Your rants here.

itboffin

did you get a seat?

j_mcd

itboffin wrote:

did you get a seat?

Amazingly, yes.

redvee

gbsahne wrote:

Tangled Metal wrote:

Annoyed with ortlieb hook inserts. Having sorted tyre bolt issue with locrite thread lock glue stuff I'm now having to find a way to not lose the hook inserts. I'm convinced Ortlieb makes half its revenue from spares to replace the bits that fall off.

Anyone got a solution to not lose these inserts?

really, mine have been going for several years now without an issue, well other than; loctiting all of the bolts on and replacing the buckles (ortileb replaced for free)

Only needed to tend to the bolts once and that was mid commute several years ago when I nearly lost the bag cause the bolts came loose, tightened up on the road then did the job properly with a dab of loctite when I got home. Had no issues with the hook inserts other then being a sod to remove when I put the first one in the wrong way around.

tangled_metal

Bad weather drivers!

imatfaal

Tourists on boris bikes dodging pigeons and swerving right across embankment cycle lane - I had to jump onto median pavement to avoid complete head-on crash

rower63

Not sure if this should be in Rants or Anti-Rants.

Recently after a particularly wet ride my Garmin Edge 1000 stopped responding to touch-screen input. Even after fully drying out, soft-reset, hard reset, the touchscreen was not responding.

It’s around 3 years old so well beyond warranty. So I called Garmin’s Tech Support line. Their response was: “send it back to us, we have a failure replacement program, cost £80, we’ll send you a replacement.”. I’m pleased.

UndercoverElephant

Chris Bass wrote:

Tangled Metal wrote:

Garmin 25s. They don't like a 40°C wash cycle. Well first time ok but not a second. Good job I only paid £45 for mine in ALDI.

Even before the wash it was playing up. It was a struggle to turn on, the power button needed pressing just right and jiggling too.

put it in dry rice, in the fridge and leave it there for at least 3 days and then give it a go!

Why in the fridge?

Ben6899

UndercoverElephant wrote:

Chris Bass wrote:

Tangled Metal wrote:

Garmin 25s. They don't like a 40°C wash cycle. Well first time ok but not a second. Good job I only paid £45 for mine in ALDI.

Even before the wash it was playing up. It was a struggle to turn on, the power button needed pressing just right and jiggling too.

put it in dry rice, in the fridge and leave it there for at least 3 days and then give it a go!

Why in the fridge?

Germs

redvee

Trying to bed in a new rotor and pads on a wet ride to work.

thistle_

We seem to have new cleaners at work. They keep putting the bins in the bathrooms under the hand dryers.
I boot them back over to the other side of the room so the bin liner and contents don't end up all over the floor, not everyone does.

j_mcd

People cycling two abreast down the Embankment Cycle Super Highway having a chat.

Have a chat at home or stop at a cafe for Christ's sake.

froze

I have a lots of rants, but here's my number one rant. What I can't figure out is that more and more states are making it against the law not to text and drive, but having been to a state that has the law the motorists there still text and cops will be in a car next to the texter and do nothing. So here's my rant in regards to that. All modern cell phones have a built in GPS, this means the phone knows where you're at and how fast your going, it would be real simple to have all the phones simply turn off completely at speeds above 20 mph and then resume operation at speeds above 200 mph. Don't say this can't be done because some police departments are now doing this with their onboard computers that have the same GPS in it as our cell phones have. Then there would be no worry about enforcing a law that most policing agencies have no desire to do so, but more importantly...no more distracted drivers! The only service that would be available on cell phones while driving would be 911 calls.

I know some of you will scream unfair, so what? What's unfair are all the accidents being caused by distracted driving! And just like we use to do for many years when we had to make a phone call was to find a phone booth and pull over and use it, at least in today's world if such an automatic phone turn off was activated all you would have to do is park and use your phone in your car and no longer would have to search for phone booth.

The crazy thing about this GPS automatically shutting down your phone is that instead of letting the GPS do it which would be very inexpensive to do, is that car manufactures want to build self driving cars instead which would cost a great deal more than programming all phones to shut off automatically.

rick_chasey

Err, I use my phone to record strava.

Not cool.

fat_tail

froze wrote:

I have a lots of rants, but here's my number one rant. What I can't figure out is that more and more states are making it against the law not to text and drive, but having been to a state that has the law the motorists there still text and cops will be in a car next to the texter and do nothing. So here's my rant in regards to that. All modern cell phones have a built in GPS, this means the phone knows where you're at and how fast your going, it would be real simple to have all the phones simply turn off completely at speeds above 20 mph and then resume operation at speeds above 200 mph. Don't say this can't be done because some police departments are now doing this with their onboard computers that have the same GPS in it as our cell phones have. Then there would be no worry about enforcing a law that most policing agencies have no desire to do so, but more importantly...no more distracted drivers! The only service that would be available on cell phones while driving would be 911 calls.

I know some of you will scream unfair, so what? What's unfair are all the accidents being caused by distracted driving! And just like we use to do for many years when we had to make a phone call was to find a phone booth and pull over and use it, at least in today's world if such an automatic phone turn off was activated all you would have to do is park and use your phone in your car and no longer would have to search for phone booth.

