Re: RE: Re: Very Slow Leaks.

On 5/13/2025 8:16 PM, cyclintom wrote:

On Fri May 9 06:36:05 2025 zen cycle  wrote:

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Yup: "Once located I use a marking pen to make an X but the glue lifts
that off and I end up putting the patch in the wrong spot."
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Can't say I've _ever_ heard of that problem

    Only you could mark the tiny leak with an "X"\, put a spot of glue on it, rub the glue around and then be able to see the "X" through the glue carrier.

Oh, I'm sure I'm not the only person that could do it. That isn't the preferred method anyway. It's not surprising you don't know that.

 Tell us again about how you averaged over 17 mph for an entire year of riding. I particularly like that one.

Sure. Go to https://www.strava.com/athletes/16053273
on the right side of the screen you'll see the statistics for 2025. This is a pull-down, click it , then select 2024, then you'll see
Activities 126
Distance 2,847.1 mi
Elev Gain 160,297 ft
Time 165h 18m
Divide the distance 2,847.1 by the time 165.3, you get 17.22
We can do it again for 2023
Activities 118
Distance 2,712.5 mi
Elev Gain 124,005 ft
Time 160h 8m
2712.5/160.1 = 16.64
Pick any year you want
2017
Activities 115
Distance 2,427.4 mi
Elev Gain 123,878 ft
Time 161h 15m
Avg 15.05 (I did a lot of mountain biking that year)
Is this anything spectacular? Not at all. This is one of my good friends, regular riding partner, and former teammates:
https://www.strava.com/athletes/209394
In 2024 he did
Activities 223
Distance 5,357.2 mi
Elev Gain 230,846 ft
Time 301h 30m
avg 17.76
I'm not a particularly strong or fast rider, dumbass, you just really really suck.