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ktache 41 minutes ago
@ChrisA serious...
ChrisA 4 hours ago
There I was, trying to be serious! I was trying to differentiate between soft footpaths & gravel or surfaced tracks. And no, I have never ridden wearing headphones/buds. I did try ear buds once when walking the dog & didn't like the loss of awareness. For the pedants; I don't have a moral problem with riding on isolated 'surfaced' footpaths nor have I ever encountered any problems with other users when riding on said footpaths.
Rendel Harris 5 hours ago
Is that riding with The Jimi Hendrix Experience and The Grateful Dead on the headphones?
panda 9 hours ago
" ... noticeably easier to pedal." Really? How noticeable? I've seen a thing at point of sale in a major bike shop near Kingston which had two identical chainsets connected to two different bottom brackets, inviting the customer to try spinning each one and go "ooh, this one spins much longer when there's no grease in it or load on it, it must be better", but from what I've read, the real-world difference between tuned ceramic and out-of-the box decent steel is about one watt, at best?
ChrisA 11 hours ago
@imajez Most people would have walked, but we take your point. I've never had a problem with riding on stoned tracks, designated as footpaths, but I'm not ripping up the surface on downhill footpaths. 0:-)
leedorney 11 hours ago
'Rather than using cups that cartridge bearings sit within, the MAXhit is the bearings, if you catch my drift' Still none the wiser - stick with dub and a ceramic Chinese affair at that which are brilliant for cost & durability in my experience!
Destroyer666 11 hours ago
@tomlew Will check Neco, cheers.
NotNigel 13 hours ago
I’m not sure it’s a knee jerk reaction from Adam Hansen’s point. I think it’s more the media, as per usual, having a full statement in front of them about everything that was wrong with the tragic incident on Friday, and running with the headline that will get the most attention and clicks. No doubt this very publication will be the same come Monday. My sincere condolences to Finlay’s family and friends.
Rendel Harris 13 hours ago
@mdavidford Always worth remembering with these spending outcries as well that a fatal road incident costs us as taxpayers £2.7M, and a serious injury incident £325,000. So if just one fatal road incident, or a small handful of serious injury ones, has been prevented across the whole of Oxfordshire by 20mph limits in the last four years, the taxpayer is actually in profit.
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