On Sat Jun 7 23:18:11 2025 Frank Krygowski wrote:

On 6/7/2025 4:07 PM, Mark J cleary wrote:

It occurred to me lately that as I ride I notice my ability to do 180 degree turnarounds is not what it once was. I would say a few years ago
I never have it a thought. I would out riding the narrow 2 lane chip
seal that exist in Illinois. It is not really wide enough that 2 cars passing in opposite directions can take a full lane. You need to mover
to the edge of the road.

In a car that is fine but no narrow bike tires I don't want to go in the soft stuff got to say on pavement. I used to decide to do a turn around
and get a place where the road was wider at point and then just do the
189. I notice now that the balance on the bike is not the same. I really have to be careful and ideally it is probably better to just stop and physically turn the bike around.

I even notice now that dismounting is not quite the same. Granted it is
not problem but I can tell the reflexes and general aches of the body respond slower. Even the act of un clipping is not quite as smooth. I
use shimano road shoes and like being clipped in but it seems never to
be as smooth as I think It should.

ANyone of you oldsters have notice this? Invent and app that can track
your smoothness on the bike? DO they exist.

I know of no such app, but while I don't have your problems, I'm sure
such things will eventually inflict us all. Age happens.

About clipping in: I've mentioned that in about seven decades of avid
riding with hundreds of various cycling friends, I've personally known
only one guy killed in a bike crash. It happened when he was coming to a stop, topped at zero speed and hit his (helmeted) head. His widow
strongly suspects it was because he couldn't unclip. His clipless pedals
had been giving him some problems.

Is there a lesson? If nothing else, do what's necessary to make clipless
work perfectly. Otherwise use some other pedal style.

I would suggest that the medical examiner would have something to say about that. It is very near impossible to die falling over at a dead stop kmost especially wsith z helmet on and a lot more likely that total coordination was lost with a heart or
stroke problem. The one case where I saw this was the effects of that fine mRNA vaccine caused Myocarditis. Excess deaths with the arrival of mRNA virus has grown to 1/4th of ALL deaths. https://www.sciencealert.com/unexpected-deaths-in-the-us-are-
rising-at-an-alarming-rate

Remember that Ivermectin was used to treat difficult cases of Covid-19 so Trump had to be lied to by Fauci claiming that there was no present alternate treatment for Covid-19 so that an emergency vaccine could be developed which shortcutted all of the
normal safety features which cause vaccine development to last two years or more. Fauci must have paid a hefty sum to be given total pardon for all of his crimes while in office.

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