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• Wanted: Mechanic's Practice Bike

  in Wanted Adverts • 3 years, 3 months

  

  I'm working on being a better mechanic and have signed up for a C&G course in a couple of months time.

  I'd like a bike that I can practice my skills on before then that I wouldn't care about completely borking up. Very much a learn by doing sort of person - YouTube videos only take me so far.

  Preferably looking for a pretty standard geared setup - something with gears I can practice indexing and rim brakes I can practice adjusting.

  Anyone got something lying around they'd be willing to part with for the cause?

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• Brompton owners

  in General • 4 years, 4 months

  

  Thanks!

• Brompton owners

  in General • 4 years, 4 months

  

  So I just picked up my new H3R from Evans, my first question occurred to me about half way home.

  Should the hub be making that clicking noise? Particularly when I backpedal slightly.

• Brompton owners

  in General • 4 years, 5 months

  

  Anyone know how seriously I can take the Evans"due in stock" estimates? I've emailed them but no joy yet.

  Looking specifically at a H3L, currently "Due in stock 23/08/2020". Can anyone in the know tell me if that's a pretty solid estimate or am I just as likely to be waiting until Christmas? Or is it basically impossible for anyone to say?

• This morning's commute and other commuting stories

  in General • 4 years, 9 months

  

  Got aggressively beeped out of the way by a big lorry on the approach to Southwark Bridge this morning.

  Made my displeasure known as I breezed past in the cycle lane on the bridge. Enjoy your time waiting in the queue, fucker.

• This morning's commute and other commuting stories

  in General • 4 years, 9 months

  

  Thanks Oliver! Extremely interesting, as always.

• This morning's commute and other commuting stories

  in General • 4 years, 10 months

  

  Holy shit, I've just discovered a new way for a driver to be an arsehole on Vauxhall Walk.

  This time going southbound, which you'd think would mean any drivers would just hold their position behind me, but no, one of London's finest in his seven seater just fully mounted the pavement to pass me within about 8 inches, with two astonished pedestrians as witnesses.

  Thanks, peds, for your sympathy.

  Taxi had driven off before I could get deets but fuck me that was incredibly dangerous.

• This morning's commute and other commuting stories

  in General • 4 years, 10 months

  

  Beautiful.

• This morning's commute and other commuting stories

  in General • 4 years, 10 months

  

  It's not even particularly dangerous - in the vast majority of cases it just results in quite a slow game of chicken.

  It's just a prime opportunity for motorists to display the fact that they think cyclists should get out of their way wherever possible regardless of who has right of way.

  "Ah, I see a big give way box, a narrow road, oncoming cyclists, shall I give way...? Nah, I think I'll drive at them and assume they'll scatter."