Your rants here.

MrSweary

Close passed at a pinch point by a police van in Beckenham last night. Caught up with them at the lights and the driver was looking at her phone. We'll see what Roadsafe makes of that!

dyrlac

Very decent (for me, anyway) clockwise lap of Rich. Park ruined by Ibstock traffic. Own fault really for not setting out even earlier, but grumble grumble fighting up Queens Rd into the wind for naught.

hopkinb

Dyrlac wrote:

Very decent (for me, anyway) clockwise lap of Rich. Park ruined by Ibstock traffic. Own fault really for not setting out even earlier, but grumble grumble fighting up Queens Rd into the wind for naught.

Ibstock?

rhodrich

hopkinb wrote:

Dyrlac wrote:

Very decent (for me, anyway) clockwise lap of Rich. Park ruined by Ibstock traffic. Own fault really for not setting out even earlier, but grumble grumble fighting up Queens Rd into the wind for naught.

Ibstock?

The school by Roehampton Gate on Priory Lane

hopkinb

Aaaah. Gotcha. Thanks.

rick_chasey

Wouldn't normally get arse-ache over bad driving, but genuinely quite surprised I wasn't witness to two deaths this morning.

Setting off from the lights by Battersea bridge, heading west from Cheyne Walk to Chelsea embankment.

Group of maybe 10-15 bikes waiting by the lights in the furthest left lane - level/just ahead of a big articulated lorry who is in the middle of the three lanes.

Lorry is slow off the line but doesn't wait, and immediately heads for the left lane on Chelsea embankment and squeezes two cyclist against the pavement. Luckily they pulled the brakes and stopped. Good job as the lorry wheels rubbed up against the curb.

I have the numberplate - worth reporting?

timothyw

Yep, definitely report.

Had some twat in a white van pass me so close that I rubbed shoulders with the van last night.

I wouldn't mind so much, but he'd already declined to pull out on me - if you're going to drive like a twat, get on with it.

murvis1er

Tredz 'in stock' items again... should have known better. Looks like the new build might be on hold for a while!

wolfsbane2k

Just been rung up by a the MD of a charity that's had massive impact on my family and have therefore supported in the past and asked to do the Ride London 100.
Ranting at myself as it's really tempting, but had promised myself I wouldn't do any events this year, and likely to acquiesce.

xbnm

Slowed for a mini roundabout where i turn right in case the car to my right had a gap in the traffic light. Car stationary behind the line as there is traffic to their right. Absolute moron in a ford decides to accelerate across the roundabout rather than cede priority resulting in an emergency stop and lot of shouting.

thistle_

My mountain bike needs new bearings soon. £3.84 per bearing now compared to £2.85 2 years ago at the same place

Chain reaction do them now for £2.99, but the reviews say they're rubbish.

itboffin

google the bearings model and save a fortune

BobMcbob

I think my frame is done for...

vpnikolov

Parcelforce... what a joke. :evil:

Ordered a new pair of wheels from Chain Reaction on Tuesday, they were shipped the same day for which I received an SMS notification that the parcel will arrive on/by 4th May. Absolutely no update until then, no delivery on 4th as well. I was notified that the delivery will be made today between 12:30 and 13:30. One of my housemates was home which meant there will be someone to receive it. Quite convenient (I thought)... until I received an update that a delivery was attempted, but there was no one at the address. Checked with my housemate, he has been home all day, so could not have missed the delivery. Tracking on their website stated a card was left with instructions... no such thing. Called them up and the customer support could not have been less helpful... was told that the only option is to request a re-delivery as they won't do anything else. Boll*cks. Started going through the website until I found an option to collect from the depot. Looked up the address, arrived there half an hour before they closed, collected my parcel on the spot. At least the staff there was quite helpful. :roll:

Avoid like the plague.

rick_chasey

BobMcbob wrote:

I think my frame is done for...

Nooooooooooo

itboffin

It'll buff out

Gaffer tape?

Man Of Lard

Cable needs replacing too (you can see one strand is broken and starting to unravel)

veronese68

I wonder if the cable broke the frame. Makes my moan seem trivial.
Woken up before 6 by the neighbours shouting at their kids. The kids have been wailing pretty much constantly since then with one or both parents shouting at them on occasion to keep the wailing going. At 6:40 am they had an Ocado delivery so we had the added pleasure of plastic boxes being thrown around outside our window. This is why builders starting work in there will be a welcome relief.

Man Of Lard

Garmin GroupTrack : great until network coverage is spotty. Me & my normal riding buddy set out 5 minutes apart (by chance) - both have LiveTrack/GroupTrack active - anyway, I'm about 3km up the road when he appears on my map... 2km miles ahead

So I start "the chase" - hammering away at it. Distance comes down quite quickly (not unexpected, he's fine tuning his saddle position after a swap) and soon I'm apparently within 200m of him and it says he's stopped, on a straight but undulating road with literally nowhere to hide. No sign.

