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by sizbut
31 Jan 2024, 8:26pm
Forum: Cycling UK Topics and Discussions
Topic: Changes at the CUK?
Replies: 11
Views: 2678

Re: Changes at the CUK?

You quoted the hardback and asked for a cheaper version. I suggested the paperback at a quarter the price. What is wrong with that? I think you meant to say "Thank you for the suggestion" rather than the flippant and childish reply you gave.
by sizbut
29 Jan 2024, 6:55pm
Forum: Cycling UK Topics and Discussions
Topic: Changes at the CUK?
Replies: 11
Views: 2678

Re: Changes at the CUK?

Just buy the paperback - its cheaper.
by sizbut
13 Jan 2024, 10:23am
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: GCN+ closes What are the alternatives?
Replies: 93
Views: 24229

Re: GCN+ closes What are the alternatives?

For those wanting the British Cyclecross national championship today, women are on BBC iplayer at 11:25 today and men at 13:15.
by sizbut
13 Jan 2024, 9:56am
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: GCN+ closes What are the alternatives?
Replies: 93
Views: 24229

Re: GCN+ closes What are the alternatives?

For those wanting the British Cyclecross national championship today, women are on BBC iplayer at 11:25 today and men at 13:15.
by sizbut
20 Dec 2023, 6:34pm
Forum: Campaigning & Public Policy
Topic: No more drunk driving? US automakers forced to adopt life-saving tech by 2024 National Highway Traffic Safety Administr
Replies: 9
Views: 1068

Re: No more drunk driving? US automakers forced to adopt life-saving tech by 2024 National Highway Traffic Safety Admin

Current stats for the USA are 26 deaths from drug related crashes each day, 37 from alcohol related. So drink is still the leader.

But the result is still a death. So whilst there are probably 100s of thousands of drunk/drugged drivers every day managing to not kill themselves or somebody else, the key figure is the number of deaths that are caused (the harm), not the number of drivers.

Californian research estimates that alcohol and/or drugs is involved in 85% of road crashes with fatal or serious injuries.
by sizbut
18 Nov 2023, 2:20pm
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: Brompton 6-Speed Hub Compatibility
Replies: 23
Views: 1398

Brompton 6-Speed Hub Compatibility

18-year old rear wheel is finally dying - cracks in the rim and some nasty sounds. How confident can I be that a new 6-speed rear wheel is compatible with the spacing and controls on an 18-year old frame?
by sizbut
25 Oct 2023, 8:34pm
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: Tickets for Belgium Cyclecross Races
Replies: 2
Views: 2749

Re: Tickets for Belgium Cyclecross Races

To answer this one myself, the answer is be patient. The UCI CX World Cup website became active and let us buy tickets 2 weeks ago, and the Super Prestige site became active for the race we wanted last week. So in rough terms, tickets go online approximately a month before the event.
by sizbut
16 Sep 2023, 2:06pm
Forum: Campaigning & Public Policy
Topic: Van driver reverses over Jeremy Vine's bike
Replies: 31
Views: 6413

Re: Van driver reverses over Jeremy Vine's bike

"Vine might have saved himself some grief if he had seen the situation developing"

He did see it developing, and whilst making no excuses for the driver, the video shows no hint of "what is that pillock doing, this could be dangerous" slowing down from Mr. Vine until he crosses the junction and stops behind the lorry.
by sizbut
3 Sep 2023, 1:27pm
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: Tickets for Belgium Cyclecross Races
Replies: 2
Views: 2749

Tickets for Belgium Cyclecross Races

Birthday treat this year is to attend the cyclecross races in Belgium over a weekend; Superprestige on the Saturday and UCI World Cup on the Sunday. But the organiser is getting nervous as it seems impossible to get details on tickets and to buy in advance. Google searches all seem to end on the same sites (https://www.flandersclassics.be/en and https://www.superprestigecyclocross.be/ ... -2024/niel) where if you click on the link for tickets they lead you round in a circle between the two sites.

