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Eribiste

Eribiste

Careful with that axle Eugene
Location
Eckington, Worcestershire
Effyb4 said:
I had my first ride out going clipless. Unclipping was fine, clipping in was a tad more tricky. I guess I'll get better at it.

I had the closest pass ever on today's ride. I had my son with me and a bus came that close to me that I wobbled a bit trying to stay out the ditch and my son thought it had clipped me. I thought I was going under the wheels at any minute.
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That does sound a genuinely frightening event!

Most of my fellow road users seem fairly considerate to me, but if I have trouble with any particular group of driver, it's the drivers of buses. I assume they have to drive properly once in their lives to acquire a PCV, but soon revert to bad practice. Speaking as an LGV entitlement holder, their lack of professionalism is disappointing at best.
 
stevey

stevey

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Location
sutton coldfield
Bike going in for a service on friday after work,couple of issues back wheel spokes are loose causing a weird noise (Well i hope its them) when i change down the cassette and the gears just ain't changing right
 
Nigelnaturist

Nigelnaturist

Guru
Location
Pontefract
stevey said:
Bike going in for a service on friday after work,couple of issues back wheel spokes are loose causing a weird noise (Well i hope its them) when i change down the cassette and the gears just ain't changing right
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try cleaning where the cable goes under the bb, the holder can get quite dirty and cause friction, so the gears lag a little when changing.
Passed a 1,000 hrs in the saddle today.
 
monkeylc

monkeylc

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Location
leicester
puffinbilly

puffinbilly

Veteran
I managed to get the 750 miles in last month that I wanted to do - in spite of only riding on a 50t chainring. My road bike is in the Lakes and I'm finding it impossible to get over there to pick it up due to other commitments. I finally got all the parts to get the hybrid back on the road - now after many attempts both by myself and LBS seems chainring bolts are refusing to come out - so I still have a bike that doesn't like hills. Think it's a trip to kwik fit to see if they'll drill the bolts for me - incredibly frustrating.
To get things in perspective not as frustrating or upsetting as your day @Mo1959 - I know it's incredibly hard when that happens and you've prepared yourself for the op. Hopefully they can do it next week and get rid of some of your pain and allow you to start recovering-best wishes.
 
welsh dragon

welsh dragon

Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
Its raining here today. That really fine rain that seems to get you wetter faster than the big rain that goes plop. I think the Irish refer to it as soft rain. Not going out today....
 
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