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Indeed. As a retired engineer, I have a wide range of skills but not including using a sewing machine. And for stretchy stuff you need an overlocker, which is a whole level up with 4 needles. We inherited one a couple of years ago, it sat around waiting for "a project" which turned up rec...

Your child luckily had one bad outcome that could have being avoided but wasn't, another time, another place and the outcome is far worse, sorry but chucking children into scenarios like that is irresponsible IMO. That you don't seem to understand the issue is somewhat worrying :shock: So you don't...

In practice, you get good with what you're used to. When we adopted our son he came with a wee BSO with (by my standards) terrible brakes. But he knew what they'd do and did okay. Christmas rolled around and an Islabikes Beinn 20 appeared c/o Santa with good quality V-brakes. I don't think I've eve...

The CycleSprog web site is very good for this sort of stuff: see https://www.cyclesprog.co.uk/

There's a review section and lots of good advice.

Pete.

I did wonder about the disc brakes and if they result in braking harder and a more difficult/quicker reaction slide to control. I do not every recall so many riders having problems controlling their bikes in wet conditions. Braking on the rim may result in less harsh braking and more time to contro...

Dark coloured road helmets + dark coloured clothing: the cyclist is sufficiently worried about a head injury to wear a helmet, but is not prepared to do things that might reduce the risk of that happening in the first place eg make the highest and most visible part of their body in traffic more vis...

The Deceuninck - Quick-Step World Tour cycle team are often known as "The Wolfpack", there is a hashtag, membership options, merchandise etc., see https://wolfpack.deceuninck-quickstep.com/en/account/login

Those interested in cycling endurance races and long distance records might find Ian Walker's "Endless Perfect Circles" a good read...

See http://drianwalker.com/circles/

The logic of this line of thought is that PPE should be removed from all situations in order to make people more aware of their exposure to danger. Building sites, for example. Make them safer by banning hard hats and steel toe cap boots! Except that would be ridiculous because building sites have ...

Bicycle Science, 2nd edition, page 196 provide some details on braking. More research into the effects of disc braking may help with understanding the overall effects. But as with many things, divorcing the brakes from the rider pulling the levers leaves you very sadly lacking in overall picture. D...

RickH wrote:Are disc wheels are agnostic to the type of through axle. (As long as it is the same diameter & is that standard on road bikes?)

Not sure, but there's also the rotor diameter and thickness to consider. I don't know if they're standardised at all.

philg wrote:Surely the time taken to replace a disc wheel is no worse than for 'normal' brakes assuming a QR wheel and standardised discs ?

If there was a single standard everyone was using, and if neutral service had disc wheels that conformed to it, yes. However...

Pete.

Indeed I think the current crop of tdf riders wouldn't hold a candle up to the the likes of Indurain, Hinault , Merckx etc. They have more knowledge, better organized teams, faster equipment but as athletes I don't think they are the match. But they don't have quite the same laissez faire attitude ...

https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/tools/koolstop-tyre-mate/, other suppliers are available, of course, but this is the thing for when Thumbs Of Steel™ are not enough. I really wish I'd had one a long time before I did.

Mick F wrote:Seems simple to me.

To borrow a catch-phrase of Dr. Ben Goldacre, "I think you'll find it's a bit more complicated than that"...