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| location | Minnesota, USA | |
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Old, tired, crazy.
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Sep 9 |
answered | Can a greasy chain cause the chain to come off the rings? |
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Sep 9 |
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Keeping your feet dry (or do you not even care?) Plastic bags over the socks works (& inside shoes) works pretty well if it's cold enough that you don't sweat too much. Otherwise, rubber booties. |
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Sep 9 |
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Does drafting cause resistance to the lead rider? (And all this, of course, presupposes that the conditions we're talking about don't include the grappling hook I use to latch onto the leader so that I don't have to pedal.) |
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Sep 9 |
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Does drafting cause resistance to the lead rider? Of course, the Kamm effect doesn't mean that the truncated teardrop is more efficient, only that it's not less efficient, and the vehicle is saved the additional length, weight, and skin drag of the tail. In the case of drafting the follower is bearing the "expense" of those items. |
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Sep 9 |
answered | Does drafting cause resistance to the lead rider? |
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Sep 9 |
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What items should be in a bare-minimum first-aid / emergency kit? On my legs any sort of "wrap" rolls up and slides off in short order. (Ordinary knee braces, eg, won't stay put for more than 5 minutes.) Plus I have a mild sensory processing disorder which makes anything that tight "unpleasant". |
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Sep 9 |
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Why should I use a mirror? I do only maybe 20% of my riding on trails/paths and the rest on roads. |
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Sep 9 |
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Can a front wheel have a different number of bearings on each side? I've never seen cracked bearing balls anywhere. Sounds like your procedure is keeping the elephants away. |
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Sep 9 |
answered | Can a front wheel have a different number of bearings on each side? |
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Sep 9 |
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Are there advantages of dedicated bike computer instead of smartphone apps? I have two iPhones, an Android, and 3 Nokia smart phones in my desk at work and scattered around on my home desk. What I carry with me is an old LG flip phone. On my bike is a relatively basic bike "computer". The only time I've needed a smart phone on a tour was when I had to find the words for a song the group wanted to sing, and then I borrowed a phone from someone else. |
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Sep 8 |
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Where to find bolts for an old Raleigh Bicycle? I remember the bolts -- they were on my old 5-speed purchased in 1972. Have no idea where to find them, though. If you could find the right thread then a piece of threaded rod with a nut would work, of course. |
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Sep 8 |
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Why should I use a mirror? The problem is that you only get a "keyhole" view, unless you can actively move the mirror. |
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Sep 8 |
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Is it considered rude to draft other random cyclists? The problem with asking is that there's generally no good way to do this. You can't generally pull up alongside and carry on a conversation, and something like a simple "On your wheel!" is unlikely to be understood by those most likely to object. |
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Sep 8 |
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Is it considered rude to draft other random cyclists? added 191 characters in body |
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Sep 8 |
answered | Is it considered rude to draft other random cyclists? |
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Sep 8 |
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How to significantly lower HR[avg] while improving performance output BTW, 2500km in 5 months is probably a hair (well, more than a hair) below the "avid amateur cyclist" level of training. Before the PPS got me down I was doing about 700 miles/month in the summer months, and I wasn't trying to be competitive. I know of others who likely double that. |
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Sep 8 |
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Why should I use a mirror? I have two problems with the eyeglass mirror: First, it doesn't stick out far enough, and second, it moves as your glasses slide around, and my glasses slide around quite a bit, even with a Croakie. |
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Sep 8 |
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Why should I use a mirror? How well a bar-end mirror (or any mirror, for that matter) works is dependent on many factors. I tried a bar-end mirror on my bike, but the combo of the narrow road bar (with the bar end at low "drop" level) combined with panniers simply didn't work. Plus there's the problem with the bar-end mirror that you must "aim" the mirror by steering, making it a hair more hazardous. Helmet mirrors, OTOH, have problems with modern helmets since they tend to stick out so far on the sides. The old hardshells worked much better with mirrors. |
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Sep 7 |
answered | What items should be in a bare-minimum first-aid / emergency kit? |
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Sep 7 |
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What is the name of the part, often seen on BMX bicycles, that allows an additional rider on the back the bike? Yes, but probably 4x as many are used for the second rider as are used for doing tricks. |
