Things that go wrong with my bike... (CDWP = 60)
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Mon 02 Mar 2009: Did not ride (my birthday, off work).
Tue 03 Mar 2009: Did not ride (off work).
Wed 04 Mar 2009: Both journeys fine. Extended ride home to 29 miles. CDWP = 49
Looks like tomorrow's the day. I must confess I'm a little excited0 -
Thu 05 Mar 2009: Morning journey fine. CDWP = 49.5 ...Ooh, the tension0
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The tension? Spoke tension? Cable tension? What's wrong with them??? OMG your bike is falling apart!!!!1!1one0
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biondino wrote:The tension? Spoke tension? Cable tension? What's wrong with them??? OMG your bike is falling apart!!!!1!1one
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Actually, I did have to true the rear wheel a bit on Sunday0
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Thu 05 Mar 2009: Both journeys fine. CDWP = 50!!! A momentous occasion.
OMG, I don't think I can actually believe it's happened0 -
HEY, fantastic! A momentous occasion indeed!
Yes, keep the thread going!0 -
Hi, I'm a bigshot hollywood producer and I'd like to buy the film rights to this thread. One man and his machine, locked together against fate, the elements, and a crushing sense of self-doubt. Kate Winslet is already attached to play Jamey, and we're in talks with Angelina to play the bike.0
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Kate Winslet riding Angelina Jolie - I'd watch that!0
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Jamie - well done. I was sceptical at the start of this thread but your 50 day total is a testament to how much you have learned. Excellent job.<a>road</a>0
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Cheers, appreciate that. I definitely feel like I've learned loads. At the start of this thread I was the kind of person who took the bike into the shop (Evans) for them to fix a stiff link in the chain, and back then I didn't even know it was called a stiff link I just turned up in the shop and said "my chain's jumping, please can you take a look."
Now I can completely strip down my bike to the frame, rebuild it, service hubs and perhaps most importantly of all build wheels and keep them true (massive thanks to Rob Barker for that - absolute star). I'm actually looking forward to giving my bike a big service once the Spring kicks in properly.0 -
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Mon 09 Mar 2009: Both journeys fine. Extended ride home to 31 miles. CDWP = 520
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Tue 10 Mar 2009: Both journeys fine. CDWP = 53
Wed 11 Mar 2009: Both journeys fine. CDWP = 54
Thu 12 Mar 2009: Did not ride - saddle sore
Fri 13 Mar 2009: Did not ride (going out after work).
Sat 14 Mar 2009: Did not ride.
Sun 15 Mar 2009: Did not ride.
Another three-day cycling week this week. Was hoping for at least four days but saddle pain says otherwise. Happy with the 31-mile ride home Monday though, that's the furthest since breaking the arms.0 -
Three days better than me. I was going to ride tomorrow, but the ribs are much sorer today so I don't know any more. There's a nagging part of my brain suggesting I just need to MTFU but I don't want to take any risks!
More importantly, I wonder if I should take my carbon steed to a lbs to check it out after my crash. I rode 17 miles after the accident and it felt absolutely fine but... Can a bike shop really know for sure whether a carbon frame has been compromised?0 -
biondino wrote:Three days better than me. I was going to ride tomorrow, but the ribs are much sorer today so I don't know any more. There's a nagging part of my brain suggesting I just need to MTFU but I don't want to take any risks!
More importantly, I wonder if I should take my carbon steed to a lbs to check it out after my crash. I rode 17 miles after the accident and it felt absolutely fine but... Can a bike shop really know for sure whether a carbon frame has been compromised?
For some reason, though, the "maybe" attached to crashed carbon frames is given more significance than the "maybe" attached to crashed metal frames. Why? Don't know - there's no particular reason other than "wooooo, carbon". I think its the legacy of the myth that used to abound that you shouldn't make bike parts out of carbon. Previously, you shouldn't have made them out of aluminium.0 -
Isn't it because carbon can invisibly (internally?) delaminate and therefore lose strength/risk failure in a way you can't easily see?0
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Blondie: the tyre-kickers' test for CF is to take a small coin and tap it along the frame. If you have a problem area it will sound different to the surrounding areas - more hollow.
Chances are though that it's fine.
A lot of people, including a lot of LBS employees, seem to think that CF is basically fancy fibre glass held together with spun sugar.0 -
biondino wrote:Isn't it because carbon can invisibly (internally?) delaminate and therefore lose strength/risk failure in a way you can't easily see?0
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greg66 ive just looked at your 2 bike pics you greedy b..........0
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Mon 16 Mar 2009: Does a broken bottle cage count as a CDWP reset? ...Both journeys fine. Extended ride home to 36 miles. CDWP = 550
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Tue 17 Mar 2009: Both journeys fine. CDWP = 56
Wed 18 Mar 2009: Did not ride (physio appointment).
Thu 19 Mar 2009: Both journeys fine. CDWP = 57
Fri 20 Mar 2009: Both journeys fine. CDWP = 58
Sat 21 Mar 2009: Did not ride.
Sun 22 Mar 2009: Did not ride.
Weekly miles: 134
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Mon 23 Mar 2009:Both journeys fine. CDWP = 59
Tue 24 Mar 2009: Both journeys fine. CDWP = 60
The reliability is actually getting rather boring now. My life feels strangely empty0 -
Time for a new project Jamie. may I suggest either a self-build fixie or maybe a ht mountain bike.<a>road</a>0
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I wish I had the room. Having two of us in a one-bedroom flat with no garden means one bike is the absolute limit.0
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Wed 25 Mar 2009: Both journeys fine. CDWP = 61
Thu 26 Mar 2009: Both journeys fine. CDWP = 62
Fri 27 Mar 2009: Did not ride.
Sat 28 Mar 2009: Did not ride.
Sun 29 Mar 2009: Did not ride.
Weekly miles: 112
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Mon 30 Mar 2009:Both journeys fine. CDWP = 63
Tue 31 Mar 2009: Puncture on way in. Spent ages in Bishops Park trying to find the offending object inside the tyre but no joy. Looking forward to hisses on the journey home but not fair to reset CDWP tally. CDWP = 640 -
Wed 01 Apr 2009:Both journeys fine. CDWP = 65
Thu 02 Apr 2009: Did not ride (finally had MRI scan on elbows).0 -
Jamey wrote:Wed 01 Apr 2009:Both journeys fine. CDWP = 65
Thu 02 Apr 2009: Did not ride (finally had MRI scan on elbows).0 -
I know, but having settled into the routine I quite like being able to look back over the log and see when things happened, like three weeks from now when I can't remember what day I got that puncture next to Bishops Park, etc etc.
But I am also fully aware that the rest of you probably don't give a toss about my cycling drudgery. Feel free to completely ignore this thread when it pops up to the top of the forum every few days or so.0