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Emily’s “hello” works so well because she has a lovely voice. Tone matters. Actually the same can be said for bells. I like the Spurcycle
its the 21st century - plastic prescription 'glasses' have been around for 50yrs
Prescription glasses are rarely, if ever, glass anymore and haven't been for decades.
I would argue that decent polycarbonate prescription glasses would be more robust against flying stones/bees/ small birds... than cheap cycling sunglasses.
I used to wear mineral lenses Vuarnet and Serengeti glasses but in the late 1990's I saw a VHS promo made by Ryder to compare polycarbonate vs mineral lenses in case of an impact. Never again 😂
There's always a debate between basic plastic vs. polycarbonate. In very abrasive environments, plastic may be a preferred choice over polycarbonate if you're worried about scratches. Consider safety glasses from a home improvement store if money is an issue.
You can get cycling glasses with a prescription insert
This is why gravel bikes are so good. Loads of them have rack mounts so it can be your weekend road bike with your mates then mount your rack and panniers and suddenly it's your holiday touring bike
Yes, and i use an ortlieb quick rack which uses little mounting points and can be detached in a minute. I use it with their gravel bags and a half sized frame pack. I can travel with a tent, sleeping and cooking equipment , food and some luxury items like a comfy jacket.
The general consensus is that electric cars are lower emissions even if the electricity is dirty. The turbines in modern power plants are a lot more efficient than internal combustion engines and have better pollution mitigation systems.
A lot of the ethical concerns with the batteries in EVs have to do with cobalt mining in the DRC. This is what I think you are referencing. This is an issue and it may be solved with newer battery chemistries, but as of 2024, the majority of cobalt production is used in the catalytic converters for petrol cars.
Most of the "electric cars aren't cleaner" stuff is flat out oil industry funded disinformation.
Very very few people get prescription glasses with glass lenses. Most are polycarbonate.
Totally agree with Francis on the usefulness of noisy free hubs. I totally gave up on bells on shared use paths many years ago for the same reasons. Gradually slowing down with a noisy free hubs is much less 'aggressive'. I also find the same on roads when approaching horse riders. Horses don't like sudden noises and sometimes riders don't hear bells due to wind direction etc. A noisy free hub gradually builds up until both horse and rider hear it plus the rider can tell you are slowing down too.
I use a Restrap saddle bag, 7 litres, on my road bike for commuting. The holster design lets me easily take the inner bag off the bike for loading and unloading. It’s waterproof, doesn.t need frame mounts (which my bike doesn’t have), stable when pedaling out of the saddle because the 7 litre version isn’t too long and it’s not especially heavy. Works for me. I would love a Tailfin but it’s probably a bit too big for my needs.
always love this segment
Yes, loud free hub as a bell, that’s what I have and it’s perfect!
I understand "trunk bag" to be a bag of the type that one would carry on a rear rack, hence neither a pannier nor a seat bag.
I wear cycling specific glasses with a prescription RX insert. I prefer these as it allows me to swap the glasses lenses depending on the lighting conditions of the day. Whereas companies like Oakley now have the prescription directly on the glasses lenses, which means it is less adaptable and more expensive as you'll need multiple lenses with the prescription to be able to swap out. Also more expensive to replace lenses if damaged. So, I wish there were more insert options from companies.
Bells - use a Timber bell. A lot less aggressive. Or alternatively, a Hornit if you want to be really aggressive. A 140db of aggression...
Definetely had the "where is your bell?" reaction before while not even asking people to move out of the way in any form.
Oakley prescription sunglasses optics are superb, especially if they're polarzed
I was gifted a gorgeous Spurcycle bell. It has a wonderfully sustained 'PING'. However, it doesn't seem to work. People either A) don't hear it and get shirty about you not having a bell. B) DO hear it and startle or take it as if i'm demanding GET OUT MY WAY or C) reach for thier pocket as it sounds too much like the iPhone message notification.
