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Better on bicycles than in
Better on bicycles than in cars.
The morning ride, especially
The morning ride, especially in the cold of winter, seems to bring up my nightly gunk, the evening ride home removes the build up due to my allergic rhinitus from the air con. The warmer weather means less, but it never really stops, one reason I could never wear a non effective pollution mask.
I find jockey wheels get
I find jockey wheels get pointy as they wear, or the bearings seize, always difficult to tell about the cassette.
Walking whilst black.
Walking whilst black.
and
I cannot find the original story that made me do a search.
My other half was driving me
My other half was driving me on the M3 last summer, was still being developed as a “smart” motorway, average 50mph with enforcement, she found it nice to drive and so did I. All travelling at the same speed, no one doing crazy speed in the “fast” lane, no rapid lane changes to gain an advantage. Really enjoyable for me and I don’t like being in cars, especially on the motorway.
“profound impact this has had
“profound impact this has had upon you”
Nothing on the impact the cyclist had to endure.
If your chain had worn to
If your chain had worn to over 1% that may mean that your casette is worn too, however you choose to measure it. Rohloff do sell a casette wear indicating tool (kind of ironic) but seems very subjective in use, I haven’t got one but tempted.
The only real test is fitting a new chain, if it skips on the smaller cogs when you lay down the power, you need a new one.
Chain rings tend to get pointy as they wear, so do jockey wheels.
As I remember, not much armco
As I remember, not much armco, lot of soft verges and a lot of rubbish strewn about. We walked down the hard shoulder picking and everything up to the fence.
Nice little temping job that one, the next year was spent clearing the slab ditches on the M3. Proper motorway van and a little more in nature. Even nicer.
Changed the coloured cats eyes on the A34 and A303 at some point too, much harder, lot of bending down, my fellow temper was a very bitter ex military bloke who would laugh at all of his constant and unfunny jokes. Full rolling road closure with big crash cushion, some hairy moments with unattentive motons there, much scarier than working on the hard shoulder.
Back in the mid 90s I temped
Back in the mid 90s I temped for a few months litter picking on the M3, the mile after Fleet services took about a week.
Not sure about Jterrier but I
Not sure about Jterrier but I was referring specifically to Park’s ASC-1, Anti-Seize Compound, similar to the copper stuff but a little more gunmetal rather than coppery.
+1 for the assembly paste.
+1 for the assembly paste.
Turn her upside down and fill her with penetrating fluid. Soak for longer than you really want to, clamp the post, it’s probably dead anyway and then move the frame, good luck.
Isn’t that how Oldmixte
Isn’t that how Oldmixte checks his speedo?
I have been adjusting my b
I have been adjusting my b-screw with my JIS 2 screwdriver, it fits beautifully and doesn’t put stess on the grooves in the head. Proper tool, proper job.
If it smells of petrol or
If it smells of petrol or diesel you are smoking the wrong stuff.
The automotive industry
The automotive industry promotes new cars because they are the automotive industry. Forgeting about the energy involved in manufacture. They are still bigging up the diesel, probably relating to the lower CO2 released. But they will all be bigger and heavier. Why not small cars, must release less emmisions as smaller. Are the CO2/km figures obtained on a rolling road or do they relate to real world driving? With proper acceleration of all that mass? And unless there is regenerative braking slowing down is all heat, and then means more acceleration of mass.
The WD40 thing. I know it’s not a lubricant and I would never let it near my bicycles, but, there is someting left once it evaporates isn’t there? There is slippery stuff near the nozzle, and the refilable bottle I inherited from the workshop in my last place of work (Gents your were missed) was covered in a very slippery film.