How was your cycle commute?

[gentlegreen]

A good day for a flappy coat - the southerly wind gave me a gentle push up the morning.

I almost came a cropper this morning - or worse injured another cyclist.
A car let me out and I started filtering without checking properly and another cyclist was filtering behind me on the main road.
It could have been very nasty.
It's a horrible bit of filtering in any case, so I think it's my cue to try the scenic diversion around it - though it has its own hazards.

 

[gentlegreen]

I was so distracted by having to battle against an impressive headwind on the way home, I ended up on my big front cog for the last mile and a half - I thought the chain felt a little rough.

And had a horn competition with a shortarse in a BMW and won.
I have a new PAIR going on over the hostilities.

 

[Dogsauce]

My commuting is finished for the year, on site tomorrow so I'll be pootling around in a hire car instead, bike will be going in the boot tonight.

Just that nice run back to the folks in the west country ahead of me (starting at 7am on Saturday). I've bought a waterproof, wish me luck.

 

[Orang Utan]

I pulled the front brake this morning and hardly anything happened. Oops! Neeed new brakes! My do they wear out quick.
I will have to wait til after Xmas to get them fitted now, which is a pain. And it will be fun riding home just using the back brake. I shall get the train tomorrow.

 

[gentlegreen]

 

[Orang Utan]

 

[Onket]

You can tighten brakes. Even I know that!

 

[Orang Utan]

You can tighten brakes. Even I know that!

I know how to do that too! They don't need tightening though, they're worn down. Well, the front one is. Haven't checked the back one, but might as well replace both

 

[gentlegreen]

If I'm going any distance I'll even carry a spare pair of pads !
The implication if they don't do anything at all is that you have metal touching metal.

 

[Orang Utan]

There's no metal in the brakepads. They're all rubber.

 

[Pickman's model]

There's no metal in the brakepads. They're all rubber.

and when the rubber is worn away, what is there then?

 

[Orang Utan]

 

[Orang Utan]

and when the rubber is worn away, what is there then?

Fuck off out of this thread Pickman's
You have nothing to contribute but snark.
You are not welcome

 

[Pickman's model]

it looks to me like when the rubber's worn away it would be the metal of the brake bit against the metal of the wheel rim, just as gentlegreen described

 

[Pickman's model]

Fuck off out of this thread Pickman's

not your thread => fuck off you dull cunt

 

[gentlegreen]

There's going to be metal in there somewhere even if you get a bit of grace via a plastic coating.
I assume the mounting pins are metal and not carbon fibre ?

 

[Pickman's model]

There's going to be metal in there somewhere even if you get a bit of grace via a plastic coating.
I assume the mounting pins are metal and not carbon fibre ?

you can see in the picture in 13183 that the thing holding the brakepad is made of metal.

 

[Orang Utan]

There's going to be metal in there somewhere even if you get a bit of grace via a plastic coating.
I assume the mounting pins are metal and not carbon fibre ?

I have no idea what a mounting pin is and don't know how to identify carbon fibre, so you're asking the wrong person again.
The rubbery bit has worn down to the harder bit of rubber/plastic, so needs to be replaced. I have tightened the brake so it works better for the journey home, but it's deffo time for a new one.

 

[gentlegreen]

There's certainly a screw going into something substantial ...

I've never actually had brake blocks like that on any of my bikes - they've always had threads sticking out ...

Clarks CP100 apparently ..

 

[Orang Utan]

it looks to me like when the rubber's worn away it would be the metal of the brake bit against the metal of the wheel rim, just as gentlegreen described

The only metal bit there is the bit that holds the brake pad, but fuck off will you. Put me on ignore. I'm fed up of your constant sniping. It's harrassment levels. You should have been banned a long time ago.

 

[Pickman's model]

The only metal bit there is the bit that holds the brake pad, but fuck off will you. Put me on ignore. I'm fed up of your constant sniping. It's harrassment levels. You should have been banned a long time ago.

you're the one whinging so if there's any ignoring to do you fuck off and do it. you know full well i don't pursue you round the boards so don't lie like some moany little brat.

 

[Orang Utan]

you can see in the picture in 13183 that the thing holding the brakepad is made of metal.

No, the brakepad has worn down to nothing and the the thing that holds it is a black piece of plastic/rubber that looks like a brake pad but isn't. Now fuck off.

 

[Pickman's model]

No, the brakepad has worn down to nothing and the the thing that holds it is a black piece of plastic/rubber that looks like a brake pad but isn't. Now fuck off.

i refer you to my post #13191

 

[Orang Utan]

you're the one whinging so if there's any ignoring to do you fuck off and do it. you know full well i don't pursue you round the boards so don't lie like some moany little brat.

Yes you do. Always circling like a vulture waiting for an inconsistency to pounce on. Fuck off.

 

[Pickman's model]

Yes you do. Always circling like a vulture waiting for an inconsistency to pounce on. Fuck off.

i don't 'circle like a vulture waiting for an inconsistency to pounce on'. i'd be replying to you on every thread if i did. now, you've got an ignore list: fuck off and use it.

 

[Orang Utan]

i don't 'circle like a vulture waiting for an inconsistency to pounce on'. i'd be replying to you on every thread if i did. now, you've got an ignore list: fuck off and use it.

Well it feels like it and I don't appreciate it so please cease interacting with me and I shall ignore you too.
Why are you on this thread? To disrupt, annoy and be a dick. Banning offence.

 

[Pickman's model]

Well it feels like it and I don't appreciate so please cease interacting with me and I shall ignore you too.
Why are you on this thread? To disrupt, annoy and be a dick. Banning offence.

you're a miserable little bleeder. tell you what, put me on ignore and we'll say no more about your foul and abusive behaviour in post 13183, for which i had offered no provocation.

 

[Orang Utan]

you're a miserable little bleeder. tell you what, put me on ignore and we'll say no more about your foul and abusive behaviour in post 13183, for which i had offered no provocation.

You are on ignore already. But you keep replying to my posts. Stop.

 

[Pickman's model]

You are on ignore already. But you keep replying to my posts. Stop.

i'll know you're continuing in your mendacious ways if you reply to this post.

 

[joustmaster]

Brake pads are a fiddly job to get them even.

gentlegreen why do you need a spare set on a long journey?
Some sort of megahill?