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Thanks for the kind words. Just a lifelong poet digesting experience and transforming it, sending it back into the world. I often just put on music and then sing, then words come up. I don't edit, leave it there as is - first take is always good is my philoosphy. But mostly I'm writing, doing visual art and leave the singing for when I'm on my long bike rides :)
I was considering buying different shoes for riding my bike. Not special “bike shoes”, just something comfortable with good ventilation. Then I smacked a couple tree roots and small stumps on the trail, but wasn’t injured because I was wearing my steel toed work boots. So work boots it is😁 I like the Raceface Ride, and the Odessey Twisted pedals myself. But if the flat budget pedals on my budget bikes are functional, they don’t get replaced. I have a few different bikes with only one costing beyond a thousand dollars. It’s definitely a better quality bike. But I’ve found that I ride the budget bikes more often and the enjoyment isn’t any less because the price tag was less. Happy motoring 🐅
Totally agree. I wear Eccos, rugged, hard sole but can walk around in them. They last forever, so a good investment. But golf shoes, skateboard shoes, if you can get for a bargain, are a good alternative.
Good to know. Anything that works, keeps your feet comfy and does the job. I will have to do an update. I found a second hand thrown away pair of golf shoes and they are the bomb! Who'd have thunk? Golf shoes are a good option, many golfers toss them early and they will have many miles left for pedaling. Plus, they are goretex, so I'm a happy camper. golf.ecco.com/products/ecco-men-s-golf-biom-c4-a60
That's it in a nutshell! We are upsold everything. Even recently found out Prada bags are made in China, same line as cheap ones. They just upsell us "luxury" - we are living in a cargo cult.
When you just ride with flat pedals and in regular clothes, it's so much quicker to hop on the bike and go for a ride. I buy cheap tshirts from discount stores because they're super thin and airy. The fanciest item I have is my Rx sunglasses ($40 from Zenni).
I agree that we don't need to spend much to ride. I often find my favorite/best rides are in shorts, flip-flops, and a cotton t shirt. But I've put up with so many bugs and too much wind in my eyes that I now always wear my $150 cycling sunglasses. I tried a knock-off version of them too but they were garabage.
Oh yeah, if it works, is needed, use. Hell, if you have the $, ok, go for it. But I guess it is the whole "culture" thing I'm against - but I have seen some pull it off, use all the high priced stuff and paraphenalia but still come off as just doing their thing and unpretentious. So it isn't black or white - but those that think it is, are those I'm against. I can afford lots of stuff but in most cases, I just refuse to pay. It's about value. So yeah, if you get value, go for it.
Hahahaaaa! I totally agree, but I have so, so much more fun with it. Let me tell you a story, its all about the fun on my old commuter. I'm very fortunate to have built up & dialled in a small 1st rate collection mint, over the many years, each uncompromisingly specific to its purpose. I have a historically significant vintage '77 Fritz Fleck Flema Campionissimo, a 2017 steel AWOL bike packing trails, & 3 pure roadsters all absolute rippers. A 2004 Piave Sestrieres dedicated hill climber 5.1 kgs, a "97 Cannondale CAAD3 R1000 on full Dura Ace 7700 (9spd) close ratio flat racer, & the commuter that this story is about. Its '97 CAAD 3, on full Dura Ace 7800 with Dura Ace 7900 C24 (10 spd) wheelset, Continental GP4000 tyres, Racelight tubes, 150 gms saddle, 150 gms toeclip pedals, etc. I think it weighs about 6.25 kgs, but here's the kicker, I removed all of the decals so that it just looks plain ancient old black, with polished alloy, & the deceptive cherry on top is the empty 4 ltr Ortlieb frame bag. Of course I ride in ordinary clothes too, very uncool industrial sunnies, the lot. I'm over 70 now, & live in ultra chic academic, doctor, dentist, barrister central ground zero. They spend huge on larping out their short lived Tour de fantasies, at least until the reality becomes apparent, then they hang up the 20/30/40 thousand dollar investment in the garage until someone like me comes along to score bigly. eg just recently I got a brand new, unused DT Swiss PR1400 Oxic 25mm rim profile wheelset, 240 hubs 36T engagement, with a brand new unused Dura Ace 7800 (10 spd) cassette, & 2 ditto