Hmm – the Comments plugin seems to have done an auto update. Unfortunately a by product of that is that all photos seems to have disappeared from old Comments. Not sure I can do anything about that. Sorry. Somewhat hacked off with the plugin authors over that!
So – unanticipated effects of lockdown/working from home – my commuting bike miles has reduced to zero but my ability to fit in really regular training and riding has increased. Net result; I’m back in really good bike riding form. Went out last night and took a KOM on a 40 minute hilly strava segment. Surprised myself.
A rough up…….it’s really hard to pickup the colour in a photo. For a steel frame that is one light frame. Don’t have my scales here as yet but will be interesting to see how it pans out.
Love the colour. Looks very real. Long term plan – it’s do-able for us to get across to the IoW, potentially with our tandem. At some point shall we go for a spin?
Sounds like a great plan when things get back to whatever normal will be. Would need the Lymington – Yarmouth ferry to restart as that one is suspended pending traffic picking up to the IoW.
In case y’all haven’t already seen this. Rigoberto Uran on his TT bike at 45 kph being drafted by a farmer in baggy clothes, boots, and a backpack. Just priceless!
And to follow up: “That man has now been identified as Iván Dario, 54-year-old flower farmer who was on his way to work when he decided to hop onto the back of the Olympic silver medallist earlier this week.”
Funny how you can find something new right on your doorstep. So, there is a hill just south of the hill we live on and there are 3 routes over it. One is horrible, the other is truly horrible and today I took the third one for the first time on the way back home. Let’s just say I won’t be rushing back to take that route home again any time soon – unless I buy an e-bike. I really thought I was going to grind to an ignominious standstill and topple over sideways, just where someone was loading their… Read more »
Hmm – according to the UK climbs list it does not appear much – though in my defence the climb starts a bit before the official start with the way I came into it plus there is a slight down and another pitch up at the top.
119 Quell Lane Haslemere Gain – 88m Length – 1.1 km Average – 8% Max – 22%
When I did Flèche Buffoon https://pezcyclingnews.com/features/lessons-from-the-badger-the-truth-behind-fleche-buffoon/ (described as a half-length Liege-Bastogne-Liege) a couple years ago, the signature climb (there are 14 categorized climbs) was Uhlerstown. According to Strava, the segment is just under a half mile long and averages 11 percent. That’s deceiving/misleading. To begin, it really is an Ardennes like climb in that the road is narrow (basically a single lane that a car can’t drive up) and crap. The climb starts “easily” enough at the bottom but then just ramps up. The steep section (it’s own Strava segment) is ~2/10 of a mile and averages a mere 23… Read more »
Oooo – saw a post on Stelbel’s FB page that they seem to be back in production and had some bikes shown in Black and White in final phase of spraying. Finger’s crossed but maybe mine is not far away!
Had to share this from a FB group……remembering that in the UK gatherings are banned at this time. I near had tea/keyboard incident when I read it. “I thought i’d share my Zwift experience, amid the UK lockdown.. I don’t have my trainer in the house, its in the shed at the bottom of the garden, i use an extension from the house to the shed for power.. anyway tonight I was giving it all on Zwift London: (the PRL half), music was pumping.. all of a sudden there is a loud knock at the shed door, its the police,… Read more »
There are still a few idiots around but fortunately not too many. Having said that those anti lockdown protests in the US look a bit concerning. As I all too often say, no branch of society has a monopoly on idiots.
November 2013. Pitch dark, 9:50pm. I’m ten minutes from home on the freeway (dual carrigeway). 68 mph on cruise. Sweet, I thought, I’ll make the 10 o’clock news. Then a deer comes out of the west. Crosses two southbound lanes, the median and bounds into my lane. Bam! Totalled car, dead deer. Couple of folks stop to see if I’m ok. Cop finally shows up. Checks to see if I’m ok. I was – just shaken. Asks me if I want the carcass. “Eh . . . no thanks.” Ten minutes later a lady shows up and takes the still… Read more »
In the time we spent in Colorado I’ve seen people loading road kill Deer/Elk onto their truck and driving off.
