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Vauxhall with a m32 gearbox. Apparently I was incredibly unfortunate to have picked a car where it hadn't already happened, and therefore been addressed, with that mileage.davis wrote:Wolfsbane2k wrote:4 month old to us, 7 years/60k miles recovery wagon's gear box has died.
My aspirations to have a single, high reliability single car to save money in the long run has catastrophicly failed.
Unusually bad luck there. What car?
Warranty fun is ensuing.
On a separate rant, into week 3 of no riding next week of probably 6. The patience level has noticeably reduced according to others.Intent on Cycling Commuting on a budget, but keep on breaking/crashing/finding nice stuff to buy.
Bike 1 (Broken) - Bike 2(Borked) - Bike 3(broken spokes) - Bike 4( Needs Work) - Bike 5 (in bits) - Bike 6* ...0 -
Why no riding?Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.0 -
In the car i nearly got hit by another car taking a slightly sharper than 90 degrees bend by swinging out straight across the opposite side of the road. Now i understand there's reasons to swing out to make a bend but you don't just do it with oncoming vehicles you might hit. Examples of reasons to do that manoeuvre include towing a trailer, very sharp bend, etc but you have to do it when safe to do so.
Seriously annoys me when someone makes a move so focused on the direction of travel that they don't see other road users around them.0 -
OH been in hospital for major surgery, so emergency transport & timeliness reasonsitboffin wrote:Why no riding?Intent on Cycling Commuting on a budget, but keep on breaking/crashing/finding nice stuff to buy.
Bike 1 (Broken) - Bike 2(Borked) - Bike 3(broken spokes) - Bike 4( Needs Work) - Bike 5 (in bits) - Bike 6* ...0 -
Wolfsbane2k wrote:
OH been in hospital for major surgery, so emergency transport & timeliness reasonsitboffin wrote:Why no riding?
and I take it you're not a surgeon ...
Been off the bike for a few days - due to a collapse (not enough to drink and low blood pressure) with visit to A&E - cos the ambulance crew didn't like the results - A&E doc said nothing to worry about and my GP not concerned either - still, got blood tests to do this week - so I think they're double checking.0 -
Combination of too early on a sub zero Monday morning .. fogged up glasses.. slightly squeezed by the 85 bus, then another sneaky one behind it.. went into the pothole that has been earmarked by the council (spraypainted so as not to sue us please) for the last 3 months... luckily slightly uphill, so 13mph didnt break anything... but sure woke me up oathing..0
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Folded a mirror in on a moving car today due to some old fogey not caring that I was on the bit of road he wanted.
I'm sat in a traffic queue and the lights change and the car ahead floors it leaving a gap, Gramps in his car is literally beside me. We are both level with one another but he wants my bit of road and is indicating right, wanting to change lanes. I shout a load warning at him and he looks round and sees I'm there but he's already crossed the white line by now and is over a foot into my lane with us still side by side. His door mirror is within reach so a hand comes down hard onto it, luckily for him it just folds back and he has to slow for the traffic and I end up in front of him with him showing the world his horn works, unlike his brain.I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.0 -
Karma's a b*tch.
To the knobhead cycling down through Stretford at about 8.20am this morning... when you overtake me less than a foot from my handlebars as I'm crusing towards a red light, don't get arsey with me when I tell you that you need to leave more space.
me: You need to leave more space when you're overtaking, mate, you were less than a foot from my handlebars.
you: It was enough space for me.
me: Well it isn't enough space for whoever you're going past. Would you appreciate a car driver going past you leaving the same amount of space?
you: You should learn to ride a bike.
me: Wow, you overtake too closely and you're giving lessons on how to handle a bike??? You're a moron. So, when a car goes past that close to you, is it fine, as long as they think they have enough space? Tw@t.
He cycles off and I follow, keeping pace quite easily.
Less than half a mile down the road a guy in a silver Micra pulls out from a side road to our left... I brake gently (it's quite obvious what's happening) but he simply swerves past the back of the vehicle at the same speed, to the left of the car, shouts some abuse and smashes the wing mirror before cycling off past the traffic.
The driver then drives like a total tool to try and catch him (wrong side of the road into oncoming traffic going past cyclists and the stationary cars etc.) and clearly he sh*t himself when he knew they were gaining despite the traffic... running the red light at the end and cycling quickly off where they couldn't drive after him.
Funny, I'm sure the driver thought it was "enough space for them", so I really can't understand why this cockwomble took umbrage with him... it's as if there's one rule for him, and another for everyone else...Hairy-legged roadie ( FCN 4 )
Occasional fixed ( FCN 6 )0 -
Burst water main. Fortunately the kettle had enough in it for a cuppa. And I can shower at work.0
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Another one or a knock on from the one in the town centre? I did enjoy breezing through the traffic this morning, lots of very irate drivers all trying to get into the one bit of road.KingstonGraham wrote:Burst water main. Fortunately the kettle had enough in it for a cuppa. And I can shower at work.0 -
Veronese68 wrote:
Another one or a knock on from the one in the town centre? I did enjoy breezing through the traffic this morning, lots of very irate drivers all trying to get into the one bit of road.KingstonGraham wrote:Burst water main. Fortunately the kettle had enough in it for a cuppa. And I can shower at work.
