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I have a Ricoh GR Digital III (2009) that I'm not using much. I got it from Japan and it's in near mint condition. Wondering if there'd be any interest here before it goes on eBay?

This is heartbreaking. Aram is and always will be a dude. Sending my love.

even had a Bike Pubes sticker on the seat tube. Kudos

There was a SquidCross locked up outside Boulders in Chelt last night. Had fun trying to work out who in the gym it belonged too. There was a dude in a LBK Fix Shit or Cry Trying T too but I don't think it was him as he had a kid in tow.

That's really helpful guys thanks. It's actually the same eBay store I've been looking at and wondering whether I should trust it. Problem solved!

Thanks for the shout about batteries too. Have the same thoughts on fire hazards. Battery I can rely on is 💯 top of the list

Anyone got any experience on bafang eBay purchases there are some low prices from established eBay sellers in Germany... But then there's doubt.

Anyone got a recommendation for where they went?

Thanks for the opinions all. I've felt torn for a while. I love the commute to work but 4 days in and I can feel the fatigue and having had to drive for a couple weeks I've been shocked how strong I was at the weekends. Going to give it a serious research now. 👍👍

Yo hive mind.
I love my bullitt. I ride it pretty much every commute. 10km loop. 50% road/50% forest track up to the yard. I have a couple valleys in the Cotswolds to climb up, I have my work dog up front for the B-roads. As some of the OS know I've got some health conditions. I'm considering a bafang mid drive so that I can take some of the fatigue out of the last few commutes of the week and to make the bike more usually generally.
I've scrolled back and forth on the thread and noted some of the resources and what others have done. There's some really good stuff on here - as always!

I'm wondering before I go ahead and buy whether there's anything anyone would advise/suggest I take into account, any good deals out there your already aware of, any considerations I should bare in mind - even if it's bait I'd be happy to hear them. Sometimes the most obvious things is what you overlook right.

I'm considering a BBS02. Power for the hills but generally I can keep it on low and just use it when I need to. This feels fairly standard for a cargo. I toyed with a 250w choice but I've got concerns about resell and under powering when moving up hill with weight. Wondering if general opinion is similar.

Cheers for any advice.
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The answer to this question might be sitting in this thread somewhere but I can't find it....

Lights stoped working on my partners bike. Hadn't realised until this morning. Nothings changed with the wiring, although my first thought was to freshen the cable ends in case of any corrosion/shit built up at the hub. Hasn't helped. Both read and front are doing nothing, so it's not a bulb issue.

Any recommendations for checking output from the hub? I scratched my head looking at the multi-meter but it'd need to touch both +&-. So yeah... I then had to get myself to work and have been half mulling it over today and thought I'd put it out there as someone else might be able to answer it quicker than my brain could work it out.

Thanks in advance

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Is this still available?

In case it helps anyone in any way.

I'm 33, solid organ transplant and immune supressed. I had AZ Saturday about 3 weeks ago, 1pm ish. Smooth process, no real waiting around, friendly volunteers and staff.
Felt fine all day, woke up on Sunday feeling like I had a cold - sluggish, slow/foggy brain, achy, decided to lounge around on the sofa instead of going out riding (boo!). Because of immune suppression the back end of colds usually linger for a week or so, but I woke up Monday morning 100% - it was like magic, never known anything like it. No fever or chills, just lost 30-40% of my energy and drive like a cold.
I believe I had CV in April 2020 before tests were available. Transplant community are pretty chatty and it sounds like the people who have had the strongest reaction are those who suspect they've had it/tested positive at some point in 2020.

On a last note, I had an honest conversation with my transplant team as my heart failed due to autoimmune issues. I was advised to go for the vaccine.

advice pls guys:

I stilt the smallest amount of coffee on our airbook. I immediately turned it off, upside down, airing cubard, 4 days and turned it back on. It will only open in safe mode and won't recognise our password.

In the old world I would have popped into a mac store and played it safe, but not in London anymore and our local store is Cribs Causeway and as someone who's meant to be shielding I thought I'd try to sort it myself/locally first. So forum is my first port of call.

Google has a few ideas:

• change the password via the admin back door
  
• change the apple store password
  Opinions online also say the generic, 'if you get it wrong you fuck yourself' and 'take it to your local mac store'.
  
  

Anybody been silly enough to spill anything on their mac? Is it worth IYO trying to sort it myself or is it worth biting the built?
We have a local high street 'any computer issues fixed' type place but never had a single issue with any of my macs until not so slightly unconvinced....

Any help appreciated.

