Amstel Gold Race 2024I don't know really but I think that the race course arrangement has been changed. In essence, men go around in a longer circuit course surrounding the finish area while women race in a short circuit course. As soon as women finish the race, men come into the short circuit.
Where should I go? I may take my Brompton to visit more places during the race.
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[Amstel Gold Race 2024]の続きを読む
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- 2024/04/12(金) 11:54:50|
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AGR 2023. A wet cloudy dayI left for Maastricht around 05:00 in the morning. I drove about 8 kilometers from home and was already driving on the highway when it hit me.
OMG! I forgot to put the tent in the rear boot (trunk)! I had to turn around and get it. It cost me 9 kilometers and 30 minutes.
The weather on the way was drizzly all the way and part foggy in hilly part of Wallonia (or Walloon area) in Belgium.
I arrived at Maastricht around 07:50 and parked my car near the Markt Square. When I got to the square on foot, I was a bit taken a back as I saw maybe 2 team buses (one big FDJ-Suez bus and one LifePlus motor-home) and a couple of parking stewards with a yellow flag in their hand. I thought I would see more people or more activities.
I walked around and then it hit me. Oh, yes! They moved the Team Presentation ceremony stage to the square next to it and his place is used just for parking.
I walked to the next square where the presentation would be held. There were not so many audience (spectators) there yet.
I was determined to see and hopefully talk to two people there, a Japanese rider Eri Yonamine of Human Powered Health and Fabian Cancellara of Tudor Pro Cycling Team. Later my missions were accomplished.
I thought that all the team crew might have a Tudor watch on their wrist but (I think) only riders did. The
I joined a friend of mine and watched male and female peloton leave. I drove to the men’s Feed Zone and watched them pass by. I drove back to Finish area to see the women’s peloton go up Cauberg once. This AGR is one of a few (or the only?) races that host men’s and women’s editions on the same day concurrently where women finish first.
I drove to the airbnb host’s place after the race and I am now relaxed.
I did not read the host’s message concerning the check-in method. I was supposed to locate the key box and with the combination number open it and get the key to open the door to enter. I spent not too long but a while in front of the door figuring out what to do.
Tomorrow I will wake up early and move the car out of the parking lot belonging to the school across the street. The parking is offered to the public between 18:00 to 07:00 and during school holidays. I will drive to the wall of Huy (Mur de Huy) in the morning and spend the day. I also intend to wash my car at a coin-operated self-car-wash place in Huy. I will do some shopping at Delhaize (Belgian supermarket) next to the car wash. This would be the ration for the next couple of days.
Is this conversion possible?I have been wondering for some short time if it is possible to install #940055 on Ultra Stinger (old discontinued one with an incandescent bulb). There used to be a model called Stinger HP (ditto) and it looks just like a Stinger with the reflector of Ultra Stinger. When I saw this model (used and worn) on ebay, it struck me.
(image 1: A Stinger HP on ebay)
(image 2: Soon-to-be my Stinger)
(image 3: Conversion kit #78004)
I saw a conversion kit that makes Stinger HP (High Performance, right?) out of Stinger.
Physically speaking: The replacement switch module seems to be the same among Stinger, Stinger XT HP, Ultra Stinger and PolyStinger. This might mean that the steroids doped switch module (#940055) should fit in Ultra Stinger, too.
(image 4: Switch #75140)
(image 5: #940055)
Are the thread measurements of the reflectors (Stinger and Ultra Stinger) same? In other words, can I take the Ultra Stinger reflector out and properly thread it in on Stinger?
(image 6: Soon-to-be my Ultra Stinger)
I will know all the answers to these questions as soon as I get these two flashlights.
Electrically speaking: the incandescent bulb that is included in #78004 has to be optimized for 3.6 V DC. This xenon bulb is not compatible with Ultra Stinger electrically but (I guess) is compatible physically (is shaped the same).
The ultimate question is this: If I buy two sets of #940055, can I make both of my flashlights (Stinger and Ultra Stinger) LED equipped flashlights?
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[Check-in and relaxed in Namur]の続きを読む
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- 2023/04/16(日) 22:44:47|
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Streamlight Part #940055? Part III have been wondering why. Why can I not find any retail (online) sources that sell this Stinger LED upgrade kit (#940055) other than BrightGuy.com?
I hit no results on ebay. I hit no results via DuckDuckGo search other than the site aforementioned.
If I have to guess why (nobody has forced me to do so but for the sake of argument), I have to conclude this way.
The production of this upgrade kit has been discontinued by Streamlight already. The market stock (at retail stores) is floating around for the time being. BrightGuy.com happens to carry them in relatively large quantity and promoting them.
Am I right or wrong? I have no idea honestly.
I fear (not too much, though) that soon this kit becomes unavailable on the market and I will regret not having purchased it earlier.
I like BrightGuy.com as the prices are not high but rather reasonable. The only problem for me is that their overseas shipping charges are rather steep (maybe UPS is responsible for that but …).
The only way I feel better about paying for that substantial fees is purchasing a lot of goods at the same time and make the shipping charges small relative to the whole paying amount.
Amstel Gold Race 2023, Here I come!The spring of 2023 has been a rather cold one so far. It happens in every two or three years. The week ahead seems to be just continuation of the previous weeks according to the weather forecast.
I will be happy if it does not rain at least. I hope it is fine every single day the next week for reasons.
First, I will be at la Redoute from Thurday morning to Saturday afternoon painting on the road. The surface of the asphalt has to be dry, otherwise I can not do anything. My water-based indoor paint can not stand wet surfaces.
Second, I will be roughing in a tent at a camp ground in the area for three nights. The nighttime lows are predicted to be around the freezing point (Zero Celsius).
I will be shopping for the provisions later Today and prepare for the weak ahead.
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[Streamlight Part #940055? Part II]の続きを読む
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- 2023/04/14(金) 10:15:43|
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I don't think, unfortunately, that I am going to be there in May but it does not stop me from writing about the stages held in the Netherlands.
Because the peloton (riders will fly to Italy so they are least affected by the remote opening stages) must make a gib transfer from the Northern Holland to Italy, the schedule is not normal. It takes a whole day for all those team cars, trucks and busses, some media people (most of them also fly, I guess) and others have to drive. They will drive through Belgium, Luxembourg (tank and buy cartons of cigarettes here), France or Germany and Switzerland to get on the other side of Alps.
To accommodate this a day long transfer, the first stage is on Friday in Apeldoorn as opposed to normal Saturday.
The stage structure is also not so normal. There is a short time trial on Friday. The second stage takes place in a town not far from Apeldoorn from Arnhem to Nijmegen. Then the third stage goes from Nijmegen to Arnhem. The courses of the last stages are different.
Anomaly does not stop there. Two stages are about 190 km long. Aren't they too short considering the fact that they are riding on a flat area of the country known for its flat profile. What does it mean (the fact that those two stages are seemingly too short)?
It looks like whoever wins the short time trail may keep the leader's jersey for some days unless breakaway riders successfully make it to the finish line.
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[Giro d'Italia 2016 Dutch stages]の続きを読む
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