Re: [RBW] Ride in the wind -- or not?

2019-02-18 Thread esoterica etc

Patrick,

Yes, I’m like you - I use a cheapo $10 small crockpot with a removable crock to 
heat the wax. I’ve been using Gulf Wax found in any Walmart (in the food 
section with the instant pudding and jello - go figure) I’ll have to give MSW a 
try after I use up all the paraffin I have. Thanks for the tip. 

~Mark


> On Feb 18, 2019, at 14:27, Patrick Moore  wrote:
> 
> With plain paraffin, I'd get at most 100 miles before my chains started 
> making quiet squeaking noises. This is doubled, at least, with Molten. 
> 
> Also, the nearby Albertson's stopped selling canning paraffin and it is just 
> as easy to order Molten as the plain stuff.
> 
> I know others swear by pure paraffin. It certainly does keep grit from 
> sticking to the chain.
> 
> How do you apply your paraffin? I've never used a double boiler, but I can 
> vouch for the convenience of a small, cheap crockpot (I think I paid $4.95 or 
> so at GW). I prefer models with removable ceramic pots, the easier to discard 
> used wax when it gets too dirty (I've been using the same batch for over a 
> year now; still good, as far as I can tell.)
> 
>> On Mon, Feb 18, 2019 at 11:00 AM esoterica etc  
>> wrote:
>> 
>> Patrick,
>> 
>> In what way do you feel Molten Speed Wax is better than pure paraffin wax? I 
>> started waxing my chains about six months ago and can’t say enough good 
>> things about it. I’m curious how something so great could get even better. 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> ~Mark 
>> 
>> 
>>> On Feb 18, 2019, at 13:46, Patrick Moore  wrote:
>>> 
>>> I've been using Molten Speed Wax for the last 12-18 months, after having 
>>> used paraffin and, later, various dry lubes -- forget names; Pro Link was 
>>> one.
>>> 
>>> The MSW keeps the squeaking away longer than paraffin, but keeps the 
>>> outside of the chain cleaner (important in sandy, dusty conditions). Using 
>>> a crockpot and masterlinks, re-waxing is easy.
>>> 
>>> https://moltenspeedwax.com/
>>> 
 On Mon, Feb 18, 2019 at 5:19 AM tc  wrote:
 Patrick, what dry lube do you like?
 
 Thanks,
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Re: [RBW] Ride in the wind -- or not?

2019-02-18 Thread Patrick Moore
With plain paraffin, I'd get at most 100 miles before my chains started
making quiet squeaking noises. This is doubled, at least, with Molten.

Also, the nearby Albertson's stopped selling canning paraffin and it is
just as easy to order Molten as the plain stuff.

I know others swear by pure paraffin. It certainly does keep grit from
sticking to the chain.

How do you apply your paraffin? I've never used a double boiler, but I can
vouch for the convenience of a small, cheap crockpot (I think I paid $4.95
or so at GW). I prefer models with removable ceramic pots, the easier to
discard used wax when it gets too dirty (I've been using the same batch for
over a year now; still good, as far as I can tell.)

On Mon, Feb 18, 2019 at 11:00 AM esoterica etc 
wrote:

>
> Patrick,
>
> In what way do you feel Molten Speed Wax is better than pure paraffin wax?
> I started waxing my chains about six months ago and can’t say enough good
> things about it. I’m curious how something so great could get even better.
> Thanks,
>
> ~Mark
>
>
> On Feb 18, 2019, at 13:46, Patrick Moore  wrote:
>
> I've been using Molten Speed Wax for the last 12-18 months, after having
> used paraffin and, later, various dry lubes -- forget names; Pro Link was
> one.
>
> The MSW keeps the squeaking away longer than paraffin, but keeps the
> outside of the chain cleaner (important in sandy, dusty conditions). Using
> a crockpot and masterlinks, re-waxing is easy.
>
> https://moltenspeedwax.com/
>
> On Mon, Feb 18, 2019 at 5:19 AM tc  wrote:
>
>> Patrick, what dry lube do you like?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Tom
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Re: [RBW] Ride in the wind -- or not?

