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When walking down the
When walking down the corridors at work, I slow and prepare to stop if I see a door being opened on my left or right, or hear footsteps. The lab corridor especially.
Hello John, if I might make a
Hello John, if I might make a suggestion, on shared use paths, try and stick on one side, left or right, doesn’t matter, it will give any approaching cyclist more room to pass. Try not to be in the middle. If you do need to move from your chosen side, to avoid a puddle or some dog poo, a quick glance behind is never a bad idea, just in case something is approaching from your rear, could be a runner. And in fact a quick glance rearwards is never a bad idea anyway. I do the glance when I’m riding on towpaths, bridleways or cycle routes, there are faster riders out there than me. It’s all part of being in the environment.
But the illuminated retro
But the unfortunate illuminated retro reflective bollard before the lamppost was wearing hiviz…
I think that need more hiviz.
I think that need more hiviz.
Three offences, and the phone
Three offences, and the phone one is a £200 fine on its own.
The police must try a bit harder there…
Good user name change there.
Audi’s in houses,
Audi’s in houses,
And beamers in ditches.
My mate Mike had a steel rock
My mate Mike had a steel rock lobster (strangely, his was also the glued dynatech) which became Gahn’s on Mike’s unfortunate passing , and I borrowed for a few years so I could visit the better half in hospital in Ipswich. Lovely thing. XT thumbies, but awful elastomer forks, good ones but elastomers. Very restrictive visiting hours, and if I took the bus, I’d get back after the morning one, have half an hour in her flat then have to start travelling back for the afternoon one.
Nokons. They were properly
Nokons. They were properly bling when new, but they rot in our climate. I have a fresh set in black, and was about to start changing them, the liner has gone somewhere on the rear brake.
My Ultimate Commuter is a Surly Ogre, and apart from a weakness in the offside chain stay and dropout weld, two broken after two years each, she is a beauty.
The troll still had canti bosses, but the fork is not suspension adjusted.
The knowledge on the Thorn
The knowledge on the Thorn site about real life usage of the Rohloff was enlightening. Lot of advice and a great community thing going on.
That’s where I’m at Secret,
That’s where I’m at Secret, full XTR that to 20 years to complete, ceramic 26 inch wheels, and a Chris King headset (with ti parts) that is not hidden and requires a straight 1 1/8 steerer. Either fixing it, which as soon as I noticed the cracks in the top tube, I considered to be unlikely, but I have to try, or something in ti or good steel of late 90s vintage that will accept the parts.
I cannot justify the many thousands that would get me anywhere near the equivalent in a modern version. And I don’t really fancy electronic shifting…
Cheers lodger.
Cheers lodger.
It’s not the “full” Jones,
It’s not the “full” Jones, but BikeSnob really rated the SWB and the LWB. Still not cheap, but…
I think the LWB came out on top, he gave away the SWB.
The H bars are very good. I had just wrapped the loop, made it more useable. First bar I’d wrapped in over 20 years, got some non sticky very cheap stuff from eBay, so I can get it right before wrapping with the much more expensive Castelli Tennis wrap I’d got for the purpose.
She was.
She was.
There are some 90s MTB frames out there, so there is some hope…
Been riding her for a few weeks while waiting for the broken Ultimate Commuter to be replaced.
Was having a lot of fun, she responded well to being pushed hard.
No, and I never used the seat
No, and I never used the seat post in the bike workstand either.
The view from the top.
The view from the top.
I reckon it started here.
