[andystow]

I believe that was in Chicago

I believe that was in Chicago.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/toddler-hurt-in-chicago-road-rage-shooting-breathing-on-his-own-out-of-icu/2490180/

[andystow]

What groupset is it? If it’s

What groupset is it? If it’s a BSO with a mech that just says “Shimano” on it, it’s below even Tourney and SIS. I volunteer at a Co-op and find a large proportion just can’t be made to shift properly at all. The best I can sometimes do is some gears get missed, but minimize the annoying ghost shifting.

If it’s Tourney, Acera, or above, then other ideas:

• Worn chain
• Bent link on the chain
• Does the mech move freely when the cable is disconnected and the wheel is off? The spring should snap it right to the outside.
• Does the cable move smoothly in the housing all the way to the mech?

[andystow]

I’m in the US. I see videos

I’m in the US. I see videos of people in the UK doing “gravel” riding (Francis Cade, David Noakes) and most of it is not at all what we mean. Some of our states have very low population density but lots of farm roads (e.g. Iowa), so no way could they afford to pave them all, but the gravel is a really nice, fast rolling surface with 42 mm or wider tyres.

Once I get out of town, on paved roads I may encounter a car every minute or so. On gravel roads, its a few per hour.

Here’s the good stuff.

[andystow]

Cycloid wrote:

In the UK we average about 100 fatalities per year

the US population is (very) approximately five times ours, but they have eight times more deaths.

You think things are bad here

Well, it was “only” 667 last year, so a bit closer to proportional. However, I bet the US is way worse on fatalities per million bicycle miles travelled. Look at the last two rows on this table. The US has half the rate of cycling and double the car (actually, SUV) miles travelled compared to the UK.

Transportation

I’ve heard that if you remove the cyclists who were riding in the dark, no lights, intoxicated, cycling is nearly as safe as driving, but the same is likely true in the UK. And of course, both would be waaay safer if the intoxicated drivers could be removed from the roads instead.

[andystow]

Here’s one from the US. The

Here’s one from the US. The video is pretty scary.

https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/05/24/east-garfield-park-madison-street-fiery-crash/

[andystow]

You might have trouble

You might have trouble getting new tape to stick if you wipe it down with GT85. I know I’ve seen some people start out with a full coverage overlapping wrap of electrical tape under the bar tape. I’d expect that should keep it dry. A good wipe down with solvent and a few coats of black spray paint might work also. Let it dry a few days at least before retaping.

[andystow]

Revocation of driving licence

Revocation of driving licence.

Sentence similar to doing the equivalent with any other implement. Careless driving ~ carelessly chucking bricks off your roof while remodeling. Dangerous driving ~ throwing bricks into a crowd (but not aiming at a particular person.) Momentary inattention ~ electrician gets distracted and kills a colleague with a mistake. Something like that.

Driving after licence is revoked, though… well, you’ve already demonstrated that’s no deterrent. Is there some way other than locking you up that society can prevent you from driving? Certainly crush the car unless you stole it.

[andystow]

I cycled as a child, even

I cycled as a child, even cycled a paper route as a teenager (about 2.5 miles, delivering ~50 papers,) and occasionally cycled to college classes, probably under a mile. After that, I used the bike very rarely, but still I did use it for utility, sometimes taking it shopping with kids in the trailer, to shops within a mile or so from my house.

When I restarted cycling, back in 2013, I was 42. I had been doing a lot of walking, and thought, the bike would be faster, and just maybe I could ride to my judo class. It was up a steep hil, but I thought it might be doable.

It was, of course. The distance, that I’d previously been driving: 2.8 miles each way.

Eventually, I built up to regularly commuting to work by bike, over nine miles each way. Now I do it nearly daily.

The biggest thing I wish I’d realized earlier is how easy and fast it can become. I’d hear some guys I knew talking at the pub on Fridays about a planned 20 or 25 mile ride on Saturday, and I just didn’t think that was something I’d be able to do. Now I know that’s well under two hours, and I don’t even need padded shorts for it.

I’ve never been overweight, but I’m definitely at my fittest ever right now, and turn 50 next month.

 

[andystow]

richliv wrote:

richliv wrote:

I’m hardly going to post my bike (hi, thieves, come on in) 

Thief 1: “Hey, richliv has a cool bike. Looks expensive. We should steal it.”

Thief 2: “Wow, yeah, who is he?”

Thief 1: “No idea.”

Thief 2: “Well, where does he live?”

Thief 1: “I don’t know. England, most likely. Or at least Britain. Maybe. We’ll just look for the house with the white garage door.”

[andystow]

I think pics would really

I think pics would really help here. Are you sure the cassette is slid all the way onto the hub?

[andystow]

Imagine getting you bicycle

Imagine getting you bicycle stuck on one of those. You’d be stuck for hours!

[andystow]

I’ve had a tubeless tire spit

I’ve had a tubeless tyre spit out sealant on and off for weeks before finally settling down. Give it time, there’s no reason the sealant can’t fill those tiny holes.

[andystow]

I’ve also used a garden

I’ve also used a garden sprayer. I’m looking at battery pressure washers so I can more easily wash my bikes occasionally in winter, which with all the road salt is the time of year they most need regular washing. It’s a real pain to do inside, and where I live it’s well below freezing much of the time, so I can’t use my outside hose to do it as in the summer.

I’d like something ready to go (no time spent pumping the garden sprayer) where I can just fill a bucket at the sink with warm water. Ideally it would have a soap dispenser so I could switch from wash to rinse at the flick of a switch. I want to just be able to blast everything off in under a minute, then roll the bike into the garage, which is at least above freezing on all but the coldest days, to dry.

[andystow]

If it’s the same amazingly

If it’s the same amazingly loud freewheel as on my Hunt Adventure wheel set, it does quiet down over time (51xx miles so far). Oddly it seemed to get much quieter below freezing.

[andystow]

It’s surprisingly possible to

It’s surprisingly possible to roll over at very low speeds if you hit another car just right wrong.

Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljlZqd5qot4

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