I’ve always double wrapped with adhesive and it’s been fine.

Cheap stuff on eBay doesn’t have adhesive, and is as good as any other ‘gel’ tape. ‘Non-sticky’ seems to be the bad translation.

fantastic. :D

Perhaps the neighbors are buying a drum kit for christmas?

airlines are the worst for this.

Knew a guy with a roller and council semi.

He’s dead now. Probably unrelated.

I have a little project going on. Being a tart i’m Going to keep it under wraps for a while yet…

You already have two bikes and don’t need another.”

thats a 50% increase – quite significant. I just went from 8 to 9; a much more appropriate 12% increase. 8)

4 of us set out 2nd jan 2010 in the freezing snow. the other 3 made it, I turned back at brighton.

It turns out staying out all night for NYE, and not eating the next day isn’t very good prep for a big ride, who new!

the other three struggled with water as all the taps were frozen. Pub filled up water before the bivvy & the farm shop filled up mid sunday.

you can see that you could hardly wish for better sight lines

agreed but there is something about it; wheter its the fact thats its not square, or that the sight lines are too good (thats why roundabouts now have restricted views).

https://www.dharrison.org.uk/ipley-crossroads/

not seeing a vunerable road user – in a national park exactly where you could expect to see a cyclist, Not slowing for a junction, and ultimatley resulting in a persons death. How can that not be dangerous.

well if it’s not the drivers fault maybe they’ll change the junction.

There have been at least two cyclist deaths there and nearly anyone local has a near miss story.

I’ve almost been hit there, by a car who never slowed down.

You are all showing your age here.

Fat Ripper BMX?

Except NOTG. you win the thread.

Checkout #bikestormz #bikesupknivesdown @jake100 you’ll see that fat rippers are cool, as are entry level hardtails. it ain’t about the bike.

Anyone successfully painted a concrete floor? Polish it first?

moderatley successful. Its coming up in a few places but thats 5+ years of use.

brush it, sugar soap, pva to seal, then paint.

I found a stiff broom useful for brushing & sugar soaping floor and walls.

I don’t think there’s an artisan equivalent,

you need to get to a proper Deli.

My BMW has an M Sport sterring wheel & cost less than my MTB, i’d rather commute by my fixed wheel though – which cost less then the car.

I don’t give way to taxi drivers, bunch of berkshires. Forum taxi drivers excluded of course!

this year is about the megatoblerone

Contact your local Cycling UK group. most localities have a disabled cycling group; and normally a techncial bod who hasbeen through some of these issues before.

Theres a group who regulary ride in Alice Holt forest & bearbonesbikepacking Stu does somethign similar in Wales. Big Bike Bash hosts Avon Tyrell have a few bikes but i think they are all bought in as opposed to modified.

my commuter (also ridden for fun occasionally) is 9.5 years old. I’ve got 11000 km logged on strava (last 8 years only) so its probably done ~ 13000 km.

It’s on it’s 3rd drivetrain: which has plenty of life left. Changing ratios killed the first (worn chain, new sprocket). Stripped a pedal thread and the crappy chainring was almost gone, so treated it to a brand new drive train for the last one. It’s fixed; its previosuly been used SS. Last freewheel lasted <3 months so it went back to fixed.

got pulled in november, it’d been taxed in may. I told them as such. they pointed out it was last may, impounded my car & took me home in the police car.

Quite embarrassing, but i did like the 530d roads unit car. :oops:

Use Argos:

Cheers. + paint.

I take you don’t have someone that can take it to a LBS and get them (for a small fee) to write a quote for the replacement ?

The buyer – but he’s busy job hunting and already a bike down!

Of course P2G know that it’s my responsibility but the damaged goods will be at the other end. Seems like the system might be stacked against claiming! We’ll see.

It’s steel.

Sounds like it could be more of a replacement rather than a repair quote.

absolutley; but that doesn’t stop Parcel2go needing a repair quote otherwise i can accept a reduced offer. :roll:

check out lfgss for a london centric bike scene. its probably younger than this lot, so probably a better place to ask.

