Musings about life on two wheels
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Day 3: Flats on the flats
Tl;Dr: To keep recovery day exciting, have more flats! Slightly less early start in Sette, but that didn’t keep me from flatting 20 min into the ride. Damn TPU tubes. Switched the front to butyl, and pushed a bit to catch up. Very flat ride today – basically bike paths, either Gravel or Paved. Mostly…
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Day 4: A lot in the hot
Tl;Dr: 66 miles, quite a slog at the end. I’ll never ride tpu tubes again. This is our 2nd day of riding, it’s a long one. The heat was pretty bad yesterday, so many opted to take the train (smart move). John and I: not as smart. We left at 5:45 and made it a…
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Day 3: Rolling!
Tl;Dr Rough Start, rough finish Up at 4:30 after what seemed like 0 hours of sleep. But there were some strange ideaeee re e3êees (must have been dreams). Assembled out the door at 5:45, met at the car. Tightened Chaz’s stem bolts and inflated his tubes. Then through town and across the bridge to… Very…
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Avignon – Day 2
Tl;Dr: in progress… Woke up about 9, had breakfast with Bruce, now out for a walk. We saw the water wheel of Avignon (I assume they mill flour near by), and lots of posters for the Theater Festival under way here. We are at the same cafe for breakfast (pastry) and lunch (ham & baguette).…
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On my way – Photo album & flight
See my photo album updates here Challenge 1: can we really take your folding bicycle? #2: trainee TSA reviewing passports, took forever #3: Anti Monkey Butt powder required extensive screening
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Why roads get washboards
For future reference: https://youtu.be/3YvwqMDDb3k?si=fEOU_nth5cnvJE-O
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The Drunkards Walk: Probability hierarchy & Monty Hall
Tl;Dr: understanding probability is hard when using vague terms. Here, have a picture Here’s my understanding now Imagine you want to understand the probability of something happening, assuming there are a finite number of equally probable results. For example: what are the chances of 2 dice summing to ’10’ in one throw. The Trial is…
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Fighting handlebar vibration
Tl;Dr: Foam in handlebars is unlikely to help I’ve been riding Jim’s Brompton. It goes fast, but the bars vibrate on gravel. Adding foam to handlebars was an idea from motorcycling. Apparently – irrelevant to cycling: https://www.reddit.com/r/gravelcycling/s/PvsXIk7Gxr
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How to Pack your Brompton
Tl;Dr: Use a Ikea Dimpla bag This summer I’m going to France on a bike tour. We are taking our own bikes, or in my case borrowing a friends. Getting a bike on an airplane isn’t a huge issue – packing it in a cardboard box is pretty straight forward. Getting it on a TGV…
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The Drunkards walk: Chapter 2
Tl;DR I love how much this book refers back to Thinking Fast and Slow. One of the first examples of how complicated it is for people to think about probability is the somewhat famous Linda problem aka the Conjunction Fallacy. Essentially: If you give a person two options, one of which has additional detail, more…
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