Some cyclists are actually a bit mental..

[swee'pea99]

Pretty much everything on a bike makes sense. One bit going round and round, other bit staying still? Must be bearings in there, lubricated with grease. Cable that pulls back when you're not pulling the other end? Must be a spring at work. And so on. I don't do cars - I can't spell carbuerettor (maybe I can...that looks about right), let alone understand them. But there's nothing on a bike I won't have a go at, 'cos every bit of it visibly makes sense.

 

[BentMikey]

You mean like the very visible left hand pedal thread?

 

[swee'pea99]

I did say 'pretty much'...

 

[Davidc]

The scoutmaster (before it became leader) when I was in the scouts owned one of the two LBSs and used to do bike maintenance evenings. They tended to be Sturmey Archer 3 speed based but we all learned how to strip bikes down and do just about anything on them.

Its all much easier now with better machined and toleranced components, and a lot more thought having gone into designing for ease of fitting and set-up than in the past, but the knowledge from those long ago winter evenings still gets used.

With cable replacement it used to be a good idea to sketch the routing, now I just take some close up digital pix of it and just delete then afterwards. TBH I've rarely replaced gear cables, they haven't much tension on them and just seem to last years, its brake cables I seem to stretch and wreck.

 

[Goldfang]

Last night, plodding up the steepest hill in town on my way home from work at around 10.30 pm, met a teenage girl careering down the hill on what appeared to be an old Raleigh twenty/shopper. No brakes, both feet on the floor to slow herself down, and to cap it all, she was texting away like mad on her mobile!

 

[thegrumpybiker]

Last night, plodding up the steepest hill in town on my way home from work at around 10.30 pm, met a teenage girl careering down the hill on what appeared to be an old Raleigh twenty/shopper. No brakes, both feet on the floor to slow herself down, and to cap it all, she was texting away like mad on her mobile!

"OMG im gonna crash lol"

 

[MacB]

"OMG im gonna crash lol"

very good

 

[swee'pea99]

"OMG im gonna crash lol"

 

[potsy]

My colleague's bike pictured this morning.No that isn't a fancy gold chain it's sporting
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And another lad's commuter bike-Ianr and Fossy would have kittens if they saw this
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[fossyant]

My colleague's bike pictured this morning.No that isn't a fancy gold chain it's sporting

And another lad's commuter bike-Ianr and Fossy would have kittens if they saw this

Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

 

[potsy]

Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

It's a pretty smart bike tbh Specialized stumpjumper? I think.He reckons if it's dirty no one will nick it Have told him about the upcoming cc ride,his response was NO WAY unless it's all off road

 

[Rhythm Thief]

I don't do cars - I can't spell carbuerettor (maybe I can...that looks about right), let alone understand them.[/B] But there's nothing on a bike I won't have a go at, 'cos every bit of it visibly makes sense.

Cars are pretty much the same, to be honest, it's just a bit harder to get at all the pieces. But once you understand the principles of an internal combustion engine they're pretty easy to get to grips with.