Cycling UK Forum

1982john wrote:Going to be a season of wild camping then.

Take a blowup cummings for warmth.

soapbox wrote:Not cheap, but the snack bars from Veloforte are worth a look at.

https://veloforte.cc

Thanks for the link, but
Velo?
Cc?
Signals overpriced ponce to me i am afraid.
I no more need to eat special cycling specific product for cycling than i do for walking, sitting, or sexual pursuits.

I don't think "Masks can only be effective if they are used carefully" is true for face coverings in mass public use. Some tests found that even a mask condemned as rubbish by users of surgical masks (loose fitting, made of "wrong" material such as wool or polyester, and so on) ...

Interesting, thanks. I had kinda wondered about oven filter material (pretty sure I have a spare somewhere and being lazy never fitted it) - are they all safe to put close to your breathing intake? Thanks also for the info on the discipline of using the things, though can't help but think that the r...

Brucey wrote:

Sweep wrote:
to clarify brucey, you mean cutting the outer with a dremel cutting wheel and not using the normal cable snips at all?

yes

Thanks brucey. Will do. Have dremel plus extra extra supplies of cutting discs. Cutting is all i pretty much use it for. With eye protectors of course.

Graham wrote:I wish I could find out how Dawes painted their frames back in the 80's. Mine is nearly 40 y.o. with only a bit of superficial rust.

Ditto 90s Ridgebacks Way way superior to paint on my newer bikes. (including a Ridgeback).
Good reason for building bikes up from older frames.

I absolutely agree that time spent grinding the ends of cable housing square is rarely wasted. If you have a Dremel tool (and no other grinder) then there is something to be said for just using a cutoff wheel to prep cable housing; the cut is normally nicely finished and just needs the plastic part...

mjr wrote:
I certainly wouldn't buy them from random online stores or leaflet drops unless desperate.

agree.

Apologies if posted before. Am looking for some face masks for my mum. I understand that N95 type are the best but probably unobtainable at the moment and in any case best left to the emergency and care services. Quick look online seems to show lots of shyster opportunists. And my mum has had some v...

I really like my Topeak Super Chain Tool. In fact, after I first used it, I found it was much better than my Cyclo one so I've used the Topeak one at home ever since (out on the road I've only ever needed to use it on other people's bike) . The little double ended wire hook, which came with it, tha...

Lastv batch i made i chucked in some evaporated milk i found at the back of the cupboard... Aren't you agreeing? Jonathan yes that's what I thought. Sorry - I thought Sweep really had used evaporated milk! :D Sorry from me as well. Yes, must have been condensed. Thickish squidgy stuff in a tube. No...

Condensed milk is about 50% sugar. It's used a lot in Asia in lieu of liquid milk and makes drinks very sweet. I buy it in tubes and put a small squirt in my daily porridge to liven it up a bit.. The stuff I found in the back of the cupboard and threw in my recipe was actually in a tube. Handy stuf...

Aren't you agreeing? Jonathan yes that's what I thought. Have checked my cupboard - yes, condensed milk has sugar added - and seems to weigh a lot more. Am assuming that for these snack-purposes, it's condensed milk that is the stuff to be used. Thicker - will stick stuff together properly. (all my...

Thanks vorpal.
Had issues with first link but not second.

I suspect the two may not really have been closely related. Until you stopped, your muscles were working and warm and you were in full energy output mode. Your blood vessels would have been dilated, supplying lots of oxygen and energy, your heart working hard to keep the turnover going. Then you st...