Cycling UK Forum

The idea probably came from this: http://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02/29/45/2294539_65fe24df.jpg I remember a guy who worked on the Bluebell Railway telling me some years ago, they would love to install one of these, but they didn't have the space or the planning permission. A lot of their locos...

brynpoeth wrote:Often both driving forward and reversing into a parking space are problematic
Best to park on the road

Or in the often conveniently located cycle lanes?

It's always puzzled me that back in the 60s the railways were forced to put hi vis yellow fronts on all trains (on an inherently safer system) yet road vehicles weren't and never have been. This is all the more puzzling in the light of the various campaigns to force cyclists to wear helmets and hi v...

Am sure that this must have been covered before, at least with folks' individual pics of cassettes they are concerned about. But for simplicity can some kind soul/s point me at a simple online guide with good pics that tells you how to identify a cassette that is worn and needs changing? Am pretty ...

tim_f wrote:Are you attempting to fit with a inner tube ?

Yes.

Thanks for your info, it now makes sense. My mate has taken his bike back now so I'll let him know.

Thanks for all the other replies.

Anyone had a problem getting a tyre to sit properly on a rim? I noticed that the rim has a significantly raised ridge which seems to prevent the bead from getting onto the rim. The result is illustrated by the attached image. I tried swapping the tyres and got the same result. The other wheel rim is...

He again said "where's your bell" so I pointed out that pedestrians don't hear the bell on my other bike, and I'm often verbally abused if I use it anyway. If I get any reaction at all, it's almost always a friendly smile (Route 63 South Derbyshire/Leicestershire) sometimes I get comments...

mjr wrote:Audi

Hadn't thought of that one.

Reverse-wearing a cassette...? From the title of your post I thought you might be talking about disassembling the cassette and turning the rings so that they rotate in the opposite direction. There might be some mileage in that, provided that such a modified cassette still facilitates reasonable ge...

John Holiday wrote:Last week.we caught someone near a school ,at time when there were lots of children crossing the road,doing 59mph in a BMW!

What else would you expect them to be driving?

boliston wrote:just curious if there is a hand signal for 'straight ahead'?

No there isn't. There isn't an electrical signal either.

Cycling home from work a couple of weeks ago (old railway line part of route 63), I saw a thirty-something woman running the other way so I pulled over to my left at the same time as she pulled over to her right, I came to a stop since I could see that she was determined not to go to her left. At th...

Worst - taxi drivers. I'm not talking about London Black Cab drivers - I don't have sufficient experience to judge them, I'm talking about local private hire vehicles.

Can't imagine the Police doing anything (you weren't hurt so case closed) so I'd take the company option. Don't threaten them with the police, threaten them with reporting them to the Health and Safety Executive.....

NUKe wrote:If that’s the case why do they roadies all carry CO2 canisters. Sorry I couldn’t resist

Probably to save weight and time?