Did my first 100 miler of the year yesterday - was lush and I felt good the whole way round - was a glorious day to be on 2 wheels...
First ride in shorts too!
Noooooooooo!I say 100 miler - but when I uploaded to Strava it displayed as 99.93
all that effort for a 99.93 miler. buggerI say 100 miler - but when I uploaded to Strava it displayed as 99.93
I know - I even went round the block to make sure - my Garmin said 100.5
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smashing out the QOMs. Nice one
Here's my ride - parked up against a dogshit bin
My trusty Condor Tempo - had it for yonks - done 1000s and 1000s of miles.
In 5 years when I turn 50 I'm aiming to treat myself to something faster and lighter - with gears!
Far be it from me to put barriers in the way of you treating yourself to a new bike, but have you considered putting a bigger rear sprocket on it so you're riding a bit of a lower gear?
I stand by my view that fixed gear bikes are for velodromes only
ta. fixed.
Thanks again for all the advice.
Why not have gears?. I really notice not having a 32 on my summer bike. It’s so much better being able to sit down and grind away.
I got mine from Boots, they're quite basic but work. They give you a catalogue of special sports glasses but i went with some normal ones that were a kind of wrap around.
), so perhaps I’m just over-anxious about it. I was never a show off on bikes so never feel safe without both hands on the bars, so was just wondering how others behave - do you always indicate with your arm/hand thrust out or do you sometimes resort to other ways to signal your intent?
The national standards for cycling clarify that whilst you should signal when you can, if you don't need to then it's safer to keep both hands on the handlebars/brakes. The question really is how much you are going to get in the way of another road user if you don't signal so eg: if you are turning left into a side road, and there's a driver behind you, and no-one crossing the side road, you don't really need to signal because you are moving out of their way. But if there was a pedestrian crossing and you needed to stop/slow to let them cross you'd need to signal to let the driver behind you know you need to slow/stop. (This is the reason why the rear brake is on the left hand side in the UK btw, because you are more likely to be able to get away without signalling a left turn, you almost always need to signal right, and you really want the rear brake not the front to be always available).it says in the Highway Code:
Is this always possible? I don’t always indicate when it doesn’t feel safe to do so - such as when negotiating a roundabout, or riding on an uneven surface, going up a hill etc - when taking one hand off the bars will put you at even more risk. I just have to signal my intent clearly with my body and bike IYKWIM.
- Always use a clear signal to indicate your intentions to other road users.
The last time I came off my bike was due to losing control after taking one hand off the bars (though not to indicate - just fiddle with something - entirely my fault
You can only signal you’re slowing or stopping by slowing or stopping, no?
If you signal left to make the turn, the driver should expect you to slow to make the turn. They might hopefully spot the pedestrian and know you are going to stop but at least they know that you are about to do something.
