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• Tyre / tire size

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• Server move

  in Announcements, Help & Testing • 15 years

  

  you know, I use lfgss on my mobile, but the link never bother me since it only take a quick google 'lfgss' to get to the forum.

  just thought I'd mention that.

  There's a huge difference between the mobile version of the site and the full one, which lots of phones wouldn't cope with or it just wouldn't be usable.

  Also "google.com" followed by "lfgss" is more to type than "m.lfgss.com" - not all phones remember addresses or do bookmarks. (Both "google" and "lfgss" aren't ideal names for phones though, having consecutive letters on the same key. I doubt Google are going to change their name because of that any time soon though)

  I guess my point is what's handy for someone isn't always handy for everyone else.

• 20mph limit. Can cyclists get done for this?

  in General • 15 years

  

  Maybe they have to be within 10% accuracy when they're made, or something. It sounds like it could just be an extrapolation of that 10% leeway thing that most people talk about with speed limits, or the other way around. It'd be unenforcable anyway surely - MOTs don't check it.

• Possible stolen bike on Gumtree

  in General • 15 years

  

  Is this thread going to be a default for suspicious Gumtree tree ads?

  If it is, here's another one, just popped up:

  http://www.gumtree.com/london/69/50615569.html

  in case it's any use to someone.

• Twit

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 15 years, 3 months

  

  He does sound rubbish. I liked this though:

  http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/arts-%26-entertainment/guardian-readers-prepare-for-dan-brown-sneerathon-200909162065/

• Anyone on two wheels is a friend

  in General • 15 years, 4 months

  

  But suspension? surely a rigid would be more than enough?

  Just a thought: given that the police are one of the most "unionised" workforces (I know it's not a real union, they can't strike etc.), do you not think if they had a problem with their bikes they'd do something about it themselves?

  A copper on a bike isn't being used in pursuit of anyone, just to be a presence in a wider area than one on foot, surely?

• Charge Plug

  in Bikes & Bits • 15 years, 5 months

  

  Go up to the first post on this topic.

  look at the date of when it was made.

  I don't even need to point it out.

  It means s/he UTFS'ed and posted in a relevant existing thread and didn't create a new one.
  That's good, no?

• Can't get tyre on / Tight rim

  in Mechanics & Fixin' • 15 years, 6 months

  

  gatorskins are a pain to get on, but you just need to be persistent. alternatively, you could try a crank brothers speed lever.

  

  These are great, I didn't understand why they got such good praise until I got one. They pull out and rotate - clip one end over the axle and the other over or under the tyre (different edge for on or off), then just push it around the whole rim. Makes it a doddle, or with the few tyres I've used it with anyway.

• Tube strike, London

  in General • 15 years, 6 months

  

  Aha, "Maggie" praise - that's like Hitler/Godwin's Law for a thread, innit?

• Tube strike, London

  in General • 15 years, 6 months

  

  Dailly Mail >>>>>>>

  It's a lot closer <<< than that, I fear.