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Pump and tools in an
Pump and tools in an excellent Chrome large utility bag. Fits my rather long topeak pump. Tools include: a Park mini chain brute, 90’s classic Cool Tool, Pedros Milk levers, “fast” patches, Topeak digital pressure gauge and emergency tyre boots. Spare tube sits in an old and tatty bag on the strap of my TimBuk2 large custom courier bag. Tools go in when on the bike, come out when not. I cannot travel light.
I rode many years with the rucksack, some quite good ones, once I tried the courier bag I knew the I wasn’t going back to the rucksack. So much easier access, don’t have to take it off and open the flap up. Wide not tall so can delve better. And the capacity I can get would seem like a big, stuff rattling around rucksack.
oops, wrong thread meant to post in ther one about panniers vs rucksack.
I see you are new her
I see you are new here Conorbeard….
The ballot system is completely random. I know this, because I’ve got in for the previous 3 years, and in one of those years, I got both magazines, so I simultaneously got in, and didn’t get in.
.Judge Dreadful, you are truely Schrödinger’s cyclist. Now if you can exhibit wave particle duality as well…
I got a set of silicone
I got a set of silicone ladders direct from fibre flare, USA.
I foresee that mountain
I foresee that mountain biking will readopt the 26 inch wheel standard and wonder why they ever really went larger. They will never go back to rim brakes though so it will still be increasingly difficult for me to get good ones.
I have been throwing a couple
I have been throwing a couple of hundred quid at butterworths for the past 20 years, never claimed, but they do do specific bicycle insurance and have done for a long time. It’s why I joined the CTC. Some home insurance do not understand the retro and upgrading thing.
Molecular biologist by trade,
Molecular biologist by trade, so gloves are second nature. They do keep your hands clean, but they may not offer as much protection as we often think, and may give a false sense of security. The Area heath and safety coordinator and H+S team had to look into some of this stuff, for example methanol can get through standard nitrile in about 30 seconds, and carry things through as well. Back in the day we all knew that DMSO went through latex like it wasn’t there and people almost got drunk in this way. At work I can constantly throw them away, I do sometimes deal with some horrible stuff, and in the main we don’t want to contaminate the work, but at home I do tend to reuse. Just be a bit careful with the nastier stuff.
HOPE- sent back my dead R4
HOPE- sent back my dead R4 light head unit on Friday, didn’t seem like a dead wire, over 3 years old, I had already shortened the lead before, they said they would inspect and quote, fair enough, cheekily chucked an old dead 4 cell battery too, definitely dead wire.
Got a UPS parcel this morning, both items, both with brand new cables. Got to love Hope.
They are not that light and
They are not that light and they are not too aerodynamic but I lust after the Sykes Wooden Fenders.
Dottigirl, johnnystorm
Dottigirl, johnnystorm suggested it earlier in the thread, then I did a bit of looking and it seems perfect for when I get my new nokons. Motorbikers seem to swear by it. Would be good for resisting winter road filth. £20 to keep what would be getting on for £100 of cables tip top seems worth it.
I was going to cover every bit of the cables with wet lube, for the new ones, and in black. If I had everything slippery when originally fitting would have made it much more difficult than it was, but to replace with some knowledge wouldn’t be too much of an effort. The silvers have rotted, but it did take a while. Didn’t care for them as I should. Lesson learned.
When I got my job at
When I got my job at Birmingham uni, I got myself a 5 year old Marin Pine Mountain, 91/92. I love that bike. 20 years of getting me to work and getting about. Best £250 I ever spent, rims were shot though.
What you might want is
What you might want is something battered but quality second hand. Something unobtrusive but nice. And reserve a fair bit for locks, maybe a good chain lock. You are never going to eliminate risk of theft, your bike just needs to be a little less appealing than the blokes next to yours, generally. And the state of some of the locking I have seen, no wonder unis are a hotbed of bicycle theft.
You might want to think about security skewers too, and watch a few youtubes on how to lock the bike.
I have often wondered this.
I have often wondered this.
The insurers that CyclingUK
The insurers that CyclingUK (CTC) recomends has changed a bit. I liked phoning Butterworths. Never claimed from them, but they did seem nice people to throw money away to, for the peace of mind feeling and the just in case reassurance.
It’s called CycleSure,Butterworths still have someting to do with it, but it is all very computery now. Until only a few years ago, Butterworths, with their warm Liverpudlian accents, used paper records.
Okay I now feel really old.
I like the Swissstop greens,
I like the Swissstop greens, exceptional in the wet, far better than Koolstop (for me RItchie) reds, but wished I’d known about the salmons long ago. Your choice probably will come down to Swissstops green and Koolstop salmons, lovers of in both camps and internet discussions, but very few people have seemingly used both and compare directly the two.
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