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Depends which oat milk. Oat Dream is the best, I think it has Xanthan Gum as an emulsifier so it doesn't curdle. The Oatly one isn't too bad, if you let it go cold it does a little. still better than soy.
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Yeah, sounds miserable, but you're right, your tastes change. I saw someone drinking a glass of milk yesterday. Gross!
Oat milk in coffee is the best. Don't like almond/soy milk in coffee at all.
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I think it comes down to how willing you are to re educate yourself on how to eat. If you expect to have things like meat or cheese, then you're going to have to compromise and eat these substitutes that aren't as good. Or you're willing to start over without expectations, and just eat fruit, veg, legumes and nuts/seeds. It's simple, more nutritious, and gives you way better energy levels.
I tried vegan cheese, and some other things a far bit after the switch, but quickly gave up on them, as they weren't worth it (except tofu weiners).
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If it's purely for performance gain, maybe see what Greg May (from singletrack mag, and raced Tour Divide last year) has written about it http://www.gregorymay.ie/?tag=vegan
He's plant based purely for performance.
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Dairy was my vice too, and it is pretty much the worst of all the animal products for your health. We didn't eat much meat, and zero fish before we switched, but once we did, I dropped ~4Kgs in a couple of months without any other changes.
Vegan cheese is a) shit b) expensive c) shit and expensive. Don't bother with it. It's also loaded with terrible fats that aren't much better than dairy except the lack of casein protein. I know there are supposed to be some great artisanal cashew cheeses, but they are super expensive.
Vegan weiners are pretty great, have some not so great ingredients, but aren't too bad. I eat them quite often.
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Oh, I LOVE junk food. I just don't allow myself to eat it (much).
I have a bad knee from pre-vegan injuries too.
Another thing to add is recovery times. Top of climb recovery is noticeably faster, and post long multi-day ride recovery is also faster, and fatigue less extreme. It's a win win, plus, I wont get butt cancer (hopefully). My resting heart rate was always low, around 45bpm, it's now more like 40!
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I do. between 10 - 20 hours per week, mostly off-road, very hilly, whatever the weather. It's all become a LOT easier since I stopped eating death.
A few things to note. I eat almost no junk food, I avoid sugar as much as possible, and use fruits/dates instead. We had been eating a fair amount of oil (olive/coconut) but are going to cut that out too. Basically whole foods, fresh as possible, raw preferably.
I often do 100+ mile rides, and since being plant-based I have had almost no bonks, that may be attributable to having cut out sugar too, and on rides I carry things like avocados, fruits, nuts, nakd bars (mashed dates/nuts) rather than all that mass market energy food crap or free haribo from wiggle (both contain dead animals).
This might be worth a watch https://www.youtube.com/watchv=nnIQaYgV3bg
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Just looked a bit, official balls of premier league (nike) are synthetic leather.
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He can't kick the leather football! Doh
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Mike should just try oiling the gear cables.
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I love my Exposure diablo, can get days out of it on low setting which is plenty enough for most stuff.
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If you ride somewhere with proper hills, like Devon, you run 32:18 or 32:19 Yes you spin, but you get used to it. Guy I rode a lot with on Tour Divide (mostly shallow gradients) was running 33:16 and he stomped up most hills, and could spin for days, literally.
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Just about to pass 7000 miles on this beaut. Half of which was in one ride.
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True. The Laüf is like the blue-waffle of forks.
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It still looks better than a Laüf.
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ta, followed.
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If it's flinty, don't use Schwalbe. I ride almost entirely flint around here in Devon and the only worthy tyres are Continental with ProTection or Maxxis with EXO casings.
For Tour Divide I used (and I also use around here) on my 29er Continental X-Kings, fast rolling, mostly grippy enough unless the mud is super squelchy. I think they do 26" too... don't forget ProTection sidewalls and tubeless...
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Oh, don't browse enough on here anymore to have found that...
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Best Mountain Bike at NAHBS
http://dirtragmag.com/nahbs-2017-day-1-photo-dump/
https://www.instagram.com/p/BRjwPQvhYLE/?taken-by=sklarbikes&hl=enHe's 23 years old!
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an app that can read hand written equations and visualise them.
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Just got a 15" Marin Pine Mountain 2 frame for £199 from Charlie for my wifey!
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