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[quote=hawkinspeter]The failure here wasn’t the software in the car, it was the flawed “fail-safe” backup behind the wheel.
No such thing as a software failure – it’s always a design failure. In this case, the design clearly fails to resolve an appropriate solution to the problem presented.
At least he had the courtesy
At least he had the courtesy to thank you. If it bothers you, flick your elbow after a while and let him have a go.
I tend to announce my presence, usually by declaring myself to be a parasite, and then take my turn in due course. There’s a certain rudeness involved in catching someone, recovering on their wheel, and then dropping them. I tend at least to give them a fair chance to sit on if they’re minded to.
I have a good working relationship with a chap on an electric bike who shares a decent stretch of my commute. I sit on his wheel into the headwind, and we have a chat and the lights and repeat. It all stared when this bloke on a mountain bike eased in front of me at the lights an dthen took off like a scalded cat. The battery sits in a very discreet, largish under the saddle mountain bike style saddle bag
Can’t stand SIS gels! If I
Can’t stand SIS gels! If I have one I spend the next 15 minutes wondering if I’m going to be sick. If I do have a gel, it’s runny High 5 or tasty Torq (Rhubard and Custard).
In practice though, I prefer Lucho Delitos boccadillo, Coffee & Guava. The leaf wrapping can crumble, so I wrap them in grease proof paper. Tasty and easy to eat quickly, or nibble.
Drink is full sugar Vimto squash. More palatable that most other drinks (SIS blackcurrant is the acceptable alternative).
If you have bikes in a shed
If you have bikes in a shed outside, you need one of these, although I still haven’t seen them on sale yet:
https://www.eta.co.uk/2016/05/11/bike-mine-worlds-loudest-bicycle-alarm/
Box Hill for me – the Olympic
Box Hill for me – the Olympic Loop with a top and tail makes for an hour’s outing from home.
https://www.soxiety.com/products/smooth-cotton-lisle-ankle-socks-8-9
Not synthetic material if that’s what you’re after, but yellow nevertheless
Tighten up the rear QR. If it
Tighten up the rear QR. If it’s a Ti one, get a steel one, grease it and do it up tight. I had a problem – wrongly diagnosed as spoke tension – not that. Changed the skewers to Hope from Ti Planet X and the problem went.
I have an Airnimal Joey Sport
I have an Airnimal Joey Sport, with discs, rack, skinny wheels and commuter pack which I could be persuaded to sell. Train compliant because it folds but I didn’t often fold it when I took it on the train. Surrey or central London
http://airnimal.eu/products/joey/sport/#.WdOkio-cGCs
“Grandma’s Secret Spot
“Grandma’s Secret Spot Remover” is the stuff, via Google unless you get lucky. Extraordinarily good at getting rid of spots and chain oil on cycling gear (and anything else for that matter)
I rather suspect I eat
I rather suspect I eat garbage, but my 40 mile round trip commute is fuelled by a bowl of shreddies/fruit and fibre in the morning. During the day, a ham sandwich and a cupasoup with some cheese, a few chocolate digestive biscuits and a big Belgian bun with icing. Seems to work. I carry a boccadillo in case it goes wrong. The return trip is significantly uphill and that can go badly wrong if I haven’t eaten enough or get involved in the ‘races’. If I start to get that dreaded clammy feeling I eat the boccadillo quickly or stop for coke and jelly babies.
You might get some help from
You might get some help from British Cycling – they have regional hubs for para cycling which may be a good source of advoce for you:
I wish! 20 psi for me.
I wish! 20 psi for me.
I have a standard rack on my
I have a standard rack on my disk brake commuter. It took me ages to work out why I couldn’t get the rear wheel back in after I’d taken it off – much struggling before I realised that the rack was a touch narrow and squeezed the rear triangle in a bit – just enough so that the wheel wouldn’t go in. I now have the knack of prising it open again to get the wheel in, before clamping it all up again with the skewer
One of these:
One of these:
https://www.handiworld.com/handirack-194/handirack.html
Plan A involved a soft bike bag which could be folded in half. That went into the boot of a hire estate car, luggage on top of it and the bike went on the roof using a seasucker bike rack that travelled in hand baggage.
However, the soft bag was inadeqate in many regards and has been sacked to be replaced with a box and an inflatable rack for getting to and from the airport and the seasucker if needed during the course of the hols.
Seasucker remains the best bike rack i’ve ever had (it’s a long list) and ideal for travelling.
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/seasucker-talon-15mm-bike-rack/rp-prod120202
Seem to hard to get hold of at the moment though
I’ve got a few holes that
I’ve got a few holes that keep re-opening. Having had a good look at the tyre, it’s not worn but it is cut to pieces. Must have had a few unfortunate route choices. New tyre time – there are a few patches inside it already
