There’s a set of these exact tyres on my sons bike, on the older 355 rim. I also have the 2.25 model on a Crest & some 2.25 Aspens & a 2.4 Chunky Monkey, all on Crests.
I have experienced a tyre blow off & it’s not pretty. Lot’s of cleaning up. Generally though, they have all gone on trouble free. I do try to get the tape as even as possible though & the one that blew off had been fun to inflate…I switched the yellow tape for the rubber strip & it worked fine.
Use soapy water when installing & make sure the tyre has “popped” into place all around the bead – should see the bead line on the tyre all the way around, a few mm above the rim. If it isn’t seated by the time you reach 40psi, drop the pressure until you can flex tyre just a little & work the area of tyre until the sidewall is even.

Yeah, I got that too – I had to pay to exit a contract I didn’t sign up to. I argued & eventually the final balance was reduced. I won’t go back to BT. At the time of leaving they also pestered for me to stay. The only service here at the time was standard broadband & they rattled on about faster service, until I asked for speed, they said 3 meg for my address & I pointed out Virgin offering 100 meg.
Had one issue with Virgin & lost a day or two, it was a damaged connector where they split the connections in the road outside & engineer said probably due to the cold & wet weather. Could happen to anyone & they gave me a credit, so can’t complain.

Glupton…you’re trying to apply sense & reason…something some of us spent most of the day trying to do without success.
Agree with your comment regarding a gap, particularly applicable with lower power vehicles, but less appropriate when you’ve a bit more horsepower & torque.

Solo – thanks for apportioning other people’s statements to me by putting my name at the top of your post. For what it is worth, go back far enough & you’ll see comments from me suggesting why hurry & why get worked up about people overtaking.
At no point have I indicated that it is in any way acceptable to risk anyone’s life & we’ve been round in circles regarding what constitutes safely overtaking.
I will add one for the motorbikers though – when taking right handers, if you’re riding on / just inside the white line & leaning over, it means your head is on the wrong side of the road. Had a few near misses (seems at it’s worst in the Dales) & just want to point out that bike helmet vs car windscreen / pillar is not going to be pretty.

But Molgrips stated he indicated when the oncoming vehicle was alongside. As I’ve said, indicate to signal your intention to move, not as you move.

The car behind may have been a little hasty, but if it was anticipating an overtake manoeuvre, it is likely that molgrips last minute indication & movement came as something of a shock. Without witnessing the actual event, I’d call it 50/50.

Just noticed something else. Even though you can see the opportunity to pass, you did not indicate until the oncoming vehicle was alongside. You indicate to signal intention to manoeuvre, not as you commence the move. Had you indicated sooner the car behind would have been aware of your intentions.

One incident I can remember – long straight, one car coming the other way, I’m a decent stopping distance back. There’s someone in a quick car behind me. Once the car is alongside I signal, and accelerate whilst pulling out. The car behind has accelerated earlier, swings out immediately and by the time I start to move out is alongside me. He’s deliberately forcing me to wait.

Very reckless.

So you hesitated pulling out. You had to, otherwise how else can the car behind be alongside, given that he too had to wait for the oncoming car to pass & he has closed the gap between you & is already alongside.

Had this car watched you not take a previous opportunity to pass? Now, when I say opportunity, what I mean is, a space he could have passed in, as opposed to one that you could. If so, then perhaps that driver perceived that you weren’t going to pass this time?
Anticipation & preparation. If you can see the opportunity approaching, then it is possible to start accelerating, reducing your “decent stopping distance gap ahead”, in the knowledge that you are going to pull out around the vehicle ahead well before you get too close. A safer way to overtake if you are short of oomph.

That’s borderline dithering

No, that is definitely dithering. The point is that in just 1.5 seconds a following car (the acceleration phase excluded from the calculation, even though the car is accelerating towards & past you), doing just 15mph more, has covered over 10 metres more than you.
Let’s say the driver had allowed the “thinking distance” gap of roughly 12 metres, we have used up 10 of those metres by the car travelling faster & probably another few if we allow for acceleration. In the difference in time taken to make a decision, that car is now looming in your mirror or alongside. Did they really steal your turn to pass, or were they just more decisive. Please note I have just plucked a bunch of numbers as an example, the main bit is that it only takes a small time difference in the decision to overtake for that car to be “preventing” your overtake opportunity, as you regard it.

