Coronavirus lockdown and exercising outdoors

[Fisan]

Yooooohhh. I get that some people like do not like to wear their mask 100% of the time. You encounter a few on the road that may forget to put up a mask, but luckily the roads are wide and few cars are on the road this early in the morning. And if you want to push past you 5km boundaries: not cool, but it won't really affect me. But a +- 10 people group ride with not a single person wearing some excuse of protecting - now that's a bunch of bellheads.

 

Seriously, who are you sticking it to? Not the president nor Ms Zol. You are sticking it to your family / friends / strangers that you come into contact with. You are sticking it to the front line workers literally putting their lives at risk. You are sticking it to the common folk like me doing whatever they can to reduce the spreading. You are sticking it to 95%+ of cyclists that must suffer a bad rep because of a minority group. You are not a rebel. You are a dutch-word-for-cat. So I gave em ye old eff-you and flippin bird for whatever it's worth.

 

Otherwise a superb morning.

[Jewbacca]

Very interesting I have noticed a few adds on various FB groups offering these services.

 

 

I am just thinking that when domestic help may return if this isn't maybe going to be a requirement before they may return.

I have a whole list of requirements and guidelines from the government for appropriate action and measures to 'legally' allow people back in the workplace etc...

 

Schools and businesses need in place action plans for decontamination, sanitization at all entrances and exits, egress with sufficient space between desks, some will need perspex dividers..... The roll out to the 'new normal' look paved with space and division!

[Prince Albert Cycles]

 

Pretty happy with this one ! Damn it's cold already ! Any tips to avoid frozen toes ?

Well done .

Wear sandwich bags inside your shoes over your socks .

[Colin Pym]

 

Pretty happy with this one ! Damn it's cold already ! Any tips to avoid frozen toes ?

Great effort that....you definitely wizzed past me on one of your loops. It was cold this morning, my Garmin registered a low of 3.9 deg, and that was approaching Eden on the Bay just before the Sandown and Dunes Estates.....my hands and feet take a little strain...

[Eugene Oppelt]

Tips to minimise frozen (or blue) toes.

 

1. Jiffy bags (as per Prins Albert Cycles's tip).

2. Hidden sock underneath normal sock.

3. Two pairs of socks.

4. Overshoes.

5. Foil wrapped over toes.

6. Assos fleece socks. 

7. Have your option immediately ready at the bedside when you get up.

[Reme Le Hane]

How does that work? Does the plastic help keep the heat in?

Plastic is not "breathable" so it will block airflow, also a decent idea if you know your ride has plenty water crossings.

 

For hands the suggest rubber gloves under your ridding gloves.

[The Ouzo]

Plastic is not "breathable" so it will block airflow, also a decent idea if you know your ride has plenty water crossings.

 

For hands the suggest rubber gloves under your ridding gloves.

When I was still in school I used to deliver The Star. Winter weekend mornings were the worst.

2 or 3 layers of everything including gloves.

Newspaper under my shirt for insulation, balaclava for the head.

My cat eye screen used to turn completely black from the cold

[Jbr]

I wanted to try to put socks over my shoes this morning but was running late for a start at 6:00 sharp...

 

You recon buying those special socks for over your shoes is useless ? the plastic bags inside the shoes I've heard plenty of times for skiing and stuff but I remembered it not working so well, I'll try again. It's definitely the worst part of riding in winter, the hands or body are actually fine once warmed up, the feet are only getting worse as your socks start to be wet...

[Reme Le Hane]

I wanted to try to put socks over my shoes this morning but was running late for a start at 6:00 sharp...

 

You recon buying those special socks for over your shoes is useless ? the plastic bags inside the shoes I've heard plenty of times for skiing and stuff but I remembered it not working so well, I'll try again. It's definitely the worst part of riding in winter, the hands or body are actually fine once warmed up, the feet are only getting worse as your socks start to be wet...

I tried those over the shies ones, they break too quickly. I suppose they'd work fine if u never put your foot down during a ride, but I found the stitching at the bottom way too easily torn.

