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Don’t you hate it when there
Don’t you hate it when there’s a road sign, but no sign warning of the road sign?
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/m5-lorry-car-crash-live-5830500
Coincedentally, I’ve just
Coincidentally, I’ve just seen this article: https://arstechnica.com/cars/2021/08/musk-turns-on-teslas-latest-full-self-driving-beta-says-its-actually-not-great/
I did try to get some cheap
I did try to get some cheap bars like that from AliExpress once upon a time, but they had really poor build quality and cracked whilst tightening up the headset screws (with a torque wrench up to 5Nm). I then removed them without trying them as I’d lost any confidence in them.
These are a different brand and seller, but I wouldn’t trust them at that price.
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I found this on Hasbean:
I found this on Hasbean: https://www.hasbean.co.uk/collections/cleaning-products/products/urnex-cafiza
Haven’t tried it myself as I rarely make espresso and have odd hand-powered equipment for when I do (Nomad or Wacaco).
Allen Key wrote:
Sorry, maybe I should have phrased my question a bit better. The road.cc blog is actually where I saw the video, but as it’s only five days not sure if people had seen it yet. I was just using the bullying van to illustrate my point. Should you always submit when someone pushes in – for safety’s sake – or does that “enable” people to do it all the more?I tend to hold my road position (or even make it more obviously primary) if I’m travelling at the same speed as traffic and am feeling confident, but if they sound aggressive (e.g. excessive acceleration up to that point) then I’d concede that battle. It seems to mainly happen on the approach to traffic lights where they’re probably assuming that a cyclist will filter on the inside of vehicles to get to the front (which I usually do), but it’s annoying when they misjudge your speed so they end up by the side of you.
I had a similar scenario this morning. I was keeping pace with a line of moving traffic and a small van was slowly overtaking me except there wasn’t enough space for him to fit between me and the car in front, so I maintained my speed and position and shot him a derisory look and a not-so-under-my-breathe “fack off” as I do not want to be cycling with a vehicle 1-2 feet by my side. I got back in front and then made sure that I was in primary enough so that he didn’t have room to try that again. I often go along that road and I have no problem with vehicles overtaking me along it, but I’m not having them box me in.
Id not be surprised, albeit based on my admittedly poor sample size, but the demographic of people I see on electric scooters are almost exclusively those who arent legally old enough to drive anyway, or those who most likely cant afford to own a car.Are you sure it isn’t that you’re so old that everyone else looks young?
No, I must have missed that.
No, I must have missed that.
I’m not so sure that it’s a complete fail, as it gets drivers more used to dealing with two-wheeled traffic. Unfortunately, a lot of scooter riders are now getting abuse from a minority of drivers (no surprise to us cyclists, then) which will undoubtedly add a chilling effect to people wanting to change how they commute. I’m hoping that as scooters become normalised, then more motorists might weigh up their finances and decide whether they really need to own a car or not.
I haven’t encountered a Tesla
I haven’t encountered a Tesla, but have seen a few electric cars and haven’t really noticed whether they’re driven well or not (which probably means they were well-driven).
The tyre noise is usually quite noticeable, though I have been surprised a couple of times by using my handlebar-end mirror and spotted a close vehicle that I hadn’t heard approach. Personally, I much prefer a quiet, non-fumey electric car to a noisy, fumey car.
I usually carry a few cable
I usually carry a few cable ties with me on my bike – you never know when they might be useful (e.g. impromptu snow tyres).
They’re most likely paying
They’re most likely paying for that privilege, though
Probably try carefully
Probably try carefully drilling it out. Any chance of a pic?
Road.cc covered this a few
Road.cc covered this a few days ago: https://road.cc/content/news/council-calls-police-help-install-bike-rack-protest-fears-285303
After a little bit of
After a little bit of googling, it appears that 48 spoke rims are probably going to be the best bet (they’re usually marketed as tandem/touring rims). Find a local recommended wheel builder and let them build up a pair of super-strong wheels. Touring tandems are often built to support two people and a heavy bike-packing load, so it should be quite feasible to get sufficiently strong wheels.
Tandem wheels might work, or
Tandem wheels might work, or alternatively contact a wheel builder (sorry, no recommendations as to who) to get some strong 36/40 spoke wheels made.