Your rants here.

tangled_metal

vimfuego wrote:

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

My side road.has a sensor lights. It does detect two alu bikes but takes a while. I just walk my bike to the main road and set off from there.

On temp lights they don't have road sensors and the camera on top I thought detected flashing lights on roofs cars or flashing headlights if road angle is right. So how does that bellend think he'll get detected?

Where do these people come from?

I'm still seething over my example. Probably because their actions endangered me as much as them. Plus I'm not a fan of people who stick high lumen lights on.helmets. IMHO helmet lights on roads should at most be a lower lumen "to be seen" kind of light. Keep the high lumen ones that for night trails where they are needed.

tangled_metal

PS I'm actually impressed that this forum hasn't replied with a barrage of defensive posts like a certain cycling forum I've posted similar comments on before. It's a relief to know there are cyclists who know and accept bad riding when it's seen or described.

veronese68

Tangled Metal wrote:

IMHO helmet lights on roads should at most be a lower lumen "to be seen" kind of light. Keep the high lumen ones that for night trails where they are needed.

I don't think helmet lights should be a high output anywhere. If off road your bar mounted light should be the higher output. A helmet mounted light is too close to your line of sight so you don't see shadows caused by lumps and bumps in your path.
Completely agree with your rant about temporary lights.

benkxk

Good ride today, a good run of green lights. But Strava isn't showing me my route... maybe somehow the GPS was off? I think maybe I did see something... not sure

jds_1981

Place I work at has just announced it is going to start charging for shower usage..

Tashman

jds_1981 wrote:

Place I work at has just announced it is going to start charging for shower usage..

Don't shower then, see how long they like that!!

wolfsbane2k

Veronese68 wrote:

Tangled Metal wrote:

IMHO helmet lights on roads should at most be a lower lumen "to be seen" kind of light. Keep the high lumen ones that for night trails where they are needed.

I don't think helmet lights should be a high output anywhere. If off road your bar mounted light should be the higher output. A helmet mounted light is too close to your line of sight so you don't see shadows caused by lumps and bumps in your path.
Completely agree with your rant about temporary lights.

Agree with you 99% of time, but have found occasions/specific bit of roads where bar mounted lights can't see over the dips so puts it all into shadow. Head mounted light would address that.
Think mini hump back bridges etc.

awavey

back at my favourite set of road works this morning, it was green, so I set off in prime, unfortunately the car infront of me had floored it through so I was left leading the queue, still doing 15-20mph, which seemed reasonable as the workman were moving their digger around and kept swinging the bucket arm into the road :shock:

...but of course car behind starts notablly revving its engine...then starts leaning on the horn...leave the roadworks and then have to stop less than 200 yards further up the road at a pedestrian crossing...same driver now leans out of his car and starts shouting "YOU SHOULD USE CYCLE LANES ****** CYCLISTS"...sigh :roll: ...fortunately i was in a good mood this morning so didnt even bother responding in kind as you know it will just lead to a punishment pass...still got close passed though and then of course he has to stop 20 yards beyond the pedestrian crossing at the roundabout <thumps head into wall>

redvee

Tangled Metal wrote:

IMHO helmet lights on roads should at most be a lower lumen "to be seen" kind of light. Keep the high lumen ones that for night trails where they are needed.

I've got one of those Lezyne helmet lights we all blagged and use it on low setting for the first 1/4 mile then on high for the next 1.5 miles as that part of the commute is along an unlit path but when foggy the light reflects off the mist so shines back at me, a no win situation sometimes.

dinyull

Commuter bike in the past few months:
Rear mech jammed snapping hanger and chain.
Noticed big toe overlap when mudguards went on.
4 punctures in 1 day.
Rear mech jammed snapping hanger and chain for the second time.
Big ring has worn down and I'm getting slip when putting the hammer down.
Halfway to work this morning cable frayed on front disc meaning brake clamped on. Had to adjust and left without front brake for rest of the way in pi$$ing rain.

benkxk

Can't cycle in today as I lost a quick link side so can't put chain back on! Probably need a new chain anyway... haha

dinyull

Also, some c*nt in a Audi too busy on his phone with a close pass this morning. By close pass there were barely a few cm between his wing mirror and my bars. Caught up to him at traffic lights and he was sat playing on his phone, couldn't be arsed to say anything.

MrSweary

Dinyull wrote:

Commuter bike in the past few months:
Rear mech jammed snapping hanger and chain.
Noticed big toe overlap when mudguards went on.
4 punctures in 1 day.
Rear mech jammed snapping hanger and chain for the second time.
Big ring has worn down and I'm getting slip when putting the hammer down.
Halfway to work this morning cable frayed on front disc meaning brake clamped on. Had to adjust and left without front brake for rest of the way in pi$$ing rain.

