Month: August 2019
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Stunning effort on Lejog
A stunning effort by Christina Mackenzie as she completes Land’s End to John o’Groats in 2 days, 7 hours. Shy of the record by a smidge, but an amazing ride. It’s all done congratulations 2days 7hrs 19mins & 52secs @christina_mack what an effort you’ve kept us all going in recent days #thankyou #LeJog2018 ??♀️?????????? pic.twitter.com/M7wHYD48Y9…
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Hi-viz helmet
Today I took a break from rehabilitating Ol’ Paint and applied some highly reflective stickers to my helmet. These are by Flectr, the same as the rim reflectors I recently installed. These aren’t quite as bright, so I’m eager to see how they’ll look under real nighttime conditions.
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Assault on women’s Lejog record
Christina Mackenzie is attempting to break the women’s Lands End to John O’Groats record even as we speak (well, even as I write this post). The current women’s record was set in 2001 by Lynne Taylor at 52h 45m. Much depends in this record on the weather, and it looks like it’s been favorable for…
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That was never 41nm!
The tool to remove the bottom bracket arrived this weekend. I had more difficulty removing it from the packaging than … actually, no. It was unreasonably difficult to remove from the packaging, but what followed was worse. The tool fit in the bottom bracket well enough, but didn’t go in deeply enough for my taste.…
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Just too damn hot
I knew the forecast was for a hot day, 35C, but I set out anyway with no trepidation. I’ve ridden in this weather before, and probably as high as 36-37C. I just have to remember not to push it too hard, and to keep drinking lots of water. I was actually making a good pace,…
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Tidying up
I spent a good amount of time in maintenance today. I made my second attempt at converting Kuroko to tubeless tires. But just like the first, although I’d purchased better fitting rim tape, I couldn’t get the tires to hold any air. After a few attempts I gave up and reverted to tubes. The next…
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And then there were …
I brought the chain tool and hex socket set today and made a bit more progress. The bolts holding the crank arms to the bottom bracket came off easily enough. They were 8mm, so I could have done them yesterday with the hex key. I just assumed they were larger and didn’t even check. Once…