Sensations

General Road
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Changing up a few gears a bit before the crest of the hill to power past a mate and get a head start on the descent.

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S1. Perfectly tuned shifters that give a quiet “thunk” as the chain drops instantly onto the next cog

S2. A long fixed ride with no shifting ever, just the big ring up every hill

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S:

  • crisp quad tans to align your knicks to
  • green wave of lights
  • silent and perfectly shifting mechanical groupset
  • stopping power of freshly cleaned rims and pads

NS:

  • talking about diets at the park up
  • the slowly bunch disappearing as people head home before park up
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This thread,
Sensations. Ok here goes.
Euro branded sparkling water after a ride with coffee.
Classic beach Rd,
Perrins Creek loop after dandies.

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Wearing in and not out

Untitled by PiledHigher, on Flickr

Untitled by PiledHigher, on Flickr

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oh things got very good real quick.

that centaur in particular is perfect.

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Sensations: doing extras in the sun after a hard crit. Getting home and having a bevy.

Riding two up in the pissing rain but you still warm cos you dressed right. You’re tired but you feel good, and the tarmac is just right.

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Sensations
Getting straight up when the alarm goes
No discussion with self about reasons not to.

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Drafting cars.
The sitting on the top tube tuck through a corner verus sitting up.
A fresh razor.

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Splitting a gridlocked intersection without even slowing down.

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‘No garmins no rules’ stickers =/= sensations.

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+1S: Riding in the wet

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The ten seconds after you roll out of the driveway but before you realise you’ve forgotten to put your helmet on. SENSATIONS.

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approved.

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^ Confirmed

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Mullet flowing in the breeze.

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Worst sensation
Not sure if it’s BB or pedal creaking

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Hanging your helmet off your handlebars when riding up the gravel side of Donna Buang.

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750kms+ helmet free from Prague to Hamburg.
Gravel side of Donna. Gravel side of Donna w/out helmet.
First (maybe the only?) time pinning a number on - even if it’s for a novelty event like a car park climb.
Single speed (sorry Jamesy, the sensations were there whether you like it or not) the whole way from Adelaide CBD to BelAir and back. Or up the 1:20. Or through Mt Pleasant.
Steph kicking my ass in the sprint for an imaginary line around Albert Park.
Bromptons around Tokyo

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Sensations: swapping triple cranksets between two bikes with no fuss.