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Did you flush them or was it some other noise? If not was it not a bevy of pheasants?
On the road at 7.30 this morning. Saw a bouquet of pheasants.
Looking back I think I probably over tightened. As I remember setting my torque wrench and thinking this was much tighter than I usually tighten it. Usually I wouldn’t go more by feel and have the torque as a backup but never quite reach it.
Is it possible that the thru axle wasn't torqued enough, and that it was moving, causing a wear ring around the head?
still, it's a hell of a step to effectively shearing the head off the shaft - no matter whether the torque wrench was calibrated correctly or not, if it wasn't, you still need to put the excess torque through it yourself and probably would have copped if you'd been waaaay overtorquing it.
Another issue can be the range of the torque wrench, and the torque setting you're using
I only recently learned that.
That's a possibility. Torque wrenches, technically speaking, need to be calibrated periodically.
At the very minimum, they should be stored with torque reading wound back to zero.
I’m guessing I over torqued it. Although I use a torque wrench. Unless my torque wrench is reading wrong.
any idea wha caused it? i'd be sending a photo to the manufacturer!
Saw that on Strava, very lucky when you consider the descents 🫣
Thought today might have been one of my last cycles on the good bike for the year. So planned a route from Roundwood over Wicklow gap around blessington and back over Sally Gap.
On the decent from the gap My bike was making a lot of rattling noise. So stopped at valley mount to have a look. Front wheel was loose. Went to tighten the thru axle and the head sheared right off. Feeling pretty lucky it didn’t give up the ghost on the descent.
Had to call the parents to come drive over and rescue me. Plenty of cyclists offering help but obviously nothing to be done.
Today I got two KOMs (one of which I previously had, and took back.)
Apart from that, I saw a heron, and in general it was a beautiful day to be cycling, particularly because it's a day I'd normally be working
Have had a plan for the last few weeks to head out today on a short spin in a kind of homage to Arthur Guinness where I'd take in his statue in Celbridge, his grave in Oughterard (as mentioned by @devonp above) and Huttonread House where they reckon he was born (Arthur's ma's homeplace) as today is his birthday (remember Arthur's Day?).
Given the strong southerly wind, I also figured I might set a few PRs on my way home (stopping off for a sup obviously).
However, I've developed some kind of stomach bug so maybe I'll park the idea until next year ☹
Sat spin y'day over to Lacken via Sorrel hill, on my way out a Toyota Corolla overtook me near Oughterard (Arthurs resting place) and then slowed in front of me, with the passenger holding something out the window...it was my Vent Ultra gilet which had dislodged from my jersey pocket prob on Boston hill, cheers to him. Anyway it was cool enough on the remaining descents so I ended up wearing it from Ballinascorney til home
Went out for 50km around Kilteel this evening. Had a jacket on over a jersey and it still felt cool but it did stay dry throughout so I guess I shouldn't complain.
Went over and back Windmill Hill near Rathcoole and as I was heading downhill, a van coming towards me was overtaking a commuting cyclist who had pulled over and was dealing with some kind of mechanical issue. I was more conscious of the van coming towards me (and I was doing over 55km/h) and so quickly figured that I'd probably see him in a few minutes on the return ascent. Anyhow, by the time I caught up with him, he was at the top of the hill moving quite gingerly. Asked him if he was ok and it turned out that he had a tubeless puncture and no pump or anything. As I had a pump with me (and tubes, levers, CO2, etc), I helped pump up the tyre to get him home. Hopefully he made it home anyhow. I am surprised though that some people who ride tubeless don't know that you still really should carry tools & a spare tube or two. I had a clubmate recently appear surprised that tubeless doesn't always seal!
Anyhow, it was an evening of close passes for whatever reason - I think there were three of four really uncomfortable ones and all were into oncoming traffic. The last one flashed their hazards 100m up the road so I wasn't sure were they trying to apologise or what (I know for a fact that they knew I was there).
https://www.strava.com/activities/9894347908
High winds + Hippo physique = getting blown around the road by gusts. Didn't feel safe, so turned around and went home. Sitting here with a coffee trying to convince myself that I'm not turning into a wimp. :)
EDIT - Went out for a handy 25k in the Phoenix Park this evening. Beautiful autumn evening. Feel much better for it.
Two of the new bus stop / cycle ramps are open on the main road. The ramp is quite high, so I imagine you'd get a decent bit of air if you hit it at speed :). The metal plate has plenty of grip and felt fine to cross. Will be interesting to see how these work when there are groups of tourists waiting for the bus.