You know what you need to do..

dinyull

MrSweary wrote:

Dinyull wrote:

Commuter bike in the past few months:
Rear mech jammed snapping hanger and chain.
Noticed big toe overlap when mudguards went on.
4 punctures in 1 day.
Rear mech jammed snapping hanger and chain for the second time.
Big ring has worn down and I'm getting slip when putting the hammer down.
Halfway to work this morning cable frayed on front disc meaning brake clamped on. Had to adjust and left without front brake for rest of the way in pi$$ing rain.

You know what you need to do..

But I only bought a new one 2 weeks ago, explaining another to the wife isn't going to be quite so simple haha.

dinyull

MrSweary wrote:

Dinyull wrote:

Commuter bike in the past few months:
Rear mech jammed snapping hanger and chain.
Noticed big toe overlap when mudguards went on.
4 punctures in 1 day.
Rear mech jammed snapping hanger and chain for the second time.
Big ring has worn down and I'm getting slip when putting the hammer down.
Halfway to work this morning cable frayed on front disc meaning brake clamped on. Had to adjust and left without front brake for rest of the way in pi$$ing rain.

You know what you need to do..

Ahem...new Synapse disc ordered :shock:

MrSweary

Dinyull wrote:

MrSweary wrote:

Dinyull wrote:

Commuter bike in the past few months:
Rear mech jammed snapping hanger and chain.
Noticed big toe overlap when mudguards went on.
4 punctures in 1 day.
Rear mech jammed snapping hanger and chain for the second time.
Big ring has worn down and I'm getting slip when putting the hammer down.
Halfway to work this morning cable frayed on front disc meaning brake clamped on. Had to adjust and left without front brake for rest of the way in pi$$ing rain.

You know what you need to do..

Ahem...new Synapse disc ordered :shock:

Good man.

I say that as someone whose only shot at a new bike was to get run over which is N+1 neutral really. In terms of cash expenditure priority I rank well below the daughter, house and wife (in that order) and this is likely to continue for the rest of my (useful) life.

dinyull

Surprisingly the wife was all for it. Need to get these buys in before we start our family!!!

MrSweary

Dinyull wrote:

Need to get these buys in before we start our family!!!

And indeed anything else you we're planning on doing.

veronese68

From this

Dinyull wrote:

MrSweary wrote:

You know what you need to do..

But I only bought a new one 2 weeks ago, explaining another to the wife isn't going to be quite so simple haha.

To this in 3 1/2 hours.

Dinyull wrote:

Ahem...new Synapse disc ordered :shock:

That's mightily impressive.

wolfsbane2k

Stones. Giant flipping stones strewn across the road caused by some idiot fly tipping building waste.
Dinked the rear rim. Shredded the sidewall.
"Fixed" the sidewall with a park tools tyre boot, only to get a second puncture from it pinching the inner tube 4 miles closer to home.
Gave up and walked 2 miles.

wolfsbane2k

Oh - and it took me 15 minutes to change the inner tube. Dark & cold today was not my friend.

bobbygloss

Frozen freehub, leaving me with intermittent drive followed by no drive at all, midway between home and work.

mattsaw

A stray nail tore a chunk out of my new two week old bib-tights

rower63

Mattsaw wrote:

A stray nail tore a chunk out of my new two week old bib-tights

manhandling pallets by any chance?

mattsaw

LOL not quite.
This was on an office cupboard door. It looks like someone has been doing some very haphazard DIY.

rhodrich

Apologies to everyone in south west London that I woke up this morning. It wasn't a chainsaw that you heard, but my new chain, riding on a slightly worn cog. May have to got back to my old chain, until I've had time to purchase a new cog.

Anyone here got a 15T going spare that's not worn out?

azzurri78

Needless to say the fact the workplace car park 'drying room' doesn't do what it says on the tin gives me great satisfaction.

Brought in spare base layer, bibs and socks but should be fun putting on my wet shoes. Took out the insoles and stuffed newspaper in them but a quick check at lunchtime has me thinking I might have to give them a blast with the changing room hairdryer!

kingstongraham

azzurri78 wrote:

changing room hairdryer!

There's posh.

itboffin

When its starts raining and you have to drag a ton bag of seasoned dry wood into the garage alone!

Ouch my back

redvee

KingstonGraham wrote:

azzurri78 wrote:

changing room hairdryer!

There's posh.

We call ours a hand dryer. A blast of hot air for my gloves and shoes when I get into work and another during the day if I remember, usually it is only a wet ride one way so slightly damp 9 hours later isn't too bad.