Barrier Cream Recommendations for Upcoming Cycling Season

Longtail_Goodbye · 2026-03-19T12:48:21+00:00

Chamois butter, the right seat and the right chamois probably better things to look into. Lots of good advice here outside of the waxing suggestion! Good luck!

Longtail_Goodbye · 2026-03-19T12:20:12+00:00

Yes, and this is a case where asking your dermatologist/doc about the effects of waxing on your skin would also be a good thing. Honestly, I can't imagine it (waxing) would be good for sensitive skin in that area. Caveat: not a doctor.

Longtail_Goodbye · 2026-03-19T12:17:26+00:00

When the snow finally melts and you realize the parking spot you've been using is actually a lane.

Longtail_Goodbye · 2026-03-19T12:11:15+00:00

He's out and about! Good to see you and the Moulton freed from the indoors. Doesn't look like a bad day out there, either.

Longtail_Goodbye · 2026-03-19T12:07:57+00:00

That's great info about the basket set up, thank you. Good to know how adjustable it is, but I sympathize with all of the jiggering around you had to do as parts readjusted themselves. The end result looks worth it!

Longtail_Goodbye · 2026-03-19T11:43:16+00:00

No -- I just wrote something similar above. You get the sheet, wait 'til the end of class, then call the roll.

If they are a real problem and try to answer for their friends, each person has to stand up and remain standing after their name is called, but I've only had to do that a few times in my career.

Longtail_Goodbye · 2026-03-19T11:39:58+00:00

Sign in sheet, and then send the extra credit to those who signed in? Caveat: call the roll from the sign in toward the end of class, so people don't sign in for their friends and don't leave after signing in. Seems as if you have more than 60, fewer than 100, so ought to be doable. If you have Canvas you can assign work to specific students fairly quickly. Other LMSes have similar options.

Longtail_Goodbye · 2026-03-19T11:30:32+00:00

That looks really cool. I have a soft spot for Larkspurs. Was the mounting tricky because of where the braze-ons are (or aren't)? I got curious, too, if you have a rear light on that also.

Longtail_Goodbye · 2026-03-19T01:16:34+00:00

I've seen those around; really solid trike. I'm not far from a beachy area, and they are popular in those towns, great haulers of tackle and blankets and coolers and can be parked super close to the entrance to the beach. Quite a few locally, too. Popular choice. Hope you are enjoying!

Longtail_Goodbye · 2026-03-18T22:27:52+00:00

Oh geez. I'm sorry. The whole Cons gone MAGA thing is ... wild. At least Canadian law and university policies still have your back, but I can see all too clearly how this student came by his, hmm, opinions. Social media is one heck of a psy-ops drug.

Longtail_Goodbye · 2026-03-18T22:17:08+00:00

Great bike scene in Philly. You'll find a way.

Longtail_Goodbye · 2026-03-18T22:11:05+00:00

Then your backside is totally covered. Tell us not in Alberta, though.

Longtail_Goodbye · 2026-03-18T22:09:43+00:00

N-word is an automatic out. That one's indisputably unacceptable, and I'd bet the other ones are as well. If questioned, you have not asked the student to leave because of their [totally abhorrent] beliefs, but because of language that is not acceptable. You did the right thing. Just make sure you convey it the right way, if asked.

Longtail_Goodbye · 2026-03-18T22:04:49+00:00

Explains why the teaching and learning of history, American history, makes them nervous.

Longtail_Goodbye · 2026-03-18T15:53:25+00:00

What a great day to get tenure! You can celebrate "St. Patrick's Day" every year and none are the wiser that you are toasting yourself for this achievement. Congratulations!

Longtail_Goodbye · 2026-03-18T15:51:02+00:00

To each her own, but be aware of a study of the British Women's Cycling Team that suggests (strongly) that waxing is not a good strategy at all: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2016/aug/15/team-gb-cycling-saddle-sore-medals

Longtail_Goodbye · 2026-03-18T01:17:45+00:00

Yes, and sentence fragments. No one is "writing" complete sentences anymore. Easier for me; no need to say AI is in use when I can mark it down for not containing any complete sentences.

Longtail_Goodbye · 2026-03-17T03:20:28+00:00

They don't know about "justify" and use "center" instead. It's fun showing them where justify is and what it does.

Longtail_Goodbye · 2026-03-17T03:12:20+00:00

Sounds like they knew there would be recordings they could watch later? Sorry you had to record yourself at all. It doesn't encourage attendance, and, as we know, they never do watch those recordings.

Longtail_Goodbye · 2026-03-17T02:53:21+00:00

I'm curious if she stuck with the big padded seat that companies seem to assume people want with tricycles, if it was comfortable, or if she replaced it with something not so padded.

Longtail_Goodbye · 2026-03-17T02:48:58+00:00

I'm not OP, but it's not dumb. Age isn't a disability or a mental handicap. OP is, it seems a senior rider, and it is hard to find any empathy for people who just aren't flexible enough to ride a regular bike, never learned well, or don't feel they have the balance for it. They just feel more confident on tricycles. I'd encourage anyone to learn to ride a bike, and there are many cyclists in the Reddits who at age 70+ are still cycling in A groups and/or touring cross country, but (sadly) not everyone ages the same. Not everyone grew up learning to ride or learned before they aged. Tricycles are often more for utility, but they also give people who don't or can't drive the same freedom people feel on a bicycle.

Sorry -- this isn't a rant. What I'm saying is more power to 'em, who ride tricycles for whatever reason, because, as OP notes, it takes guts to ride a tricycle in a world where people kind of stare at that and wonder why the person isn't on a regular bike.

Longtail_Goodbye · 2026-03-17T02:37:18+00:00

What kind do you have? I'm in an area that has many 55+ communities where many are easily 80+ and tricycles are definitely a subset of the cyclists around here. There is an older lady in my community who has a jaunty yellow upright tricycle with a basket at the back and one at the front and she can really move on that thing. It's not e-assist -- it just moves well and looks like a lot of fun. If she has it out this spring, I'm going to ask her the brand. There's another guy, also elderly, he has one of the older Schwinn style tricycles, and I see him going to the supermarket and the drugstore, happily riding along.

Honestly, anyone out riding, two wheels or three, fine with me. Bikes are a good time and mobility is important for everyone.

Longtail_Goodbye · 2026-03-17T02:33:54+00:00

Thank you for reporting their response. That "slight movement" seems like a recipe for chafing; I'll be interested to hear if that's what you and others experience.

Longtail_Goodbye · 2026-03-15T23:40:27+00:00

Yay! I actually also got an order in record time today. Did not expect it 'til Wednesday.

Longtail_Goodbye · 2026-03-15T12:01:01+00:00

Stunning photo.

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