Your rants here.

veronese68

Tashman wrote:

Yeah, MRI being lined up to check in detail

Hope all turns out to be ok.

Tashman

Veronese68 wrote:

Tashman wrote:

Yeah, MRI being lined up to check in detail

Hope all turns out to be ok.

Thank you

BobMcbob

Minicab came tearing up up behind me beeping his horn and flashing lights, I'm doing a constant 25mph (in a 30 limit) and felt a dangerous pass coming on, so moved out to prime to deter the impatient fool. Seemed to work as he slowed down and overtook 200 yds later, only to take the next left about 10 seconds later.... Dread to think what would have happened if I hadn't taken such assertive road positioning.

fat daddy

argh, the cost of stuff !!

I have a Klein Attitude comp, and its components could do with ..... well, lets just say I have the Frame set ! ... by the time I buy a groupset, saddle, stem, bars wheels etc ....... its cheaper just to buy a whole new bike and swap the lot over ! ... but then a new bike would probably ride better anyway .... so I'd still be left with a frame I wanted to use !

Thing is, becauseits a 90's bike, nothing is "compatible", to get something new, you need to replace everything else so it fits

GRRRRRR 1st world problems !

rhodrich

For some reason, I never seem to be able to get full life out of my tyres. Did my daily tyre check this morning, and came across this:



A nice egg shaped lump. And the tyre only has 5000 miles on it, (which is barely worn in for a touring tyre)

I always keep the tyres pumped up to about 70psi, so it's not been over or under inflated (it's a 32mm width tyre, and total weight of me and bike is about 90kg)

I guess I did by these tyres back in 1995, so it could just be that they're a bit old. Not sure what to get to replace them - quality 27 x 1 1/4 tyres are a bit thin on the ground. Looking like I may have to just buy Schwalbe Delta Cruisers and be done with it.

j_mcd

Forgot to turn on my alarm last night leading to an hours oversleeping in bed (and therefore way too late to take the bike).

On the plus side, I got an extra hour in bed...

wolfsbane2k

Tashman wrote:

Wolfsbane2k wrote:

Acl = anterior cruciate ligament? What are you having done? Been told I'll need to plan for "extensive" knee rebuild in ten to 15 years time... Just the thought makes me sick.

That's the on, i snapped mine gently bowling a ball to Tashboy in Sept last year, had surgery in Feb where they used the centre of my patella tendon to replace the ligament. Rehab was going well til i tumbled. Cycling is my rehab and new found passion! Didn't go out over the weekend as i don't want to put unnecessary pressure on anything til i have the all clear.
I hope that whatever you have to have done it all goes well. Patience is what's required on recovery i'm discovering. Still determined to do the London-Brighton in June though

See, exercise is dangerous! <urk>
Hope not serious damage done, just a minor knock back on the path to recovery.
Cycling as rehab - fully understand, it's (in theory) a nice, non impact sport, and its why I now cycle as much as I can. ( as well as doing the physio when I remember :oops: )

bobbygloss

Forgot I'd taken my work trousers home yesterday. Today's 25km extended commute included a vicious hail shower, start getting ready then the slow realisation that I have to put soaking wet stuff back on for another 25km out and back to collect trousers. Although this could also be an anti-rant.

wolfsbane2k

Bobbygloss wrote:

Forgot I'd taken my work trousers home yesterday. Today's 25km extended commute included a vicious hail shower, start getting ready then the slow realisation that I have to put soaking wet stuff back on for another 25km out and back to collect trousers. Although this could also be an anti-rant.

Whoops! Hail shower is no fun!
Forgetting trousers/shirt etc is a big concern for me, and I've change my approach to a week "swap" of clean for dirty on a Friday, so I'm always bringing in clean clothes before I take the dirty stuff home!
Also means that I then only need the pannier on a single day, but does mean 2 pairs of work trousers and 5 extra shirts.

bigmat

fat daddy wrote:

argh, the cost of stuff !!

I have a Klein Attitude comp, and its components could do with ..... well, lets just say I have the Frame set ! ... by the time I buy a groupset, saddle, stem, bars wheels etc ....... its cheaper just to buy a whole new bike and swap the lot over ! ... but then a new bike would probably ride better anyway .... so I'd still be left with a frame I wanted to use !

