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Forum: Fitting Your Bike
04-09-24, 03:15 PM
Replies: 48
Views: 2,008
Posted By timtak

I cured my cycling knee pain by strengthening my...

I cured my cycling knee pain by strengthening my hip rotators (piriformis, gemelli, glutes). I think that if you can't control femoral rotation at the hip, your spiral muscles shown in the diagram -...
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
04-03-24, 07:38 PM
Replies: 99
Views: 18,420
Posted By timtak

Yes. I have returned about 3 or four things over...

Yes. I have returned about 3 or four things over the years. On one or two occasions I was asked to pay half, for some pedals that were a bit iffy (but one of them was okay). I was given a full refund...
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
04-02-24, 10:53 PM
Replies: 99
Views: 18,420
Posted By timtak

I am not aware of an alternative. I am not very...

I am not aware of an alternative. I am not very interested in brands and in large part place my trust in the sellers (and the aliexpress refund policy) but sometimes the bike stuff on sale from China...
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
04-02-24, 08:41 PM
Replies: 99
Views: 18,420
Posted By timtak

I thought it was a real KMC chain. The packaging...

I thought it was a real KMC chain. The packaging looked real based upon my analysis of the packaging of real KMC chains earlier in this thread.
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
04-02-24, 06:52 PM
Replies: 99
Views: 18,420
Posted By timtak

The chain was 1/3 of the price of the bike shop...

The chain was 1/3 of the price of the bike shop chain. I bought two and wasted 20 USD. The gloves, inner tubes, tyres, wheels, cassettes, chain rings and bikes that I have purchased online from...
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
03-28-24, 04:48 PM
Replies: 99
Views: 18,420
Posted By timtak

Yes, you are right. I bought a fake Shimano chain...

Yes, you are right. I bought a fake Shimano chain too, as mentioned further up the thread. The fakes tend to not last at all long and may be wrecking the cassette and chainring.

Even the KMC chain...
Forum: Bicycle Mechanics
03-26-24, 11:47 PM
Replies: 99
Views: 18,420
Posted By timtak

There is a great YouTube video explaining both...

There is a great YouTube video explaining both packaging (printing) and chain construction differences between fake and genuine KMC chains here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbRpChuBfmY&t=410s
...
Forum: Road Cycling
02-15-24, 02:46 AM
Replies: 223
Views: 43,374
Posted By timtak

I love Paul Jensen's carbon frame repair. I...

I love Paul Jensen's carbon frame repair.

I found and stopped a creak.

While they rarely creak themselves (a bike mechanic once told me), carbon bicycle frames have a tendency to amplify creaks...
Forum: Road Cycling
12-31-23, 12:19 AM
Replies: 223
Views: 43,374
Posted By timtak

I changed my rear cassette (rather than attempt...

I changed my rear cassette (rather than attempt to replace the cogs that were worn - about three of them were jumping). Maybe one day soon AI will be able to tell us which cogs need replacing. I am...
Forum: Hybrid Bicycles
12-28-23, 09:19 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 16,827
Posted By timtak

I am with you, maybe. ...

I am with you, maybe.
https://live.staticflickr.com/4850/31553541127_d7d0a963c1_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/Q5h9ta)
Sofa Bars (https://flic.kr/p/Q5h9ta) by Timothy Takemoto...
Forum: Hybrid Bicycles
12-28-23, 05:41 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 16,827
Posted By timtak

I just bought a Cannondale Quick 4 as my bike for...

I just bought a Cannondale Quick 4 as my bike for commuting on days with snow. It was only about 110 USD second hand. I did not notice that the fork is carbon, but indeed it is. As HazeT says the...
Forum: Road Cycling
07-07-23, 12:38 AM
Replies: 223
Views: 43,374
Posted By timtak

I thought I'd try stronger buckles on the new...