Whoa…Molgrips now decides he can sit back & chill, as the rest of us have pointed out is a perfectly reasonable way to travel & indeed, we have illustrated our good will to those wanting to travel faster by allowing them by.

if it’s at all marginal I don’t go for it

…and one of the points we’ve spent hours on is that whilst an overtake may be marginal for you, it may be perfectly reasonable for someone else in a car with greater acceleration.
It does make me question why so many words were devoted to arguing about people jumping queue’s if he can accept it is possible to sit back & relax. I am though concerned that apparently now, making a decisive manoeuvre will result in certain death.

Let’s knock around a few numbers.

45mph, 5 seconds deciding to pass or not to pass.

Car behind, let’s use very simplistic formula, if 0-60 = 7 seconds, then 45-60 = 1.75s – let’s add a bit more & allow for decision time too & call it 3.75s.
This leaves 1.25 seconds with the car now travelling at 60mph. Let’s completely ignore that during acceleration, the car is covering more ground than when it was at 45mph or that it may continue to accelerate beyond 60mph & look only at those 1.25s at 60mph…
The car behind that was less hesitant has now covered an extra 8.5 metres compared to you at 45mph. Enough to close the gap & be close enough or alongside preventing your overtake. Cut 0.25 of a second from the 3.75s above & that car has travelled a further 1.7 metres further than you – now more than 10 metres!!
How far have you travelled in 5 seconds at 45mph…100 metres!!

You are effectively saying that people in faster cars have more moral right to make progress than those in slower cars.
So why do they deserve to overtake instead of me, when I was ready to go, and I had been there first? Speed is not an issue if there is room for either (but not both) of us to pass.

You are now quoting your own comments to argue against???

So why do they deserve to overtake instead of me, when I was ready to go, and I had been there first?

…and again, you state you were ready to go…big difference to “going”. Recall you stating way back in this thread that you were prepared to overtake from 3 or 4 cars back if the need arose, so what is the difference & how long did you allow for them to “intend” to overtake?

Clearly they are not giving me driving miss daisy reasonable chance 5 miles to overtake, otherwise I would.

I think we’ve found the root cause of Molgrips problem. He doesn’t seem to appreciate the difference between “intending” to overtake & actually overtaking. If you spent less time “intending”, they wouldn’t be in a position to be overtaking you.

Clearly they are not giving me reasonable chance to overtake, otherwise I would.

The whole discussion regarding your position on the road & having an earlier opportunity to overtake than cars behind you, purely by road position, has been covered extensively, with the general consensus being that you simply take too long to decide to overtake.

You are effectively saying that people in faster cars have more moral right to make progress than those in slower cars.

No, but your much quoted M3 driver will overtake faster, easier, needing less space & generally in a much less stressed manner than drivers of cars with less power. No “moral” issue here, more acceleration = less stress overtaking.

when i say loft draft draught, i mean the immense cold air that comes down fromthe from the loft – there is no felt on our roof, though it is boarded upto up to the first set of joists, but does mean that the eves eaves are in effect compeltely completely open……brrrrr.. chilly in winter.

Do your best to cut back usage, then take regular meter readings & submit them online. If you can show reduction in usage, the fact that each meter read generates a bill means that they automatically re-calculate. Did this when my bill was meant to go up massively. Paying a bit more than I was, but not a £70p/m jump

Don’t need mirrors on my bike I don’t have any blind spots.
The don’t indicate half of the time.

Really, honestly? So you can see all around you, a full 360 degrees? A bike can also cause serious accidents, albeit it is far less likely.
They don’t indicate…from what I’ve seen, nor do many cyclists. I look at this with the eyes of a car driver & a cyclist. I can see both arguments & I see the errors both make.
Sometimes the cyclist gets into a bad position on the road, of their own doing, other times it could be a vehicle has caused a situation resulting in the same result on the road. As a cyclist, I am watchful & wary of vehicles creating this issue for me & look to take evasive action if necessary. As a driver, I’m watchful that I don’t create a problem for a cyclist by the positioning of the car.
If more did the same, on both sides, the roads would be safer, but we’re asking the impossible unfortunately.

