Names and faces to bikes

I always get really really twitchy when I see people, especially couriers, with a chain across their waist or over their shoulder.

I've always been told to never, ever wear a lock of any size on my body whilst riding a motorbike, because in the event of a crash it will break all your fucking ribs if you land on it. Whilst, obviously, you might not be going as fast on a bike as you would on a motorbike, the chance of someone else going fast is just as high. It always worries me, and it seems rather pointless; if you're just locking quickly for a pick-up, a d-lock is fine, so keep the chain in your bag for when you're leaving it for a while.

p.s. angle that mudguard down you pellet.

Yeah but it looks the part

No [angling down the mudguard] wouldn't [help].

Really? I don't get those mudguards, they're front guards put on the back right?

I did a skid today. and someone saw me and looked at me funny...

Who did I see on Scott's old BMW yesterday evening on Clerkenwell Road just over the railway bridge?

I always get really really twitchy when I see people, especially couriers, with a chain across their waist or over their shoulder.

I've always been told to never, ever wear a lock of any size on my body whilst riding a motorbike, because in the event of a crash it will break all your fucking ribs if you land on it. Whilst, obviously, you might not be going as fast on a bike as you would on a motorbike, the chance of someone else going fast is just as high. It always worries me, and it seems rather pointless; if you're just locking quickly for a pick-up, a d-lock is fine, so keep the chain in your bag for when you're leaving it for a while.

p.s. angle that mudguard down you pellet.

i agree, i have broke a rib coming off the bike, and the chain has slid up. ouch!

Yeah but it looks the part

haha

Max has got the 'geared' bug now too?

Max just misheard. He thought it was 'gearier'.

I always get really really twitchy when I see people, especially couriers, with a chain across their waist or over their shoulder.

I've always been told to never, ever wear a lock of any size on my body whilst riding a motorbike, because in the event of a crash it will break all your fucking ribs if you land on it. Whilst, obviously, you might not be going as fast on a bike as you would on a motorbike, the chance of someone else going fast is just as high. It always worries me, and it seems rather pointless; if you're just locking quickly for a pick-up, a d-lock is fine, so keep the chain in your bag for when you're leaving it for a while.

p.s. angle that mudguard down you pellet.

It was my first day working on my new road bike... My first bike with QR wheels. Wanted to lock front wheel to frame. Forgot that I don't like carrying the chain. Back to D lock. Great story.

Mudguard is fine, what's your problem?

Really? I don't get those mudguards, they're front guards put on the back right?

No. What's not to get?!

Who did I see on Scott's old BMW yesterday evening on Clerkenwell Road just over the railway bridge?

James, Pistoffski on here.

that mudguard looks shite!

Who did I see on Scott's old BMW yesterday evening on Clerkenwell Road just over the railway bridge?

James, Pistoffski on here.

that this mean Scott has sold it?

Or you could just switch your QRs for these?

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=26621

Nice one Malaysian! Thank you!

that mudguard looks shite!

It's a mudguard. A temporary, removable mudguard. Keeps my arse and thighs dry. I don't care!?

I don't care!?

are you asking us?

No. What's not to get?!

It isn't made as your using it or is it? That's what I don't get.

It can't be a rear guard, yet I cant see how it would be a front guard, so it must be a rear guard, but why?

Loads of people have them, and I dont comprehend

It isn't made as your using it or is it? That's what I don't get. Loads of people have them, and I dont comprehend

You can flip it down if it's actually raining. You need it at that jaunty angle if you're wheeling your bike downstairs.

Yeah that's the one I've got, but I've seen loads which are hard wired to be upright.

It one of those things that you don't care about but you see it all the time and find yourself thinking along the same dead end every time.

They work pretty much the same at any angle.

No they don't. At least I don't think they do.

Let's meet up and do a field test

They do, it's not like I don't know or I'm lying!?

It would work at the angle Max has his.

does it matter?! fuckin ell.... watching this argument is like watching a mouse repeatedly bite into an electrocuted piece of cheese.

Not as well (my imagined physics tests tell me), but it would seem well enough.

Still looks shit, though.

You wanna talk mud guards?

now that there is a mudguard.

does it matter?! fuckin ell.... watching this argument is like watching a mouse repeatedly bite into an electrocuted piece of cheese.

Quite fun then; 'I want that cheese...shit!... and so on."