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as is this thread.In my teenage years, the classic was for bystanders to call out to passing cyclists "Hey! Your wheels are going round!"
as is this thread.In my teenage years, the classic was for bystanders to call out to passing cyclists "Hey! Your wheels are going round!"
as is this thread.
no probs - I have a habit of diving in part way through.I can't be expected to read everything!
He really pumped up the price huh.That's nothing.
I went into a bike shop on holiday a few years ago, saw a track pump I liked, guy tells me the price. So I go back to our apartment for the cash and when I return he had doubled the price!
That's inflation, he told me 🤷♂️
so you can sharpen razor blades under that little cardboard pyramid ? why not store your bike under a bigger one? "Wow man you may be into something there".
That recumbent is dangerous, it so close to the road, drivers won’t be able to see it. This dumb statement is often expressed by other cyclists who should know better .
This reminds me of my neighbour. I had to goto the local shop and walked out the door when I saw my neighbour (Hello John!) pumping his bike tyre. About 30 minutes later I walked back and he was still pumping the bike tyre: same bike, same tyre. I put the shopping down and "Hey John, you want some help?"An old one that some may not have heard:
An Oxford professor was seen pumping up the front tyre on his bike when clearly the rear tyre was deflated. A passing undergraduate asked him why he was doing this and got the reply: 'Do you mean to say that they are not interconnected?'
This reminds me of my neighbour. I had to goto the local shop and walked out the door when I saw my neighbour (Hello John!) pumping his bike tyre. About 30 minutes later I walked back and he was still pumping the bike tyre: same bike, same tyre. I put the shopping down and "Hey John, you want some help?"
"The air isn't going into the tyre no matter how much i pump it" he told me.
I went over, closed the lever on the tyre pump and instantly he felt some resistance and said "ah now I can feel the air go in, i never knew you had to close that thing!"
That reminds me of someone whose chain only lasted about 12 or so miles...With a rider of my weight, with my quads that pretty close to the truth. Im very pleased indeed if a chain is inside 0.75 after 1200 or so miles (not those diet km things the foreigners use).
Ha - I took a young bodybuilder colleague out on a hilly ride once and he DID manage to damage his transmission. He insisted on using the big ring everywhere, including a 25% climb! I told him to use lower gears and spin his legs but he stuck to using masses of brute force. After a couple of hills he ripped the chain apart ...
I may have dreamt this, but here goes:Two words: Presta valve. (Most tubes I have are Schraders)
The same Guy Martin who thinks it is quite normal for men in pubs in Ireland to issue drivers licences in exchange for cash?Everyone was very patient - it was Guy Martin.