I thought I'd try stronger buckles on the new shoes I purchased above, but before doing so, I tried them on my R300 (the next rank up), which are a bit to small for me. I ground sown the race next to...
Forum: Road Cycling
06-24-23, 12:51 AM
Replies: 223
Views: 43,374
Posted By timtak

I wish I were better at mending spokes/wheels. ...

I wish I were better at mending spokes/wheels.

I sewed a leatherette patch onto the right thigh of my cycling shorts.

I think that somewhere on these forums there is an image from John Cobb's...
Forum: Road Cycling
06-15-23, 02:42 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 8,288
Posted By timtak

I had forgotten but I had in fact replaced a full...

I had forgotten but I had in fact replaced a full set of SPD-SL cleat nuts with claw-nuts in the past
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52977240651_21828b6c36.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2oHqcWT)...
Forum: Road Cycling
06-15-23, 02:33 AM
Replies: 223
Views: 43,374
Posted By timtak

I got some more Shimano Road Bike shoes of the...

I got some more Shimano Road Bike shoes of the SH-R133 variety. They don't have super high friction catstongue material in the heel, and they may have a little more stack height than the R200s (which...
Forum: Road Cycling
06-04-23, 08:09 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,485
Posted By timtak

I find that if you put replaceable rubber heels...

I find that if you put replaceable rubber heels on Shimano's (https://www.bikeforums.net/20060688-post66.html) using a claw or T-nut and reglue the sole to the uppers every now and again then you can...
Forum: Road Cycling
06-04-23, 07:29 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 8,288
Posted By timtak

Dan, Me too! Except I called them "claw nuts"...

Dan,
Me too!
Except I called them "claw nuts" (I am in Japan so here they are called something else in Japanese).
I did not use the shoe glue but will in future. So far I have only done it to...
Forum: Road Cycling
05-29-23, 07:23 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 8,288
Posted By timtak

MTB shoes are less than half the price of road...

MTB shoes are less than half the price of road shoes on auction here in Japan. There are some MTB Sidi's going for about 25USD in my size. I have replaced the screw things by using claw nuts and...
Forum: Road Cycling
05-20-23, 04:12 AM
Replies: 192
Views: 21,707
Posted By timtak

Greater communication leads to greater...

Greater communication leads to greater cooperation, and in this case, a pace line of guys in riding positions which only allow them to ride the front of the line for a few minutes but it doesn't...
Forum: Road Cycling
05-19-23, 07:01 PM
Replies: 192
Views: 21,707
Posted By timtak

I ride about 3 hours a day with my back pretty...

I ride about 3 hours a day with my back pretty level or more level than this lady.


It seems to me that the chest to the wind style of riding toe down, but without a timtaked stem, only became...
Forum: Road Cycling
05-17-23, 04:18 PM
Replies: 192
Views: 21,707
Posted By timtak

If he were not very flexible then using the drops...

If he were not very flexible then using the drops would have resulted in a mask of pain and determination but I think that it is the fact that he is putting pedal to metal that results in that face...
Forum: Road Cycling
05-15-23, 05:32 AM
Replies: 192
Views: 21,707
Posted By timtak

What I find, and have found, strange for quite a...

What I find, and have found, strange for quite a long time (20 years) is why there is so much...
Forum: Road Cycling
05-08-23, 06:14 AM
Replies: 192
Views: 21,707
Posted By timtak

Why ever not? Thank you. You...

Why ever not?



Thank you. You understand me. I am not sure why others did not. I did not mention "pulling up" but wrote
Forum: Road Cycling
05-05-23, 05:19 AM
Replies: 192
Views: 21,707
Posted By timtak

I am sorry I gave the impression that I pull up...

I am sorry I gave the impression that I pull up on the cleat. I meant to say that I am pulling, at times in a plane parallel to my shoe soles using the cleat,
...
Forum: Road Cycling
05-04-23, 05:06 PM
Replies: 192
Views: 21,707
Posted By timtak

Another thing I am finding about pedalling from...

Another thing I am finding about pedalling from the back seat is that I can use cheaper cycling shoes.