2019-02-18 Thread esoterica etc

Patrick,

In what way do you feel Molten Speed Wax is better than pure paraffin wax? I 
started waxing my chains about six months ago and can’t say enough good things 
about it. I’m curious how something so great could get even better. Thanks,

~Mark 


> On Feb 18, 2019, at 13:46, Patrick Moore  wrote:
> 
> I've been using Molten Speed Wax for the last 12-18 months, after having used 
> paraffin and, later, various dry lubes -- forget names; Pro Link was one.
> 
> The MSW keeps the squeaking away longer than paraffin, but keeps the outside 
> of the chain cleaner (important in sandy, dusty conditions). Using a crockpot 
> and masterlinks, re-waxing is easy.
> 
> https://moltenspeedwax.com/
> 
>> On Mon, Feb 18, 2019 at 5:19 AM tc  wrote:
>> Patrick, what dry lube do you like?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Tom
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Re: [RBW] Ride in the wind -- or not?

2019-02-18 Thread Patrick Moore
I've been using Molten Speed Wax for the last 12-18 months, after having
used paraffin and, later, various dry lubes -- forget names; Pro Link was
one.

The MSW keeps the squeaking away longer than paraffin, but keeps the
outside of the chain cleaner (important in sandy, dusty conditions). Using
a crockpot and masterlinks, re-waxing is easy.

https://moltenspeedwax.com/

On Mon, Feb 18, 2019 at 5:19 AM tc  wrote:

> Patrick, what dry lube do you like?
>
> Thanks,
> Tom
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Re: [RBW] Ride in the wind -- or not?

2019-02-18 Thread tc
Patrick, what dry lube do you like?

Thanks,
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Re: [RBW] Ride in the wind -- or not?

2019-02-17 Thread Patrick Moore
+1. It took me a number of years riding fixed to learn (more or less) not
to fight headwinds. Windy days are actually fun it you treat them right!

I'll add a dry chain lube; at least around here, wind means dust to one
degree or another.

On Sat, Feb 16, 2019 at 10:15 PM tc  wrote:

> ...
>
> PS:  windproof outer shell, eye covering (prevents dry eyes and dirt), and
> a geometry that allows just enough tuck while still being comfortable and
> producing decent power.   That’s all I got, nothing earth-shattering.
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[RBW] Ride in the wind -- or not?

2019-02-16 Thread tc
The greenway where I ride 90% of the time seems not to follow the weather 
report to know what it’s supposed to be doing. No matter which direction I’m 
going, I’m facing a headwind. 

Just last Sunday I was thinking about how the headwinds seem to follow me like 
the smoke of a campfire. I was preturbed by it; I mean, I was working too hard 
to keep my pace!  I was having to use that (perfectly good) bend up front on my 
Wavie bar just to keep my upper body sail from slowing me down further. 

How stupid. I’d bet it was blowing no more than 12-15 mph. It was a gorgeous 
day.  Saw the first red-headed woodpeckers of the year that day, and realized 
how perfectly great the bike felt, very natural. Everything was where it needed 
to be. Why think of pace?  Really?!

I really like the Deacon’s perspective - whatever’s there, go with it, have fun!

Tom

PS:  windproof outer shell, eye covering (prevents dry eyes and dirt), and a 
geometry that allows just enough tuck while still being comfortable and 
producing decent power.   That’s all I got, nothing earth-shattering. 

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Re: [RBW] Ride in the wind -- or not?

2019-02-16 Thread Patrick Moore
I commuted for years W-E/E-W across town, from the city's low point at the
Rio Grande to within 1.5 miles of the Sandia foothills, a gradual climb of
some 7 miles along Rt 66 (total 15-16 depending on starting point -- I
moved -- and route). This was for by far the most part on fixed gears in
the 67" to 70" range. It was always frustrating that the return leg, again
7 miles downhill, was never any faster than the outbound leg; the reason
being the afternoon westerlies that blow almost all year round. Of course,
the winds only started up about noon.



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> Headwinds- I'll keep my chin up, not looking at the ground, pretending to
> go really fast.
> Tailwinds- hardly exist. In the winter I've always got headwinds on my way
> to work, and they never end up as tailwinds for the ride home. It's  the
> darndest thing, I suppose I'm affected by something akin to tidal currents.
> -Kai
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[RBW] Ride in the wind -- or not?

2019-02-16 Thread Kainalu V. -Brooklyn NY
Headwinds- I'll keep my chin up, not looking at the ground, pretending to go 
really fast. 
Tailwinds- hardly exist. In the winter I've always got headwinds on my way to 
work, and they never end up as tailwinds for the ride home. It's  the darndest 
thing, I suppose I'm affected by something akin to tidal currents.
-Kai

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[RBW] Ride in the wind -- or not?

