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by Steve
24 Mar 2024, 7:20pm
Forum: Touring & Expedition
Topic: Best tyres for touring
Replies: 27
Views: 1039

Re: Best tyres for touring

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I like continental gator skins on my road bikes . No plans for tubeless .
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I wonder what qualities you're looking for that Gatorskins don't offer?
I use them for my kind of touring (short trips mostly), in fact I just have them on all my bikes for simplicity's sake.
by Steve
21 Feb 2024, 9:59am
Forum: On the road
Topic: Road marking
Replies: 13
Views: 1489

Re: Road marking

Yes it's just warning of a side road to the left ahead, in place of a standard sign, and is possibly more obvious if travelling faster than a ponderous cyclist.
by Steve
20 Feb 2024, 2:03pm
Forum: On the road
Topic: Road marking
Replies: 13
Views: 1489

Road marking

Is the meaning of this road marking obvious to everyone? I think I might be a bit slow on the uptake as it had me baffled for years, and I'm sure it wasn't in the HC when I was young.
by Steve
14 Feb 2024, 8:56pm
Forum: Touring & Expedition
Topic: New Yorkshire Cycle Route announced
Replies: 10
Views: 960

Re: New Yorkshire Cycle Route announced

keyboardmonkey wrote: 10 Feb 2024, 7:21am Thanks for sharing and for the links. The coastal routes are not my sort of thing, but look good for those who have gone down the gravel bike route.
Nice pun!
by Steve
11 Feb 2024, 4:18pm
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: The staff of life - best served packaged?
Replies: 50
Views: 3374

Re: The staff of life - best served packaged?

There are few pleasures to equal stumbling across an independent baker selling fresh bread made properly from wholesome ingredients. Unfortunately it doesn't happen very often! Most bread in the supermarkets is total pap so I compromise with wholemeal loaves from our bread making machine.
by Steve
9 Feb 2024, 6:27pm
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: Obsolete Free Hub
Replies: 26
Views: 2282

Re: Obsolete Free Hub

Well it hasn't failed yet so presumably you still have a fully functioning back wheel, and can perhaps cross the bridge when you get to it! As the PP suggests, applying some new lubrication may well prolong its life. In any case it's likely to give you a bit of warning in the way of horrible noises before it fails.
by Steve
17 Jan 2024, 4:49pm
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: bike shed vs bike shelter
Replies: 12
Views: 951

Re: bike shed vs bike shelter

I'd place any vents where they're well protected from rain, eg above the roof eaves
by Steve
11 Jan 2024, 5:56pm
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: Employer cuts D-lock
Replies: 58
Views: 4468

Re: Employer cuts D-lock

Anita Faul wrote: 11 Jan 2024, 11:02am I was signed off work. While I was away my bike was locked to one of the provided bike rails at work. Unbeknown to me they moved the rails to build a shed there. During that process they cut the lock. I have asked for reimbursement, but this has been ignored so far. I checked my emails to which I had access while I was off. There was no email about bikes needing to be moved from those rails nor anything about building work. So I did not ignore a request to move the bike. If a note was pinned on, they should have noted that employees currently not coming in also need to be notified in another way.

Should the employer reimburse the lock?
I hope the new shed is for staff bikes
by Steve
8 Nov 2023, 7:55pm
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: Specialized Roubaix Pro 23/25 or 25/28?
Replies: 7
Views: 1250

Re: Specialized Roubaix Pro 23/25 or 25/28?

I can't speak from experience of these tyres but if space is tight it would be best to get the 23/25, surely. 25/28 would be slightly wider than what you have now.
by Steve
8 Nov 2023, 3:17pm
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: Winter Road Tyres
Replies: 20
Views: 3066

Re: Winter Road Tyres

Gatorskins may not be cheap but I seem to get good mileage from them - if you do buy cheap tyres you might find yourself buying more of them.
by Steve
7 Nov 2023, 1:09pm
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: Leg's failing, winter effect
Replies: 69
Views: 5525

Re: Leg's failing, winter effect

It's all about the salt.
by Steve
6 Nov 2023, 11:20am
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: Leg's failing, winter effect
Replies: 69
Views: 5525

Re: Leg's failing, winter effect

I've known the OP's symptoms often to be the onset of an infection for me (eg a cold), which is obviously more likely in winter.
by Steve
21 Oct 2023, 6:56pm
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: Can you recommend a wheel builder Harrogate & environs?
Replies: 31
Views: 4713

Re: Can you recommend a wheel builder Harrogate & environs?

Back to the OP - Jim in Menston has excellent credentials though I've not used him, and he may cost more than you're prepared to pay. It sounds like you need to respoke the wheel - why not have a go yourself.
by Steve
21 Oct 2023, 4:41pm
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: Mudflaps. What do you use?
Replies: 72
Views: 8652

Re: Mudflaps. What do you use?

Kitchen lino