Thing is, becauseits a 90's bike, nothing is "compatible", to get something new, you need to replace everything else so it fits

GRRRRRR 1st world problems !

I also find replacement parts for my 90s mountain bikes very cheap and easy to source - what is it you are struggling with? Worst case scenario you could just find a donor bike of similar vintage and rob the parts off that?

wolfsbane2k

Lost my British Cycling card.
Annoying, as I needed some car related bits.

mtb-idle

fat daddy wrote:

argh, the cost of stuff !!

I have a Klein Attitude comp, and its components could do with ..... well, lets just say I have the Frame set ! ... by the time I buy a groupset, saddle, stem, bars wheels etc ....... its cheaper just to buy a whole new bike and swap the lot over ! ... but then a new bike would probably ride better anyway .... so I'd still be left with a frame I wanted to use !

Thing is, becauseits a 90's bike, nothing is "compatible", to get something new, you need to replace everything else so it fits

GRRRRRR 1st world problems !

I know you have the frame but have you ever ridden one? It's like sitting on a jackhammer. They must be the most uncomfortable MTB frames ever produced.

fat daddy

BigMat wrote:

I also find replacement parts for my 90s mountain bikes very cheap and easy to source - what is it you are struggling with? Worst case scenario you could just find a donor bike of similar vintage and rob the parts off that?

The trouble isn't so much sourcing the old bits ... but wanting "new" bits. ..... Going 1x11 which I really want to do requires a new bb a new hub, new cranks, chain ring, cassette, chain, derailleur, shifter and cables ..... actually new hub = new wheel but not a disk wheel as I can only run v-brakes at the back

a new fork, - not necessarily needed, but that requires, a new wheel (if going disk) or finding a poverty spec shock with v-brakes

I guess its more of a shock from my modern bikes where if you can just change a component ... on this bike you need to swap ALL the other components with it

redvee

The supervisor I was working under today was scarce in his appearances, last saw him around 17:30. Turned out he went home at 19:30 leaving me to run the arena. Luckily there were no major issues to deal with.

BobMcbob

Christ, public transport in the rush hour is awful. Not used the DLR since the summer, forgot how bad an experience it really is. How can people live their lives doing this day-in, day-out? I feel traumatised, It has put me in the complete wrong frame of mind for starting a day's work.

On the plus side, back to the bike on the return commute, and no more stinking public transport.

mtb-idle

BobMcbob wrote:

<snip>
On the plus side, back to the bike on the return commute, and no more stinking public transport.

<bandit voice on> We don't need no steenkin' trains</>

bobbygloss

People who really believe they "gave you enough space" while overtaking, despite the fact that you were able to bang on the side of their pickup.

Gromson

Leaves.
All leaves should be banned. Or rounded up at the very least.
Who do they think they are? Coming down here and taking over our riding space.
Especially the ones that arent green and pretty the way we like them.
Our roads were bad enough until the leaves arrived.
The government should do something about these unwanted leaves.
A referendum, at the very least.
Damned leaves.

vimfuego

We don' need no steenking leaves!

Nellyspania

Gromson wrote:

Leaves.
All leaves should be banned. Or rounded up at the very least.
Who do they think they are? Coming down here and taking over our riding space.
Especially the ones that arent green and pretty the way we like them.
Our roads were bad enough until the leaves arrived.
The government should do something about these unwanted leaves.
A referendum, at the very least.
Damned leaves.

The trouble is, the leaves referendum might have the shock result of leaves actually being banned. Forever. Then after a few weeks lots of people who voted for that would start to realise that although sometimes annoying and inconvenient, leaves actually benefited us all in the long term. I'm sure this has happened before...

itboffin

BobMcbob wrote:

Christ, public transport in the rush hour is awful. Not used the DLR since the summer, forgot how bad an experience it really is. How can people live their lives doing this day-in, day-out? I feel traumatised, It has put me in the complete wrong frame of mind for starting a day's work.

