Your rants here.

dinyull

Slowbike wrote:

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?

Isn't there some thinking along the lines of, those who don't wear hi-vis and helmet are more risk averse. Those who do are willing to take a few more risks thinking they'll be seen/safe.

wolfsbane2k

Slowbike wrote:

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?

It might, but equally i recall from an Ian Walker study that drivers typically drive closer to those in hi-vis compared to those that aren't, when measured alongside helmet use.
Possibly Something about expecting hi-vis riders to be "better trained and able to cope with close passes" - vs the "uneducated, unpredictable in black clothes " thing, despite it potentially being the complete opposite?

MrSweary

Wolfsbane2k wrote:

Possibly Something about expecting hi-vis riders to be "better trained and able to cope with close passes" - vs the "uneducated, unpredictable in black clothes " thing, despite it potentially being the complete opposite?

Harrumph - I wear mostly black (a few bits of reflective here and there) and rely largely on being illuminated at all times. Doesn't stop some c*%t close passing me on a daily basis... :x

rick_chasey

Wolfsbane2k wrote:

Slowbike wrote:

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?

It might, but equally i recall from an Ian Walker study that drivers typically drive closer to those in hi-vis compared to those that aren't, when measured alongside helmet use.
Possibly Something about expecting hi-vis riders to be "better trained and able to cope with close passes" - vs the "uneducated, unpredictable in black clothes " thing, despite it potentially being the complete opposite?

S'not about close passes though is it?

It's about the car driver that doesn't see you at all and slams into you.

Quite a big difference.

wolfsbane2k

MrSweary wrote:

Wolfsbane2k wrote:

Possibly Something about expecting hi-vis riders to be "better trained and able to cope with close passes" - vs the "uneducated, unpredictable in black clothes " thing, despite it potentially being the complete opposite?

Harrumph - I wear mostly black (a few bits of reflective here and there) and rely largely on being illuminated at all times. Doesn't stop some c*%t close passing me on a daily basis... :x

Ditto.

MrSweary

Rick Chasey wrote:

Quite a big difference.

Well, technically it could just be an inch or two... but yes.

wolfsbane2k

Rick Chasey wrote:

Wolfsbane2k wrote:

Slowbike wrote:

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?

It might, but equally i recall from an Ian Walker study that drivers typically drive closer to those in hi-vis compared to those that aren't, when measured alongside helmet use.
Possibly Something about expecting hi-vis riders to be "better trained and able to cope with close passes" - vs the "uneducated, unpredictable in black clothes " thing, despite it potentially being the complete opposite?

S'not about close passes though is it?

It's about the car driver that doesn't see you at all and slams into you.

Quite a big difference.

True, but i don't feel that they they are completely unrelated though, feel it's as much about the attitude of some drivers to look out, as much as not..

DrLex

Tangled Metal wrote:

[...]No busybody will investigate roadkill for poison.[...]

I know of a council employee down here who collects dead brocks and gets a poison test done. No prosecutions yet, though.

rick_chasey

Wolfsbane2k wrote:

Rick Chasey wrote:

Wolfsbane2k wrote:

It might, but equally i recall from an Ian Walker study that drivers typically drive closer to those in hi-vis compared to those that aren't, when measured alongside helmet use.
Possibly Something about expecting hi-vis riders to be "better trained and able to cope with close passes" - vs the "uneducated, unpredictable in black clothes " thing, despite it potentially being the complete opposite?

S'not about close passes though is it?

It's about the car driver that doesn't see you at all and slams into you.

Quite a big difference.

True, but i don't feel that they they are completely unrelated though, feel it's as much about the attitude of some drivers to look out, as much as not..

If a driver is changing their attitude towards a cyclist depending on their kit, you'd imagine they'd have to have seen the rider right?

tangled_metal

DrLex wrote:

Tangled Metal wrote:

[...]No busybody will investigate roadkill for poison.[...]

I know of a council employee down here who collects dead brocks and gets a poison test done. No prosecutions yet, though.

Where's that?

Doubt south lakes has much money for things they need to do let alone testing badgers. Not a well funded council at all. Taxes pegged back a bit too much. Closed all their public loos they needed the money so much. That was before the cuts bit around the uk too!

slowbike

Rick Chasey wrote:

Wolfsbane2k wrote:

Slowbike wrote:

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?

It might, but equally i recall from an Ian Walker study that drivers typically drive closer to those in hi-vis compared to those that aren't, when measured alongside helmet use.
Possibly Something about expecting hi-vis riders to be "better trained and able to cope with close passes" - vs the "uneducated, unpredictable in black clothes " thing, despite it potentially being the complete opposite?

S'not about close passes though is it?

It's about the car driver that doesn't see you at all and slams into you.

Quite a big difference.

more or less - it's about not giving the driver an excuse for not seeing you- without going too OTT - mind you, with some drivers I think you could ride with all the rear lights possible, big helium filled balloons and sirens - they'd still claim they didn't see you ...

dinyull

BT. Being b*stards.

Signed up for TV and broadband back in Nov. Last month they hiked their prices up after paying £1b for the Champions League rights. Because they broke the contract they offered us a free opt out, which we took as had been disappointed with their TV box and don't watch the Champions League.

They have since made moving to another phone/internet provider as difficult as possible. They dragged their feet to start the switch, since switching we've gone a week without internet and have to wait another week for a BT engineer to come out and fix a fault on the line.

rubertoe

There has been a large amount of badgers around now you come to mention it.

kingstongraham

rubertoe wrote:

There has been a large amount of badgers around now you come to mention it.

