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The Velotard Thread.

SLA said:
You need some of those disposable surgical gloves. Which, I've discovered, also work surprisingly well as glove liners on particularly cold and wet days on the bike.
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Yeah, was thinking of getting some of them. I used my Sealskinz waterproof gloves to wash my bike over the weekend, but I don't want to do that everytime!

I bought some glove liners from Decathlon for about £3 which I have been wearing all through the winter. They've been a God-send.
 
SLA said:
You need some of those disposable surgical gloves. Which, I've discovered, also work surprisingly well as glove liners on particularly cold and wet days on the bike.
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Annoyingly, I have a pair I forgot to put on (OH had surgery, and I was dressing the wound for a bit as it healed, and they're left over). I've also been intending to get another box, they do them in B&M or some other shop.
 
I just wear cheapo knitted gloves, with grips on the front when cycling. If it rains, my hands get wet, but my journeys are only 20-30 mins, not like machin or wombat.
 
I hate to agree with Cyber (on pretty much anything!) but round here on the weekends it's pretty much impossible to drive anywhere thanks to the hordes of cyclists riding the Olympic routes between Surrey and London. I say this as a keen cyclist who likes to ride these roads, but whenever I drive them, I do understand the annoyance.
 
The annoyance is disproportionate though. A motorist may be delayed by 5 seconds, whereas a cyclist could experience horrific injuries or worse.
Besides, motorists should want mor cyclists, otherwise we'd be in a car, in front of them in the traffic jam!
 
lemonjelly said:
The annoyance is disproportionate though. A motorist may be delayed by 5 seconds, whereas a cyclist could experience horrific injuries or worse.
Besides, motorists should want mor cyclists, otherwise we'd be in a car, in front of them in the traffic jam!
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Don't get me wrong, I'm all for cyclists. But when you meet yet another vast peloton (and it really is that round here) coming round the corner of a country lane spread right across the road, it's difficult not to mutter a few choice words. Just as you might if you kept meeting tractors or sheep.
 
SLA said:
I hate to agree with Cyber (on pretty much anything!) but round here on the weekends it's pretty much impossible to drive anywhere thanks to the hordes of cyclists riding the Olympic routes between Surrey and London. I say this as a keen cyclist who likes to ride these roads, but whenever I drive them, I do understand the annoyance.
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Wife is from Epsom. Family is still there. Box Hill is a motorist nightmare everyweekend. Oh and I live in Cambridge the student cycle capital of the UK.
 
Can't help I'm afraid, but I'm keen to get some myself so will be interested in any responses/opinions.
 
tredman said:
I'm looking to get a set of mudguards for my hybrid bike - does anyone have any recommendations?

Saw these on amazon and they look OK:

SKS Velo 700C Mudguard Set, Black, 47/55/65mm https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0087Y5WUO/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_4fcGAb8DGHA9R
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I had the sks commuter (I think) guards on my hybrid,easy to fit,good coverage,long flaps,kept the bike clean,and me dry,bought from Wheelies_1989 eBay page,paid under a tenner all in including postage,but did get lucky no one else was bidding
 
£272 for a 12 month service on my road bike :(

Need a new bottom bracket, cassette, chain, brake pads (contaminated), rear wheel bearings, cables and bar tape.

Wish I had the tools and know how to do it all myself. Will make it my mission to learn over the next year so that in 12 months time I can save myself that kind of money.
 
never done bar tape,but the rest of that is 2-3 hours work,bottom bracket would be the worst,it could be seized in.
Half decent tool kit from wiggle/Planet X/chain reaction or halfords has all the tools you need,and park tool explain it the best,but rj the bike guy is good as well,because he deals with rusty old knackers of bikes not just new stuff
 
Ouch! That aids to put to bed the supposition that cycling is a virtually cost free form of transport.
Lucky that at work we have a place on sight that will do regular services free (charge for any work done obvs).
Suspect that your bike is much higher spec than mine, as that fee is almost the cost of my bike!
Re-enforces my resolve to take better care of my bike though.
 
Keef said:
never done bar tape,but the rest of that is 2-3 hours work,bottom bracket would be the worst,it could be seized in.
Half decent tool kit from wiggle/Planet X/chain reaction or halfords has all the tools you need,and park tool explain it the best,but rj the bike guy is good as well,because he deals with rusty old knackers of bikes not just new stuff
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I'm happy to tinker with my hybrid - in fact I'm going to be doing a big upgrade on it soon. Converting it from a triple chainset to a 1x9 (just waiting for a narrow-wide 42T chainring to arrive), new wheels, new cassette, chain, cables etc. I'm just not happy attacking my £1,000 road bike with very little experience and few proper tools. I'd be more tempted if the wheel bearings and bottom bracket didn't need doing, but seeing as they do, I'll be paying for the workshop labour as it is so they might as well do the lot.
 
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