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Old, tired, crazy.
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Sep 21 |
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Multi hour ride nutrition I didn't say a 30-minute ride. But you obviously didn't try to understand what I was saying. |
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Sep 21 |
answered | What bike (carrying) racks are available for Pop-Up Campers? |
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Sep 21 |
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Multi hour ride nutrition There's enough sugar in the blood stream for something like 30 minutes of strenuous exercise. After that you start drawing on glycogen, and then fat and protein. None of those burn as efficiently as blood sugar. In particular, if you're burning fat and protein you're producing a lot of ketones, and that can really take the starch out of you (so to speak). |
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Sep 20 |
answered | Are runners allowed to use the bike lane? |
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Sep 20 |
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Multi hour ride nutrition BTW, too much protein can be bad, especially if it's at the expense of sugar/starch calories. You'll tend to go ketogenic anyway, and if you supply protein instead of sugar/starch you can experience ketosis (and "bonk" rather badly). |
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Sep 20 |
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Multi hour ride nutrition In case you hadn't noticed, Hammer Nutrition has something to sell. But you need more than a few tablespoons of table sugar, obviously. You need calories, in an available form. Protein and fat are not nearly as available as sugar and starch. |
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Sep 20 |
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Multi hour ride nutrition Basically all you need is water, sugar and/or simple starch, and salt (including perhaps a touch of potassium and magnesium). No real point in protein or fat, other than to make the rest more palatable. |
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Sep 20 |
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Cruiser bottom bracket is clicking and grinding Another possibility is a noisy pedal. I replaced my BB cartridge only to find that the noise was coming from the right pedal. |
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Sep 20 |
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Cruiser bottom bracket is clicking and grinding It may be a poor solution, but there ain't a better one, short of replacing the arm. You can't effectively grind the arm surfaces and grinding the (probably still flat) spindle ends to fit a damaged arm is just silly. And a properly tightened square crank set will last indefinitely -- it's only when the arms are allowed to work loose that you have trouble. (You obviously never had to deal with cottered cranks -- now THERE was a mess.) |
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Sep 20 |
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Are runners allowed to use the bike lane? Just yell "On your left" and go around him. The guy should move over to give you clear passage if given proper warning. (Ringing a bell does little good, though probably a Harpo Marx horn might work.) |
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Sep 19 |
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Is it Shimaro or Shimanno? Yep, it's an old, old trick to produce products under a name that looks like (and in some languages sounds like) the "real thing". Don't deal with anyone selling "Shimaro" or "Shimanno" parts, unless you fully understand that you're getting counterfeit parts. |
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Sep 19 |
answered | How to store bicycles outside during winter |
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Sep 19 |
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Cruiser bottom bracket is clicking and grinding You can also fashion shims from beer cans. The AL in beer cans is tapered -- thicker in some places than others -- so you can cut a piece that offsets the rounding over of the crank arm. |
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Sep 19 |
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Eliminating chainslap on a 90's Stumpjumper Well first, obviously, make sure the chain's not too long. But I remember having a bad chain slap problem with my old Nishiki after the airline trashed the Suntour triple derailer and I was using a Shimano long frame. Eventually went to a Huret Duopar and the problem (and others) went away. But those options are no longer available. |
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Sep 18 |
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How to make the most out of daily commute? When I was commuting regularly I preferred to get up early and put in a long ride in the morning, then straight home. Turned a 20 mile commute into 35-40. |
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Sep 17 |
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For a slightly warped wheel, is it worth getting it repaired? The hard part is working out a low spot in the rim. Minor low spots can be fixed by adjusting the spokes, but you really have to work at it. For major low spots you need a sort of jack (a piece of threaded rod with two nuts and washers, and pieces of wood at each end to bear on the rim and hub) to push out the low spot. High spots are a little easier, but you run the risk of creating low spots on either side of the high spot if you don't go at it gradually. |
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Sep 17 |
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Can a front wheel have a different number of bearings on each side? It may be new to you, but it's old mechanic's wisdom -- been a rule since the Model T, probably. Of course, it depends on the tolerances involved -- with many bearings it's probably the case that the "full" ball won't quite fit when races and balls are new, but will after some use, so the rule tends to work when rebuilding. |
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Sep 16 |
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How do I clean chain grease off my clothes? @Kibbee -- Yep, the best way to keep the grease off your fancy work clothes is to not wear them. Also avoids the problem of getting all sweaty in the clothes. |
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Sep 16 |
answered | Practical benefits of expensive jockey wheels? |
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Sep 16 |
answered | What are the risks of untrued wheels? |
