Your rants here.

awavey

redvee wrote:

Wandering around TK Maxx after picking up some socks and spotted a pair of Levis 511 for £8, got home and they don't fit despite being the same size as the 501s I currently wear.

why do you think they were that cheap sounds like they were classic mislabelled factory seconds

itboffin

Asprilla wrote:

redvee wrote:

Wandering around TK Maxx after picking up some socks and spotted a pair of Levis 511 for £8, got home and they don't fit despite being the same size as the 501s I currently wear.

I once got my folks to bring me some 618s back from the States where they were holidaying. 32"W 34"L. Jesus, you could have fit two of me in them, despite the fact I was probably a 34"W at the time.

#ussizing #gimmiebigmacgimmiefriestogo

Yeah its a nightmare in the USA i spend a lot of time working in NY and usual pop down to Macys in the week and try on dozens of pairs until i find one that fit, i've not idea why but US sizing just doesnt work. top tip if anyone finds themselves in NY, Macys and i suspect the other big department stores have a tourist discount scheme, just go to the customer services desk and ask, Macys is 10% on top of whatever.

$20 for 501's thank you very much just a shame my usual 512's are european only.

redvee

This was a friends bike after an incident with an HGV on her commute Thursday morning.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/qvqorivuti9uk ... h.jpg?dl=0

Luckily she escaped lightly with road rash and some mental scarring. The bikes KO'd but she isn't.

veronese68

redvee wrote:

This was a friends bike after an incident with an HGV on her commute Thursday morning.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/qvqorivuti9uk ... h.jpg?dl=0

Luckily she escaped lightly with road rash and some mental scarring. The bikes KO'd but she isn't.

:shock: Very glad she's still in one piece, hope she's ok otherwise. Dare I ask what happened?

elbowloh

redvee wrote:

This was a friends bike after an incident with an HGV on her commute Thursday morning.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/qvqorivuti9uk ... h.jpg?dl=0

Luckily she escaped lightly with road rash and some mental scarring. The bikes KO'd but she isn't.

Holy Crap!

bendertherobot

redvee wrote:

This was a friends bike after an incident with an HGV on her commute Thursday morning.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/qvqorivuti9uk ... h.jpg?dl=0

Luckily she escaped lightly with road rash and some mental scarring. The bikes KO'd but she isn't.

Bit of T-cut I reckon and that will buff out.

redvee

Veronese68 wrote:

redvee wrote:

This was a friends bike after an incident with an HGV on her commute Thursday morning.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/qvqorivuti9uk ... h.jpg?dl=0

Luckily she escaped lightly with road rash and some mental scarring. The bikes KO'd but she isn't.

:shock: Very glad she's still in one piece, hope she's ok otherwise. Dare I ask what happened?

Bike v HGV at this junction heading in the direction shown.

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.44255 ... e0!6m1!1e1

Not sure of exact circumstances but HGV came from her right at junction. Knowing the girl in question, doubt a RLJ on her part.

bendertherobot

Van drivers. If I'm going downhill at speeds in excess of 25 mph, towards a speed camera, in a 30 mph zone then, if you decide to overtake, it's likely that our speeds will be matched. Therefore either a) don't or b) if you do, please maintain the requisite distance from me as per the Highway Code.

seajays

redvee wrote:

Bike v HGV at this junction heading in the direction shown.

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.44255 ... e0!6m1!1e1

Not sure of exact circumstances but HGV came from her right at junction. Knowing the girl in question, doubt a RLJ on her part.

That's a really odd looking cycle setup - the cycle lane is on the pavement, there's no stop line or dismount sign there, so it appears as though you can just go straight on following the cycle lane after the crossing regardless of the lights... that's what I'd assume anyway! Not sure if that'd be right though...?

GiantDance

That's mental!!

j_mcd

A visit from the PF today and then opened my kit bag to find that my patches had disappeared and there was only a knackered old tube in there. Closer inspection of the tyre showed that that was buggered as well.

And then I couldn't get a new Gatorskin onto the rim and so had to leave the bike at the bike shop to get it sorted out.

Having someone else fix my punctures, I feel so ashamed...

awavey

twice this week when Ive checked the weather forecast before commiting to a morning commute, its been predicting the weather zombie apocalypse, so Ive taken the car instead...both days turned out completely fine :x

you wait next week Ill get stuck cycling in a snowstorm

rolf_f

awavey wrote:

I am a girl

FTFY

itboffin

J_MCD wrote:

A visit from the PF today and then opened my kit bag to find that my patches had disappeared and there was only a knackered old tube in there. Closer inspection of the tyre showed that that was buggered as well.

