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• 2011-10-18 - Rider Down, London Bridge approach

  in Rider Down • 13 years, 2 months

  

  People react to stressful situations in different ways, just because the driver is not running around screaming and crying about what nearly happened does not mean that he is not concerned for the cyclists' well-being. As Dammit said it is feasible that he has been instructed not to offer apologies in a situation like this in case it is taken as an admission of guilt, it is also possible that he is trying to keep himself to himself at the time because he is trying to 'pull himself together'. I don't know I wasn't there and I don't know the driver.

  Hope that the lady is not too affected by this experience.

  Same goes for you Dammit.

  Some drivers must be sociopathic, given the way they drive. I watch the Shard concrete pouring thing, and these huge cement lorries were thundering up and down St Thomas Street one after another. They didn't even slow down as they entered the site; the entrance was only just wide enough for one of these things. Their attitude must be "it's not my fault if you get squashed if you get in my way".

• Clips and Straps Recommendations

  in Bikes & Bits • 17 years, 1 month

  

  "Clips need to be slightly bigger than you need otherwise the ends of your toes will touch and this will wear your shoes and also become painful after a while."

  This only applies if you're using cycling shoes with slotted shoeplates, which I doubt anyone here's using for street riding.

• Favourite Bike Shops Ever

  in General • 17 years, 1 month

  

  jonny and this one which a friend of mine bought from roberto
  

  Yeah saw this frame as a complete bike at a jumble, so a dealer buys it from the jumble for £300, takes it apart and sell all the parts separately on ebay, then someone buys the frame and is now looking for parts to build it up...

• Favourite Bike Shops Ever

  in General • 17 years, 1 month

  

  Anyone remember Paolo Garbini?

• I have some spare pennies and want a new frame and...

  in General • 17 years, 1 month

  

  That Colnago's been in a head-on crash, so it's practically worthless IMHO, but I'm sure someone'll buy it, I think it's some other model not "Master".

• A favour: Spoke lengths please...

  in Mechanics & Fixin' • 17 years, 1 month

  

  "Phil Wood track rear, large flange" on CXP33 36 spokes 3 cross is

  left:285.9mm right:284.1mm

  "Phil Wood track rear, large flange" as listed on Spocalc is single sided, so for a double sided hub it would be 284mm both sides.

  Front track LF is not listed, but should be same as rear right. Sorry not sure what rim is "deep v", also need to know whether large or small flange.

• Ladies' bike anyone? It's this or a stolen bike from brick lane!

  in Bikes & Bits • 17 years, 1 month

  

  Tell her to cut out the middleman and save £40 and nick a bike herself. I just hope if her flat/room gets burgled, she'll think "thieves are only doing their job so "art students" can buy things they don't want to spend their money on, innit?"

• Rapha, nice but a bit pricey?

  in Bikes & Bits • 17 years, 1 month

  

  TheBrick(Tommy) dam the riders journal is sold out only 135 gbp
  http://www.rapha.cc/index.php?page=205

  Haha, that's because they never had any actually for sale in the first place, it was just a publicity gimmick, to get people talking.

• Rapha, nice but a bit pricey?

  in Bikes & Bits • 17 years, 1 month

  

  Their prices are not based on overheads, manufacturing costs etc, but on niche marketing.

• How do you remove printed logos on alloy?

  in Mechanics & Fixin' • 17 years, 1 month

  

  A metal polish like Autosol will do it.