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On the other hand, they
On the other hand, they highlight poor roadcraft and can be instructional. As a submitter of a couple of them, it also provides an outlet for discussion and lets you get the opinion of other cyclists – sometimes it helps to talk about possibly traumatic experiences out on the road and provides a sense of community (i.e. you’re not alone in getting close-passed).
Sometimes, I’m not in the mood to watch them, so I simply ignore them – I get what you mean about making you anxious about cycling on the roads.
Agreed – learning how to true
Agreed – learning how to true a wheel is worthwhile. It’s not especially difficult but can be a bit fiddly at times.
Some things to watch out for:
- If you think you’re tightening a spoke and yet the rim is getting more out of true – you’re probably getting your directions mixed up and are actually loosening it
- Don’t just always tighten – too many tight spokes can exceed the rim strength and pull it drastically out of true. Balance is key
- When turning a nipple, over-turn it by about a quarter-turn, then quarter-turn it back. This helps prevent having a twist in the spoke.
- If a spoke becomes difficult to tighten, you’ve probably run out of the thread – stop tightening it and maybe work on the opposing spokes instead.
- After trueing, de-stress all the spokes (squeeze two spokes together by hand as hard as you can) and then see if it’s still in true. If you ride a newly trued wheel and hear spokes ‘pinging’ then you haven’t de-stressed properly and it may need some more trueing.
…and I really don’t trust
…and I really don’t trust this one at all
Thing is, they just sit there
Thing is, they just sit there, watching us, waiting for their moment to strike
I’d get someone to have a
I’d get someone to have a look at it as it sounds out of true to me. As Don says, it’s unlikely to be a safety issue, but wheels work better when they’re trued properly and rim brakes can be adjusted more accurately.
That’s messed up.
That’s messed up.Expensive medical treatment combined with artificial caps on the payouts means that the insurance companies aren’t covering the true cost that they should be.
I was impressed with the triple tandem shown – what a great way of enjoying cycling for blind couples (plus friend).
Probably misled by her GPS
Probably misled by her GPS
I closed my Facebook account
I closed my Facebook account a couple of years ago (definitely a good move); I’ve got an unused Twitter account or two, but Reddit is a really good source of computer information and there’s no problems in the techy sub-reddits. (I used to frequent SlashDot, but that’s been a cesspool for years). I was shocked to hear that Reddit are re-writing their history to blank out Aaron Swartz, though.
I’m not going to go looking
I’m not going to go looking for explicit examples, but it tends to be more between the lines and the choice of descriptions of other cyclists. It’s similar to how BTBS used terms like ‘noddy hat wearing idiot’ but BTBS often had something interesting to say (and he often disagreed with lots of commenters).Triggering words are used specifically to get a response and yes, it’s down to the person reading it to whether they react or not, but it’s classic troll behaviour to sprinkle charged words into discussions and de-rail them. Their arguments are often brought down at which point they just throw some other random crap into the discussion.
Sriracha wrote:
I always enjoy the squirrel pics, and the humour. The two who are always called out as “trolls”, whilst they generally advance an opinion that diverges from the rest of the echo chamber, they do so without rancour and name-calling. The same can not be said for some of those who disagree with them, who find themselves unable to make their case in temperate language addressing the argument rather than the person.It’s not so much that it’s a divergent opinion, but the refusal to accept that they are deliberately distorting the truth and employing needless political language just to get a reaction. When you trap them in a corner, they just go off on a tangent, typically spewing hate and vitriol which again is just designed to get a reaction.
There’s a world of difference between people arguing about sincerely held beliefs/opinions and someone just arguing to try to trigger someone.
Usually, the trick is to
Usually, the trick is to ensure that the bead is in the middle (deepest) part of the rim bed as that should give you just enough freedom to get the tyre on. Maybe Mavic’s don’t have quite enough depth there compared to other rims. However, I’ve heard of people having trouble with other specific combos of rims and tyres, so maybe it’s just a question of engineering tolerances making some combos particularly hard. I nearly always have to resort to using tyre levers to put tyres on and have found that some types work much better than others – if the tyre lever keeps slipping out, then bin it.The IRCs that I used weren’t the most pliable of tyre but they did offer great grip and lack of p*******s. Nowadays, I’m using some GP 5000TLs which also work really well and feel more supple.
Not that it particularly
Not that it particularly helps, but I had no trouble with IRC tubeless on Prime rims. Could you not get them on or was it getting them seated that gave you trouble?
Mungecrundle wrote:
Squirrels are pants.
Cats are evil, but they can be cute sometimes
If I were a finger-pointing
If I were a finger-pointing sort, then there’s specifically two trolls that I’d point at that are polluting the comments with hate, lies and a refusal to engage in respectful disagreements.Also, not enough squirrel pics.
m.a.t.t. wrote:
I am just confused with this one. How are the cyclists wankers supposed to wank off any cyclists if the only ones allowed there are the cyclists wankers?
Well, you’ve got to hand it to them