Sorry, but Countzero is using my words out of context by implying I’m racing up behind a line of cars, whereas I was explaining my situation sitting in said line of cars & viewing what is happening ahead.
This goes back to preparation – you may anticipate an overtaking opportunity & drivers of low powered cars will be well familiar with the concept of opening a gap just to accelerate back into ready to hit the beginning point of a potential overtake carrying a little extra speed & with the car now accelerating. Problem is, if the overtake isn’t possible, you have to brake, destroying momentum. For the driver with a bit more oomph under the bonnet, they can hold station with sensible gap, position car for best & earliest opportunity to view road ahead & then accelerate as & when the way is clear. If the car ahead is braking as I see clear road, am I going to wait for it to build speed again, or just slot by like it wasn’t there? That car may have been holding station too, but simply not have the acceleration to make a safe pass. Am I so wrong if I can pass safely in that space?
As for Molgrips…so a car passed you & other vehicles in a place you couldn’t overtake & then passed a lorry in a place you could, had you been a little closer (the length of the M3 & the gap you left to the M3). Big deal…just learn to live with it & don’t get so worked up. From your comments you seem to be less decisive than some (& being more decisive does not have to read “raging lunatic”). Not a bad thing in any way & not judging you, just what I see from the comments.

MM, that’s what your hazard lights are for
also, fun fact for you… you can turn on the left hand/right hand hazard lights independently by flicking the toggly thing next to your steering wheel either up or down. other cars use them to show which direction their intending on travelling to others.

Off to check my car to see if all BMW’s have this feature 😉

Not seeing Molgrips argument…so the M3 driver could overtake & you couldn’t…learn to live with it.
My overtaking depends on the car I’m in & I won’t begrudge others if they’re able to overtake on a section I can’t.
If I’m in the mood to plod along, then I make an effort to move out of the way of those wishing to go faster. If I too want to overtake, then I need to be decisive…chances are M3 driver behind may still be able to accelerate from his position behind me & still pass me & vehicle I was passing if I get on with it…still comes down to being prepared to overtake & being decisive as that opportunity becomes available.

Again, see this too, where people will sit & wait indefinitely behind even the slowest moving vehicles. Sometimes it is necessary to pull out & pass those dithering too. Extra caution required & wouldn’t “steam” past.

I’m sure we’ve all seen the middle lane motorway drivers…80-90mph when lane is clear, lorry pulls out, outside lane clear, so they stand on the brakes & remain in middle lane at 56ish mph, speeding up when whatever “obstruction” blocked their “progress” clears their path. Same thing with some drivers & tractors.

As aracer above, same point made a little earlier…

Surely if you are ahead on the road, you see a passing opportunity before the cars behind you…be that a clear straight ahead as you come out of a corner, or after an oncoming vehicle has passed you by. With this being the case, can you blame the person behind for being more pro-active & decisive in their overtake if they are alongside you as you intend to pull out?
If you’ve reacted as quickly, all I can think is you have an underpowered car & you have struggled to accelerate prior to moving out to pass the vehicle ahead, giving the vehicle behind the impression you’re not overtaking & they have taken the opportunity to pass.
If for the sake of a second as they blast by, you are then unable to overtake, it would be questionable if the original overtake manoeuvre was safe.

No answer from Molgrips on this & concerned regarding Molgrips comments about having to wait when 1st in “queue”, yet also overtaking from 3rd or 4th car back…which is contradictory.

My assessment of the road when looking to overtake, if more than one vehicle, includes looking for indicators and/or signs of acceleration, lane change etc
If I perceive you’re not going to pass, then, if I feel it safe, I do. I wouldn’t be too impressed if you pulled out in front of me as I was overtaking, but again, as previously stated, it is something you factor in & prepare for if overtaking more than one vehicle, so neither would it surprise me or make me feel that I have to run you off the road.
There is definitely no winding up taking place here, just pointing out a reasoned view of what I see taking place on the roads.

Apologies – can see Molgrips has answered this query while I was typing the above.
Several seconds??? Chances are the car behind you looked, decided they could pass if they get on with it, saw no movement ahead, so commenced their overtake…all while you’re patiently waiting. If someone overtaking you is so upsetting, although I can’t see why, then be more decisive yourself.

I’m talking about being PREVENTED from going when I could have gone, because someone else has stolen my spot.

Stolen? Surely if you are ahead on the road, you see a passing opportunity before the cars behind you…be that a clear straight ahead as you come out of a corner, or after an oncoming vehicle has passed you by. With this being the case, can you blame the person behind for being more pro-active & decisive in their overtake if they are alongside you as you intend to pull out?
If you’ve reacted as quickly, all I can think is you have an underpowered car & you have struggled to accelerate prior to moving out to pass the vehicle ahead, giving the vehicle behind the impression you’re not overtaking & they have taken the opportunity to pass.
If for the sake of a second as they blast by, you are then unable to overtake, it would be questionable if the original overtake manoeuvre was safe.
Seems I may be in trouble with some here, as my car has a “pie-chart” in the front, but I’ll make this point again – there are places that my car will safely pass, where I wouldn’t even consider it in the wifes car (Seat Leon…not that it is in any way a slouch on the roads). Actual car performance has to be factored in to the overtake, along with speed travelling, distance to pass & overtake distance available, road conditions & weather…all factor in the calculation you make.