2019-02-16 Thread 'Deacon Patrick' via RBW Owners Bunch
Ha! Well, theologically speaking, we are all elves (aveternal), so none of us 
are “mere mortals.” Grin. I don’t know if you want to exclude my response for 
other reasons, though. Still, I’m cocky enough to offer it. Grin. If it helps, 
I turned around once because of wind. Climbing Pikes Peak on the QB, I didn’t 
have a low enough gear for riding into 60mph steady winds while climbing at 
13,000. That, plus a wrong lean at the wrong time could have put me in 
Tennessee by the time I landed. Grin.

But on my regular rides, I’ve climbed and descended both with and against up to 
60mph sustained winds, though 40 sustained with gusts to 60 is more common. 
Swirling is the worst, as there is no way to know which way to lean, so I aim 
for the middle and tuck as low as I go. There is a spot notorious for strong 
swirling winds, including impressive dust devils. It can be the hardest several 
hundred yards of a ride when all comes together just right. Grin. Some rides 
there is a concern that if I don’t pedal hard enough I’ll go east whilst aiming 
west. “I aimed for Woodland Park, honey, but ended up in Limon. Can you, er, 
come get me?” Grin.

Wind is a great example of how fishnet long johns have transformed my riding. I 
used to have to choose between being too warm and boil-in-a-bag but with wind 
block, or too cold. Not now. Today’s ride was 30-38˚F with 40mph winds and a 
tasty squall blustering through. I wore fishnet long john top, medium weight 
cotton flannel shirt, scarf (I can adjust air flow as needed, but this time of 
year it generally keep it snug), and Walz ear flap cap. Warm, dry, and felt 
like a gentle summer breeze keeping me just right in a light shirt (this is how 
the fishnet long john system always feels when dialed in for a given condition, 
be it raining, snowing, calm, blowing, 50, or minus 20.

Oh, and be sure to breathe only through your nose. It eliminates that gaspy 
feeling when the wind creates a vacuum around your mouth and you can’t suck in 
air. It filters out dust and bits of tin roof, barn wood, an occational lamb or 
cockapoo that weren’t properly tied down.

What else did you ask? “What do you consider a strong wind, and where do you 
stop riding? ... What's your technique, mental as well as physical? What gear?”

Strong: above 40mph. Where do I stop riding. I suppose much over 60mph. I’ve 
walked in 100mph winds before and that is something to experience once and 
avoid thereafter. Grin. You wonder my mental technique? Seriously? (I know, I 
know, you DQ’d me. Tough. Grin.). I ride. Like there isn’t a wind. Same as a 
hill. It’s just the conditions that are between me and where I’m going, so why 
let them weigh me down by focusing on them? There are what they are. So what? 
Nothing I can do but tuck and ride and have fun because of how mind blowingly 
moronic I am. Grin. How’s that for mental technique, aye? Kind of gave away my 
physical technique too. Tuck. Elbows too, and head to stem. I relax my hips 
back, roll my back forward and I micro-stand, because if I stand more than 
that, I end up in wheat fields. Micro standing takes more arm work than full 
standing, but still allows for gravity assist via my body weight to aid the 
downstroke enough that it helps. What gear? Whatever gear I’m in. I generally 
do not change gear for the wind until significant climbing/altitude is 
involved, so 72” on the QB, 62” on the Hunqabeam (wet snow necessitates a 
downshift, powder up to 6” does not).

With abandon,
Patrick, too daft to notice the wind much anymore, doesn’t seem to matter if I 
do. Grin.

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[RBW] Ride in the wind -- or not?

2019-02-16 Thread Patrick Moore
Spring winds season beginning; winds today moderately brisk at gusts to 30;
but it's also 10* cooler than yesterday, and I was down late last night and
up early this morning for work.

Ride or not to ride? Actually, this is a discussion question. Me, I've
decided not to ride, since I'm tired -- unless I ride to church this
evening.

But the discussion: How do youse handle wind? What do you consider a strong
wind, and where do you stop riding?

I know Dn Patrick rides up glaciated mountain trails with gale-force winds
while smoking a pipe, but I mean more merely mortal (just came up with that
one!) men and mwomen.

I've ridden in 35 mph winds, back when it was warm, I was younger, and
there were multiple gears; in fact I recall one day when winds were gusting
to 45-50 and I was out on my mountain bike: the sorts of wind where you
have to stand to make progress on the flats. Now I think twice if winds
much exceed 20 -- tho' there is dirt riding in the somewhat protected
bosque. I've added middle gears, as well as cruising and bailouts, to the 2
Rivs for this year's winds.

What's your technique, mental as well as physical? What gear? Or do you
take a walk, or just doze by the fire or over your iPad? Me, I'll take a
walk in the bosque.

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