Your rants here.

veronese68

rubertoe wrote:

What is the age range for checking?

We were discussing this last night and nobody was sure. One said over 40 another said over 50. It's not a particularly nice test. One of the main indicators is problems weeing. Although of course other things can cause that.

rubertoe

Not quite at the age needed yet. But not to far off.... hopefully my current GP has retired and has been replaced by a younger female model.

KPHC

sswiss wrote:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-32233510

Classic journalistic spin on the wording too..."The woman collided with the HGV"

Shocking thing was that the forensic tent was back at the junction, so the lorry had gone 5-10m before stopping. It's all just too sad to imagine

Runtothehills

KPHC wrote:

sswiss wrote:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-32233510

Classic journalistic spin on the wording too..."The woman collided with the HGV"

Shocking thing was that the forensic tent was back at the junction, so the lorry had gone 5-10m before stopping. It's all just too sad to imagine

Looks like someone complained, it's now been changed to "A cyclist has been killed in a collision with a tipper lorry in central London" and "The 55-year-old woman was struck by the HGV". At least the BBC recognise the normal wording used in the past is not acceptable.

What's worse is that this junction was looked at for improvements, to quote this report: http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/woman-cyclist-dies-after-being-hit-by-lorry-on-lambeth-bridge-10164447.html

"The junction was the subject of a Transport for London consultation on safety in 2012.

But TfL's report on the consultation said: "Having considered responses to consultation, and following concerns voiced by Westminster City Council, we have decided not to proceed with these planned initial improvements at Lambeth Bridge northern roundabout.

"Instead, we will concentrate our resources on developing more substantial improvements that meet the expectations of Westminster City Council and other stakeholders.""

redvee

Called in the team car to get home tonight after this happened on the way to work.



Rode 2 miles with no saddle, wasn't going to rride 10 miles with no saddle.

davis

You need a new bike.

keyser__soze

Cycle infrastructure heading east from Canary Wharf is crap. Lots of these off-road paths giving way every 10 yards to side roads, driveways, parking spaces the nodder campaigners seem to love, but are they easy to follow at major junctions? Nope. Took me ages to get from Prestons Road to Canning Town and v/v on my return running an errand at lunch. Road alternatives are all triple carriageways Have to do the same tonight, not looking forward to it.

timothyw

Had an off last night, working late I was cycling home as it was getting dark, took a different line on a corner as there was a car waiting next to the junction - dodged one pothole but obviously didn't spot the other, as the front wheel pringled on me, throwing me to the ground and giving me a nice bit of roadrash on the right forearm (perhaps sods law that it happens the week I move onto short sleeves) and a bruised right thigh.

I was riding the cheap old benotto, so somewhat fortunate from a damage cost point of view, although you could argue it wouldn't have happened on one of my better bikes as the wheels would have retained their round shape on hitting the pothole! Not sure whether to replace the wheels (the rest of the bike appears undamaged) or just ditch the thing really, I suppose I ought let the LBS look it over.

Fortunately, I was only a couple of K from work, so was able to abandon the benotto there and ride home on my crosslight (with it's broken FD cage, to be repaired this weekend). Having been brought ought of my comfort zone, I noticed what a fucking disgraceful state the roads of my commute are in - the corner where I had the off is pretty much all potholes at the moment, worst of all is the fairly major road near me which they recently resurfaced in two stages, meaning there's a great big trench between the two lanes now.

It's no wonder there's so many people driving round in Chelsea tractors with roads like this - perhaps I ought buy a tricycle.

The one anti-rant about this is that I will look the part with my road rash for Rapha's hell of the north tomorrow.

veronese68

TimothyW wrote:

The one anti-rant about this is that I will look the part with my road rash for Rapha's hell of the north tomorrow.

Phew, glad you're not too badly hurt. Thought for a moment you were right and that place for the ride is cursed. Glad you're doing it on a Crosslight, should be ideal and will make pretending to be me easier.

timothyw

Veronese68 wrote:

TimothyW wrote:

The one anti-rant about this is that I will look the part with my road rash for Rapha's hell of the north tomorrow.

Phew, glad you're not too badly hurt. Thought for a moment you were right and that place for the ride is cursed. Glad you're doing it on a Crosslight, should be ideal and will make pretending to be me easier.

Indeed, although mine is a more tasteful black with blue highlights. The bike has had the new FD fitted, had an all round gear and brake fettle, along with a new brake cable for the rear - it is primed and ready, I even wiped off the mud.

First thought peeling myself off the road was 'oh for fucks sake that rapha entry was cursed'.... fortunately it became apparent that 'twas a mere flesh wound, now I think it might be a lucky entry!

jds_1981

crappity crappity crap. Just managed to break one of the crank arm bolts when fitting my new cx70 crankset.
Partly down to dumb reliance on tools - decided to use my Giant torque wrench (probably about the third time
I've used.) Seemed to need quite a bit of force and then the bolt broke.
Checked further and I think the wrench has stopped working properly. Turned it all the way down to low and it still wouldn't 'give' when testing on other bolts.
Arggh, now got to try and get a bolt end out & have a worthless expensive tool.

tincaman

For those that don't know, always dial your torque wrench back to zero after use and before putting away, otherwise its the quickest way to mess up its calibration

jds_1981

tincaman wrote:

For those that don't know, always dial your torque wrench back to zero after use and before putting away, otherwise its the quickest way to mess up its calibration

Heh, thanks for the late advice. Got the broken bolt out without too much hassle.

