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- 21 Apr 2019, 11:57pm
- Forum: Using the Forum - request help : report difficulties
- Topic: Can't delete image attachments from posts
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3225
Re: Can't delete image attachments from posts
Fab! Thanks.
- 20 Apr 2019, 7:04pm
- Forum: Using the Forum - request help : report difficulties
- Topic: Can't delete image attachments from posts
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3225
Can't delete image attachments from posts
See this thread. I want to delete the images from items as they're sold - I've removed the relevant BBCode bits for the images of the seatpost and downtube shifters but the images are still appearing…
- 8 Nov 2018, 11:52am
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: Lake District roads in late November?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 858
Lake District roads in late November?
I'm off to the Lake District at the end of this month and planning to use my bike to get around – not a full-blown tour, but certainly riding from Oxenholme station to near Grasmere and back again, perhaps a bit more. Is that foolish in late November? Are the minor roads likely to be icy? I don't need to cross any of the high passes, and I'm assuming they're pretty good at gritting the main roads.
- 13 Sep 2018, 11:09pm
- Forum: On the road
- Topic: When a younger guy challenges you at the lights ...
- Replies: 38
- Views: 2594
Re: When a younger guy challenges you at the lights ...
Openly challenging someone at the lights? Good heavens no. By far the most important rule of Silly Commuter Racing is that win or lose (and I've had my share of both), you studiously pretend not to be playing...
- 12 Sep 2018, 1:01am
- Forum: On the road
- Topic: Any cycle-related photos taken recently (no bikes allowed)?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 2713
Re: Any cycle-related photos taken recently (no bikes allowed)?
What I did on my recent holidays:
- 9 Sep 2018, 4:49pm
- Forum: Does anyone know … ?
- Topic: Have my legs got longer?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 1401
Re: Have my legs got longer?
David9694 wrote:Yes.
That’s an interesting point thanks, and would explain why my long trousers haven’t needed adjustment - I wonder if the ends ride up quite so much when I sit down..?
I'd be interested to hear other experiences of this, as it's not something I've seen discussed. (And a quick Google found a couple of threads elseweb in which people were claiming that weight loss shouldn't affect bike fit at all). But I lost three stone earlier this year, and although I can't make a direct comparison because I got a new bike and started using different pedals over the course of that weight loss, I think my saddle finished more than an inch higher than when I started.
- 9 Sep 2018, 9:03am
- Forum: Does anyone know … ?
- Topic: Have my legs got longer?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 1401
Re: Have my legs got longer?
If you've been cycling much more than normal: have you lost weight? A few kilos can easily add up to a centimetre or so of padding lost from your backside, which means raising the saddle to compensate.
- 3 Sep 2018, 1:31pm
- Forum: Helmets & helmet discussion
- Topic: Are head injuries something you worry about when cycling?
- Replies: 53
- Views: 3567
Re: Are head injuries something you worry about when cycling?
Not at all. I've come off the bike I think five times ever from various causes – rear-ended by a car, caught the handlebars on a flapping tarpaulin, foolishly tried to brake while turning sharply through loose gravel – and never come close to hitting my head. The only way I can imagine suffering serious head injuries is in a high-speed head-on crash where I'd probably get so mangled anyway that a helmet wouldn't make much difference.
- 31 Aug 2018, 9:33pm
- Forum: On the road
- Topic: Crossing Paris by bike
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1116
Re: Crossing Paris by bike
mjr wrote:Any pictures would be great, especially of how they do junctions to make it obvious. Some other cities (Lille IIRC) have chevrons alternating with cycle symbols on coloured stripes to show cyclists where to ride through junctions.
I didn’t think to take pics but it was something like this, yes. Cycle symbols every 5-10 metres all along the track, then much more frequently at junctions and IIRC combined with chevrons.
- 30 Aug 2018, 12:55pm
- Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
- Topic: Flickering dynamo light
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1405
Re: Flickering dynamo light
Belatedly: yes, unplugging the USB-Werk appears to have done it. Not a problem for me as I only use the USB-Werk in daylight but I've mentioned it to B&M as a possible fault. I wonder if I should let Spa know, too...
- 24 Aug 2018, 9:15am
- Forum: On the road
- Topic: Crossing Paris by bike
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1116
Re: Crossing Paris by bike
Just to to add: I've now done this with no problems at all. Cycle lanes varied in quality from decent to excellent - and crucially the routes are obvious at all times and the bike lanes don't just shrug and disappear when things get difficult, as they do in London.
- 16 Aug 2018, 11:17am
- Forum: On the road
- Topic: Crossing Paris by bike
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1116
Re: Crossing Paris by bike
Thanks all - that's very helpful. I'll stop worrying.
- 15 Aug 2018, 6:35pm
- Forum: On the road
- Topic: Crossing Paris by bike
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1116
Crossing Paris by bike
Anyone got any tips/a route for getting a loaded touring bike from Gare du Nord to Gare de Lyon and back? I'm pretty fit and confident - and I've commuted in London for years - but I'm worrying, possibly needlessly, about riding on the other side of the road in an unfamiliar city. I'm not in a rush, can walk it if need be...
- 15 Aug 2018, 12:54pm
- Forum: On the road
- Topic: Romney Hythe and Dymchurch
- Replies: 6
- Views: 755
Re: Romney Hythe and Dymchurch
There's a luggage coach on (IIRC) every train that takes pushchairs, wheelchairs etc. Pretty sure you could fit a bike in there but I'd give the railway a ring before travelling.
- 12 Aug 2018, 6:54pm
- Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
- Topic: Spa Nidd Saddle - broken tension bolt
- Replies: 5
- Views: 731
Re: Spa Nidd Saddle - broken tension bolt
For the benefit of anyone stumbling across this thread: Spa will sell you the spare bits of their leather saddles separately. Give them a ring.