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This seems as good a place as any to ask a noob question rather than starting a new thread.

Anyway, I need new wheels. When choosing rims, do I need to bear in mind tyre size? In other words, will any old 700c rims do?
 
The Boy said:
This seems as good a place as any to ask a noob question rather than starting a new thread.

Anyway, I need new wheels. When choosing rims, do I need to bear in mind tyre size? In other words, will any old 700c rims do?
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All rims have recommended tyre sizes (Eg Mavic CXP 33 is 19mm to 28mm) so check your tyres will fit on whatever rim you're going to buy.
 
Currently in a Travelodge in Edmonton, which I have to say I thought was in Canada but turns out to be in North London. Who knew?

Anyway the weather forecast is looking ever more terrifying by the hour :(

Am also very concerned about riding to tomorrow night's hotel just off Mile End Road. The roads look a bit scary TBH.
 
Orang Utan said:
It's this bit that's annoying me at the mo:

Surely if I have the number plate, that is sufficient! How am I supposed to know how to identify a make or a model of a car, let alone a van?
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Maybe it could be a fake number plate or you could have a letter or number wrong. More information = more chance of getting the right car.
 
Registration successfully completed. I hope some of you bothered to look at the Twitter feed it's been quite entertaining. Look for hash tag #LEL2013 There are really riders from 33 countries taking part.
Currently a thunderstorm over London. Hope it abaits for the 6am start otherwise we'll all be soaked before we've even gone 100 miles! :-(
 
Oh, and I just saw your tweets about sleeping on the floor. WTF? If I'm cycling all that way I'm fucked if I'm not sleeping in a proper bed!
 
the 'campaign' is vacuous nonsense. cyclists don't have any choice BUT to respect cars - failure to do so will result in bullying, injury or death. Drivers on the other hand have the benefit of choice. They can choose to share the road or they can choose to behave like cunts - either way they're not the ones who're going to end up in A&E on as a result of their actions, largely due to the fact that they are surrounded by a ton of speeding metal, glass and plastic. This is what this campaign utterly fails to take into account.

The notion that cyclists must 'show respect' to drivers before they deserve to not get maimed is as laughable as it is fucking dangerous.
 
ha! many drivers are subject to enough illusions as it is, certainly don't need to be adding to the pile.
 
it makes for unpleasant reading - but the morons soon get corrected.

there's '@Driverhatred' as well. A sockpuppet account run by notorious self appointed anti-cycling driver's rights champion, Keith Peat. You can try following him but if you so much as hint at disagreeing with him and his comically absurd views he will block you. Such is his notoriety that some wag has gone so far as to set up an account for his dog. it is arguably one of the funniest feeds out there and i highly reccommend you follow https://twitter.com/KeithPeatsDog
 
good point.

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pissflaps said:
it's depressing twitter gold.

speaking of soul sucking internet based fuckwittery - has anyone seen this?

http://nicewaycode.com/
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What's wrong with that campaign? It sounds like a great new approach. Anything that lessens the polarising of road users is a good thing. We are not enemies, we are co-users and need to start behaving more reasonably towards each other.
 
Orang Utan said:
What's wrong with that campaign? It sounds like a great new approach. Anything that lessens the polarising of road users is a good thing. We are not enemies, we are co-users and need to start behaving more reasonably towards each other.
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see my other reply. i can't be arsed typing it out again.

The only thing that changes people's behavior is 1) infrastructure 2) enforcement
 
How so? So according to the logic of this pile of shite, if i get run over it's my fault for not being nice?

this sort of patronising, worthless, cheesy drivel will evolve into an excuse not to provide proper infrastructure - moreso now that i see the fucking CTC has decided to endorse it. what are you fucking doing you muppets?

/cancels membership
 
That's not what it's about! It's just one aspect of the whole shebang. While we are waiting for reform, let's not make things worse by mutually antagonising each other. What's wrong with that sentiment?
Surely you can see the advantage of being polite rather than rude to other road users?
 
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