On the plus side, back to the bike on the return commute, and no more stinking public transport.

you should try a peak south west or first great western train, that'll be shock to the system then try it EVERYDAY for 10 years and pay over £5k a year for the privilege, the tube & DLR are nothing

shycho

I've always found south west trains to be very reliable. Admittedly they are usually full, even if you're the first person on the train, at the first stop.

mosheehan

Try Northern Trains... Outdated rolling stock, constantly delayed trains (but not so much that you get a refund), packed in like cattle, and numpties who don't realise that sitting in the area designed for bikes makes everyone else miserable!!!

xbnm

Dont force me out the way to overtake at a traffic island with your left hand indicator on and then try and turn left straight after and expect anything other a loud tirade about your breathtaking incompetence.

BobMcbob

itboffin wrote:

BobMcbob wrote:

Christ, public transport in the rush hour is awful. Not used the DLR since the summer, forgot how bad an experience it really is. How can people live their lives doing this day-in, day-out? I feel traumatised, It has put me in the complete wrong frame of mind for starting a day's work.

On the plus side, back to the bike on the return commute, and no more stinking public transport.

you should try a peak south west or first great western train, that'll be shock to the system then try it EVERYDAY for 10 years and pay over £5k a year for the privilege, the tube & DLR are nothing

If I ever get into that kind of soul-destroying (and grotesquely expensive!) routine, I'll know something has gone terribly wrong with my life.

andcp

MTB-Idle wrote:

BobMcbob wrote:

<snip>
On the plus side, back to the bike on the return commute, and no more stinking public transport.

<bandit voice on> We don't need no steenkin' trains</>

The train I caught this morning was clean(ish), on time, only half full, and had room for bikes. The stink came from one of the passengers who walked past me and I suspect he hadn't wiped him bottom properly, if at all (perhaps he was wearing second hand bib-shorts?). Not good.

tangled_metal

My rant is twofold. First off it's how on my commute I keep seeing cyclists ignoring the roadworks contra-flow lights. Tonight I saw a couple going either side of the cars waiting for the lights to change then rode against the flow of traffic passing through the contra-flow on green. It was a narrow lane and they forced the car overtaking me into a very close pass. All with ultra bright bike lights on full and one had helmet light with gazillion lumens.

Second part of the rant is how on some cycling forums you'd see a load of posts by posters with utilitarian cyclists usernames saying the above is safe and perfectly acceptable. I hope you lot agree with me that there's no excuse for ignoring such traffic control, dazzling oncoming cars/cyclists and forcing cars into cyclists going the right way according to the lights. If you don't then at least I've got my rant out.

awavey

Tangled Metal wrote:

My rant is twofold. First off it's how on my commute I keep seeing cyclists ignoring the roadworks contra-flow lights. Tonight I saw a couple going either side of the cars waiting for the lights to change then rode against the flow of traffic passing through the contra-flow on green. It was a narrow lane and they forced the car overtaking me into a very close pass. All with ultra bright bike lights on full and one had helmet light with gazillion lumens.

Second part of the rant is how on some cycling forums you'd see a load of posts by posters with utilitarian cyclists usernames saying the above is safe and perfectly acceptable. I hope you lot agree with me that there's no excuse for ignoring such traffic control, dazzling oncoming cars/cyclists and forcing cars into cyclists going the right way according to the lights. If you don't then at least I've got my rant out.

totally agree, that was going to me my rant today too I lost my rag with one this morning calling him a f***ing idiot trying to squeeze past these cones and all the oncoming traffic, he obviously felt sheepish enough about it because he just stared at the road. daft thing is half the pavement on the side of the road which is blocked, is a shared cycle path which isnt affected, and the other half of that path only wasnt made into a cycle path even though its the same width because there was a bus stop, which is temporarily closed because of the roadworks and what alot of cyclists have been doing is just using the whole length of path instead.

personally I dont mind having a stop and moment to recover as long as I dont get squeezed out of prime by the traffic queue.

vimfuego

Waiting at temp lights - nothing coming the other way, but it's down to a single lane ahead. Another cyclist pulls up alongside me. Split second later: "the sensor hasn't seen us" *pedals off* cue oncoming traffic....

Bellend

nich

Snapped gear cable halfway through my morning commute