If you brake, you don’t win.
>>2083530but why a new thread?
imageboard,,,nobrakes.
Hello, gentlemen.
>>2083546image limt reached>>2083549henlo
>>2083558took me a while to realize that XING isn't the name of the Chinese deer who lives in these hills lol
>>2083585https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkpvklUQpOo
Boy that 20mph tailwind sure was fantastic right until I hit my turn around point.
>>2083743>mphwhat is that?
blogpost:first ride in like half a year, last year I did 3000km, this year maybe 100 lmao haha hehofc I had a puncture hehe lolbut god damn I love cycling, drank half a bottle of rum and decided to get the bike, grabbed some shitty headphones from me mum which had only one working, put on "the art of change", managed to listen to it fully due to puncture, and holy fuckirl shit I started earning some money, but at the same time we got hit with the war and my country switched to euro, so money feels like a joke now. I am the guy that wrote how I will focus on my apartment and you can see the progress on /diy/ "chud apartment" (idk how to crosspost). but I go after work and its so tiring, and not only because of the physical labour side, but also knowing I get basically 0 free time, and I also have to help grandparents n shit....I really want to visit other cultures, went to albania cus of work and it was cool, I would really like to do a big bike trip sometime, and I think my department might get shutdown soon, that means that I will be fired, which means I am entitled to like a year of 80% of my salary if I cant find a job, so yeah hahaha god I wish I get fired, imagine where I could go and what I could do in a year of no work but ~1k euro a month
>don't go out and ride>in a bad mood all day>go out and ride>in a bad mod the rest of the day because I don't eat near enough because I find it a hassle, even the meal shakes, and would rather just go hungryShit fucking sucks man.
>>2083781I always ride better on an empty stomach and I never eat until after my ride is done
threeflatsinoneday?,,,justshoot me!,,,patchpatchpatch,,,pumppumppump.,,masive new FLAT?!,,,pain,you win.
>riding along the paved trail today>moving about 20mph>a fucking squirrel jumped and hit my knee, bounced off and ran away>nobody was injuredI had to stop and check over myself because I definitely felt claws but there were no scratch marks and it appears the squirrel wasn't injured but it was pretty crazy. Never had anything like this happen in 10 years of cycling
Getting cold again so I tested my heated gloves with a multimeter and both had broken wires again. Such a pain in the ass to fix them. Have to turn them inside out and remove the fabric covering the heating loops. I removed most of the silicone sheathed wiring from them last year. Being so stretchy the wire strands ended up getting stressed more. Putting magnetic connectors on the gloves and extension cables last year was a nice upgrade. No more struggling to plug in a connector one handed while wearing gloves, just get the two ends close and they automatically snap together.I got a power bank with a higher output so the gloves should get a little warmer. With my old power bank I was hitting the current limiter running both gloves from one battery.
had an unexpected day off from work and the weather was way too nice, so I went for 50k despite some badly bruised ribs. worth it for the vistas
>>2083979Comfy. The time of year when people start putting lights on houses is the best time of year
Love riding in the winter (is it winter yet?) just as it is getting dark. The subconscious thought of monsters leaping out of the shadows and chasing me makes me ride faster.Ignore the Garmin™, I only use it for navigation, this isn't a race.
>>2084607imagine using gps for navigation
>>2084607imagine not being a raceist
>>2084607>road closedso garmin is not very good huh
>>2084613It's only really good for following a gpx I've plotted myself on cycle.travel. Do not buy one, it's overpriced laggy shit that cost more than a half decent smartphone and I regret it. At least it congratulates me on my "new PR!!!1" when I accidentally average more than 20 km/h.
coming home to this in the evening feels like I'm about to die and this is the last thing I'll see before getting to the end of the road. Or I'm already pretty much braindead in purgatory and about to be going to either heaven or hell
Looks like we're in for an unusually warm November. Another 2 weeks at least of above freezing daytime highs / mild nights and no snow in sight. Construction projects are taking advantage to get paving done much later than is typical. First 2 roundabouts in the city built this year.
new prescription glasses, my depth perception is all fucked up now. this meant that I was hitting every slippery rock and root, and fell over several times. anyways, fun was had.
>>2084982nice.what does the sign say?
>>2084983driving motorcycles or snowmobiles is verboten
>>2084984yeah, you might crash lol
