My first ride on TV!!!
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ed_o_brain
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Huge congratulations from me 
2Loose
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- Location
- Loughborough, Leicestershire.
Just saw her car vs bike commute experiment on the box, she was nearly taken out by a car cutting across a roundabout but handled it like a pro. Definitely looking ahead like a natural. One note though, her route by bike was definitely not the fastest (I live up the road), yet bike only lost by 1 minute.
Full credit to you Kylie, sore bum but still smiling!
The article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8098574.stm
Full credit to you Kylie, sore bum but still smiling!
The article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8098574.stm
2Loose said:Just saw her car vs bike commute experiment on the box, she was nearly taken out by a car cutting across a roundabout but handled it like a pro. Definitely looking ahead like a natural. One note though, her route by bike was definitely not the fastest (I live up the road), yet bike only lost by 1 minute.
Full credit to you Kylie, sore bum but still smiling!
The article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8098574.stm
How many times have there been a 'Bike vs Car vs Train vs Horse??' challenge.
Rule 1 of bike commuting is "Leave home 20 minutes earlier than the calculated departure time because you might get a puncture".
This makes the commute 'race' a non-event. If you don't get a puncture, you get more time in the shower, or longer to enjoy the 1st coffee.
2Loose
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- Location
- Loughborough, Leicestershire.
jimboalee said:
Ah, but it makes a nice change to see it on the main news, rather than a relatively niche car or bike program. Those things are preaching to the already converted, this was more general info.
ed_o_brain
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There's the time saved in 'not going to the gym'
And my getting a puncture is probably as common as the car developing a serious mechanical fault.
If I do get a puncture I don't usually know about it until the next morning when I check the bike over before heading out the door. I usually just grab another bike and fix the puncture on the way home.
It's only necessary to allow that extra twenty minutes if you have an important appointment to keep or there are dire circumstances when you are twenty minutes late for work.
For most people it's not an issue.
And my getting a puncture is probably as common as the car developing a serious mechanical fault.
If I do get a puncture I don't usually know about it until the next morning when I check the bike over before heading out the door. I usually just grab another bike and fix the puncture on the way home.
It's only necessary to allow that extra twenty minutes if you have an important appointment to keep or there are dire circumstances when you are twenty minutes late for work.
For most people it's not an issue.
ed_o_brain
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Tynan said:
Slow puncture init?
I haven't had a deflating moment out on he road in nearly two years now. All the air related failures I have had have either been:
- tube giving out where the valve is attached (three specialized tubes now gone like this - I will not be buying any more)
- deflations I've discovered in the morning
I don't ride with particularly puncture proof tyres either.
Stay off footpaths. Stay out of gutters. Avoid bits of road/cycle facility prone to be covered in broken glass or other detrius.
My luck will probably run out now.
