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Reply to: AMERICAN CLASSIC AERO 420 3 WHEEL SET SHIMANO 2 years 12 weeks ago
3 months late (!) but are the

3 months late (!) but are the wheels still for sale?
Reply to: £100m extra for English councils' pothole repairs 2 years 12 weeks ago
All well and good but how

All well and good but how many of the Councils will actually spend the money on repairing the pot holes decently and how many will scrimp on the repairs and pocket the rest of their budget?
Reply to: Advice fitting new zipp rear wheel 2 years 12 weeks ago
It should go straight on with

It should go straight on with no issues, I have R3s and Zipp 303s, swap from one to the other without any adjustments.
Reply to: SRAM Red turns black 2 years 12 weeks ago
Velo Rapide wrote:I really

Velo Rapide wrote:
I really don't see the point of this. Instead of wasting time painting their top end gruppo in different colours, perhaps they would be better served designing something to take on the electronic offerings from Shimano & Campag?

Why.......?
Reply to: Online petition seeks to save Brighton cycle lanes 2 years 12 weeks ago
andylul wrote:I cannot

andylul wrote:
I cannot believe there are over 2000 cyclists that have USED those lanes.

I've signed the petition, not because I'm a user of the cycles lanes - as I said on another thread; they're ill-conceived - but because I think it's absurd to spend so much money on this.

Rob
Reply to: Victoria Pendleton launches Cycletta Series of all women challenge rides 2 years 12 weeks ago
Sexual politics

Sexual politics aside.
Anything with Vicky Pendleton pics, I'm interested.
She's a lovely looking gal.
Reply to: £100m extra for English councils' pothole repairs 2 years 12 weeks ago
What about wales?

What about wales?
Reply to: RSP Mico Flexilight rear 2 years 12 weeks ago
These look like a 'Knog off'

These look like a 'Knog off' of that well known Aus brand...lol
Reply to: £100m extra for English councils' pothole repairs 2 years 12 weeks ago
Finally!

Finally!
Reply to: Landis spoof satirises UCI legal threat 2 years 12 weeks ago
I saw them just after they

I saw them just after they went up - read the first three or four and thought they were serious....

Zucchini anyone?
Reply to: Victoria Pendleton launches Cycletta Series of all women challenge rides 2 years 12 weeks ago
Imagine if it was suggested

Imagine if it was suggested that a series of Men Only rides be staged?
Reply to: Third of London's Boris Bikes repaired in first six months but only 3 totally trashed 2 years 12 weeks ago
Do you not employ subs?

Do you not employ subs? Parisians have worked "there" way through etc etc etc.
That's just awful. Your apostrophe policy is also rubbish. Please try to write in decent English.
Reply to: Landis spoof satirises UCI legal threat 2 years 12 weeks ago
It's hilarious! Love the

It's hilarious! Love the references to all the articles that show just how ridiculous Pat McQuaid is, but it's the Floyd Landis emails that are, frankly, priceless.
Reply to: Give us back our vaguely bicycle shaped object! 2 years 12 weeks ago
I think it's on a display

I think it's on a display stand outside Sports-Direct!
Reply to: Advice fitting new zipp rear wheel 2 years 12 weeks ago
Looking to take a 10 speed

Looking to take a 10 speed 105 cassette off of stock Fulcrum Racing 6 wheel on a Roubaix to go a Zipp 404 wheel and 188 hub and back onto the frame. I expected to have to tweak the index but feared there would be bigger alignment issues and spacers required.

Thanks
TM
Reply to: SRAM Rival trouble 2 years 12 weeks ago
Hi, I'm sure you've pretty

Hi,

I'm sure you've pretty much figured out that SRAM is super sensitive. A quarter turn in or out on the high and low screws can make all the difference. I found Rival required a massive amount of effort to shift the deraileur anyway even when I had it all setup perfectly, no chain rub at all, correct cable tension etc etc.

