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A6. Commuting used to take 30-40 mins for ~10 miles, now it's ~80 mins for ~22 miles, and I need to carry laptops.
But apart from that, where I live now is much better: the gravel trail paradise of Kielder Forest is just a short drive away, or easy access to the remote roads of Northumberland and the hills of the Cheviots or Pennines.
Not so good if you don't like hills, of course.
@ascentale @rand @bikenite
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A5. There's the obvious "new pedals, forgot to unclip before stopping" collapse, but I've learnt to pre-disengage before junctions on that bike.
More worrisome was forgetting that you shouldn't cross a ridge in a trail at speed, which resulted in a short flying lesson, just long enough to think that it'd be a long walk back if I couldn't ride, or an even longer time until my body was discovered. I carry a satellite tracker now.
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A1a. I'm back in the @LollaMac shop again, while Mrs E runs a bangle making workshop. Lots of hammering! 🙉
A1b. Biggest difference overall is probably having succumbed to the lure of an indoor trainer, but I still consider that cheating and not really cycling, just a means to an end. Much more data recording, didn't get started with Garmin until 2011, now I've even got a torque sensor on one bike. And I've got more bikes!
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Today's ride took me out of Tokyo and into Kanagawa. Here's my bike in front of a Machida City sign. It was a beautiful day to ride! 🚴⛩️ #fedibikes #bikeTooter #bikenite #cycling
Yes location definitely matters. After COVID I moved much closer to work as I could no longer sustain a 30km E/W commute.
Not having country roads with first 5 mins of a weekend ride is very bad news.
And a fourth floor flat without a lift is a challenge.
But I can be in central London without breaking sweat and in Paris/Brussels for lunchtime.
@LovesTha @ascentale @cainmark @bikenite
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I still shudder and give thanks to nameless deities that this happened whilst the wheel was warming up in my office - rather than on Etape de Dales a few days previously
@Pionir @ascentale @cainmark @bikenite
On one of my first ever commutes I was chatting to an old hand at lights and when he realised I had been doing urban riding for a couple of weeks said "always remember white lines and manhole covers in the rain are like black ice".
I try to change my style of riding in the wet - I say to myself regularly "wet weather protocols apply" in my best Murray Walker voice to keep my mind on it.
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Yes - twice on mile end road. Saw a woman looking to cross, saw her see me, made eye contact, she stepped back, I relaxed, looked away to next traffic lights, then she ran for it. I missed her but clipped stationary car and stacked it. Lots of eyewitnesses so not a problem for me and driver was super cool about it.
Also hit end of bike lane due to lack of concentration/awareness (wrote bike off)
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A2
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I would highly recommend - everything is easier. But research really helps.