent two weeks in Finland for work in July.
Now that is a country that I like.
A lot.
Half the population of London in an area bigger than Britain.
Wonderful roads.
Wonderful attitude towards cycling.
Lots of areas to explore, all be it with a similar theme.
I'll not mention the darkness in Winter.
Don't they have a problem with Trolls in Northern Finland? I'm sure I saw a documentary about it a few years ago - someone from the government hunting them. Can't remember what it was called though....Waterloo - White City
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Yes I saw that film, "Troll Hunter", very good, actually. Mockumentary. But it was Norway, not FinlandDon't they have a problem with Trolls in Northern Finland? I'm sure I saw a documentary about it a few years ago - someone from the government hunting them. Can't remember what it was called though....
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Ridley Noah FAST 2013
Bottecchia/Campagnolo 1990
Carrera Parva Hybrid 2016
Hoy Sa Calobra 002 2014 [off duty]
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So I'm half way over Southwalk Bridge and I start to get serious chain slip. Look down to see the chain rings moving side to side as I pedal. BB issue? Nope, that'll be the frame cracked almost all the way through the down tube, just up from the BB. I reckon the crack went around 270 degrees, hate to think how it would have felt if the bike had folded...
A week of train commuting awaits while Trek decide what to do. Curses. Why can't this happen in the dead of winter, rather than in the last few weeks of nice weather. Wouldn't miss cycling quite so much when it's hail stoning in January.
Best case, a credit note that I can add to with a cycle to work scheme voucher and sort out a nice road bike (probably restricted to Trek, but that's only fair I suppose).
Worst case, they gimme a new frame.
Likely case is that they replace it with a new 7.3 FX, so a brand new hybrid is likely to be going fairly cheap if I can't persuade them to let me upgrade.0 -
P word season. I've had an excess in the last month - I've given up on the Rubino Pro-Tecs. My new commute is evidently too flinty for them.
Any recommendations? Preferably 700x28, light enough that I can take them on the club run but heavy enough that they reject sharp stones....
I was inclined to try durano pluses in 700x28 until I found out that means wired only, no folders :-(
Do I go 700x25 durano plus folder or something else? Have tried Gatorskins/hardshells and found them too slippy in the past.0 -
P word season. I've had an excess in the last month - I've given up on the Rubino Pro-Tecs. My new commute is evidently too flinty for them.
Any recommendations? Preferably 700x28, light enough that I can take them on the club run but heavy enough that they reject sharp stones....
I was inclined to try durano pluses in 700x28 until I found out that means wired only, no folders :-(
Do I go 700x25 durano plus folder or something else? Have tried Gatorskins/hardshells and found them too slippy in the past.
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Durano Plus have very a soft and thick outer rubber layer in addition to the pretective layer, and I have found them superb for grip and for penetration-prevention. My experience of them during the summer months however has unsurprisingly found that the soft rubber wears away very quickly in the dry and high temperatures, leaving them exposed. I am going to continue using them, but only from October to March. Outside those months I'll be using Schwalbe Ultremo DDs instead. The other key thing is to hunt for and pick out embedded shards before and after wet rides, as it's water-lubrication that generally allows the shards to work their way through.Dolan Titanium ADX 2016
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Don't see the need for Durano Plus - I get on fine with Durano or Durano S all year round.Faster than a tent.......0
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I already use Durano's on my other bike, my hope was/is that the pluses would do better on the wet weather bike. I have had the odd stone get through the durano's so I'm not convinced they're a solution to the problems i've been experiencing.Don't see the need for Durano Plus - I get on fine with Durano or Durano S all year round.
Might try the pro4 endurance tyres I suppose - they aren't cheap though.0 -
I used to use Pro4 Endurance, and had so many penetrations I switched from them to the Duranos
I already use Durano's on my other bike, my hope was/is that the pluses would do better on the wet weather bike. I have had the odd stone get through the durano's so I'm not convinced they're a solution to the problems i've been experiencing.Don't see the need for Durano Plus - I get on fine with Durano or Durano S all year round.
Might try the pro4 endurance tyres I suppose - they aren't cheap though.Dolan Titanium ADX 2016
Ridley Noah FAST 2013
Bottecchia/Campagnolo 1990
Carrera Parva Hybrid 2016
Hoy Sa Calobra 002 2014 [off duty]
Storck Absolutist 2011 [off duty]
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There's now Durano DD, which looks somewhere between Durano and Durano Plus.
And comes in 28c folding0 -
Just got an email from the missus asking if I minded if she went 'to some rugby thing or other at Twickenham tonight' as she'd been invited by a company she works with. Unfortunately the reply of 'no, give me the ticket instead' didn't wash."Mummy Mummy, when will I grow up?"
