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Haven’t tried that product
Haven’t tried that product but have a little experience with wax on bicycle chains. If you’re going to use wax, it works best if you completely degrease the chain first and then only use wax and not grease on the chain. This allows the wax to better stick to the metal and thus stay put longer.
I don’t think it would cause any problems with a new chain (providing you degrease it) and cassette unless you let it wear off (wax doesn’t last as long between applications as traditional lubes) and then do lots of riding on a dry chain. That shouldn’t be a problem as the chain would get noisy as the wax wears off, so it should be obvious.
Ride it for a year and then
Ride it for a year and then you’ll know whether you want to upgrade components or get a new bike.
The elephant in the room that
The elephant in the room that no-one seems to be discussing is why are there so many uphill roads? Surely if we are to encourage cycling, we need as many roads as possible to be going downhill?
It isn’t just the roads. The entire infrastructure of the UK is being left to rot whilst the neoconservatives who have power, transfer more and more of the country’s wealth to themselves and to the other members of their caste. The NHS is close to collapse. The roads are a clear and present danger to health. The public transport network is only slightly more reliable than Cambodia’s. Crime is at record levels and police don’t bother to investigate most of the offences which are reported to them. The only reason these phenomena aren’t getting talked about is that our media organisations are owned by the same people who are stealing from us, or (as is the case with the BBC) have been so cowed by threats of ‘regulation’ that they’re toeing the party line anyway.Monetarism – that toxic ideology born in the fascist regimes of South America, imported into Britain in 1979 and foisted on the majority by a at most ten thousand greedy, ultra right-wing bastards, is like a snake around the throat of Britain. If a snake wraps itself around your throat, what do you do? You kill the snake.
Everyone knows what needs to be done, but no one dare say it aloud, because they’ll get a visit from the police.
Is it moaning on Road.cc forums? I think we’ve already tried that and nothing seems to be improving.
I ‘hate’ the concept of a hate crime. We have perfectly good laws in place (or we can make them) without resorting to little more than penalising subjective thought and expression. Let’s not worry about calling people names; let’s worry about catching and preventing those who cause bodily harm.It’s a tricky issue.
On the one hand, hate crimes depend on the motive of the criminal and thus is akin to a thought-crime.
On the other hand, it can be tricky for vulnerable groups to get sufficient protection from the law. Hate crimes are more difficult to investigate due to the lack of a non-hate motive (e.g. pre-existing argument between victim and attacker) and can be more difficult to prosecute if the juries feel sympathetic with the “hating” of the victim.
Personally, I think that the concept of hate crimes is needed and that cyclists should be considered a vulnerable group.
It’s not paranoia if they really are out to get you: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/bike-blog/2018/may/11/theyre-out-to-get-you-study-finds-cyclists-face-paranoia-about-driversI read that article. Surely riding as if they’re out to get you (ie. riding defensively) is not the same as actually believing that they’re out to get you?
The study was about people’s reported paranoia levels rather than their behaviour. So, although cyclists reported lower general paranoia (i.e. trait paranoia), they reported higher paranoia whilst cycling (i.e. state paranoia). In contrast, the underground users reported less paranoia whilst travelling, but had a higher general paranoia.
And yes, riding defensively doesn’t necessarily mean that you’re feeling frightened.
It’s not paranoia if they
It’s not paranoia if they really are out to get you: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/bike-blog/2018/may/11/theyre-out-to-get-you-study-finds-cyclists-face-paranoia-about-drivers
@ClubSmed – thanks for the
@ClubSmed – thanks for the update. I, for one, will be keeping my distance from Evans if they treat customers like that.
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I’m skeptical. I’d need to check the correlation between helmet-wearing and severed arteries in the legs. Anyone got any graphs?As it happens, I have already done the research for this, so I can present the following definitive correlation:
I agree with StraelGuy.
I agree with StraelGuy.
The “crack” will be on both sides of the rim in the same place if it’s the extrusion join and also it will be smooth to the touch as the joint is usually smoothed out during manufacture.
By the way, haven’t you heard the news? Cycling infrastructure is now hated by both the anti-cycling, pro-congestion lobby AND the oversensitive social “scientists” graduating from places like the LSE: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/73593/That paper seems to be decrying Hackney’s particular approach to cycling infrastructure i.e. spatial interventions such as filtered permeability, a borough-wide 20 mph speed restriction, and speed humps. It then goes on to make the case that these spatial interventions are raising the profile of privileged, white, male cyclists and thus are not apolitical. Presumably, the paper’s author would be happier with dedicated cycle infrastructure.
@Jimmy Ray Will – I think
@Jimmy Ray Will – I think cyclists are in an unusual position with regards to being hated or being an out-group. From what I can tell, the biggest influence on hating cyclists seems to be the country of residence and usefulness of cycling infrastructure.
When I’ve been in Europe, there seems to be very little antagonism against cyclists (I might have just been oblivious to it, though) and there seems to be far less of a distinction between someone who cycles and someone who walks/drives/catches a bus. Noticeably, the majority of European cyclists are just commuters who happen to cycle and they are typically wearing ordinary clothes.
The UK, however, seems to delight in making the worst possible cycle infrastructure and repeatedly ignores any kind of standards or policies. As a result of this, the cyclists wearing specialist clothing are more noticeable (except to some drivers apparently) and their exploits are more easily pigeon-holed into a “bloody cyclists blah blah…” rant. These rants then bounce around the echo chambers that form our newspapers and media websites and a lot of people get polarised into directing their anger against cyclists.
The ultimate solution is to improve cycling infrastructure until people just cycle due to convenience and no longer form such a distinctive outgroup.
I’m split between agreeing
I’m split between agreeing with Yorkshire Wallet and thinking that the police seem to need an “incentive” to properly follow through on crimes against cyclists. The law does seem to be stacked against cyclists a lot of the time.
From what I’ve heard about
From what I’ve heard about Uber, I have complete confidence in their ethics and I’m absolutely positive that they’ll completely fix their software before trying anything else.
Oops: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/08/uber-flying-car-prototype.html
I haven’t used the app as I
I haven’t used the app as I haven’t got the bluetooth dongle yet, but I’ve used the Windows e-tube software a few times. I prefer to always flash new firmware as I think that newer is often better (despite plenty of counter-examples), but then I work with computers so am often upgrading firmwares as a matter of course.
The main advantage I found of updating the firmware was to enable synchro shifting. I haven’t found any need for changing the gear settings once I put in my ratios and I’ve also left the lever controls as standard, but those are the other things you can play with.