shadow master
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Yep same here 7 miles of riding my blood temperature rises and hand feel fine even on the coldest days,feel sorry for people that ride just under 7 as they never experience the bodies central heating system at work!
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shadow master
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"Train smarter not harder" took me years to learn this,the secret to training is the recovery not the activity!
shouldbeinbed
Rollin' along
- Location
- Manchester way
We did too but no more so my commute clothing tip is if its wet when you leave the house, always take a dry pair of socks with you (or keep a stock at work) there are few less pleasant feelings than slipping your feet into damp clammy socks.
shouldbeinbed
Rollin' along
- Location
- Manchester way
Always have a pair of latex gloves in your tool kit. Punctures in the cold and wet are so much easier to fix when you can still feel your fingers and your hands stay clean.
P.S. Park Tool plastic tyre levers every day of the week, they're the best.
P.S. Park Tool plastic tyre levers every day of the week, they're the best.
Turdus philomelos
Guru
- Location
- West Lothian
Lilliburlero
Pro sandbagger
- Location
- South Derbyshire
Dont eat yellow snow.
About the last time I bought a copy of Viz...50p! When were you last in a charity shop?
Ladies (sorry, this really doesn't work for the men) - if you commute in office wear, when it is raining hard, wear a skirt. Or rather, take the skirt with you, but wear a cheap pair of waterproof trousers over your tights. This is comfortable enough for a short commute but not as hot and annoying as waterproofs over trousers. In the office just nip into the toilet to change. Do not forget your skirt...
(This may be counterintuitive, but if it is only raining a bit, a skirt is better too as tights dry out more quickly than trousers do.)
(This may be counterintuitive, but if it is only raining a bit, a skirt is better too as tights dry out more quickly than trousers do.)
Hmmm. Fair point! It was probably cheap plastic ones wot broke on me. I'll invest in a set of the Park ones as suggested (but will still probably carry one metal one - just for insurance
).
youngoldbloke
The older I get, the faster I used to be ...
Carry a pair of tweezers in your saddle pack to remove thorns flints etc before changing a tube after an unplanned deflation.
youngoldbloke
The older I get, the faster I used to be ...
Carry a teaspoon in your saddle pack - just the right shape to remove mud build-up from your close clearance mudguards. (You may have to remove wheels first).
youngoldbloke
The older I get, the faster I used to be ...
Boots disposable shower caps make superb helmet rain covers.
I don't like the set of Park blue plastic tyre levers I bought, I found them too flexible - these SKS levers however are the dogs danglies and cheep as chips.
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
And reading glasses if you are long-sighted, like me!
The one time I accepted help from a stranger was when I just couldn't see well enough to remove a shard of glass from a tyre.
shouldbeinbed
Rollin' along
- Location
- Manchester way
Crikey, what tyres are you removing that makes those mommas flex? Brand new M+'s and; my personal nemesis; Vittoria Radonneur's can't flex the ones I've got.
If you weren't in that Perth, I'd DM you my address to save them clogging up your workshop space
My Bro works for a company with head offices in Perth, he's a miserable toad and loves nowhere more than is own front room but quite looks forward to the AGM/Mandatory attendance Christmas party over there each year, it must be a lovely place.
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