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My spin today...
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But is your bike okay though? :pac:
Fortunately yes as it was a rental! My knee and shoulder took most of it. I've seen people take all sorts of spills and bounce back but I take a spill on a blue trail and I'm out of order
There's a steady stream of business going from The Gap to Loughlinstown Hospital. It's the nature of what we do, I guess. That hospital has an awesome turnaround time for A&E type stuff like x-rays and breaks. I know where I'll be heading in future when the next bad crash happens me. A mate of mine was in and out within about an hour with an x-ray and stuff. Last break I had, a collar bone, took about 9+ hours in James Hospital A&E.
Good to know. VHI is members only now, went there when I separated my shoulder and was seen to before I even sat down in reception. Nice to know I won't need to sit in Tallaght hospital for 8-10 hours listening to all the locals threatening staff!0 -
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Fortunately yes as it was a rental! My knee and shoulder took most of it. I've seen people take all sorts of spills and bounce back but I take a spill on a blue trail and I'm out of order
Sometimes you just end up unlucky. Emphasises that you can't switch off on a trail. The missus crashed on a bit of trail she's done dozens of times before without a bother, but because she came off a berm harder with a view to keeping momentum in order to jump an upcoming roller/table the rear wheel kicked out; she saved it and then the rear kicked out again the other way in response to her having saved it and over she went. You would look at the spot she crashed on and think to yourself how could anyone manage to crash there.
I've crashed a few times at the Gap too; mostly harmless and you get straight back up and ride, but did get sucker-punched once on pro-line; happened so fast that the first thing I knew of anything being wrong was seeing the peak of my full-face helmet digging into the dirt and thinking "Sh1t! I'm on the ground! When did I end up on the ground?!". It happened that fast, and then the bike landed on top of me .... Still walked away though albeit slightly bruised; my knee-cap slammed into the one bit of dirt amidst the rocks & roots where I crashed. Never did figure out exactly what caught my front wheel. Lessons? Invest in knee-pads because you'll not always be so lucky, and never switch your attention off thinking "I got this; easy-peasy".
Edit: the above might seem a bit negative but it's not meant to be, nor should it deter you from getting out and enjoying your ride.0 -
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Carbon CC frame - yeah I found a nice deal so couldn't let it go
I'd been spoiled with the lend of a very light 26" carbon bike for the past 1.5 years so I didn't want to go up in weight if I could avoid it. Delighted with the bike to be honest. Turns out that even when I thought I was going slower on it I was in fact going faster..0 -
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Icyseanfitz wrote: »it can be an awful pain the hole to setup at times though, my bikes are all mixed between tubed and tubeless dependant on whether a tyre sets up easy or not, if not tube goes in
Tip:
If you can use schrader valves (car type) then use those, otherwise get a presta to schrader adapter, then use a garage tyre pump, those older ones with the trigger, as opposed to the machines you preset the pressure with.
Seat the tyre without any sealant first using the pump, then pop a section and drop in the sealant. I've set up countless tyres and wheels this way, I've done it with a track pump too, but no way as effective.
Luckily I live just across the road from a filling station!0 -
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Tip:
If you can use schrader valves (car type) then use those, otherwise get a presta to schrader adapter, then use a garage tyre pump, those older ones with the trigger, as opposed to the machines you preset the pressure with.
Seat the tyre without any sealant first using the pump, then pop a section and drop in the sealant. I've set up countless tyres and wheels this way, I've done it with a track pump too, but no way as effective.
Luckily I live just across the road from a filling station!
I use presta valves but I have used air compressors at petrol stations by removing the valve cores in the past to success. Unfortunately I can't find the older style types which would definitely be better. I've a used rock razor at the moment that sits too loose on the rim and is impossible to get to inflate onto the beads, air just escapes because it's loose. Tube time.
I also put a brand new hillbilly on my enduro bike, super tight fitting, took forever to get on, pumped up super easy even with a track pump, but not all the bead would set perfectly. The second I'd pump it to over 30psi it would explode off the rim....fun stuff, now I'm getting PTSD anytime I pump any tyre haha....is it going to blow and leave me dead 0 -
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Did about 45Km today, half on gravel. I had about 3km of hike the bike as it was on a hiking trail that had "paths" up a mountain that were not really there. It was one of my goals for the year to do this path mind you so happy out.
I'm not saying where as officially, no bikes were allowed. I met plenty of hillwalkers. I stopped for all of them, gave way to them and said hello. Most were friendly and said I was mad to bring a bike up there. I got talking to some road cyclists on the way down. Some couldn't believe the route I took......
PS, if you want to visualise how bad the "path" was, at a few points, I had to lift the bike up almost 0.75m, place on a rock ledge and scramble up after it. Now, do that again for 45 minutes!
Edit - the descent was fair hair raising as well, due to the deep drains (1foot x 1foot across the path)
The lads down in Tralee or MBCC are into that king of stuff, I think they were only up carrauntoohill recently the mad feckers.
Those wiley kerry lads
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