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  • Less than a week until Grinduro Germany 2023 and I’m properly excited. 🚲

    → 13:09, 1 May 2023

  • Brought my mountain bike to my local bike shop ahead of Grinduro Germany next week. The suspension fork and the dropper post need some maintenance, the tyres are getting inserts, and I‘ve asked them to put new disc brake discs on because the Hope floating discs are too loud. 🚲

    → 13:08, 25 Apr 2023

  • 1st step of the all road bike build/component swap is completed:
    I’ve removed some of the decals from the Van Nicholas Yukon Disc frame and gave those sections a fresh brushed finish. I don’t understand why some titanium bike manufacturers insist on putting garish decals everywhere. 🚲

    → 10:51, 5 Apr 2023

  • Had a good day. Went for a short but taxing bike ride that put me into this state where I’m comfortably exhausted physically and mentally alert. I love feeling like this. 📷 🚲

    → 18:50, 31 Mar 2023

  • Brunch ride and the long road to build up stamina again

    😕 not happy with how many breaks I had to take on the climbs today.
    Yes, this particular route is a bit brutal and sure, I’ve cycled ever day the past three days but none of them were long or particularly strenuous. I’ve lost so much stamina through and in the pause after the Covid infection in September last year.
    Don’t get me wrong, the pause was necessary and sensible to reduce the chances of damaging my heart but it’s still disappointing and demotivating.

    Strava map of mountain bike ride on 19 Feb 2023 in the forest north of the town of Stegen, Germany.Front part of a mountain bike laying on the non-drive side looking down a descending forest path.View from a forest path overlooking the a few tree-strewn hillsides and the Dreisamtal in the direction of Freiburg-Ebnet. The air is fairly clear with white and grey clouds starting at around 900 m of elevation.

    → 13:37, 19 Feb 2023

  • 😍😍😍 Just how sexy is this bike!
    Onguza Original Gravel Model 1 🚲

    → 12:11, 18 Jan 2023

  • While researching tyres for a new bike project, I stumbled across the Vittoria Terreno Zero 700×47c. They’re not listed on Vittoria’s website but lots of retailers have them. Looking forward to giving them a spin. 🚲

    Upper fifth of a mixed surface tyre with a black semi-slick tread and grey sidewalls. The tyre is mounted on a high-flanged carbon rim by DT Swiss. The tube valve is visible. Outside of the center of the image, parts of the carbon for and the left drop and brake/shift lever of the handlebars is visible.
    → 11:53, 13 Jan 2023

  • It’s become too cold for riding in cycling shoes and thick socks alone and I hate the faff of overshoes, so I just ordered two pairs of insulated and waterproof clipless shoes: The Fizik Terra Artica X2 and the Shimano SH-MW702. Let see which one fits better. 🚲

    → 15:10, 28 Nov 2022

  • Out with the old, in with the new, I guess. Not happy about the fact that helmets essentially have an expiration date but 🤷‍♂️. Not going to risk it. The neon yellow Bell Zephyr is getting replaced with the dark grey and green Bell XR. 🚲

    Two cycling helmets laying on a sealed concrete floor. A dark grey and green helmet in the foreground and on the left and a neon yellow helmet diagonally behind it and on the right. Both helmets face the viewer at an angle. The green helmet has straighter lines and a cleaner design overall while the neon yellow helmet has a more fluid, organic design with bigger vents.
    → 08:32, 15 Nov 2022

  • So I spent a good amount of time today thoroughly degreasing and cleaning my gravel bike’s drivetrain. I’m switching lubricants again, this time to Squirt wax. Wolftooth’s lubricant didn’t hold up to the promises for me. Let’s see how it goes. 🚲

    → 19:07, 13 Nov 2022
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