Meandering through that London's Famous City of London this morning, I took some advice from Mr Beuller as life moved pretty fast around me.
Is there a single person with a road bike in London (or other cities, I suspect) who knows how to use their gears? At almost every set of lights, almost every set of gears was set in big-big, with the poor derailleur audibly screaming in agony and the chainrings and cassettes weeping in wear and tear.
And then, when the lights change, those who actually waited at the red lights, huff and puff and heave their way off in shoulder-rocking, gear mashing machinations of hideousness.
Not really a rant, I know, but it just irks me to see so many poor drivetrains suffering so....!
You just want to be canonised as "Saint Flash, patron Saint of drivetrains", don't you, and this is the start of your campaign.
Transparent self-promotion I say! 😛
never stopped at lights when I lived in the city whatever bike I was on
Pfftt.
That's why the cool dudes use singlespeed fixies. No drivetrain strain.
Chill, Flashy.
It could have been a childs Raceface.
double big/big is fine aint it?
Triple big/big, yes bad, naughty BAGs
Very good toys19 🙂
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cynic-al - MemberTransparent self-promotion I say!
Oh the ironing! 😆
I'd agree about there inability to change gear, but also when I used to commute on the bike, it was the amount of rust ppl could have on there chains, that made me despair.
FFS everyone must have some old 2in1/WD40/even motor-oil hanging around, that they could have used.
then there was the ppl who rode in with nearly completely flat tyres (everyday)....
Perhaps they're Durace/red/campag summit levers are stuck in 'big ring city boy mode'
worse one for me yesterday, guy walking up the road with his bike, so I stop and ask if he needs any help, puncture repair kit or a pump or what not, guy had no intention what so ever of taking the tyre of and repairing the inner tube, started moaning about how shocking it was that he just spent 250 quid getting his bike fixed and this is what he gets back... I thought what the f... are you really going to go back to the shop with a flat tyre... mental.
sometimes the Di2 on my shopper goes a bit wappy with interference from my powertap/mobile/gps/eggs
I thought what the f... are you really going to go back to the shop with a flat tyre... mental.
Ask any city centre bike shop in almost any city and they will tell you of numerous cases of people saying (and I paraphrase), "I had my bike serviced last week and now it has a puncture. I have only ridden it to and from work twice. What are you going to do about it?"
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What are you going to do about it?
Charge you £15 to fix it!
I see a couple of folk every day bouncing along the road on super flat tyres (Schwalbe Marathon Plus, for extra resistance). Always want to stop them and point out how much more fun it would be with inflated tyres, but suspect they'd resent me for it however tactful I was...
FFS everyone must have some old 2in1/WD40/even motor-oil hanging around, that they could have used.
I ressurected a friends bike using extra virgin olive oil once, it worked a treat. Still cheaper than using Finishline Green too! Probably go with rapeseed oil next time though.
I ressurected a friends bike using extra virgin olive oil once, it worked a treat.
Organic, I hope?