Likewise. A very angry motorist hooted at me for not using the Portsmouth Road cycle lane this morning, so I gave him a friendly wave and a thumbs ub (as I'm sure he was just hooting to say hello, wasn't he?). Gave him another wave and beaming smile 2 minutes later as I passed him on the gridlocked one way system.....1938 Hobbs Tandem
1956 Carlton Flyer Path/Track
1960 Mercian Superlight Track
1974 Pete Luxton Path/Track*
1980 Harry Hall
1986 Dawes Galaxy
1988 Jack Taylor Tourer
1988 Pearson
1989 Condor
1993 Dawes Hybrid
2016 Ridley Helium SL
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Veronese68 wrote:
Another one or a knock on from the one in the town centre? I did enjoy breezing through the traffic this morning, lots of very irate drivers all trying to get into the one bit of road.KingstonGraham wrote:Burst water main. Fortunately the kettle had enough in it for a cuppa. And I can shower at work.
Another. Woodside Road junction with Richmond Road. Not causing much disruption to traffic I don't think, just a lot of water across the whole road. Not nice if it's freezing tonight though.0 -
Aah, far enough not to affect me. Mate of mine would probably have been without as he lives down there. Yes, it freezing is what worries me. I pass the one in town on the path so it's dry at least.KingstonGraham wrote:Another. Woodside Road junction with Richmond Road. Not causing much disruption to traffic I don't think, just a lot of water across the whole road. Not nice if it's freezing tonight though.0 -
They've been trying to sort out a burst water main (at least I think it is) at the lights in East Twickenham, west side of Richmond Bridge for the last week at least.
Needless to say the three-way lights control, like any other minor roadworks, has been causing massive queueus in all directions at all times of day0 -
Veronese68 wrote:
Aah, far enough not to affect me. Mate of mine would probably have been without as he lives down there. Yes, it freezing is what worries me. I pass the one in town on the path so it's dry at least.KingstonGraham wrote:Another. Woodside Road junction with Richmond Road. Not causing much disruption to traffic I don't think, just a lot of water across the whole road. Not nice if it's freezing tonight though.
Well it was fixed within a few hours, and they put salt/grit down on the pavement and road so no ice. Fair play.0 -
Fucking everything going wrong at work this year. ENOUGH ALREADY0
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Cut up thru CW by a muppet in a black Range Rover, decides he wanted to use the whole of my lane despite me already being in it while pulling away from a ped crossing so swerved across from the right, nearly hitting me. Then flashes his lights at me, revs engine, punishment pass across zigzag lines away from next ped crossing cutting in on me then brake-tests me at the next corner meaning I have to sweve to avoid him. He then accelerates hard and undertakes. Pulls into my work garage just ahead of me and when parked up asks me in an aggressive manner if I had a problem with his driving. Yes, I do, it's all on camera and going to Roadsafe, which induces mocking laughter from him. Hopefully Roadsafe will do something about it, though I doubt it."Mummy Mummy, when will I grow up?"
"Don't be silly son, you're a bloke, you'll never grow up"0 -
Keyser__Soze wrote:Cut up thru CW by a muppet in a black Range Rover, decides he wanted to use the whole of my lane despite me already being in it while pulling away from a ped crossing so swerved across from the right, nearly hitting me. Then flashes his lights at me, revs engine, punishment pass across zigzag lines away from next ped crossing cutting in on me then brake-tests me at the next corner meaning I have to sweve to avoid him. He then accelerates hard and undertakes. Pulls into my work garage just ahead of me and when parked up asks me in an aggressive manner if I had a problem with his driving. Yes, I do, it's all on camera and going to Roadsafe, which induces mocking laughter from him. Hopefully Roadsafe will do something about it, though I doubt it.
Could you have used the phrase "nice car, shame if it got damaged"?0 -
KingstonGraham wrote:Could you have used the phrase "nice car, shame if it got damaged"?
CCTV everywhere in the garage, plus bikes are a lot easier to damage surreptitiously than cars so don't want to come back to my bike and find flat tyres/cut brake cables or that it's been moved and driven over."Mummy Mummy, when will I grow up?"
"Don't be silly son, you're a bloke, you'll never grow up"0 -
Keyser__Soze wrote:KingstonGraham wrote:Could you have used the phrase "nice car, shame if it got damaged"?
CCTV everywhere in the garage, plus bikes are a lot easier to damage surreptitiously than cars so don't want to come back to my bike and find flat tyres/cut brake cables or that it's been moved and driven over.
