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by Mike_Ayling
22 Apr 2023, 6:16am
Forum: Using the Forum - request help : report difficulties
Topic: How do I delete my account?
Replies: 91
Views: 11730

Re: How do I delete my account?

Vorpal, please delete my account.
by Mike_Ayling
22 Apr 2023, 6:14am
Forum: Using the Forum - request help : report difficulties
Topic: How do I delete my account?
Replies: 91
Views: 11730

Re: How do I delete my account?

Carlton
I don't care what a good bloke Mick F is and how well he works for the forum, I find his posts extremely irritating and if I can't block him I want my account here cancelled.
by Mike_Ayling
21 Apr 2023, 10:58pm
Forum: Using the Forum - request help : report difficulties
Topic: How do I delete my account?
Replies: 91
Views: 11730

Re: How do I delete my account?

The forum software does not permit me to mark your fellow mod Mick F as a foe.
I find most of his posts extremely irritating.
Please delete my account.
by Mike_Ayling
21 Apr 2023, 12:25am
Forum: Using the Forum - request help : report difficulties
Topic: How do I delete my account?
Replies: 91
Views: 11730

How do I delete my account?

As per heading above
by Mike_Ayling
10 Apr 2023, 7:10am
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: Which bike would you go for?
Replies: 6
Views: 732

Re: Which bike would you go for?

DevonDamo wrote: 8 Apr 2023, 4:56pm What did you think of the replies people took the trouble to post when you last asked for advice in February?
He was't exactly overwhelmed with replies!
by Mike_Ayling
10 Apr 2023, 7:06am
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: Boardman urb 8.9
Replies: 4
Views: 2145

Re: Boardman urb 8.9

scottg wrote: 25 Feb 2023, 9:20pm Gates belt drive tension gauge, if I understand the Forum rules correctly any bicycle part requiring
proprietary tools is a poor purchase. :)

The Krikit is easier to use than the belt tension gauge that was used when I worked on toothed belts
in the bad old days.


https://www.modernbike.com/product-2126 ... 3nEALw_wcB
There is a smart phone app that hears the ping in the belt when the tension range is correct!
by Mike_Ayling
8 Apr 2023, 12:54am
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: What is the reason for a low top tube?
Replies: 41
Views: 3358

Re: What is the reason for a low top tube?

Mick F wrote: 6 Apr 2023, 9:51am
mig wrote: 5 Apr 2023, 9:51pm.....extra long seatposts introduce 'compliance' and help reduce 'roadbuzz.'
What road buzz?

Get your frame made from 531c and there ain't any road buzz.
No doubt other frame materials can be "compliant" as well.
I don't think that any of the 531 variants are still readily available.
Anyway a wider tyre at lower pressure definitely reduces "road buzz"!
by Mike_Ayling
4 Apr 2023, 1:41am
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: Braverman: Rise of the Fascists
Replies: 1299
Views: 70639

Re: Braverman: Rise of the Fascists

Voter ID proposal - what a great way to make it more difficult for the "wrong people" to vote!

Meanwhile here DownUnda voting is compulsory and although proof of identity is required for a lot of things all that happens here is that at the polling station the person behind the desk asks for your name and asks you to confirm your address and crosses it off a paper list after asking whether you have already voted in "this election".
Failure to vote incurs a fine of about AUD $70.
by Mike_Ayling
27 Mar 2023, 7:11am
Forum: Campaigning & Public Policy
Topic: Call for a national cycling ban.
Replies: 79
Views: 6686

Re: Call for a national cycling ban.

When I was younger I used to participate in a tandem riding programme with vision impaired people.
by Mike_Ayling
24 Mar 2023, 3:47am
Forum: On the road
Topic: Clockwise or Anticlockwise?
Replies: 34
Views: 3430

Re: Clockwise or Anticlockwise?

I agree that in jurisdictions where traffic moves on the left side of the road left turns are usually safer.
We have always allowed our dogs to select their own routes for their daily walk around the burbs. Our current greyhound seems to always turn left whenever possible. Afaik in Victoria Oz the race tracks run counter clockwise so perhaps it has been bred into greyhounds here.
by Mike_Ayling
20 Mar 2023, 12:29am
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: Emergency Alert Test 23 April
Replies: 411
Views: 17849

Re: Emergency Alert Test 23 April

A similar system is in use in Australia to date having been used for bush fires and floods.
I suspect that if Britain was being attacked by nuclear missiles the gummint would propably not send out a general warning as it would not achieve much!
by Mike_Ayling
19 Mar 2023, 2:57am
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: Will electric bicycles kill off non-electric bicycles?
Replies: 79
Views: 4371

Re: Will electric bicycles kill off non-electric bicycles?

A word from Melbourne DownUnda
For my 80th birthday I bought myself a Merida Speeder 100 and had a Bafang mid motor installed. I have a large battery and pootling around at 20kmh mostly using level 1 assistance I can get at least 250 km range around the local bike paths and I can now keep up with my riding group on the hills.
Today we rode through Jells Park a well used local facility and it looked as if 90% of the recreational riders were on e-assist. There are still plenty of tour de path riders on their road bikes. Age group looked over 30 but a lot younger than 80. Riding home I got on the back of a group of four on e-assist 30 to 40 age range slightly over weight. I dropped back to my usual 20-22 kmh as they wound up to the street legal 25kmh. They were pedalling quite a low cadence but there wereno hand throttles in evidence. I don't believe that these blokes would be cycling without e-assist.
by Mike_Ayling
13 Mar 2023, 4:08am
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: Is the BBC impartial?
Replies: 97
Views: 3569

Re: Is the BBC impartial?

Four middle aged white men running the show - draw your own conclusions!
by Mike_Ayling
13 Mar 2023, 4:03am
Forum: Electrically assisted pedal cycles
Topic: Rear wheel puncture
Replies: 12
Views: 1212

Re: Rear wheel puncture

Paul A wrote:20 Feb 2023, 12:16pm I've just been looking on YouTube for puncture repair videos on rear hub ebikes, It's my first ebike and I've never had a bike with a through-axel. The ones that I've seen involve flipping the bike over, unplugging the cable and removing the rear wheel.
My Bianchi Impulso e-road has a plastic cover over the cable plugs held on with tiny allen screws which are guaranteed to be lost in the grass or gravel at the side of the road so I was thinking do I really need to remove the wheel?

The bike hasn't got rim brakes or mudguards to get in the way and there seems to be plenty of space between the stays to get the tyre off the rim and the tube out to be patched insitu. The wheel would only need to come off if the tube was split or ripped beyond repair.

Or have I missed something blindingly obvious ? :?
Another plus for a mid motor!
by Mike_Ayling
12 Mar 2023, 8:50pm
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: Will we ever see electric Rohloff shifting?
Replies: 20
Views: 1440

Re: Will we ever see electric Rohloff shifting?

Possibly but I am perfectly happy with the twin cable manual system.
Works every time!