Tell us about your new improved government regulations compliant cycle part II

LollipopJimmy · 11-02-2021 06:20PM

fat bloke wrote: »

Usual hour on the rollers. Nothing remarkable about it except that it'll be my last cycle or pedalling activity for a while. . Surgery tomorrow morning on a chronic spinal / neck issue.

Best of luck, hope all goes well

Seth Brundle · 11-02-2021 06:41PM

fat bloke wrote: »

Usual hour on the rollers. Nothing remarkable about it except that it'll be my last cycle or pedalling activity for a while. . Surgery tomorrow morning on a chronic spinal / neck issue.

Good luck with that FB

sy_flembeck · 11-02-2021 10:25PM

fat bloke wrote: »

Usual hour on the rollers. Nothing remarkable about it except that it'll be my last cycle or pedalling activity for a while. . Surgery tomorrow morning on a chronic spinal / neck issue.

Best of luck with the surgery and rehab fat bloke. I suffer with my neck, back and shoulders but clearly (and thankfully!) not at the same level. Get well soon

Agent Smyth · 12-02-2021 08:16AM

Hope all goes well today and you have a speedy recovery

D13exile · 12-02-2021 09:52AM

My daily hour of high cadence on the rollers. The bike computer says I did 48kms with a max speed of 58kph. If only that were true in "real world" cycling

. However I have to admit that I actually look forward to my daily spin on the rollers. Bluetooth speaker on the kitchen counter blasting out rock music, fan blowing cooling air at me, sweatband on my head keeping the stinging sweat out of my eyes and I feel I'm smoothing out inconsistencies in my pedalling as I'm pretty stable on the rollers now. Plus I don't have to worry about ice sending me toppling off the bike, wearing layers to keep warm (I wear bib shorts in the house with the straps "off the shoulder") or gob****e motorists or pedestrians who really need to open their eyes when on the roads. Hope I don't turn into a full time indoor cyclist at this rate!!!!!

12-02-2021 10:22AM

Made the stupid mistake of going out with slightly damp gear on last Sunday morning - put tights and base layer in the dryer the night before but must have turned themselves off. Didn't have time to wait until they were fully dry and took a gamble in the morning.

Bad mistake. It was a cold, windy morning as it was and when I got home I struggled to warm up. By Sunday night I had a cold, Monday a fever. Three nights in a row with 40 degree temperature, about five changes of bedsheets and en entire wardrobe of soaked t-shirts.

Covid test came back negative yesterday, as expected as haven't seen a soul since Xmas, but doctor couldn't see me until test was negative so only just got an antibiotic yesterday evening and starting to feel human again this morning.

I won't be making the same mistake again.

Not sure if the 40 degree temperatures, minding two small kids while sick and trying to work or the prospect of not getting out on my bike again for a while was the worst part of the week!

On the plus side, I did a 13k time trial around our local loops (all within my 5k) on Sunday morning and recorded my time. My brother then did the exact same later in the day and I beat him by two minutes. He was ahead of me until just before lockdown when we last cycled together, so all my loops and work on the turbo have been paying off at least.

D13exile · 12-02-2021 10:41AM

Made the same mistake myself last year when I forgot to bring a change of clothes to work for my cycle home and had to put on my still sweaty base layer, bib tights and thermal jersey for the return trip home. Even though I'd tried to dry them in work, they were all still pretty damp when I put them on. I thought I'd just cycle hard to warm up and dry them off from the inside out but the opposite happened, the damp clothes sucked the heat out of me and I just couldn't warm up on my 40km cycle home from work. Despite a hot shower and drink, I came down with a chill and by next day I was a shivering wreck. Several days in bed with cold sweats and head spinning until I started to feel warm again.

magicbastarder · 12-02-2021 10:58AM

Deleted User wrote: »

put tights and base layer in the dryer

i thought the dryer was a no-no for any cycling gear?

Stark · 12-02-2021 11:24AM

Should be fine on low heat I think. Meant to be good for waterproofs to tumble dry on a low heat. "Restores" the DWR or something.

12-02-2021 12:21PM

magicbastarder wrote: »

i thought the dryer was a no-no for any cycling gear?

Just a cool tumble. Wouldn't make a habit of it, but fine if stuck.

Ordered a load of gear off Wiggle yesterday to make sure I don't have to go down that route again.

12-02-2021 12:22PM

D13exile wrote: »

Made the same mistake myself last year when I forgot to bring a change of clothes to work for my cycle home and had to put on my still sweaty base layer, bib tights and thermal jersey for the return trip home. Even though I'd tried to dry them in work, they were all still pretty damp when I put them on. I thought I'd just cycle hard to warm up and dry them off from the inside out but the opposite happened, the damp clothes sucked the heat out of me and I just couldn't warm up on my 40km cycle home from work. Despite a hot shower and drink, I came down with a chill and by next day I was a shivering wreck. Several days in bed with cold sweats and head spinning until I started to feel warm again.

