Your tips and tricks

[Jake]

stop at red lights
be wary of lorries
if in doubt, stop and get off and push bike
check weather before leaving house

bit anal, but i do keep a I.C.E. card on me with name, emergency contact numbers, blood group etc.

 

[dondare]

What's Mashing Phil?

Forcing round a high gear.

 

[Amanda P]

What's Mashing Phil?

Well, you get potatoes, milk, butter, and....

Oh. Dondare beat me to it.

 

[the reluctant cyclist]

I would recommend checking out a few different routes as you get fed up of the same one all the time - I do anyway!

Also, I make sure I have spare socks packed because they are usually the wettest thing. I also keep a couple of spare sets of batteries on me too for light failure!

My favourite gizmo for my bike bag though is a bottle of tyre seal instant repair stuff that you squirt into the inner tube if you have had puncture. It was £1.99 a tin from Decathlon and it always gets me home so the inner tube can be changed in the comfort of my own garage!

 

[mr_cellophane]

Know the law and keep it.

and expect everyone else not to.

 

[Origamist]

Don't believe everything you read on cycling fora.

 

[magnatom]

Get a helmet camera, and don't forget to tell them magnatom sent you...

 

[mickle]

Replace your QRs with 5mm Alen key skewers to discourage work colleagues from zarking with your bike.

 

[Mr Pig]

Stick a few big cable ties in your seat tube, they can bodge loads of things, and carry a good multi-tool with pliers.

 

[robz400]

Whatever you do, don't borrow your mates brothers heap of a bike then ride at full speed down a hill laughing as you fly past a poor old lady in shopping buggy thing and expect the front wheel to stay attached when you try to bump up a kurb!!

I'm sure she smilied as she wobbled past me at 4mph whilst i was lying on the floor in pain.

I think its called instant karma! (I was 15!!)

 

[Bodhbh]

If something sounds like it's fallen off the bike, it's because it has (ie ****ing stop).

 

[twowheelsgood]

loctite is your friend, use it on everything that isn't supposed to move. You can get a tiny (5g) tube and carry it in the toolkit (from a model shop, usually for radio controlled cars which otherwise shake themselves to bits).

I've NEVER had any issue with SPD bolts coming undone in 10 year of using them.

It also prevents corrosion too, especially where two different metals come together and otherwise you'd have an electrolytic effect.

 

[Mr Phoebus]

Practice your favourite put-down retort, so you're confident and ready for the next driver who 'shouts out at you'.

 

[pinkkaz]

Always check behind you when loosing off a snot rocket on a windy day.

Always check the wind direction when loosing off a snot rocket, as having it end up down your side / front isn't cool.

Ew gross. That's totally put me off my toast.

I have had to dodge spit on a couple of occasions but that would take the biscuit!

 

[robz400]

The only two tools you'll ever need are duct tape and wd40:

If it doesn't move and should use the WD40
If it moves and it shouldn't use the duct tape