Pmccee

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• Generic Touring Thread

  in Cycle Touring and Bikepacking • 3 weeks, 4 days

  

  Orgiva is lovely. Only stopped a night whilst on tour but would definitely love to spend a winter cycling round the alpujurras or down to the coast.

• Albion, nice and a reasonable amount of pocket locations

  in Bikes & Bits • 1 month, 2 weeks

  

  Just a wee PSA to say that the repair patches are great! Had some sitting on my desk for ages and finally got round to using them with pleasing results. Waiting on a reup on the website to patch more of my holier than thou kit to give it a new lease of life.

• The Cat Thread

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 1 month, 3 weeks

  

  Yeah my mistakes at work don't tend to kill anyone. I'm just worried it'd be held against the poor guy if it's a process / practice issue. I'm getting angrier thinking about it having a few days to let it simmer.

• The Cat Thread

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 1 month, 3 weeks

  

  Max has been at the vet since Thursday morning. The daft cunt vet injected him with paracetamol instead of sedative before his ultrasound. He's been on meds / recovering since at the hospital getting bloods throughout. He comes home tomorrow thankfully. How much of a cunt should I be to the vet? I initially was understanding about mistakes happening but it's been 3 nights now where he's probably traumatised with who knows what long terms effects.

• Mechanics and Fixing Any Questions Answered

  in Mechanics & Fixin' • 1 month, 3 weeks

  

  Nothing that I can see now, but that does make sense as to how they were retained. They definitely didn't come apart this easily before. Will have a hunt and see if I can find the hub spec.

• Mechanics and Fixing Any Questions Answered

  in Mechanics & Fixin' • 1 month, 3 weeks

  

  Thru axle hub end caps. How do I stop these falling off all the time? Giant stock wheels every time I take the wheel out to put it in the car the caps always fall off. Today was the first time I managed to ride without one of them in placevby mistake..can't think of this happening with any other wheels tbh so not sure if a feature or a flaw..

• Winter Road Bikes

  in Bikes & Bits • 2 months

  

  I lied when I said reasonably cheap, forgot i'd hit pay in 3 🤣 £50 from Westbrook cycles but that looks like the rrp. Still feel like it was worth it though given how easy it was to fit.

• Winter Road Bikes

  in Bikes & Bits • 2 months

  

  Does yours have the mechanical/hydro converter...? Ugly and abit annoying but managed to get the kit to add accessories.
  Still fugly but at least now functional as can get my light & headunit mounted. Replaced it with a go pro mount for the light so it's at least a little less unsightly.

• Winter Road Bikes

  in Bikes & Bits • 2 months

  

  @jdp I would! Easy to fit and picked them up reasonably cheap. 37mm wide for 32mm tyres.

  Was looking at the Kinesis fend off guards as an alternative but the temptation of an easy fit was too strong. Didn't have to bodge anything other than a longer fork mount bracket to bring it closer to the tyre.

• Winter Road Bikes

  in Bikes & Bits • 2 months

  

  First big ride on the new to me Giant contend. Ebay bargain I picked up in Norwich. Love it, but don't love it enough to clean it after today. Full guards with long flaps, still covered in shit.

  Giant rgx bike specific guards rattled loose just once, need to tighten everything up. Minimal swearing involved to fit them mercifully. Bring on more winter cold crispy days!