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Going to drop you a PM Zebra re physio

I'm with spinout. TR is a great resource. Prob does make majority of people faster, prob does lead to some people struggling. There's element to consider outside of the plan.
I use the workouts to build my own training plan based on what i know and understand of my own physiology, what I can absorb, how fatigue builds and how i need to recover and what I need to have in a plan to help me move forward. Some of these things I've learnt from going too hard or not hard enough. It's an OTP service, can always be adapted to fit the rider.

Chad is leaving the company due to his partner taking a job somewhere else in the country... or maybe he just had a heads up the vid was going to drop and was trying to get ahead of the curve.

Sounds like excuses ;)

@hillbilly It's been ages mate, I'll def show my face at a leaving party.

Meet you at swindon and ride the last leg together?

Hey Zebra,

I had a total left hip replacement 14 weeks ago. I had to have it due to AVN, loss of bloody supply and subsequent necrosis of the femur head. This is commonly caused when the vein gets damaged during a fracture/break nr the femur head. This would have been what they were trying to avoid for you - having lived with it for 3 years, I can tell you you've done the right thing. Hip replacements last a super long time now too. Uncertain what caused mine.

As a point of reference I had a posterior approach procedure. I chose this on the advice of my surgeon. I was sent home with no movement restrictions and have been fine without raised seating/bed etc.
I got so much conflicting reports when I looked into recovery times, rehab principles and how to reintroduce training. I think every situation is different but I've tried to give a quick overview of my last 4 months as reference.

The first 2 weeks I focussed completely on recovery, eating really well, resting as much as I could, and physio 2-4 times a day. I didn't sleep great - discomfort from the hip and spacey from pain meds. Physio felt awkward and uncomfortable. This did improve over time. 3x short walks a day building up from 5mins - 30mins. I was off crutches pretty quickly. Def by end of 2nd week.
Diet isn't to be overlooked IMO. I eat a low-GI diet anyway but I fiddled it to make sure it was really low GI and kept carb intake low and the inflammation around the op site disappeared really quickly - obviously swelling at the incision remained.
My surgeon told me I'd be back on the turbo after 2 weeks and I didn't believe him. He was right. I started doing 30min sessions with no resistance after 2.5 weeks and started to rebuild.
I did 4/5 weeks of base work. Keeping the muscles active, base cardio and keeping my legs moving for long periods of time. By this point I could take the dog out for 2 hours of hill walking. Needed to rest the hip after a walk but no pain.
From there it's just got better and better. I am better than I was pre-op in many ways.

I think the key things for me were diet, keeping as much movement in the day between rest periods as possible, and physio - abduction work, S&C and don't ignore your core. I'm a sucker for routine too so I still got up with my partner and prepped lunch whilst she was working and stuff, I also after about 2 weeks let myself enjoy the forced recovery and time away from work. Have fun with it. I found that a high energy/active day could be followed by a tired/sore day and I slowly got used to it and let go of continually trying to improve on my physio or whatever little goal Id set for myself.
Goals is a good one too. Sadly this wasn't my first rodeo with surgeries, but I've always found that having little achievable goals post-op keeps me feeling like I'm progressing and have a little bit of control over the situation, can be simple shit like, I'm going to make all the coffees today or whatever. Just having to get up multiple times, stand up, balance whilst, moving around the kitchen can be properly tiring but keeps you moving and helps immensely.

I wrote more than I planned. Let me know if you have any specific questions, or feel free to get in touch etc. Hope it's a smooth recovery mate!

True enough. For all his cycling knowledge (road) and love of the sport (road) he is a very dismissive person. I feel like you may have been watching it wrong if you feel cynical... conversation topic for the next ex-polo turbo waffle party.

Thought the episode was a bit weak and Friebe was too dismissive. Maybe he's playing to the same crowd that aren't interested in a range of disciplines on a cycling podcast. Was good to hear it discussed on there at least. I know the feminin podcast covers woman's racing, but I also thought they missed a beat leaving it out, not to mention the u23 woman's race. Those two were much more exciting.
Cyclocross Social coverage before and after was very good IMO.

If your not looking for disc's then FB marketplace always has cheap(ish) canti bikes where people are upgrading. CX buy and sell group is pretty good.

DC Rainmaker, one stop shop if you want to compare models.

I have a Saris H3. Cannot say a bad word. It's only as loud as my bike is dirty. If I'm in ERG, clean chain and the right gear it's only the sound of the chain moving. DC called it correctly the RPM is worked out internally so it takes about 3-5 seconds to be 100% accurate sometimes but with a cadence sensor attached to my crank I've never had an issue. Power and RPM is read immediately.

I expect this is a bag of worms. I chose the H3 because it was available and on sale last year which made it affordable and accessible. Have not regretted getting it.

Where in GLOS? I know there's a couple of us around here

gotcha just blind i think

Can't even see it in the training plans section of the website