The Cycling Chat Thread

[nick]

Mrs Nick's 6 yr old Whyte Cambridge spat out its disk pads.
The spares that I had bought after a lot off online research proved to be the wrong shape
She took it (carefully - no rear brakes) to bike fix who have said pads are impossible to get and are replacing the whole brake etc system with Shimano.
So that'll be a couple of hundred £
Why are there so many varieties of disk brake pad shape out there ?

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Wait - they’re replacing the entire braking system because they can’t get the right pads?

 

[Cid]

Mrs Nick's 6 yr old Whyte Cambridge spat out its disk pads.
The spares that I had bought after a lot off online research proved to be the wrong shape
She took it (carefully - no rear brakes) to bike fix who have said pads are impossible to get and are replacing the whole brake etc system with Shimano.
So that'll be a couple of hundred £
Why are there so many varieties of disk brake pad shape out there ?

Which system was it?

 

[weepiper]

Mrs Nick's 6 yr old Whyte Cambridge spat out its disk pads.
The spares that I had bought after a lot off online research proved to be the wrong shape
She took it (carefully - no rear brakes) to bike fix who have said pads are impossible to get and are replacing the whole brake etc system with Shimano.
So that'll be a couple of hundred £
Why are there so many varieties of disk brake pad shape out there ?

This seems strange. AFAIK Whyte hybrids of that age all used either Tektro Auriga or Promax Hornet brakes which both use very standard pad shapes (the Tektro ones use the same as Shimano BO1S pads and the Promax ones use the same shape as Avid Juicys). Can you take a photo of the pads for me?

 

[nick]

Thanks for all the input - though her bike is already on the stand - so it's academic only
They were "Hayes Dyno"

I bought what I thought were replacement pads from Total Bleed solutions, but the hole through which the retaining screw goes was in the wrong place (not far enough to one end). This is the image of the old pads - when I took them out one time to check wear (and order the incorrect replacements)

For what it's worth, my bike uses either L04c (metal) and L02A (resin) - which seems a little more obtainable.

The boy's Triban seems to use Promax 300r (haven't tried to change them yet) - which Decathlon seem to have in stock most of the time

 

[Dogsauce]

Gloves for road cycling - what are any good? The ones I have (which got thrown in with some shoes I bought many years ago) are wrecked so I need something new. I’ve had Aldi in the past but they were quite shitty (but only about three quid). I‘m not looking for something particularly weatherproof as I tend not to go out in the wet, just the usual fingerless type.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Gloves for road cycling - what are any good? The ones I have (which got thrown in with some shoes I bought many years ago) are wrecked so I need something new. I’ve had Aldi in the past but they were quite shitty (but only about three quid). I‘m not looking for something particularly weatherproof as I tend not to go out in the wet, just the usual fingerless type.

I usually go with "whatever fits and is on discount at the time"

 

[magneze]

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Evans Cycles is wants all those taking part in the event in the London area to cycle over Blackfriars Bridge between 11am and 1pm. A video camera will count passing riders and traffic.

 

[Orang Utan]

Today I had a standoff with a driver who was trying to turn illegally when the lights only allow cars to go forward and then turn left further up the road. Just calmly rode into the road and blocked and pointed forward and he turned back and went in the correct direction.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Today I had a standoff with a driver who was trying to turn illegally when the lights only allow cars to go forward and then turn left further up the road. Just calmly rode into the road and blocked and pointed forward and he turned back and went in the correct direction.

There’s a section in the A38 cycle route here in B’ham where this is pretty much a daily occurrence. Turns were allowed before the bike lane was put in and many cars drivers still seem very angry about it

 

[Almor]

Schwalbe marathon vs discarded rivet thing


Don't know if a marathon plus would have shrugged it off


Why are they pointy? The blunt bit is the functional end

 

[DownwardDog]

Schwalbe marathon vs discarded rivet thing

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Don't know if a marathon puts would have shrugged it off

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Why are they pointy? The blunt bit is the functional end

To make it quicker and easier to slide the mandrel into the riveting tool.

