Your rants here.

Mr Sworld

Plus VAT then... ;-)

Paul E

Rant at myself for forgetting to put the lights back on my bike last night, a trip to the local evans as it's the nearest one for two knog frog strobes to get me home as I finish late, they will end up as backup lights anyway, only realised halfway in as I normally flick the rear on before going through blackfriars underpass, cue swearing and general mumblings all the way through it

clarkey cat

Having swapped out my new frame obviously something wasn't quite right with my right shifter as it got stuck and I gave it a 'bit of a jab' (basically nailed it) and that was it - wasnt shifting. Local bike mechanic fixed it but it didnt last long - think its completely fooked.

So now I have to source a RH Carbon Centaur shifter in pretty short order as I'm doing London to Paris in under 3 weeks and havent ridden in 3 weeks... bad knees. Gah!!!

I'm really gutted as other than the bleemin shifter the bike is looking amazing.

cjcp

clarkey cat wrote:

Having swapped out my new frame obviously something wasn't quite right with my right shifter as it got stuck and I gave it a 'bit of a jab' (basically nailed it) and that was it - wasnt shifting. Local bike mechanic fixed it but it didnt last long - think its completely fooked.

So now I have to source a RH Carbon Centaur shifter in pretty short order as I'm doing London to Paris in under 3 weeks and havent ridden in 3 weeks... bad knees. Gah!!!

I'm really gutted as other than the bleemin shifter the bike is looking amazing.

Have you opened it up to try to find out what's wrong with it? Is there something stuck inside?

clarkey cat

There's nothing stuck inside - The Bikefixer got it working again and put new cables in, but it just slipped again - the 'teeth' inside the shifter arent catching. I'm really devastated as the carbon Campag shifters look mint and cost an arm and a leg.

dhope

clarkey cat wrote:

There's nothing stuck inside - The Bikefixer got it working again and put new cables in, but it just slipped again - the 'teeth' inside the shifter arent catching. I'm really devastated as the carbon Campag shifters look mint and cost an arm and a leg.

Bought new? Return?

mudcow007

mudcow007 wrote:

gah!

clicking/ creaking saddle

ive removed/ refitted about 4 times now - each time cleaning n' greasing

after a few days it clicks an creaks again

still creaking!!!!

time for a new seat me thinks

desweller

mudcow007 wrote:

mudcow007 wrote:

gah!

clicking/ creaking saddle

ive removed/ refitted about 4 times now - each time cleaning n' greasing

after a few days it clicks an creaks again

still creaking!!!!

time for a new seat me thinks

Have you tried running some oil into the rail mounting points? Usually works for me.

EDIT: By which I mean, the points at which the seat part of the saddle is assembled to the saddle rails.

mudcow007

DesWeller wrote:

Have you tried running some oil into the rail mounting points? Usually works for me.

EDIT: By which I mean, the points at which the seat part of the saddle is assembled to the saddle rails.

cheers! i will give that a go today

CiB

Bleeding iPad. No I'm not posting a 'look at me I've got an iPad' post; half the world's got one already and the other half (but not OH hopefully) thinks we're all tossers for buying one anyway, so no.

This sodding built-in keyboard must be the worst interface ever designed. It's got a 2 second lag on auto-correct that requires constant back tracking (can I type on it? Can I heck), no means of navigating around with up down back forward buttons, just one poxy backspace-delete or a hopeful hold-your-finger-here-no-HERE thing that never quite works. And despite not having any navigation it randomly shifts the insert point for no good reason. typing anything more than a quick sentence is an exercise in Job-like patience.

Gah. And the blasted automatic initial capital fails half the flooding time. Sod it. And it turns fooooking into flooding too without any thought of asking me first. Bloody pile of tat.

mudcow007

mudcow007 wrote:

DesWeller wrote:

Have you tried running some oil into the rail mounting points? Usually works for me.

EDIT: By which I mean, the points at which the seat part of the saddle is assembled to the saddle rails.

cheers! i will give that a go today

by jingo dropping oil down the rails worked.......for about 4 miles now its back to its squeaky rubbishness

i will try forcing grease into the rails or thicker oil

i wouldn't mind but the seat is only about 2 weeks old grr

rubertoe

CiB wrote:

Bleeding iPad. No I'm not posting a 'look at me I've got an iPad' post; half the world's got one already and the other half (but not OH hopefully) thinks we're all tossers for buying one anyway, so no.

This sodding built-in keyboard must be the worst interface ever designed. It's got a 2 second lag on auto-correct that requires constant back tracking (can I type on it? Can I heck), no means of navigating around with up down back forward buttons, just one poxy backspace-delete or a hopeful hold-your-finger-here-no-HERE thing that never quite works. And despite not having any navigation it randomly shifts the insert point for no good reason. typing anything more than a quick sentence is an exercise in Job-like patience.

Gah. And the blasted automatic initial capital fails half the flooding time. Sod it. And it turns fooooking into flooding too without any thought of asking me first. Bloody pile of tat.

ohhh look at me, i have an iPad!!!

rick_chasey

I appreciate most of you don't have this problem, since you're all too fast.

PASS ON THE RIGHT.

dhope

rubertoe wrote:

CiB wrote:

Bleeding iPad. No I'm not posting a 'look at me I've got an iPad' post; half the world's got one already and the other half (but not OH hopefully) thinks we're all tossers for buying one anyway, so no.