I don’t want somebody, who’s been considering (do I?/don’t I?) a move for the past 30 seconds, dawdling out in front of me, requiring me to slow down on the off-side of the road.
Yeah that’s why queue jumping can be risky…

But if the person pulling out late were checking their mirrors before commencement of the overtake manoeuvre (not do I/don’t I, check mirrors, have a look up the road again, mental calculation, another few do I/don’t I moments & then pull out..note time passed since 1st mirror check), there wouldn’t be an issue.
If I make a pass requiring more than one vehicle to be passed, then it factors into that calculation…what if?
The issue is some have different speed/distance/car performance perception than others & make that decision at different rates, meaning car A could already be well on its way through an overtake before car B has made a decision.
If you’re plodding, let others go & make it as easy as you can – I find it less stressful & consider it safer than having a car inches from being embedded in my rear bumper as I drive along. If you want to get on, then be decisive.

Oh dear, Molgrips seems to think I’m on some sort of tirade aimed at him. Not the case at all, I’m making a generalist observation. Have a read of what stumpy 01 & richmtb describe. It is this type & those who I have described previously, watching half an empty straight disappear before eventually deciding to overtake, that I mean in terms of hesitancy & preparation.
I’m not a reckless lunatic, but if you drive as I’ve described above, then yeah, I’m that person passing because you took too long to decide to pass or not.
Again, if you’re going to pass…put your bloody foot down. If your car hasn’t the get up & go to safely deliver you back to the correct side of the road, past the vehicle(s) you intend passing & with a safety margin built in (not diving in as you brake for the approaching corner or to avoid the near miss with oncoming traffic), then don’t pass. Just consider that someone else may be able to pass far more efficiently & make allowance. As my previous comment, happy to make way if others are travelling faster.

Junkyard – I never said I was taking corners at excessive speeds. I like my car, I love my family, not about to take undue risks, but some people are excessively slow & cautious. I also made no mention of “buzzing” drivers as you put it. I want to be well clear of drivers who slow for oncoming traffic, allowing plenty of braking distance to allow for their erratic driving & then pass quickly & safely when the opportunity arises.
Go fast in a straight line? If you can see that another car has caught you up, then it is reasonable to assume they’re likely to want to overtake (but then far too many people seem to make entire journeys without ever looking in their mirrors). If I want to plod steadily, I’ll make space where I can, indicate & slow to allow them an easy & safe overtake. What I don’t do is floor it as they pull out, leaving them stranded outside. TBH I’d rather have them pass me & not have them getting frustrated & getting closer behind me & then maybe make a rash manoeuvre that may endanger me too.
I do agree with hels – there are some who overtake & then slow down. Really don’t see the point. Often tends to be the “straight line drivers” – hare down the straights & crawl through the corners. Seems particularly applicable to those who don’t know the roads. If I’m unfamiliar with a road, then someone like hels comments above maintaining a steady speed is a godsend, you get to follow at a safe distance & quickly acknowledge that the driver ahead knows the road (easy to tell from manner of driving difference between those pushing things a bit & those who genuinely know the road, just watch braking & cornering actions). So long as I have a comfortable braking distance & feel comfortable with the speed versus road conditions, I’m happy to follow. If it feels too fast, I don’t follow. Very simple.

That’s fine – I will do the same eventually. However, that’s not what I’m complaining about. I’m not extremely hesitant, and I take my opportunities. When someone else isn’t helping themselves to them, that is.
Not to mention that flying past someone who’s attempting to pull out themselves AND IS SIGNALLING is clearly ridiculously **** dangerous.

If you’re not being hesitant, how exactly has the car further back on the road managed to have pulled out & by flying by?
Is it more dangerous to be making the overtaking manoeuvre quickly or for someone who has clearly hesitated to then think that because they have their indicator on, that it is ok to pull into the path of another vehicle?
If you’re on the motorway & sat at 70mph, passing lorries, faster moving traffic passing you on outside lane & Mr/Mrs 57mph in their car decides to pass lorry & just puts on indicator as they blindly pull into the middle lane straight into your path, forcing you to brake, is that ok too? At least on the motorway you don’t have the possibility of oncoming traffic.
If you’re intending to pass, then BE PREPARED. Correct gear, road position etc to ensure you can maximise your overtaking opportunity. See too many people drive halfway down a straight before pulling out & then squeezing back in just before a corner, often forcing the overtaken vehicle to brake (that vehicle not altering speed during overtake).
I also agree that the vehicle will also determine what is “safe” when overtaking. It’s all about what you can safely achieve. There are places I can comfortably overtake in my car that I wouldn’t contemplate in the wifes car.

