West Lothian Roadies
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bill, put me down as a maybe in that i'll come if i'm home from work in time
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Sorry Bill,
Can't manage this week unfortunately - not finishing work until later on tomorrow.0 -
The blog has been updated with more club news, plus details of how to order your kit.
If you have time please take a look.
http://westlothianclarion.blogspot.com/
OS 650 -
Fitted the new chain last night( those powerlinks are great) , and got a puncture on the way to work. Oh and I managed to pull the valve of my spare tube whilst pumping it up.. :evil: these thing come in 3s.
epo-aholic , Ive resent the PM..
Andy0 -
folks, I've listed a load of stuff for sale over on the road classified section , have a look and if there is anything you are interested in I can take it along to the AGM....
i've also got a pair of Profile T2 clip-on TT bars, used once at the Trossachs TT, cost over 70 quid but for sale £450 -
Hi Folks,
just back from a wee jaunt up 2 Slamanan and back,and my toes are like blocks of ice,is there anything i can get to stop this? Also,my chain when in certain gears makes a grinding/scraping noise,i just got my bike serviced last week,the gears work ok byt teh noise gets on my nerves,
any ideas?
cheers0 -
Maplins are selling heated insoles for a tenner. I don't know how good they are, though.
EC0 -
bigbeezer.
A pair of merino socks or seal skins waterproof socks under my shoes and a pair of over shoes to stop my feet getting wet keeps my tootsies nice and cosy.
The grinding noise might be your chain bedding in, or, more likely, it could be the chain rubbing against your front gear changer - this happens if you use the big ring at the front with the biggest cogs at the back or the small ring at the front with your smallest cogs on the back
If you look down while you are riding you want the chain to run straight not at an angle, this forces it against the front gear hanger
Solution? choose a different gear so the chain is straight and not rubbing!
OS 650 -
Acually, I usually wear a thin pair of under-socks under my winter socks; They have aluminium woven in, which reflects the body heat and keeps the feet warmer. They work quite well. I also have a similar pair of gloves (make me look like Michael Jackson though).0
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OS 65 wrote:bigbeezer.
A pair of merino socks or seal skins waterproof socks under my shoes and a pair of over shoes to stop my feet getting wet keeps my tootsies nice and cosy.
The grinding noise might be your chain bedding in, or, more likely, it could be the chain rubbing against your front gear changer - this happens if you use the big ring at the front with the biggest cogs at the back or the small ring at the front with your smallest cogs on the back
If you look down while you are riding you want the chain to run straight not at an angle, this forces it against the front gear hanger
Solution? choose a different gear so the chain is straight and not rubbing!
OS 65
ICheers mate,
i'll deffo look into they socks
Is there anyway top stop the noise,eg getting it fixed? or will it always do it coz of teh gears i use?
I've just started cycling trying to get fit 0 -
ElCampesino wrote:Acually, I usually wear a thin pair of under-socks under my winter socks; They have aluminium woven in, which reflects the body heat and keeps the feet warmer. They work quite well. I also have a similar pair of gloves (make me look like Michael Jackson though).
CHAMON 0 -
Big geezer. the shifter for my front mech allows me to make a ' half shift' that moves the front mech a little either way and stops the rubbing. Perhaps yours is the same. Mines tiagra sti.
The seal skins are graet but I find overshoes to be better. Using both though is a good option, although I still get cold toes.
Andy0 -
If it is the chain rubbing on the front gear changer, it happens to us all, and means you are in the wrong gear and putting too much strain on the chain
you can get a similar gear by swapping between the small and large front chain ring and choosing a different gear at the back.
Although road bikes have 18+ gears many of them are a similar gear ratio so you can change the gear to find one that is just as tough/easy but puts less stress on the chain. A straight chain line transfers power more effectively and doesn't wear the chain as much
By the way forget about El Campesino's gold leaf socks and pants, climbing socks do the job as well :P
OS 650 -
BB
so when are you coming out on a ride with us? :P
OS0 -
Or just get Dura Ace kit
All smooth shifting and no grinding noises.0 -
Unlike some of the SRAM Red stuff ...0
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Not sure what parts i have,on the front mech it says shimano 9 speed?
The bike i have is a silver Revolution Continental Race
You may have passed me :oops: 0 -
Any takers for a Twa Bridges run on Sunday?
Why don't you come along Bigbeezer? Probably the flatest ride in the area and you won't get left behind - that's a promise!0 -
So then, here's the question.....
Did the hanger 'rock' last night or did it embrace it's feminine side again? 0 -
It's not it's, it's its
Grammar, Grant! Grammar.0 -
No, I'm pretty sure it's it's :P
I was going to mention something about the Queen's English but then I remembered she's German as well 0 -
grantus wrote:So then, here's the question.....
Did the hanger 'rock' last night or did it embrace it's feminine side again?
Bono got the work-out rockin' but he left us half way through and there wasn't any more music to drown out the grunts, farts and general sweating noises.
EC as you are now the official English language police, do cyclists sweat, perspire or glow?
OS 650 -
I hate to correct you, but it is its.
It's is just short for 'it is'. Unless, you wanted to say " embrace it is feminine side".
OS65, you were certainly sweating 0 -
EC is right :shock:
It's means 'it is' not 'belonging to it'. Easy mistake to make as in most cases (eg: Matt's bike, dog's bone) the apostrophe does mean 'belonging to' but for some reason it seems to break down with pronouns - eg: the dress is hers, not her's.
Me, Mine
You, Yours
Him, His
Her, Hers
It, Its
Us, Ours
They, Theirs
What a tangled sod of a language to learn, hats off to EC for even bothering to try.
Now.....bikes....what do we think of them then ? 0 -
grantus wrote:Any takers for a Twa Bridges run on Sunday?
Why don't you come along Bigbeezer? Probably the flatest ride in the area and you won't get left behind - that's a promise!
Cheers Grantus,But that is 1 ride i couldn't do mate,
I could cross the Kincardine bridge but no danger would i get over the forth bridge,
im terrified of heights :oops:0 -
Went to the hanger last night. Enjoyed the workout and came home feeling I had made a real effort. Looking forward to next weeks effort as long as my legs recover before then. Cancelled todays run as it would be counter productive given last nights effort but will sneak out for a few miles tomorrow before work if weather is ok or do 2 boring hours on the turbo.
David0 -
any other flat routes i could go around Linlithgow to build my fitness up a bit?0
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Thanks for explaining the basics of the English language to your fellow countrymen, Foz.
I like bikes. I think we should all get one and form a club.0