The crazy thing about this GPS automatically shutting down your phone is that instead of letting the GPS do it which would be very inexpensive to do, is that car manufactures want to build self driving cars instead which would cost a great deal more than programming all phones to shut off automatically.

you have put a lot of thought into it, it would seem

timothyw

The most obvious issue is that passengers in cars (or trains, etc) like to be able to use their phones....

kingstongraham

And taxis.

tangled_metal

I heard that there's one car.maker that detects your phone and the app you put on it turns the phone off when you're driving. I can't remember the details but I think.They worked out.the bugs in.the system so.the drivers phone turned off.

rjsterry

Riding home towards Brixton and opposite Brixton Cycles an ambulance approaches from behind. Quick shoulder check and he's going round the outside of the cars rather than up the bus lane. A few metres further, the traffic thins and the car alongside indicates left to pull in and let the ambulance past. Just as I'm slowing to a stop behind the car, some chopper rides straight into the back of me. Rear guard folded in 3 and a pedal gash in my calf and he starts straight into "you're not supposed to stop..." :evil:

Apparently he was looking over his shoulder to go around the car that had pulled in.

I may have not reacted in the most constructive manner :oops: but I was livid. I probably need to calm down as telling people to f*** off when they offer to exchange details is a bit silly. Anyway limped to Boots for a dressing and now waiting for a train. Miraculously I think the guard may be salvageable.

In the unlikely event that the chap who rear-ended me reads this: apologies for the potty mouth but most importantly please learn to judge your braking distances distances, and expect people to pull in to let ambulances past.

kingstonian

Tangled Metal wrote:

I heard that there's one car.maker that detects your phone and the app you put on it turns the phone off when you're driving. I can't remember the details but I think.They worked out.the bugs in.the system so.the drivers phone turned off.

Do they also have an app that removes random full stops in a post ?

Sorry, couldn't resist !

awavey

Tangled Metal wrote:

I heard that there's one car.maker that detects your phone and the app you put on it turns the phone off when you're driving. I can't remember the details but I think.They worked out.the bugs in.the system so.the drivers phone turned off.

my HTC One has a "car mode" where it only allows access to certain apps when it auto detects when it thinks you are moving sufficient pace to be in a car...pita till I disabled it ...as a passenger of cars and user of trains, and occassionaly record Strava when I forget to recharge my Garmin properly...

my phone is always fully disabled when Im driving, because I just bleedin ignore it if it rings. :roll:

Man Of Lard

froze wrote:

I have a lots of rants, but here's my number one rant. What I can't figure out is that more and more...

The real answer to drive driver behaviour and stop mobile use at the wheel is to introduce eye-watering penalties for doing it alongside Draconian enforcement (so there isn't the lotto-winning odds of being detected doing it).

tangled_metal

Kingstonian wrote:

Tangled Metal wrote:

I heard that there's one car.maker that detects your phone and the app you put on it turns the phone off when you're driving. I can't remember the details but I think.They worked out.the bugs in.the system so.the drivers phone turned off.

Do they also have an app that removes random full stops in a post ?

Sorry, couldn't resist !

Damn phone! You can guess what election auto-corrects to!!!

Then there's another device which has a touchscreen keyboard with a tiny space button but right next to it is a dot com button. If random full stops annoy you I'll use this other device and it'll become dot com instead of space.

Take your pick, I'm happy to switch to the other one if it'll annoy you less.

elbowloh

I often turn off the gps, as it eats up battery.

wolfsbane2k

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itboffin

six points, several £££££ fine and phone smashed on the spot would do it, it would only need a few reported incidents and most "casual" abusers would stop - this would have 0 effect in the USA

awavey

from the weekend ride, why do so many car drivers literally drive based only on whats directly in front of their bonnet,they never think or even look ahead to see whats happening next on the road.

twice on single track roads, where Im actually keeping up with queue of cars making their way down it, the idiot behind me sees a part car length gap, forces there way past me, and then spots the cars are all stopping because theres something clearly visibly coming the other way. and they know have to play shunta car for everyone to get by, where as if theyd held back then theyd actually have got through quicker

wongataa

froze wrote:

I have a lots of rants, but here's my number one rant. What I can't figure out is that more and more states are making it against the law not to text and drive, but having been to a state that has the law the motorists there still text and cops will be in a car next to the texter and do nothing. So here's my rant in regards to that. All modern cell phones have a built in GPS, this means the phone knows where you're at and how fast your going, it would be real simple to have all the phones simply turn off completely at speeds above 20 mph and then resume operation at speeds above 200 mph. Don't say this can't be done because some police departments are now doing this with their onboard computers that have the same GPS in it as our cell phones have. Then there would be no worry about enforcing a law that most policing agencies have no desire to do so, but more importantly...no more distracted drivers! The only service that would be available on cell phones while driving would be 911 calls.

I know some of you will scream unfair, so what? What's unfair are all the accidents being caused by distracted driving! And just like we use to do for many years when we had to make a phone call was to find a phone booth and pull over and use it, at least in today's world if such an automatic phone turn off was activated all you would have to do is park and use your phone in your car and no longer would have to search for phone booth.

The crazy thing about this GPS automatically shutting down your phone is that instead of letting the GPS do it which would be very inexpensive to do, is that car manufactures want to build self driving cars instead which would cost a great deal more than programming all phones to shut off automatically.

What if the GPS isn't turned on? I rarely have it turned on on my phone as I don't use that feature much and it is an unnecessary battery drain if you don't use it. Also, the main argument against this that non drivers would not be allowed to use their phones when they should have no restrictions. Another argument against this is that you are allowed to use a phone in a car hand held in an emergency situation (in the UK). This would prevent that.

rick_chasey

25 minutes in the shower at work?

FFS.

tangled_metal

Moaning about waiting for a shower at work. I've been waiting for 5 years and they've still not put one in!

rick_chasey

I maintain NOTHING GOOD HAS COME FROM CYCLING BECOMING MORE POPULAR.