Cycling UK Forum

Rather than book, I would suggest you try Youtube. Almost any maintenance task has been covered in video form by someone. I find that watching someone do something is easier than reading about how to do it.

Cycle route 33 goes from between Nailsea and Backwell, alongside the railway to Flax bourton and then through Long Ashton taking you into Bristol by a relatively flat route. Its nicely tarmaced on the off road stretch. Also known as the festival way.

There is another option. rather than go for bigger wheels, go for smaller ones. Small wheeled shopping bikes are designed to have a huge range of adjustability so that they can be used by the whole family. If you have a bit of technical ability, you could get an old Raleigh Twenty or Dawes Kingpin f...

I have also used ABC enamelling in Nailsea. They did a good job on my Royal enfield Revelation, frame and forks. I would suggest that finding a local company is relatively easy but make sure to check they know enough to mask the right parts of the frame. I have heard horror stories of people spendin...

Looking at the video, my impression is that the lorry is unlikely to be far enough behind for the dangerous left hand overtake to have been completed to the point where the cyclist is now visible ahead of the lorry driver. As we cannot see where the lorry is in the video, I have to base this on how ...

There is a ridge of hills stretching from Clevedon to Bristol. The 2 best ways around this are either go through Clevedon and around the end of it then along the other side (through Clapton in Gordano and Portbury) and then use the Avonmouth Bridge. Or you could go into Bristol via route 33 from nea...

http://i978.photobucket.com/albums/ae269/Russcoles11/Snapbucket/IMAG0070.jpg This position leaves my arms close to vertical. Leather covered ergo grips spread the weight you therefore support on the handlebars. This may sound weird but effectively my handlebars aren't as far forward so they're lowe...

It will be interesting to find how you get on with the grease for lubrication. My problem is that my 3 speed SA on the Kingpin leaks oil when at rest. Mebbe I use too much oil which I will admit is a failing of mine but grease would seem to be an answer. Modern hubs switched to grease. Oil is howev...

I use a modern 5 speed on my favourite bike. It did okay on a ride from John O Groats to Bristol covering 900 miles. I took a spare rear sprocket with me, it doesn't take very long to change the ratios when you are moving between hilly and flat areas.

Doh! I definitely meant Cog!

Anyway, once I rode it a bit it all seems to have started working fine. The bike is a lot more stable with the new more rigid wheels.

For once the beach volleyball outfits won't seem a bit skimpy!
Incidentally, did anyone else get the sudden urge to visit Ukraine about 52 mins into the closing ceremony?

Its a shimano 105 golden arrow mech on a 9 sp campag cassette, with the cable slack and the limit screw out as far as poss it only reaches the 2nd smallest sprocket. I know I could add spacers to the axle and spread the frame, but I won't do that.

OK, so I now have my 9 speed cassette, have installed this on the new wheel and have tried to see if it works with the existing chain. It seems to be fine, it shifts really well. I cannot get the mech to adjust enough to reach the smallest ring but I can live with that (unless anyone has a tip for s...

I have 3 bikes, the most modern of which was made when I was 10 and the oldest was made 8 years before me. I have not however owned any of them for more than a couple of years. Good bikes pass from owner to owner. If you take a look at bike racks in any major city it will not take long to find a Ral...

you can fit 9/10speed sprockets with wider spacers to make an 8-speed cassette, and suddenly you have cheaper chains, at least. The jockey pulleys don't make a big difference provided you are running narrower (not wider) chain, and they are not knack'd to start with. Golden Arrow huh? Blimey, that ...