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Lack of lights there, I’m
Lack of lights there, I’m afraid, no decorations for visbility either.
What, pay 20p extra? As if
What, pay 20p extra? As if poor motorists aren’t taxed and charged to the hilt already.
Charging to 8 pm in north Dorset doesn’t seem all that worthwhile, but different rates for different locations across the patch is one of the standard whinges.
if there’s a wrong call to be
if there’s a wrong call to be made, you can rely on Nigel to make it. There, there, Nigel, it’s time for you lie down.
“The time has come for cyclists to be licensed [bollocks] – and to be forced to obey the Highway Code like the rest of us.” But amen to that – how about you go first?
Hey Siri, give me a list of
Hey Siri, give me a list of all the the things I should have thought of before I drove like a prat.
Can they stop cyclists peeing
Can they stop cyclists peeing in my hedge?
I am fed up with these cretins in lycra pulling off teh road & doing their toilet in my property!
I caught one in July.
Next time I will detain them!kev 2 November, 2020 at 5:11 pm
Replythe article is mildly interesting – e-bikes tearing up the new forest and it mentions car parking too.
But it was kev’s comment I wanted to highlight, dwelling as he presumably does, in a lake of cyclist urine…
Don’t pee near the houses, people! Kev is still smarting about “that incident” 4 months ago.
https://www.advertiserandtimes.co.uk/control-new-forest-crowds
attitudes to drinking and
attitudes to drinking and driving were transformed many years ago blah, blah …
https://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/18843329.woman-arrested-car-found-roof-a30-stour-hill/
https://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/18845469.woman-found-four-times-breath-limit-crash/
Cyclists not wearing helmets are a burden on the NHS blah, blah…
https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/18845745.police-ambulance-attend-crash-holdenhurst-road-bournemouth/
this from the CUK forum – I
this from the CUK forum – I’ve edited out the bits about how great beards and sandals are, which campsites in mid-Wales open in January, and how now we’re 84 and 85 we’re finding crossing the Dolomites a bit challenging.
Maybe I’m too much of a perfectionist… or maybe I’m a rubbish mechanic… but I’ve always had problems in aligning the rear mech hanger for “perfect” shifting.
Even with a brand-new rear mech hanger (and having replaced an old rear mech), I needed to use my Park Tools “hanger alignment gauge”… and even then, using it as-per the instructions, I couldn’t quite get it perfect. Until now!!! [:D]
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I’m not sure if you will find this tip helpful, or if you’ll roll your eyes like I’m teaching you to suck eggs! But in case it helps… (and assuming you’ve trued the rear wheel, and got the rear mech hanger roughly straightened and want to fine-tune it), here goes…
—What I hadn’t realised is that the rear mech doesn’t keep the sprockets parallel with the cassette as it moves between every gear — it adjusts for the chain path. So, the top sprocket should be angled slightly inwards when aligned with the smallest gear of the cassette, and vice versa.
With the chain on the central front chainring (or the “main” one), there should be a rear gear you can select where any sideways movement (“crossing the chain”) is minimised or eliminated. The top sprocket of the rear mech SHOULD align perfectly with THAT gear.
To help, I got a length of cotton thread and weighted it at both ends with clothes-pegs. I removed the chain, temporarily slackened off the B-tension screw (so the top mech sprocket was touching the cassette), and hung the cotton thread between the front chainrings, and to one side of THAT rear gear.
Moving the rear mech to THAT gear position (by hand) I visually gauged how well aligned the sprocket was the line of cotton thread. (When bending the mech hanger, it helps to do so along only two perpendicular axes — parallel and perpendicular to the line of cotton thread.) I made a mental note of how out-of-alignment each axis was, and used the Park Tool alignment gauge to correspondingly bend the hanger. Then re-checked the alignment, repeating as necessary.
A quick re-calibration of the rear mech (limit screws, barrel adjusters) and… bingo bango! The best shifting I’ve ever had on any bike everrrrr!!! [:shock:]
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I’d love to hear what you all think. Is this obvious stuff? Am I making a mountain out of a molehill?! Has this actually helped anyone?!
another day, another bridge
another day, another bridge strike
https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/18834238.lorry-crashes-bridge-bourne-valley-road-poole/
It’s a cheap shot to say “oh
It’s a cheap shot to say “oh look, empty pavement, clearly the new cycle lanes haven’t single-handedly reversed 5 years of High Street retail decline”
Anyway, this on Facebook – comments looked pretty horrendous.
The in- car Idiot detector is
The in- car Idiot detector is almost self-installing. Compatible with Garmin, it provides riders with an audible warning as soon as it’s in range. Brilliant!
“It was a moment of madness”,
“It was a moment of madness”, said the defence, ” my client bitterly regrets his actions on the night in question…”
Nope, it’s still there, all too real, mocking me, “subscribe, you mean SoB”, it seems to say.
In other news, 700c “be phased out” under new Brexit laws.
TheBillder wrote:
…to satisfy their lust for committees, minutes and points of order.Just my livelihood these past 32 years!
make them functional, make them distinctive the answer from some people is the same. I don’t take the print edition of this newspaper and so I don’t know whether any letters referred to have been published.
I found one on-line from August, when this town briefly had a one way system in support of social distancing:
“Many of our elderly residents cannot walk the distance from the car park to the baker, butcher or the village veg shops, let alone carry the purchased items and use their walking sticks or ride bicycles.” – yet they are somehow competent, safe drivers. Perhaps when it’s my turn I’ll understand how this works. “In addition, why do we have to pander to cyclists? We do not need any more of these.”
perhaps we’ve reached the
perhaps we’ve reached the point where there’s nothing new to say.
not even this.
but, officers it’s great that
but, officers it’s great that the man was dim enough to leave behind two wallets but, you’ve got the reg plate, so you should have no diff- oh, sorry I only did that yesterday.