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I had the experience of going over the same dog twice (but not intentionally).
A Jack Russell ran from the pavement and went under my front wheel then ran around the front of my bike then back under the bottom bracket and my back wheel went over it as well. the dog then ran back to the pavement and sat beside a man I assume was its owner and neither seemed too bothered about it.

Depends wether the bottom bracket is "sealed" or has "cups and ball bearings"

Put a piece of wood between your hammer and the unbolted cotter pin.

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Stolen between 06:00 and 09:45 Wednesday 17/11/10
Landrover branded folding bike / Silver colour.
Opportunist theft: AKA Open door that's handy.*: ROS door on my car Renault Kangoo MPV, failed to lock (Central locking, the other doors both NS and FOS were still locked) Opportunist thief tried doors, found the insecure one, entered car, lifted rear parcel shelf, opened the rear door from inside, removed folding bike in it's carrying bag. Took swag to gable end of block of terraced houses, unfolded bike, and presumably cycled away leaving the bag behind.
*Paraphrasing the Public Information Office Crime Prevention Film. "Open windae that's handy."

Flinders wrote:Just out of interest, what mileage did you get out of it?
(I change my chains after about 1200 miles, as per LBS advice.)

Some would also advise changing the sprockets and chainwheels when changing the chain. If you done this every 1,200 miles cycling would not be very economical.

Gearoidmuar wrote:I recently fitted a Taya chain to my Rohloff equipped touring bike and having read material on this thread I measured it. At replacement time in at max, 2 months. Bad. I got 4-6 months out of the first KMC chain on this bike. I've replaced it.

I would expect to get more use out of a chain with a Rolhof or hub type gear than a derailleur

This has not been my experience of TAYA chains I bought one brand new for a tour of 2,500 miles and continued to use it for the rest of the year about another 3,000 miles. Only changing the chain so as to have a new chain on for the next tour. I have used TAYA chains since.
I do my own maintainance on the bike and the chains maintainance is limited to wiping clean with a cloth and being lightly oiled no more.
I am not making a recommendation for TAYA chains but I have found them to be as good as any other on the market.

I have found that slowing down is the best policy Collies or farm dogs are less likely to to start chasing (even while driving this is a good policy). Go fast and they will most likely chase, the speed will make the results of any contact worse.
Using violence or a laser pointer against a dog might not go down well with its owner.

Up to the advent of mountain bikes (then to compact framesets) the master measurement of a diamond bike frame was the seat tube, manufacturers making the length of the top tube in proportion to size of frame.
Now S/M/L is a great convenience to manufacturers.
Three standard sized frames S/M/L between 19" and 25" OR 7 frames at 1" increments or 13 at 1/2" increments.

Aldi sells bags of jelly beans, M&M style chocolate beans / crispy coated chocolate peanuts and chocolate raisins.
I mix them together and decant into 1oz or 2oz bags roughly 100cal per oz.
Tastes good and interesting to chew.

The Mechanic wrote:

Neil Mc Ivor wrote:

irc wrote:Bin men wear hi-viz because they are walking on the road all day with their attention on bins not surrounding traffic.

Bin men wear hi-viz because they are compelled to by their local authorities / employers health and safety regulations; would many if they were not?

That does not have any relationship to the effectriveness of Hiviz. Most of the girls in Aberdeen centre on a friday night dont' wear coats in winter, just miniskirts, but I don't think that is a valid argument for not wear a coat in winter.

The questions is, when you are wearing hiviz, how many of the drivers that give to a safe berth, do so becasue they saw you in plenty of time due to your enhanced visibility?

I personally have absolutely no doubts about the positive effectiveness of hi-viz.
Bin men may be a bad example to demonstrate the effectiveness as they are forced to wear it by their employer if not only for personal safety but also insurance purposes. If they were left to themselves to decide wether or not to wear the hi-viz, would many bother to.
In Glasgow during periods of sub-zero and inclement weather many denizens may be seen wearing just Celtic or Rangers tops
I don't think that's a valid argument either not to wear a coat in winter.
The question is not about the thermal properties of mini skirts or football tops. But about drivers passing you by a safe margin because they saw you in plenty of time due to your enhanced visibility. I think it helps,but I wear either hi-viz or bright colours out of choice.

irc wrote:Bin men wear hi-viz because they are walking on the road all day with their attention on bins not surrounding traffic.

Bin men wear hi-viz because they are compelled to by their local authorities / employers health and safety regulations; would many if they were not?

RJ&W handled my claim which was settled in 6 months.
But all depends on witness statements, police reports, medical records, estimates for damage, admittance of liability of the others insurance company, agreement of the ammount of settlement and result of trial if the other party charged by police.
6 months may be exceptionally quick but I don't think RJ&W would keep you waiting unnecessarily.

An interesting and well written book is.
I Cycled Into The Arctic Circle by James Duthie
Written in the early 1950s about a fairly low budget tour of post war Northern Europe. A memorable episode is on his return to Scotland was camping by Firhill Basin, Glasgow.
His journey then would have been quite exceptional but what made it more so was that he was deaf and dumb.
The chances of coming across this book I would imagine be fairly slim, I got one in a book sale at a community centre in the early 1980s and passed it on after reading it.

cooper_coleraine wrote:Thanks for your help. I still have not found the type I want,viz. with the cable emerging from the top of the hood as opposed to the more modern method, the cable emerges from the side of the lever and is then covered by handlebar tape.
Brian Cooper

If the cable comes out at the top it isn't "Aero"
If you have an old established cycle shop nearby they might have what you are looking for.

gilesjuk wrote:GPS with a barometer will be very accurate. GPS without a barometer won't be. Hence the Garmin Forerunner's aren't as good as the Edge.

In what way does a barometer affect the accuracy of a GPS?
I was under the impression that a GPS unit took its data ie position, speed and altitude by using radio signals to measure its relative position to various sattelites.
Does atmospheric pressure significantly or in any way affect the accuracy of a GPS?

I think the original question was comparing the accuracy of a cycle computer to a GPS.

Since selective availability was switched off GPSs are now very accurate. Before a non military or precise positioning system GPS would be 10m or more out at best and the altimeter feature almost useless; now they are accurate to about 1m and the altimeter feature excellent.

Cycle computers depend on being set up right and if only about 1% out, I would think that's good enough.

But to answer the original question I would consider the GPS more accurate by the smallest margin.

Go on to Garmin website and do a software update, with a bit of luck this should solve your problem.