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One item that has changed your enjoyment of riding
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Bell. It works with walkers etc.
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You don't walk with your knuckles facing forward, why would you ride like that for hours on end?
You don't have to steer when you're walking. What a silly comparison.
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my Airnimal. Got me back and riding daily again for the 1st time in 10 years.
if we're talking more of a component then I'd go for either Garmin 705 or Exposure Maxx-D. The former 'cause it appeals to the inner geek and works with my competitive streak to help me get fitter, the latter because it meant that I could ride in the winter...
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You don't walk with your knuckles facing forward, why would you ride like that for hours on end?
which way are they facing with bar ends then ??
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Merino tops & riding buddies
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and you can't get really wide flat bars
WAKE UP GRANDAD!! Posted 2 years ago # -
Road - clipless pedals, bib shorts, indexed gears, ergo/sti levers, Windtex fabric, Neoprene overshoes,
MTB - disk brakes, suspension,
Assos chamois cream, Gortex
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Where do you get merino riding buddies from?
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I hadn't realised the uniqueness of "one" had been devalued
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riding with new riding buddies.
and my blue pig.
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ragley blue pig
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29ers and SS, more often than not, together.
oh, and bib longs which don't give me a wedgie. soo much more comfortable!
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another pair of Time Atacs, three bikes + two pairs = pain in the arse
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After this Christmas, proper clothing - Gore windstopper bib longs (my present to me) and an Alp - X jacket (from my partner - to be fair I bought her one as well!) in a fetching shade of green.
Combined with Sealskins socks I am now considering changing my user name to Toasty McToast.No idea why I suffered with the cold and wet for so long - blind stupidity and a belief that suffering on the bike during winter was normal and that everyone else felt the same and just put up with it.
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Sfb I don't think we need to worry too much about numbers of components specified. Knock yourself out, tell us more of yours.
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women
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simonfbarnes - Member
womenI think we have a winner.
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Moving from the Chilterns to the Malverns
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10 is the new 1
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10 is the new 1
there are at least 1,000,000,000 women
edit: on this planet
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Summer
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there are at least 1,000,000,000 women
edit: on this planet
thats 50 000 a day until i'm 80!
taking feb 29ths off (rest day)
even i can't manage that!!
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Winter boots (and with apologies to Simon), Lycra tights
warm feet and knees are a revelation
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An Easterly wind
Pretty much every good long route, offroad or on, that I like is a fair distance East of where I live, so the thought of blowing up and not battling into a headwind for 30 miles to get home makes a big difference to my enthusiasm.Posted 2 years ago # -
Enduro races.
They've given me something to aim for, got me into training and the theory behind it, interested in nutrition, doing a couple of training camps abroad, buying a road bike and now doing road events too.
I'm still rubbish though, compared to many people out there!
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Going from Flats to SPD's for me. However i do sometimes miss the ability just to be able to get off the bike quick!
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losing 3 stone in weight last year, riding is so much easier and more enjoyable, and as a Yorkshireman the best bit is that it cost nowt.
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Disc brakes, no question.
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thats 50 000 a day until i'm 80!
not actually, as there are another 2,000,000,000 girls who'll have grown up by then...
edit: and at 1.6 seconds each they might not get much out of the encounter
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Camelback.
Bought one after bonking big time on a 3 hour ride with one bottle. Bottles are fine for a quick blast or racing around in circles, otherwise it's a 3L camelbak for me.Posted 2 years ago # -
Am I allowed three ?
Disk Brakes. As PP said, the revelation of true one fingered braking as opposed the the pure pain for hand cramps from canti's was astonishing.
Ergon Grips. As a tendinitis sufferer, these things made all day epics possible for me.
Riding Mates.
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Disc brakes or moving from Central London to the Chilterns.
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Ergon grips with mini integrated bar ends - a revelation!
(Also the people I've met on the Northern Chapter STW rides even though my presence is intermitant.)
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It is amazing how virtually no-one has been able to tame their own mind and choose just one! What a funny thread!
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