Transcontinental Race No. 7 - TCR7 - #TCRN07 - 2019

Once got onto a plane where someone had nicked the seatbelts!

You don't need any tools to remove the seat belts.

Apparently.

That's the one I've got

Haha

Do you know what size screwdriver will open the tracker? What I had last year was too large.

Not a clue. Whatever you had last time, but smaller :)

This is the bit where you test stuff.

This fits it: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/161355272907
So it's either 0 or 1 pt

Great! Thanks!

So far I've managed to only buy three new things today
#tapering

Haha I've only been buying beer.

I've been mapping. Pretty sure the A1 in Serbia near Vranje/ Nis is banned to bikes but not sure about the alternative road. I used it in TCR5 but can't remember it.

Ealing Beer Festival!

I managed to avoid that potential trap by taking daughter down on the bike seat to Richmond Park to see the deer. Only I thought there weren't going to be any deer - which would not have gone down well - but luckily there were a couple of herds just before we left the park. Back home by the Thames path and River Brent gave me an extra session of gravel training on a fully-loaded bike.

A1 is definitely not rideable. There is either one or two roads that run parallel. As far as I can see they are both open to bikes.

The guy at W5 Physio's wife comes from Serbia so I was talking about the race. He said that the A1 has tolls so the parallel roads have a lot of traffic from people who don't want to pay.

Ealing Beer Festival!

Yep and Perivale Brewery had a fayre and we went and saw Garbage play at Kew Gardens and then we were out last night at Santa Maria with some mates. So yeah, I've probably doubled my calorie intake in beer alone last week.

I copied my route from TCR5 but there's another road which runs even closer to the A1. Back then one of them was a construction site but I don't remember much about it. I don't think either has streetview for a bunch of it so I'll probably have two routes and pick which ever one isn't gravel bullshit.

I've got my meralgia back (hip problem) which is getting right on my tits. It was a big problem for me during 24hr racing but I'd fixed it (well, Scherrit had fixed it) but since I swapped saddles (and messed with his position) it's come back after TP.
I'm going to take some ibuprofen today to see if it helps. I hope it doesn't because I don't want to take that shit during races.

Tried acupuncture? I am a stronger believer in it, helped me a lot over years.

LOL number 2 on google how to get rid of it, weight loss :)

I've had acupuncture on my back but that was from the cheap physio and I don't think what they did actually did anything.

Yeah, fat fucks like me can get it because beer guts hang over their belts while spending all day at desks. Since it only happens when racing I'd like to think mine is more due to my TT position crushing the nerve and less to do with my excess BF but yeah if I magically lost 20kg I'd probably be better off in a few ways.

How grumpy would you be if you had to give up beer though.

I don’t think Twitter’s servers could cope...

Where do you get needled?

Is it definitely not ride able as it is illegal or because dangerous? I think it is hard to completely avoid it completely.

It's a motorway, so it's banned. It is avoidable.

most recently nichola

i put on 5kg, i'm the biggest I've been for a long time, 77kg now.

I didn't know she gets stabby. I think I saw her back in the day with this too. I've just been stretching and rolling and hoping it goes away.

#skinnyisfat

Think I've added about 3kg in 3 weeks since TP.

91kg. I still win.

yeah i mean i dunno if it would help, but just saying I use it for stuff and it helps me.

bit later for tcr now. self release trigger points is best option

self release trigger points

Is that an IPA or a stout or what?

https://www.yogajournal.com/practice/8-self-massage-tips-tight-hip-flexors
https://www.precisionmovement.coach/meralgia-paresthetica-treatment/
https://learnmuscles.com/blog/2017/05/30/self-care-medical-approaches-meralgia-paresthetica/

DIPA

My Nano Torqbar arrived today.
Impressed with it. Similar size and weight to my multi-tool. Takes standard bits, of which I have loads, so I can take a couple of different allen key sizes and a screwdriver head.
A bit more faffy to use than the multi-tool as have to fish out the right bit (and not lose them), but it does torque, so it's pretty good.