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Hi Dr.

As I've said before, you get clowns in every road using community.

I'd rather hope as licensed Taxi drivers in London tend to do it as a career, opposed to an in between jobs number, they would value their living and not jepordise it over bust ups with cyclists or other road users.

As a Cyclist and a Cabbie, I see it daily, and I'm sure any Cycling Bus Driver will profer his opinion too.

My only real bad experiences tend to relate to couriers and their suicidal riding. Fixed, minus any brakes etc.

mw3230 wrote:London cabs and minicabs both serve the public as a means of transport - even if the ordinary member of the public can scarcely afford either. Why should one be allowed into the bus lanes and not the other. It's like saying that solo bikes can use cycle lanes but not tandems or recumbents.

Give yourself a shake Greig - frightened of the competition?

One section is trained, and has ridden around London for 3 years on two wheels learning their trade.

The other has little command of English, driving ability, and is then let loose on the streets of the capital with no training.

As for affordability, that depends if you consider 4 people going one stop on the tube which costs £16, or a Taxi for half of that?

Frightened of competition? Perhaps if they could actually offer some.

My concern is their crap driving, and the impending injuries that we will suffer whilst out on our bikes.

The rumour amoungst the trade (I'm a London Cabbie and club rider) is that the London Minicab lobby (Addison Lee) are asking TFL to consider allowing 55'000 pretend taxis into the capitals Bus Lanes.

Just one for your information at the moment as I know there are a few campaigners on here.

downfader wrote:Has anyone read the latest update on taxi drivers? It appears he got in a cab and mentioned this to the cabby, who then promptly began offering "advice". I left a comment again, profering that unless the cabby is a regular cyclist on the roads himself it would be wiser to obtain advice from Bikeability, Cyclecraft, even the HC itself. He also doesnt mention exactly what this advice is other than it was "theres a cyclepath over there, mate" (and how many times have we heard that and seen a normal pavement pointed at).

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/active/66697 ... -tips.html

Perhaps the guy was a Cyclist.

I'm a licensed London Taxi Driver and have been for 11 years now.

I've been a club cyclist for 26 years and now cycle regularly in London and, whilst not in use much nowadays, also hold a Rigid LGV license.

I've seen it from every angle, and in my experience there's clowns on the road from every section of London's road users.

freedomfighter wrote:Can anyone recommend a nice grippy Rat Trap-style pedal please? It's for general touring use - without clips/straps.

They've been mentioned on here before on another thread, they also trade on e-bay.

http://www.velo-orange.com/mksstreampedal.html

Good luck

Thanks Jerry, I did consider drilling through, however the design of the 'Rival' mech would mean any nut and bolt arrangement impinging on the spring set up . . I think.

I'm assuming rear road mechs are not 'indexed' at the mech, but rely on the shifter end for the indexing?

The 'Rival' downtube shifters can be switched between index or just normal shift, so in theory, does anyone know if they would work with any rear mech whilst set to normal shift?

Ta.

Hi, I'm new to this board, but not to cycling or forums, so I apologise if this thread is a duplicate of one already running somewhere.

I've just done up my old 1990 Nigel Dean touring bike, it's basically mint, so I did'nt have to do much, new tyres, bearings, etc.
I needed a new rear hub though as the freewheel had frozen onto the hub so I got a new Deore hub built onto the old rim.

Like the ham fisted numpty that I am though, I've stripped the cable clamp (internal thread!) on the rear Sachs Rival rear mech.
Needless to say they don't make them anymore, so what I'm wondering. before I start spending more cash:

Is there a rear mech that will be compatible with a Sachs downtube shifter, it's indexed / or useable on ratchet?

Would I be better going for a dropped bar end shifter (do they even still make those?)

Or should I replace the whole gear set up?

Thanks folks.

Greig. Herts.