RE: EV. If your options were petrol-fueled car or EV with electricity from a petrol-fueled power plant, you would get nearly twice the miles per gallon. Car engines are rarely running at optimal efficiency whereas power plants are almost alway running at peak efficiency. That, combined with re-gen braking and the fact that EV's don't idle. They are better. Not perfect, but better.
Emily and the boys - Some diesels can be run on canola / rapeseed oil or treated waste oil from deep fryers (renewable resources). It doesn't mean that they don't pollute though. In the mid 90s you could request a VW TDI taxi in Stockholm with it if you wanted.
Yellow lens glasses are bae.
100% with Francis about the noisy freehubs. There is no win with people, but the noise helps to get them move with less agressivity
British-made *EyePod* glasses with corrective inner lenses and multiple shades are a bargain at ~$100. Considering I also use them for mountain hiking and sea kayaking in addition to cycling, they are one of my best, most value-for-the-money purchases.
Never thought about that "clicky freehub" advantage. I had the same thing happen. I gave a pleasant "Good Morning" in good time from behind to a couple walking in the middle of the road and receieved "You should have a bell!"
I wear Bollie SILIUM+ safety glasses. Cost me around £11-13 each and i couldnt be happier. They are definitely worth checking out if you are after a cheap set of glasses for cycling. Bollie do assorted styles as well if you dont want wrap-arounds but wrap-arounds are their bread and butter as they are mainly worn on construction sites and the like.
RUSH, CONTOUR and SILIUM are the models to keep an eye on although you might like their other offerings too.
Those fog up quite bad.
@@jepulis6674 then you clearly arent riding fast enough!
The only time i've had them fog up a little is when im stopped at lights. Once i start movie they clear up pretty quickly. Ive worn my sets for multiple seasons and they are probably long due a refresh.
Ive had cycling specific Endura glasses that cost me £30-40 that used to fog up too and the difference in cost is many beers. Myself, like most people would probably prefer to have more beer.
Got the canyon grizl 7 Al, specifically not carbon. The Al version is the only one with rack mounts, a fast bike and possible to out toad wheels on to be a quite fast road bike. Bike that can do all, gravel, road, bike touring, groceries, triathlon
I have cycling specific (prescription insert) glasses (big ones, Hans Anders makes them, DSM uses them) but I still get watery eyes, but not as bad as with smaller glasses. For me they help, but sadly don't solve the problem. They still are great though, keeps stuff from flying into my eyes, which is why everyone should use some form of eye protection when cycling, IMO.
And yes, like other people commented, there is not a spec of glass on those things, it is all plastics.
Any chance of including maps of routes / areas you use while testing bikes as from northeast and always looking out new locations Thanks.
Just another comment to say that when I was listening to the comment about 'trunk bags' my immediate thought was of something like the Topeak MTX Beam Rack which is sort of part way between a saddle bag and full panniers, much like the Tailfin. Trunk Bags that can be fitted to these can also be fitted to the top of compatible panniers. One of these products is what I assumed the enquirer was asking about and why they aren't more popular. Possibly they are seen more as commuting products?
Good episode
I feel like the big reason for the explosion of bikepacking bags is that they enabled anyone with a bicycle to go touring. Because they fit pretty much every single bike.
They are also much easier to produce properly than waterproof panniers. There is a reason why there are only a handful of makers of panniers and hundreds of bikepacking bag manufacturers. Which adds a bit of individuality as well. There are some gorgeous colour coordinated bikepacking setups from specialty makers.
They have some aero advantages as well, as CyclingAbout has shown, but the main thing is that most of the people in the UK and US have road- and mountain bikes. Which historically do not have all the necessary mounts for racks and panniers.
On the European mainland those types of bicycles are much more common and you will see more people riding with racks and panniers.
A well thought out bikepacking setup does look pretty cool though.
I myself run a 17L Restrap rando bag, 4+6L Ortlieb fork packs, a custom 5L frame bag from TimTas and a 23L Carradice Super-C saddlebag. Pretty much all of them are quick-release as well so I get the best of both worlds.