Also heard of a guy on a motorbike that hit an Elk at high speed (he was going at high speed not the Elk). Luckily he hit it just behind the rib cage and cut it clean in two and he got away with just bruises. That was a new bike and they ended up giving him a new one as they couldn’t manage to clean all the mess out of it!
Wiscot
March 30, 2020 6:22 pm
So they’re talking about a Tour sans spectators. How the hell do you make that happen? It’s run on public roads for free. It’s not like a stadium where you can control entry.
That actually would be entertaining. Give them a day off between each race and let them change up their teams if they want to. Three different winners or someone win more than one race?? Lots of different strategies. Sounds like fun to me!
Maybe just allow subs so that all the contenders have max support throughout and have one overall winner. Would be a unique draw for all the GT contenders in the same field.
1. Three week tour with 1 week of Giro, TDF, Vuelta (in that order for travel)
2. Teams of 6 riders (would allow more teams to take part)
3. Each team can have 3 subs who can be recycled (would allow sprinters to switch out for mountain stages)
4. Jersey Winners must complete all stages
UCI/ASO – this is @OTR copyright and we seek Copyright Fees if you do this!
You could combine the jerseys too.
1. Overall – Yellow jersey with Pink and Red hoop
2. KOM – Blue Jersey with a white band with Blue and Red Polka Dots
3. Points – Cyclamen Jersey with two tone Green hoop
4. Junior – White with a Yellow, Pink and Red hoop
Gave myself an extra Exeat (Latin) for the week as the weather is nice, though very windy nd it is possible we may have more significant lockdown next week affecting cycling. Hope people stay away from popular spots this weekend. Noticed that the carparks to just about all the small moors around here are shut off. Seemed to be more bikes out than cars which was nice. France, Italy and Spain have banned cycling. I’ve seem talk of Belgium potentially limiting folk to 50Km rides. Here we can go for 1 local ride per day. They are clearly trying to… Read more »
I’d take solid rain for a week. Up here the menu reads rain all day tomorrow, then two days of gale force winds and below freezing temperatures, followed by snowfall all weekend.
Spring must be in the air. Beautiful day with not a cloud in the sky, still chilly though. So why the indications of Spring? I swallowed two flies!
Over here we are still allowed to go out for exercise as long as its only once per day and within your own normal mileage and you must be solo (or with family members) and maintain separation from anyone you meet.
I understand the solo part, but what’s with only once per day and “normal” mileage?
It’s been nice here – perfect weather lately – but I haven’t had a chance to ride as much as I want to.
I think it’s party because hoards of people went to parks and the coast last weekend and became gridlocked crowds in the nice weather. Totally stupid under the circumstances. So really they (should) mean to stay local but the normal mileage part is to dissuade folk from pushing themselves too far/hard and ending up in hospital as a result. Which is of course the last thing that is needed at the moment. Judging by my ride today there are quite a few more people running and cycling than I would normally see as people are either “working from home” or… Read more »
Here in Wisconsin we under a “safer at home” order. That means you can still go out and the Governor explicitly said bike rides were ok. I rode 41 miles yesterday and there were a lot of folks out getting some fresh air (it was a pretty decent day.) Most seemed to be socially distancing . . . .
So in the interests of light (ok puerile) entertainment as the UK switches to half a step from a total lockdown, on a FB page the subject came up of Jelly Babies or Wine Gums as an in ride fuel. So I posted a poll on the page, current scoring has Jelly Babies ahead by nearly a factor of 2……..
I was up at Box Hill today and it was lovely so I thought I would sit in the sun and take a photo. As I wheeled my bike to the fence I realised it would be the ‘wrong’ way around so I had to turn. Then I realised after taking the photo it was in the ‘wrong’ chainring, so I had to put it in the big ring (and I actually deleted the old photo in case it ever got used by mistake). Another cyclist sitting near by (but correctly socially distanced) said “Yes it’s a beautiful day isn’t… Read more »
Or perhaps both…… Thanks for sharing. That is a beautiful photo with the exception of the bidons. No, that is not a rule but generally accepted practice to remove the bottles. Apologies, for being that guy………..
