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You can’t really, within the

You can’t really, within the site. 

However, head over to Google and type:

site:road.cc <your search terms>

For a laugh, see what you get when you do this:

site:road.cc “search forum”
 

 

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You’re not alone. Many have

You’re not alone. Many have had similar experiences, for example someone in my club was given their bike back with no hydraulic fluid in their brake lines (not Halfords I hasten to add). Thankfully they noticed immediately. I myself collected a bike and the (Shimano Hollowtech) LH crank hadn’t been torqued up. My balls found this out halfway up a hill. 

You’re doing the right thing, learning to do the routine stuff yourself. I would recommend finding a really decent LBS you can call on for stuff that you either can’t do, or is so infrequent it’s not worth buying the special tool or whatever it may need. Then spend a bit of time & money there from time to time so they recognise you and will drop everything to sort you out if you’re desparate. 

I ended up making a bike workshop in my garage and doing a Cytech home mechanic course, so now I’m confident of doing most things, plus take a little pleasure in fettling a few other friends/relatives bikes if they can’t get to or can’t afford to get a professional to look at. 

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I got round this challenge a

I got round this challenge a few years ago by selling a car and buying a small van, although I appreciate that’s not a solution that suits everyone. 

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Looking forward to watching

Looking forward to watching this, I really liked “Slaying The Badger”, both the book and the ESPN 30 for 30 film. 

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Maybe the viewer acquisition

Maybe the viewer acquisition model is based on “come for the reviews, stay for the arguments”

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You won’t BELIEVE what

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You won’t BELIEVE what happened today…
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What auto-play videos? I don

What auto-play videos? I don’t see any. 

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Tom_77 wrote:

In the UK 250w is the maximum power for an eBike, anything more than that would be classed as a motorcycle or moped. You might have got mixed up between motor power (W) and battery capacity (Wh)?

If you’ve never ridden an eBike your best bet would be to go to a shop and try a few different ones.

I don’t think that’s quite true, my MTB has a peak power of 565W and torque of 90Nm and is completely legal, the 250W limit is continuous or nominal rated power, that is average over a period of time. Many e-bikes have a peak greater than that. 

Other than that, I agree, go to a shop and try them out. The place where I bought my MTB from had an open day in the Purbecks, and sent people out on a 20 min loop in the dunes in exchange for photo ID. 

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Just to say thanks to

Just to say thanks to everyone for the contributions, if the weather is bad this weekend, I’ll take the tyres off and assess the cuts, try refilling and reinflation with plugs/anchovies/bacon/patches/etc where necessary. I’m not using this bike at the moment as I’m on one of the “summer best” ones now so have some workshop time to attempt a fix and see what happens.  

Cheers all, thanks again and ride safe!

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Do you mean standard inner

Do you mean standard inner tube patches stick to the inside of the tyre?

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Dynaplug looks good if it

Dynaplug looks good if it does as it says (reacts with Stans sealant to seal that is).

edit: I’m thinking of Stans Darts, I’ll look at Dynaplug. 

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I’ll look for the Hutchinson

I’ll look for the Hutchinson stuff and will try if the new sealant and spin plus anchovie/bacon thingies don’t work, cheers. 

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Thanks, I’ll try that later

Thanks, I’ll try that later in the week. 

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Photos of a few of the cuts:

Photos of a few of the cuts:

 

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marmotte27 wrote:

marmotte27 wrote:

If you had a working pancreas once but not anymore, doesn’t that make you a type 2 diabetic?

No; type 1, your pancreas is not producing any insulin at all, with type 2, you can be producing insulin, but either not enough, or your body has become resistant to it. Type 1 can happen at any time of life, often in youth and can be caused by a viral infection, auto-immune problem or is genetic. Type 2 is more often than not lifestyle related (although sometimes ethnic), where you stop breaking down glucose, eventually leading to the pancreas stopping insulin production. Complications and outcomes are usually similar in both types, retinopathy, neuropathy leading to eyesight and limb problems, not to mention liver & kidney problems, caused by the effects of excess glucose within the bloodstream. 

Type 1 is treated with insulin, with the additional risks of hypos (too low in sugar leading to drowsiness, fainting and worse), type 2 is treated with diet & exercise, weight control and often drugs to lower insulin resistance. Eventually with type 2, once the pancreas packs in, then it’s insulin for that too. 

I have type 2 and cycling helps keep it under control.

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