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It’s complicated, for sure. I
It’s complicated, for sure. I find the threat of worse pollution the letter- writers make leaves a pretty nasty taste, whether it’s real or not.
I found a 75 page TRL study, a few years old, which showed among many of things the hugely beneficial effects of catalysers and particulate filters on the emission Of such nasties as CO, NO and HCs. The charts indicated that prior to catalysers’ widespread adoption, emmissions were indeed really bad at lower speeds – the picture is different WITH. Of course, cars aren’t getting any smaller or lighter.
General read on this topic,
General read on this topic, especially getting the installation of spacers right https://www.slowtwitch.com/Tech/Cassette_How-To_-_Part_2_3257.html
I think what you’re saying is that Mavic want you to use a cassette where more of the cogs sit on a shared body, rather than more are individual.
For 10 speed 105 and Ultegra, the three biggest cogs are one unit; on non-series CS-HG500, the biggest seven cogs are one. I guess the latter spreads the load on the splines better, as discussed in the article linked above.
Reg no, make (Audi?)
Reg no, make (Audi?) description of assailant, photos of injuries? You can’t not report this! Chances are your man is pretty practised at this sort of thing, so may be known to police.
FWIW, always intone to myself in times of stress “you don’t know who they are or what they’re capable of”.
In an interesting point – get wild on him as he stops and opens the door but I think on balance all you “knee him in the stomach” posters have been watching too many movies – glorious though it would be #channels inner Rod liddle# to subdue him with a couple of blows from a Topeak and head off with his keys in your pocket.
A puncture repair patch glued
A puncture repair patch glued on the inside.
yes – I typically re-spray an
yes – I typically re-spray an EBay 531 frame, spring the rear and fit modern-ish components, so far as possible in silver.
Where I’ve gone 11/8″ stem and “modern” bars, I find it looks neither one nor t’other – the stem looks really chunky atop the 1″ adaptor.
I’m not prepared to pay silly prices for old Eroica type equipment, although you can sometimes salvage by buying a complete bike. I’ve had some success polishing up tarnished old rims, but I don’t think I’ve got the patience to tackle drivetrain components.I don’t particularly like brifters and prefer to make a saving and run downtube shift levers and Dia Compe brake levers in tan or black.
Out of preference for silver, I run some square taper Stronglight cranks, but that has proved that proper Shimano ones shift better.
Pretty sure the DPA is not
Pretty sure the DPA is not designed to hold up the pursuit or reporting of crime and that is a “we’re not allowed” vague excuse.
What did you find?
What did you find?
This? https://www
Love the flambouyant red! Tubeless ready wheels won’t hurt. You’ve got only a 28t at the back, so less of a gear range if your route is hilly. Tiagra is fine, the only thing I don’t like is the non-cartridge brake pads, I change them out.
The modern brifter levers pretty much universal on new bikes, pretty much cement you in to that number of gears: 11 is an odd number, that’s all I’m saying. Don’t get me wrong about discs brakes – in the rare event that they’re working properly (sorry, there I go), they’ll stop you on a sixpence even in wet conditions and won’t over time wear out your rims.
most cycling folk have a utility bike and a best bike – the Trek is in Best territory. I’d look at something a bit more restrained, like an Audax bike for the commute. That would be better at accommodating mudguards, 28 tyres and proper lights. Proper means several sets including dynohub, once the nights draw in. Chapeau! to you if you can manage your 19 miles a couple of times a week.
The description makes the Trek sound quite racey. if you look at the frame angles: (https://www.trekbikes.com/gb/en_GB/bikes/road-bikes/performance-road-bikes/émonda/émonda-sl/émonda-sl-6/p/24012/)
74 degrees for seat tube or head tube is racey, 73 normal, 72 MTB and touring – this one mixes both. I’ve just built up one 74 degrees parallel (I,e, seat and head tubes) in 531 steel and it’s quite twitchey for me, steering-wise.
Sadly, you need to be sure about security for the bike at work, particularly with the Trek.
Sounds like Mr Bike Shop is
Sounds like Mr Bike Shop is succeeding at up-selling you – I agree with him, although for different reasons. Nice bikes, Tifosi, but not the cheapest way into it if you are price conscious.
The general picture is that there’s a lot of demand for bikes under £1,000, so make sure whatever you get interested in can actually be supplied in a reasonable time.
