Any question answered...

Interference fit so you don't want to do that.

^This. Light oil only on press fits.

as they have the word 'ceramic' is the title, are infinitely better?

Ceramic bearings for bikes are 90% marketing BS. Use the DT OEM ones or equivalents from a decent bearing manufacturer such as SKF or FAG.

This is also the kind of thing I used to do.

Problem - bit convoluted. Much annoyance.

Back in Feb last year, I bought a Charge Plug 0 (2016 model). Apart from having no mudguard mounting points on the back, it also has 135mm spacing at the back. Why? F*ck knows.

The OEM wheel is dead now. I've got a new pair of wheels build onto Surly hubs. As its 135mm at the back, I had the back wheel built onto a 135mm hub.

Mistake. The original rear wheel was a 120mm hub respaced. So now, not only is the chainline shit, but the freewheel fouls the chainstay.

****!

No choice but to get the rear wheel built onto a different hub? Just buy a new bike?

What shall I do?!

New Bike Time - all the fucking time

Ironically, I also have a 120mm Surly hub.

Is it going to be possible to take the axle out of the 135mm hub and use that with the 120mm body to solve this problem?

@Constable_Savage @mdcc_tester

Many thanks! I used a light coating of chain oil.

Seen a fair few people talking about the recent appearance of tree pollen in the air this week and have been getting the odd sneeze and sniffle already.
As a pretty bad hayfever sufferer I was just wondering what the best way to use anithestimanes is?
Should I start smashing them now or wait until the really high pollen counts arrive to get the best out of them?

What's the latest thinking on whether the 20 mph speed limit in the Royal Parks is applicable to cyclists? Bonus points for referencing the actual legislation.

IANAL etc...

Original 1997 legislation here
Amended 2004 here

Original wording is

'Speeds at which vehicles may be driven or ridden on a Park road'

I would guess their argument is that a bicycle is a ridden vehicle. Here (a website in association with the royal parks) there is

speed limits on the park roads apply to pedal cycles as well as other vehicles

I know there's been plenty of argument, but as its covered under a different piece of legislation than public roads it is a very grey area. I guess someone needs to challenge it and set a precedent!

Edit: Slater and Gordon have a piece here that backs up that interpretation of the Royal Parks bylaws.

And for the sake of completeness, both the 1997 Regulations and the 2004 amendments are secondary legislation made under primary legislation in the form of section 2(1) of the Parks Regulation (Amendment) Act 1926 which reads as follows:

'Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Commissioners of Works may make such regulations to be observed by persons using any park to which the principal Act applies, as they consider necessary for securing the proper management of the park, and the preservation of order and prevention of abuses therein, and if any person fails to comply with, or acts in contravention of, any regulations so made, he shall be guilty of an offence against the principal Act and shall be liable on conviction thereof by a court of summary jurisdiction to a penalty not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale.'

My view, and IIAL, is that the term 'vehicle' invariably includes bicycles in other contexts, and that while the imposition of a speed limit in the Royal Parks differs in that regard from the speed limits imposed generally by the Road Traffic Act, the latter uses the term 'motor vehicles' while the Royal Parks regulations do not.

The Royal Parks have to cater for horse drawn carriages, cart, Surreys with and without fringes on top and dog scooters to name but a few so vehicle does seem to catch-all.

Isn't there also the problem with determining the speed of the bicycle- something about the speed guns not being calibrated for bikes. (might be talking out of my arse)

And to add my pig-ignorant two cents, isn't there a reasonable plea of ignorance on a bike if you've not got a speed-measurement instrument?

No.

Skillz

I use other cars on the road as a sort of way to measure my speed, they never go over the speed limit :)

Drafting cars who stick to the 20mph limit in Richmond Park has really made me question the accuracy of my Garmin.

Is there even any point at looking at legislation until someone wants to challenge a magistrate's ruling? There were two well publicised cases in RP in the last couple of years, both found guilty and fined in magistrates court, but AFAIK that does not set precedent. Any discussion seems entirely speculative, but IANAL.

@umop3pisdn powedered it was more like granular. I've got it somewhere I'll cut it open when I have a mo

Not really. But I have massive legal resources available at my fingertips, and I was feeling bored. Most discussion is to an extent speculative, I find. If there wasn't room for speculation, there'd be nothing to discuss.

Fair point, fair point.

Car speedometers may legally overread but not legally underread.

Since when did cars obey speedlimits?

Most of those cars probably don't have cruise control and the drivers of the cars which do probably don't know how to use it properly.

Since when did cars obey speedlimits?

I think that was the joke, right?