Think it was on about 4Nm, then had to dial it up to 13 for this.
Seems not to be a calibration issue though really - it doesn't give at any setting.

joenobody

I had what I can only describe as a LIDSY (Lucky I Did See You) last night, driving home from work - approaching a mini roundabout, where I'm indicating to turn right, I see a cyclist approaching from ahead (towards exit #2, with me at #1 planning to use #3). As I get closer to the roundabout to make my turn I realise he's not slowing (in respect of my right of way) so I slow down myself and he shoots across and disappears off behind me. If I hadn't seen him, and taken evasive action, there would have been a collision.

Kieran_Burns

Auto-pause on my Garmin works great. The manual pause is slightly more forgetful.

elbowloh

Kieran_Burns wrote:

Auto-pause on my Garmin works great. The manual pause is slightly more forgetful.

This.

I have about a dozen rides on strava where I appeared to have travelled as the crow flies for many kilometers on sections of a ride.

I just don't seem to learn either.

roger_merriman

elbowloh wrote:

Kieran_Burns wrote:

Auto-pause on my Garmin works great. The manual pause is slightly more forgetful.

This.

I have about a dozen rides on strava where I appeared to have travelled as the crow flies for many kilometers on sections of a ride.

I just don't seem to learn either.

I just don't pause the Garmin, Strava and others seem to work out the pauses/coffee breaks very well. and to be honest I'm not that bothered by average speed.

Kieran_Burns

There's sections on one route home where I walk for a few hundred yards and I like to keep a note of the cycling speed, not interspersed with walking bits. As I walk quickly enough to trip the Garmin to start recording I like to manually pause.

R4skob

overslept by long enough where I should have been in a meeting (Ok it was a 7.30 breakfast one but still) there are a hell of a lot more cyclists then, and traffic is so much worse.

least pleasant ride yet

KnightOfTheLongTights

Richmond Park right - I mean I know complaining about this is like complaining about the tide coming in - but bejesus there were a lot of cyclists hooning around there last night. Between 17.40 and 19.15 to be precise.
First post-work RP circuits since last autumn and the place is one big effing traffic jam.
A new development: I saw at least two really large groups riding some version of through and off, like about 20-25 riders, going CW. Looked like novices / new club / who knows? - matching jerseys but unidentified.
This London town is getting just a wee bit too crowded ...

rubertoe

Apparently perfectly indexed gears are no match for a bent hanger.....

FFS.

il_principe

KnightOfTheLongTights wrote:

Richmond Park right - I mean I know complaining about this is like complaining about the tide coming in - but bejesus there were a lot of cyclists hooning around there last night. Between 17.40 and 19.15 to be precise.
First post-work RP circuits since last autumn and the place is one big effing traffic jam.
A new development: I saw at least two really large groups riding some version of through and off, like about 20-25 riders, going CW. Looked like novices / new club / who knows? - matching jerseys but unidentified.
This London town is getting just a wee bit too crowded ...

Hmpf I was planning on heading there tonight. FWIW first thing in the morning is far better. If you're there for 6 or so then it is very quiet.

KnightOfTheLongTights

Il Principe wrote:

Hmpf I was planning on heading there tonight. FWIW first thing in the morning is far better. If you're there for 6 or so then it is very quiet.

so am I - we can have a grumble

slowbike

Mentality of some drivers

From another forum - talking about 20mph speed limits ...

Any road with cars on it is no place for unaccompanied small children.

Upon being questioned with "How small is small and how do they learn?"
The response we got was

They learn by being taught by their parents. When the parents are satisfied that they are safe to cross any road unaccompanied then they're no longer "small".

I'm not against speed limits, they do have a role to play, but we shouldn't be introducing speed limits because parents are too dumb or too lazy to teach their children basic road safety.

So there you have it - an apparently "normal" person believing that a child should pay the ultimate price because their parent hasn't managed to prevent them from stepping out in front of a car ....

and we think cyclists get it bad?!

MrSweary

Slowbike wrote:

So there you have it - an apparently "normal" person believing that a child should pay the ultimate price because their parent hasn't managed to prevent them from stepping out in front of a car ....

and we think cyclists get it bad?!

I'd love to see them try that line of reasoning face to face with my Mum.

chris_bass

Flies, can't we have a couple of days of good weather without being continually hit in the face by bees, wasps, flies and anything else that has wings. I was half expecting a bird to hit me in the eye.

redvee

Kieran_Burns wrote:

Auto-pause on my Garmin works great. The manual pause is slightly more forgetful.

Not got Start notice notification turned on? Mine flashes up a warning saying 'Movement Detected, Start Timer?'

hegyestomi

Alarm without the repeat function.
Missed my ride today

Kieran_Burns

redvee wrote:

Kieran_Burns wrote:

Auto-pause on my Garmin works great. The manual pause is slightly more forgetful.

Not got Start notice notification turned on? Mine flashes up a warning saying 'Movement Detected, Start Timer?'

Yup, but I've already started and am not looking down.

veronese68

Kieran_Burns wrote:

redvee wrote:

Kieran_Burns wrote:

Auto-pause on my Garmin works great. The manual pause is slightly more forgetful.

Not got Start notice notification turned on? Mine flashes up a warning saying 'Movement Detected, Start Timer?'

Yup, but I've already started and am not looking down.

Mine does that even if I've already started the timer. :?