Your shop will also have asked you what you want to use it for, where it will be parked, when/where you plan to ride it (Peaks, Fens; rain – mudguards) what if anything do you need or want to carry on it.I don’t run any disc brakes and never have on a road bike. Your main enemies as a bike buyer are complexity, weight and expense – in my view discs give you all three, with little benefit unless you’re fully laden in the hills in the rain. It’s not obvious if it can take proper mudguards.
I’m not sure if the Tifosi I can see linked below runs any of the new-fangled bottom bracket bearings: traditional threaded aren’t perfect, but the new standards aren’t providing any fresh benefits. I don’t know how well the FSA cranks perform, but This is a compromise – I’d recommend sticking to an all-Shimano spec.
I can’t see any pedals offered here – just to note for budget purposes. If you go for carbon, treat it with respect. Your money will go further with an alu or steel frame. The model above offers a decent range of gears, which I’d expect at entry level.
good luck!
always mixed feelings about
always mixed feelings about Cycling Mikey’s activities around the London parks.
I wonder how the Police “words” with Mr Purple Top went.
My sense was that he was conflicted – wanted to have a go at Mikey, to win, but didn’t want to hang around and dig deeper the hole he got himself into, e.g. the “South African” jibe. Not sure where he thought he might be going with that one.If he drove in to park, there seemed to be plenty of spaces behind?
I guess Mikey only shares the cream of the nob crop.
I love the inconsequential YouTube comments – “that ambulance is always parked there”.btw, Twitter has now worked-out that as well as being a Remainer, I’m also a cyclist and has linked me to follow Jeremy Vine – interesting, tempting, but I just don’t have the time! I mention him here because with people who have lost an argument you sense them get desperate and really clutch at straws and/or find some vulnerable human shield for themselves.
Cycle lanes : “but what about the Disabled people – THEY can’t cycle, ahhh, so we can’t possibly have more cycle provision, some people have GOT to drive”. Cue picture of hand-cranked trike and “don’t presume to speak for us” (although a pity the image used was Stock).
lt looks v quiet down there,
lt looks v quiet down there, David, quite late on? 23 May was a Saturday, so I’m suprised.
Chapeau! to your road riding – looked like a fair old clip you were doing.
yes, send it in, but you’ve got to be clear what point you want to make in doing so. It maybe the rarity of incidents that drives the complaints. We live in an uncritical “cars will be cars” world.
there may be some trolls about in the DE comments column, but I fear many of them are all too real and drive that bad attitude all over town. It’s certainly lively, and I chip in occasionally to give some balance.
It’s a pity about the clickbait aspect, but we’re watching the gradual decline of professional local news-gathering and reporting, preferring instead our own generally ill-informed and inaccurate accounts on SM. Present company excepted, of course.
I thought the Jack Crewe letter was an attempt at being constructive, but he can stick his additional two months of ban around the back of his beach hut (that’s a joke: if you don’t follow the B’mouth news, around this time, lots of visitors were coming, but the public toilets were still closed).
I especially liked the “serious money” comment – he must live in cloud cuckoo land and/or have very little idea about how much things like that cost to install and maintain.
Unlike around the Glastonbury
Unlike around the Glastonbury site each year. Glad to be spared a lot of these things this year.
Makes you wonder how nightly ticket sales of 300 make it worthwhile?
that’s a real favourite of
that’s a real favourite of mine – dog: perfectly happy and safe on one side, idiot/ anxious owner on the other, clear passage ahead. What does the owner do – calls the dog. What does the dog do…
https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/18519481.four-uninsured-drivers-stopped-police-bournemouth/
re: cyclists should have insurance – faintly comical this, uninsured carsdrivers popping out so fast, the police could be barely keep up!
and so it goes on (S Yorks Police take note):
https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/18519524.ford-focus-driver-sped-100mph-a35-using-spare-wheel/
wet, dark and really cold are
wet, dark and really cold are your three environmental enemies: I took the view that I could cope with any two of them, but not all three.
What facilities have you got at the other end – showers/changing, security? Sadly, pilfering of things like removable lights is a problem in a lot of places.for winter consider Scwalbe Marathon Plus, Gator skin tyres, etc
consider a dynohub (not cheap) for winter, and Northwave boots are ace!