Interesting. My temperature this morning immediately off the bike: 35.5° then after getting changed and 20 mins later 36.6°! Anyone else noticed that/similar? Before I've always been changed and 'cooled' before having it taken. I'm guessing sweat and evaporation/cooling efficiency while riding making the measurement low?!
The ~1630 sunset now is just so restrictive and it would take me 20-odd minutes to get ready, leaving me ~1.75 hours where I can see decently without my glasses and it's ~40mins each way at current fitness to get to any worthwhile hills.
Do it before things get much worse! Just remember you don't need to be riding back in the semi-daylight and can be riding easy - so take your specs for when needed. Hammer the outward ride when the roads are likely quieter, then the climbs if you have the legs, before a chilled/dark/spectacled ride home (with lights)!?
Everyone seemed to sing their praises, so I went for it...
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One for the handlebars, one for the helmet. Might be overkill, but we'll see.
Good call. Love my RACE! Just be sure to change the mode on it to avoid the 'REFLEX' mode - it's an off-road light and the angle/velocity/speed of the light will increase it's brightness when that's enabled. I remember reading something somewhere that because of the speeds of road riding it'll just be ON the whole time.
I've never really tried it on mine, it's more than bright enough on the mode I have it (I chose the brightest without Reflex) and a couple of years old now. Love the LED screen easily telling you which mode you're in, so you can easily have 'full beam' and dip. Although a few times have considered getting the remote switch for ease I never have. I have mine underslung the bars so it's that little bit lower and 'out the way'. It's rubbed my hydraulic cables a bit (taken paint off the joins) but nothing too bad. Have only hit my knee on it a few times. The Quick-release mount is superb quality & solid too!
Does lead nicely onto something that occured to me on friday - at what point do I stop being 'a cyclist'... 3 (soon to be 4) days a week I'm towing a trailer, so have 4 front lights, 4 rear, a dippable ~1500 lumen headlight and using indicators (
useeme - they're great).
xD
If you mount it correctly it shouldn't be an issue properly pointed down.
One of the key things with a helmet light is it's use. Many of them are designed for MTB so are very bright and not that focussed. For the road you're using it more as a 'be seen' light, pointing it at motorists to be sure they've seen you at junctions/roundabouts - so many of those off-road more designed lights are too much/too bright.
I liked the
Lezyne macro DUO I had, but it was a little too bright (also rubbish burntimes and dire battery) as well as being expensive. I've got a little
Cateye Duplex mounted on the side of the chariot and that's a good little lightweight light, but possibly not bright enough to 'point' at drivers. also takes normal batteries rather than being rechargeable. I had looked at the
Lezyne Femto Duo and may pick one up if they release an updated one (has waterproofing issues) and I go back to using a helmet light.
Questionnnnn, around April I'll be getting a bit of a bonus from work, and likely to sell my motorbike. I've recently bought some Hunt wheels but I'm looking to upgrade my frameset. I think I want internal cables next time around, and in particular I love the look that I've seen on a few GCN presenter's bikes, ie, the cables are internal almost directly from the shifters.
I'd need rim brakes, as i've just bought new wheels, but from the few brands I've looked at it seems rare to find rim brakes with internal cables.
Anywho, does anyone have any suggestions? I'd be looking to spend maybe £1k? I'm content with Aluminium, but I'd need it to be relatively light; if i'm going to spend significant cash on a new frame I want it to be lighter
For 1k you really won't find anything with an integrated setup through the stem/tube. It's generally the aero road bikes which have it and then towards the top of their ranges, rather than the bottom. Many of those integrated bars or bar/stem combo 'cost' around half your budget - without the rest of the bike!
I'd reached a similar point myself, the Tarmac and TCR's I looked at within my budget (<£2k/3k) didn't have integration as generally last season or earlier, the ones which did where generally current, so over £6k!
Most annoying thing, I burnt a hole in my Shakedry
Not a massive issue on the elbow mind you, so maybe I'll patch it over or something.
Pronty patch should work well on that. I previously used them on lycra shorts and although it worked it didn't work very well. Would be better on something like that which doesn't need to stretch. Although you have to iron them and unsure how 'safe' that is on Shakedry. I've heard/read it's a very fragile material, snagging and ripping easily, so it's probably well worth repairing it before you catch it on something.
Nice ride today and to see a small remembrance ceremony in town. Wish I'd gone yesterday when it was sunny, as opposed to today when wet and dreary though.
Wish I'd headed out too. Was a little damp here first thing, then dried out nicely. Great day for sorting all the garden (+accessories) out ready for winter, but wish I'd headed out instead... Or in the afternoon. It was glorious here!
Snap crackle and pop for me today. Smashed a rock on a descent put a huge hole in my rear tyre and dented my rim all in one instantaneous go. Managed to get a tube in but it didn't last long even with some protective foil packaging I had on me. Pick up required. Just shoved the bike in the garage in a sulk.
Rubbish! Hope it's not as bad as it sounded/sounds!