new Schwalbe Pro 1 tyres, all for $440 Aussie. That aspiring cyclist must have paid over $4000 for that little lot. So weekends, if the weather is perfect, & it mostly is in Western Australia, I go hunting for fun. I lay in wait for the so very pro looking fully fake sponsored peletons of overweight & unfit professionals, all looking so serious & riding wheel to wheel at a snail's pace between the cafes, & then the fun really begins. Sometimes I'll pretend to try to join in at the cafes, where they make their disgust so nakedly obvious, but sheer snobbery is beer & nuts to me, & of those especially I love to utterly demoralise. I only ever once regretted it, & sought to make amends because the chap turned out to be a good man who just had no clue. It happened on a steep climb, I was alongside urging him to pedal harder, in very much the wrong gear, his cadence was down to about 10 rpm, his heart rate was through the roof etc. He is a local doctor, 20+kgs overweight & I thought he was about to have a heart attack. Seriously. Anyway as soon as I realised my mistake I pulled him up & got him stabilised, after which I gave him the info he needed to hear. It emerged that he was riding his first bike, usual story cash rich, time poor, he wasn't a wanabe, he was just a hardworking chap in his mid to late 30s who wanted to get a grip on his health. No time to research, he just bought what he was told was the best, guided by a rapacious sales & marketing gang. So he bought this Willier Triestina with all the crummy fruit. Poor carbon, hydro disk, electronic shifting, aero everything, a poor fit, 8 & 1/2 kg, the whole lethal lot with mega dollar service costs thrown in. One of his first responses was, " I've just paid $28,000 for this bike, & now you're telling me that I have to pay more to change the gearing?" Anyway he began to listen, so I told him about the industry, basic diet & energy management info, how to build up to fitness gradually, & the basics of bicycle generally. Just enough to get him started right, I hope.
Wow. Sound like ground zero for sure. And you are so right, many just haven't a clue, sold a bill of goods. Culture works like that, everyone wants to fit in. Reminds me of the straw experiment of lore - 40 people were asked to chose the longest of 4 straws. It was quite obvious and all chose the longest one. But the kicker is that each were in a group with 3 actors who all insisted another straw was longer. out of the 40 - 18 changed their mind and on the spot believed a shorter straw was actually the longest. Makes one think ... the actors are your sales and marketing gang. Let's all just ride like we want to ride.
My experience with TPU tubes was similar to yours, but the ones that failed were cheap, no name brands. But I've been lucky with the pink ones made by Ridenow. But they cost 2X more than a butyl rubber tube at $10 a piece but still cheaper than the name brands like Tubalito and Victoria. To me, it's worth it due to the space savings. You just have to monitor the pressure every time you ride. I switched to Panaracer Gravelking SS plus tires with better flat protection, and since then, I have never had a flat.
Seems like these are best for carrying a spare tube when weight and space might be an issue. Or for someone in competition when every gram counts. I’ll probably try a couple as spares just to be familiar with them. I’m conscious of saving some weight here and there, but chasing grams isn’t a priority for my riding style.
Yes, that's basically the conclusion I came to. Not for the endurance cyclist or one that doesn't always ride on squeaky clean roads or rides longish 2+ hours. I have them as backup - might try my lucky again ... Agree too - I don't get the cycling fetish for aero and weighto unless you are really among the 0.00001 percent. However, this has become a cycling marketing meme.
I was in a bike lane that was too narrow for cars. You wouldn't expect any motorized traffic to use that lane but a motorcyclist decided to hop into the bike lane to skip through traffic and hit me head on. I had no time to react and got a concussion bad enough that I could not remember the collision. If I had not had a helmet on I may have had severe head trauma. I will never ride even two blocks without a helmet.
That's a principled decision. I would consider a bike lane as riding in traffic, you have to. My own riding without a helmet is when I ride dedicated (and they really are such where I live) bike paths and not on weekends or outside of endurance riding (sprints, high tempo).