Don't have lights, do they?

tangled_metal

Do you ever see their heads? They're so dense and strong that a truck hitting them often sends tyre head flying and the body gets squished. Or that is what a copper told me once.

Deer in Scottish highlands that get run over also lose their heads. Used to be up there late October and it must be a bad time of year for deer strikes. Used to see a lot of headless deer roadkill and cars with their front bumper missing/in their boot.

jgsi

rubertoe wrote:

There has been a large amount of badgers around now you come to mention it.

Farmers culling them then dumping on the roadside as roadkill.

DrLex

Tangled Metal wrote:

DrLex wrote:

Tangled Metal wrote:

[...]No busybody will investigate roadkill for poison.[...]

I know of a council employee down here who collects dead brocks and gets a poison test done. No prosecutions yet, though.

Where's that?

Doubt south lakes has much money for things they need to do let alone testing badgers. Not a well funded council at all. Taxes pegged back a bit too much. Closed all their public loos they needed the money so much. That was before the cuts bit around the uk too!

Zummerset- home of the badger cull (217 in 2016). Think I saw a similar amount roadside over the year.

itboffin

i've seen maybe 50 in the last couple of weeks, thats the highest i've seen in a long time

Quins

Great club ride at weekend, 2 days commuting this week, loving it and really looking forward to a 3rd, struck down with a proper belly ache and sh1ts through yesterday afternoon and through the night. Achey joints, head aches, feel rotten on this glorious day.

Quins

Now to add further insult, put my back out while reaching for bog paper, back went crunch, now walking like planet of the apes..sh1ts have stopped, pain killers kicking in. Might buy a lottery ticket, lucks gotta change soon.

BobMcbob

To the selfish cnut who takes up two bike spaces in the underwork garage which is full every morning. Park your moronic e-bike with the other 'motor' bikes. Just because your stupid fast tyres don't fit the racks doesn't mean you should deprive someone else of a space.

asprilla

Tried to replace the rear brake cable on the TT bike. Easy, I thought, I can just slide it out and slide the new one back in

I have no rear brake and I've just ordered an android endoscope.

rower63

Asprilla wrote:

Tried to replace the rear brake cable on the TT bike. Easy, I thought, I can just slide it out and slide the new one back in

I have no rear brake and I've just ordered an android endoscope.

Oh God I hope you didn't do what I did on my Storck front mech cable: it has a special pair of holes in the BB area of the frame where the cable goes in and comes out. I have no idea what the arrangement is inside, except that once I'd pulled the old cable out, the new cable would go 1cm in again and then stop. From either side. No matter what I tried. Storck were no help, I wasn't shipping it to Germany and the outfit I originally bought it from had folded. I ended up running the cable directly against the outside of the frame, in contact with the paint, and there it remains. It works but it irritates the hell out of me. Thanks for reminding me.

itboffin

eurosports subscription just stopped and shows as expired 30/01/2018 FFS they dont even know what year it is

asprilla

rower63 wrote:

Asprilla wrote:

Tried to replace the rear brake cable on the TT bike. Easy, I thought, I can just slide it out and slide the new one back in

I have no rear brake and I've just ordered an android endoscope.

Oh God I hope you didn't do what I did on my Storck front mech cable: it has a special pair of holes in the BB area of the frame where the cable goes in and comes out. I have no idea what the arrangement is inside, except that once I'd pulled the old cable out, the new cable would go 1cm in again and then stop. From either side. No matter what I tried. Storck were no help, I wasn't shipping it to Germany and the outfit I originally bought it from had folded. I ended up running the cable directly against the outside of the frame, in contact with the paint, and there it remains. It works but it irritates the hell out of me. Thanks for reminding me.

I know it's do-able as Neil's Wheels in Molesy (excellent, excellent bike shop) cabled it up for me. It's does however use an arrangement to get the gear and rear brake cables under the BB that they described as 'a complete fucking bastard'. All I've done is pull the outer into the frame, and now I can't force it back out from the top because of the convoluted routing and the fact the gear cables are getting in the way. I actually managed to get the rear brake working before, but at that point I didn't have any other cables in place. A thin flexy magnet grabber and an endoscope with LEDs will help. I hope.

If I have any joy I'll lend them to you.

Also I'm looking at Sram eTap.

veronese68

Asprilla wrote:

I hope.

Have you considered turning to God and adding prayer to that? You'd have to renounce all evil, which would obviously mean no more trianteloping.

rjsterry

So in summary: internal cabling is all very well until you need to replace one. Noted.

jgsi

BobMcbob wrote:

To the selfish cnut who takes up two bike spaces in the underwork garage which is full every morning. Park your moronic e-bike with the other 'motor' bikes. Just because your stupid fast tyres don't fit the racks doesn't mean you should deprive someone else of a space.

Pictures please, so we can throw darts at it....

itboffin

rjsterry wrote:

So in summary: internal cabling is all very well until you need to replace one. Noted.

when i opened the box to look at my CAAD12 the first thing i thought on seeing the internal routing was LBS

rhodrich

Internal cable routing - vacuum cleaner trick often does the job. Feed in some cotton thread into one hole, and stick a vacuum cleaner on the hole you want it to come out of. Feed the cotton in slowly, and watch as the thread is magically sucked out of the other hole. Then attach the cable to the thread, and pull it through.