This will sound like an ad for SRAM but I switched to Red and the problems vanished. Much less effort to shift, still an exact science to setup but nonetheless I couldn't go back to Rival.
Reply to: Victoria Pendleton launches Cycletta Series of all women challenge rides 2 years 12 weeks ago
I wish her every success,

I wish her every success, getting women involved in my club is like riding with punctures in both wheels...
Reply to: Victoria Pendleton launches Cycletta Series of all women challenge rides 2 years 12 weeks ago
£45? What he said.. The AMR

£45? What he said.. The AMR rides are £25 entry if i remember right. (Though there are a lot of men in lycra to contend with).
Reply to: Victoria Pendleton launches Cycletta Series of all women challenge rides 2 years 12 weeks ago
45 quid a head? No wonder

45 quid a head? No wonder women are not taking up cycling ..
Reply to: Surgeon predicts speedy recovery after Awang's horror crash + video 2 years 12 weeks ago
The MRI should be sending the

The MRI should be sending the splinter back so the track can be fixed. I mean I've heard of people taking souvenirs but that's a bit much Mr Awang.

Seriously though he was very fortunate that this splinter was such a simple shape. It could have been in other bits inside his leg so I suspect it missed both his tibia and fibula. As a First Aider there isn't much you can do, except leave it to the surgeons to remove. If you try to pull something like this out and they may well bleed to death. Provided this missed an artery he should recover in weeks. If it went through an artery then he'll probably have to rest for three months. There shouldn't be any long term damage though.
Reply to: SRAM Rival trouble 2 years 12 weeks ago
Yeah, it's all rival... I've

Yeah, it's all rival...

I've set the big sprocket/small ring, and that's all good. I'm tensioning the cable, now when I shift to the big ring, it takes quite a bit of pushing on the shifter to get it to go, and when it does, it seems like it ony just changes. the outer plate of the cage is dead close to the chain. It's like the cage is pushing it over (so obviously the inner plate is touching the chain), but there seems to be a bit of give, so it springs back slightly so the outer plate touches the chain. Obviously, turning the high limit screw pushes the outside plate back to the chain and this is the opposite of what I need.

So, set the Low limit, then high, then tension the cable? Worth a try?
Reply to: Advice fitting new zipp rear wheel 2 years 12 weeks ago
What are you going from/to?

What are you going from/to? As long as the Zipp has got the same type of cassette on it then there shouldn't be any issues at all. The spacing should all be the same. There may be a tiny amount of adjustment needed on the cable adjust on the rear mech if the gears are indexed perfectly but it may not even need that.
Reply to: SRAM Rival trouble 2 years 12 weeks ago
Hi, First off, are you using

Hi,

First off, are you using the rival front derailleur with Rival shifters? If you are then I believe they have outer-ring trim only.

In the small ring you are likely to experience rubbing in one or two gears, but this should be minimal. I've just had a look at mine, I use rival shifters with ultegra front mech, and in the inner ring I get a small amount of rub in the 11 sprocket only. No rub at all in the outer ring.

So, you've put the chain on the largest rear sprocket and the inner ring and adjusted the limit screw so its not touching the chain, and then adjusted the mech to not swing too far when in big-ring/smallest sprocket combination. When you fit the cable, make sure there is absolutely no slack in the cable as this will add a massive amount to the lever throw. When using big-ring/larger sprocket combinations just use the trim feature on the shifter to knock the front mech down a tiny bit.

Hope that helps
Reply to: Give us back our vaguely bicycle shaped object! 2 years 12 weeks ago
Seen plenty of these- someone

Seen plenty of these- someone who assembled their own boxed supermarket special might be arrested by mistake.
Reply to: Online petition seeks to save Brighton cycle lanes 2 years 12 weeks ago
I have as a matter of fact -

I have as a matter of fact - on a dual carriage-way while cycling to the left of the solid white line, and I'd still use conventional roads rather than cycle lanes.

Dotted lines denoting a cycle lane encourage motorists to drive as if the entire space between the lane and the centre of the road belongs to the car, often not taking in to account any drains, pot holes, parked cars and other obstacles that the cyclist has to negotiate

Hit a pothole or drain in a car and you get a bit of a bump. Hit it on a cycle and you're likely to faceplant or, at best, wobble/serve/pinch flat/utter weapons-grade swearing.

If another road user believes that your not allowed out of that designated channel and has no awareness, the consequences don't bear thinking about.