I’ve found myself doing the same thing – forgetting then re-taking the photo. You need to add better lighting, too! I’m having a hard time seeing the details of your lovely ride.
I am in NY and riding has not been banned as of yet. However, we are on lock down as of Sunday at 8:00 PM. The health care system here is about to be overwhelmed. I rode yesterday but am having a difficult time justifying any further riding for a while.
I am not sure whether this feeling is a deep sense of social responsibility or extreme self interest.
Yeah I’m in two minds here – not least as it’s also risking agro from drivers. I know of someone who was shouted at yesterday and there is this from Belgium.
Ironically driving is a far more dangerous activity.
Parks have been rammed with walkers and joggers, and Box Hill was heaving this morning apparently so I wouldn’t worry – don’t see why we should be the only ones not to get out.
Velo News Podcast on Crash Treatment and Recovery could be of interest to some…….though not sure the Rattlesnake part is very likely in Surrey………
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MangoDave
February 17, 2020 12:07 am
Calling all velo historians and members with good taste (that means anyone currently on this site)… Discussing Teocalli’s new Stelbel and a little sidebar of my new frame coming, I’m wondering what to do with my soon-to-be retired #1, my beloved Pegoretti. This year marks 20 years together and many happy memories. The arbitrary 20 year milestone is what prompted me to order a new frame. I’ve posted a couple of pictures to the old V site and one here, I can add more if it helps. It started life with a blend of Campa Record and Chorus, back when… Read more »
Dang. Was trying to decide what to do with my old 2006 S-Works StumpJumper that had a suspension linkage failure a few years ago. I did get a new linkage piece but discovered when I went to replace it that when the linkage broke it also “burst” the rear shock as the rear end collapsed. You can’t get service parts beyond 2013 but in checking that with my LBS they checked with Spesh and have offered me 20% of a replacement. The alternative would be £500 on an aftermarket shock but I don’t need another mob (with 26in wheels) as… Read more »
Couldn’t decide whether to post this in Banter or Tech. Buy my “tidy front end” since @Teocalli posted A Tidy Rear End. Made in China special Wahoo ELEMNT mount from Amazon with built-in GoPro mount point underneath. Bontrager Blendr GoPro light mount for my light. Cheers!
Hmm – the Comments plugin seems to have done an auto update. Unfortunately a by product of that is that all photos seems to have disappeared from old Comments. Not sure I can do anything about that. Sorry. Somewhat hacked off with the plugin authors over that!
Got the pictures back. Though the avatars seem slow to load on this version. At least it all seems to be working again.
So – unanticipated effects of lockdown/working from home – my commuting bike miles has reduced to zero but my ability to fit in really regular training and riding has increased. Net result; I’m back in really good bike riding form. Went out last night and took a KOM on a 40 minute hilly strava segment. Surprised myself.
She is finally with me…………
From what I can see poking out of the wrapping that looks…spectacular…
A rough up…….it’s really hard to pickup the colour in a photo. For a steel frame that is one light frame. Don’t have my scales here as yet but will be interesting to see how it pans out.
Love the colour. Looks very real. Long term plan – it’s do-able for us to get across to the IoW, potentially with our tandem. At some point shall we go for a spin?
Sounds like a great plan when things get back to whatever normal will be. Would need the Lymington – Yarmouth ferry to restart as that one is suspended pending traffic picking up to the IoW.
Southampton-Cowes is running though?
Yup but not the high speed one at the moment.
Hi all. Checking back in after a bit of a break…How is everyone?
Most of the old crowd are still here, off and on. Good to see you back here.
Less emphasis on “crowd”, more emphasis on “old” !
Call it a group observing suitable social distancing for the current times?
