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Dec 7th, 2013, 16:31 | #21 | |
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Step 1 - remove offending wheel Step 2 - remove offending inner tube (if using clinchers) Step 3 - option one, mend puncture using repair kit, option two replace tube with spare carried under saddle Step 4 - replace tube in tyre and on rim, and inflate Step 5 - replace wheel Step 6 - continue ride. Thought it was simple, your riding buddies are having a natter and probably helping...this all happens very quickly. J. |
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Dec 7th, 2013, 16:36 | #22 |
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[QUOTE=RobbieH;1532388And if you think cars vs bikes was bad; Mike, Campag. Pah, Shimano all the way baby![/QUOTE]
Shimano versus Campagnolo eh, that old chestnut... I've bikes equipped with Campagnolo Super Record and Record Corsa, and one equipped with (Shimano) Dura Ace. Functionality...probably Shimano, especially if you're a pussy who needs to click-click to change gear. Aesthetically for me it's Campagnolo all the way - more durable too in my experience. Jon. |
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I have no problems over well lit bicycles even with flasing front and rear lights. On our local lanes it means the bicycle is clearly visible from a distance. I have never suffered with problems of dazzle from them. Tractors are terrible - nearly always with front and rear work lamos on and set to dazzle - the rear ones often on to illuminate a large trailer which has no lighting.
Nextcome the cars with very high intensity lighting blinding you as they go through potholes or come round a bend and although on dip totally blind you as they shine straight at you on with vans and 4x4's from a height. If they are travelling to a brow and a left hand bend for them be prepared to lose all vision.
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Dec 7th, 2013, 17:04 | #24 | |
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Now I used to believe in Campag for bearings - hubs and headsets ALWAYS were Campag. More recently, Hope hubs, Cane Creek headsets. Old skool Campag Record cranks were objects of desire as were Record and Super Record rear mechs. Then Mavic SSC rear mechs were a piece of CNC marvel. But more recently, 7800 Dura-Ace And I like clicky, clicky rather than fumble, fumble. Then I can concentrate on riding I remember friction shifting (Simplex levers were the best), then Suntour Powershift before SIS blew it all away
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Can we share the road please. Yes, I am insured on both 2 and 4 wheels. Not a motorist, not a cyclist, but a road user. 54 V70 D5 SE (163, EUIII) MTE, Eibach, Powerflex, IPD arb's, TWR FMIC, Ferrita cat-back. |
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Dec 7th, 2013, 17:16 | #25 |
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I have to agree with Bill 56. I do a daily trip along a a winding (fairly narrow) A road between Wargrave and Henley, in the early evening, and have noticed in the past few months that the intensity of a few cycle lights is becoming a real hazard. This road carries a lot of cyclists at times plus regular bus services and commuter traffic. Fine that cyclists wish to provide themselves with optimum protection, but there does need to be some common sense regulation here to protect the safety of other road users. It also is a fact that as we become older, our eyes don't recover as quickly from dazzle, making it more difficult to see into the shadows for a short time after being dazzled.
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Campag all the way for me ! Much better than Shimano in every way ! It might not work as well because its Italian but can anyone name any famous Japanese cyclists ????
You should refer to "the rules" if you disagree. Back to lights - I have 3 Cateye rear led. One on back of helmet one at back of saddle and one on seatpost. On the front I run a rechargeable Hope light which has four constant settings and one flashing. I use the flashing for the lit roads and the constant for the unlit country roads which make up about 3 miles of my 10 mile commute. I feel safest on the pitch black country lanes than I do in Glasgow itself and I also think I am more visible at night than I am in broad daylight. Like Robbie H I now use the flash in daytime whilst commuting as it helps cars to see you.
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Many cars these days don't have headlights at all it seems. They have great big laser cannons instead. Its my opinion that if you need these super intense laser canons to see where you're going, you're either driving too fast for the conditions or your eyesight is no longer up to the job for driving. And main beam, I think it should be banned until people can learn when it is appropriate to use it, eg NOT when there is oncoming traffic, and not when you're right behind another car such that using it renders all the mirrors on the car in front completely useless. |
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Dec 7th, 2013, 17:39 | #30 | |
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Although some of the rules ARE universal
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Can we share the road please. Yes, I am insured on both 2 and 4 wheels. Not a motorist, not a cyclist, but a road user. 54 V70 D5 SE (163, EUIII) MTE, Eibach, Powerflex, IPD arb's, TWR FMIC, Ferrita cat-back. |
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