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Don't know if I've ever stopped for a coffee/cake stop mid ride, maybe at the end. I hate having coffee breath when I'm exercising for some reason, just feels horrible!


 
Posted : 18/03/2026 6:25 pm
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I mix my tyre brands - I think that's actually quite defensible, as you get the pick the best of each e.g. I've got Maxxis front and Bontrager rear on my enduro bike, because Maxxis didn't make the tyre I wanted on the rear. 

I run tubes rather than tube-less - that's heresy nowadays I think... 

 


 
Posted : 18/03/2026 6:35 pm
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Just thought of another, maybe more MTB than biking in general I guess....

I don't drink coffee. Can't stand the stuff, it's like supping on Satan's black jizzum. Just the smell sometimes makes me want to throw up.


 
Posted : 18/03/2026 6:37 pm
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I mix my tyre brands - I think that's actually quite defensible, as you get the pick the best of each e.g. I've got Maxxis front and Bontrager rear on my enduro bike, because Maxxis didn't make the tyre I wanted on the rear

Always mix tyre brands.

I currently have a tan wall Bontrager something or other on the rear and a Black Vittoria Mota on the front of the E-bike.

Also a variety on other bikes.

In fact the only bike I have matching tyre brands on, is the Rigid mtb, which has an Ikon on the front and Minion SS on the rear.

I have flat pedals on the road bike and like others I wore mtb stuff when I used to ride on the road.

I hate goggles, so wear sun or safety glasses when I wear a full face lid.

I also mostly don’t wear a lid or any cycle specific clothes when using a bike for local transport. Pub, shop etc.

Never stopped for cake or coffee, beer stops may have happened tho. 


 
Posted : 18/03/2026 7:18 pm
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Posted by: _tom_

Baggy shorts and tops on the road bike, but not too baggy as the flapping about gets annoying.

I sweat so much everything sticks to me anyway... i'm a one-man mobile wet t-shirt competition. If I hard any sense of decency I should probably wear a sports bra!


 
Posted : 19/03/2026 2:13 am
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If you weren't already aware, 5.10 is a climbing grade (about where you could call yourself a 'proper' climber...), 5.10 started as a climbing shoe brand.
The logo is also a 5 one way and a a 10 if rotated through 90 degrees....


 
Posted : 19/03/2026 4:08 pm
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