Just had my first puncture with a RideNow TPU tube. Switched it out and back home I patched it with a Parktool GP-2 patch. No need to use sandpaper (only use that on butyl tubes). Seems to be holding up very well so far. According to Parktool, the GP2 patch can be used on Schwalbe Aerothan TPU tubes, so I don't see why it wouldn't work on any other TPU tubes.
My RideNow TPU's are going on 5000km without a puncture on my gravel bike, so that's 10000km if we're counting both wheels… What's especially awesome is the fact that I don't have to worry so much how many spares I take on multi-day adventures, because they weigh nothing and don't take up much space. I bought like 6 of them at once and paid around €5 each, so for my case, they're actually about the same cost as butyl.
Great to know. I might give them another swing. I'm not being definitive, just relating my own brief experience. But given that I ride at least 2x a week long rides (200k+), I just don't feel confident with them on the rear tire. They roll and feel ok. It also depends on so much else. But given the material, I just think sharp "bangs", when you hit a sharp edge, drop, rock will pinch TPU much more often than butyl. This is just my common sense, working class bike rider take. TPU does seem so much easier to change - that's nice.
I have a lot of experience with TPU tubes. The ones that,weigh 36 g are good. But make sure they have white valve stems. Lighter ones and all of the ones with black valve stems are problematic. RideNow sells the 36 g ones. The 36 g recommendation is especially important for rim brakes.
I've heard about the heat issue. I don't ride a lot of steep descents so not problematic but heard heat buildup can be a problem for their use. I had the 36 g ones but not RideNow, another company XTiger. But they seem discontinued ... so maybe there was a reason?
@@nakedandalive my hypothesis it because on the rear wheel we concentration the weight more plus we are pedaling on the rear drive wheel it got more force when we accelerate or do climbing. probably it cause the flat on TPU.
Hi! TPU material don't work with cement (glue) & vulcanizing patches for butyl tubes. For patching TPU tubes, you only need 'polyurethane glue'. It is a pretty simple item, and you can find it in every hardware store. Just ask for glue for soft plastics and double-check if it says polyurethane glue. It should cost just a few bucks. Here are some examples: TechnicQll Soft Plastic Glue Rema Tip-Top 5522208 Camplast Cement But there are many generic substitutes. I am using the first one, but I don't know if it is available worldwide. For patches, just cut an old sacrificial TPU tube. Such a repair is, in my experience, pretty much permanent.
Thanks for the reminder! Yes, I did use the right adhesive (got mine at the dollar store here - Daiso). But both the included patch with alcohol cleaning pad and my own patch didn't work. But the holes were snake bite large - that could be the problem. Good to know others do have success with patching TPU. I'll keep trying.
I always ride with a bike computer.. It tells me my (breadcrumb) route and how long/far I have to go. It doesn't display other metrics.. Not so much because I decided that, but it just can't 🙂 (Garmin edge 200, cheapest gps navigation thingy I could find back then) It's so relaxing being able to ride everywhere without the feeling of being lost. As long as I am on (or even near) the track I uploaded I am exactly where I want to be. As for drinking.. I find I have to force myself to drink because my body doesn't tell me to. Only when it's too late (cramps, headaches...). That's one way my sugarwater helps, because at least there's water in there and I rinse my mouth after every drink or solid food. (from the other, plain water bottle or indeed my hydration bladder)
Yeah, if you can control your use of it, good. Myself, I just find I get too into "numbers" - it is something I guess I got trained on, through years of training, competition. Liquids - so key. Find a way to drink regularly, even over-hydrate. I feel so much better in recovery when drinking lots. Not just important for the ride.
