Phil (ascentale)@nickzoic asks:
Q3. Have you ever *needed* rescuing while cycling? https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-07/cyclist-rescued-from-snowy-river-police-air-wing/106537314 (wasn't me)
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Matthew Newell@ascentale @nickzoic @bikenite
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I once fell asleep due to not eating/drinking enough on a roundabout in Milton Keynes! Police were good about it and insisted on coming with me to nearest supermarket.
My Dad (via cellphone) once had to map-read me home on a convoluted route when the River Riding burst its banks and I thought I was stuck. He knew the area backwards and was able to route me out on higher land
nick@MatthewNewell @ascentale @bikenite #bikenite I seriously underestimated a ride recently, thankfully a passing traveler filled up my water bottles[*] but I spent many kilometers wishing for a banana or a peanut butter sandwich ... and when I got to the coast road there was a shop selling banana and peanut butter smoothies[**], which I decided was a good omen and that smoothie rescued me :-)
[*] there was tank water I could have filtered, but it was pretty nasty looking and piss-warm from the sun ... thanks Jan from somewhere near Hamburg for the fresh clean water ...
[**] Anglesea General Store, pretty decent coffee too, just as well because it's a fair climb back towards Torquay ...
@nickzoic @ascentale @bikenite
The rejuvenating qualities of food and water in those circumstances is quite miraculous
@MatthewNewell @ascentale @bikenite #bikenite yeah and there's a big lesson, sometimes when you're really losing momentum and getting slower and slower it's better to stop and take a break and eat something so you can get back on it at a decent speed.
Actually I've got a whole theory of fractal breaks where you divide rides in half(ish) with a big break and half(ish) again with smaller breaks and so on down to just a periodic moment of mindful consideration of whether you feel like a sip of water or a jellybean.
David S@MatthewNewell @nickzoic @ascentale @bikenite
Be careful, they've been known condemn a rider to perpetually trying to finish a ride (half the ride, then half the remainder, then half the remainder etc and they never arrive!)
@Pionir @MatthewNewell @ascentale @bikenite it's impossible to work out if you'll ever finish without going ahead and doing it ... that's why they call it bicycle Turing.
@Pionir @MatthewNewell @ascentale @bikenite yes you have to pick a converging series for your break lengths :-)
Ian R Buck@nickzoic
That's why getting a feed bag was so transformational for me: by constantly eating a little bit at a time, I hardly have to ever stop on long rides!
@MatthewNewell @ascentale @bikenite
That's why getting a feed bag was so transformational for me: by constantly eating a little bit at a time, I hardly have to ever stop on long rides!
@MatthewNewell @ascentale @bikenite
@ianrbuck @MatthewNewell @ascentale @bikenite #bikenite yeah I tend to tuck bits and pieces into jersey pockets but I don't really like eating on the move. I'll pause under a shady tree and eat/drink without getting off the bike though.
Eat This Podcast@nickzoic Anglesea and Torquay in proximity messing with my British geography. :)
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Not often distances in Australia are less than in Britain.
Torquay and Anglesea, Victoria seem to be about 21km apart.
Torquay (England ) and Anglesey (Wales) are more like 600km.
Wonder when the spelling changed