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by hubgearfreak
3 Dec 2023, 9:19pm
Forum: Campaigning & Public Policy
Topic: Compulsory hi-viz before work
Replies: 26
Views: 2678

Re: Compulsory hi-viz before work

horizon wrote: 2 Dec 2023, 11:17pm PS Good to see you back!
Thanks. And to everyone else for their contribution 🙂
by hubgearfreak
2 Dec 2023, 10:53am
Forum: Campaigning & Public Policy
Topic: Compulsory hi-viz before work
Replies: 26
Views: 2678

Compulsory hi-viz before work

Hi.

I’m not sure about this one, our workplace is proposing to require hi-viz as compulsory whilst cycling or walking around the outside of the factory to access the bike shed. It is shared with Lorries, cars, pedestrians forklifts and people waking from the car park to the factory. No mention of hi-viz for the motorists walking from the car park, just those that don’t use a car.

What’s anyone’s thoughts on this please?
by hubgearfreak
25 Jan 2016, 7:34pm
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: Old AW hub on 126mm dropouts
Replies: 28
Views: 2896

Re: Old AW hub on 126mm dropouts

Brucey

are you saying that the axle in a braked hub and the axle in an unbraked hub are interchangeable? i always imagined that the gear parts of a braked hub were thinner to allow for the brake parts to fit in aswell. although, i'd assumed this and never measured it :oops:

if it is the case that the axle HSA808 that's listed on SJSC as for XL-RD3 will also fit into an S-RF3, then it seems there is a whole load more (un-coldsettable) frames opened themselves up to 3-speeding. :twisted:
by hubgearfreak
23 Jan 2016, 2:26pm
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: Old AW hub on 126mm dropouts
Replies: 28
Views: 2896

Re: Old AW hub on 126mm dropouts

Brucey wrote:if you use a later (non NIG) SA 3s hub then there are longer axles available for those (175 or 177 mm or something)


it shows on the SA website that they do exist. if you knew where one might be bought in the UK or EU i'd love to know
by hubgearfreak
21 Jan 2016, 8:39pm
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: Old AW hub on 126mm dropouts
Replies: 28
Views: 2896

Re: Old AW hub on 126mm dropouts

brucey - if the time comes where the OP wants to go to a 126mm hub, surely they can re-cold set it?
by hubgearfreak
20 Jan 2016, 7:51pm
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: Rim ERD, hub dimension, spoke length confusion
Replies: 26
Views: 3048

Re: Rim ERD, hub dimension, spoke length confusion

now, i don't know the measurements of your hub, nor which method of arriving at spoke length you might choose to use.

however, i've always used this .. http://www.bikeschool.com/tools/spoke-length-calculator. it's never let me down for many wheels. putting some typical hub values in and ERDs of 541,540 or 537 it shows spoke length variation of 2mm max, assuming a 3X build. (my guess is that other patterns aren't for first builders with sputniks). try it for your hub, for both 541 and 537 and see what difference it makes.

if it's as little as my test results, then go for the mean, or as near to it as the spokes stocked in your preferred spoke shop will allow. 36 hole sputniks in 26" size will be very forgiving - i doubt that there's a stronger rim commonly/affordably available and there's a decent size gap inside the rim's box section to allow for a mm of extra spoke if that's the way it turns out.

good luck in the build.
by hubgearfreak
16 Jan 2016, 2:03pm
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: Old AW hub on 126mm dropouts
Replies: 28
Views: 2896

Re: Old AW hub on 126mm dropouts

assuming it's steel, cold setting the frame is easy enough. read sheldon brown. it's also the method that involves buying nothing
by hubgearfreak
11 Jan 2016, 8:13pm
Forum: Campaigning & Public Policy
Topic: Problem with driverless car.
Replies: 38
Views: 3053

Re: Problem with driverless car.

the driverless car of the future will allow the commuter several advantages.

1. it will mean that one is not limited to the distance of his commute...one will be able to live in say york and work in london and sleep on the way.
2. when the car gets to london, instead of having to pay parking it can simply drive itself around for 8 hours
3. the car may even be big enough to have an exercise bike in it, or a treadmill, or both - like a mobile gym. allowing one to do some excercise whilst getting to work. ooh, the brilliance of technology.

4. the only problem i can see is when children leave school and cross the road in a not-really-paying-attention manner. currently human operated cars simply blast their horn, accelerate at the errant youth forcing him to jog thus maintaining traffic flow. one assumes that driverless cars will not be able to do this and thus traffic could come to a stop for an hour every morning and every evening whilst bored teeenagers test the stopping powers of the new tech.
by hubgearfreak
11 Jan 2016, 7:58pm
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: Help needed in the East of England
Replies: 6
Views: 1481

Re: Help needed in the East of England

it'd be a little more helpful if Essex was in the title. i'd love to help, but it takes hours in a car to get to essex from here, and days by bike. good luck :D
by hubgearfreak
3 Jan 2016, 2:39pm
Forum: Using the Forum - request help : report difficulties
Topic: A helmet advice post
Replies: 3
Views: 996

Re: A helmet advice post

nothing wrong with the responses, surely? look to me to be both polite and helpful.
by hubgearfreak
3 Jan 2016, 2:34pm
Forum: Campaigning & Public Policy
Topic: 1m cycle lanes?
Replies: 22
Views: 2361

Re: 1m cycle lanes?

haha, i thought maybe you meant length. as we all know, 1m wide is just a waste of paint attempting to keep motors going fast
by hubgearfreak
31 Dec 2015, 4:54pm
Forum: On the road
Topic: I paid 5p for a bag on my commute to work.
Replies: 60
Views: 4088

Re: I paid 5p for a bag on my commute to work.

toomsie wrote:It is competition that drives down costs and improves quality.


we can see that all around. just look at the railways /electricity companies :P
by hubgearfreak
31 Dec 2015, 4:52pm
Forum: Touring & Expedition
Topic: Lincolnshire Wolds
Replies: 16
Views: 3151

Re: Lincolnshire Wolds

http://lincolnshirewoldsrailway.co.uk/ has a nice cafe if you visit when it's open.
by hubgearfreak
28 Dec 2015, 1:45pm
Forum: On the road
Topic: I paid 5p for a bag on my commute to work.
Replies: 60
Views: 4088

Re: I paid 5p for a bag on my commute to work.

toomsie...is climate change a myth and nuclear power the answer? :?
by hubgearfreak
17 Dec 2015, 6:30pm
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: cold setting
Replies: 13
Views: 1737

Re: cold setting

sheldon's method worked fine for me too. i went narrower