My big fancy sunglasses sure help with keeping my eyes happy while I’m commuting, while not fogging like non cycling ones do most of the time. All bets are off when it’s negative silly and I’m wearing a balaclava.
On electric cars and bikes. The carbon trace is larger when utilisation is considered. Disasembing of batteries etc. What scares me however are possible selfinflammations (for the lack of the better word, not being a native speaker) If this is in the house or even block of flats. Damages and casualties may be horrible but still limited. More and more ebikes are terrain ready, and people do what they always used to. Go in the woods, forests, etc. And that is not the worst. This cells are practically impossible to be put out since, while burning, they emit oxygen... BTW great show.
Lithium Iron Phosphate batteries are becoming more prevalent, are much less likely to burn, and do not use rare elements such as Cobalt.
Not all prescription or cycling glasses are the same. I had a pair that, rather than protect my eyes, actually encouraged air through a narrow gap adjacent to my nose. Moderate speed made my eyes feel like I was out in a howling gale.
Here in Mexico I've seen people with loud hubs and really doesn't work at all. Bells kinda work and in some parts, weirdly, some people react better if you loudly whistle at them with kinda of a tune. The later is the one I mainly use but a fair point it's that sometimes you're kinda out of air of with dry mouth so it's harder to do
For panniers, it's not only the weight penalty from the setup panniers + bags, they are also spacey. So you are incentivised to put a lot of (heavy) stuff into them, whereas you instinctively try to reduce baggage with saddle bags. Less is more.
I would agree less is more but your assumption about panniers encouraging people to over pack is an over generalisation. I use mini panniers 4 - 8 liter plus a small top of rack bag. If I am carrying camping gear 10 liter panniers are fine and allow you to carry the bare essentials conveniently. Yes, there are larger sized panniers in gne 20 -25 liter size. Like anything, making the right choice is important. I choose small so there is no incentive to pack a lot. They are light, compact, have low center of gravity and good accessibility. I fit all of what is needed into the panniers and nothing more. Contrast this with the typical bikepacking set up. There is not enough space to pack all you need so we see ridiculous sized saddle packs, and the need for frame bags and large handlebar bags. And everything is compressed to hell because the bags are not big enough for all the essentials you need to take with you. And it is so ackward to find things and get things out of them. I have handlebars free of bags and weight and a bike set up that looks so smart compared to the messy, overloaded look of bikepacking set up when used in practice.
My prescription are not glass. But for wind protection I got prescription lenses for my Oakley's - eye waveringly expensive, but would never go back.
Take a look at the Ortieb quick rack. Relatively cheap, and just is good (if not better) as the tailfin stuff.
They hate you for the bell, and they hate you for not having a bell and calling them is the same "Why don't you use your bell?" 100% here in Germany, my VERY loud Giant CRX1 free hub on my Revolt X Advanced Pro 1 solved the problem too, even if I hate loud free hubs.
I require reading glasses for reading my garmin GPS map. I use bolle safety specs with 2x bi focal lens. Pretty cheap and great when not sunny.
If (when?) you had to, you could get bifocals tweaked so the reading distance is for your gps/handlebar distance.
Problem is UK energy is about 37% of the total output. Even if you choose renewable energy for your car or house, someone will be pushed off it, ratio stays the same…
You can't get cheap prescription cycling glasses, I have some and they are NOT cheap!
+1 on the decent sunglasses with contact lenses. I have had burnt eyes from crappy sunglasses, and never with Oakleys. More expensive, but better. Other decent ones are available (Ryder are good). On one of the other topics, I agree with Francis on bells. I hate them.
Loud freehubs are the worst things which happend to cycling
If you’re hearing the freehub, you’re not pedaling.
Idk about ass rockets but Tailfin stuff is absolutely marvelous. This is not equipment stitched together on a whim to make a fast buck... Tailfin equipment is highly thought-out to be as functional, innovative, and convenient as possible and intended to make a statement. I'm quite impressed with this company. It's refreshing to see that level of passion and competence together.
