not-bono-ever
meh
um. starting a new job tomorrow and will be training it in, but would like to be cycling by the end of the week ( SE15 to the city ) - whats it like cycling befre 9AM with the heat n stuff at the minute ?
How was your cycle commute?
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girasol
Addicted to handstands!
I cycled before 7 this morning and it was hot already. Not too bad if you don't mind sweating (I don't), take water and wear breathable clothing... Ride home will be much hotter, but I kinda like it.
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
I feel cheated if the sweat doesn't flow freely.
Though I probably sweated less this morning than some days when it's been chilly enough to wear a jacket.
If it gets really hot, I'm afraid the helmet comes off.
Though I probably sweated less this morning than some days when it's been chilly enough to wear a jacket.
If it gets really hot, I'm afraid the helmet comes off.
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
Apparently not.
Now shipped from Italy ...
It's probably time for them to rebrand as Selle Italia.
a_chap
When the world came apart, where were you?
-Cough-
"multi-tool (which includes allen keys, chain tool, screwdriver, knife, spanners)"
To be fair it doesn't usually drop to bits. I've only had one gear cable break in the last 15 years but that could have left me stranded in the middle of a hilly bit of Scotland. I've had one chain snap. I've had a read mudguard bracket snap. Twice. Now permanently held in place with elastic bands which do the job perfectly. Etc.
Saying that, naturally enough, will have jinxed me now...
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
Non-standard tyre sizes too.
Someone I know was glad he packed a spare tyre for his Brompton last summer - inconvenient though it was ...
Someone I know was glad he packed a spare tyre for his Brompton last summer - inconvenient though it was ...
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
Partly on account of my day job I can't help putting twist ties in my pockets whenever I unpack something new - along with small cable ties and self-amalgamating tape.
I used some in the garden yesterday.
I used some in the garden yesterday.
pissflaps
i've got a headache in my pants...
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
I know I'm old and heavy and riding a heavy bike, but were I to get a road bike, could I really up my steady speed from 15MPH and my sprinting speed from 20MPH ?
Ted Striker
Foot's on the other hand
Tbh I will only carry a (trio of) multitools and a squirty can of air/puncture repair goo*. Oh, and spare batteries for lights. And cable ties! If these don't solve any roadside problem or tweak, I'll admit defeat.
*I know I should carry spare inner tubes, though my (mavic) tyres are ridiculously tight and will take all kinds of stress and bother to re-sit, and not something that would ever be done by the side of the road. Hopefully the goo should allow me to finish my ride...
*I know I should carry spare inner tubes, though my (mavic) tyres are ridiculously tight and will take all kinds of stress and bother to re-sit, and not something that would ever be done by the side of the road. Hopefully the goo should allow me to finish my ride...
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
I carry an insane amount of tools and spares for an almost unbustable MTB that never goes off-road, and it always irked me slightly that people would turn up on group rides with out even a pump - assuming that others would be better organised.
DownwardDog
Riding a Brompton with a power meter.
A bit. In my experience, the best gains in speed would come from:
Getting down to a sub 22 BMI
Correct tyres properly inflated
Making sure the bike is sized correctly with the right seat/stem position. (Get a Retul session)
Clipless pedals
Not carrying a load of useless shit on your bike
Get a HRM and Strava to structure training
Do all that then worry about getting a Dogma.
DownwardDog
Riding a Brompton with a power meter.
In 30 years and god knows how many 10s of thousands of kms I've had:
Broken pedal x 2 (Both RHS Shimano 747s)
Taco'ed wheel
None of those are accessible to roadside repair so I've concluded carrying tools or parts in excess of tubes, levers and a pump is balls.
DownwardDog
Riding a Brompton with a power meter.
I once did a C2C with someone who did the last 50km with a piece of hickory branch screwed into the crank for a pedal. When I say 'did' I mean I left him behind at 50km while he frigged about with his stick/pedal.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
I recently got continental gatorskins fitted. I saw the trouble the bike mechanic had putting them on, so if I ever do get a puncture, there's no way I'm fixing it on the roadside.
I don't go on big road trips - I stay near enough to the city that I can get a train home if needs be. If I ever feel the need to stray further, I shall have to learn to be more handy i guess
I don't go on big road trips - I stay near enough to the city that I can get a train home if needs be. If I ever feel the need to stray further, I shall have to learn to be more handy i guess
a_chap
When the world came apart, where were you?
...or use a different tyre that's easier to fit?
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
These hardly ever puncture. I don't want to fix a puncture at the roadside anyway. That's no fun. I ride cos it's fun.
