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Turn your Java script off.
Sorry to be nit-picking, but it’s javascript which has nothing to do with the language Java. The two are commonly confused and it appears that Netscape intended the confusion for marketing purposes when they released javascript.
I notice that they’ve backpedalled (geddit!) a lot on Doing Something about pavement parking in Bristol, though.They’ve got the concept of a plan for it
I cycled past a flipped car
I cycled past a flipped car last night on Cranbrook Rd, Bristol but it doesn’t seem to be reported anywhere. Quite impressive as it was fully on its roof and a whole section of the road was closed.
Meanwhile we have this one on the M32: https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/live-m4-traffic-car-overturns-9676596
This is an interesting topic- it’s good to see somewhere making some progress against the Tory/ Torygraph/ hyper-junk Mail-inspired routine Two Minute Hates in various parts of the countryIt’s about time – I created this topic back in 2023 and the scheme was supposed to be implemented towards the end of 2023. Still, better late than never. I wonder how much our Green-led council influenced this.
Just used Beaufort Rd and it
Just used Beaufort Rd and it’s blocked at one end to cars with big planters (way too big to move without machinery). It was a lot more pleasant cycling along there as before there’d be a long queue of traffic to overtake with oncoming vehicles to dodge too.
I went past the back of St
I went past the back of St George’s Park yesterday and they were deploying big planters (with some kind of crane) around the corner of Lake View Rd and Park Crescent. I overheard someone talking to a car driver and they both agreed that it was much better than all the caravans that used to be there.
Haven’t checked out Beaufort Rd yet (I’ll be going along there tomorrow morning), but I’m hoping that’s had something done with it.
chrisonabike wrote:
Where logic or “theory” clashes with reality though – the stats apparently show this is a real thing AND when relatively simple measures are applied there is a measurable improvement. https://www.roadpeace.org/working-for-change/graduated-driving-licensing/ https://www.racfoundation.org/media-centre/study-confirms-benefits-of-graduated-driver-licensing Policing – agree that a) needs police and b) a subtle approach to avoid “police stopping us just ‘cos we’re young”.Well if there’s a need for a graduated driving license (and it does look like there’s a good case for it), then let’s have a graduated driving license with additional tests to let young drivers take passengers or drive after midnight. Instead, we get a half measure that assumes that maturity is purely linked to age and develops at the same rate in people.
…and now residents have
…and now residents have been ‘let down’ by traffic scheme before it even starts: https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/residents-let-down-traffic-scheme-9504500
Apparently, they need a pharmacy and a dentist instead, but there’s both on Church Road just about 5 minutes away. There’s also the Wellspring GP surgery, but they have trouble getting appointments there (I don’t use it much, but haven’t had an issue getting an appointment myself, though it’s not usually the same day).
‘It’s my car – why should an under-21 not be allowed in it?’https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgl5jvz0dqo
And so it begins. Isn’t the idea of this that it would apply at night?
Well quite, Faye : “If this rule came into place, it wouldn’t give me any motivation to drive at all,” says the 16-year-old from Norfolk. “I want to drive because it gives me a lot more freedom.”
Ever considered why public transport is “a nightmare”? Or thought of anyone but yourself?Agree something needs to apply to older drivers – regular re-tests. If you really cannot figure out Ringo, I don’t see how you can claim to be safe to drive:
Exeter city centre car park bans cash and direct card payments
It’s ‘too expensive’ to fix the pay and display machines
https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/exeter-city-centre-car-park-9664438
Interesting that in a city centre car park they’ve decided the fee/cut taken by Ringo is more economic than operating machines on the spot.
I don’t like the logic behind it – if they’ve passed their driving test and are old enough, then why can’t they be trusted to be sensible? I also have doubts as to how this would be policed.
Oh, doing it myself is the plan. I’ve replaced spokes and trued wheels before. The co-op is a volunteer workspace (that I sometimes volunteer at) where you’re supposed to do your own wrenching, with the volunteers just being advisors.They/we have a couple of good quality truing stands, as well as some other tools I’ll need like a headset bearing press, and bottom bracket facing tool.
Excellent.
I built my rear wheel a while ago with a 60mm Prime rim and some aero spokes which weren’t as difficult to use as I’d thought. When it came to truing it though, I ended up putting the tyre on, mounted the wheel on the bike and just eyeballed the tyre with the down-tube as my old truing stand probably won’t take thru-axles. So far, it’s been very solid and I haven’t felt the need to do any more adjustment.
I did buy a cheap truing guage but haven’t got around to trying it out yet.
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Can’t say that I’ve noticed
Can’t say that I’ve noticed any issues with KMC chains
I am just waiting for my LTN bingo card. Bristol Post seem to be road.cc readers too and have adopted the ‘summarize comments on an earlier article’ article.https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/news-opinion/readers-react-bristol-low-traffic-9655725
I had a look at that earlier and thought they were showing a reasonable balance of comments. I don’t get the one about it being in breach of the Disabilities Act.
slc wrote:
[quote=slc]I’m not brave enough to go through at more than jogging pace… A couple of weeks ago someone added signs saying ‘cyclists be aware high speed traffic ahead slow down’, with a ‘no cycling’ graphic (not the correct graphic, something like a ‘no smoking sign, red slash through a bicycle). I was annoyed enough to photograph it for fixmystreet, and had a result. Exciting, huh? https://www.fixmystreet.com/report/6577120%5B/quote%5D
I saw those signs and briefly wondered whether they should be vandalised. Good luck getting high speed traffic along there that’s not a bike.
Incidentally, I got a letter through my door today about the scheme starting up (from BCC).
I laced up my first wheel ever, new rim, spokes, and nipples onto my old SON dynamo hub. I still need to take it to the bike co-op to tension and true it. The rim matches the new hand built rear wheel, which is ready to go. The frame I used for LEJoG is out getting stripped and powder coated.Hopefully posting the results in the next couple of weeks on Pictures of your Bike.
Nice.
I think you should give tensioning and trueing a go. Just take it relatively slow and try to tension each spoke roughly the same. It’s quite possible to true up a wheel by putting it onto the bike and eyeballing it so that the rim is halfway between the forks. It’ll be a learning exercise, prepare you for if you ever need to replace a spoke and then you can take it to the bike co-op to check how well you’ve done. As long as you don’t go too tight, it should save them some time.
I use the same road every day. My usual experience is drivers failing to give way through the chicanes (I guess you have to pay road tax for priority to apply), but that route to the station also demonstrates the effectiveness of modal filters – imagine the ratrunning if drivers could make it through Queen Ann road to the station.I got a taxi driver into trouble once with A&S police by submitting a video of them racing through the traffic calming.
Queen Ann Road is a bit of a mess at the moment what with the building work going on. I used to go fairly fast through the tunnel, but now you can’t tell if you’re going to be running into the back of a lorry.