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Thanks, maybe next time. For now, I'm sticking with Rock N Roll lube. As for cooking chains in the kitchen, we just finished a wife-driven kitchen remodel. No one wants to see a headline like "Local woman poisons husband for cooking bike chains in her new kitchen".

Yes, checked that before posting but found no advice about new chains with factory grease. Sent them an email. I'll share what they say.

Thanks! What degreaser do you use?

Before replacing the SRAM Eagle GX 12-speed chain on my Specialized Vado SL 1, thought I'd better get some help with the factory grease controversy. Little help from forum search. Q1. Should I strip the factory grease off the new chain before lubing — specifically with Rock N Roll Gold? SRAM...

Guessing he was blinded coming out of the tunnel on the 1st crash. On the 2nd, he lost grip before hitting the wall — maybe something on the road, maybe just too hot into the curve? In any case, kudos for the way he rode the top of that wall, stopping maybe a meter short of the end of the...

Since I wanted to fix the sticking rear piston problem AND improve stopping power at the same time, I pretty much had to change the calipers — and specifically to ones with ceramic pistons. (Mechanic said that steel pistons are more prone to caking with dust, as mine were doing.) But due to all...

I really like this tactic. Some of the offenders would think twice if they thought there was a real chance of getting caught.

Well, Tadej did it again! Good to see Yates back from his illness to help halfway up Alpe D'Huez. Again, very impressive rides by Carapaz and Pedersen. Tadej's always a class act, but I wish he'd at least pretend to look tired after stages like this. Hurts to even look at tomorrow's profile.

Guess I'm kind of a control freak when it comes to my bike. For one thing, after 20+ years of retirement and 42 years of marriage, it's one of the few things I'm still in charge of! ;^} So, much prefer your approach to that of Specialized's Smart Control — which I have on my Vado SL 1 but have...

Same here, but with rides like that last one, I think you're regaining a lot more youth than I am.

Gorgeous route! How many miles did this change of plans add to the ride? One of the beauties of ebiking: If you have the time and battery, the marginal cost of tacking on another 5-10 miles is pretty small. But since your rides tend to be 4-5 times longer than mine, that's like adding 25-50 mi...

If they gave a gold jersey for most entertaining, Mads would have been wearing it since Stage 2. He announced that he'll be retiring after this year's Danish national championship, which he rode with similar gusto last year. He'll be sorely missed.

Great ride by Carapaz! His one-two punch at ~3 km out sealed the win. Sure hope Tadej and Isaac don't catch the bug going around UAE. Are they obligated to stay in the same hotel as their teammates? Quite a dilemna facing UAE now. If Isaac gets sick, how much help will Tadej really have on the...

Why do they never talk about Lidl-Trek's Skjelmose? He's finished in the top 10 GC in every stage, now 6th. He also led the Stage 16 ITT for a while. And I recall similar performances in other big races. So maybe not a flashy winner, but a consistent high-level performer.

Ah, now it makes sense! ;^}

Remaining stage profiles, TdF 2026: Stage 18, "flat" Stage 19, "mountain", 1st climb of Alpe D'Huez Stage 20, "mountain", 2nd climb of Alpe D'Huez Stage 21, "flat", ending with 3 laps over Montmartre before the finish on the Champs-Elysees

Huh?

That could be part of the motivation behind the most draconian law recently proposed in CA. But I don't think it has much support in the legislature. All CA ebike bills recently passed have kept to the vision that a legal ebike, as defined by statute, can use public infrastructure without state...

The best hope is that other states looking to tighten their ebike/emoto/scooter laws will learn something from NJ's mistakes here. Maybe they'll even have a licensing and registration apparatus in place before those requirements go into effect. OK, OK, I didn't say much of a hope. But CA can't...

444 ft/mi is TdF-level climbing. Now all you need to do is to keep it up for another 5 mi, all after a fast 100 mi dash.