In case y’all haven’t already seen this. Rigoberto Uran on his TT bike at 45 kph being drafted by a farmer in baggy clothes, boots, and a backpack. Just priceless!
https://road.cc/content/news/cycling-live-blog-9-june-2020-274311#live-blog-item-16121
And to follow up: “That man has now been identified as Iván Dario, 54-year-old flower farmer who was on his way to work when he decided to hop onto the back of the Olympic silver medallist earlier this week.”
https://road.cc/content/news/cycling-live-blog-12-june-2020-274449?fbclid=IwAR2TcRkOBo0ncUnPg4cvpNA1YdALx4hEUbFawi4MVFdCJWymVGmgVme6GaY#live-blog-item-16235
Funny how you can find something new right on your doorstep. So, there is a hill just south of the hill we live on and there are 3 routes over it. One is horrible, the other is truly horrible and today I took the third one for the first time on the way back home. Let’s just say I won’t be rushing back to take that route home again any time soon – unless I buy an e-bike. I really thought I was going to grind to an ignominious standstill and topple over sideways, just where someone was loading their… Read more »
Hmm – according to the UK climbs list it does not appear much – though in my defence the climb starts a bit before the official start with the way I came into it plus there is a slight down and another pitch up at the top.
119 Quell Lane Haslemere Gain – 88m Length – 1.1 km Average – 8% Max – 22%
When I did Flèche Buffoon https://pezcyclingnews.com/features/lessons-from-the-badger-the-truth-behind-fleche-buffoon/ (described as a half-length Liege-Bastogne-Liege) a couple years ago, the signature climb (there are 14 categorized climbs) was Uhlerstown. According to Strava, the segment is just under a half mile long and averages 11 percent. That’s deceiving/misleading. To begin, it really is an Ardennes like climb in that the road is narrow (basically a single lane that a car can’t drive up) and crap. The climb starts “easily” enough at the bottom but then just ramps up. The steep section (it’s own Strava segment) is ~2/10 of a mile and averages a mere 23… Read more »
oh wow – just need to get shipping sorted……..
Oooo – saw a post on Stelbel’s FB page that they seem to be back in production and had some bikes shown in Black and White in final phase of spraying. Finger’s crossed but maybe mine is not far away!
Putting this in Banter because … why not? My latest for PEZ. Review of the GORE C5 Cancellara kit. Love the look of this stuff. Although not billed as pro/race kit (that’s GORE’s C7 level), this stuff is race kit by any other name. But at a more reasonable price point. https://pezcyclingnews.com/technspec/be-like-spartacus-gore-c5-fabian-cancellara-collection/
Kudos to GT: 36 hours on the trainer for the NHS! He deserves more than one beer though!
https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/geraint-thomas-raises-pound325000-for-nhs-after-36-hours-on-the-home-trainer/
Had to share this from a FB group……remembering that in the UK gatherings are banned at this time. I near had tea/keyboard incident when I read it. “I thought i’d share my Zwift experience, amid the UK lockdown.. I don’t have my trainer in the house, its in the shed at the bottom of the garden, i use an extension from the house to the shed for power.. anyway tonight I was giving it all on Zwift London: (the PRL half), music was pumping.. all of a sudden there is a loud knock at the shed door, its the police,… Read more »
Ha! Good one! Mind you, I’ve read reports of some seriously big parties going on in the UK . . .
There are still a few idiots around but fortunately not too many. Having said that those anti lockdown protests in the US look a bit concerning. As I all too often say, no branch of society has a monopoly on idiots.
Planning on doing a hills session on the rollers today.
I might turn the fan up too to add a bit more resistance……….
Not steep enough!
What kind of animal skin is that in the background?
It’s a Reindeer/Caribou. I got it for Mrs T for Christmas – or as I said at the time – I told Rudolf not to take the M25 after leaving here!
November 2013. Pitch dark, 9:50pm. I’m ten minutes from home on the freeway (dual carrigeway). 68 mph on cruise. Sweet, I thought, I’ll make the 10 o’clock news. Then a deer comes out of the west. Crosses two southbound lanes, the median and bounds into my lane. Bam! Totalled car, dead deer. Couple of folks stop to see if I’m ok. Cop finally shows up. Checks to see if I’m ok. I was – just shaken. Asks me if I want the carcass. “Eh . . . no thanks.” Ten minutes later a lady shows up and takes the still… Read more »
Ugh. At least it was not a Moose.
In the time we spent in Colorado I’ve seen people loading road kill Deer/Elk onto their truck and driving off.
