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Forum: Road Cycling
02-05-23, 05:15 PM
Replies: 389
Views: 65,611
Posted By timtak

Sounds like me.I think if I were to be followed...

Sounds like me.I think if I were to be followed by a drone the footage would show that I am aero for a similar amount of time.

The goofy glasses, stem, aero position are what I aim for and I want...
Forum: Road Cycling
02-05-23, 05:26 AM
Replies: 389
Views: 65,611
Posted By timtak

If I get rich I may buy one. While frame...

If I get rich I may buy one. While frame aerodynamics make only a few percent of difference, I bet it feels great to ride. And, according a page that was showing Nairoman's Ultimate, "Professional...
Forum: Road Cycling
02-05-23, 02:29 AM
Replies: 389
Views: 65,611
Posted By timtak

I don’t suppose I could afford either but I am...

I don’t suppose I could afford either but I am guessing the Ultimate is even more expensive than the Endurace (c. 3500USD it seems).
Forum: Road Cycling
02-04-23, 11:34 PM
Replies: 389
Views: 65,611
Posted By timtak

In order to remain fit and slim, I think it helps...

In order to remain fit and slim, I think it helps to reduce frontal surface area, by keeping your back fairly level to the ground (requiring, if you wear spectacles, goofy glasses, or a craned up...
Forum: Road Cycling
02-04-23, 07:35 PM
Replies: 389
Views: 65,611
Posted By timtak

I doubt is a coincidence that people have put...

I doubt is a coincidence that people have put vinegar and lemon on raw vegetables, but if you use hydrogen peroxide as a salad dressing (or a peloton bike when you are cycling alone) you are doing it...
Forum: Road Cycling
02-04-23, 05:43 AM
Replies: 389
Views: 65,611
Posted By timtak

They also have greater height and more greater...

They also have greater height and more greater use of pace-lines neither of which are available to me.


The pros and the petri dish have the data, but I don't need data to know that I would...
Forum: Road Cycling
02-03-23, 04:11 PM
Replies: 389
Views: 65,611
Posted By timtak

I am trying to argue against the evolutionary...

I am trying to argue against the evolutionary model.

I am not sure how disinfectant strengths are measured (mg per kg to kill all X in Y time?) (paper...
Forum: Road Cycling
02-03-23, 02:41 PM
Replies: 389
Views: 65,611
Posted By timtak

I am sorry. Old people deserve respect. I...

I am sorry. Old people deserve respect.

I think that road bike cycling may have become popular in France because it allowed small French guys (the bigger ones died in the Napoleonic Wars) to beat...
Forum: Road Cycling
02-03-23, 06:03 AM
Replies: 389
Views: 65,611
Posted By timtak

I am not sure why you'd want to kill old threads....

I am not sure why you'd want to kill old threads. Old threads are old because they have information that remains relevant, I think. But if you want to kill a thread perhaps saying "genejockey" three...
Forum: Road Cycling
02-02-23, 03:07 PM
Replies: 389
Views: 65,611
Posted By timtak

You know me. You can call me Mr. Takemoto, or...

You know me. You can call me Mr. Takemoto, or Prof Takemoto if you prefer! (I still rather Tim).


Ah. Well spotted. Yes, I do tuck my elbows and get my back low. While the sphinx is possibly the...
Forum: Road Cycling
02-02-23, 06:10 AM
Replies: 389
Views: 65,611
Posted By timtak

You assume rightly. I ride on smooth, Japanese,...

You assume rightly. I ride on smooth, Japanese, empty, wide country roads, mainly.

That said, cars overtake, and from time to time there is traffic. I use the tops (sphinx) when there aren't many...
Forum: Road Cycling
02-01-23, 04:22 PM
Replies: 389
Views: 65,611
Posted By timtak

Well, I agree, but some don't. I found...

Well, I agree, but some don't.


I found that these literal companies did not make prescription inserts that go up higher than ordinary glasses.

(In general, I think that literal companies...
Forum: Road Cycling
01-31-23, 08:06 PM
Replies: 389
Views: 65,611
Posted By timtak

I am still rocking the visor (and lenses) which...

