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  • j_mcd
    j_mcd Posts: 473
    To the guy on the full suss mountain bike I 'experienced' this morning

    1. Why have you got tri bars on it, it's a mountain bike. That you're riding to commute on. With full knoblies.
    2. Why do you have to keep pushing to the front at every set of lights, it's a real dick move unless you are going to head off SO much faster than me. Which you weren't.
    3. Why do you jump almost every set of lights, including those at the bottom of Southwark Bridge, which is almost suicidal.

    Why, do all these things when, if you want to get to your destination quicker, you could just try turning the pedals quicker/with more force.
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  • jgsi
    jgsi Posts: 5,062
    Cruff wrote:
    Racing. Bunch of ar5e. Displayed some quality skillz avoiding a chute right in front of me on Saturday, smashing my back wheel up in the process. Now needs three new spokes as horribly bent and a good seeing to on the truing stand. Will need to go into the shop for it too, as I can't true wheels for sh1t. At least I didn't end up with about half the flesh on my face left on the road like one of the poor sods who went down...

    Get off the BC go kart circuit chopper circus and source some actual road races.
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  • mattsaw
    mattsaw Posts: 907
    It's the wifes 40th this year, and now a slightly alcohol fueled conversation has resulted in me organising a holiday for 34 people.

    I don't mind too much, but how easy do you think it is getting a straight answer from people about which week(s) they are free in August?
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  • slowbike
    slowbike Posts: 8,498
    Mattsaw wrote:
    It's the wifes 40th this year, and now a slightly alcohol fueled conversation has resulted in me organising a holiday for 34 people.

    I don't mind too much, but how easy do you think it is getting a straight answer from people about which week(s) they are free in August?

    Doodle poll ...
  • dinyull
    dinyull Posts: 2,979
    Mattsaw wrote:
    It's the wifes 40th this year, and now a slightly alcohol fueled conversation has resulted in me organising a holiday for 34 people.

    I don't mind too much, but how easy do you think it is getting a straight answer from people about which week(s) they are free in August?

    Wait till you get the moaning of not including people who can't be ar$ed to respond, but can be ar$ed to complain. Never mind trying to get money out of some folk.

    Good luck.
  • mattsaw
    mattsaw Posts: 907
    I'm already all over Doodle. Unfortunately it stops somewhere short of going around to peoples places of work and issuing threats :D
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  • wolfsbane2k
    wolfsbane2k Posts: 3,056
    Wolfsbane2k wrote:
    Bikes picked up a horrific squeal when turning the front wheel of centre.

    Stopped, dropped the wheel, cleaned the dropouts, re-seated. No change.
    Checked brake pads - all clear, Checked mudguards, all seems ok.
    Rode into work with a lot of squeals, not sure where to check next!

    Traced to a loose rear pannier bolt, Tightened that up yesterday lunch time.
    It snapped this morning approx. 2 miles from home. Now at work and wondering if I snaffle a screw extractor kit from somewhere.
    Intent on Cycling Commuting on a budget, but keep on breaking/crashing/finding nice stuff to buy.
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  • tangled_metal
    tangled_metal Posts: 4,021
    First day back on my commute after 4 months off and I experienced a close pass/cut up. Great i thought, I'm back into it.

    Second day i watched a small family car close pass me on the inside and another right turning cyclist on the outside.

    Just 3 rides over 1.5 days and i can only remember those 2 close passes. There's been more but after 3 commuting rides I've already become jaded and accepting of poor driving. So much so that I don't recall most of them.

    Yep I'm back in the saddle again!
  • slowbike
    slowbike Posts: 8,498
    Wolfsbane2k wrote:
    Wolfsbane2k wrote:
    Bikes picked up a horrific squeal when turning the front wheel of centre.

    Stopped, dropped the wheel, cleaned the dropouts, re-seated. No change.
    Checked brake pads - all clear, Checked mudguards, all seems ok.
    Rode into work with a lot of squeals, not sure where to check next!

    Traced to a loose rear pannier bolt, Tightened that up yesterday lunch time.
    It snapped this morning approx. 2 miles from home. Now at work and wondering if I snaffle a screw extractor kit from somewhere.

    Its one of those tools that you buy to do a job and then never need again ... or at least that's what I find ... hence I've got screw extractors at home somewhere just waiting for a job to do ...
  • rhodrich
    rhodrich Posts: 867
    With a bolt the size of a pannier bolt (usually M6), it would be much easier to drill it out, and re-tap. Shouldn't take more than 10 mins with the correct tools.
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  • wolfsbane2k
    wolfsbane2k Posts: 3,056
    Slowbike wrote:
    Its one of those tools that you buy to do a job and then never need again ... or at least that's what I find ... hence I've got screw extractors at home somewhere just waiting for a job to do ...

