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by nez
25 Apr 2022, 9:45am
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: Wheels for a big person
Replies: 27
Views: 1965

Re: Wheels for a big person

mail@nickavery.com wrote: 25 Apr 2022, 8:14am Just in case anybody is interested, the Spa wheels turned up trumps. Still as true as the day they were born.

Now I have a clanking under heavy climbing from the BB
Everyone is interested. Once you go over 80 kilos modern bikes are more breakable. Unless of course you get one made of scaffolding poles from Halfords
by nez
6 Apr 2022, 11:01am
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: Tyre Glider
Replies: 99
Views: 7677

Re: Tyre Glider

And good luck to Mrs Trev. I ride witha group of middle aged men and women and we just adjust accordingly. There’s no good men trying to behave like cycling pros. I live on a long hill (for essex) and when the tour of Britain came here the pros who weren’t in the sprint were sitting up chatting and pushing a big gear, often no hands. They are just different! Much better to respond to the folks you’re with
by nez
5 Apr 2022, 5:11pm
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: Tyre Glider
Replies: 99
Views: 7677

Re: Tyre Glider

TrevA wrote: 2 Mar 2022, 1:03pm I used my Tyre Glider for the first time today, albeit at home, but on a tyre that had been in a cold garage. At first, I couldn’t work out how to use it and had to watch the video, but after a bit of practice I found it works well.

What’s really good though is that my wife can use it easily. She’s never been able to get tyres on and off using tyre levers and thumbs, so it’s a game changer for her and she can ride with confidence on her own without having to worry about punctures.
My wife’s attitude is she doesn’t need the tyre lever and thumb thing while im next to her with trye levers and thumbs. Its hard to disagree
by nez
18 Feb 2022, 2:28pm
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: Tyre Glider
Replies: 99
Views: 7677

Re: Tyre Glider

The ones that catch me out are the extra wobbly casings, like Challenge Strada Biancas. They are like greased pigs
by nez
18 Feb 2022, 2:18pm
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: Tyre Glider
Replies: 99
Views: 7677

Re: Tyre Glider

PH wrote: 18 Feb 2022, 1:39pm
mattheus wrote: 18 Feb 2022, 1:33pm The clearest benefit of CUK is the joy many of you take in knocking them! The bad news: non-members can do that for free!!!
I get many benefits and even without those would still be glad to be a member.
That's not the same as approving of everything they do.
i agree. Lots of their work gets on my wick, especially all that pc stuff. Lots of their work serves me well. With the insurance and the magazine, the region support officers, the campaigning and advocacy - I think it’s well worth the money Everything has to compromise on some point.
by nez
16 Feb 2022, 4:39pm
Forum: Health and fitness
Topic: Statins - side effects
Replies: 702
Views: 77600

Re: Statins - side effects

mjr wrote: 16 Feb 2022, 4:05pm
Jdsk wrote: 16 Feb 2022, 3:32pm New study:

"Prevalence of statin intolerance: a meta-analysis":
https://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/adva ... 15/6529098
(may be paywalled).
Yes, this is paywalled.

I've read other coverage this morning and because it is a meta-analysis, it is sand built on sand. Its conclusions on prevalence level should be regarded as shaky because of the poor methodology of many intolerance studies which fail to account for memory and other cognitive problems being among the adverse effects.

In my own case, I was incapable of remembering some of the problems I suffered, much less to link them to the statins. My GP at the time was a pompous ass and it took a locum GP to spot a link between likely onset of problems and start of statin use. If I had been part of a statin intolerance trial at certain points before that, I would probably have answered questionnaires that all was fine, simply because I had forgotten chunks of time where I had problems. After all, I kept taking the damned things until I could not stand up!

It definitely wasn't the "drucebo effect". Back then, I knew little of the side-effects except insomnia when starting use and I really thought they would work for me like they did for my father... but now I wonder whether they really worked for him because he did some pretty odd stuff near the end of his life... but we can never know.

I'm also a bit grumpy about Professor Smeeth quoted in the Guardian seeming to say that we should like statins partly because they are cheap. Firstly, that's not always been true (rosuvastatin was $260/month until a patent expired in 2016), and secondly, that's rather beside the point of whether they're safe and effective for a particular patient, surely?

