Cycling UK Forum

Maybe it's different in London, but I've never in my life seen a cyclist riding on the middle of the road. It's not all that different in London, no - at least in the bits I ride through (zone 1 and some bits surrounding). The only cyclists I see riding along the white lines are (a) overtaking stop...

The SRAM dualdrive I have is specced for the Xn derailleur mechs with 1:1 cable pull ratio (X5,X9,X0 etc) - shimano mechs won't work with the dualdrive twist shifter, and presumably vice versa. I think the pitch on the cassette itself is standard, though (we're running a sram pg-930, which afaik the...

I'm in two minds. As an old-school linux curmudgeon, I do think the current crop of "user-friendly" distributions have diluted what made it special - the setup I have on my personal machines has changed only incrementally in 15 years and is still command-line orientated (it's faster when y...

I've got a buff, I found it worked quite well to keep my neck warm during the recent cold snap.

Shame they don't fit to 20" wheels, or I'd get some for our brox

Carbon forks disintegrating is my favourite. For that matter, tyre blowouts on descents worry me.

AllanJ wrote:Possibly, but with a GPS on your wrist it'll experience higher peak speeds than your body as your arms swing

Is what I had in mind, yes

The difference is that on many (if not all, I don't know) shared use paths, the walkers do have priority. Which doesn't mean we can't all be courteous about it - and I'm sure you are - but it's worth keeping in mind that we're there on sufferance, rather than by actual right as we are on the roads. ...

That's interesting, and probably accounts for some of the wildly optimistic max speeds I used to get with a wrist-mounted gps unit.

I did the el530->fenix upgrade too, when my el530 spontaneously stopped working

I don't think the el530 was a bad light (although, I concur, the bracket was rubbish), but it's so far outclassed by the newer technology LEDs I really wouldn't get one again.

Mick F wrote:Words cannot describe the uselessness of this.

I see you and raise you this (the pump, not the scales)

Still, at least it's light, hey?

I'm not a big fan of the bell. Too many cyclists in shared-use areas seem to use it to say "get out of my way, I mistakenly believe I have priority" rather than "I am approaching you and will pass you with care when it is safe to do so" and I'd rather not be associated with that ...

I think the public would be better protected if the "not a complete bike" loophole were closed, but one could still buy a non-conforming bike by agreement, by putting one's signature to a list of those aspects of said bicycle that deviate from the approved specification, such as brakes co...

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I use Milton sterilising fluid on my collection of drinks bottles. Don't know if that helps you with yours or if it's already too far gone.