Dogsauce
I’ve got Skol but I’m not a Scholar
I rarely carry anything, as my Schwalbe marathons don't let mr down. For a nine-mile commute, the worst outcome is about a 1hr walk followed by a train journey, so I carry nothing (had a series of punctures before I threw £40 on some decent tyres).
On longer rides I carry a puncture kit and an adjustable spanner.
I've actually been caught out twice in the last couple of weeks - two weekends ago I was attempting a 100-mile run in the Yorkshire hills when my back inner tube actually went bang - I'd pumped it up to max before setting out and it blew out. A puncture kit won't do much for a six-inch tear in the tube. Hour and a half walk in sweltering heat to a bike shop for a new one. After that incident I started carrying a spare inner with me. I'm currently on a two-week solo touring holiday and realised that the tube I'm carrying is actually for my other bike (I started the tour on my Falcon tourer & switched to my Pashley in London).
The other incident was on the second day of this tour when my back axle snapped in Newport Pagnall (as discussed in another thread). Walked three miles in to Evans in Milton Keynes, who had no axles in stock at all (they only stock two). Defeated, I continued into London by train. I can't be expected to carry a spare axle! It's the third time I've had one break, so maybe I should.
Yesterday the second spring on my Brooks saddle snapped as I lifted my bike onto the Poole ferry. The saddle is probably as old as I am, but sort of seems OK despite this - it's just sitting on both springs slightly differently, but is at least even now (the other spring broke a year ago, I've occasionally employed various bodges to hold it together. Hoping nothing else breaks over the next week and a half.
On longer rides I carry a puncture kit and an adjustable spanner.
I've actually been caught out twice in the last couple of weeks - two weekends ago I was attempting a 100-mile run in the Yorkshire hills when my back inner tube actually went bang - I'd pumped it up to max before setting out and it blew out. A puncture kit won't do much for a six-inch tear in the tube. Hour and a half walk in sweltering heat to a bike shop for a new one. After that incident I started carrying a spare inner with me. I'm currently on a two-week solo touring holiday and realised that the tube I'm carrying is actually for my other bike (I started the tour on my Falcon tourer & switched to my Pashley in London).
The other incident was on the second day of this tour when my back axle snapped in Newport Pagnall (as discussed in another thread). Walked three miles in to Evans in Milton Keynes, who had no axles in stock at all (they only stock two). Defeated, I continued into London by train. I can't be expected to carry a spare axle! It's the third time I've had one break, so maybe I should.
Yesterday the second spring on my Brooks saddle snapped as I lifted my bike onto the Poole ferry. The saddle is probably as old as I am, but sort of seems OK despite this - it's just sitting on both springs slightly differently, but is at least even now (the other spring broke a year ago, I've occasionally employed various bodges to hold it together. Hoping nothing else breaks over the next week and a half.
Dogsauce
I’ve got Skol but I’m not a Scholar
I rarely carry anything, as my Schwalbe marathons don't let mr down. For a nine-mile commute, the worst outcome is about a 1hr walk followed by a train journey, so I carry nothing (had a series of punctures before I threw £40 on some decent tyres).
On longer rides I carry a puncture kit and an adjustable spanner.
I've actually been caught out twice in the last couple of weeks - two weekends ago I was attempting a 100-mile run in the Yorkshire hills when my back inner tube actually went bang - I'd pumped it up to max before setting out and it blew out. A puncture kit won't do much for a six-inch tear in the tube. Hour and a half walk in sweltering heat to a bike shop for a new one. After that incident I started carrying a spare inner with me. I'm currently on a two-week solo touring holiday and realised that the tube I'm carrying is actually for my other bike (I started the tour on my Falcon tourer & switched to my Pashley in London).
The other incident was on the second day of this tour when my back axle snapped in Newport Pagnall (as discussed in another thread). Walked three miles in to Evans in Milton Keynes, who had no axles in stock at all (they only stock two). Defeated, I continued into London by train. I can't be expected to carry a spare axle! It's the third time I've had one break, so maybe I should.
Yesterday the second spring on my Brooks saddle snapped as I lifted my bike onto the Poole ferry. The saddle is probably as old as I am, but sort of seems OK despite this - it's just sitting on both springs slightly differently, but is at least even now (the other spring broke a year ago, I've occasionally employed various bodges to hold it together. Hoping nothing else breaks over the next week and a half.
On longer rides I carry a puncture kit and an adjustable spanner.
I've actually been caught out twice in the last couple of weeks - two weekends ago I was attempting a 100-mile run in the Yorkshire hills when my back inner tube actually went bang - I'd pumped it up to max before setting out and it blew out. A puncture kit won't do much for a six-inch tear in the tube. Hour and a half walk in sweltering heat to a bike shop for a new one. After that incident I started carrying a spare inner with me. I'm currently on a two-week solo touring holiday and realised that the tube I'm carrying is actually for my other bike (I started the tour on my Falcon tourer & switched to my Pashley in London).
