On Sunday, December 16, 2018 at 12:28:44 PM UTC-8, jbeattie wrote:
On Sunday, December 16, 2018 at 11:20:30 AM UTC-8, wrote:
On Saturday, December 15, 2018 at 3:21:32 PM UTC-8, John B. Slocomb wrote:
On Sat, 15 Dec 2018 10:26:02 -0800 (PST), wrote:

On Saturday, December 15, 2018 at 1:33:57 AM UTC-8, Oculus Lights wrote:
On Friday, November 30, 2018 at 4:55:08 AM UTC-8, Tanguy Ortolo wrote:
Hello all,

A couple of months have passed since I switched to wax for chain
lubrication. I would estimate I rode about 3,000 kilometers with my
chain (cleaning it and lubricating it four times, I think), a point at
which I usually start measuring at least some elongation.

In this case, I cannot measure any. 10 links span 254 mm ± ..3 mm, so
that is less than 1 ‰ of elongation. My chain is a good as new. As an
additional bonus, my entire drivetrain has never been that clean!

Unfortunately, when I switched to chain waxing, I also changed from
Shimano chains to a KMC 9.73 one, so I cannot assert that waxing
is good for chain wear, only that either it is, or KMC chains are very
resistant, or both.

Anyway, now I think I will soon be at the point where I will have to
replace my cassette that is starting to be a bit worn, without changing
the chain that is still as good as new!

--
Tanguy

Get your bell peppers at the farmers markets, and you pay half or less the price, and the farmer makes twice or more profit. Or Milk Pail in Mountain View, Sigona's in Redwood City, lots of places all over if you look that support the local farmers instead of big box supermarkets gouging both the farmers and the customers.

Are you suggesting that it is more economically sound to make a 50 or 60 mile round trip to pay less for vegetables? The Farmers Markets here charge perhaps 20 percent less than the supermarkets and the vegetable appear to be what the supermarkets turned down.

But, a 50 mile round trip is just a Sunday ride on a bicycle. At least
it is to a real cyclist.

cheers,

John B.

I do those three times a week. And them I'm not too good to ride with the old and slow group. I did a ride before the big fires here where I generated 340 watts for almost 10 miles. That may not be much around here but it sure as hell is a great deal more than you loud mouthed experts.

Me too, when I won the Cat 2 districts this year. Do you actually own a power meter? Also, you need to tell us how long you were holding 340 watts.. Distance doesn't tell us much. BTW, I gave that number to my son and told him it was a 74 year old recreational rider, and he said "nope," not at 180-190lbs. He looks at power data day in and day out as a job. https://stagescycling.com/us/support/

-- Jay Beattie.

I rode 10 miles. That was 4 Km warmup, 10 Km at 20-21 mph into a 20 mph headwind and then 2 Km of cooldown. I passed every other rider on a common course used by lots of fast riders.

That was about 30 minutes and there was n9o power meter. I used Steve Gribble's power calculator which works well if you have frontal area and windspeed available. And I have both.