Awful experience, but now I know why my Dad, who ran competitively for years, was so obsessed with damp gear and showering the minute we got home from a match/race.

magicbastarder · 12-02-2021 12:25PM

this is from galibier's guidance on care:

DO NOT USE THE DRYER.

Once you’re done with the wash, you should always hang your cycling clothes or technical apparel to air dry. Many types of cycling-specific fabrics, from wool to synthetics, will not do well in the dryer. Wool can shrink and the synthetic in the legs or waist of your shorts or bibs can become damaged. Even low temperatures in the dryer may break down the integrity of the garment and its technical components over time.

NamelessPhil · 12-02-2021 06:57PM

I had to go into town today for a hospital appointment. I got sandblasted by the grit left on the road blown up by the strong wind. It has been so dry in Dublin that the grit is just building up in the gutters. I felt like a salt cod by the time I got back home with a fine layer of salt on any exposed skin.

velo.2010 · 12-02-2021 07:07PM

NamelessPhil wrote: »

I felt like a salt cod by the time I got back home with a fine layer of salt on any exposed skin.

You'd pay good money in health spa for a treatment like that!:D

magicbastarder · 12-02-2021 07:11PM

some of the roads around here have gone brown with the salt ground into them.

BiggJim · 13-02-2021 10:36AM

Had planned on doing 20k today but the wind would blow you into the traffic at the minute.

vintcerf · 13-02-2021 11:02AM

what do people here use for maps? dedicated bike computers with maps seem pricey ... I just cycled into a dead end

positron · 13-02-2021 11:16AM

Google Maps did that to me once. Dead end with a gap in the hedge opening to a field full of something.

Of the apps I've tried so far, Komoot is by far the best. One free map (usually covers your county). Managed to do a lap of Co. Louth using their free map - easy to fine tune your route on the website, and the follow / tweak during the ride. And mainly, no dead ends.

dahat · 13-02-2021 07:59PM

Usual no show on the roads for me with weather etc it’s just easier do my endurance spins on the turbo.

Chose the Uber Pretzel for my spin & once my structured 3hrs were done it was suffer on especially on ADZ l, pure sufferfest bit managed to avoid going into the red on it.

Long day with 5hrs done & 4000 calories to replace.

BiggJim · 14-02-2021 12:01AM

Can't seem to sleep despite having a bottle of wine with my dinner. Might head out for a quick 10k, usually leaves me sufficiently tired to relax.

positron · 14-02-2021 11:24AM

DUI applies to bikes too, doesn't it? (RUI?).

Eamonnator · 14-02-2021 11:39AM

positron wrote: »

DUI applies to bikes too, doesn't it? (RUI?).

yes, it does.

https://www.stickybottle.com/latest-news/drunk-cycling-longford-court/

BiggJim · 14-02-2021 11:53AM

Eamonnator wrote: »

yes, it does.

https://www.stickybottle.com/latest-news/drunk-cycling-longford-court/

I wouldn't dare get on the bike if I was hammered. Had my drink a good few hours previously. I still feckin came off the bike after hitting a pot hole in the dark for my troubles. All good though just a few scratches and a.bruised ego.

CramCycle · 14-02-2021 01:43PM

Cycling is different than driving, for a motor vehicle you have to not drink, ie when they test you, you have to be under a certain limit which basically means, don't drink before driving by a good few hours and realistically, from a legal perspective (not moral, I am against it, so not getting into the ins and outs), anything within 12 hours even 24 hours with a particularly heavy time of it, you are chancing your arm. On a bike, you must be able to control your vehicle, this is at the discretion of the garda, so you can drink but if you are suspected of that having influence on your ability to control the bike, then you can be done for it.

07Lapierre · 14-02-2021 02:00PM

35k this morning. We almost got away with it, but 5k from home, the rain started and we were like drowned rats when we got home! Wind was strong but it wasn’t cold today, but the rain turned a pleasant cycle into an endurance test!

ednwireland · 14-02-2021 02:07PM

lumpy 40km done back on the road bike first time in weeks. not sure why theres a wind warning though !

Seth Brundle · 14-02-2021 02:39PM

ednwireland wrote: »

not sure why theres a wind warning though !

I'm looking out my front window* at the trees swaying quite a lot. The forecast says that the winds here are close to 50km/hr and I could easily believe it.

* grounded because of Achilles injury and now a secondary injury from walking on my toes all week

bazermc · 14-02-2021 03:59PM

Lovely afternoon here in D8. I should have held off spin until now instead I got absolutely soaked this morning

Wildly Boaring · 14-02-2021 04:20PM

bazermc wrote: »

Lovely afternoon here in D8. I should have held off spin until now instead I got absolutely soaked this morning

I went running instead.
Windy and lashing rain.
By time I got home wind had died and not a drop since.
Murphy's law

nilhg · 14-02-2021 04:47PM

Did the Highlands e-fondo on RGT, 4 timed sections in a 50km+ ride, first serious sustained effort I'd made this year,always a shock to the system....

https://www.strava.com/activities/4784762816

Tell us about your new improved government regulations compliant cycle part II

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