It’s incredible that my op of a shocking account of parental neglect has turned into a debate about my description of the mother which seemed to cause more offence than the actions toward the child.
It’s this kind of self righteous liberal political correctness crap that gets my goat.
Instead of being appalled that a kids life has been put a risk by mentally deficient parents you want to debate the political correctness of my comment.
I’m even more frightened to go out now.
Depends. Are you a lump on the bike or not. Doesn’t matter what you put in them if you bang it around. However, if your light and nimble, you’ll get away with running lower pressure. It’s a bit of a compromise because if you do want to climb loose or technical stuff, you could drop it a little to get a bigger contact patch. If you’re on smooth and hard stuff all the time you’ll want harder tyres for speed.
There’s such a broad window it’s no possible for someone to tell you what’s right unless they’re out watching you.
Apparently those recommending 32-16 are assuming you’re on a 26er. Besides, there is no set standard. You push whatever you can depending on you and where you’re riding.
If you want one which will serve both disciplines, you will probably find one is compromised as choosing one gear for road and off road will result in one or the other being either to easy or to hard.
Unless of course you can spin like a top, mash like a Russian power lifter, or both.
Look at Pipdream cycles Sirius. Slightly over 3 at 395 but IMO far superior to one one. Comes with really nice sliding dropouts and made from Reynolds 853. You can run it 26 or 650b . They also make 29er frames. You can speak directly to Stuart the owner and he’s a very pleasant chap.
Tyre choice is ballcocks. Hit a wet root wrong and I don’t care what tyre you’ve got on. I love the idiot advice about clearing one root. Most often there’s a series of them in varying directions. Get the front over one and yes the back may follow until you hit the next.
If tyre choice is so important, how is it I know several CX riders who run near slicks over the whole winter?
You either get it or you don’t.
As said previously, your biggest problem is fear. That’s not anything you’ll get help with here, you have to sort it yourself.
Also, ignore additional idiot advice to go faster. Speed is never your friend if you’re low on skill. The faster you go, the more it will hurt if something goes wrong.
Steady with confidence, light and positive. Look at the way in and then the way out. Never look at something you’re trying to avoid… You’ll hit it! Practice again and again.
Don’t you think the best person to make a decision on how to respond is your wife. Or is she just a delicate and pathetic woman who needs protecting by her burly man?
This is far to complicated for us lot to understand. It is now in the hands of our intellectual and social superiors.
They will make a fair, impartial and metered decision on the case.
Minions…..back to the mines.
scotroutes – Member
It shouldn’t matter if there’s enough space for the top cap to fit into.
What is the height difference between the top of the steerer and the top of the topmost spacer?
FFS. Can’t you just tell her. “Babe, I really don’t want to sell my old bike. I’ve had it for years and I **** love it. It would serve my purposes much better to keep both”.
If she’s not prepared to understand that. Get rid of her. It was never meant to be,
I realise that at some point your cranks will need to come off but, surely a quick change would involve changing the ring without removing the crank. Or have I missed something?
I usually go for the steak and chips with 1/2 dozen fried eggs and fried bread before my 1,500 mile round trip to collect a trailer full of lead shot on my single speed. But that’s just me.
_tom_ – Member
Seem good value for money but a bit dull. They’re not really made for my sort of riding, seems that they’re too long and stable to be much fun on proper jumps and stuff. Maybe the small would be ok.
You can ride anything on anything if you want to badly enough. It’s not the bike you have to modify its your riding. If you can’t do that then get the kit for the job.
My advice is leave the bike as it was designed and learn to adapt your riding for the surface you’re on.
It’s not such a great idea to standardise pricing if you break it down. There are so many variables. What if you say 10 quid to change a headset and its seized into the frame? Or a bottom bracket for that matter. Also, one shops overhead will differ greatly from another based on location etc etc. therefore the pricing has to reflect that.
Setting up a crap derailleur can take three times longer than a quality one.
Some disc pads pop in and out in a jiffy, some don’t.
It’s an impossible ask. Besides, why should the profit margin of an independently owned business be dictated by the likes of you or anyone else.
If you don’t like the cost of a service, you respond with your feet.
I don’t understand why you’d follow any of the advice on here without having a professional diagnosis first. You don’t know what the problem is yet. And when you do, you’d be better served to follow the advice of your doctors and specialist over anything you get told here.
My daughter (7yrs old) and I were on a bit of tricky trail. She on the tow along. I stopped at the bottom of the steep climb and told her. “Be ready and when I say go, pedal, pedal, pedal or we wont make it.” I took a breath put my foot in the cleat, one finger over left nostril and cleared the hooter with a blast. She says, “Is that the signal?”
We fell about laughing. I hope she remembers that when shes grown up.
Complaining about the time it takes to remove the wheel seems a bit daft. If you need to repair a flat, the wheel stays on. The only time you’d need to take it off would be for maintenance which is unlikely to need doing trail side. I don’t see the gripe myself.
It’s a tried and tested setup. Works great.
I don’t see how a pedal can be held responsible for hitting something. I run egg beaters and you quickly learn to avoid doing such things. One hit and they’re toast.
I suggest you hone your skills and stop hitting things with them.
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