"Don't be silly son, you're a bloke, you'll never grow up"0 -
Just got an email from the missus asking if I minded if she went 'to some rugby thing or other at Twickenham tonight' as she'd been invited by a company she works with. Unfortunately the reply of 'no, give me the ticket instead' didn't wash.
You can watch it in the pub, get hammered, dodgy kebab on the way home, yet still maintain the moral high ground cos she never thought to wangle you a "plus partner" ticket0 -
My plan exactly "Mummy Mummy, when will I grow up?"
"Don't be silly son, you're a bloke, you'll never grow up"0 -
Night on the town followed by a lap dancing bar then onto something a bit more frisky, sounds in order.
Oh and not the kebab think of your training/bodyRule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.0 -
Given what I've been eating recently (just got back from a two week vacation), a kebab's probably an improvement. 7kgs over my weight this time last year :oops:"Mummy Mummy, when will I grow up?"
"Don't be silly son, you're a bloke, you'll never grow up"0 -
Vacation?Given what I've been eating recently (just got back from a two week vacation), a kebab's probably an improvement. 7kgs over my weight this time last year :oops:0 -
Wet enough to warrant my jacket, yet warm enough that I'll sweat my bits off if I do wear it.
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Adverts on sites like this. Look like they are links to interesting stories, but I know if I click on one it will be ten pages of advert surrounded crap.FCN 9 || FCN 50
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Adverts on sites like this. Look like they are links to interesting stories, but I know if I click on one it will be ten pages of advert surrounded crap.
And more annoyingly, the way the pages on this site load on a phone.
Seems to just load the ad at the top of the page a fraction of a second before I click on a link, meaning the page suddenly jumps to accommodate the advert and I hit the wrong link.
Oh well, iOS has a blocker now...0 -
i dont use a browser blocker, i have a blocking proxy server and home dns server that just dumps all the analytics and a bunch of other rubbish, my browsing sessions are a breath of fresh air, clean fast and cluster free. 8)
I should add that i used to work in behavioural advertising
Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.0 -
It was Biblical this morning.0
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Plagues of locust, Sodom and smiting things with ass's jaw bones?[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19707985#p19707985]Snakebite the 2nd[/url] wrote:It was Biblical this morning.0 -
Separate machine acting as proxy or a blacklist that runs on the router?i dont use a browser blocker, i have a blocking proxy server and home dns server that just dumps all the analytics and a bunch of other rubbish, my browsing sessions are a breath of fresh air, clean fast and cluster free. 8)
I should add that i used to work in behavioural advertising0 -
[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19707985#p19707985]Snakebite the 2nd[/url] wrote:It was Biblical this morning.
Forgot my MTB shorts aren't waterproof.
So shower and change at the gym, shorts back on to cross the road to the office where trousers are hanging.
Wet arse still :roll:0 -
#Allezman keeps coming around me and sitting 1 inch in front of me. If you cant pull a gap don't bother mate!!0
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Separate machine acting as proxy or a blacklist that runs on the router?i dont use a browser blocker, i have a blocking proxy server and home dns server that just dumps all the analytics and a bunch of other rubbish, my browsing sessions are a breath of fresh air, clean fast and cluster free. 8)
I should add that i used to work in behavioural advertising
Raspberry pi2 running Debian providing dns, dhcp and proxy sweet as a nut.Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.0 -
Hmm, apparently Privoxy runs happily on DD-WRT. Why didn't I check that out before. :roll:
Separate machine acting as proxy or a blacklist that runs on the router?i dont use a browser blocker, i have a blocking proxy server and home dns server that just dumps all the analytics and a bunch of other rubbish, my browsing sessions are a breath of fresh air, clean fast and cluster free. 8)
I should add that i used to work in behavioural advertising
Raspberry pi2 running Debian providing dns, dhcp and proxy sweet as a nut.
Right, back to cycling. Wet out.0 -
The minicab driver who deliberately swerved (thank heavens for disc brakes) at me cos I had the audacity to overtake another cyclist - I was close enough to him to hear the passenger asking "what the hell are you doing?"
Maybe a head-cam is a good idea - but then I would probably still be in Forest Gate explaining myself to the old bill.0 -
That would have been nicer.
Plagues of locust, Sodom and smiting things with ass's jaw bones?[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19707985#p19707985]Snakebite the 2nd[/url] wrote:It was Biblical this morning.0 -
Good to hear his fare said something, hopefully he will complain to the cab firm.The minicab driver who deliberately swerved (thank heavens for disc brakes) at me cos I had the audacity to overtake another cyclist - I was close enough to him to hear the passenger asking "what the hell are you doing?"0