@@nakedandalive Only last Sunday when I did my first 100 K this season. I really wanted to be back at 12:30 because my g/f had to leave by then. So the last 40K I was looking at the time and the distance all the time to make sure I would be back on time (made it with 1 minute to spare 🙂) But yeah I wouldn't want that stress every time.
taking it easy with 25 kph.. ouch that hurts. I have to really try to get that average. Anyways I like fueling with a big bidon filled with sugarwater. Plain table sugar, some salt, some syrup (lemon) and water. I aim for half of what I need ( which seems to be 50 gram per hour) in sugar and the other half in something like homemade oatmeal/yoghurt cake (or some cookies or muesli bars or whatever.. carb heaavy)
Good reminder for me. I have to stop looking at numbers. Used to ride with the computer a few times a week, now it is regular. Will adjust. the speed is what it is ... no matter what the number on a display. Yes, agree, sugar water, glucose tablets, it all works. No need for all the energy "stuff" etc ... And whatever you can keep down. I used to run with a guy who ate dates, it worked for him.
Apart from enjoying myself during a ride I also feel a sense of accomplishment. Plus every (long) ride is an adventure which starts with the planning. Even my usual short ride (1 hour).
A lot of the same reasons. I do it because I love it. I’m happiest on the bike . Also cycling for mental and physical health . Like this channel. Thank you
Welcome aboard! I've just started sharing some of my cycling life - I'm an amateur, learning as I do this but think I've some valuable cycling experiences to share. Mucking about!
We cycle very similarly. I think you do a little more distance than I . I’m 56. I love to cycle, walk, and hike . I have not had any alcohol in close to a decade. Thank you
Good luck! Slow and steady for sure. You raise a good point, cycling is an ideal way to "venture. I'm reminded of Tom Petty's tune - Into The Great Wide Open ... we need more of that in our lives, the unpredictable, the new.
Very good... Tip#5 by you (mini goals) though is in conflict with well researched human and animal psychology. It is well proven that if there is intermediate goal of mini goal along longer task, its existence diminishes overall effort and ability. This is from deeply ingrained instincts which maybe some Navy Seals may train out of themselves but for most people it will hold. (Simple experiment on rats: there is food at the end of corridor, rat must pull resisting spring to reach it. If that is the only goal, rat provides constant effort up to the food. Now put one (or more) open doorways on the same way, "mini goals". Rat will pull with same effort at first but diminish as approaching each doorway, restarting after...)
Good point and I don't disagree, especially if you are aiming for your absolute limits. My background is ultrarunning, over days. I think what strong athletes do is hold both goals in their mind at the same time. It's not as easy as you think but can be imprinted subconsciously, deeply to control your effort and long haul success.
If being a genius is to see things as they are, not as they've been taught or told to be, and the boy has not yet been taught or told about the ocean, then how is he a genius?
He's self-taught. What did someone say, "the difficulty of life is to remain as a child?" Few do so. And then we have Illych's - School is the advertising agency that makes you believe you need the world as it appears to be.
Thanks, I will get better and add more of my own footage. It's all a learning process. I'm kind of a 37 signals guy. Do it, get it out there and then go from there. Just got inspired and like a making a sandwich when super hungry, went pell mell at it.
This video sums up exactly my ways and thoughts on cycling, although, due to the immense joy I feel whilst doing it I often forget to eat regularly. But I've just discovered that my Garmin has an "eat alert" alarm, so no more bonking due to happiness 😁🍌🥪🍰🍼
Thanks Tony. I'll get better producing stuff like this but glad it hit home. Eating / feeding is so important, as much as pushing our feet around in circles! Good solution, whatever works. I find tech like that good to train yourself like pavlov's dog - then ultimately, you don't need it.
@@nakedandalive Yes, too true! I'm in such a happy world of my own whilst cycling I need the Garmin alarm, but I'm slowly starting to remember to stop myself 🙂
Yes, you just never know. Dedicated bike path and don't know what a post office delivery truck was doing there! Just lucky, only doing about 25 clicks. Happened so fast, slower watching the video. Going to experiment with a simple camera for longer, more beautiful rides. So much to learn - not just riding stuff but stuff like this camera/photography. Keeps it fun but I'll keep it simple. If I buy a drone - you have permission to push me off a cliff.
As an ex pro motorcycle racer who’s had multiple concussions I NEVER ride my bicycle w a helmet. I know the stats and I’ve never crashed. Besides that 100+ years of TDF with ONLY 3 serious head injuries and 1 death with NO HELMETS.
