Your rants here.

KnightOfTheLongTights

'Buddy'

We are not in the f * cking States, millennial dimwit

itboffin

KingstonGraham wrote:

Key broke in my bike lock.

grounds for a new bike I believe

keyser__soze

I'm getting fat, I'm getting old and I'm getting slow. Yesterday I noticed one of my favourite pairs of bibshorts had worn a little thin. All I need is a couple of Cervelos, to take up triathlon and to ride like a knob in traffic and my journey to full time mamil chopper will be complete

itboffin

Keyser__Soze wrote:

I'm getting fat, I'm getting old and I'm getting slow. Yesterday I noticed one of my favourite pairs of bibshorts had worn a little thin. All I need is a couple of Cervelos, to take up triathlon and to ride like a knob in traffic and
my journey to full time mamil chopper will be complete

welcome!

but not the tri-antelope part, no no no

cruff

"Can I get..."

No you cocking well can't. You can HAVE... like all British people.

kingstongraham

itboffin wrote:

KingstonGraham wrote:

Key broke in my bike lock.

grounds for a new bike I believe

The bike wasn't locked. I'd managed to loop the lock through the straps of the helmet and the bike rack, but not the bike. When opening the lock again to rectify this error, key snapped. So I now have a new lock, and an unusable helmet. I am going to find out how susceptible the lock is to bolt cutters. Dependent on the results, I either will or will not get another lock the same.

rjsterry

KingstonGraham wrote:

itboffin wrote:

KingstonGraham wrote:

Key broke in my bike lock.

grounds for a new bike I believe

The bike wasn't locked. I'd managed to loop the lock through the straps of the helmet and the bike rack, but not the bike. When opening the lock again to rectify this error, key snapped. So I now have a new lock, and an unusable helmet. I am going to find out how susceptible the lock is to bolt cutters. Dependent on the results, I either will or will not get another lock the same.

You can normally unthread the straps on a helmet.

kingstongraham

rjsterry wrote:

KingstonGraham wrote:

itboffin wrote:

KingstonGraham wrote:

Key broke in my bike lock.

grounds for a new bike I believe

The bike wasn't locked. I'd managed to loop the lock through the straps of the helmet and the bike rack, but not the bike. When opening the lock again to rectify this error, key snapped. So I now have a new lock, and an unusable helmet. I am going to find out how susceptible the lock is to bolt cutters. Dependent on the results, I either will or will not get another lock the same.

You can normally unthread the straps on a helmet.

One side I can, the other is attached both ends.

rjsterry

KingstonGraham wrote:

rjsterry wrote:

KingstonGraham wrote:

itboffin wrote:

KingstonGraham wrote:

Key broke in my bike lock.

grounds for a new bike I believe

The bike wasn't locked. I'd managed to loop the lock through the straps of the helmet and the bike rack, but not the bike. When opening the lock again to rectify this error, key snapped. So I now have a new lock, and an unusable helmet. I am going to find out how susceptible the lock is to bolt cutters. Dependent on the results, I either will or will not get another lock the same.

You can normally unthread the straps on a helmet.

One side I can, the other is attached both ends.

Not sure what helmet you have, but on my Specialised, the ends of the straps are attached to little plastic widgets that slot into the main body of the helmet. If you pop these out, there's a little slot that allows you to unhook the strap from the widget. I'll take q photo and post it in a minute.

itboffin

when i lost my keys i popped over the road from the station to the garage and the fella there came over with his portable angle grinder, both my kryptonite d-locks gone in less than 10s

rjsterry

Once you've unhooked the strap from the, err, widget, you can pull the strap back through the slot in the body of the helmet and hey presto!

There's also lots of advice online on how to remove a broken key from a lock (assuming you have a spare somewhere to allow you to continue to use the lock)

Man Of Lard

To the nonagenarian that forced me off the road and into a blackthorn hedge this morning because you were in a hurry to get to church (I know you were headed to church, because I passed your car parked "in a novel interpretation of parallel parking" after the driver going in the opposite direction you forced to a halt whilst close-passing me helped me out of the hedge). I trust you got the message I left at the church door on my way to report your P*** poor driving to the rozzers (with the corroboration of the other driver). Just doing my civic duty. Perhaps next time you'll wait and pass by on the other side? Or perhaps we just cost you the driving licence that you should have given up before now.

DanielCoffey

Blackthorn is ouchy! From what i have read on gardening forums, be *very* sure you have got all the thorns out of various places, especially hands. All sorts of nasty issues can arise if you miss any of them.

shycho

Narrow two way street, cars parked on either side and 2 elderly morons cycling side by side down the middle of it. Tough decision as to whether to cycle into the one on my side of the road of through the middle of the pair of them.
Never had that sort of problem with the mannerless local chavs. Flaming coffin dodgers.

Brakeless

shycho wrote:

Narrow two way street, cars parked on either side and 2 elderly morons cycling side by side down the middle of it. Tough decision as to whether to cycle into the one on my side of the road of through the middle of the pair of them.
Never had that sort of problem with the mannerless local chavs. Flaming coffin dodgers.