I usually use carbon soled shoes made by Shimano or Sidi. They can be had second hand for...
Forum: Road Cycling
04-19-23, 01:01 AM
Replies: 192
Views: 21,707
Posted By timtak

I am not all that sure about the trend either,...

I am not all that sure about the trend either, and I am sure that "all pros" are NOT using the more forward offset, sprint-like, time-trial-like, quad-centred, "toe down" (with provisos) style. Tom,...
Forum: Road Cycling
04-18-23, 05:36 AM
Replies: 192
Views: 21,707
Posted By timtak

I have heard others, such as Carbonfibreboy opine...

I have heard others, such as Carbonfibreboy opine in a similar way but perhaps we, or at least I am wrong.

At least we can agree, I think, that as per the Hogg article you quote, thank you, that...
Forum: Road Cycling
04-17-23, 04:35 PM
Replies: 192
Views: 21,707
Posted By timtak

I would not go so far as to say "ridiculous," but...

I would not go so far as to say "ridiculous," but overall I agree with all that you say, including that there is a "general" tendency for the style of successful riders to influence the way that...
Forum: Road Cycling
04-17-23, 02:55 PM
Replies: 192
Views: 21,707
Posted By timtak

I am arguing that one of the factors in the...

I am arguing that one of the factors in the change in pedalling style is

The increased viewership of the grand tours, not only by people on the roadside, not only by television broadcasts, but by...
Forum: Road Cycling
04-17-23, 06:13 AM
Replies: 192
Views: 21,707
Posted By timtak

I am new to ankling having done it only for the...

I am new to ankling having done it only for the past few days but it is going well.

Schwin's book says "ankling is the trademark of the good cyclist." This is clearly not true bearing in mind that...
Forum: Road Cycling
04-14-23, 09:17 PM
Replies: 192
Views: 21,707
Posted By timtak

I think that is the intelligent way to do it,...

I think that is the intelligent way to do it, with finesse, by (I presume) changing the angle of your foot to shin to an acute angle in the first push part of the pedal stroke.

Having pedalled toe...
Forum: Road Cycling
04-09-23, 07:16 PM
Replies: 192
Views: 21,707
Posted By timtak

I used to ride like you Terry, for a long time....

I used to ride like you Terry, for a long time. It was okay. I found that if I made my stem very long, and use short (spinacci size) aero bars I could also get my torso out of the wind / reduce my...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
04-09-23, 07:11 PM
Replies: 1,258
Views: 54,549
Posted By timtak

Jeff Neese Thanks for letting us know that...

Jeff Neese
Thanks for letting us know that bikes have not been getting much faster since the mid nighties. I am still loving my early 2000s carbon bikes (Trek Madone 10 speed, Look KG385). The...
Forum: Road Cycling
03-29-23, 05:49 AM
Replies: 192
Views: 21,707
Posted By timtak

Leave it to nature? So, why bother having a forum...

Leave it to nature? So, why bother having a forum at all :-)? I jest.

I don't know about "cycling excellence." However, er, it seems to me that there is more than one way to pedal.

I did it the...
Forum: Road Cycling
03-28-23, 07:50 PM
Replies: 192
Views: 21,707
Posted By timtak

I would not call this old-school (my word?)...

I would not call this old-school (my word?) "bunched up at the back" "French style" "pedalling in circles" "dropping my heels" myself, because I find my heels do not drop below the horizontal but
1)...
Forum: Road Cycling
03-28-23, 06:02 AM
Replies: 192
Views: 21,707
Posted By timtak

merlinextraligh You may be right but, I...

merlinextraligh

You may be right but, I still think that Cavendish uses his upper body to pull as well as push with his legs, more than most sprinters.

Try getting out of your saddle in the...
Forum: Road Cycling
03-27-23, 09:55 PM
Replies: 192
Views: 21,707
Posted By timtak

Great video. Thanks. I did not mean to...

Great video. Thanks.

I did not mean to suggest that one pulls on both sides of the bars simultaneously but as you say, alternately.

