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Ah, so you are in fact Reagan
Ah, so you are in fact Reagan and Carter?
Are you Caratacus Potts? Is
Are you Caratacus Potts? Is your wife Truly Scrumptious?
Photo
Photo . Might be nice if they said “paying your VED”?
Shortly before you pop the
Shortly before you pop the mudguards on again and find they rub. Just like the Christmas lights that went into the box in January working – and now don’t.
It’s what a passing cyclist
It’s what a passing cyclist called out to me a few years ago as I flagged and flogged my way up a hill one day – a well timed and delivered motivational kick up the arse.
Steer well clear!
Steer well clear!
Rule 5
Rule 5
Remove them when spring comes
Remove them when spring comes.
These components have remained largely unchanged for decades.In petit peu sweeping, n’est-ce-pas?
Quill stems vs A-head, d12, cassettes vs freewheels, SPD, horrid non-standard bottom brackets, the development of CF, frames and components, Kevlar in tyres, lovely German hub dynamos, brifters, thru axles, various cartridge bearings that you can never find replacements for, disc brakes, hydraulic controls, £40 handlebar tape
work on your core muscles –
work on your core muscles – they will IME be the first thing to give you gyp on a ride.
Rule 5.
minimise unwanted lateral movement at the three contact-points. No springy saddles.
Cheap, strong, light – pick any two.
You don’t need to be head to toe in Lycra, but “civilian” clothes are more likely to absorb moisture and chafe after a time. Look after your extremities at this time of year – hands and feet. Cover your shoulders in summer. Wear a base layer.
Are you sure that village store/cafe is open on a Sunday?
A “cafe lock” is a useful accessory. mini pliers and zip ties, pump multi tool, patches, spare gilet, spare bolts, chain link. Shop around for these things – standards tools are cheap and plentiful.
ViewRanger for navigation on your phone doesn’t rely on a signal to work.
if you buy new, take up the offer of going back after 2-3 weeks – bolts have a strange habit of loosening. Cleat bolts too if you have them.
Don’t leave random clunks, bumps and clatters uninvestigated. A clean drive train and wheels true add to the experience.
chapeau! Means I raise my hat to you
N+1 – the correct number of bikes/5mm Allen keys.
Left hand pedal – left hand thread.
nod/ extend your right-hand fingers when you meet other cyclists* – they will do likewise.
stick it to Brexit by counting kilometres
* obviously not triathletes, e-bikers; MTBers: use your discretion, but not if they’ve got baggy shorts over long tights and drive an Audi estate with racks on and you think “ohh he’s a bike owner he’ll be sensible when he comes by,” but he drives like an absolute tool.
Oh all right then, e-bikers: at least they’re having a go. They might take up cycling in the future.
HOMES were evacuated after a
HOMES were evacuated after a gas pipe was cracked when a vehicle careered off a Brockenhurst road and ploughed into a hedge.
https://www.advertiserandtimes.co.uk/gas-brockenhurst
Load of residents disrupted for a night because a car mysteriously careered off the road all by itself. If there was any action taken against the driver it’s not mentioned.
It’s got form – for holding
It’s got form – for holding up the traffic.
Name of Fin?
Name of Fin?
“I like avocado
I don’t have a car though”
It sounds to me like the fact
It sounds to me like the fact that it’s going to be sorted out by insurance is now regarded as a clear-up, nothing to see here.
Not such a big investment if
Not such a big investment if you get a Spa model – on your doorstep, presumably? . No adverse issues after 3 years. It’s light, and balances stiffness (it’s an Audax model, that’s what it wants to do) and comfort. Carbon forks. When you compare prices, you have to wonder who is scrimping, who is overcharging?
Presumably any hole is a potential source of problems, All the materials will produce some instances of a cracking horror story – individual defects, general defects or abuse, I don’t know. With the possible exception of steel (which is real, of course), bike frames can’t be economically repaired, not when you factor in the making good, so you’re right to be concerned.