Use an old one to ‘band’ your ankles when swimming 
Reduce. Reuse. Recycle. 
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Very true!
Nor is motor racing or any type of ‘fun’
Although I don’t have a pair of their Barrier gloves - I do have their leather ones - they get great reviews from all who test them.
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ReCycle!
Don’t just chuck your old tubes in the bin - send them to Cycle of Good and recycled into various things to help communities in Malawi.
(I just keep patching them - my on road tubes are always new. Which I then swap out for patched ones when I get home. Decathlon and Halfords patches. Carry two spares and a patching kit)
Uh?
Whoops!
Pasted that from the club newsletter.
Now amended 
I can normally find various secondary uses for old tubes. I have one as an ankle band for swimming, another is wrapped around my Pull buoy for extra grip etc.
Of all the evenings to get a double flat, having left early to get home for the Nativity service! Got back okay, but at the cost of a back tyre and some cosmetic damage to my nearly indestructible Aksium back wheel.
I managed to fix the first flat outside a pub, checked for debris, and away we go in 6 mins, which I thought was punchy given the dark (w/rack & guards). Then within about 500m I feel the tyre go soft again, then flat quickly, on a dark side lane with nowhere to fix it. In the end I decide to push on and ride the last 4-5 miles home on a flat rear; not something I’d have done normally. I thought I must have missed the foreign object in the tyre, but when I fixed it later that night, I see it was in a completely different place, and there was also a ‘snake bite’ pinch flat - which must have happened as it softened. What luck! The Lugano tyre was only good for the bin (worn side wall) and the rim needed a bit of light filing 
I’ve stuck a Spesh Armadillo on the back now; like a Gator but ‘worse’
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The pawls in my RH shifter gave up the ghost yesterday & I’m stuck in the wee sprocket.
This bike is only used for getting to & from work, I don’t have a hilly commute - but it can be bastard windy - & can get by for now, but I’m torn between getting a 2nd hand shifter & converting to single speed.
Is converting a hassle?
Funny that, the pawls in my freehub are also on the way out; if I slow down then put pressure on the pedals it slips. You need to ride it really smoothly. New back wheel me thinks after last night!
Only 50? Mines 68… lol
Finally got in (out) an outdoor ride Friday, just over two hours in the dark, light rain, then sunrise and dry. A heavy bike with flat pedals does not motivate well for the really steep hills.
Nice and toasty in my kit though, Castelli base, jersey and gilet, Cinelli cap, Dhb gloves. On One merino socks. 
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Actually, people who wear a peaked cap under a helmet. I’ve tried this once when it was raining and once on a sunny day, but I find peripheral vision is really reduced and I have to hyperextend my neck to try and see up the road; it’s a real pain going downhill and trying to see ahead.
The only way I can see around this, is wearing your helmet too high on the forehead, which I’ve seen people do.
I have never understood why people do that, or wear it with the peak turned up.
If you want to keep your head warm, or protect from the sun, I find a bandana or skull cap much better.
Rain is the only reason I tried it; won’t be doing it again.
Were you actually using a cycling cap? Found no problems with peripheral vision, and the cap is enough to keep rain off the glasses.
As a gnarly grimpeur I’m often found wearing my peaked cap. Great for keeping drizzle/rain off my specs although admittedly some helmets/head shapes are less suited to this.
I can’t be sure Jim; but it said Castelli on it, and I bought it from a cycling shop.
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This may well be a cardinal sin, but generally when its raining I wear my fox mountain bike lid with a buff underneath - it has a peak attached and seems a little warmer.
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