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andystow
The problem is that most bad
The problem is that most bad drivers would have no problem passing a test. Wow, one day a year you have to show up sober and drive to the letter of the law and the HC.
It would be a bit like testing people who’ve committed assault in the past by having them show up for a test where they pass if they don’t punch somebody for two whole hours.
November 18, 2022 at 2:48 pm in reply to: Car crashes into building – please post your Local news stories #966635
andystow
Jogle wrote:
Jogle wrote:[b]Cars keep crashing into Sunbury shops as hairdresser says it ‘was like a bomb'[/b] So what’s causing cars to crash? Nah, it’s not the drivers, it’s the lack of bollards! https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/cars-keep-crashing-sunbury-shops-25531831 #NoDriverInvolvedHere’s the street view. I’d suggest parallel parking might have prevented this.
andystow
Yes. I’m using this one. I
Yes. I’m using this one, which cost me $25 US in 2017. I had a carbon seatpost snap a couple of years ago, and that made me check the wrench by hanging weights off it. It’s accurate within my ability to read it, about ±0.5 N·m.

andystow
If you have a 360° camera and
If you have a 360° camera and you’re willing to do it for Google for free…
andystow
I watch my mirror carefully
I watch my mirror carefully and am ready to bail.
andystow
Secret_squirrel wrote:Those T-handles are interesting what make are they?Eklind. I think I bought them from Menard’s, a US chain of big box hardware stores. Fairly inexpensive and they’ve taken some abuse well.
October 31, 2022 at 3:40 pm in reply to: Car crashes into building – please post your Local news stories #966545
andystow
hirsute wrote:Not the best quality footage.Low speed impact though
Post was lit up but not wearing high-vis, etc. Plus what’s it doing in the middle of the road?
Atrocious cyclist behaviour at 0:34.
October 26, 2022 at 8:27 pm in reply to: Car crashes into building – please post your Local news stories #966515
andystow
He’s cocked that one up.
He’s cocked that one up.
andystow
hawkinspeter wrote:I do like the idea of a Hindu taking top office on Diwali, though as that puts a nice spin on it. (Got my covid booster in a Hindu temple down the road – I do like their religious imagery though I couldn’t tell you who all the gods are)

andystow
I use a vacuum insulated
I use a vacuum insulated Klean Kanteen in my King Iris cage. It’s a little tighter than my other bottles, but it works. I mostly use it for summer rides, to have nice cold water even after a couple of hours out at 35 °C.
andystow
PRSboy wrote:
PRSboy wrote:The question should be what the BMW driver might have done differently!Gone for a bike ride instead.
andystow
I’m 51. I find I get restless
I’m 51. I find I get restless legs if I take a couple of days off. No other issues yet.
andystow
Hexes and hexes and hexes,
Hexes and hexes and hexes, plus a couple of Torx. I find myself using the T handles the most just because they’re easiest to get out.
October 11, 2022 at 10:29 pm in reply to: Car crashes into building – please post your Local news stories #966337
andystow
David9694 wrote:What a mess! – Tarmac on A1 ‘driven through’ leading to day of delayshttps://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/news/local-news/what-mess-tarmac-a1-driven-7691496
Good thing it wasn’t a cyclist with high pressure tyres. They’d have sunk to the centre of the earth!
andystow
Internal cables rattling
Internal cables rattling inside the bar or stem?
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