General cycling problems

beniwill

I am starting this new topis as a university project to find out what problems cyclists come across form day to day. If you could list the problems that you or your friends have come across within the sport however big or small. They can be anything from problems with finding where to ride, problems with the bike itself, aspects missing from the sport and general problems. So feel free to post your problems here thanks!

cooldad

My main problem is sadness at the waste of my tax money on education.

BigAl

Like him ^^^^

And reading drivel instead of riding.

bartimaeus

Finding enough time to ride. Finding enough skill. And getting older is not helping.

Huckfinn

Work, it gets in the way of cycling.

rockmonkeysc

Finding time and money is difficult. Trying not to get frustrated with regular injuries can be hard.
And a national downhill race series without a single round in England next year is going to cost a heap of cash.

monkimark

If you want to get any meaningful data, you're going to have to think out your question in a more structured way and maybe knock up one of those online survey things.

coulddobetter

I did my uni thesis years ago. As above structure a decent survey and I will fill it in . The internet wasn't invented so I had to foot slog and interview people .

ScareyJ

Age is my biggest problem, Find a way to reverse the process.

rockmonkeysc

ScareyJ wrote:

Age is my biggest problem, Find a way to reverse the process.

Buy a dirt jump bike

BigAl

coulddobetter wrote:

I did my uni thesis years ago. As above structure a decent survey and I will fill it in . The internet wasn't invented so I had to foot slog and interview people .

Forget the Internet - I didn't even use a PC during my time at University. My thesis was typed on an electric typewriter!

Back on topic, as others have said, decide what information you're after then put out a survey.

Chunkers1980

I just fixed a puncture.

slickmouse

beniwill wrote:

I am starting this new topis as a university project to find out what problems cyclists come across form day to day. If you could list the problems that you or your friends have come across within the sport however big or small. They can be anything from problems with finding where to ride, problems with the bike itself, aspects missing from the sport and general problems. So feel free to post your problems here thanks!

il have GO for you ? them barriers the council put up to stop Mbikes, fed up with getting off every time i get a bit of speed up,

dog walkers with extendible leads that try and Garrot me

bike shops employing the mentally challenged in the spares/service dept

Wilkinson not stocking 26 in inner tubes with presta valve, meaning i have to drag in to town

ligth weight tyres that have the puncture resistance of tissue paper

bike lights that fall off within 600 yards of being fitted

pumps that only work once

nettles

low trees that pull my wooly hat off so i have to keep stopping and getting it back

getting dog muck on my knobblys, so the wife wont let me brink it in

the extortionate cost of disc pads

tootsie323

Getting out of the door in the first place. Once I'm out, and in the saddle, it's all good...

welshkev

slickmouse wrote:

beniwill wrote:

low trees that pull my wooly hat off so i have to keep stopping and getting it back

Why aren't you wearing a helmet?

slickmouse

welshkev wrote:

slickmouse wrote:

beniwill wrote:

low trees that pull my wooly hat off so i have to keep stopping and getting it back

Why aren't you wearing a helmet?

i only wear the wooly hat to stop the low trees scraping my head

cooldad

So would a helmet, plus stop you scrambling your brains more when you hit a big one.

slickmouse

cooldad wrote:

So would a helmet, plus stop you scrambling your brains more when you hit a big one.

a big what ? Ive got a baseball cap with a built in bumpcap( aldi 3 quid) that i wear if its raining

step83

I find trees generally cause problems for me, they dont seem to move out the way and usually hurt.

cooldad

slickmouse wrote:

i only wear the wooly hat to stop the low trees scraping my head

slickmouse wrote:

cooldad wrote:

So would a helmet, plus stop you scrambling your brains more when you hit a big one.

a big what ? Ive got a baseball cap with a built in bumpcap( aldi 3 quid) that i wear if its raining

I rest my case.

slickmouse

cooldad wrote:

slickmouse wrote:

i only wear the wooly hat to stop the low trees scraping my head

slickmouse wrote:

cooldad wrote:

So would a helmet, plus stop you scrambling your brains more when you hit a big one.

a big what ? Ive got a baseball cap with a built in bumpcap( aldi 3 quid) that i wear if its raining

I rest my case.

you should, it looks tired

welshkev

slickmouse wrote:

cooldad wrote:

So would a helmet, plus stop you scrambling your brains more when you hit a big one.

a big what ? Ive got a baseball cap with a built in bumpcap( aldi 3 quid) that i wear if its raining

pahahahahahahahahahahaha

that's the funniest thing I've read for ages

FECES

beniwill wrote:

I am starting this new topis as a university project to find out what problems cyclists come across form day to day. If you could list the problems that you or your friends have come across within the sport however big or small. They can be anything from problems with finding where to ride, problems with the bike itself, aspects missing from the sport and general problems. So feel free to post your problems here thanks!

Theres no evening courses that teach cycle mechanics within reasonable driving distance. I dont mind paying for mechanics to do stuff, what urinates me off is the whole "book it in for next saturday" BS. If I could do stuff myself, I would buy parts and fit them asap. I only ride a motorcycle so getting a faulty bicycle to a shop I often have to rely on family or friends.
The pain we have to put up with for pleasure!

cooldad

So DIY. It's a bicycle, not a rocket. Most things just need a couple of Allen keys or some basic cheap tools.
Read link in my sig.

Kowalski675

cooldad wrote:

So DIY. It's a bicycle, not a rocket. Most things just need a couple of Allen keys or some basic cheap tools.
Read link in my sig.

CAWT. Took me half an hour max to strip mine to a bare frame earlier this week.

FishFish

Main problem is that when I ordered my airbus I asked for a blue one - really should have ordered Navy.

Daz555

Aggressive drivers.
Helmet nazis.