But in the video Cavendish only mentions "bringing the bike...
Forum: Road Cycling
03-27-23, 06:54 PM
Replies: 192
Views: 21,707
Posted By timtak

Yes. I have read that debunking. And I was...

Yes. I have read that debunking. And I was persuaded and stomped for about 20 years.
However, what I am finding now is that using my glutes in the way described (placing the top of ones femur on the...
Forum: Road Cycling
03-26-23, 09:20 PM
Replies: 192
Views: 21,707
Posted By timtak

That study is about sprint cycling. It seems...

That study is about sprint cycling.

It seems to me that sprint cycling is close to what the professional races have turned into: a sprint relay. The peloton and even pace lines create a situation...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
03-24-23, 04:51 PM
Replies: 1,258
Views: 54,549
Posted By timtak

Shimano Road Cleats at 20 USD a pair from...

Shimano Road Cleats at 20 USD a pair from amazon.com (or jp)
https://www.amazon.com/SHIMANO-Cleats-SPD-SL-SM-SH10-SM-SH12/dp/B000NONWIK...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
03-24-23, 06:21 AM
Replies: 204
Views: 6,992
Posted By timtak

Would it be okay to say then that we are both...

Would it be okay to say then that we are both being subjective? I am fine with that (rather than my being a 1970's magazine reader, or speaking complete shyte)

I wonder why our experience is...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
03-23-23, 09:54 PM
Replies: 204
Views: 6,992
Posted By timtak

I am not allowed to edit posts any more always...

I am not allowed to edit posts any more always getting that error (arseError: syntax error, unexpected string content "", expecting "-" or identifier or variable or number in ..../editpost.php(205) :...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
03-23-23, 09:26 PM
Replies: 204
Views: 6,992
Posted By timtak

I can appreciate the theory. It seems plausible...

I can appreciate the theory. It seems plausible as a theory. It doesn't match my experience though. It seems that I always get flats when I haven't pumped my tires, and rarely when they are rock...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
03-23-23, 09:20 PM
Replies: 1,258
Views: 54,549
Posted By timtak

Most of the things that I think may be a waste of...

Most of the things that I think may be a waste of money, I have not actually purchased because I can't afford them.

I do have some Arsuxeo shirts. The pockets are a bit small or loose but the fit...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
03-23-23, 08:42 PM
Replies: 204
Views: 6,992
Posted By timtak

I tried to correct the typo "software" to...

I tried to correct the typo "software" to "softer" four times but each time I press save I am shown a black page with
ParseError: syntax error, unexpected string content "", expecting "-" or...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
03-23-23, 08:34 PM
Replies: 204
Views: 6,992
Posted By timtak

I have not read any (paper) cycling magazines,...

I have not read any (paper) cycling magazines, and have no idea bout rolling resistance, but I feel pretty sure that higher pressures lead to fewer flats, from my solitary subjective experience.
...
Forum: Electric Bikes
03-22-23, 04:02 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,450
Posted By timtak

I think they will be okay. Good luck. ...

I think they will be okay. Good luck.


Good luck with the car too.
I will let you know if I try out my welder.
Forum: Road Cycling
03-21-23, 11:04 PM
Replies: 192
Views: 21,707
Posted By timtak

Unfortunately it seems that the free version of...

Unfortunately it seems that the free version of Strava does not allow me to compare my times any more in the free version and I don't think I want to pay. For the time being I can only say that...
Forum: Electric Bikes
03-21-23, 07:56 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,450
Posted By timtak

I think you are right that it will probably be...

I think you are right that it will probably be 18650s inside. And I think that they will be okay if charged.So if you can dismantle the battery and put the individual 18650s in a 18650 charger then...
Forum: Electric Bikes
03-21-23, 01:19 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,450
Posted By timtak

The charger may not attempt to charge if the...

The charger may not attempt to charge if the voltage is too low. So connect up some other charger or batter very briefly to try and increase the voltage to a level that your charger will recognise. I...
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