monday inspired by a mysterious night desert touched by the hand of ofra haza
'ning
slightly milder start, but cloudy
maybe early ride, coffee, wfh, laze
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Morning les forbans
Drizzly cloudy with Haar.
Beans came running around the corner at 100 meows per hour and crashed into my shin as I was coming back from the bird table. He thinks I have magical powers.
Today chores and stuff.
First; coffee.
Laters
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Bit hazy and warm, coffee then decide, ride or strimming.
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Work stuff and then a run with either the club or on my own, unsure as new training plan starts today and I’m already knackered 🙄
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Managed the usual pre work Cragg Vale loop this morning and was suprised that the Puncture Fairy didn't strike as I'd left my saddle bag at home.
I think an attempt at a run may also be on the cards later.
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Morning all. Usual stuff, luckily not dodging idiots as they've gone away for a bit. Lovely ride in this morning, should be able to ditch the lights for all of a wk or so.
Too many bikes according to Mrs O.0 -
Morning all. Things are rosy in the "Temple of Love (1992)"
Busy day so far. Only one coffee. More to come.
Legs dead from yesterday's ride.
Sometimes. Maybe. Possibly.
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Slept well after yesterdays hilly ride, may head out again tomorrow after work if the rain stays away.
In the office today for a few meetings and free coffee, but a bit quiet as people in the office are mostly TWATs (Tuesdays, Wednesdays And Thursdays).
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]1 -
Afternoon folks,
Slower start than usual for a Monday as I'm shirking from home today, unfortunately this is because I've got to go in on Friday. Seems mild out, but pretty cloudy. Hopefully we'll have a reasonably dry week at least. Better get some lunch soon.
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Afternoon.
Dry here but there’s a lot of black clouds about. Been on the turbo this morning which is always a sweaty experience which is worse now due to having a foam straps round my neck. Mrs W has put the biscuit barrel on the top cupboard self which means I can’t get it down one handed. Not sure I will survive till 5:00 when she gets in.
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You do have magical powers - you put stuff on the bird table, birds arrive, Beans gets to watch/play.
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'noon
Bleary eyed pedal
Runny nose/sore eyes
Meetings
Rearrange some numbers
Pedal back
Another meeting
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FFS ride home ditched and had to request Son's rescue taxi service. Bloody P fairy visited, couldn't get it to re-inflate due to a huge chunk of glass wedged in it. Don't remember going over any but hey-ho. Tyre worm useless as was a dart so new tyre ordered.
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Hay fever has suddenly gone haywire today, not sure why.
Swapped to the normally better antihistamines on Saturday after the others ran out which might be the reason.
I've got a slowie but it stayed up long enough to ride back this evening. Probabaly a chunk of glass like yours, but I'm not tubeless.
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Oh those tubeless tyres are just ace...
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Now he gets shut in during early morning feed. I have no idea why he didn't now I was around the corner. Anyhoo, we just had fight and he scratched me on the bonce so I bit his tail. So there Beans.
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The rain stopped and the sun came out and I thought 'i'll go for a pedal'. So I went for a pedal.
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TBH the tyre is on its last legs and the chunk that came out would have rendered any tyre foobarred. Slit across and starting into the sidewall. Just got to decide what to put on in it's place, will replace the front as well so matching. Might ditch the tubeless and get solids tyres instead.
Too many bikes according to Mrs O.0 -
Solid!? You're old bones won't like solid. Latex inner tubes + Vittoria Corsa G2.0. Graphene layer innit.
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Interesting tyres, I might have a nosey at those...
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I tried the Tannus solid tyres, ok for smooth roads but horrible on any other surface, no give and slow.
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TBH I was taking the Michael. I do however have a decision to make over which tyres.
IRC formula pro rbbc tyres again or something else. Won't touch gp's or duranos as had problems with them in the past.
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They don't roll as nice as say the GP5000's which are nice but they have a feeling of assurance and I rarely puncture. Coupled with latex inner tubes, they roll very very much like a tubular and the latex gives you that extra puncture protection (mainly because of the compliance latex provides over butyl).
They don't sit as big on the rim as the Conti's. I bought 28mm Conti's for the summer bike and 28mm Vittoria's for the winter but the Conti's didn't fit in the rear drop outs, so I am running winter tyres on the summer bike but they are fine
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the last winter & spring I was able to ride, not 23/24 due to my knee surgery but 22/23 I ran gatorskins and slime tubes. Heavy and hard but worth the sacrifice in terms of the number of punctures in the rain I avoided. Generally the rides were short anyway so something tho put up with.
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But Gatorskins ride like glue. You don't have to sacrifice ride quality. Sonny Colbrelli won Paris Roubaix on Conti GP5000s.
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i remember trying gatorskin tubs a few years ago, awful ride, dangerously slippy in the wet, and miserable puncture resistance, terrible tyres
now using conti sprinters for winter, grippy and the rubber is thick enough to survive cuts, the ride is still harsh compared to veloflex etc,, but not as bad as the gatorskins
clincher equivalent is probably the basic conti gp
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Having used gaters for years to commute on i never really had an issue. I had more problems with Duranos and GP4 / 5s so went to the IRC formula pro xguards, which to be honest have been almost faultless. I've actually just ordered another pair and hopefully they will last just as long. I think everyone's view on various tyres is pretty subjective, however most people agree that marathons are pretty much like solid tyres. Most times I've suffered a loss of grip has been down to ice, grit, mud or diesel / oil on the road, luckily not very often. Anybody using inserts aka noodles on their tubeless set ups ?
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Not me. However, there's this new thing; foam inserts.
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