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Finally,now I can forget all about this game!

You don’t really need to go to the gym these days!

footflaps – Member

Its possible the crappy cheap charger does,

It will have, it would be negligent to sell one without as any Li-ion cell with explode if you just keep charging it for too long.

I guess you dont have much experience buying from China.
I used to regularly buy chargers from China and they all topped out around 4.18v, now a few years latter, they range from 4.20v – 4.50v!!

My advice if you buy a Chinese charger, use a multi-meter to measure the voltage its putting out and to NEVER charge batteries untended or while you’re sleeping.

You can get an IMAX B6 charger quite cheaply, its what I use to test my cells to find out if they’re worth keeping.

Few mins to go.

Men start in 40mins

They did exactly the same thing not long ago, and then as others have said, they waited a few months and then put all the prices up!
My costs went up nearly 20% and I only have a basic package.

It appears it isn’t the first this POS,Alexander Farrar Walters has been in trouble!
Hoax bomb call a few days after the twin towers.
Forgery.
Today.
Hopefully they’ll leave him in jail to rot this time, probably not though :/

I don’t know about anyone else, but its starting to get me down when I know things like these will without a doubt happen whenever I take my bike on the road.

Just last year alone when cycling along and keeping up with the traffic, I have had drivers pull along side me, turn into me and force me out of the road!

11pm on ES and 1am on ES2

He said the shower was probably broken because we never turn it off at the isolator”

In fairness, he probably is right there (I know that wasn’t the issue with yours though, but could be eventually).
After my isolator switch broke while it was on, I just left it as everything seemed fine, about 6months to a year latter, my shower started grumbling and then spiting out water every few hours and it seemed like it was on it way out, so I have now put a new switch in and make sure it get switched off.

The Chinese “CE” mark means “Chinese Export”, its just a coincidence that it looks very similar to our “CE” mark!

Yep, feel free film it to show a whole group of riders in ERC tops riding all over the road.

It may seem like aggression to you, but its more annoyance because people like you (despite it being just explained to you!) blame the ERC for any and all bad riding in groups no matter who is in the group!

I’ll say it AGAIN, there is only one official ERC group on Saturday morning and that is a slow, small development ride.

Just because there is an ERC rider in a group, it doesn’t mean its being run by the ERC.

For the last few years, one of the Saturday morning runs was/is called “The black train of death”! ERC don’t wear black, but certain other clubs do and you may find one or two ERC tops in there, but that doesn’t mean the group has anything to do with the ERC.

Anyway, this is getting way of the point.
tpbiker, you probably have enough info to chose a club to try out.
West Lothain Clarrion also have a 10m TT every Wednesday throughout summer too, if that was of any interest to you.
There are several “Race only Clubs” in Edinburgh too if you were looking to only race and didn’t really want a social side away from the bikes with them.

Its all down to what you want to do really.

As I said, the are a lot of idiots on these rides, but I really doubt every rider in whatever group that was, was wearing a ERC top, or was it just the usual, “I saw a group of cyclists all over the road and could easily spot the ERC top, so that means they were ALL ERC riders and the whole club is to blame” rubbish?

There are probably over a dozen Saturday morn chaingangs, and the ERC organise only one of those for pure beginners, as I said above.

coastkid – Member

ERC must be really friendly to go on runs with, as they ride 5 or 6 abreast down here on East Lothians roads busy and narrow A and B roads so they can chat and have some banter i imagine – the tail backs of fans in cars behind following is legendary

Totally peeing off-then being militant and abusive to car drivers they illeagally hold up!
Funny how off duty policemen and other “Professional?” people can behave like that once on a bicycle

Got to say, that is BS!
5 or 6 abreast would mean they would be cycling on the other side of the road!
Also, I am guessing you’re talking about the Saturday morning rides, of which, the ERC only organise one, and that is a development run where they teach beginners how to ride in a group, which is two abreast at most and usually limited to a dozen riders per group.
Try and remember, there are a lot of riders from different clubs around Edinburgh who go out on the Saturday morning runs, and even then, its for the chaingang, and it is not efficient for them to ride more than two abreast because it just wont work if they do. It might look different from behind when the group strings out and then bunches up again as it slows.

I wont touch the stupid comment about cyclists illegally holding up drivers!!

Having said that, there are a lot of idiots that go out on those chaingangs who’s only purpose is to hang onto the “Fast Group” for as long as possible no matter what it costs (they’re the ones hanging on at the back)!
I tend to use my mtb on slower groups where the riding and group size is a lot more civilised.

