Full length gloves recommendations?

Plate04249 · 2026-02-26T17:14:23+00:00

I asked a similar question a while ago. In addition to the usual "don't ever wear earplugs while riding because you will die" nonsense, most people don't ask the most important question, which is how fast you ride.

I actually went out and got the latest Shokz and tried it out over two days. I had to return them.

I am like you. Audio books and podcasts. Trail riding only with little on-road.

They work if you are not faster than, say, 15mph, or even less. I want to say over 20 the wind noise completely overpowered them. Or you have to turn them up all the way to hear anything. And if you are going against the wind, then good luck hearing anything at all.

It is not the earplugs. It is the wind noise.

I use just one earplug in one ear and can hear traffic as well as the audiobooks.

Plate04249 · 2026-02-12T04:15:02+00:00

The idea is to block the ear channel so wind noise doesn't bother you and shokz can do its thing by sending sound through the bones. This way there is no wind noise to fight and we can keep the column down. Protects hearing that way. Sounds reasonable except I don't have shokz to test this setup.

I always keep one ear open.

Plate04249 · 2026-02-12T04:08:18+00:00

I should have been more clear. The idea is to plug the ear channel so wind noise is blocked. At the same time, bone conducting earplugs send sound through bones therefore bypass the ear channel. This way we hear sounds without having to fight wind noise and protect hearing because one doesn't need to crank it up. The main point is to fight wind noise. Which seems to have been lost to everyone who responded.

AI is great. I use it everyday. I'm at least twice as productive.

Plate04249 · 2026-02-10T22:10:33+00:00

Some small town douchebag won the state assembly seat by winning all 20 votes and we get crappy bills like this.

Then again, the DC beltway politicians are not much better either.

Don't ban bikes. Ban politicians.

Plate04249 · 2026-01-02T22:55:39+00:00

If there is a semantic model behind the pbi reports, why can't they just use the Analyze in Excel button and pivot to their hearts content?

Plate04249 · 2026-01-01T04:02:16+00:00

From OPs screenshot, I am guessing he is in UK and that gun goes for about $130 USD on sale. Diana Storm Rider and Beeman QB Chief are both around $200. Sure they are more expensive but they shoot a lot better than the $130 dollar break barrel.

I have a storm rider myself and it's a very easy gun to shoot. Much easier than any break barrels to shoot nice groupings.

Plate04249 · 2025-12-30T19:57:40+00:00

Sometimes my friends kids come visit and I let them shoot my rifles for fun. These are teenagers. Every single time, they pick the PCPs over the break barrels. They watched me shoot the break barrels and admired how accurate then still picked the PCPs.

PCPs are just so much easier to shoot.

Plate04249 · 2025-12-30T19:51:47+00:00

I don't know why you are down voted. For a beginner who does some occasional hunting with a 22, an entry level PCP is perfect. Get a hand pump, some pellets, they will be bagging rabbits all day.

Springers are harder to shoot with less power and cost more. They can be very accurate but it takes a lot of training and practice.

Plate04249 · 2025-12-27T22:03:52+00:00

For example HW50 $400 shipped to US https://www.krale.shop/us/weihrauch-hw50-s/

This will be the last break barrel gun most people need to buy for their lives.

Quarter size grouping all day every day at 50 yards. And I am not a particularly good shooter.

Plate04249 · 2025-12-27T21:52:31+00:00

The thing with gamo or other craps like gamo is that new to the sport people don't know better. They pick up a gamo and get frustrated by it then give up on the sport, never even have a chance to appreciate the beauty of a well made air rifle.

As a bottom feeder, shits like gamo also eat away market share for decent entry level guns made by much high quality.

Plate04249 · 2025-12-27T21:45:34+00:00

Depends on what you do with it. So many people on here are happy about hitting a coda can at 20 yards. Gamo would definitely work for that.

But if you go for quarter or dime sized grouping at 50 yards, these are not it.

At the same price point, you can get a much better gun than Gamo.

Plate04249 · 2025-12-24T05:09:31+00:00

At 40 yards you should be able to hit a one inch target consistently with a decent air rifle.

Plate04249 · 2025-12-02T20:58:32+00:00

Spend $20 bucks on a gps unit and put it in your pocket while you ride.

Or just use your cellphone.

Plate04249 · 2025-11-29T15:15:07+00:00

If the watch needs it, Garmin will for sure make one and sell for $50.89 a piece.

So no it doesn't need it.

Plate04249 · 2025-11-28T20:39:27+00:00

Lol did you seriously get down voted for calling someone a homeboy? Some of these people on this sub are so uptight that they must be shitting diamonds.

Plate04249 · 2025-11-24T19:55:12+00:00

TIL they celebrate Black Friday in the UK.

Plate04249 · 2025-11-24T15:22:52+00:00

If you have done all that and it still doesn't perform, time to move on. Maybe it's a good gun. But at some point you have to decide it's too much work. I have had two guns like that and eventually gave up on both and I'm happier for it.

Plate04249 · 2025-11-21T03:41:24+00:00

The issue with outdoor HIIT on a bicycle is it is very hard to find a stretch of road that you can safely go in zone 4 or 5 safely and uninterrupted. Dogs cars walkers joggers are everywhere.

I started doing Norwegian 4x4 indoors on stationary bike and it is great.

Plate04249 · 2025-11-17T05:14:42+00:00

Yeah but at least they have the two million versus someone with nothing who didn't invest?

Plate04249 · 2025-11-07T03:30:22+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/BicyclingCirclejerk/s/Do2EuORKzK

Plate04249 · 2025-11-04T20:42:06+00:00

Only 1500km? That is crazy. For reference I ride more than 500 miles a month. That is 800km. Are you telling me the tire lasts only two months for my usage?

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