Guessing that he's lost mobile network, I hit a junction & make a choice - the wrong one as it turns out because he reappears 5-600m behind me near the junction. Spin round and head back... Hit the junction and I'm apparently within 100m of him. No sign. Nowhere to hide.

Take the road he must have taken - and suddenly he reappears in front about 400m in front, but I can't see him because it's lumpy & twisty. No sign. Hammer away a bit to close the gap - pass him (or rather his ghost) no sign.

Guess from previous rides which way he's headed... Get it wrong. He appears 5km behind and heading the opposite way.

Think a text message might be easier :roll:

itboffin

google maps friend location, stop on every time

hopkinb

Tw@ts on full suss mountain bikes and full face helmets blatting round the Richmond Park gravel trail on a Sunday afternoon like they're in a race. Pedestrians, joggers, dogs off leash, families tootling on bikes - nothing's going to stop these heroes of the trail.

Man Of Lard

itboffin wrote:

google maps friend location, stop on every time

Except when you or your target has no network - also doesn't show up on the head unit... Issue was that his phone had run out of battery it turns out.

dinyull

In the past week I've had 2 things break on me - rear wheel and oven.

Rear wheel is Campag, and although a basic Khamsin you'd think replacement parts would be readily available and cheapish. Couldn't find a replacement axle for love nor money and a freehub would cost 66% of what I paid for the wheelset.

Oven: element is readily available (if it's the right model) for £20, to have an Engineer come out and replace it is going to cost more than a new oven would cost. I'm happy to attempt to fix it myself but fuckaduck, if I can't then I'll get a new oven for £120 instead of paying an Engineer £180 for the privilege.

cruff

Hardknott. At 95 miles in.

meanredspider

IOS 10.3.1 - it has forked my iPhone battery life. Normally that would be inconvenient. With my current challenges, it's actually stressful. My battery today went from 100% to 68% in under an hour then stayed there and then, in the space of a 20-minute call to Mrs MRS went to 12%. And, in front of my eyes, went 11, 10, 9, 8% in a minute of doing nothing.

Apple have been terrible. "Reinstall everything with a computer"
"I don't have a computer here"
"Oh. Well, if you could get a computer...."
"I can't"
"Yes, but if you could get a computer..."
"You're not listening..."

Today (10 days later after I begged the use of a computer and it did nothing to fix it) they've arranged to replace my phone if I go into the centre of Cambridge to the Apple Store. I have to be quick though - they only have 1 phone...

So, Apple, you've fncked my phone and I have to abandon my daughter for two hours so I MIGHT be able to swap my phone which MIGHT fix the problem YOU have caused??!!!

Just HOW MUCH cash are you sitting on? And THIS is the best you can do?

bendertherobot

Fenix 5 optical HRM.

17 miles, 600ft climbing, average speed 20.1 mph.

Average heart rate 80, max 100.

I'm THAT good.

Alternatively it might be broken.

bendertherobot

meanredspider wrote:

IOS 10.3.1 - it has forked my iPhone battery life. Normally that would be inconvenient. With my current challenges, it's actually stressful. My battery today went from 100% to 68% in under an hour then stayed there and then, in the space of a 20-minute call to Mrs MRS went to 12%. And, in front of my eyes, went 11, 10, 9, 8% in a minute of doing nothing.

Apple have been terrible. "Reinstall everything with a computer"
"I don't have a computer here"
"Oh. Well, if you could get a computer...."
"I can't"
"Yes, but if you could get a computer..."
"You're not listening..."

Today (10 days later after I begged the use of a computer and it did nothing to fix it) they've arranged to replace my phone if I go into the centre of Cambridge to the Apple Store. I have to be quick though - they only have 1 phone...

So, Apple, you've fncked my phone and I have to abandon my daughter for two hours so I MIGHT be able to swap my phone which MIGHT fix the problem YOU have caused??!!!

Just HOW MUCH cash are you sitting on? And THIS is the best you can do?

I've no idea if my mate has updated his. On Saturday he was at 100% when we started our 100 mile ride. He put Strava on. 30 miles later he was at 18.

itboffin

Man Of Lard wrote:

itboffin wrote:

google maps friend location, stop on every time

Except when you or your target has no network - also doesn't show up on the head unit... Issue was that his phone had run out of battery it turns out.

new friend that one is broken

meanredspider

itboffin wrote:

Man Of Lard wrote:

itboffin wrote:

google maps friend location, stop on every time

Except when you or your target has no network - also doesn't show up on the head unit... Issue was that his phone had run out of battery it turns out.

new friend that one is broken

Are friends electric?

secretsam

People who lock up foldies at train stations overnight. Twunts.