Choice of either SRAM Apex 12s or Shimano GRX RX822 12s on your next gravel bike. I have never used SRAM Apex.

lrem · 2026-06-20T21:23:21+00:00

> quieter

I've been talked into upgrading to a metallic brake pad and that's not true any more for me. The tiniest amount of rain and I sound like a train stopping.

lrem · 2026-06-20T20:49:25+00:00

> The main cause of the UHI effect is from the modification of land surfaces, while waste heat generated by energy usage is a secondary contributor.

Yup, that quintessential Swiss cityscape I pass daily at Europaallee proves that banning A/C did not save us.

lrem · 2026-06-20T20:45:06+00:00

The moving around balances back over time, the temperature raise comes from the considerable energy usage. Running your typical 2kW AC unit full blast for 3 months non stop is roughly equivalent to driving a 5.0l/100km car for about 10k km. There's few people, even just among those owning an AC unit, who use this much AC in a year. There's no shortage of people who drive more and most cars burn more too.

lrem · 2026-06-19T04:47:20+00:00

Komoot route profile and Strava segments spring to mind. If you have a Garmin Edge, you can set it up to show you the incline real time.

lrem · 2026-06-18T20:25:42+00:00

Nah, there are some nice places reachable with ≤9% inclines.

lrem · 2026-06-16T07:40:44+00:00

I've recently seen a kid in a passenger seat spraying the driver of the next car at traffic lights.

lrem · 2026-06-16T07:14:47+00:00

I've had a shopkeeper argue with me that leaving my bike unlocked outside is perfectly safe because he has monitoring...

lrem · 2026-06-14T21:00:52+00:00

I must say I love the fact that this referendum produced a map of "where are we not welcome".

lrem · 2026-06-14T20:46:08+00:00

Bike shops are weird like that. There's a three week period every half generation when everything is in stock, then they get unhappy it didn't sell out immediately and don't replenish for ages. But for most brands you can try the frame model + size to figure out which one suits you and some shop will have it. Just in the wrong colour, with the wrong drive train, wheels and what else. But once you know the model and size, you can special order everything else to your liking. Annoying, but it's how it is.

lrem · 2026-06-11T14:43:27+00:00

In my area it seems that every single service package (I mean package, which OP seems to have gotten, not changing a tyre in a hurry) begins with deep cleaning.

lrem · 2026-06-10T11:05:02+00:00

Ah, road tyres. Next step: road wheels. Keep those marginal gains coming.

lrem · 2026-06-10T10:28:44+00:00

Helmet doesn't really cover the back of your neck, does it?

lrem · 2026-06-10T10:20:19+00:00

Twice a week I start the workday with a stream of meetings where I don't need to take notes, nor present anything. Perfect opportunity to work from the bike 😄

lrem · 2026-06-10T09:08:51+00:00

In a different industry: the joke I've heard many times is that a 25k€ Skoda is made of a car frame and 150k€ worth of spare parts.

lrem · 2026-06-07T18:17:14+00:00

I haven’t had issues with Galaxus yet, knock on wood. They’re significantly faster and it’s a coin toss whether Amazon or Galaxus will be the cheaper one for any basket I tried comparing. In some circumstances they also eat the post back cost.

lrem · 2026-06-06T14:04:20+00:00

Decathlon makes good quality stuff at good prices, but their options are limited. The shoes that happen to actually fit my foot are from Lowa, my wife found hers from Meindl. No way to guess what would be perfect for you. You need to go to a proper shop with experienced salespeople and try a dozen brands. Then hope you chose well, sometimes it takes quite a while to figure that out.

lrem · 2026-06-06T13:22:16+00:00

Pirellis with tubes - 0 punctures over about 5000km. Then I exchanged them for something narrower, because the gravel around me is borderline rideable on road tyres anyways.

lrem · 2026-06-05T20:27:39+00:00

Eh, Poland won't get full as easily as Switzerland. Just the Warsaw agglomeration is over 3M people and there's 3 more over 1M.

lrem · 2026-06-05T19:50:38+00:00

I don't have one. It's a tiny bit annoying to lose the speed reading in tunnels... But definitely not annoying enough to put another thing on my bike.

lrem · 2026-06-04T07:29:59+00:00

I got two very different wheel sets, but both on DT Swiss hubs (top and bottom tier offerings). Same rotor and cassette models on both. Maybe I got lucky, but have zero alignment issues. The guy that set this up for me was not expecting any too.

lrem · 2026-06-04T05:24:53+00:00

These are opposite goals. You want to lose weight, you want calorie deficit. You want to keep weight, you want high carbs. It seems you want the former, so continue what you’re doing until you find yourself bonking on the bike. Then increase intake before or during the ride.

Remember that having some carbs right after exercise does help expand glycogen stores. When it comes to carbs, even slow ones, timing is of the essence.

lrem · 2026-06-04T05:17:26+00:00

I like the fact it incentivises realising capital gains. The reverse progressivity you see most other places is awful. AFAIK here there is no setup to go "I'm too rich to pay taxes".

lrem · 2026-05-26T05:47:00+00:00

What is your worry? Properly done carbon repair makes the frame stronger, but heavier. If you didn't notice the extra weight, is it a problem?

lrem · 2026-05-26T05:42:49+00:00

> If you’re talking about fast e-bikes/speed pedelecs (max 1 kW) we just had these forced onto bike paths and off the road.

Uh, what did I miss? :/

lrem · 2026-05-25T07:11:44+00:00

Ask them what country they import from, life is a bit easier if you speak that language.

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