confusedcyclist
Veteran
Extra bin men? It must be serious! 
In all seriousness, take care on those roads!
In all seriousness, take care on those roads!
Tales from today's commute....
- Thread starter martint235
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Supersuperleeds
Legendary Member
- Location
- Leicester
Gears stopped working with 15 miles to go this morning, cable doesn't look like it has snapped. Stuck in the smallest cog at the back, had to walk up one hill. Fiddled with the screws on the derailleur and got it to go to one cog up, should be fun going home tonight.
Weather wise, the wind wasn't anywhere near as bad as I was expecting
Weather wise, the wind wasn't anywhere near as bad as I was expecting
confusedcyclist
Veteran
@Supersuperleeds There's a great video on youtube by GCN about emergency fixes for broken rear derailleurs, can't link to it at work as youtube is blocked. You may be able to adjust the chain further up the cog for those hills.
Supersuperleeds
Legendary Member
- Location
- Leicester
Cheers will have a look now
Arjimlad
Tights of Cydonia
- Location
- South Glos
Horrible muddy slippery ride up Beacon Lane towards Winterbourne in the dark last night. Reminds me why I don't go that way so often. Back wheel skittish !
We need some heavy showers to rinse the mud off the roads. This morning one part of my commute in was also rather muddy despite last night's showers.
We need some heavy showers to rinse the mud off the roads. This morning one part of my commute in was also rather muddy despite last night's showers.
summerdays
Cycling in the sun
- Location
- Bristol
Ok ride, cold (warm gillet again!) and I managed to hit a pedestrian - though to be honest he ran into me whilst I was stationary (group of kids running and shouting to each other rather than looking where they were going), I didn't ring my bell as I stupidly thought he wouldn't actually run into me! No harm done and he apologised a couple of times so obviously feeling guilty!
paul04
Über Member
Had the same problem on my MTB, had to manually adjust the gears till I got home(moved the derailleur with my hand, then turned the pedals by hand until it was in the correct gear)
Took me a bit to work out the problem, it would got down the gears but not up. the inner cable was seized and would not move, had to replace the gear cable and it was fine.
confusedcyclist
Veteran
Wet and miserable ride home! Had to ride in the middle of the road at one point as the bike lane was full of puddles/hidden potholes and washed up debris. I was easily keeping pace of the traffic in front, if anything being slowed down by it. Naturally the arse behind me couldn't stand that a lowly cyclist was one pole position ahead and started tooting. Shortly later I had the classic "Get in the cycle lane, that what it's there for" as he passes aggressively and cutting me off. Not only is he an incompetent driver, he's clearly blind or a bit special if he expects that I might ride through the river at the side of the road so his clapped out car can be 3 meters further forward. I laughed merrily as he immediately gets caught up in the silly traffic and I filter past giving him a casual double birdie. 
This is the second time I have come across this odd behaviour in a week, I can only imagine it's brought on by a sudden realisation that the driver is getting nowhere fast and needs to blame the nearest person.
This is the second time I have come across this odd behaviour in a week, I can only imagine it's brought on by a sudden realisation that the driver is getting nowhere fast and needs to blame the nearest person.
Supersuperleeds
Legendary Member
- Location
- Leicester
I cheated on the way home and did a few circuits of the park near work before heading into the wind and home. Just shy of 23 miles and just over 200 feet of climbing 
Supersuperleeds
Legendary Member
- Location
- Leicester
Rear cogs won't change at all, press the lever and it clicks but nothing else happens, got it booked in for Saturday for the lbs to sort out.
Just taken the ice tyres off the Sirrus and put normal tyres back on it for the next two days
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
Managed to get back out today for some fun :-)
kevin_cambs_uk
Guru
- Location
- Near Cambridge
Was caught by @MisterStan yesterday, which was great to catch up with as I had not seen him for weeks, always makes me cycle a bit harder to keep up as well!
Today was very grim! but very satisfying!
Today was very grim! but very satisfying!
