remember they rotate the wrong way when you are trying to get the old pair off and the new pair back on. so as you cycle the rotation keeps them tight... otherwise you may be sitting in a corner cursing yourself for some hours!
yep - but given I can never remember left from right, but can tell drivers side from passenger side and drive side from non drive side etc, working out which way is undone is easy with pedals - the opposite way to their rotation when pedalling (says the person who managed to undo a pedal whilst cycling through Serbia only to watch my OH jump off his bike and stop a lorry from running it over!Or remember the left hand crank arm (the one without the Chain rings) has a left hand thread when undoing it, so you undo it to the right,
Hope that makes sense
one of the few spare parts we did not carry!)
My ex always had problems remembering left vs right, and east vs west, for some reason. Anyway - assuming that you are right-handed ...
used to be left handed, but due to a long term left wrist injury spent my final year at uni learning to write with my right hand. nowadays I am just confused.My ex always had problems remembering left vs right, and east vs west, for some reason. Anyway - assuming that you are right-handed ...
You write with the right hand, and the pedal thread on the right side pedal is 'right', and the thread on the left side pedal is 'wrong'!
Yes, I can see the problem!
When I feel depressed at still being ill in February, after having fallen ill last July, I remind myself that the alternative was dying alone back then, face down on my bathroom floor. That tends to make me count my blessings!fight or give up appear to be the only sensible options... I tried the giving up stage when I was first learning to deal with the slight paralysis and chronic pain from my left arm injury (11 ops over 15 years), but a close school friend had already taken the give up option and commited suicide during our final year at uni, so now I fight. It feels so much better...
When I feel depressed at still being ill in February, after having fallen ill last July, I remind myself that the alternative was dying alone back then, face down on my bathroom floor. That tends to make me count my blessings!
the triban seems to be a very injury friendly bike. im recovering from broken back in august and i find just getting out makes everything worth while. no point in giving up i will only be annoyed that i cant go out then.When I feel depressed at still being ill in February, after having fallen ill last July, I remind myself that the alternative was dying alone back then, face down on my bathroom floor. That tends to make me count my blessings!
and I've suggested a Triban 3, given how much you lot rave about them (And its actually a better bike than mine lol)The girlfriend is looking to buy her first road bike
She is 5ft3 and 29inch inside leg. I was thinking a 48cm would be best. What do you guys recommend?
No decathlon store near us to try unfortunately
P.s. used http://www.ebicycles.com/custom/content_files/ebicycles-bicycle-sizing-chart-road-bikes.pdf as a guide.[/quote
]I wouldn't go so far as to make a recomendation but any T3 smaller than 54" has smaller wheels than the normal 700c