As someone who drives a lot of rural roads, I see lots of people who wish to pootle. No problem, but I have to agree with the numerous comments already made. If you want to just plod along, why accelerate when people overtake?
This business of “stealing” an overtake opportunity. Having watched & waited & saw safe opportunities pass by due to extreme hesitance & concluding an overtake isn’t going to happen, my response then is to take that opportunity myself when it next arises & pass the hesitant driver & whatever the vehicle causing the delay.
The other thing I note is people who pull out to overtake, but don’t accelerate sufficiently & dither about on the wrong side of the road. If you plan to pass, get on with it. Select the correct gear for maximum acceleration & keep accelerating until you have completed the overtake.
“Saves no time” – you clearly don’t make 150 mile journeys on purely rural roads, no dual carriageways & more B roads than A roads.
Use more fuel? Really? My car is far more efficient maintaining a steady speed & not having to go up & down the gearbox at every corner or for oncoming vehicles. I’m not saying I expect to maintain a constant speed through every corner, just that some people are ridiculously cautious & slow excessively for every slight corner or oncoming vehicle, when the road isn’t narrow enough to require such slowing.

My ex once said “it’s me or the bikes”…still have the bikes.

Ride the Climachx, forget about the Mach’s. Barely anything of worth on the Mach’s & having to descend back into town on the road just rubbed it in how poor the ride was.
I’m sure there must be some decent stuff in the hills, but the Machs seem to do a good job of avoiding anything interesting…unless you like tarmac & fireroads.

Tubes? Repairs?

+1 for Nilfisk (and +1 that the patio attachment is useless).

These people http://www.boonerings.com used to make chainrings…haven’t seem them do them for a good while, which is a shame. Still have my 20T inner.
Did make my wedding ring…so I could keep it bike related & because I mangled the last gold ring I had, it was more square than round.

Another vote for the Chris King. I know the BB & the grease tool are expensive initially, but do work superbly & a re-grease is so easy.

Nice loop, although I joined the moor via the bridleway by High Winder – right at mini roundabout on the A6, just after hump back bridge following A66 crossing. Continue to Tirrill & take left turn as you exit village. Turn left at top of lane. Two bridleways onto common, I took 2nd, which is via the track over the cattlegrid on your right, on the summit of the hill.

As with any stolen goods, the item remains the property of the person from whom it was stolen.

Can I recommend simply moving controls inboard 10mm at a time. The old adage of measure twice cut once comes to mind…if you decide you preferred your last setting it’s a bit late once you made the cut.

I would wager that many a ‘modern man’ has absolutely no idea what is involved in what makes his food, his life, so convenient. No interest in knowing either. By that reckoning, it’s not really choice, its ignorance.

My wife brings me my food, that’s all I need to know.

A child should have a good and balanced diet. Let them decide what they like/want (within healthy reason)- children get fussy anyway.

My lad had a veggie spell during his junior school years. We accepted it, although it was a pain producing separate meals. He grew out of it, especially when he realised his post ride bacon bap was off the menu.

Always an emotive subject…but do the veggies wear leather shoes, belts, have leather sofa’s / car seats?
I like meat, I have a leather sofa, leather seats in the car, there are various leather & sheepskin footwear around the house, so perhaps that makes me a better person, as I’m not wasteful. I don’t expect to use just the skin of an animal & ditch the meat.
Is it just meat, or eggs & milk too that you avoid? At this point there is massive range of products that contain animal products in some form. Enjoy a glass of wine or beer? There’s a good job that the finings used during the production process are animal products.

Another vote for Highlander & The Crow.
The Matrix – just for a bit of RATM.

TV programme rather than film…Roswell – always had a cracking playlist.

Yeah, evil on a bike, but if I can go up there & pick up one of the bridleways & save a bit of time, not to mention a thorough soaking, I’ll be happy. From the top there’s a B/W that descends all the way to the river, just not sure of actual rideability, hence the question. Anyone local that knows the B/W’s around there?