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Excellent rant, although I
Excellent rant, although I think you should have prefaced it with “as a keen driver myself” for maximum effect.
Emergency services attend car
Emergency services attend car in water at Mayflower Park, Southampton – https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/19855083.emergency-services-attend-car-water-mayflower-park-southampton/?ref=nuo
I have a cheap one from
I have a cheap one from Amazon for emergency use. It’s a bit slow and a bit loud, but otherwise fine. Mine will only do 100 psi, but I’ve seen other ones which will do more.
Ribble Gravel Al, my new
Ribble Gravel Al, my new commuting bike for when I’m allowed back in the office. Hoping to do some light off-roading too when the weather improves.
Replacing the gear cable
Replacing the gear cable would probably be a good place to start – they’re cheap and they do wear out.
Oldfatgit wrote:
Tom_77 I have a couple of crates that I use when shopping with the car. Will these be able to fit in your trailer and be secured? Length 590 X w 385 X h320 each unitThe internal area is approx 53 cm wide by 67 cm long. Height with the cover on is about 36 cm.
I use a couple of large Ikea bags along with a few reusable supermarket bags, take the cover off and stick a cargo net over the top.
If you can’t find the photo,
If you can’t find the photo, here it is.
My HOMCOM one came with this
My HOMCOM one came with this mount. The bit I’ve marked with the arrow attaches to the rear axle, and the trailer attaches to the other bit. My bike has quick-release wheels so not too sure about thru axles.
I got a frame mount trailer because I thought a seat post mount would limit what I could put on the bike’s rear rack.
Other advice – you may be able to find a cheap trailer 2nd-hand. Nextdoor / Facebook groups are probably the best place to look as it’s usually a “pick it up in person” deal.
So on the other side, it’s got inches (up to 4) and the word “driver” is repeated.I think it’s in case you get in an argument with a motorist in a BMW, you can ask him to drop his trousers and then use it to prove that you’re right.
I made the Nice List this
I made the Nice List this year:
Cycling trousers, cycling shorts, cycling gloves, cycling socks, cycling book, gear cables and Haribo.
Today’s Observer has a good article on the subject.Pity the poor, oppressed driver forced to share their roads with the rest of us – https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/dec/19/what-price-the-lives-of-cyclists-and-pedestrians-when-motorists-feel-oppressed
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Usual local rag pay/advertising wall prevents me reading the whole storyTry opening in a Private Window / Incognito Mode.
Currently I’m using this
Currently I’m using this motorcycle dashcam.
What’s good about it:
1. Front and rear combined – videos are in sync. Only one SD card, and one battery to deal with.
2. Turns on and starts recording automatically when powered on.
3. Not too expensive – about £100.
4. SOS button to lock recordings.
5. Files are split into chunks – selectable as 1 min, 3 min or 5 min.
6. Can be powered by a USB power pack, so doesn’t need charging very often.
7. Takes a 128GB card.What could be better:
1. Not a bicycle-specific product so installing it was a pain in the arse. I drilled holes in a couple of GoPro mounts and screwed the cameras to those.
2. Head unit, 2 cameras and SOS button all separate so ended up with a rats nest of wires. Would be much neater to combine the head unit, front camera and SOS button together with just one external cable to the rear camera.
3. Head unit isn’t waterproof.
4. Microphone is terrible and usually just picks up wind noise.
5. GPS to set timestamp and speed overlay would be useful.
6. Video quality could be better, particularly at night.
Perhaps they felt it would be
Perhaps they felt it would be unfair on the other inmates if they jailed her?