The Velodrome

Rilakkuma

1:43 AM

Good morning!

omg, scary stuff.

PeteH

9:16 AM

morning @Rilakkuma, how are you?

Rilakkuma

Hi @PeteH!

just got back to Tokyo yesterday from my Islands trip

will write a ride story :) there were few

how about you?

PeteH

10:11 AM

@Rilakkuma I am fine I guess.....I have toothache at the moment so have not been out on my bike. Also I have an outhouse which is falling down, so have had to contact a builder....

So could be better!

My dentist has just come back from holiday and I cannot get an appointment until a week's time. Fortunately I have been taking antibiotics so the pain has greatly subsided.

From March thru June, I rode a steady 300km/month

For July and August, in theory the best time for riding in terms of the weather, I managed just 100km/month

Rilakkuma

10:29 AM

not sure what's better - a falling house or toothache

in any case get better soon and stay safe!

by the way, putting a garlic on the painful teeth sometimes helps

PeteH

alas, there is no tooth! It is a long and complicated story.....started off as a heavily-filled tooth a few years back, on which I had a root canal filling.

Rilakkuma

let's hope for best then. It could be just an acute infection which will go away as soon as it came. I am not a doctor though.

PeteH

When I went and had a check up a few months back, part of the filling had come away, also an x-ray showed there was an infection in between the root canal and the bone

We agreed on a plan of work to do a small operation to clean the infection up, and to replace the dodgy filling with a crown

are you bored yet?

anyway...it's complicated. But I will see him next Monday and all will be well. And I'll have a lighter wallet.

The UK's wonderful health service does not include dentistry (well, it is possible but is poor quality), so most adults end up going to private dentists.

Rilakkuma

not bored at all, medical stuff is my favourite one (unless it is about me) :)

same in Japan - government pays 70% for the health service which does not include dentistry

so I am afraid even to think about visiting this sort of doctor

what's wrong with your house by the way?

andy256

10:51 AM

'Morning @PeteH, evening @Rilakkuma.

Rilakkuma

God morning @andy256!

andy256

A friend once told me that he was filling his broken tooth with whiskey.

If it doesn't deaden the pain, just drink it.

PeteH

hey @andy256, how's it going?

andy256

Eventually, it will have an effect :-)

Well thanks.

PeteH

I decided a long time ago that I was not prepared to suffer with toothache.

andy256

10:54 AM

Yeah. We all feel your pain.Looking at your riding stats - I was rather pleased with myself -

PeteH

I would always go to the dentist. Any pain from the injection is less than the pain from the toothache

andy256

Drat with those line feeds ...

PeteH

The problem this time iss that the guy had the cheek to go on holiday!

andy256

Yeah, they're like that. Drive a Porsche or Audi?

PeteH

Not sure......but I used to drive a 911!!!! Before I became eco friendly ;)

Everything I see him for.....the cost always goes into the hundreds quite quickly

andy256

10:57 AM

Fun? I had an MGB when I was 20.

And that's pounds!

PeteH

nice cars. Did you restore it?

andy256

Resprayed. BRG of course.

Eventually bent it.

Being a DH

PeteH

I test drove an MGF once, but didn't like the ride. Bought an MX-5 instead which was a great little car.....in japanese racing green!!

I didn't pass my test until I was 25, I'd grown out of the boy racer stuff by then (mostly!)

andy256

How did you like the 911?

PeteH

It was beautiful. A 993, the last of the air-cooled engines

andy256

11:02 AM

Milage?

PeteH

But by the time I got rid of it, it was 20 years old and was very expensive to maintain

About 30000 miles when I got it, 100000 when I let it go. Had it 15 years or so.

I mean, how many cars do you have that you keep for 15 years? Says it all really

andy256

Yep.

My current project (given that I have no money) is to convert my Subaru to electric.

PeteH

That sounds like a challenge. I like the idea of hybrids but they are expensive here. Electric would be impractical for me, being in the country, but you see a few in London

andy256

Yes, hybrids are more practical at present.

PeteH

Do you have Smart cars over there? the really tiny 2-seaters?

andy256

11:06 AM

The problem with electric is the range.

Smart - yes.

Shorter than wide.

PeteH

When I was looking to get rid of the Porker a smart car would have been ideal, except that every now and again I need to carry 3 people

andy256

Roof rack!

PeteH

free hairdo!

andy256

But it reminds me of when I lived in Sydney.

had 5 people plus an english sheep dog in the 'B

with the top on.

PeteH

:)

andy256

11:10 AM

The gut in the middle had the gearstick and the clutch

I had the brake and acccelerater

PeteH

The things we used to do.....

andy256

:-) If the disadvantage of electric is the range, the advantage

is the simplicity ...