Can't say how it is in the UK but here in Canada RX glasses are not made of glass anymore and haven't been for a while now. That's not to say you can't get glass but it's really hard to find a clinic that will sell them.
Siroko makes some super fair priced once
I'm with you franko, clicky freehub is the way forward for passing!
I use a bell that sounds like an old cash register. I find when cycling by the water, a bell with a single tone can sound like something from a boat so people don't hear it. Also with the cash register bell, it hits many notes and with an older population here, there are people who can't hear some notes very well. Once I kept ringing my bell and finally had to use my voice and they said I should have a bell. I rang it and said they didn't hear it. Once i rang it, he recognised that he had heard it but wasn't paying attention. Oh well.
Another one is if I say 'passing on your left' they hear left and move left.
Anyone have any recommendations for prescription cycling glasses? I've found a bunch online, but it's hard to find anything about them.
The bell hands down, not cool, but highly effective
I got lasik as I got more seriously into my hobbies. Best money I’ve ever spent.
We have 2 EVs and solar panels on a green tariff. They are brilliant and save us a fortune. Been driving electric for around 8 years and the development in technology has been exponential and they are making massive strides in recycling and repurposing old drive batteries. There are significant moves afoot to ditch things like cobalt and even move to solid state batteries. They are great to drive and I've never run out of charge anywhere. That includes 8 years ago when my then car only did 80 miles and there were only a hand full of chargers
When I hear him talking about environment with an iPad in his hands, dude... :D
cobalt is the issue over lithium
So true with the freehub, always polite and ring bell and people either tut or complain you haven't rung your bell when you have, also people with head/earphones and you have to shout loudly to get their attention, drives me nuts
Prescription glasses are not glass. They’re polycarbonate, a type plastic that is a much higher quality than cycling glasses. The current battery operated electric cars may be nice to drive but not overall a cleaner technology.
If you value your eyes, don’t wear ‘glass’ glasses and check the impact rating on any polycarbonate ones. When you see how likes of Oakley, Bolle and 3M test their safety and sports glasses and the ratings they are made to, you realise why they cost more. A trip to a trade hardware store (Screwfix or ToolZone etc in UK) and you can pick up decent branded safety glasses, suitable for cycling, with clear or tints for under £25 ( because safety products are VAT free)
20 years ago I had a very lucky escape in a TLI race crash, the allegedly ‘cycling glasses’ shattered in to my eye. I wouldn’t be so lucky a second time
Regarding electric cars, yes they're the future for cars, but right now it cause at least the same amount of harm for the environment than their internal combustion counterparts.
The benefits for the environment of an EV starts after a 100 000km, considering the huge amount of ressources and energy needed to produce them. Then there is the electricity ton run them, which is not always green. And finally, recycling : a normal car is mostly metal, and quite easy to recycle. A huge battery isn't yet. So good in theory, but the technology isn't there yet.
Carradice saddle bags and bagman frame do not require any mounting brackets do not swing about and come in many sizes. Also made in England.
They also now have a bagman for the handlebars now
I'm a big fan of Carradice too - nicely made, built to last... in the UK.
I'm not comfortable wearing contact lenses, so I've been riding for years with my normal glasses (or prescription sunglasses depending on the weather) and I've hardly ever experienced misty eyes, even in cold winter (I also commute with my bike).
A friend of mine told me that I could get prescription cycling glasses especially made for me, but my sight changing every couple years, and me being far from a pro cyclist, I don't think the investment is worth it.
The green energy tariffs are a con. The grid supplies the energy the tariffs are just ways to pay for it and has no bearing on how much green energy is actually used.
Not as good as the tail fin but the aeroe rack looks good. Not as pricey too.
Huh. I wear prescription glasses, but I’ve never felt like I needed cycling-specific ones.
I even descend at 30-40mph for 20min at a time frequently, including in winter. And I have allergies, like Jimmy.