Anyone have any experience of how the events work for attending and how to get tickets in advance?
by sizbut
17 Aug 2023, 6:51pm
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: Brompton Seat Post Bungs
Replies: 5
Views: 542

Re: Brompton Seat Post Bungs

I think I found the reason myself today when upgrading the rack wheels to some Eazy Wheels obtained from SJS.

Each of the Eazy Wheels kits came with yet another rubber bung, so now I have 3 spares plus the one already on the bike. And the one already on the bike was just a push fit, not an expander cone as the rack instructions implied.

This time the instructions for the wheels and new bung referred to the new bung as being an expander cone type when it clearly wasn't.. And so I looked more closely at instructions and found what their date: November 2011. So it looks like whilst Brompton have changed the bungs they are fitting as standard and supplying in kits - the included instructions in the various kits are seriously lagging on being updated.

But then nobody reads the instructions... except me, and that because I write installation manuals and user guides for a living.
by sizbut
12 Aug 2023, 6:00pm
Forum: Family Cycling
Topic: B********* parents
Replies: 39
Views: 9063

Re: B********* parents

err... He was proceeding along the the road in a residential area until, coming round the bend, he was faced with some opinionated swearing B****** objecting to having the passage of their motor carriage halted. Fortunately nothing consequential happened as the sweary B****** insisted of forcing him off the road so that they could continue on their way through.

To put it the other way round, you were in housing, on the road reduced to a single lane, and unsighted due to the bend - all signs to proceed with caution because things might happen - just like they did. So get a grip and stop trying to make such a drama out of what most people would call 'life'.
by sizbut
8 Aug 2023, 6:30pm
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: Brompton Seat Post Bungs
Replies: 5
Views: 542

Brompton Seat Post Bungs

New Brompton owner, loving it, might even actually ride it at some point rather than just admiring and practising fold/unfold.

But anyway, just fitted the rear rack, no problem with that. But that rack kit comes with a seat post bung and instructions to use it to replace the existing bung.

The rack kit one is a simple press fit rubber bung, the existing one is kind of expander bolt design. Whilst the Brompton instructions are clear enough, they don't say why the bung needs to be changed. Anyone know why?
by sizbut
6 Jul 2023, 7:47pm
Forum: Using the Forum - request help : report difficulties
Topic: chat GPT and other AI tools
Replies: 43
Views: 7308

Re: You are not authorised to view this forum

re_cycler wrote: 6 Jul 2023, 7:07pm But is quoting from AI any different to quoting from the media, for both you need to decide if it's credible.
Very. AI like ChatGPT doesn't come up with stuff spontaneously, they are seeded with parameters by the requester. Someone can ask it to generate a 1000 word essay on how you murdered your whole family and it will do precisely that (you didn't I hope). If you're going to quote ChatGPT, you're going to have to quote the parameters of what it was asked to do and by who.
by sizbut
20 Jun 2023, 6:56pm
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: Disc brakes, not working
Replies: 7
Views: 642

Re: Disc brakes, not working

Perhaps help others help you by saying what you mean by "I can't get mechainical (sic) disc brake to work".

The actions you say you've taken imply you think its a lack of pad grip on the rotor, but already that's us guessing. If we have to guess the actual problem, then we're double guessing possible solutions.

- Do the brake levers move? Freely or do they seem stiff?

- Do the pads move when the brake levers are operated? Both side?

- When the levers are moved all the way, do the pads appear to be in contact with the rotors> Again, both sides? (yes, that can all require contortions to see)

- What make and model of disk brake?
by sizbut
17 Jun 2023, 4:32pm
Forum: Lands End to John O'Groats
Topic: Is it Cheating
Replies: 29
Views: 9653

Re: Is it Cheating

It's however you want to do it, there is no set route, no set time, just LE at one end and JOG the other, and some adventure and challenge in between, which criteria you have clearly meet. Some of us have even JoGLE'd instead of LEJoG'd and it still counts. So go for it, ride on and bon voyage.