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Looked to me that the driver had already commited to the manouver, if I were you I would have just slowed a bit and let them through with a bit more space.
I thought the same after the event, but at the time I judged that there was just enough gap (luckily I was right).
If you’d’ve been driving,
If you’d’ve been driving, then I bet he wouldn’t have gone for that overtake.
With your complaint, did you submit it via http://www.avonandsomerset.police.uk/dashcam as I like their new facility (despite their decision). The previous time I submitted footage, I posted it to them on a disc and as it happened, they did act on that although it was just to “have a word” with the driver for their aggressive behaviour (and I fully agreed with them on that).
I’ve found the levers
I’ve found the levers included with the Topeak Ninja Cage are nice and skinny, too. They’re plastic, but I don’t know how strong they are yet as I’ve only used them twice.
My experience with Schwalbe tubeless is that to remove or fit them, you need to push the relevant tyre bead into the centre of the rim. Tubeless rims have a ‘U’ profile, so if you make sure that the bead is right in the centre (all the way round), it gives you the maximum amount of slack. I once spent an hour swearing at a tyre (and breaking a tyre lever) trying to get it off before I learnt that trick.I had learnt that already 🙂 The issue was to actual push it into the centre, once it was in the little recess it only took a few minutes to replace the tube and reseat the tyre (via inflation); but getting the tyre bead to actually move was the bit which caused the drama.
I see. Yes, you’d need either better tyre levers or lots of swearing or both.
My experience with Schwalbe
My experience with Schwalbe tubeless is that to remove or fit them, you need to push the relevant tyre bead into the centre of the rim. Tubeless rims have a ‘U’ profile, so if you make sure that the bead is right in the centre (all the way round), it gives you the maximum amount of slack. I once spent an hour swearing at a tyre (and breaking a tyre lever) trying to get it off before I learnt that trick.
Plese read this is not spaM
Plese read this is not spaM:Hey its Dee Dee. I have been traveling abroad with some friends and it looks like my passport, wallet, and dragons have been stolen. I need a $520, a ship, and my dragons to get back home. I know we don’t know eachother well but if you could please help me I promise I will pay you back and make you a High Lord of the Seven Kingdoms ASAP, as soon as I get back! So sorry I know this is so embarassign. Please sen dmoney quickly adn especially the dragons, because as I said someone has stolen my dragons. They are just gone. The cages are still there but the dargons aren’t in them. Also my passport and wallet.
Thnx so much Im so sorry and I really appreciate it
-Daenerys “Dee Dee” Targaryen
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I love the Cateye BM-45 bar
I love the Cateye BM-45 bar end mirror (for drop handlebars). I used to use an Italian Road Bike Mirror, but it’s tricky to adjust it just right and as it goes underneath the handlebar tape, you can’t re-adjust it easily without the tape getting loose. The Cateye uses a standard-ish handlebar plug and the mirror connects to that which allows very easy re-positioning. It tends to stay in position reasonably well.
It takes a bit of getting used to as it’s only small, but once you get into the swing of things, it’s very useful. I don’t have mobility problems, but it’s great for a swift glance down at the mirror to see what vehicles are approaching from behind – much quicker than moving your head (and more aero). You just have to be careful about your blind spots, but if you end up checking behind yourself more often, then you’ll have a better idea of what’s where.
I prefer the Genesis Zero
I prefer the Genesis Zero Disc Zi for £3299. It’s got full Ultegra Di2, flat mount hydraulic disc brakes and thru-axles. Also the frame uses 30T/40T carbon fibre and it has a much better review than the SpeedX: http://road.cc/content/review/203705-genesis-zero-disc-i
I am Dr. Bakare Tunde, the
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I used to use a helmet
I used to use a helmet-mounted cam, but it was a bit heavy and there’s always the worry about whether it would cause injury in a crash, so now I use a Fly12 on the front and a Fly6 on the rear. I particularly like the circular storage they use, so you can leave them over-writing the oldest footage and just have to keep them charged up.
I actually found that when I started using a cam, I became a lot more conscious of how I was riding and I ended up becoming slightly more cautious and better at looking ahead and anticipating what the traffic was about to do.
@Wellsprop – I like the idea
@Wellsprop – I like the idea of trackers being fitted to all motor vehicles, but I don’t like the central control part of it as that’s a bit of a privacy nightmare (e.g. crooks watching your video to get an idea of your daily schedule and home/work locations). I’d prefer it if they were made into black-box type affiars and the contents examined by police/insurers whenever there’s a traffic incident.
I’m surprised that more insurance companies don’t provide reduced premiums for people fitting dashcams as it must save the companies time and money with disputed claims (which most traffic collissions are). The cameras are cheap enough now that they’d pay for themselves after just one incident.
The idea of measuring driving quality would be interesting as that could probably be achieved without needing complete access to the video. A few accellerometers could measure the “smoothness” of a driver and some decent algorithms could reduce that to a simple score that could be uploaded to the insurance company. It would be easy enough to put that into a phone app as the phone wouldn’t need to be anywhere special in the car and could be left in a pocket or bag whilst driving although that would rely on the driver remembering to turn it on and off for trips, so maybe a specialist device permanently fixed to the car would be better.
Data-driven safety improvements are the way forwards.
@Wellsprop – I also cycle
@Wellsprop – I also cycle around Bristol and there’s a big variability in drivers’ behaviour. My estimation is that 95% of drivers are well-meaning and semi-competent and 5% are useless/aggressive.
Presumably, similar percentages apply to cyclists/skateboarders/joggers etc. but it’s the tonne of metal that makes all the difference. Now the idea of presumed liability is to assign liability in lieu of other evidence and statistics support assigning blame to the big, heavy dangerous thing moving at speed as opposed to the slower, less protected fleshy things.
Also, if you’re in a motorised vehicle, it’s quite easy and cheap to get a dash-cam and thus provide evidence if your involved in an incident and thus protect yourself against all the RLJers throwing themselves onto your car.
I don’t really see a down-side with presumed liability apart from people’s prejudice against non-motons.
I agree. The problem is that
I agree. The problem is that cyclists are a minority group, so it’s going to be difficult to get the majority (motons) to give up their advantage voluntarily even though the statistics clearly show that most road incidents are caused by moton’s lack of attention.
I personally think that the ubiquity of cameras will help. If a few insurers realise the huge cost savings of getting customers to run dash-cams and with the increase in cyclists using cameras, there will be better evidence to decide liability.
I’m often conscious of the choice of words used in reporting of traffic incidents, but there is some logic in describing a vehicle hitting a cyclist as physically, that’s what happens even though the driver may have been the cause. When they phrase it as “cyclist hitting vehicle” though, that’s rarely accurate and definitely disingenuous.