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mtbtomo wrote:
I’d suggest for most cranks you will need a matching brand (or after market) BB. Not sure if Token do a bb called the Ninja (?) that is compatible across multiple cranksets, but can’t remember if that suits BB86 and clearly you’d have to buy the new bb to start with. Personally I wouldn’t worry about tales of Shimano cranks snapping. Cos who goes online and posts *sensational* pictures of Shimano cranks still in one piece?? Thousands if not millions of happy users on Shimano cranks still I would suggest, their cranks aren’t vaporising as we speak ;-)However, there does seem to be a large number of people who have suffered 2 or even 3 Shimano crank failures, so the failure rate is probably something like 1 in 30. If you’re concerned about it, then go for 105 instead of Ultegra or Dura-Ace.
I find it utterly bizarre
I find it utterly bizarre that there’s such an acceptance that drivers can easily not be in control of their vehicle or be unaware of what’s around them and it’s considered to be just one of those things.
So many RTCs are considered to be unintentional which raises the question of what the drivers are doing. Imagine a building site that doesn’t bother separating builders from the public and then picture if you will, a brick-layer working high up and occasionally dropping bricks by “accident”.
“Sorry mate, I didn’t see you walking down there – I was busy smoothing out some mortar and didn’t realise I’d dropped a brick”
“The sun was in my eyes so I couldn’t possibly have seen that crowd of school-kids walking along when I decided to drop that bucket of cement”
“Listen, I need to get on with building work, so maybe any pedestrians coming along here should be wearing helmets as I obviously can’t look below every time I drop something”
I can’t identify which road
I can’t identify which road that is, though I can recognise most of the other locations so it won’t be far away. I’ll have to try and find it.
First thing I thought when seeing that film is how many people complained about the LTN when it was added. It looked old as well from the bars used so I suspect none really.Which LTN is that? I’m not aware of one in St George (East Bristol) yet.
Sorry, no building involved
Sorry, no building involved here, but hitting 17 cars is impressive as is the driving ability: https://twitter.com/davenewworld_2/status/1460257234743611401
The spirits wouldn’t be left
The spirits wouldn’t be left out unless you were allowed to have some or there was a pricelist.
I’m alright, then: I don’t wear lycra when I’m riding a bike 😀I can see the next angry letter featuring a complaint about the lycra brigade trying to hide themselves by not wearing any lycra.
What on earth happened to the cyclist in the first video?! It didn’t look wet, nor like they were trying to brake or turn hard. Looking closely, it looks like she was signalling a right turn and her foot came off the right pedal. Maybe panicked by the car following so closely?One of the comments mentioned that if you look closely you can see the chain slipping off (I didn’t check it myself though).
Ask them kindly for a bit of driver cooperation and insist that all cars stick to the motorways – after all we did built them for cars, why can they not stay on them?Furthermore, it’s very inconsiderate for motorists to run their noisy, filthy machines on roads that people live along – why should residents have to put up with it? Keep them on the motorways that were built at great expense for them.
I agree, and what I then realised was that it was rarely worth even reviewing, because it was not reasonable to expect the police to deal with an event that did not have serious consequences, or not contact the employer, what was I really going to do with it aside from fume?One of the issues, I guess, is, even from a video, you can’t prove intent and in our minds often we view these incidents as intent – but even, for example, my handful of this weeks’ perceived punishment passes could equally have been incompetent motorist fixated on getting back to “their” side of the road ASAP – inspite of clear vis.
It’s very important to submit close passes (assuming a willing police force) even if they don’t have “serious consequences” as it’s that kind of driving that puts off people who want to try active travel. It’s also pro-actively persuading poor drivers to pay more attention and care.
Sriracha wrote:
I think the “mindset” is also a factor. Many will deny it, but having a camera can make you want to get bustards.I think that’s only whilst it’s still new. I’ve found that having cameras provides a calming influence on my riding. If someone does a close-pass or something dangerous, then I don’t feel the need to confront them anymore – I’ll just remember where the incident happened to check the footage later on.
They’re basically saying that
They’re basically saying that cycle paths should be compulsory for cyclists to use when the Highway Code most definitely states that they are optional. That doesn’t sound like an advanced driver to me if they don’t even know the basics.
wtjs wrote:
Probably a BMW, but that’s verging on make-ism.And what is the make of the front-ended car which very likely caused the collision?I like the prescient quote:
Residents recently slammed the roundabout as “dangerous” and “an accident waiting to happen”.
Meanwhile, there’s been a bit
Meanwhile, there’s been a bit of a crash at the newly opened Wraxall ‘throughabout’
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/a4174-traffic-live-crash-new-6185075
Currently, the Cycliqs seem
Currently, the Cycliqs seem to be the most convenient cameras for bike use. Unfortunately, they’re expensive, the low light quality is poor and they can have issues with water ingress (especially the rear Fly 6). I’m still waiting on some other manufacturer to come up with a similarly targetted bike camera to give them more competition.