If you wanted to go out on the ERC development ride, contact the ride leader (so they can look out for you arriving) or for the other rides, you just show up and hope you don’t get the wrong group! The fastest go off first from 9.30am.

My two pence worth on ERC, road side I have no problems with and they have a vast array of rides and events for all abilities where as the MTB side feels very tagged on. I joined a few years ago and went on a few MTB group rides they were friendly enough, not ultra friendly but friendly enough. But at races no one talks to you at all, the least friendly club I have ever experienced on this front, no one from the club cheers you on or even says hello when you or they pass you.

Maybe it’s just me but I am certainly in no hurry to join them again.

It felt a bit like that when I first joined (many many years ago), but it does go both ways. Did you try and talk to other people too?
You also have to remember, people at races are usually focusing on their race, so some may not really be in the mindset to have a blether.
Also, because of the size of the ERC, there is a good chance the people who are not talking, are new to the club too and will happily talk to you if you talk first!
You will find its the members who have been in the club for a long time that will chat to anyone in a club top, I know I do.
As for not cheering you on, where was that?
The races I have been in/watched, everyone watching usually cheers anyone on a bike no matter what club you’re in!
They have a club 10m TT every Wednesday throughout the summer where newbies are encouraged to come along and get to know people and try out TT’ing. Everyone has a good laugh there.

With the ERC, you will usually find a sub group of like minded people who do the riding you’re after, and then you can train/ride with them.

Probably the same scum ~ more bikes gone.
There is far to much of this going on around Edinburgh at the moment 🙁

http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/3m-black-reflective-vinyl

Here is Underworld, and there should be a list of other movies at the side.

As it fits on the seat stays, if you have a smaller framed bike, then it will be slightly to short, but if you ride a bigger bike, it should be fine.
I know this because I had to add an extra bit on the end of mine, but my mate didn’t cos his bike is 4″ bigger than mine.

Its because the 2nd placed bidder probably put around £9900 as their top bid, so it only shows their winning bid/highest they needed at the time.
You can see a jump from £5200 up to £7000 in one go, same thing.

It appears they employ at least one person who doesn’t have a clue about bikes!

“Planet X advised me that carbon frames cannot be repaired“

A very small crack on virtually new frame, and they told the guy nothing can be done to fix it!

If you use proper brake pads, then there will be no issues.
I did a race where it was pissing down and we were braking hard from 45mph for tight left hander, no problem.
I use Swissstop Yellow.

You need a separate clamp or just buy a normal extra long seatpost.

Whether you pull up or not, will depend on your cadence.
If you’re a fast spinner (100+ rpm), then its likely you dont pull up much.
The Late Jason McIntyre did an interview and said that because his cadence was so high, he only concentrated on pushing down.
But, if you’re at the other end, a big gear masher, its really hard to move the bike at any speed if you don’t pull up too because you have to counteract the forces of the other leg.

When going up a really really steep hill (on or off-road) and you’ve run out of gears, you have no choice but to pull up if you want to keep going.

Im a big gear masher so push and pull, and I did a test that showed I was more efficient when I was nearing the end of the test/knackered (I started at a higher cadence than was normal for me) because I was pedalling in circles instead of just pushing and pulling.

I cant really figure out what you’re saying!
If a segment starts or finishes in the privacy zone, then it wont show up.

Also, you may want to consider making a privacy zone around your house, unless you dont mind ANYONE being able to see where you live and where you keep your bikes!
That would mean that you cant do segments in that zone though.

I got these last month, best thing ever. Even better than the non remote control ones I used last year!
Its very little money to have warm feet ALL winter.

Anti-Sip tape is good to use on the mount to stop any chance of it slipping.

First time on an escalator.

The Bryton came out best in the Gadget shows short test.

Just upload to Tinypic.

Ive covered most of my bikes in colour matching reflective tape, using this sort of stuff.

All these reflective strips aren’t really visible without any light shinning on them ~

I have recently been putting spoke reflectors on all my bikes, they really are visible and eye catching.

Im pretty much on the basic package TV/Phone/BB at around £30pm, my increase is £4.50! Not happy with that after dropping a lot of the extras to get the price down to something I can afford.

Just remember, you can save £5 a month if you pay your line rental yearly.

Circuitry-800mA

Because its not driven very hard, and also, DX have a forum where people really give them hell if they keep putting stupid fake lumen figures up that their suppliers give them.

An XM-L can be driven at 3000mA, but you need some good cooling to stop it frying itself.

Your voltage question should be quite obvious 😉