    Aye, I've got one at home after I broke a front mudguard bolt by overtightening it about 15 miles from home..
    The moving pannier rack has taken the paint entirely off the frame in the remaining 7 miles, so really don't want to consider it with the midweek reload..
    Intent on Cycling Commuting on a budget, but keep on breaking/crashing/finding nice stuff to buy.
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  • wolfsbane2k
    wolfsbane2k Posts: 3,056
    Rhodrich wrote:
    With a bolt the size of a pannier bolt (usually M6), it would be much easier to drill it out, and re-tap. Shouldn't take more than 10 mins with the correct tools.

    Yeah, it's an M6. I've never been sure about re-taping with an old bolt in place without going up a size - I've got a set of extractors and taps at home, will see how it goes tonight.
    Intent on Cycling Commuting on a budget, but keep on breaking/crashing/finding nice stuff to buy.
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  • cyclingprop
    cyclingprop Posts: 2,426
    Cap tan line.
    What do you mean you think 64cm is a big frame?
  • rubertoe
    rubertoe Posts: 3,994
    The EPO crashed her bike for the first time on Saturday and apparently its all my fault, Its my fault that i like cycling, That i have encouraged her to take it up, that i bought her cycling shoes, that I made her wear and that made her crash (It was a standard clipless moment).

    I guess its my fault then...
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  • Jal_
    Jal_ Posts: 49
    rubertoe wrote:
    The EPO crashed her bike for the first time on Saturday and apparently its all my fault, Its my fault that i like cycling, That i have encouraged her to take it up, that i bought her cycling shoes, that I made her wear and that made her crash (It was a standard clipless moment).

    I guess its my fault then...

    I am biding my time before this happens to me. It's inevitable.
  • MrSweary
    MrSweary Posts: 1,699
    rubertoe wrote:
    The EPO crashed her bike for the first time on Saturday and apparently its all my fault, Its my fault that i like cycling, That i have encouraged her to take it up, that i bought her cycling shoes, that I made her wear and that made her crash (It was a standard clipless moment).

    I guess its my fault then...

    Apparently this clause was in my marriage vows. I don't really recall but it was there, apparently.

    That said my wife is adamant that there was nothing about love, honour and obey despite my protestations otherwise.
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  • slowbike
    slowbike Posts: 8,498
    Lights ...
    We may have had a few days of glorious sunshine - but it's murky now ...

    FFS guys'n'girls - when all the traffic around you have their lights on do you not think that perhaps you should do too? At least a backlight ... black shorts and a dark jersey don't show up well in the murk - epsecially when there's oncomming traffic with headlights on ..
  • anonymousblackfg
    anonymousblackfg Posts: 2,029
    Slowbike wrote:
    Lights ...
    We may have had a few days of glorious sunshine - but it's murky now ...

    FFS guys'n'girls - when all the traffic around you have their lights on do you not think that perhaps you should do too? At least a backlight ... black shorts and a dark jersey don't show up well in the murk - epsecially when there's oncomming traffic with headlights on ..

    I've become quite relaxed about this, if the worst happens it's natural selection, else it forces drivers to pay more attention to the road as there are likely many unlit cyclists about.
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  • j_mcd
    j_mcd Posts: 473
    The deer standing at the bottom of Broomfield this morning severely affected a fun descent...
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  • slowbike
    slowbike Posts: 8,498
    anonymousblackfg wrote:
    Slowbike wrote:
    Lights ...
    We may have had a few days of glorious sunshine - but it's murky now ...

    FFS guys'n'girls - when all the traffic around you have their lights on do you not think that perhaps you should do too? At least a backlight ... black shorts and a dark jersey don't show up well in the murk - epsecially when there's oncomming traffic with headlights on ..

    I've become quite relaxed about this, if the worst happens it's natural selection, else it forces drivers to pay more attention to the road as there are likely many unlit cyclists about.

    Hmm - gives drivers more to rant about "bluddy cyclists" - whilst on their mobile phones driving combine harvesters around a narrow blind corner ...
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    there's an unusually high number of dead badgers by the roadside at the moment, like half a dozen or so in some places, what's up with that?

    suicide pact?
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  • dinyull
    dinyull Posts: 2,979
    Slowbike wrote:
    Lights ...
    We may have had a few days of glorious sunshine - but it's murky now ...

    FFS guys'n'girls - when all the traffic around you have their lights on do you not think that perhaps you should do too? At least a backlight ... black shorts and a dark jersey don't show up well in the murk - epsecially when there's oncomming traffic with headlights on ..

    Ah, that reminds about the f*ckwit I saw last night cycling along the motorway into town without a helmet.

    Said motorway has an off-road (dual use path, not 4x4 track) cycle lane running the entire length along BOTH SIDES. Tbf, a helmet isn't going to help him if he gets hit at 70.