And then I couldn't get a new Gatorskin onto the rim and so had to leave the bike at the bike shop to get it sorted out.

Having someone else fix my punctures, I feel so ashamed...

wow that puts my bad day into perspective could only be worse if it was halfords

redvee

Seajays wrote:

That's a really odd looking cycle setup - the cycle lane is on the pavement, there's no stop line or dismount sign there, so it appears as though you can just go straight on following the cycle lane after the crossing regardless of the lights... that's what I'd assume anyway! Not sure if that'd be right though...?

That's exactly what she was doing, when I've used that road I stay on the road. Police attending said the junction layout is bad and due for a redesign soon.

DrLex

redvee wrote:

This was a friends bike after an incident with an HGV on her commute Thursday morning.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/qvqorivuti9uk ... h.jpg?dl=0

Luckily she escaped lightly with road rash and some mental scarring. The bikes KO'd but she isn't.

Eeek! Glad to read that she's O.K. - ATR tripster? I know that road (our web firm is at the gasworks), and would have been on the carriageway, but have seen plenty of cyclists on the shared path pass the lights to their right.

awavey

Rolf F wrote:

awavey wrote:

I am a girl

FTFY

peers over top of glasses staring at computer screen...well yes I am...and??

Kieran_Burns

Cock.

Couldn't work out why I was getting such terrible shifting when running in the middle (39t) ring on the Felt. Put it in the big ring just to get home on Thursday and everything was fine; so I figured it was an indexing or FD issue.

Put the bike on the stand this afternoon and span the crank, only see the chain not seating quite right at a certain point and the weird clicking I heard corresponded with this. It was kind of obvious it was rubbing the FD at this point but I coiuldn't see why.

Dropped the chain to the granny ring and then it was obvious... the middle ring has stripped 3 teeth in one point and shaved sections off several others. Basically it's completely farked.

Anyone know where to get a replacement 5703 39t chainring in black? I can only find one place and it's in Germany

rolf_f

Does it have to be a particular style? If it's just a black chainring, Spa Cycles sell black TA and Stronglight rings. They are very good and normally much cheaper than Shimano or Campag rings.

Kieran_Burns

It does for me I like things to match and I managed to find a replacement for £18 off Amazon of all places!

Forgot to order a new chain as well but I'll pop out to the LBS tomorrow and grab one

rolf_f

Kieran_Burns wrote:

It does for me I like things to match and I managed to find a replacement for £18 off Amazon of all places!/quote]

What I meant was is it an over stylized Shimano ring or one that looks fairly standard? The TA and Stronglight rings match most cranksets very well. I've got a Stronglight inner ring on my Ribble. It looks identical to a Campag ring.

redvee

DrLex wrote:

Eeek! Glad to read that she's O.K. - ATR tripster? I know that road (our web firm is at the gasworks), and would have been on the carriageway, but have seen plenty of cyclists on the shared path pass the lights to their right.

Was a Sabbath September, don't you mean Paintworks?

DrLex

:oops: Yes; I do. Had conflated it with the old gasometer site in Eastville.

redvee

Doc has put me on some different medication and said I need to drink upto 8 pints of water per day otherwise the meds could dehydrate me, I'm using the loo too much some days in work on 4 pints of liquid.

thefilbertfox

Everytime a cycling article comes up on the FleetNews website you get the usual anti-cycling brigade.

Then I notice that the picture they use for the article depicts the driver holding his mobile phone :roll:
http://www.fleetnews.co.uk/news/2015/1/20/jaguar-land-rover-drivers-will-get-a-tap-on-the-shoulder-to-warn-of-cyclists/54604/#comment-reply-5233

Anti-Rant, some nice ideas in the article and worthy of a quick skim

rick_chasey

I'm miserable and irritable for absolutely no reason whatsoever.

Kieran_Burns

Rick Chasey wrote:

I'm miserable and irritable for absolutely no reason whatsoever.

As you are a mod everyone else thinks this should be in anti-rants

:P

rick_chasey

Fair.

redvee

Rick Chasey wrote:

I'm miserable and irritable for absolutely no reason whatsoever.

Getting ready for Wednesday afternoon when the site doesn't work like it should after some behind the scenes tweeking?

Wheelspinner

Rick Chasey wrote:

I'm miserable and irritable for absolutely no reason whatsoever.

If you'd like to borrow a few reasons to justify your mood, let me know. I've got a few I'm happy to loan out.