Finally, it's interesting to see "exercise" among the side-effect risk-increasers on there, because I don't recall that being stated in any meta-analysis I've seen. I wonder what level of exercise that is and whether there's an increase of adverse effect risk with increase of exercise, which would have implications for cycle-tourists.
My own experience reflects yours closely. And Im afraid the subject has become so dirty my first response reading about a new survey or survey of surveys is, cui bono?
by nez
14 Feb 2022, 4:16pm
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: trim skewers to length?
Replies: 18
Views: 1073

Re: trim skewers to length?

Oh you will regret it when you decide to add a trailer hitch!
by nez
13 Feb 2022, 4:44pm
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: Cycle magazine - my feet fall off the edges of the pedals
Replies: 8
Views: 838

Re: Cycle magazine - my feet fall off the edges of the pedals

I use clipless on my ebike which is ridiculous, really, but I found my right foot slipped off the pedal quite a lot, especially in wet weather. I suppose I could have used toe clips and straps but I'm so used to clipless and already have the shoes for my other bikes, so it's simpler
by nez
13 Feb 2022, 1:39pm
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: Tyre Glider
Replies: 99
Views: 7677

Re: Tyre Glider

If ever I wear these out I’ll give them a try. :lol:
by nez
13 Feb 2022, 12:48pm
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: Tyre Glider
Replies: 99
Views: 7677

Re: Tyre Glider

S2L wrote: 13 Feb 2022, 12:27pm Re. Technique…

There might be a trick I am missing, but I have changed tyres for 35 years now… and it’s getting harder rather than easier… if there was a better technique for me to learn, I would have learned it by now… clearly I am not up to the job and quite happy to invest a tenner in a contraption that makes it easier
I’m sure you’re fine I would just hold off until the next time I have to put Marathon Plus on the Brompton! At the rate I use the Brommie that may be never
by nez
13 Feb 2022, 10:47am
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: Tyre Glider
Replies: 99
Views: 7677

Re: Tyre Glider

S2L wrote: 13 Feb 2022, 10:13am The problem is that before rims became universally tubeless ready, fitting a tyre was relatively easy, in many cases you could do it with bare hands (ah, those Vittoria Corsa on Ambrosio rims, a doddle!). Now it's near impossible in most cases, hence the sprouting of all sorts of plastic contraptions to help with the job... I welcome them all
I can manage any tyre on any of my bikes with some of those blue plastic levers Park tools sell. God knows what they are made of but they seem indestructible. On very difficult tyres I use toe straps too.
by nez
12 Feb 2022, 9:48am
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: Tyre Glider
Replies: 99
Views: 7677

Re: Tyre Glider

philvantwo wrote: 11 Feb 2022, 2:50pm I wonder if Mick F has bought one yet?
I’m surprised Mick hasnt been given some as a ‘social influencer’. The Kardshian of cycling :lol:
by nez
11 Feb 2022, 4:43pm
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: Tyre Glider
Replies: 99
Views: 7677

Re: Tyre Glider

Looks like talc or soapy water might help - it seems to work rather like the steel gizmos they use on car tyres in workshops
by nez
11 Feb 2022, 3:14pm
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: rear facing camera
Replies: 14
Views: 1296

Re: rear facing camera

RJC wrote: 10 Feb 2022, 2:50am Are there some screws hidden under small rubber sealing bungs on the fly6?
My Aldi fly6 knockoff wasn't holding any charge after a couple of years which turned out to be a small capacitor going short circuit rather than battery issue.
This was a good post! I thought the 'bungs' were seals or even one end of a welding - but in fact they were exactly bungs. So I pried them out with a spudger then took out the screws. This is the result.
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Of course I still have to search one out and wield the soldering iron, but if successful it may be the cheapest solution yet. I don't think the problem here is a capacitor - when connected to the usb power source the light works fine. Anyway, if it doesn't work all I've lost is the price of a battery. Thanks John

update £6 on eBay for a battery
by nez
11 Feb 2022, 9:01am
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: rear facing camera
Replies: 14
Views: 1296

Re: rear facing camera

Thanks slowtwitch and others - lots of good clues here!