I am still rocking the visor (and lenses) which is now yellow as remains my cycling wear.

I don't ride as low as I did so often, partly because I prefer the sphinx position, except when I need to...
Forum: Road Cycling
06-04-17, 04:13 PM
Replies: 389
Views: 65,611
Posted By timtak

Thank you. Ta. By way of thanks, a song by one...

Thank you. Ta.
By way of thanks, a song by one of my role models with goofy glasses.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9m7tPikH0UA

I am going to have to keep the goofy glasses for rides with...
Forum: Road Cycling
06-03-17, 10:47 PM
Replies: 389
Views: 65,611
Posted By timtak

I eventually did as @wphamilton...

I eventually did as @wphamilton (http://www.bikeforums.net/members/wphamilton-227213.html) suggested, and got a helmet with a visor really cheap from aliexpress (it was half price when I purchased it...
Forum: Road Cycling
05-29-16, 05:39 PM
Replies: 389
Views: 65,611
Posted By timtak

I am thinking of applying some sort of anti...

I am thinking of applying some sort of anti fogging or water repellent treatment such as Rain-X, Aquapel, or an anti-fogger such as "Moon Dog"(?), or household products such as conditioning shampoo,...
Forum: Road Cycling
05-28-16, 05:21 AM
Replies: 389
Views: 65,611
Posted By timtak

I am getting on a bit so I don't think I'll...

I am getting on a bit so I don't think I'll bother but if I needed -6 or so I might be more inclined to consider the Lasic (is it?) surgery recommended earlier in the thread. It is about 2000 USD...
Forum: Road Cycling
05-27-16, 12:20 PM
Replies: 389
Views: 65,611
Posted By timtak

Oh, then I guess I just got lucky. My...

Oh, then I guess I just got lucky. My prescription is -3.5 -2.5 and even in the usual CR -39 or whatever the cheapest material is, the distortion was not too bad.
Forum: Road Cycling
05-26-16, 12:30 AM
Replies: 389
Views: 65,611
Posted By timtak

Alas I can't afford a recumbent but this video...

Alas I can't afford a recumbent but this video was top of the hits for climbing recumbent
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vpzmTN6SuI
And would allow me to ditch the glasses. The next paragraph is...
Forum: Road Cycling
05-25-16, 06:48 PM
Replies: 389
Views: 65,611
Posted By timtak

What is a Walmart bike...

What is a Walmart bike (http://www.walmart.com/search/?query=road%20bike)?

Apples are cheap and they are not UCI legal either. UCI legality is not a necessary condition of being cheap.

But,...
Forum: Road Cycling
05-25-16, 02:18 AM
Replies: 389
Views: 65,611
Posted By timtak

People go to shops and are sold the symbols - in...

People go to shops and are sold the symbols - in this case brands - that are used by the pros, based upon the general understand that the proz know best, so we should emulate both their riding style...
Forum: Road Cycling
05-24-16, 11:03 PM
Replies: 389
Views: 65,611
Posted By timtak

Thank you. I use my drops most of the time. I...

Thank you. I use my drops most of the time. I can't quite bend my forearms to horizontal without going negative :-), but I am often pretty flat. The other solo cyclists around me seem to be riding...
Forum: Road Cycling
05-24-16, 09:42 PM
Replies: 389
Views: 65,611
Posted By timtak

But alas the outer lens does not correct my...

But alas the outer lens does not correct my myopia and the inserts never come up to the top, as far as I know. They tend to be expensive too.



Good idea! If possible (I am already using most...
Forum: Road Cycling
05-24-16, 01:25 PM
Replies: 389
Views: 65,611
Posted By timtak

I go for a fun run once a year but I am still...

I go for a fun run once a year but I am still over 40, 41 something and got a little slower this year. I don't run at all. I could probably improve my running and cycling times if I did this and that...
Forum: Road Cycling
05-24-16, 09:39 AM
Replies: 389
Views: 65,611
Posted By timtak

I don't feel I suffer on the uphills, where I...

