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

I've got a Spot Tracker.
And a box

I still need the reflector!!

I've got one in the middle of my light!

Seems slightly redundant as I’ll have 4 lights. Oh well

No issues with punctures but what's the Crr like?

"(DO NOT ride 2 abreast)"

Does that mean I just need to get to the front at the start and anyone who passes me is DQd for breaking the law?

If anyone is still in need of a hi vis gillet, let me know. I have one of theese in M that I bought for TAW but never opened in the end. https://www.rapha.cc/gb/en/shop/brevet-visibility-gilet/product/BVG01XX

What tailights are you using?

Any idea if Lezyne Strip Drives count as reflective?

B+M Secula.
I doubt it.

Good I went for the disc option

Which would people say is better?

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I've got something like the top one.

Both probably pretty useless and more for your own sanity I guess

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm9K6rby98W8JigLoZOh6FQ/videos

Don’t lock your bike??

Nothing is a decent option. Less faff.

But no lock is going to protect you if a proper thief wants your bike.

Someone nicking your bike is not that likely.
I left my bike for 8 hours on a central London street in February after I went to a conference and forgot my lock. Was still there when I went out at the end.

A little lock makes you feel a bit less anxious.

If you're going for a shit, it's nice to know that a little lock might deter some scrote just wheeling your bike off around the corner. I have an Abus like that but with more digitz for all da codez.

I had those hiplok ones or an earlier version last year and two pronged key bit snapped off after 3 days or so. This looks a bit like a better version so might be okay.

heh, damned if you do, damned if you don't.
Watching lockpicklawyer to see what is possible and what ideal tools are used, really helps to understand just how vulnerable we are. See the vid of cutting the cable tie with a tin snip.

but to give you an answer to work with, take both. The cable ties anyway don't take up space and can be put anywhere.

Also might be great for controlling a bleed, or holding some bits of limb together. Of course I mean for someone else you come across that might need help.

Or maybe to tie up the thief in case you catch one.

I have the hiplok version of that abus thing, and carry it pretty much everywhere. I reckon a good yank would break it, but it's enough to run into a supermarket on the way to work

Mudguards fitted :)

Fool

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Pro 4s are on and they come up 28mm and 29mm. I'm tempted to get some G-One Speeds or Hutchison Sectors in 32mm and try to squeeze them in instead. Both heavier, almost certainly slower, but more durable. What would Jesus do?

I ran Sector 28’s for Roubaix and Ashley bit after, they were quick but did cut up.
I’ll try see if I have the pics still

Here, I always think it’s hard to tell if this is for or against a tyre...

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