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Criggie
Criggie
12:23 AM
tesa.com/industry/tesa-4289.html says "tesa® 4289 is a heavy duty tensilised polypropylene strapping tape with a natural rubber adhesive system"
what do you want that for on a bike?
I guess the best fall is one that didn't happen. So primary focus on avoidance by early detection and pre-reaction. Defensive riding, if you like.
Once things have gone wrong you're no longer concerned with avoiding, you're looking for the best exist that is available.
 
gschenk
gschenk
@Criggie rim tape. It's sold as Stan's yellow tape.
@Criggie avoidance, or more frankly, being shy, blocks any progress with bike handling technique for me.
It starts with track stands, wheelies, bunny hops. But also tight corners, sliding the rear, anything where my front wheel may move laterally, and lastly going really slow over technical terrain.
 
Criggie
Criggie
Yeah - I've been descending like a Nana since my big fall about 2 years ago.
 
gschenk
gschenk
Practically every CX or trial newbie article starts with something along the lines of "you will fall often". But that's it then. No more word on how to do that.
The first half year of leaning Judo is just learning to fall .
CX tutorial videos are full of bloopers of falling, but nothing on technique and their drills.
 
Criggie
Criggie
12:44 AM
You have a good question there - I remember damaging things while falling off rollerblades
but learning to ride was so long ago those memories are vague and woolly
 
gschenk
gschenk
Rollerblades are a good example. I saw several videos on falling and recovering from mistakes. And my fear of falling was what prevented me from learning it. (I do ice skating decently well now.)
 
Criggie
Criggie
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Q: Speed wobble safe fall?

Wolfpack'08What's the best downhill safe fall if you're getting a lot of speed wobble, or you're on a really rocky course and lose control? I noticed a lot of people try to slide the bike down to its side, but that isn't always possible. When it's not possible to do that, should the bicycler try to pop a ...

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Q: How to protect myself when falling off the bicycle

MohsenToday was rainy in Palo Alto and I was driving home in bike lane. My bike slipped and I felt off my bike in a part of bike lane that was made of concrete instead of asphalt(here). I didn't injured and I am fine. When I was falling down I didn't know how to shape my body to protect myself and pre...

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those are the only two relevant questions I could see
Judo gets a mention in there too
 
gschenk
gschenk
I did train judo for a short time as a child. Judo roll for drilled intensely. It came back when I left my bike forward over my handle bars.
I practiced parcour rolls a few years ago. Which was useful when a pickup truck hit me when walking over the street. The only way out was up over the bonnet. I rolled out the drop on the other side.
At both times it helped only because I drilled those rolls. They help only after a head forward dive.
I looked for the wrong expression. It seems to be 'bail'.
 
Criggie
Criggie
1:13 AM
Bah that accent.
The rear brake now reaches the rim!
 
 
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Criggie
Criggie
3:36 AM
completed and rideable
 
 
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Criggie
Criggie
5:06 AM
Do we need a canonical question on "how to take a good photograph of a bicycle ?" ?
cos there's been some stinkers lately.
 
 
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Criggie
Criggie
9:01 AM
 
 
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gschenk
gschenk
10:45 AM
@Criggie this question would certainly sink much less of a good photo of a beautiful bike were included.
Really sloppy social engineering: "Let's pretend to be a fifteen year old who writes congruent sentences on the net." "No one is gonna believe you mate." "Yea, let's see if I get any vote on SE if I pretend to do something ludicrously stupid."
 
gschenk
gschenk
11:11 AM
:4238710 Fesch! Your old Raleigh with 105?
 
Criggie
Criggie
11:27 AM
Yup - Seems to go alright though it wants to steer right, Might have to measure the fork a bit better.
Might have been bent by whatever took out the rear seat stay.
Perhaps I should fit the green fork instead.
Ooo its sunday - better sleep
Night all!
 
 
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Cristian Ciupitu
Cristian Ciupitu
8:10 PM
@Criggie do you mind if I share your photo on Facebook? Either with a link or a plain reupload.
 
gschenk
gschenk
8:26 PM
The stem doesn't look all that trustworthy.
@Criggie the picture reminds me that I have a set of like-new long reach Tektros for sale. After my botched attempt to widen a seat tube again ended in a write off for the frame.
 
Criggie
Criggie
@CristianCiupitu Go for it - I'm not worried.
Stem's seems okay - what looks wrong to you about it ? The black tape was some shock absorber underneath where my gopro mounted. The stem bolt is a recessed 6mm one accessed through the hole where you might expect to see a nut - its done up firmly.
The top ring on the fork is missing, but its mostly cosmetic and there to protect the thread, not carry any load. There IS a lock ring in place.
 

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