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I grew up in the outskirts of
I grew up in the outskirts of London and didn’t get around to learning to drive. Went to Bristol Uni and spare/all money went on booze so still didn’t learn to drive.
When I met my wife she knew how to drive but didn’t own a car, so we spent quite a few years together in Bristol completely car-less. The biggest problems were getting stuff back from DIY shops and the worst one is using the dump – you are not allowed to use the dump unless you’re in a motorised vehicle!
Wife’s had a car now for a few years and I still haven’t bothered learning to drive – much to her annoyance.
Will it fit drop bars without interfering much with position of hand? Sprinttech mirror seems to be more discreet, better integrated and also look more “aero”. That is not my setup but found elsewere.Yes, I’ve got it on my drop bars and as it replaces an end-plug, it’s nowhere near my hand. I position mine more inwards of the handlebars so that when leaning the bike against a wall, the mirror isn’t moved at all, however that means that I’m more likely to hit it with my knee as I have long legs and a short wheelbase (never hit it whilst cycling though).
I’d say that it looks less aero than the Sprinttech ones, but the ease of adjusting it makes it much more useful. As these mirrors are small, they need to be in just the right place to give you a useful view and once you get used to using them, you can just have the quickest of glances to get an idea of what’s behind you.
Now I understand more, when “commuter racing” looking back to make sure you’ve actually dropped them means you are just trying too hard.Absolutely – with a mirror you can have a discreet glance to see if you’ve dropped them (rarely) or not (most common).
I do find a mirror handy for a pre-look when you’re planning to turn right/switch lanes/exit a cycle path etc. You still need to have a full look behind you before performing a manoeuvre but sometimes you want to look to see if it’s a suitable time to do it.
Here’s my bike (currently cleaning it) with the mirror in place.
I’m a huge fan of my current
I’m a huge fan of my current handlebar end mirror after trying one of the Sprinttech style mirrors. The Cateye BM-45 is superb: https://www.amazon.co.uk/CatEye-BM-45-Bike-Mirrors-Black/dp/B011DLUBIK
What makes it the best is that it is easy to adjust to the perfect position whilst riding and yet it doesn’t seem to move unless it gets knocked. With the Sprinttech mirror (I think I had a different make), you put it under the handlebar tape which makes it difficult to adjust after you’ve fitted it.
That the noise only happens
That the noise only happens with big/big cogs, then I’d be thinking about chain tension and rear derailleur (as the front derailleur has already been checked). Is the chain long enough and are the jockey wheels in need of replacement?
Sufficient tread depth on
Sufficient tread depth on tyres? How fast are you going that you’re worrying about aqua-planing?
How about a ranking of
How about a ranking of countries? Will that help settle this whole issue?
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/overall-rankings
- Switzerland
- Japan
- Canada
- Germany
- United Kingdom
Unfortunately gay marriage is not legal in all parts of the UK.Are you suggesting that don simon fbpe and Rich_cb don’t go to Northern Ireland if they want to take their relationship to the next level?
Can’t be arsed to catch up with what’s happened on this thread. Not only has someone invoked Godwin’s law, but even worse than that, we’ve got people seriously recommending books by Owen Jones.What do you think is so wrong about books by Owen Jones?
don simon fbpe wrote:
No, you’re a proud Welshman who’s happy to be called a [b]sheepshagger[/b], aren’t you?
Kinkshamer
Listen, don’t mention the war
Listen, don’t mention the war. I mentioned it once, but I think I got away with it all right
When I see programmes from
When I see programmes from the 70s it seems to me that people were uglier back then and muscle definition didn’t seem to have been invented.However, I’ve recently been finding old rare groove/funk tracks on YouTube and damn, the music was so much better.
Prime wheels from Wiggle
Prime wheels from Wiggle always seem very good value for money.
https://www.wiggle.co.uk/prime-rr-50-v2-carbon-clincher-wheelset/
I don’t know why you’re not
I don’t know why you’re not just using some non-euclidean geometry to make the tyre fit.
Hope someone remembers to set up registration offices at all points of entry so visitors to the UK can register their bikes.What about at the north/south Ireland border?
I think he’s a bit guilty of lumping all drivers (and cyclists) together when really there’s a huge variation in people’s behaviour on the road. At the start of my commute home, I often filter between two slow or stationary lines of traffic on a dual carriageway (which goes next to a shared use path) and quite a few drivers move their cars to one side or the other to give me more room (which is nice).I do agree with the general principle that bad drivers are much worse than bad cyclists if only because their bad choices have way more impact (literally sometimes). I prefer to think that you have a spectrum of bad to good drivers and it’s really only the minority of motorists that cause problems, but as there’s so many more motorists than cyclists, we see bad driving more frequently.
I should have perhaps moved to your part of the world. Here in London, the drivers who are not a danger to themselves and to others are a minority. And no: it’s not ‘confirmation bias’, OK? 😛
I have uploaded two videos (near miss and a hit) here within the last week, so I wouldn’t say that west country drivers are any better than elsewhere. Well, maybe better than Essex drivers