    As above though, I've usually forgotten about jokers like him 30 seconds later. Just have to let natural selection take it's course.
  • dinyull
    dinyull Posts: 2,979
    itboffin wrote:
    there's an unusually high number of dead badgers by the roadside at the moment, like half a dozen or so in some places, what's up with that?

    suicide pact?

    It has been said that farmers kill them and throw them into the roadside so they look like roadkill. Think it's illegal for them to be killed outside of a cull.
  • slowbike
    slowbike Posts: 8,498
    Dinyull wrote:
    Slowbike wrote:
    Lights ...
    We may have had a few days of glorious sunshine - but it's murky now ...

    FFS guys'n'girls - when all the traffic around you have their lights on do you not think that perhaps you should do too? At least a backlight ... black shorts and a dark jersey don't show up well in the murk - epsecially when there's oncomming traffic with headlights on ..

    Ah, that reminds about the f*ckwit I saw last night cycling along the motorway into town without a helmet.

    Said motorway has an off-road (dual use path, not 4x4 track) cycle lane running the entire length along BOTH SIDES. Tbf, a helmet isn't going to help him if he gets hit at 70.

    As above though, I've usually forgotten about jokers like him 30 seconds later. Just have to let natural selection take it's course.

    The road that I saw the cyclists on is de-limit B road where drivers frequently get up to 60mph+ (myself included if it's safe enough) - a helmet isn't going to save them there either - having a rear light on gives the driver a better chance of seeing them and not hit them in the first place.

    You might think it's better for "natural selection" to take place - but it's not very nice for the driver of the vehicle when a working back light could've helped avoid it all to start with.
  • dinyull
    dinyull Posts: 2,979
    I'm not saying your wrong, but what can you do? You wouldn't get to work on time over winter if you stopped and pointed out inadequate lights. And with most of the f*ckers it'd be like talking to a brick wall.
  • tangled_metal
    tangled_metal Posts: 4,021
    itboffin wrote:
    there's an unusually high number of dead badgers by the roadside at the moment, like half a dozen or so in some places, what's up with that?

    suicide pact?
    Illegal poisoning of badgers on nearby farmland (any farm with cows on likely the possible culprits). It happens not too far from me. unscrupulous farmers poison or trap badgers. Put the badgers on a busy main road at night and instant roadkill. No busybody will investigate roadkill for poison.

    BTW I got told that by a farmer's son who's family is well in with all the farmers in the area. They know what is going on and where. He told me his dad even knows the farmer doing it on that road but won't tell him. Guess he thinks his son will report the farmer if he had his name.

    Now I cannot be sure the dead badgers down in your neck of the woods are illegally killed, but if you're seeing a lot of them spread out along a main road it could be the case. I believe most badgers would use established tracks which I'd expect results in dead badgers appearing at certain crossings over the road. Cannot be sure but it's one explanation.
  • wolfsbane2k
    wolfsbane2k Posts: 3,056
    anonymousblackfg wrote:
    Slowbike wrote:
    Lights ...
    We may have had a few days of glorious sunshine - but it's murky now ...

    FFS guys'n'girls - when all the traffic around you have their lights on do you not think that perhaps you should do too? At least a backlight ... black shorts and a dark jersey don't show up well in the murk - epsecially when there's oncomming traffic with headlights on ..

    I've become quite relaxed about this, if the worst happens it's natural selection, else it forces drivers to pay more attention to the road as there are likely many unlit cyclists about.

    it's very rarely the cyclists that are in black that are hit - it's the high vis, well lit ones. Therefore, natural selection generally seems to work the other way as far as I can recall ( no stats I can explicitly point you too, but what I've seen reported on things like beyondthekerb)
    And most of my ride is rural B or C-roads.
    Intent on Cycling Commuting on a budget, but keep on breaking/crashing/finding nice stuff to buy.
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  • slowbike
    slowbike Posts: 8,498
    Dinyull wrote:
    I'm not saying your wrong, but what can you do? You wouldn't get to work on time over winter if you stopped and pointed out inadequate lights. And with most of the f*ckers it'd be like talking to a brick wall.

    true - which is why it's in Rants ... because nother ever comes of rants ...
  • slowbike
    slowbike Posts: 8,498
    Wolfsbane2k wrote:
    it's very rarely the cyclists that are in black that are hit - it's the high vis, well lit ones. Therefore, natural selection generally seems to work the other way as far as I can recall ( no stats I can explicitly point you too, but what I've seen reported on things like beyondthekerb)
    And most of my ride is rural B or C-roads.

    Is that more about the type of rider that wears hi-vis and their riding style?
  • dinyull
    dinyull Posts: 2,979
    Look back, I didn't pull you up on it......I think you pulled me up.

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