Maybe they were side by side to stop cars sqeezing past if it was a narrow street. You could have given a freindly shout that you were coming past, if you weren't a f*cking moron that is.

timothyw

Brakeless wrote:

shycho wrote:

Narrow two way street, cars parked on either side and 2 elderly morons cycling side by side down the middle of it. Tough decision as to whether to cycle into the one on my side of the road of through the middle of the pair of them.
Never had that sort of problem with the mannerless local chavs. Flaming coffin dodgers.

Maybe they were side by side to stop cars sqeezing past if it was a narrow street. You could have given a freindly shout that you were coming past, if you weren't a f*cking moron that is.

I appreciate there is room for ambiguity in the original post, but I took it as read that the two cyclists were travelling in the opposite direction to shycho, oblivious to the rider in front of them?

In which case perhaps your response is a little strong?

shycho

TimothyW wrote:

Brakeless wrote:

shycho wrote:

Narrow two way street, cars parked on either side and 2 elderly morons cycling side by side down the middle of it. Tough decision as to whether to cycle into the one on my side of the road of through the middle of the pair of them.
Never had that sort of problem with the mannerless local chavs. Flaming coffin dodgers.

Maybe they were side by side to stop cars sqeezing past if it was a narrow street. You could have given a freindly shout that you were coming past, if you weren't a f*cking moron that is.

I appreciate there is room for ambiguity in the original post, but I took it as read that the two cyclists were travelling in the opposite direction to shycho, oblivious to the rider in front of them?

In which case perhaps your response is a little strong?

Spot on, had I been sneaking up behind them I would have given them a polite "excuse me" but nope they were engaging in a random game of chicken. They were also coming from a dead end (park at the end of the road) so very little chance of anything coming up from behind them.

rick_chasey

First day of the year with double digit temperature in the morning; specialized allez parked in my spot at work.

dinyull

Had an unbelievable pass on sat. Few car's passed safely as I was approaching a left turn (they were going straight ahead), only to be followed by someone in an Astra who proceeded to try and left hook me at over 20 mph.

Luckily there was a bus waiting to pull out and a set of traffic lights up ahead and I was anticipating having to slow anyway so managed to bob and weave to miss him.

It was such a mind-bogglingly bad attempt I'm sure he mustn't have seen me.

wolfsbane2k

Tight Chromoplastic guard appears to have eaten away my chainstay/seatstay over winter - all paint gone, onto bare metal. Thought I'd tightened it up, but obviously not enough.

Not sure how much to trust it now, may need a new frame. At minimum, need to get some frame protectors asap.

jds_1981

Wolfsbane2k wrote:

Tight Chromoplastic guard appears to have eaten away my chainstay/seatstay over winter - all paint gone, onto bare metal. Thought I'd tightened it up, but obviously not enough.

Not sure how much to trust it now, may need a new frame. At minimum, need to get some frame protectors asap.

Similar thing happened to my carbon frame - wore through the frame protectors and some of the carbon which I really must get around to fixing.
Not going to ever use a strap on again. Stops you from getting wet but at what cost?

hopkinb

I just wrap a bit of insulating tape round the seatstay and mount the guards on that, but I do have a bare brushed Ti frame, so I'm not that fussed, as I can restore the finish with a bit of elbow grease. I love my new(ish) race blade pro XL. So much better than the old model, I put them on this morning in anticipation of wet roads, it took a minute at each end.

rjsterry

jds_1981 wrote:

...
Not going to ever use a strap on again. Stops you from getting wet but at what cost?

<snigger>

slowbike

Rick Chasey wrote:

First day of the year with double digit temperature in the morning; specialized allez parked in my spot at work.

Nothing wrong with an Allez ....

slowbike

hopkinb wrote:

I just wrap a bit of insulating tape round the seatstay and mount the guards on that.

yup - that's what I do for the rear stays - for the front I sometimes use a bit of inner tube as well ... belt'n'braces

cruff

Slowbike wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

First day of the year with double digit temperature in the morning; specialized allez parked in my spot at work.

Nothing wrong with an Allez ....

Thousands of pinky ring and hockey sock wearing c0ckwombles can't be wrong...

slowbike

Cruff wrote:

Slowbike wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

First day of the year with double digit temperature in the morning; specialized allez parked in my spot at work.

Nothing wrong with an Allez ....

Thousands of pinky ring and hockey sock wearing c0ckwombles can't be wrong...

well - it's not an f'ing cheating ebike .... :roll:

Ben6899

Slowbike wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

First day of the year with double digit temperature in the morning; specialized allez parked in my spot at work.

Nothing wrong with an Allez ....

Specialized Clitoris?

cruff

Slowbike wrote:

Cruff wrote:

Slowbike wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

First day of the year with double digit temperature in the morning; specialized allez parked in my spot at work.

Nothing wrong with an Allez ....

Thousands of pinky ring and hockey sock wearing c0ckwombles can't be wrong...

well - it's not an f'ing cheating ebike .... :roll:

You should be dropping ebikes on the flat, just like scooters. Use 'em as motorpacing, then come round for the final 100 metres. Job done.

wolfsbane2k

Talking to a bunch of local riders today at lunch implies that despite it being half term, the amount & closeness of close passes has been horrific this week.
4 of them walked off to buy fly6 cameras.
This is not what cycling should be like.