This sodding built-in keyboard must be the worst interface ever designed. It's got a 2 second lag on auto-correct that requires constant back tracking (can I type on it? Can I heck), no means of navigating around with up down back forward buttons, just one poxy backspace-delete or a hopeful hold-your-finger-here-no-HERE thing that never quite works. And despite not having any navigation it randomly shifts the insert point for no good reason. typing anything more than a quick sentence is an exercise in Job-like patience.

Gah. And the blasted automatic initial capital fails half the flooding time. Sod it. And it turns fooooking into flooding too without any thought of asking me first. Bloody pile of tat.

ohhh look at me, i have an iPad!!!

:roll:
What a tosser, eh

bails87

dhope wrote:

rubertoe wrote:

CiB wrote:

'look at me I've got an iPad'

ohhh look at me, i have an iPad!!!

:roll:
What a tosser, eh

Mrs Bails has got an iPad, the touch screen seems to select things about half an inch 'north west' of where I actually touch the screen. Trying to drop the pin actually on a road in order to get into Streetview in Google Maps is a nightmare.

McGee2010

To the delightful little oik that nearly had me under his wheels this morning whilst we were both turning left from Marsland road onto Walton Road in Sale. If you'd waited 2 seconds we would both have got round safely and you wouldn't have lost any time.

Thumb and forefinger in a pinching sign means that you were about an inch from my front wheel, it is not a comment on the apparent size of your member and it should not be mistaken for a 2 finger salute, although if I had shown you that sign it would have been a comment on your IQ!

You didn't need to stop and threaten me and you didn't need to try and run me into the parked car as I went past. You lost about 3 months worth of tire tread with that wheel spin and about 5 minues on your journey time whilst you were stood arguing with me.

Oh and if "you little f*gg*t" is the best insult you can come up with you need some practice, I mean come on - I'm overweight - you could have gone with that!

Have a nice day dips**t.

McGee

woodnut

'kin rain. Again. I'm about to get very very wet

redvee

The item I have on my Amazon wishlist has gone up £10

desweller

redvee wrote:

The item I have on my Amazon wishlist has gone up £10

That's not so much a rant as a lament. Can you start another thread please?

Let's keep this on topic people.

Mr Sworld

redvee wrote:

The item I have on my Amazon wishlist has gone up £10

Do you not use Camel Camel Camel?

flamite

Nodders.

Filtering to the front on the right of 2 lanes, jumping the red then cutting across 2 lanes of traffic.

then when i suggest they look before cutting everyone and everything up i get an ear full!

why not just wait at the red like the other 20+ cyclists?

rolf_f

CiB wrote:

Gah. And the blasted automatic initial capital fails half the flooding time. Sod it. And it turns fooooking into flooding too without any thought of asking me first. Bloody pile of tat.

But you knew that everything that Apple make is good looking tat before you bought it - yet you still did and now you want to complain about it? Just appreciate it for what it is - attractive junk - and then go and sort it by buying the new version where they've removed a small proportion of the irritating function failures they deliberately put in to make you buy the new one - and so on.....

Mark Elvin

The nob on the black cube near emmersons green about 5:45pm, decided the lights didn't apply to him & nearly rode into me as I went across on green

Ben6899

Traffic lights at Park Way / Gloucester Road in Camden last night. I'm rolling to the red lights (with other commuters) and hear an almighty honk from a car horn. I think "cheeky fecker, nobody has done anything wrong". But I look back and there's a woman about my age late 20s/early 30s on a hybrid type thing talking on the phone with headphones, but messing trying to put the phone in her trouser pocket, swerving all over the place. Some of the worst riding I have seen... complete disregard for anybody else.

It wasn't the worst though... as I'm rolling down Park Way in traffic (anyone familiar will know there isn't a lot of room for filtering), a guy on a SS/fixie (not sure) comes from behind, misses me by inches, squeezes between the two cars next to me and continues at about 30mph between the queueing traffic and park cars on the right hand side. Complete nob.

rubertoe

Whoever has stolen my legs can they please return them to me as soon as possible.....

:? :?

dhope

Ben6899 wrote:

guy on a SS/fixie (not sure) comes from behind, misses me by inches, squeezes between the two cars next to me and continues at about 30mph between the queueing traffic and park cars on the right hand side.

Strava segment?

mattcroad

rubertoe wrote:

Whoever has stolen my legs can they please return them to me as soon as possible.....

:? :?

Must be a kleptomaniac around, i'll have mine back too...

MrSweary

B****** wind which decided to blow in my face for fourteen miles in on Weds and then decided to do it again harder on the way back. Yeah, I know.. HTFU.

Ben6899

dhope wrote:

Ben6899 wrote:

guy on a SS/fixie (not sure) comes from behind, misses me by inches, squeezes between the two cars next to me and continues at about 30mph between the queueing traffic and park cars on the right hand side.

Strava segment?

Maybe. Although it's slightly downhill and always chocka with traffic. Then again, people make segments out of anything!

Paul E

Cleaning my brake tracks last night, I saw a mark starting to appear on the front next to the wear indicator sticker (aksiums)

B*GGER