I wasn't suggesting damaging it.0 -
KingstonGraham wrote:Keyser__Soze wrote:KingstonGraham wrote:Could you have used the phrase "nice car, shame if it got damaged"?
CCTV everywhere in the garage, plus bikes are a lot easier to damage surreptitiously than cars so don't want to come back to my bike and find flat tyres/cut brake cables or that it's been moved and driven over.
I wasn't suggesting damaging it.
I wasn't suggesting either, rather why I didn't say such a thing - it may have been recorded and also in case he decided to actually attack my bike."Mummy Mummy, when will I grow up?"
"Don't be silly son, you're a bloke, you'll never grow up"0 -
I hope you do submit this to Roadsafe and would be quite interested to hear the outcome.0
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Keyser__Soze wrote:KingstonGraham wrote:Keyser__Soze wrote:KingstonGraham wrote:Could you have used the phrase "nice car, shame if it got damaged"?
CCTV everywhere in the garage, plus bikes are a lot easier to damage surreptitiously than cars so don't want to come back to my bike and find flat tyres/cut brake cables or that it's been moved and driven over.
I wasn't suggesting damaging it.
I wasn't suggesting either, rather why I didn't say such a thing - it may have been recorded and also in case he decided to actually attack my bike.
Fair dos. If it is in your work garage, and he drove like that on his commute, mightn't their employer be interested?0 -
Keyser__Soze wrote:Cut up thru CW by a muppet in a black Range Rover, decides he wanted to use the whole of my lane despite me already being in it while pulling away from a ped crossing so swerved across from the right, nearly hitting me. Then flashes his lights at me, revs engine, punishment pass across zigzag lines away from next ped crossing cutting in on me then brake-tests me at the next corner meaning I have to sweve to avoid him. He then accelerates hard and undertakes. Pulls into my work garage just ahead of me and when parked up asks me in an aggressive manner if I had a problem with his driving. Yes, I do, it's all on camera and going to Roadsafe, which induces mocking laughter from him. Hopefully Roadsafe will do something about it, though I doubt it.
Revenge is a dish best served cold.
You know where he works. One day, you'll be in a position where he doesn't have the upper hand......One day....0 -
Lost a Moon shield somewhere on the way to work yesterday morning
Didn't realise until i needed to head home, and was late to get back to the nippers (wife out to yoga). Had to cycle the last few miles with my front light in my hand, in the dark roads of south Cambridgeshire flashing it onto the road when cars approached from behind and then pointing it ahead to work out where i was going when they weren't!
Ordered two replacements this morning.0 -
corriebee1 wrote:Lost a Moon shield somewhere on the way to work yesterday morning
Always aim to have at least two working lights front and back if riding in the dark - that way you can have one fail and still be ok.
Good mancorriebee1 wrote:Ordered two replacements this morning.
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corriebee1 wrote:Lost a Moon shield somewhere on the way to work yesterday morning
Didn't realise until i needed to head home, and was late to get back to the nippers (wife out to yoga). Had to cycle the last few miles with my front light in my hand, in the dark roads of south Cambridgeshire flashing it onto the road when cars approached from behind and then pointing it ahead to work out where i was going when they weren't!
Ordered two replacements this morning.
Whoops.
I was just about to return a brand new, unused shield-x I have spare that I bought at half price if you want to grab that instead? And your local..
Edit- cyclesurgery still have them at 19 delivered probably worth going straight to supplier...Intent on Cycling Commuting on a budget, but keep on breaking/crashing/finding nice stuff to buy.
Bike 1 (Broken) - Bike 2(Borked) - Bike 3(broken spokes) - Bike 4( Needs Work) - Bike 5 (in bits) - Bike 6* ...0 -
Doctor's appointment in the morning at 07:50 :shock: Normally at that time of day I'm snoozing the alarm on my phone.
Had a good run with overtime so far this pay period with possibility of more to come and already looking at Wiggle/CRC etc seeing what I 'need'I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.0 -
Having spends isn't a good rant topic it's boasting!
Seriously though, what do you think you'll buy? Always looking for ideas for what I need.
My rant is about motorbike riders who disregard any possibly rules that might apply to them on the road. I'm thinking of the rider this morning who gunned his bike and shot right up the middle of two lanes on a I one way road. That was at a point where the traffic is stop/start through a series of pedestrian and junction lights. Where cars come in from side roads and cross to the opposite lane. So at his speed both him and such car drivers would not see each other coming.
Plus a little ahead i watched him approach a bus. He moved to the right to see if he could go that way then last minute served to the left to squeeze between the bus and a van up the narrow gap. Gunning it like before. The fact that this move looked very unstable was bad enough. What was also shocking was his L plate. He was a learner!
I hope he's carrying a donor card and his next of kin know that too! He can't be long for this world unfortunately. I'm sure experience will teach him if he survives.0 -
Is anyone else finding James May's gurning face as the first news piece on this site annoying? Irrespective of what he's saying he's annoying IMHO.0
