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- 8 Apr 2008, 10:30am
- Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
- Topic: 52x12
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1575
- 8 Apr 2008, 10:23am
- Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
- Topic: Fast tourer gears
- Replies: 28
- Views: 3337
CJ wrote:For most people to enjoy riding even the lightest of bikes on quiet lanes in the more scenically interesting parts of this country, they'll need to partner a compact double with a wide range mountain-bike cassette. .
Exactly. A lightweight bike isn't a passport to easy climbing of steep hills.
A 180lb rider on a 20lb racer will be only about 5% faster up a 15% slope than his counterpart on a heavy 30lb tourer (you can ignore tyre resistance etc at low speed on steep climbs, nearly all your energy is being spent on defeating gravity) . So the lightweight rider needs pretty well the same gears if touring in country which is going to involve some hard ascents. My own motto is to gear for the worst, you usually end up needing that granny gear after all.
- 6 Apr 2008, 3:06pm
- Forum: Cycling Goods & Services - Your Reviews
- Topic: New saddle from Lidl
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5959
- 4 Apr 2008, 1:52pm
- Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
- Topic: Ancient Dawes Galaxy - what to do???
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1427
- 4 Apr 2008, 1:23pm
- Forum: On the road
- Topic: Rants 1 and 2
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1192
Re: Rants 1 and 2
cranky1 wrote:
My first rant is that cycling is too good. The calming influence it has make it impossible to go from a state of everything is well with the world to one of screaming apoplexy at the actions of a some nutter on the road. !!
Having a loud car horn sounded at me unfairly when I'm happily cycling along turns me into a very nasty piece of work.
- 3 Apr 2008, 9:21am
- Forum: Campaigning & Public Policy
- Topic: Unsafe and illegal cars
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2600
Re: Unsafe and illegal cars
paulah wrote:james01 wrote:gilesjuk wrote:One car had windscreen tint which let in 30% light, the legal requirement is 70%.
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Glass makers have striven over the centuries to achieve near optically perfect glass with near 100% efficient light-transfer. Then along comes a moron-driven fashion for blacked out windows in vehicles!
I make no apologies for this rant. I've experienced several near-accidents while cycling, walking and driving thanks to this idiotic fad.
can't comment on the particular driver, but in some countries it is legal to use tints when prescribed for medical reasons - kerataconus (which I have) would be one of these as we find most light conditions unconfortably bright and wear sunglasses most of the time including in the office. There's little difference between this and having the windows tinted instead.
If you need to wear sunglasses to protect against bright light, you can remove them when twilight conditions apply & you need to maximise light transmission. You can't do that with tinted windows.
- 2 Apr 2008, 5:08pm
- Forum: On the road
- Topic: Report police for bad driving? (Near Everton Stadium A580)
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3523
- 2 Apr 2008, 2:44pm
- Forum: Does anyone know … ?
- Topic: Roadside litter
- Replies: 46
- Views: 5283
- 2 Apr 2008, 2:40pm
- Forum: Campaigning & Public Policy
- Topic: Unsafe and illegal cars
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2600
Re: Unsafe and illegal cars
gilesjuk wrote:One car had windscreen tint which let in 30% light, the legal requirement is 70%.
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Glass makers have striven over the centuries to achieve near optically perfect glass with near 100% efficient light-transfer. Then along comes a moron-driven fashion for blacked out windows in vehicles!
I make no apologies for this rant. I've experienced several near-accidents while cycling, walking and driving thanks to this idiotic fad.
- 2 Apr 2008, 11:12am
- Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
- Topic: Park chain checker
- Replies: 30
- Views: 6731
PW wrote:I'm with Mick, a steel rule with inches & 16ths. If a nominal foot measures 12 1/16" centres between pins it's scrap. I don't often change cassettes.
Agreed. A precision measuring tool, however well designed, is subject to numerous potential inaccuracies (including "operator error"). The simplest method of all, which admittedly means removing the chain, is to suspend it next to a brand new chain & compare lengths.
- 1 Apr 2008, 2:37pm
- Forum: On the road
- Topic: Motorway Cyclist
- Replies: 28
- Views: 3082
[quote="Mick F"] the first married couple to be seen in bed together on TV were Fred and Wilma?
Also, Wilma's pregnancy was the first to be shown all the way through.
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I used to watch the Flintstones as a child, I don't remember seeing the conception episode. Maybe Fred turned out the light, he was always a gentleman.
Also, Wilma's pregnancy was the first to be shown all the way through.
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I used to watch the Flintstones as a child, I don't remember seeing the conception episode. Maybe Fred turned out the light, he was always a gentleman.
- 1 Apr 2008, 2:01pm
- Forum: On the road
- Topic: Motorway Cyclist
- Replies: 28
- Views: 3082
Crock of Gold wrote:james01 wrote:Crock of Gold wrote:
I have always wondered why Barney Flintstone and Fred never ride a cycle but are happy to propel their car via foot/leg power.
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Are there no depths of inaccuracy to which this forum will not descend ?
Fred's surname is indeed Flintstone. His neighbour, however, is Barney Rubble.
Sorry Barney and Fred
The town of Bedrock accepts your apology.
- 1 Apr 2008, 11:58am
- Forum: On the road
- Topic: Motorway Cyclist
- Replies: 28
- Views: 3082
- 31 Mar 2008, 12:24pm
- Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
- Topic: 1960s MOULTON - advice please
- Replies: 3
- Views: 608
1960s MOULTON - advice please
I've seen an ad in a shop window for an SA-geared Moulton in working order. Sounds ideal as an interesting local runabout. Any tips about what to check? (I vaguely remember rumours about disintegrating rear suspensions on these bikes).
- 30 Mar 2008, 11:57am
- Forum: On the road
- Topic: Motorway Cyclist
- Replies: 28
- Views: 3082
thirdcrank wrote:in the early '60s when two French onion sellers were stopped by the police cycling on one of the then rare motorways in England, festooned with onions.
Ah, those were the days, when onion men really rode their bikes. Now every other posh deli has an old utility bike outside, festooned with onions, but never going anywhere, usually with flat tyres.