But Francis is mistaken. Most prescription lenses are made out of some sort of plastic, not glass.
Never had a problem with a bell in France. In my experience no one hears my free hub!
I want my freehub to sound like an angry swarm of bees 😅
Bells are a polite and considerate way to alert people of your presence. The sound of your freehub is no substitute. And shouting at people that you will be passing on their right or left side as you reach tnem? Is that nice or giving them sufficient warning? Bells are the accepted way. They are cheap, effective and the right way to alert people. They cause no offence and can be heard at sufficient distance for people to be made aware of your presence and step out the way without feeling shocked or at risk of being run over by you.
fyi, the "glass" in glasses is most often plastic. Glass is only used for cheap models/quality.
Absolutely not real mineral glasses are way more expensive there's no cheap sunglasses or corrective lenses made of "real glass"
I have mineral lens Raybans, Vuarnet & Serengeti they are very high end; you pay a premium for mineral glass...
I hv a bell and a noisy free hub.. ... and a whistle on trails.... 😊
What a guy who does global tours uses a waterproof rucksack strapped down with ski straps? This I believe he says is a compromise between pas which do tend to wobble on rough and off tarmac areas, but do actually hold more for a long journey luxury and what you can take with you.
Electric cars, even if its fossil fuel powered, the pollution is made outside of populated areas in extremely efficient power stations, instead of literally in your house (garage).
Depending on the battery tech, the problem can be Cobalt.
Second issue with electric cars, they start to offset all the greenhouse gases that were emitted to produce them after 7 or 8 years of usage.
Third issue with electric cars, considering that a petrol car has 20 Kg of Copper in it, an electric car has 80 Kg of Copper in it. That wouldn't be a problem if the planet had infinite Copper mines, BUT the big problem is that we are currently at Peak Copper mining. Question : How do your replace 1.2 to 1.4 billion personal petrol vehicules with electric ones IF you can't produce 3 extra times the Copper needed ??? Furthermore, the Solar Panel industry wants to replace the Silver used in them by Copper - because of the high price of Silver, guess that won't help solve that problem ... And finally, in many countries we have a huge deficit in housing, and everybody knows that electricity in houses is carried by ... Copper wires, of course ...
So if you want to bet that we will replace all the personal petrol vehicules by electric ones, you have all the infos needed to make a winning bet !
Finally, the recycling of Copper is already a solved thing and going strong, so gains on that front would be minimal only, not enough.
No bell, talk to people and use the hub to.
The cycling glasses DO NOT FIT ME!!!! I have very long eye-lashes and I can not blink ... Wayfarers !!!! w/ amber lens !!!
Word of the day: arschrakete/ass rocket. 😅❤
Noisy freehub and contaminated brake pads get everyone's attention straight away!
hear me out, carbon fibre pannier. im heading to kickstarter
oh i see you tailfin.
Cobalt
Arschrakete = ass rocket
Does cycling attract bums, homeless, and unemployed? Why do we call everything expensive and we can't afford shit?
What planet is Emily from where solar panels can recharge your EV and regular car batteries are comparable to EV batteries?
Why the f are you talking about cars?
Electric cars are absolutely overrated even if the energy source is 100% renewable. This is because the carbon footprint of the manufacturing process is multiple times dirtier than the production and ownership of a similar internal combustion powered car, mainly due to the batteries and electronics. They have to be driven for much longer than 6 years to even break even. Then you have the fact that batteries generally start losing efficiency and there is no safe way to recycle them, causing even more damage to the environment when scrapped. It is all just marketing hype!! Toyota has done studies to show why. Its all to do with the entire process from production to demise. I'm writing this as a former car motoring journalist who switched to motorcycles for more efficiency then ultimately quit my job and cycle exclusively. Cycling is bar none the most efficient means of transport. Everything else is marketing hype.
Your data is very bad.
@@GreenCurryiykyk I'm sorry, you have convinced me with your facts.