I love London and its one of my few regrets that I didn’t live there for a while whilst in my 20’s

+1

Who came up with this typ of design (Specialized?)?

specialized specialise in not inventing anything. so i doubt it.

measured or nominal?

Always worth a measure. biggest deviation i’ve measured from manufacturer is 4mm: enough to change your spoke length!

about 15000 Gauss as a maximum. Well you did ask ;)

i reckon you could hold on a mudguard – but you’d need to get the arrangement/ placing just right.

You might need opossing magnets on the bike, otherwise the margnet might slide down the seatstay – if that makes sense.

I’ve still got a mark 1. A few friends had them ~8 years ago. not sure who still has them tbh.

Stiull love miine. Looking forward to giving it a bit of a spruce up come spring…

regulary see them near the river, itchen boardwalk if you know southampton. I doubt it;s to do with rubbish as they are between a river and a trainline.

Saw one last night in a city park; not quite sure where as i got lost on my way home from work! :oops:

DO NOT let my wife in here.

thanks. :D

I’d reccoemnd avoiding parcel2go, & myhermes who’ve absolutley trashed a frame i sent last week.

I bought a bike from Pelago (Finland) & it was shipped with Kuehne & Nagel.

google parcel from norway to UK & find several quote sites.

or phone a local freight company. Southampton freight services are always good.

i’m not getting the answers i clicked on? Second time of trying too; same thing; different questions. Very strange.

I know 10/10.

I live in newport btw

it just gets worse! ;)

sounds like your mum and brother care & are close by. Get them to help – support network will be important come the custody battle, i’m told.

Good luck with the job.

On the plus side think I am ageing well compared to some of my old school chums

+1.

took my parents to their local a few years back, they point blank refused to believe that a guy at the bar was in my class. he looked early 50s.

I think he’d been at that bar a lot in the 10 years since we left school. 8O

if you want to be insured you do.

Don’t cheap out on tyres either.
look at stopping distances (from 50) here.
When the top tyre has stopped the el cheapo is still doing 29 mph!!

amazing.

Look at the state of the cobbles under kellys front wheel. 8O

rode my commuter/ fixed across the new forest to check out Velo Cafe in Ringwood. First ride fixed, other than commuting, for 3 years. Was a brutal ride into a headwind to start; I just had to double cake!! The cake was good but the coffee was fantastic. Ride back was tough but at leat i had a tailwind for some of it. 83 km fixed made my legs very wobbly, cadence hitting >160 wont have helped!

IMG_4910 by thom1984[/url], on Flickr

I’d think a straggler would be alright. Weight wouldn’t be my first priority for a 600km audax. comfort would.

You thought about luggage?

meh – shifters + deraillers. close enough.

cranks are seemingly optional. as above plenty of shimano groupsets with BB30 cranks.

Seems odd to mix sram in on casette & chain. but it’ll function fine.

Specialized were terrible for this – check a xt/ ultegra level bike: it’d have a altus level cassette on. haven’t looked for a few years – might have changed.

At least 2 people i know were effectivly trapped in the ownership when it came to sell.

The company who owned the other part of the property had a minimum figure they would accept. The first of these was post ’08.

The second was just the company holding out for a very high offer (over market value); in the end she accepted the offer and paid the company the difference; meaning that for her 50% she took 40% of the sale price (or thereabouts).

With those type of horror stories + brexit uncertanty looming i’d be very wary.

Another friend of mine made a metric shit ton of cash, buying post 08, selling recently near Brixton market.

Marathon/ Durano plus for over three years (no flats). I didn’t carry any tubes tools for ages; although i am now. I don’t know how many tubes.

The shop at work does sell tubes, but cheap ones, and probbaly not in 28c.

Might stick one in the desk drawer – I’ve been caught out before: on a mountain bike and in my commuting bag was a 700 23c tube. Had to call for a lift!

based in spain.
didn’t have what they said was in stock. took two weeks to get in stock.
took 5 days for shipping.

I saved £3 though.