I don't feel I suffer on the uphills, where I use my drops out of the saddle often, but perhaps I do "suffer" on the down hills due to the low front end, but then I don't like going more than about...
Forum: Road Cycling
05-24-16, 06:12 AM
Replies: 389
Views: 65,611
Posted By timtak

I am an old nerd, and am happy to be 6th, in the...

I am an old nerd, and am happy to be 6th, in the top 10% this year (and 3rd overall). I am not saying that lancing your road bike will make you Lance Armstrong but, it helped this nerd lose weight....
Forum: Road Cycling
05-23-16, 04:15 PM
Replies: 389
Views: 65,611
Posted By timtak

I may just do that. They are cheap from...

I may just do that. They are cheap from aliexpress now.
1pc Amazing Lazy Creative Periscope Horizontal Reading TV Sit View Glasses On Bed Lie Down Bed Prism Spectacles The Lazy Glasses-in Reading...
Forum: Road Cycling
05-23-16, 12:19 AM
Replies: 389
Views: 65,611
Posted By timtak

I am suggesting merely that people ride who ride...

I am suggesting merely that people ride who ride in traffic, ride in with their head and upper body in something similar to your position, with their hands further apart covering their brake ...
Forum: Road Cycling
05-22-16, 10:44 AM
Replies: 389
Views: 65,611
Posted By timtak

I am probably slower than this cool girl:...

I am probably slower than this cool girl: Heathpack. Each to his or her own but my ride works well for me, and for that reason, I recommend it to others.

One thing is, I do not have the empty...
Forum: Road Cycling
05-22-16, 09:25 AM
Replies: 389
Views: 65,611
Posted By timtak

I am probably slower than this cool girl:...

I am probably slower than this cool girl: Heathpack. Each to his or her own but my ride works well for me, and for that reason, I recommend it to others.

One thing is, I do not have the empty...
Forum: Road Cycling
05-22-16, 06:09 AM
Replies: 389
Views: 65,611
Posted By timtak

I agree. Perhaps it is a result of my elevated...

I agree. Perhaps it is a result of my elevated age that I find that the getting aero helps ME more than a more, theoretically, power producing upright form. I see young guys riding by at about a 45...
Forum: Road Cycling
05-20-16, 07:12 PM
Replies: 389
Views: 65,611
Posted By timtak

You may be surprised. It makes an incredible...

You may be surprised. It makes an incredible difference if you get flat. One of the reasons my saddle is high when I realised the importance of getting flat I still had a gut.


Me too.
Forum: Road Cycling
05-19-16, 06:47 PM
Replies: 389
Views: 65,611
Posted By timtak

If you ride in the same sort of way as pros, then...

If you ride in the same sort of way as pros, then the pro fit is the way to go.


The segment was 1% downhill but, as I say in my post I rode to the top of a hill and then turned on Strava just...
Forum: Road Cycling
05-19-16, 02:36 PM
Replies: 389
Views: 65,611
Posted By timtak

If my hips rocked when I rode I would lower my...

If my hips rocked when I rode I would lower my saddle. Rather than the position of my head so much though that is important, it is the position of my torso (as horizontal as I can make it without...
Forum: Road Cycling
05-18-16, 11:44 PM
Replies: 389
Views: 65,611
Posted By timtak

What!?! This morning I rode up a local hill. I...

What!?! This morning I rode up a local hill. I turned on Strava at the top to see how far I had ridden (14km each way). There is only one Strava segment on the route. ...
Forum: Road Cycling
05-18-16, 06:41 PM
Replies: 389
Views: 65,611
Posted By timtak

Chinese Dork

Thank you m(._.)m but, I recommend my cycling position to everyone who can get into it.

I bought another pair of cycling glasses from China. The first pair was fitted with cheap polycarbonate...
Forum: Road Cycling
02-22-16, 10:09 PM
Replies: 389
Views: 65,611
Posted By timtak

I am sorry. I have added a warning in the title. ...

I am sorry. I have added a warning in the title.

