Road Cycling

Bont A-Threes are good & cheap(ish) in the grand scheme of things!

Today was the pick for riding here, yesterday terrible fog morning and afternoon.

I got out, over Rivington, up to the M65, back to Chorley & home to Wigan. 50k in and 600m elevation, always felt like a bit of a headwind and no flat sections!

Going over Rivington is interesting, down the bottom lots of dog walkers, over the top motorbikes & hot hatches giving it some!

Got a squeeky chain, need some lube. Just been using Shimano but its in transit from Aus. What should I get in the meantime, I've heard dry lube even with the wetter weather (I won't go out in the rain but will ride in the damp/wet) as wet lube just holds the dirt!

I think OMS has a lube he swore by which is meant to be awesome but I get by with Finish Line Red. Clean, dry, lube, allow to cure/dry for a few hours, wipe down. Pretty standard stuff but does me well enough in Manchester weather.

Obviously when it rains I end up having to re-apply :rolleyes: Though sometimes I just spray on some gt85 and say screw it...
 
I'm feeling fat and deflated.

Fortunately I have until the 9th of Jan to get some riding in so hopfully the weather is kind to me.

Got a couple of family days off now, then going to do a few hours on the 30th and maybe 31st.

If I was at the height of my fitness now would be the perfect time for us to meet up and ride so I could only be about 50% slower than you. Sadly I don't think that is the case :)

Let me know if you somehow end up taking 6-12 months off...
 
Running a marathon for the first time next year so that will eat up the majority of my training time for the first quarter.

Aside from that there's a 200km CX that uv is making me sign up for and we'll probably do a 24 hour/250 mile ish ride to Norfolk. It'll be the longest unsupported ride I've done (209 being the previous unsupported, 320 supported).
 
Awesome work on the riding and the wellington :)

My total for the year is probably going to be 6.8k miles though a few hundred of those are turbo miles. Not too bad given the collarbone break but I'd have been happier hitting my original 10k target.

On the other hand, my running totals are far more healthy compared to last year - 6x the elevation and approaching 10x the distance and time.
 
So I got the moon nebula rear light as a Christmas present. Comedy moment when I opened it up and working out how to switch it on in front of the gf I actually unwittingly blind myself looking right at it and pressing the button. Wow that thing is bright!

Thanks for the suggestions. I also got some little blinkers for the front and back.

I've done this before too. It's a lesson you learn once and learn well :p
 
Interesting idea!

How well does the Elemnt handle GPXs? I like being able to plot a GPX course in something like RidewithGPS and then load it onto my Garmin so I have turn-by-turn directions anywhere in the world I might travel with my bike.

You will get good navigation but "proper" turn by turn requires a bit of messing about. Personally I could live without it so if I didn't have an 810 already I'd probably get an Elemnt.
 
A friend of mine had tons of issues with his rear brake due to the Stages pod so it's a fairly common thing with brakes behind the BB.

Personally I'd just get a different PM. Stages have a pretty bad rep.
 
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