But getting back to cycling, how come you were riding so little?

PeteH

Caught a cold in early July, then went off on a bike mechanics' course for 2 weeks

August.....dunno really, just didn't feel like it

andy256

You're still sick. Get well soon :-)

Didn't stop you posting :-)

How was the course?

PeteH

I'm not working at the moment (by choice fortunately) but I felt a lot more motivated to get on my bike when I was working.

The course was hard. I was surrounded by 20-somethings who found it easier to take things in than I did

andy256

11:16 AM

Ah. I'm working, but not earning.

Yep. Happens. No, I can edit this one too :-)

PeteH

Yeah, something wrong there. What do you do?

andy256

Ah. Just found that I can edit previous lines! Like this.

PeteH

Yeah but only the most recent I think

oh wow...a delivery van just rocked up at the door! Happy days

andy256

Ok. catch you later ...

Rilakkuma

websta.me/p/799264766592203574_41928501

this video shows me struggling on a very steep mountain called Hachijo Fuji

in the clouds and in the thin air :)

I found a strategy to drive zigzags so climb was less steep... but it is hard to do when a car follows you :)

PeteH

11:22 AM

@Rilakkuma what was the gradient?

Rilakkuma

did not measure it but it was harder than Hakone mountain which is 7-8, so I guess some 10%

andy256

I'm guessing 8%

Ah

PeteH

@andy256 a wireless access point I picked up off eBay.

andy256

I need another of those. I'm really going now ...

Rilakkuma

probably this is biased, because I climb Hakone on a carbon bike with clip less pedals, and this time I was on a steelie with tanks

which makes things harder

PeteH

11:25 AM

@andy256 catch you later

Rilakkuma

see you later!

It is easier to see the gradient on this pic - websta.me/p/798287129627506936_41928501

PeteH

ouch!

Rilakkuma

...and since I started posting the pictures (I promise this is the last) this is the bike which we talked about last week - changed the whole thing to Campa from Shimano - websta.me/p/798285521111922923_41928501

only wheels are shimano now. And no cork on the left side :)

by the way cannot figure out the maker of the frame.

Bought it on the auction half-dead, have been used for triathlon long years ago. No signs of maker, only TAK letters on the bottom.

PeteH

11:49 AM

That video footage.....do you know what camera was used to get that? It's just that I'm thinking of getting one. Garmin and Shimano cameras look interesting. All subject to dentist's and builder's fees

alex

12:24 PM

PeteH, GoPro has the longest pedigree in this area.

Were I to buy one tomorrow, it'd be the GoPro Black

They're not perfect, but they're pretty nice.

PeteH

12:39 PM

@alex gopro doesn't support ant+, makes it a non-starter :(

Looking for something that will suck in my speed, cadence etc. into the vid

A shame, since the vid quality of the gopro is very good, better than Garmin I think

alex

Do that in post?

Or if you must, wait a generation or two. They're worth keeping an eye on, but let someone else find all the problems

Nobody makes a perfect camera first time

PeteH

True, that's what makes me reluctant about the Shim, only just released.

Going on DCRainmaker reviews at the moment

alex

dashware.net

looks interesting

first link on a quick google

or a freeer (not as pretty) one sites.google.com/site/verymadmart/cyclecam

PeteH

1:01 PM

dashware looks interesting.........but not as interesting as having it all done for you!

But you may be right about waiting. As I say I have already discounter Go Pro, but nothind else sticks out as "the one to get".

I kind of think that if Shimano have entered the marker, they will ultimately come up with something good. But maybe not yet?

But also I have substantial investments in Garmin already (computer, power meter etc)

Rilakkuma

1:48 PM

@PeterH the footage was taken by iPhone held by wife in the car behind :)

I think it is worth to wait a little till go pro pushes new camera.

alex

2:42 PM

yeah, Photokina's soon, might see something there.

PeteH

4:32 PM

@andy256 spent the last 2 hours trying (unsuccessfully) to configure it as a bridge with my existing access point. Grrrrrrrrrrrr.

rk.

11:17 PM

Hello, I have a newbie question/request. I recently moved and had my bike (Jamis Coda Comp) shipped across country - disassembled and box packed by a bike store.

Now I am in a pickle and might need to assemble the bike myself. Is there any appropriate instructional guide/video which I can follow to make sure I do not end up making a costly mistake or something?

Also, what kind of tools will I need to have handy for the same.

Bike - myjamis.com/SSP%20Applications/JamisBikes/MyJamis/consumer/…

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