Thank you.
Forum: Road Cycling
02-22-16, 08:34 PM
Replies: 389
Views: 65,611
Posted By timtak

Sorry, I meant in this instance and have edited...

Sorry, I meant in this instance and have edited that in. I have had some great advice (on the avoidance of saddle slope for instance from Campag) here and am very grateful for it.
Forum: Road Cycling
02-22-16, 08:07 PM
Replies: 389
Views: 65,611
Posted By timtak

Yes. I think that self-speech creates our sense...

Yes. I think that self-speech creates our sense of time and identity. To bring this back to road bike cycling, however, I can recommend chanting while riding your road bike.

When I road bike...
Forum: Road Cycling
02-19-16, 04:45 PM
Replies: 389
Views: 65,611
Posted By timtak

I had to look up "lush" (despite being British)...

I had to look up "lush" (despite being British) but you are right about that
"To prepare for a race there is nothing better than a good pheasant, some champagne and a woman." - Jacques Anquetil. He...
Forum: Road Cycling
02-19-16, 07:13 AM
Replies: 389
Views: 65,611
Posted By timtak

No one matches anyone. But there may be others...

No one matches anyone. But there may be others who are a bit like me that may enjoy, to some extent, my joy, and my glasses.

I am a 50 year old, at my 20 year old weight, that cycles faster than...
Forum: Road Cycling
02-19-16, 12:32 AM
Replies: 389
Views: 65,611
Posted By timtak

I think that if you point your toes you involve...

I think that if you point your toes you involve your calf muscles. My hero is Jacques Anquetil, five times winner of the Tour de France (on drugs, mind), who was also previously a runner, and cycled...
Forum: Road Cycling
02-18-16, 11:37 PM
Replies: 389
Views: 65,611
Posted By timtak

Thank you very much. I now do Karate stretching...

Thank you very much. I now do Karate stretching twice a week and I am in my drops all the time, but I will have a look at those exercises because I do want to improve my posture.
Sitting floor.......
Forum: Road Cycling
02-18-16, 10:51 PM
Replies: 389
Views: 65,611
Posted By timtak

I did try it. I found that I was pedalling with...

I did try it. I found that I was pedalling with my buttocks. It was an interesting sensation but I went back to my ex-runners tippy-toe style.

Incidentally, have my annual 10k run this Sunday and...
Forum: Road Cycling
02-18-16, 08:48 PM
Replies: 389
Views: 65,611
Posted By timtak

Thank you for your advice but that is just my...

Thank you for your advice but that is just my style. I am pedalling backwards in the video (so that I don't move out of frame) but when pedalling forwards I think I am ankling, moving my foot from...
Forum: Road Cycling
02-18-16, 08:24 PM
Replies: 389
Views: 65,611
Posted By timtak

That line is at about 4:50 in this video. ...

That line is at about 4:50 in this video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfh3P0Rx8Gc
It is vaguely amusing but pretty lame. Boys humour for adult men.

My glasses on the other hand turn men...
Forum: Road Cycling
02-17-16, 10:24 PM
Replies: 389
Views: 65,611
Posted By timtak

　without any difficulty. I don't have a stand so ...

　without any difficulty. I don't have a stand so
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zzp3_mbyc24
looks precarious but these days I spend most of my time in the drops. Perhaps I will get someone to...
Forum: Road Cycling
02-17-16, 05:17 PM
Replies: 389
Views: 65,611
Posted By timtak

Thank you, but if I were to wear any other...

Thank you, but if I were to wear any other glasses (other than the goofy ones pictured above) under the helmet visor you recommend I would be looking at, or over the top of their frames.

If there...
Forum: Road Cycling
02-17-16, 07:48 AM
Replies: 389
Views: 65,611
Posted By timtak

Thank you. Japan does, imho have a good health...

Thank you. Japan does, imho have a good health care system. I am going to look into laser therapy.
Forum: Road Cycling
02-17-16, 07:35 AM
Replies: 389
Views: 65,611
Posted By timtak

How much is laser correction? I fear it is...

How much is laser correction? I fear it is expensive where I am. I think it is also painful. But thanks for the suggestion.
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