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Yeah but it will still be won in the mountains by a skinny mountain goat

Interesting link to SR71 Blackbird story from one of the pilots Sorry if I posted it before, but think it’s well worth watching again. Now to download the book “Sled driver”

That’s generally the same for most grand tours, a few big climbing days decides the GC which eliminates 90% of riders. Organizers should try a route along the lines of a spring classic with shorter climbs and give more riders a chance to win the GC just saying…

I use a pair of Assos long finger autumn (fall) gloves under a pair of specialized water proof gloves and make sure that there is no gap between my jacket arm sleeves and gloves, tucking the sleeves under the gloves. Flexing the fingers regularly to pump warm blood through them. Riding in the cold is scheisse

747 loses one of its landing gear during landing Pretty impressive how it bounced down the runway knowing how big these landing gear are https://www.20min.ch/video/boeing-747-verliert-fahrwerk-bei-landung-311092088090

Who? Remco or the author??

Thanks china

Yeah more than a solid ride, this RockRider brand must have something special under the paint Very happy to see Pidcock take the win from that last climb

QUOTE FOR THE DAY: “True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.” — writer Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

What they needed to do was to ride the last 2 km like they wanted to be on the podium 40 second lead with 4 km to go and typical roadie selfish attitude riding (missing turns) by Dimarchi cost them the chance to stand on the podium

Ah yes love is....

Cramps are often your bodies way of telling you to slow down, in other words you (not you directly, athletes in general) are exercising above their capabilities and level of preparation. IMO Nutrition plays a lessor role wrt cramps, provided you eat and drink sensibly (normal commercial energy drinks have it all). Timing your race efforts is vital

Not trying to polarise anyone ….. 😁 but Garmin and replacement always appear in the same sentence, scale of sales just highlights it

Would love to know what that was about Nice video... if that doesn't make you think about entering the epic nothing will.

Earlier this week i had the day off and took the Tarmac for a grind up to the chapel and back

Jirrie…. Froomie is …… um taking it very easy so far

A bladdy car comes in at least a ton, lots of stuff that makes up that weight … radio, sat nav, aircon, electric windows, alarm immobilizer, engine that drives the wheels, a boot, spare wheel, etc, etc…. Bicycles lose everything to reduce weight and you pay more for having less Cyclists must be dumb suckers…in addition to being wheel suckers 😂

Famous proverb: One mans trash is another mans treasure 😆

Compared to their competitors Garmin are huge and so deep into GPS devices and technology (Aviation, marine, automobiles, plus plus...) that its hard to imagine anyone else will ever be able to compete against them from a technological point of view. Back to the this threads first post....after sales service, customer support and reliability is a level playing field for all the different manufacturers, after +/- 35 years of using numerous polar watches and bike computers, the amount of times I've needed to send one in for a battery replacement or other problems is < 5.... Kind of like Toyota... Everything keeps going right TOYOTA 😁

Capabilities of “wristwatches” is amazing nowadays compared to the 19voetseks when a timex Ironman with multiple stopwatch and timers was considered hi tech. It seems the only thing holding them back now is the battery and the hoomans ability to exercise until the battery dies. I wonder if the majority of people even need a quarter of the continuous battery life, never mind all the functions ( breadcrumbs 😂) available? For myself I have a polar grit (because it looks nice 🤡) and only use basic sport tracking (HR, time, distance, altimeter and definitely for anything close to 40hrs) and then the recovery and sleep tracker functions.

I’ll gladly trade in my Kalahari brown EVO for that red coloured one, wtf made Spez paint bikes that colour is one of their biggest secrets

I know you should not let them go completely flat as this allows some kind of loss of the chemical properties, maybe it’s the same risk if they are overcharged… for example if the charging does not automatically switch off

Nice thread revival of one of the cooler bike hub topics…. Pity it’s buried away like it is

What happens when a shower is enough time to charge to 100% Sorry but I’m a bit confuzed, Did u mean to say that the watch should only be top charged and not fully charged?

How long before this thread is locked?