#9860

Christ. Altitude, gales, blinding sunshine, no shade - sounds hideous.

When can I go? :upside_down_face:

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#9861

Whenever you like. Can recommend a great villa if required, on the edge of Carpentras

#9862

Right of passage. :laughing:

I bonked once on the commute home from work when Iā€™d decided to incorporate a massive gravelly col. Jfc that was awful.

Wasnā€™t the first, thereā€™s been a few since and certainly not the last!

#9863

only properly bonked the once. on a boring route iā€™ve done a million times about 15km from my house. not particularly hilly or hot or anything. just cruising along fine and then it was like someone flicked a switch and i couldnā€™t turn the pedals. pretty shite.

must not have had breakfast that day or something idk. got some food down me and was fine.

#9864

the worst Iā€™ve ever had it was literally two minutes from my house. I had to leave my bike unlocked outside tesco to go in and buy a coke. felt absolutely horrific.

#9865

I probably shouldā€™ve eaten more in the afternoon, and probably shouldā€™ve eaten the horrid SIS gel I had in armā€™s reach when everything started going south. Felt too much like shit to contemplate it though. Nevertheless, Iā€™m pleased I kept going when I really, really wanted to give up and lie down.

#9866

Iā€™m having a go at this tonight. Iā€™ll keep some gels within reach. After Alpe Iā€™m not massively keen but a mate wants to do it with me at the same time, and he really struggles with hills, so Iā€™ll give it a go. Expecting around 2hrs30ā€¦

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#9867

think iā€™m going to have a go tonight too

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#9868

Ideally Iā€™d do a morning slot but kids and busy day mean 7pm. Good luck!

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#9869

same. the events arenā€™t very frequent are they? iā€™m sure when theyā€™ve run other tour challenge type things you could get in one every hour pretty much.

dunno if theyā€™re doing it this way so that each ride has a lot more people or what

#9870

good luck to you both! I enjoyed it first time I did it, yesterday not so much :upside_down_face:

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#9871

Self imposed third day of no bike. How do you cope

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#9872

rubbish, innit? Iā€™ve had hardly any time for cycling these last couple of weeks and it makes me sad. Still, 3 weeks off work means plenty time to catch up :slight_smile:

#9873

hah. badly. havenā€™t made it out today because my brain isā€¦ Well, not in the right frame of mind :grimacing:

tomorrow is another week though and I have loads of plans. is your knee feeling better at all?

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#9874

Yes it is thankfully. But determined not to get too excited too quickly as Iā€™m sure the pain would return v quickly if I went out.

Ive made some bike wanker jeans shorts tho

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#9875

Just got rained on whilst on my bike, itā€™s been a while since that happened

#9876

I have been given a set of Fulcrum Racing Sport CX wheels (disc brake). Theā€¦ hub (freewheel, or something) at the rear is notchy and its clear it needs attention - itā€™s not spinning freely and feels rough compared to my Hunts.

Given these are a free pair of wheels Iā€™d like to have a go at servicing them, or replacing whatever needs replacing. Iā€™ve found it quite hard to navigate on the Fulcrum website to the manual I need, but I think Iā€™ve found it and it looks straightforwardā€¦ ish (canā€™t link as the link is horrific).

Anyway. Can someone who knows shit about wheels confirm that itā€™s worth doing this? How do I know if I need a new freehub? The manuals on the Fulcrum website make it look easy to serviceā€¦ Is that the case?

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#9877

I donā€™t know anything about fulcrums but it should be easy enough - the challenge with this stuff is usually identifying what bearings you need and then sourcing those bearings . Once youā€™ve actually got them it should be easy enough

#9878

Have a watch of this and see how daunting it is

#9879

Servicing freehubs in general isnā€™t too hard, but follow a video. If you need to get replacement bearings just take them into your LBS and theyā€™ll measure them. They might just need cleaning out and a regrease though