black'n'yellow
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Best advice I ever got was to ignore everyone's advice....
best simple hint/tip
- Thread starter Broughtonblue
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Mr Haematocrit
msg me on kik for android
- Location
- Out of the saddle
TonyEnjoyD
Guru
- Location
- Newcastle upon Tyne
Line your tube valve up with the logo on your tyre, much easier to find whatever caused he p??????e.
Boris Bajic
Guest
Best tip ever?
£5 for delivering an occasional table in Hamstead for an upmarket furniture shop when I forst left school.
Half my day's money!
£5 for delivering an occasional table in Hamstead for an upmarket furniture shop when I forst left school.
Half my day's money!
slowmotion
Quite dreadful
- Location
- lost somewhere
....and get the tyre bead right down into the well of the rim when trying to get it back on .....
[ with thanks to Spa Cycles ]
Accy cyclist
Legendary Member
- Location
- The hills of Accrington
I think it was Black and Yellow who advised dropping road tyre/tube pressure to 90/100psi instead of 110psi. Touchwood, since doing so about 3 months ago i've been puncture free.
stewie griffin
Über Member
- Location
- Quahog
A teaspoon of clothes washing detergent powder dissolved in water left in a tea stained mug/cup overnight removes stains without scrubbing.
Cycling specific or just general tips?
Cycling specific or just general tips?
wealthysoup
Active Member
- Location
- Belfast
A teaspoon of clothes washing detergent powder dissolved in water left in a tea stained mug/cup overnight removes stains without scrubbing.
Cycling specific or just general tips?
Good thing I read your whole post and didn't just assume that was some strange recovery drink
TonyEnjoyD
Guru
- Location
- Newcastle upon Tyne
You mean it isn't?......"Mrs T, can you drive me to the NHS walk-in centre please, I'm feeling a little odd!"Good thing I read your whole post and didn't just assume that was some strange recovery drink
Night Train
Maker of Things
- Location
- Greater Manchester
Two tips:
Just ride it.
Now get a Brompton.
Just ride it.
Now get a Brompton.
Sittingduck
Legendary Member
- Location
- Somewhere flat
Here's 3 (I'm feeling generous).
1. Get your saddle up to the correct height
2. Inflate tyres to a decent pressure (and top them up regularly)
3. Gear down and learn to spin
1. Get your saddle up to the correct height
2. Inflate tyres to a decent pressure (and top them up regularly)
3. Gear down and learn to spin
Fab Foodie
hanging-on in quiet desperation ...
- Location
- Kirton, Devon.
Relax when climbing.
A Var tyre lever is a good thing.
Mickle your chain
Vaseline is a perfect grease for bike bits
Insulating tape is cheaper than rim tape
Good tyres are worth every penny .... and nowadays that's quite a few pennies!
Expensive groupsets don't make you go any faster, good wheels and tyres do.
A Var tyre lever is a good thing.
Mickle your chain
Vaseline is a perfect grease for bike bits
Insulating tape is cheaper than rim tape
Good tyres are worth every penny .... and nowadays that's quite a few pennies!
Expensive groupsets don't make you go any faster, good wheels and tyres do.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
So many random tips...
On MTB's, and indeed many flat barred road bikes, modern hyrdaulic brakes are V powerful and have 1 or 2 finger levers. Run your levers further inboard if this is the case - you only need 1 finger on the lever blade and it'll help protect delicate hydraulic levers in the event of a tumble.
If you're touring, run your spare cables alongside the ones fitted to the bike. It makes swapping them over much easier, and is less of a faff to carry them.
Chrome don't get you home - ride the bike before buying. There is simply no other way of accurately determining which is the best bike for you. Buying from a catalogue is dodgy. The XT spec on the bike might look tempting, but quite often the Doere equipped rival has a better frame.
Lights - when buying lights make sure they all take the same size battery. Makes buying and running rechargeables much simpler.
If you do wear a helmet, dont be tempted to strap cameras, torches, anvils etc to them - having a solid object mounted in such a position that an impact could ram it through your skull kinda negates the whole point of a lid in the first place (and eys, I have seen this once).
Don't be tempted to gob off at motorists, no amtter how hard they try to kill you - it achieves nothign whatsoever, and stands you in the potential way of the next Kenneth Noye.
On MTB's, and indeed many flat barred road bikes, modern hyrdaulic brakes are V powerful and have 1 or 2 finger levers. Run your levers further inboard if this is the case - you only need 1 finger on the lever blade and it'll help protect delicate hydraulic levers in the event of a tumble.
If you're touring, run your spare cables alongside the ones fitted to the bike. It makes swapping them over much easier, and is less of a faff to carry them.
Chrome don't get you home - ride the bike before buying. There is simply no other way of accurately determining which is the best bike for you. Buying from a catalogue is dodgy. The XT spec on the bike might look tempting, but quite often the Doere equipped rival has a better frame.
Lights - when buying lights make sure they all take the same size battery. Makes buying and running rechargeables much simpler.
If you do wear a helmet, dont be tempted to strap cameras, torches, anvils etc to them - having a solid object mounted in such a position that an impact could ram it through your skull kinda negates the whole point of a lid in the first place (and eys, I have seen this once).
Don't be tempted to gob off at motorists, no amtter how hard they try to kill you - it achieves nothign whatsoever, and stands you in the potential way of the next Kenneth Noye.