 

I got some nice mohair balega socks, but it seems being forced by incompetent morons to be out before sunrise makes them far less useful than if I were ridding in sane hours.

[Knersboy]

Did my first outside ride today, short 24km one.

 

Was keen to test out my form after moering zwift for the last 6 weeks. I am lucky that I have a few good short hills within my 5km radius (400m climbing in the ride), got PBs on all of them, and a few Strava top 10s. Zwift races/group rides are friggin good training.

 

Wore the buff as a face mask, wasn’t too bad at all, I really thought it would suck more.

[FirstV8]

Sorry to go a bit off topic.. how does the fogging work, which products are used when you do the fogging, and is it worth having it done at one's home?

 We use a QAC with water and glycerin through a Thermal Fogging machine  ( dont ask me the ratios ) . For a house its only if you have had strangers in it or a confirmed case of covid 19 . Factories and warehouses are the biggest areas of concern because of stock , material and people movement in and out . We do a lot of Film /Video recording sets every day . 

[Stevief]

Tips to minimise frozen (or blue) toes.

 

1. Jiffy bags (as per Prins Albert Cycles's tip).

2. Hidden sock underneath normal sock.

3. Two pairs of socks.

4. Overshoes.

5. Foil wrapped over toes.

6. Assos fleece socks. 

7. Have your option immediately ready at the bedside when you get up.

you missed 8:  HTFU

[Eugene Oppelt]

07h27

 

[Skubarra]

Just an observation, here in Durbanville the 5km radius thing is really more like a friendly suggestion and group rides are compulsory for the majority of riders. so yesterday when I left at 7h15 for my 2 hour ride I thought "No problem, loads of other people also ignore the rules so I would be fine stretching the deadline by 15 minutes"

 

8h55 4km from home, Spes Bona road who few minutes earlier resembled a mass funride was instantly deserted and I was on completely on my own. Feeling exposed & guilty I quickly turned around and chased home, did not see another cyclist for the rest of the ride. Only back in the suburbs a few daring joggers & walkers were pushing the time boundary with me but all the cyclists were gone. 

 

Guess I have to give it to my community, most follow at least this one rule.

[NC_lurker]

I wanted to try to put socks over my shoes this morning but was running late for a start at 6:00 sharp...

 

You recon buying those special socks for over your shoes is useless ? the plastic bags inside the shoes I've heard plenty of times for skiing and stuff but I remembered it not working so well, I'll try again. It's definitely the worst part of riding in winter, the hands or body are actually fine once warmed up, the feet are only getting worse as your socks start to be wet...

I use neoprene toe covers, something like these:

https://m.takealot.com/louis-garneau-toe-thermal-cycling-toe-covers-black/PLID49325733?gclsrc=aw.ds&&gclid=CjwKCAjwwYP2BRBGEiwAkoBpAnxanvlmgU224S4SV-XKWyxdw0votG-Hx90YjLS4AoVf10Nk-eLBVhoCgeYQAvD_BwE

 

I've also used the first ascent windproof full booties (not neoprene) but I find on long rides my socks tend to get wet sometimes. The toe caps seem to work better, unless it's raining.

[dsw]

Just an observation, here in Durbanville the 5km radius thing is really more like a friendly suggestion and group rides are compulsory for the majority of riders. so yesterday when I left at 7h15 for my 2 hour ride I thought "No problem, loads of other people also ignore the rules so I would be fine stretching the deadline by 15 minutes"

 

8h55 4km from home, Spes Bona road who few minutes earlier resembled a mass funride was instantly deserted and I was on completely on my own. Feeling exposed & guilty I quickly turned around and chased home, did not see another cyclist for the rest of the ride. Only back in the suburbs a few daring joggers & walkers were pushing the time boundary with me but all the cyclists were gone. 

 

Guess I have to give it to my community, most follow at least this one rule.

 

I tried as well... went over Vissershok on my roadbike at about 8.50 and even attempted  unsuccessfully to overtake a  bloke on a motorbike ( Harley?) in a desperate effort to make home by 9.. missed the curfew by a few minutes... exceeded my max heartbeat in the process so i hope there is no permanent damage