Did my bike prep for bike trip. Next is testing backpack.
One thing I'm wondering about but also fear people have strong opinions about is helmet. I've never ever bought one for cycling and wouldn't use them here, but cycling alone in the mountains is a different stories. So looking for helmet advice. What to look for?
@wmd helmets are designed for an impact before roughly equivalent to 20kph. Above that and you're not getting much benefit.
I wear one as a convenient place to attach a light.
I would say gloves are a much. Much. Much more important safety item, than a helmet.
@quixoticgeek Got any glove tips then? :)
@wmd yes. What temps are you expecting?
@quixoticgeek nothing below 10⁰c
@wmd upper temps ?
@quixoticgeek 30⁰c max I think.
@wmd so for 20+ I tend to wear fingerless cycling mitts. For 15-20 I have some full finger MTB gloves from decathlon. For 10-15 I have some yellow gloves the make of which has long worn off. 0-10 I have altura night vision gloves. Below 0 I have buffalo mitts.
I then Carry a pair of Rab Force merino liner gloves which I can wear with any of the above to boost their warmth a bit if needed.
I have a lot of different gloves...
@quixoticgeek@social.v.st @wmd@chaos.social This sounds like an entirely reasonable number of gloves. Although I've got old and thin and Raynaudsy, and probably need to investigate something with active heating for <5C. Maybe next winter...
@quixoticgeek @kim ah yes, another thing I need to look into, current handlebar things are not nice.
@quixoticgeek @th @kim always worried they'll get sticky under uv light. Happened to my last rubbery ones.
@quixoticgeek@social.v.st @th@social.v.st @wmd@chaos.social Yeah, fairly sure it's GP2s I've got on my Brompton
@quixoticgeek@social.v.st @th@social.v.st @wmd@chaos.social Nahh, I have S-bars (the flat ones), which admittedly give a bit more flexibility for the mounting of Stuff.
@th @wmd @kim actually they may be the GP2 on the Brompton. It's so long since I bought them I can't remember.