Lovely day for a spin. Haven’t been out on the bike in a while.
63km around random county roads finished off with a donut and coffee at the Wandering Elk / Stodge Face
First time doing the Tour de Beara event yesterday, planned on doing the 120k but did the 90k due to having absolutely no sleep night before, an airbnb I won't be staying in again ! (long story). 4 hours exactly moving time, 22.5kph avg on a cx bike.
Was dreading the Healy Pass but I found it ok tbh, took it easy and kept a bit in reserve for the ramp at the top. Looked to be a nasty accident just over the summit, hope the guy is ok.
Glad you're okay Fiacha, headed into Gorey for meet up, out to Cranford, left turn heading to Camolin, right turn in Camolin and scenic route to Ferns, on towards Scarawalsh roundabout but took left turn before it which eventually gets you to The Harrow, on to Boolavogue, Ballyedmund, back main road to Ballycanew and back to Gorey, peeled off before Gorey.
71 kms , 640 odd meters and avg 29.20 kph. Glorious weather, bit too hot and extremely humid towards the end.
First rule of cycling in the Phoenix Park is to avoid it on the weekends. Too many zombies on the roads and cycle lanes.
So, I went for a cycle in the Phoenix Park this morning. First 10k was spent avoiding packs of runners on the cycle lane or jumping off the path into the road to overtake eachother. Annoying, but traffic was very light so handy enough to stay out in middle of road.
Just passing through a roundabout when a car from my left decided to come straight through without stopping. I was signalling right and staying over on the right hand side. I managed to stop but he kept coming and hit me. I ended up stuck between the car and the bike and sort of slow motion fell to the ground, all very dramatic !. Thankfully it all happened at slow speed and I was able to break and turn so it was more of a side swipe. To add insult to injury, I was still tangled up in the bike when he opened his car door which smacked me in the helmet LOL. Driver claimed he never saw me, which is scary to think about.
Plenty of nice people stopped to make sure I was alright. Just a little bit of road rash on knee. Bike is fine.
Big wake up call for me and I will be even more vigilant from now on. Not sure what I could have done to avoid the collision. I always go slow on roundabouts so I can react to people not giving way, but going too slow just seems to encourage them to nip out ahead of you. I was sure that the car had come to a stop, but I was already focused on the next exit to make sure nobody was there. It's amazing how quickly you start to lose track of the details. A helmet camera might be a good addition.
Lesson learned about weekends in the Park.
Well done. A good weekend for it. Think we might have met you in Birr when we pulled in for coffee on the Cloghan side of the town.
You don't need the Daily Mail!
That's the researcher who coined the phrase NEAT.
Now it's 8 years since I listened to that but I'm pretty sure they were able to identify lean/obese people just from the data they obtained from the study groups "sitting time". While people were at work they wore special underwear which recorded whether they were sitting/standing/walking.
The takeaway is that lean people fidget and walk around more and do so subconsciously.
When an obese person starts to exercise and starts to lose weight, there body notices the missing fat (look up hypothalamus/leptin/ghrelin/body fat regulation if you want to deep dive) and will eventually drive subconscious response to conserve energy.
i just did a bit of quick googling and the responses seem to suggest that fit people burn fewer calories for the same activity.
All the physical things being equal (weight/speed/distance) the calorie burn will be the same. The main difference is probably you might be wanting an ambulance at the end for the unfit person in this case 🙂
[Edit] On foot of @Wildly Boaring s post above, heart rate will in fact affect the calorie burn. However this is mostly offset by the fact that the fit person would almost certainly have a higher VO2 max - see https://www.omnicalculator.com/sports/calories-burned-by-heart-rate (the values calculated by that calculator look well out of line - I'd expect figures around half of that in reality, but I'll leave it and assume the principle is sound)
Heart rate of the unfit person will be higher
Hence they'll burn more
It's the daily mail (spit) so probably all xenophobic lies but...
Yes, the energy expended actually overcoming air resistance, rolling resistance etc. would be the same. But that doesn't mean that both people are equally efficient at 'generating' that energy.
Physics dictate it must be identical as the work done was identical. And within the same time which is a crucial factor when it comes to living organisms.
i've sometimes wondered - let's say an unfit person and a fit person, same weight, go out and cycle the same course in the same time. a 25km circuit each in one hour, say. will there be much difference in calorie burn? i.e. does being fit mean you'd burn fewer calories than an unfit person, or does it mean you burn the same but it's just easier for you to produce them?