The other incident was on the second day of this tour when my back axle snapped in Newport Pagnall (as discussed in another thread). Walked three miles in to Evans in Milton Keynes, who had no axles in stock at all (they only stock two). Defeated, I continued into London by train. I can't be expected to carry a spare axle! It's the third time I've had one break, so maybe I should.
Yesterday the second spring on my Brooks saddle snapped as I lifted my bike onto the Poole ferry. The saddle is probably as old as I am, but sort of seems OK despite this - it's just sitting on both springs slightly differently, but is at least even now (the other spring broke a year ago, I've occasionally employed various bodges to hold it together. Hoping nothing else breaks over the next week and a half.
Dogsauce
I’ve got Skol but I’m not a Scholar
I rarely carry anything, as my Schwalbe marathons don't let mr down. For a nine-mile commute, the worst outcome is about a 1hr walk followed by a train journey, so I carry nothing (had a series of punctures before I threw £40 on some decent tyres).
On longer rides I carry a puncture kit and an adjustable spanner.
I've actually been caught out twice in the last couple of weeks - two weekends ago I was attempting a 100-mile run in the Yorkshire hills when my back inner tube actually went bang - I'd pumped it up to max before setting out and it blew out. A puncture kit won't do much for a six-inch tear in the tube. Hour and a half walk in sweltering heat to a bike shop for a new one. After that incident I started carrying a spare inner with me. I'm currently on a two-week solo touring holiday and realised that the tube I'm carrying is actually for my other bike (I started the tour on my Falcon tourer & switched to my Pashley in London).
The other incident was on the second day of this tour when my back axle snapped in Newport Pagnall (as discussed in another thread). Walked three miles in to Evans in Milton Keynes, who had no axles in stock at all (they only stock two). Defeated, I continued into London by train. I can't be expected to carry a spare axle! It's the third time I've had one break, so maybe I should.
Yesterday the second spring on my Brooks saddle snapped as I lifted my bike onto the Poole ferry. The saddle is probably as old as I am, but sort of seems OK despite this - it's just sitting on both springs slightly differently, but is at least even now (the other spring broke a year ago, I've occasionally employed various bodges to hold it together. Hoping nothing else breaks over the next week and a half.
On longer rides I carry a puncture kit and an adjustable spanner.
I've actually been caught out twice in the last couple of weeks - two weekends ago I was attempting a 100-mile run in the Yorkshire hills when my back inner tube actually went bang - I'd pumped it up to max before setting out and it blew out. A puncture kit won't do much for a six-inch tear in the tube. Hour and a half walk in sweltering heat to a bike shop for a new one. After that incident I started carrying a spare inner with me. I'm currently on a two-week solo touring holiday and realised that the tube I'm carrying is actually for my other bike (I started the tour on my Falcon tourer & switched to my Pashley in London).
The other incident was on the second day of this tour when my back axle snapped in Newport Pagnall (as discussed in another thread). Walked three miles in to Evans in Milton Keynes, who had no axles in stock at all (they only stock two). Defeated, I continued into London by train. I can't be expected to carry a spare axle! It's the third time I've had one break, so maybe I should.
Yesterday the second spring on my Brooks saddle snapped as I lifted my bike onto the Poole ferry. The saddle is probably as old as I am, but sort of seems OK despite this - it's just sitting on both springs slightly differently, but is at least even now (the other spring broke a year ago, I've occasionally employed various bodges to hold it together. Hoping nothing else breaks over the next week and a half.
Dogsauce
I’ve got Skol but I’m not a Scholar
I rarely carry anything, as my Schwalbe marathons don't let mr down. For a nine-mile commute, the worst outcome is about a 1hr walk followed by a train journey, so I carry nothing (had a series of punctures before I threw £40 on some decent tyres).
On longer rides I carry a puncture kit and an adjustable spanner.
I've actually been caught out twice in the last couple of weeks - two weekends ago I was attempting a 100-mile run in the Yorkshire hills when my back inner tube actually went bang - I'd pumped it up to max before setting out and it blew out. A puncture kit won't do much for a six-inch tear in the tube. Hour and a half walk in sweltering heat to a bike shop for a new one. After that incident I started carrying a spare inner with me. I'm currently on a two-week solo touring holiday and realised that the tube I'm carrying is actually for my other bike (I started the tour on my Falcon tourer & switched to my Pashley in London).
