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Let us know what your cycling wants and needs 🚲
#captioncompetition "Back to back to back podium finishes."
#captioncompetition "Back to back to back podium finishes."
I didn't need carbon frame, but I got it anyway. I needed a decent TT saddle and eventually I got it, works great also on a trainer during the winter.
I hear that in the Netherlands teaches drivers to open their car door with your inside hand. Forcing the driver to look back.
Si is so afraid of cows he is even scared by udder cream. Poor guy. On a serious note from a biological point of view we are quite similar and I don’t think there is that much R&D into cow specific cosmetics. I wouldn’t worry using it.
Si, chamois cream is just udder cream sold at a higher price! 😊
Caption: “Nice race in Val di Solo, am I right?
What I need and can't do without = Beer!
What I don't need and can do without = Electric shifting.
What I've got but don't really need = Nothing.
What I don't have but really need = Every kind of bike tool!
Best presenters = Dan & Si.
you completely missed, it's not a selfie. they are admiring the strapping job someone has done with a picture #captioncontest "that's not going anywhere boys"
#captioncompetition: Dan, Joran need of a reminder of who came third place in this race (but also still my favourite GCN presenter).
I want and need to lose weight to get up the hills but the struggle is real people…
#captioncompetition
"From Val Di Sole elite cyclocross world cup…welcome to the GCN show!"
It's odd that the Jordan ebike is described as looking every inch like a F1 car on wheels. Aren't F1 cars on wheels normally?
Is the 'uploader' a hack or a bodge….??
Caption competition: Take a selfie because Dan won’t remember my name.
Go Hank Go!
Dan's Grecian 2000 habit is starting to ring alarm bells.
Tickling my fancy is the only exercise that I get.
Udder cream may not be as durable as other kinds of chamois cream. But it is very smoothing and antiseptic. So it is good if you already have schafing chafing.
#caption I wonder how long that quadbike has been stuck up there?
Have heard the cattle deepheat also works. Udder cream should work too I would think too
The only bike you need is the next bike you're planning to get 🙂
In Canada, "slushy roads" are roads that were covered in snow, but it warms up and the snow begins to melt, but not fully. Kind of like riding on bumpy soft ice. Not just "wet".
I have used Udder Cream for 15-20 years after a fellow cyclist on Bike Across Kansas told me to get some at a small town pharmacy- since I had forgot my expensive cycling version.
13:36 I'm not an F1 fan, but I'd always assumed that F1 race cars came "on wheels". If not, perhaps this cover technology will trickle down to the bike industry, removing not only the tolling resistance of tyres but also the weight and aerodynamic drag of the wheels themselves. Or has the UCI already banned after watching Back to the Future?
Dooring, or as I've known it winning the door prize, isn't fun. As for what we need and what we want. It all depends on the depth of my pockets. The industry will tell you you need the top of the line bike and heavily branded gear. I need to enjoy my rides and enjoy NOT wasting my money.
Haven't used Utter Cream, but I will swear by Bag Balm as a salve. Might have to try it as a chamois cream.
I drive a Mercedes, and they have had something called Exit Warning Assist for years. The fact that this is going on Fords is just bringing the technology to more people. It doesn't replace actually paying attention, but it for sure won't hurt.
Here in the US, since the 80s many folks used udder cream or a similar product called bag balm for chamois cream.. its solid!
Instead of Udder Cream use Dubbin to leather your butt up! Does a pukka leather chamois the world of good too!😂
I made up my own bottom cream and I've used it for years with great success. I put it in a plastic jar with "ArseWipe" written on it. An ex partner of mine still calls it ArseWipe and she still uses it.
Caption comp: Back to back…to back winners!
Dodging cars and trucks which are totally unaware of your presence sounds like the norm to me.