Also heard of a guy on a motorbike that hit an Elk at high speed (he was going at high speed not the Elk). Luckily he hit it just behind the rib cage and cut it clean in two and he got away with just bruises. That was a new bike and they ended up giving him a new one as they couldn’t manage to clean all the mess out of it!
So they’re talking about a Tour sans spectators. How the hell do you make that happen? It’s run on public roads for free. It’s not like a stadium where you can control entry.
Nuts but the best idea I have seen to date is a late year tour 1 week each of TDF, Giro, Vuelta.
That actually would be entertaining. Give them a day off between each race and let them change up their teams if they want to. Three different winners or someone win more than one race?? Lots of different strategies. Sounds like fun to me!
Maybe just allow subs so that all the contenders have max support throughout and have one overall winner. Would be a unique draw for all the GT contenders in the same field.
Thinking about this actually it could work well.
1. Three week tour with 1 week of Giro, TDF, Vuelta (in that order for travel)
2. Teams of 6 riders (would allow more teams to take part)
3. Each team can have 3 subs who can be recycled (would allow sprinters to switch out for mountain stages)
4. Jersey Winners must complete all stages
UCI/ASO – this is @OTR copyright and we seek Copyright Fees if you do this!
I’m voting for you for President!
You could combine the jerseys too.
1. Overall – Yellow jersey with Pink and Red hoop
2. KOM – Blue Jersey with a white band with Blue and Red Polka Dots
3. Points – Cyclamen Jersey with two tone Green hoop
4. Junior – White with a Yellow, Pink and Red hoop
Gave myself an extra Exeat (Latin) for the week as the weather is nice, though very windy nd it is possible we may have more significant lockdown next week affecting cycling. Hope people stay away from popular spots this weekend. Noticed that the carparks to just about all the small moors around here are shut off. Seemed to be more bikes out than cars which was nice. France, Italy and Spain have banned cycling. I’ve seem talk of Belgium potentially limiting folk to 50Km rides. Here we can go for 1 local ride per day. They are clearly trying to… Read more »
Yup, lovely pic! Solid rain all weekend forecasted here. Good excuse to get into the garage for some pre-season maintenance.
Stay safe and healthy everyone!
I’d take solid rain for a week. Up here the menu reads rain all day tomorrow, then two days of gale force winds and below freezing temperatures, followed by snowfall all weekend.
More Zwift then…
Spring must be in the air. Beautiful day with not a cloud in the sky, still chilly though. So why the indications of Spring? I swallowed two flies!
Over here we are still allowed to go out for exercise as long as its only once per day and within your own normal mileage and you must be solo (or with family members) and maintain separation from anyone you meet.
I understand the solo part, but what’s with only once per day and “normal” mileage?
It’s been nice here – perfect weather lately – but I haven’t had a chance to ride as much as I want to.
I think it’s party because hoards of people went to parks and the coast last weekend and became gridlocked crowds in the nice weather. Totally stupid under the circumstances. So really they (should) mean to stay local but the normal mileage part is to dissuade folk from pushing themselves too far/hard and ending up in hospital as a result. Which is of course the last thing that is needed at the moment. Judging by my ride today there are quite a few more people running and cycling than I would normally see as people are either “working from home” or… Read more »
Here in Wisconsin we under a “safer at home” order. That means you can still go out and the Governor explicitly said bike rides were ok. I rode 41 miles yesterday and there were a lot of folks out getting some fresh air (it was a pretty decent day.) Most seemed to be socially distancing . . . .
So in the interests of light (ok puerile) entertainment as the UK switches to half a step from a total lockdown, on a FB page the subject came up of Jelly Babies or Wine Gums as an in ride fuel. So I posted a poll on the page, current scoring has Jelly Babies ahead by nearly a factor of 2……..
I was up at Box Hill today and it was lovely so I thought I would sit in the sun and take a photo. As I wheeled my bike to the fence I realised it would be the ‘wrong’ way around so I had to turn. Then I realised after taking the photo it was in the ‘wrong’ chainring, so I had to put it in the big ring (and I actually deleted the old photo in case it ever got used by mistake). Another cyclist sitting near by (but correctly socially distanced) said “Yes it’s a beautiful day isn’t… Read more »
Brilliant.
