Search results

It does make me smile though, I can just imagine some bloke with an Amazon home shop thinking he can make a few quid out of selling extra hand sanitiser, whereas Aldi with their marketing genius are currently targeting lawnmowers on the very weekend that storm Jorge is due to set in :-)

Well I’m a little perplexed by that comment, on the one hand you are saying that had he been safety conscious then nothing would’ve happened (my paraphrase) yet you accept that other people influenced your own safety record. I think we agree that what he did was wrong, but where we perhaps...

The odds of this incident occurring and the severity of the outcome were stacked against him due to his excessive speed, the lack of attention by both parties does seem contributory, that does appear to be the case. My comments were directed to those in this thread speculating about how fast...

A flick of the handlebars 0.5 degrees to the left and he would have passed behind her.. maybe hit someone else.. maybe gone over the bars and broke his neck hitting the lamp post.... Going slower might have saved the day.. having an extra slice of toast in the morning would have put him 500m...

Well as previously mentioned I’m awaiting a minor operation that was cancelled due to winter pressures, if they rang me today and asked me if I wanted to go they can stick it up their backside :-) the last thing they need is me adding to the problems and the last thing I need is to be in a...

Which ever way I travel from here at one end of the journey I have to deal with Parys Mountain :-)

Yes I’ve got disc mounts on the front fork (suspension) so that’s a relatively straightforward job and the back brakes are okay really. The front is okay really but the block wear seems quite significant so far ;-) But looking at the front forks on the OP bike, I think it might be a struggle to...

It was laziness on my part really, rather than get off my backside and go to the shop and see what the price was there I just looked on Amazon. I’ve got plenty of the stuff at home for general washing and cleaning so it was only the little hand dispenser thingy that I was looking for, i’m...

Definitely mudguards! One thing I’m considering on mine now is upgrading the front brake to a disc. I’m finding the v brakes struggle a bit when it’s wet and the extra weight of the bike (and before anyone says it - me) are compounding that. Even here on Anglesey the hills are steep :-)

I use a bit of hand sanitiser when I’m out and about with the dog, I normally pay 3 or 4 quid for a spray which lasts months. I noticed that it was time I replaced it and as it’s prudent to have one in the car just now I thought I’d buy an extra one. Three sprays are now advertised at forty quid...

If I was of school age (I can vaguely remember how much I enjoyed school) I would definitely be coughing and spluttering my way around school and waiting to be sent home :)

Putting a mid drive on it would also mean the old redundant hub motor would remain , slight extra weight and mechanical complexity. Or extra cost replacing the wheel.

For sure, and that’s where the discussion is almost lost before it starts, I suspect by the time I’d finished talking to her about her dog she would have forgotten what the beginning of the conversation was about :) As soon as the guy on the bike started shouting about his rights and how she...

You do make me laugh :-)

Quite simple, I would’ve talked to her like a human being would.

It’s quite simple, people have lost the ability to communicate effectively. That whole situation could’ve been diffused in 30 seconds with a decent attitude. I’ve seen it here in threads where people start shouting about police state and how the police are terrible people. Sorry but you need...

Well they both came out of that looking like intelligent well-balanced people.

If the innertube has a Presta valve then you have to be a little bit creative to stop the captive screw closing off the hole when you squirt the gue in. Some remove the core, some remove the captive screw and let the core push into the tube. I normally don’t bother because I just use a bit of...

I had private health all of the time that I was working as part of my benefits package, never needed them once! Totally healthy, hardly had a day off sick in 30 years with that company. Retired - rebuilt a large agricultural building to pass the time, now need a minor hernia operation. I...

25 quid a year or bupa ( other products are available ) to achieve the same queue jump ;-)