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I'm about 4 kilos from where I want to be for the next Ironman distance race - in a month. I know weight is but a part of the whole concept of going fast. So I will attain that objective by actually training consistently.I stupidly twisted a knee 3 weeks back on a training ride with my club by stretching during a feed stop, something that I NEVER do. Idiot. That has been hurting my training; less

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Long time no write? Yeah, stuff happened... I moved to Belgium in Feb 2010 to live with my great Vlaams girlfriend. Quited my French job, was not successful in finding a similar job here (mostly because the stuff I did in France looks oooold compared to what design firms do here), did some work from home, did a bit of factory work, went to South Korea and now I am thinking of going back to Uni

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Where this explains that…The problems I reported, plus some other manufacturing details that I did not yet talk about, seem to come from a retooling of Crankbrother for their new pedals. They probably shifted the old tooling to another plant during said retooling to keep the supply line full.I wish I had had the time to X ray the cleats (might still do in the future) and so other tests, but I

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The "droit de réponse" is sacred, thus here is, via the one and only James Huang of Cyclingnews, the Crankie's response. But to put my suffering in perspective, this is the bike I should have ridden this weekend, but cannot, because I don't trust the pedals and cleats."Hello Gildas,Here’s the response to your blog posting (and letter) from Crank Brothers:Wow, that is strong feedback. Thanks for

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Crankbrothers has long been one of my favorite brands... But it looked like they hired someone that went a bridge too far in cost cutting. Frankly, it's fucking dangerous.The pedal has also got problems, dangerous problems, that will be the focus of a second post.Here you allready start to see the problem...Hair line crack on one cleat...You must be fucking kidding crack on the other one...

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Thanks again to Rebecca, she made these pictures possible, and took some of them.Encore merçi à Rebecca, qui à rendu ces images possibles, et en a pris une partie.Dramatic skies, a field, cobbles, rain, guys trying to make the biggest pile of beer glasses they can… Must be Koppenberg 2009.Un ciel dramatique, un champ, la pluie, des mecs qui tente d’empiler le plus de verres de bière possible…

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My GF was kind enough to go with me, on bike, 40km of bike, pre order tickets, run in the mud and make me a nice sandwich. The photos are from both of us.Ma chère fut gentille au point de venir avec moi, en vélo, 40km de vélo, pré commander les billets, courir dans boue, et me faire un bon casse dalle. Les photos sont de nous deux.Czech Pavla Havlikova was rocketing up the cobbles like nobody’s

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I have restarted my insurance claim tortureathlon. It’s really not a nice place to be in.I have lost all faith and belief in that industry. More later.J’ai repris le torturathlon de ma demande après des assurances. Ce n’est vraiment pas un endroit sympa.J’ai perdu toute croyance et espoir envers cette industrie. Plus, plus tard.

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More weight porn for those who need it... I want to make paint matte to match the fork...Plus de porno du poids pour ceux qui aiment... Je cherche comment rendre la peinture mat pour aller avec la fourche.

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Weighted an Ultegra and a 105 exo bottom bracket... Massive différence...Hehehe.J'ai pesé un boitier de pédalier Ultegra et 105 exo... Énorme différence...Hehehe.

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My main problem with previous helmets was pressure on the forehead and heat build-up. Trying this lid was a revelation. This is my third Stradivarius; they just fit me so well I have sometimes ended in the shower with one on my head.Mon principal ennui avec les casques précédent était la pression sur le front et la monté de température. Ceci est mon troisième Stradivarius; ils me vont tellement

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The google earth/GPS file.This was done with the information on the Paris Roubaix site and descriptions on the course. If you find any errors, I'll do my best to correct them.Ce parcour à été réalisé avec l'information dispo sur le site de l'organisation. Si vous trouvez des erreurs, je ferai de mon mieux pour les corriger.

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Désolé les français, mais c'est tellement zarbi ce que je raconte en anglais, que je n'arrive pas à traduire...The rest of this fine argument is here."I am no fundamentalist, I will not look down on you if a helmet is not worn, but I will cringe to think what might happen should you fall. Wear not one if you feel immortal, but don't push others to satisfy your agenda. I quote not statistics, but

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To limit the chances of ending up drooling in a wheelchair, or dead, and me taking “care” of your sobbing girlfriend (and I will “care” a lot) a bike lid is a must. But how do you cut thru the crap and choose what is right? Well, here are some pointers:Afin de réduire les chances de finir dans une chaise roulante avec un filet de bave permanent, ou mort, et de me laisser « réconforter » votre

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The insurance affair is not going well – I have been offered 600 Euros so far... At that price, it’s rather cheap to go and crash in to people in cycle lanes with a scooter.La problématique de l’assurance va mal – Ils m’ont proposé 600 euros pour le moment… A ce prix là, c’est très avantageux d’aller percuter des gens sur les pistes cyclables en scooter.

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Looking for info on how to do it without breaking the bank? Try this link at Slowtwitch.Nouveau vélo de tri?Cherchez de l'info pour le faire sans casser la banque? Essayez ce lien chez Slowtwitch.

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As our Aussy friend would say. Even if you are “only swimming” …I did this, O so typical, rookie mistake this morning. A mistake I would not do outside the pool.My planned “hero session” of two hours of intervals, 50m fast 25 slow, was cut down to 30 minutes, with a painful shoulder as a reminder of my stupidity.When you go from not being able to do two 25m lengths in a crawl, to enjoying doing

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Before I start, I must make it clear that I have nothing against them: Public transports are more than essential to life in a metropolis. But, I hate them during rush hour… And I cannot avoid them right now because I have no bike.No bike means no freedom to catch a few extra ZZZ’s in the morning, or to rush a bit to get a café croissant on the way to work, or going flat out to make up lost time.

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Since I stopped training, I seem to have no time to do anything; I’m in a permanent rush and getting sloppy with quite a few things... I have about a month’s of clothing awaiting a wash, papers to file and do, a painting half done, a lovely girl that has not seen me in a week and it goes on and on...I should have time to do all this in this down period? Right? Wrong... Training and objectives

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Swimming is basically the only thing I can do with abandon right now. But I’m still not out of the “lazy fucker with a broken leg” syndrome. Yet I wake up at 5:30am on Tuesdays to be in a pool the other side of Paris at 7:15am. Nuts. I like nuts.Right now I swim with only moderate control of limbs, I’ll rephrase that; my limbs are all over the place. Thus create drag, loads of it, like swimming

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Could be as easy as going to a friend’s bike shop saying you are poor, point to an orange bike and saying please. That time I ended with a good bike, a bike that I grew to like. But a bike with a few compromises not adapted to my use. Mostly it was too short; it would get twitchy at 55km/h in TT position, at 65 I had to shift my weight back, 75 was the limit of sanity. My old Peugeot Aubisque had

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Sports doctor.Before going to the hospital, I went to see my sports doctor. I had too many unanswered questions… I had asked hospital staff simple things about using electrodes, running, swimming and using weights. But all I could get is evasive flip flopping that left me clueless. I tried to make them understand that the level of healing needed to walking the pooch to the boulangerie to get a

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Did the final X-rays the 22nd of January, and met the “friendly” French orthopaedist. His first sentence was: “You walk without canes, you fine!” I had just lost my cane getting of the bus and was stable as finance… He then he swiped the X-rays up, pointed to something “see this is where zee bone break, its fine now, go away.” I’m standing there, a constant cramp on the side of my leg, my knee

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Head on.On a cycle path.The 4th of December 2008, coming home from work at 7.30pm.I doodling along on a cycle path by a park, this cycle path is two way and is flanked by a road that goes one way. It's the kind of place where grannies walk the dog, people go jogging, take the kids for a stroll or teenagers do stand up romance against trees. This road is limited to 30km/h. I was going at 30km/h.

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