Its a cracked axle

I run a 10 speed chain (KMC) on a 9 speed chainset, works perfectly

Terrible country that there France

All very subjective, as it depends on the rider and bike.
5 bikes and 5 different sets of tyre
HT Spesh Fastracks
AM Maxis Advantage
XC full suss Spesh S-Works Roll X
Summer road Pro 3s
Winter road Spesh Roubaix 25/23s

Double post, bloody Blackberries

Driving around in a T5 its amazing what you see, shame the Police cant do similiar it would get the message across, then the Insurance companys need to sting those who are caught with a good bit of press coverage problem would dry up.

I hope so as I will be there for the tour as well 🙂

hora – Member

bordering on throwing up, at some point on most rides

Why?!!!

Too much to drink half way around 🙂

If you own the land over which the easement exists, theoretically you can have the doors opening outwards, just the same as you could put gates either end of the easement if you wanted to.
Easement on foot is the right to pass and repass at will opening gates is fine as would shutting your doors if open.
The question is would you really want to have them opening out and how upset would you be if everyone along the alley did the same, an obstacle course of french doors ?
Why not speak to the neighbor ?

hora – Member

Dont drink the night before a ride.

Agreed, wait till you are at least half way around 🙂

MSP – Member

43 and started to have irregular heart rhythms while exercising earlier in the year,

Same here Monkey, its was a few year’s ago for me so I like to keep an eye on how hard I push the old ticker when on a ride.
Its always good to know whats going on as I have a fairly large range 46 – 200 but like to keep it under 180.

rosscopeco – Member

Try it rowing next time not as far to fall 🙂

rosscopeco – Member

To avoid boredom / stress related injuries I usually alternate between rowing and cycling 5ish days per week. When I row, it’s usually for no more than 40ish minutes doing intervals at 80% – 85% HRM . I cycle for circa 2hrs and it averages circa 75% but I’d usually always briefly push it to 90% – 100% on every ride.

Do you actualy know your HR max ?
Very rare to hit 100% on a ride you’d be on the floor……..
I tend to ride at about 140 average and just about every ride hit 80% 180 if I get close to my max its “Eyepopping” time, BTW 58 so you may survive another 18 years 😉

jonk – Member

Road 10 speed cassettes are narrower than MTB AFAIK.

I run a 12-30 Ultegra, with XT Shadow+ and its best gear set up Ive used for MTB

Ultegra 12-30

Funny thing is I dont remember anything special for camping with the kids except a bigger tent.
Oh and why wait till they are 3 ? This was our 2 some where in Germany

a few years later somewhere in France

Never had any problems, in fact kids camping is an asset. When you were woken up late at night by drunks returning and making noise it was great sending the kids out to play with the pots and pans at 6:00 in the morning.

Sleeping bag at least as good as yours and if its too long a belt around it to stop them disappearing.

Taste it, does it taste like sh1t ?

I’ve just had a “ride” flagged, I left the Garmin on after leaving Gisburn. Funny thing is I was driving fairly quick and there was a lot of segments I got KOM on, the first 5 to 10 were similar times so they must of done them in a car 🙂
Leaving it on after Strava asked if it was correct, after all it was a road ride 🙂 🙂

For anything wheel related best place is:-

Behind the Bike Shed in Andover

Kryton57 – Member

Does anyone else find they keep punching themselves in the stomach with their kneecaps?

Nope it rests on the thighs throughout a revolution and a slow cadence sets up a nice ripple effect

I run a triple on both my current road bikes 52/39/30 with 12-25 I live in the Dales am a fat old Bstard and managing 98% of the hills only ones to stop me in the last year have been Park Rash which is 25% for a bit of its 5 miles of climbing and the infamous killer mile of Mow Cop.
If I was going double I would get a 52/39 with a 12-30 or for closer ratios a 50/36 with a 12-30

As you can see quite a slope on my garden, I just concreted in posts.

and this is end product

The jump of doom

My biggest leap of faith 🙂

uwe-r – Member

I have a X King (newish 2.2 folding) that has been thrown in the back of the shed in disgrace as it just wont sit on the bead. Tried on about 10 rides, it was ok on the front for a few but at least 6 out of 10 it would spin on the rim and sheer of the tube valve one ride involved three dead tubes and a walk home.

Thats exactly why mine went back, credit to All Terrain Saltaire who just replaced them and sent them back

Last pair of conti’s’went back and replaced by Maxxis.
Conti road tyres have reputation as good tyres but all recent punctures on club rides have been Conti.

I went shorter on recent XT bargain from Merlin. Cant tell the difference

Soda bread

Tbsp lemon juice
200 Ml milk
1 large egg
Tbsp of honey
Tsp bicarbonate of soda
Pinch of salt
450 grams strong plain flour or 50/50 mix of strong white and whole

Lemon juice in a jug add milk stir stand for 5 mins
Dry ingredients mixed in a bowl
Add egg and honey and milk into a well in flour
Mix and turn out onto floured work surface and lightly knead
Make into any shape you fancy, with a sharp knife carve rhe outline of a bike on the top dust with flour and bake in oven on a floured tray for 40 mins 200 c’gas mark 5

Well you have my sympath and thanks, thats another bike company offmy list at least they could have offered a frame at cost. Reading their warranty its fairly shoddy dont they expect their bikes to last ?

Dont move, thread closed

I could but wont turn a post into a personal slagging match, nuff said Sancho and leave it at that.

mickolas – Member

dales rider, you are simply wrong.

it’s ‘woe betide’, not ‘wow betide’

HTH

Accept that I’m sh1te at spelling, my grammer school education to blame.

Sancho you misunderstand yourself, but with your limited experience I forgive you. Unlikeley to pop in your shop for a screwing course but I will pop in one day and maybe teach you something more complicated you may just be able manage.

Sancho – Member

dales rider, you are simply wrong.

Ooops am I must pop and tell my bikes that, oh and I guess OP was watching carefully when it failed but hey ho not my bike and not my problem.
As for how the B screw can alter chain length well I’ve a lot to learn, in fact I’ll go put some links back in my mates chain and tell him you cant stop the jockey wheel touching your cassette because your b screw is turned to the max, you’ll just have to put up with it.

Nope still wont go

Bushwacked – Member

SLX ordered – thanks for the advice everyone!

Post up what you think

Oddly enough I run a very short chain on one road bike and if I attempt through stupidity to put it in the big rings front and back it just wont go.
Fact is with a short chain there is no way the mech can touch the cassette, its stretches it [mech] out horizontally away from the cassette, I could take some pictures to show but cant be arzzed
However a to long chain and the jockey wheel can touch the cassette and wow betide you if you go little rings front and back.
Now just suppose the chainstay snapped first, worth considering IMHO

Two of these TESCO

or

1 Stihl FS40, I know what I bought 🙂

Stihl

Thermic lance