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Nowhere, heading to Geneve in the next days for the Etape on Sunday. Other than that, it's a holiday with my gf and dog, the plan is to spend time with them.

Bedoin, and it worked out perfectly. It's market day in the village, the town is cute, weather was glorious and there wasn't much road traffic, maybe 5 cars overtook me on the way up. Lots of cyclists of all ages and abilities, but I found a pocket where I was mostly alone for the climb.

It's only my second large mountain on a road bike, did some lumpy stuff before on a loaded tandem but still, I feel new to this.

Perfect weather today, such a nice climb. Hard to believe how constant the gradient is.

I'm quite not fat. It's nice to read all the stories, thanks all. Now just need to decide whether I go on Sat or Mon.

Oh ffs I have a Duell Zurigo that's on storage, 59cm, undrilled, full Dura Ace. Would consider selling but I'm not in Amsterdam that day.

You could all have said no, don't do it, absolutely not, and other discouraging advice, couldn't you? Bummer

Is googling 'temperature at mont ventoux' an acceptable way of predicting the weather at the top? I'm nearby, with my bike, but only summer kit. Reading online people say it's proper cold even in Summer, but forecasts seem quite mild using the aforementioned method

And it has a single arm mudguard mount on the chainstay, cute

Agree with all the above, it's a great great frame

Watched three episodes, going for the fourth later on. Cut-and-paste Netflix formula, but enjoyable. The fake live commentary is a bit annoying, but the gopro shots of the peloton sprinting are wonderful and terrifying. How are you finding it?

Bummer. New image

Terrible picture, but just spotted all sorts of wiggly bumps on a carbon rim, maybe caused by the nipple. Is it a write-off?

(in other softwares it may be called Tiling)

Yes, thanks indeed. I confess I find it hard to wrap my head around this (surprise: white man)

I accept that if trans women compete in the female category (and trans men on the male category), it may create a situation where women lose ground that was hardly fought for, and is still small and precarious. I agree we live in a world where the implied normal is male, so I can see how categories may be internalized as male and non-male (or other, or miscellaneous, normal vs non-normal). It could also end up encouraging stupid narratives in the occasion where a trans woman wins a high profile event. I take the point that these scenarios are diminishing to women, not because of trans people or women themselves, but because the way society is.

On the other hand, if we had a third category we’d just be moving the tag of ‘others’ to a different place. It’d do nothing to correct the implicit views at play, and it’d put vulnerable people in harm’s way. This is a world where a person can’t live their truth in public. I suspect that this is where it gets contentious, what is truth, but it’s where I take issue with brokenbetty’s point about gender being simply an inner feeling, identity is never simple. I know there’s loads to unpick here, and I’m not educated enough to know what I think about the scientific, hormonal, mental, or other angles. Personally I believe people can choose their truth, as imperfect of a fit as it may be in a binary system.

Which means in my view it’d be denigrating for trans women to compete in the male category — and dangerous, if what passes for an ally can cause what happened upthread. In most cases, it’d be perpetuating the trauma of people who had to grow up in a hostile environment, were brave enough to brake away from it, and now find themselves back to square one.

I guess I’m struggling with the challenge of representing the vast multitude of human lived experiences in a couple of buckets. And if we do away with them, one big tent for everyone, I’m not sure it advances the cause of women at all. Is this what I’m getting wrong? Playing a zero-sum game, where progress for one group results in loss for the other? Also, it’s not lost on me that not a single one of the scenarios above result a loss for males. Any way we can make that happen instead?

For a brief moment this morning it felt like this discussion could have been valuable, I appreciated the different perspectives. I have loads to learn, and being able to eavesdrop on conversations of people who have firsthand experiences is the nicest part of a public forum. Just wanted to say thanks for that.

The first hot days of the year absolutely kill me. Head explodes with migraines, I have no energy, can't think straight, can't fathom staying outside. I have no idea how people do it. How??

yeah it's really nuts the prices that rim brake bikes are going for

Dredging this thread as the title seems most apt for my question. I'm thinking of treating myself to a silly frame, something with the sole intent of making me happy, and it's been days I have a tab open with the Time ADH 23 in candy pink. The only thing I'm not sure is the press fit BB.

I know there's a camp that says creaking is due to bad manufacturing, tolerances, whatever, and Time should be pretty good in that regard, but I'm not sure if that passes scrutiny IRL. I know I can't live with an expensive, ridiculous peacock of a frame that sounds like a rusty door hinge.

Will it creak, like, for sure?

big manufacturer, but since you mentioned the Defy also check the Contend AR

damn, first your Look 595 and now this, argh

I only say that because when I saw it flat I was like naaah, how?? Looks ingenious

Whoa, is that a 56c-c ST? I'd have guessed 52!

Unsolicited advice: a video showing how the flat thing becomes a cup would be so helpful. It's hard to picture how it works.

And it's quite special. I suggest amending the size on the title as it's a bit misleading — someone out there looking for a small-to-medium tourer isn't likely to click on a 58cm listing.

Hi @amey, would you sell me one of your Composits? I'd need posting to NL, fair enough if you can't be bothered