Another flat today

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While others are basking in the glory of their lap victories, I had my share of back to back - flats.   I was able to replace the broken Vittoria tire with old edition of Continental.  However I got another flat at Mambog today.  And my plan to scale climbs vanished.  I saw Sec Noe again.  However, there was a vulanizing shop nearby and had the flat repaired for P30.00.  No need to walk 10 km.

Am awaiting my Chao Yang tires order from an electronic pllatform

How to ride 30 kph (or even faster)

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1.  Ride with the wind

2.  Select flat route or downhill

3.  Ride with a group (suck a wheel)

4.  Make your bike aero 

5.  Make yourself smaller

6.  Improve fitness  hiit, attack a climb

7.  Fuel/nutrition

8.  Pacing

9.  Less braking

Two Belgian net two podium medal at Paris 2024 mens cycling Time Trial

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Remco Evennopoel got the gold at men's TT event at Paris 2024, 33+  relative flat course. with 36:12 time, followed by Filipo Ganno + 15" and third is Wout Van Aert, another Belgian  +  25 "

Congratulations.   

Top 3 for men's TT

My pics from other fb post - Tagaytay City ride yesterday October 22, 2017

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October 23, 2017

From fb posts of Al Alegre

                               Mga supervisors sa pag ayos ng
                               flat ni Al after 1:48 lunch at
                               Silang  Jollibee.

                                  Helping Al with his flat

                             Nagsnacks at Petron Daang Hari
                             after sweating it out from Tagaytay
                             city and ascents at Daang Hari

                              Assembly at INC

One of our companions was hounded by flats and mechanical trouble in our ride to Manay

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Rizal Philippines.   June  30  2014

                  Idol supervising Engr June as he fixes his flat

One of our fellow Recyclists Engr June had 3 flats plus a skewer that would not lock properly.   But is part of the challenge, and sometimes when you have mechanical problems they come to you in in a bundle (that is to test your mettle and perseverance.)

Boy am I lucky that it did not happen to me.  In one of our rides to Atimonan, I had three flats:   one in Cardona, early on, and two in Cavinti. I would have just preferred to ride in the van.  But I did not.

                           Jerry K had a flat some 5 km form here and he had a chance to have Kysirium wheelset as his repair wheel.  

Several challenges during the ride to Tagaytay today, January 19 2014

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Angono, Rizal Philippines   | January 19, 2014

                                   Edgar crashed while avoiding an MTB at Amadeo highway

Several challenges (difficulties were with us today) on a our ride to and from Tagaytay.  They were minor though:

1. a  Ados chain broke on the way up through the Amadeo highway.  Fortunately, he knows how to repair the link.  However, he and VM did not have the chain remover/tool.   I had.  So solved.  He connected the chain anew at the Petron station in  Tagaytay

b.  He had a flat tire in Daang Hari, and we had to supervise him and eat while he was repairing his flat.

2.  Edgar crashed while avoiding a HS MTB, he suddenly crossed his path on the way down Amadeo highway.  Fortunately it was minor scratch on his shoulder, legs and just bruised ego.

We arrived home late from Lemery ride because of Eddie Pama's flat

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For the Lemery ride - October 27, 2013

 "Ayaw tumigas ang goma dahil maikli ang T, then nabaluktot...."Eddie P hard at work repairing the flat. Notice the time.  We were at the intersection at 3 pm

We were arrived home from the Lemery ride yesterday not because of the distance but because of the flats.

We had two cases of flats (actually 3 - I was the third victim):  Ernie and Eddie.  Ernie had flat at the Seaoil gasoline station on the way to Lemery;  but Eddie had a flat at the corner or Daang Hari and Molino.  And there at least 3 tries to get the flat fixed.  It must have taken an hour to get the flat fixed right.  The inflation would not get hard the first time:   the interior was pinched.  The second time, the Presta valve was bent, and it was only on the third time that VM lent an inerior with 60 mm valve the flat fix was right.

I had my flat on the way to highway 2000 after our last stop at around 645.  I ran into a deep road joint and must have made a snake bike hole on my interior.  I did not fix it anymore and I rode with the Suzuki carry call driven by Nanding.  Edgard had cramps at the last stop at Bicutan and decided to ride the service vehicle