The other incident was on the second day of this tour when my back axle snapped in Newport Pagnall (as discussed in another thread). Walked three miles in to Evans in Milton Keynes, who had no axles in stock at all (they only stock two). Defeated, I continued into London by train. I can't be expected to carry a spare axle! It's the third time I've had one break, so maybe I should.
Yesterday the second spring on my Brooks saddle snapped as I lifted my bike onto the Poole ferry. The saddle is probably as old as I am, but sort of seems OK despite this - it's just sitting on both springs slightly differently, but is at least even now (the other spring broke a year ago, I've occasionally employed various bodges to hold it together. Hoping nothing else breaks over the next week and a half.
On longer rides I carry a puncture kit and an adjustable spanner.
I've actually been caught out twice in the last couple of weeks - two weekends ago I was attempting a 100-mile run in the Yorkshire hills when my back inner tube actually went bang - I'd pumped it up to max before setting out and it blew out. A puncture kit won't do much for a six-inch tear in the tube. Hour and a half walk in sweltering heat to a bike shop for a new one. After that incident I started carrying a spare inner with me. I'm currently on a two-week solo touring holiday and realised that the tube I'm carrying is actually for my other bike (I started the tour on my Falcon tourer & switched to my Pashley in London).
The other incident was on the second day of this tour when my back axle snapped in Newport Pagnall (as discussed in another thread). Walked three miles in to Evans in Milton Keynes, who had no axles in stock at all (they only stock two). Defeated, I continued into London by train. I can't be expected to carry a spare axle! It's the third time I've had one break, so maybe I should.
Yesterday the second spring on my Brooks saddle snapped as I lifted my bike onto the Poole ferry. The saddle is probably as old as I am, but sort of seems OK despite this - it's just sitting on both springs slightly differently, but is at least even now (the other spring broke a year ago, I've occasionally employed various bodges to hold it together. Hoping nothing else breaks over the next week and a half.
joustmaster
offcumdun
I rarely carry anything, as my Schwalbe marathons don't let mr down. For a nine-mile commute, the worst outcome is about a 1hr walk followed by a train journey, so I carry nothing (had a series of punctures before I threw £40 on some decent tyres).
On longer rides I carry a puncture kit and an adjustable spanner.
I've actually been caught out twice in the last couple of weeks - two weekends ago I was attempting a 100-mile run in the Yorkshire hills when my back inner tube actually went bang - I'd pumped it up to max before setting out and it blew out. A puncture kit won't do much for a six-inch tear in the tube. Hour and a half walk in sweltering heat to a bike shop for a new one. After that incident I started carrying a spare inner with me. I'm currently on a two-week solo touring holiday and realised that the tube I'm carrying is actually for my other bike (I started the tour on my Falcon tourer & switched to my Pashley in London).
The other incident was on the second day of this tour when my back axle snapped in Newport Pagnall (as discussed in another thread). Walked three miles in to Evans in Milton Keynes, who had no axles in stock at all (they only stock two). Defeated, I continued into London by train. I can't be expected to carry a spare axle! It's the third time I've had one break, so maybe I should.
Yesterday the second spring on my Brooks saddle snapped as I lifted my bike onto the Poole ferry. The saddle is probably as old as I am, but sort of seems OK despite this - it's just sitting on both springs slightly differently, but is at least even now (the other spring broke a year ago, I've occasionally employed various bodges to hold it together. Hoping nothing else breaks over the next week and a half.
On longer rides I carry a puncture kit and an adjustable spanner.
I've actually been caught out twice in the last couple of weeks - two weekends ago I was attempting a 100-mile run in the Yorkshire hills when my back inner tube actually went bang - I'd pumped it up to max before setting out and it blew out. A puncture kit won't do much for a six-inch tear in the tube. Hour and a half walk in sweltering heat to a bike shop for a new one. After that incident I started carrying a spare inner with me. I'm currently on a two-week solo touring holiday and realised that the tube I'm carrying is actually for my other bike (I started the tour on my Falcon tourer & switched to my Pashley in London).
The other incident was on the second day of this tour when my back axle snapped in Newport Pagnall (as discussed in another thread). Walked three miles in to Evans in Milton Keynes, who had no axles in stock at all (they only stock two). Defeated, I continued into London by train. I can't be expected to carry a spare axle! It's the third time I've had one break, so maybe I should.
Yesterday the second spring on my Brooks saddle snapped as I lifted my bike onto the Poole ferry. The saddle is probably as old as I am, but sort of seems OK despite this - it's just sitting on both springs slightly differently, but is at least even now (the other spring broke a year ago, I've occasionally employed various bodges to hold it together. Hoping nothing else breaks over the next week and a half.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Nah, Continental Gatorskins man