Though the EMPS……………
This is my mid ride photo………..
Or perhaps both…… Thanks for sharing. That is a beautiful photo with the exception of the bidons. No, that is not a rule but generally accepted practice to remove the bottles. Apologies, for being that guy………..
I’ve found myself doing the same thing – forgetting then re-taking the photo. You need to add better lighting, too! I’m having a hard time seeing the details of your lovely ride.
Sadly we could be spending some time with a ride to the cafe for cake and coffee being encompassed by the below…..
Hmmm – apparently recreational cycling is now banned in France and it seems the authorities are using Strava to catch and fine offenders.
I am in NY and riding has not been banned as of yet. However, we are on lock down as of Sunday at 8:00 PM. The health care system here is about to be overwhelmed. I rode yesterday but am having a difficult time justifying any further riding for a while.
I am not sure whether this feeling is a deep sense of social responsibility or extreme self interest.
Yeah I’m in two minds here – not least as it’s also risking agro from drivers. I know of someone who was shouted at yesterday and there is this from Belgium.
https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/vanhoucke-punched-in-the-face-several-times-by-driver-while-training/?fbclid=IwAR3YHBZMRBoY9DBaGYx6lAJaprangFAht6tvCOpBvnVKGHxpDUAcrED8snI
Ironically driving is a far more dangerous activity.
Parks have been rammed with walkers and joggers, and Box Hill was heaving this morning apparently so I wouldn’t worry – don’t see why we should be the only ones not to get out.
Just seen that the seaside resorts were rammed today too.
Today I figured an empty cafe was low risk and they need all the help they can get at the moment……
Which will be the last for some time as cafes are now closed in the UK.
The Netherlands has its priorities straight:
Netherlands Closes Sex Shops, Cannabis Cafes Due To Coronavirus; Bike Shops Stay Open
Looks from that as though curbs may come, at least in some countries. Also looks that confusion will also result from the same. Tough times.
A minor issue in current wold affairs but I suspect my Stelbel is subject to the lockdown constraints in Italy.
Velo News Podcast on Crash Treatment and Recovery could be of interest to some…….though not sure the Rattlesnake part is very likely in Surrey………
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Calling all velo historians and members with good taste (that means anyone currently on this site)… Discussing Teocalli’s new Stelbel and a little sidebar of my new frame coming, I’m wondering what to do with my soon-to-be retired #1, my beloved Pegoretti. This year marks 20 years together and many happy memories. The arbitrary 20 year milestone is what prompted me to order a new frame. I’ve posted a couple of pictures to the old V site and one here, I can add more if it helps. It started life with a blend of Campa Record and Chorus, back when… Read more »
Strip it back to a frame and use it as wall art if you are not going to ride it!
Had to share this. Dutch National Headwind Championships!
https://road.cc/content/news/271009-dutch-national-headwind-championships-abandoned-due-wind-video?fbclid=IwAR0NJKXUtf34yQX0JNHMj9wez-gw53mScGrjMpuQPiVtzcsz7o_jNEhJjjw
They called it off because of 100km winds??? P*ssies!
Dang. Was trying to decide what to do with my old 2006 S-Works StumpJumper that had a suspension linkage failure a few years ago. I did get a new linkage piece but discovered when I went to replace it that when the linkage broke it also “burst” the rear shock as the rear end collapsed. You can’t get service parts beyond 2013 but in checking that with my LBS they checked with Spesh and have offered me 20% of a replacement. The alternative would be £500 on an aftermarket shock but I don’t need another mob (with 26in wheels) as… Read more »
Couldn’t decide whether to post this in Banter or Tech. Buy my “tidy front end” since @Teocalli posted A Tidy Rear End. Made in China special Wahoo ELEMNT mount from Amazon with built-in GoPro mount point underneath. Bontrager Blendr GoPro light mount for my light. Cheers!
Yup. I’m planning to use one of those mounts on the Stelbel – when it finally arrives………..