 

[Almor]

To make it quicker and easier to slide the mandrel into the riveting tool.

Or into my tyre

 

[BigTom]

There’s a section in the A38 cycle route here in B’ham where this is pretty much a daily occurrence. Turns were allowed before the bike lane was put in and many cars drivers still seem very angry about it

Yep. The traffic survey before that showed 4 vehicles per hour turning to go up priory road, there's just such little need for it when you look at the surrounding road layout it's easy to see why, but it seems like every driver who has failed to take the left/right turn previous to that junction just decides to make the turn anyway, rather than going on to the next junction and doubling back on themselves.

I don't think they can do anything to physically stop it because of need to allow the cross traffic through but it'd be good to know if the council have even looked at it.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Yep. The traffic survey before that showed 4 vehicles per hour turning to go up priory road, there's just such little need for it when you look at the surrounding road layout it's easy to see why, but it seems like every driver who has failed to take the left/right turn previous to that junction just decides to make the turn anyway, rather than going on to the next junction and doubling back on themselves.

I don't think they can do anything to physically stop it because of need to allow the cross traffic through but it'd be good to know if the council have even looked at it.

It needs a camera dishing out fines...

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

So, this ebike business...had it just over 2 months, the weather’s been fairly abysmal which has stopped many of us riding, still...




And my shins always look like this...







And my shoes are always a bit mucky...




On the analogue bike would have perhaps had 5 rides of 10-15 miles each in the same time, so yeah, still smiling

 

[Cid]

So, this ebike business...had it just over 2 months, the weather’s been fairly abysmal which has stopped many of us riding, still...

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And my shins always look like this...


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And my shoes are always a bit mucky...

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On the analogue bike would have perhaps had 5 rides of 10-15 miles each in the same time, so yeah, still smiling

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[Bahnhof Strasse]

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My sock does pull up, I found this out today when ended up on a bridle path that was basically a mile of stinging nettles. At the end of the torment I pulled my socks up

 

[Cid]

 

[Cid]

I'm calling that first ride of the summer. By which I mean first ride of the year where I've not taken a waterproof and various warming things.

 

[weepiper]

I had the jacket and arm warmers in the back pocket and the short sleeve jersey unzipped today. And I'm sunburnt.

 

[Cid]

I had the jacket and arm warmers in the back pocket and the short sleeve jersey unzipped today. And I'm sunburnt.

Yeah, was also the first ride I decided to put on sun tan lotion...

 

[Dogsauce]

On one of my Friday commutes I did that thing where you slip off the pedal and it swings round and twats you in the shin. Didn’t massively hurt but when I rolled my trouser up at home it looked like I had an extra kneecap with a cut in the middle of it. Pedals are those double-sided Shimano clips/flat pedals, I think the clip side caught me.

 

[weepiper]

Mr W just back from a monster solo ride

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Can’t believe he didn’t go round the block a bit at the end to get the 100

 

[braindancer]

Had a cracking weekend on the bike in mid Wales - hills, hills, hills galore...

Then I did a 5 mile ride yesterday and fell off into a stream and sprained my wrist

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

The fucking paint job on this bad boy...

 

[weepiper]

I rode nearly 47 miles on a mountain bike today. 90% of it was off-road and a lot of that was on sand. Bit fucking fucko-ed now.

 

[Dogsauce]

On the subject of mountain bikes, what sort of thing could I get for about 200 second hand that isn’t shit? I’d just quite like to have a go on some of the trails in the woods close to our flat. I got a bit of money for my birthday which I can top up to about that amount. I’ve had a couple of old school Raleigh MTBs in the past (for free off mates) that have been quite rideable around town with little in the way of maintenance needed, and I know to avoid cheap ugly stuff with loads of suspension gubbins that breaks. What would be reasonably resilient and low-maintenance?

 

[DJWrongspeed]

Not a great advert for carbon frame's =>