Aren't Bicycles Great.

armyknife

Good grief John, interesting bike transformation.

Johnmcl7

I was disappointed I couldn't go to a CX race yesterday as I was on call and it was a bit further away but given how wet it was I think the bike would have been a right mess again in just an hour.

John

armyknife

Went out for a nice little ride this afternoon, rather than deal with an accumulation of 13 punctured inner tubes; I did the right thing, didn't I? :embarasse

Nasqueron

armyknife wrote: »

Went out for a nice little ride this afternoon, rather than deal with an accumulation of 13 punctured inner tubes; I did the right thing, didn't I? :embarasse

Buy new tubes and new tyres if you've got that many punctures and can't be bothered to fix them

Nasqueron

wealdroam wrote: »

That's a flawed argument.

Income Tax is a tax on income.
You'll be telling us next that as evidenced by the fact that there are many people who have an income but legitimately pay no Income Tax, there is no such thing as Income Tax.

That argument makes no sense at all.

You have a tax on income, offset by allowances, it's still an income tax.

You do not pay a tax to use the road ergo it's not road tax (nor is it called that by the government) and the money is not used directly to build or maintain roads

Chrisblue1962

In true MSE tradition, I'm fixing up an old bike that was given to me for nothing .


The previous owner managed to somehow get the chain jammed between largest and second chainring? Two links are protruding through the chainring. I've split the chain using a chain splitter but wary about using brute force to remove it. Anyone got any clever tips or tricks on how to remove the jammed chain, which is going to be replaced?


All ideas / suggestions welcome.

Johnmcl7

I have to admit my cycling is going poorly at the moment, I went to wipe this bit of mud off the bike and realised it wasn't mud:



£25 and it has a new set of tyres and front brake blocks so can't complain too much about that. The new road bike I've been wanting that was due in December and has been delayed every month until March has just been delayed again so I'm toying whether to pop down to Edinburgh and have a look at a suitable alternative.

On the mountain bike front I've been getting concerned as I went out a ride after the Puffer and didn't enjoy it at all, it was dark, muddy and with this horrendous snow that seemed to kill all motion on the bike but even then those rides are still good. I also had no confidence at all in the bike after losing the front end during the race, I've always loved the bike for the huge amount of confidence the big tyres give. What you particularly appreciate when not getting out riding are the mental benefits, I used to hate mountain biking and found it so stressful then once I got the hang of it I found I needed the rides as a stress release.

Anyway, great weather today and the bike has its new cassette and bottom bracket (still needs new mudguards and pedals, this Puffer has been a pricey one) so decided best thing to do would be to get out riding so popped out to a local trail centre and had a decent ride. I'm not fussed about Strava in general but I do find it's a great motivator, I was slowly slogging up a hill and thinking how crap my fitness is when I quickly caught a few other riders. I had a little look on Strava and found that was my fastest time on the climb (including the times from my lighter and faster 29er) plus set a few other personal bests on some of the twisty sections that hadn't felt that fast either. It's definitely true that it doesn't get easier, you just get faster



John

suited-aces

Chrisblue1962 wrote: »

In true MSE tradition, I'm fixing up an old bike that was given to me for nothing .


The previous owner managed to somehow get the chain jammed between largest and second chainring? Two links are protruding through the chainring. I've split the chain using a chain splitter but wary about using brute force to remove it. Anyone got any clever tips or tricks on how to remove the jammed chain, which is going to be replaced?


All ideas / suggestions welcome.

Could you easily remove the rings?

armyknife

BST has arrived, perfect for evening rides now! :-)

esuhl

armyknife wrote: »

BST has arrived, perfect for evening rides now! :-)

YEEEESSS!!! AT LAST!!! Time to come out of hibernation!

I'd give anything to stick to GMT+1 all year round.

For next winter, I'm getting one of these: