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A pharmacy will normally have a list of which other shops open late night / weekends on the door.
+1 for visiting a walk in centre though - they can make you scream properly by scrubbing out the gravel
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A pharmacy will normally have a list of which other shops open late night / weekends on the door.
+1 for visiting a walk in centre though - they can make you scream properly by scrubbing out the gravel
Soldato
Random observation but your right shifter looks to be set at a weird angle?
Think its a trick of the photograph! (assume you mean its bent outwards).
http://i1313.photobucket.com/albums/t544/duckson/P1100993.jpg
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Must be - how strange.
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Ouch! Hope you're ok! And the bike too.
Must be the day for it, as i crashed this afternoon as well. Just as well I only paid £30 for that new jacket as it's got a bloody great hole in the elbow now!
My own stupid fault - should have stuck to main roads. Ventured up a back road to do a climb and hit some ice on the descent. Bike went down hard and i went sliding off down the hill. Elbow, knee and ass have some lovely road rash and i expect will be fairly bruised in the morning. Yet to really check the bike properly - it's not shifting great but it got me home.
http://www.strava.com/activities/94330318
Up until then i'd been having a pretty perfect winter ride.
Oh well. Stay safe kids.
Ouch Berger - that sounds painful. Nice of the mountain rescue to bring you back down.
I've been meaning to pare my bikes down a bit because I've got too many. The dead Raleigh I had hanging on the shed wall got a lick of red paint, a heavy dose of iron filings in the surface and some rusty steel wheels I had taking up space. This is now wall art in the garden and, at the request of the other half, will be garden art with the herb pots growing on it next year. With a bit of luck it should 'age' quite quickly over winter with the iron filings and look the part for next summer.
I've been meaning to pare my bikes down a bit because I've got too many. The dead Raleigh I had hanging on the shed wall got a lick of red paint, a heavy dose of iron filings in the surface and some rusty steel wheels I had taking up space. This is now wall art in the garden and, at the request of the other half, will be garden art with the herb pots growing on it next year. With a bit of luck it should 'age' quite quickly over winter with the iron filings and look the part for next summer.
UniQ ... wanted to ask about R5s in general as thinking of getting a 'summer' bike in addition to my CAAD8 commuter. Going to attempt to find a stockist and try one but may be able to get a 2012 frame for 1.6-1.7k. Its a 51 and I'm a short ar$e, only 5ft 6 and ride a 51 CAAD8 (got it on the cycle to work and feel its a bit big as no real seat - bar drop). What size are you and your R5 - any other frames comparable to the geometry?
Oh - and whats wrong with yours if you're thinking of selling it? My shortlist of 'summer' bikes was Cervelo/Bianchi/Colnago really so always have other options
PS - went a bit overboard on the hills today, should have stopped before Ide as had to stop halfway
http://www.strava.com/activities/94301741
Oh - and whats wrong with yours if you're thinking of selling it? My shortlist of 'summer' bikes was Cervelo/Bianchi/Colnago really so always have other options
PS - went a bit overboard on the hills today, should have stopped before Ide as had to stop halfway
http://www.strava.com/activities/94301741
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I'm just 87 miles off my target of 3000 for the year. I should be able to knock that out over the next fortnight. It's been quite good as targets go - achievable, but challenging enough to motivate me to get out there.
I'll have to start thinking if my goals for next year pretty soon...
I'll have to start thinking if my goals for next year pretty soon...
I'm here for two weeks, think I'm pretty busy till Wednesday or Thursday now with wedding commitments, it'll be Thursday or Friday at a guess until I've healed up a bit.
Bike seems ok just superficial damage, shifters, bar tape etc.
Soldato
fallowing my puncture on Wednesday here's the result -;
ride it or buy a new tyre?
ride it or buy a new tyre?
Wouldnt have been me mate as i was remote control car racing today.
Hope your ok Berger.
Did you fall off on the road that is quite rough with potholes coming down from winter hill?
It was the Belmont / Rivington road, coming from the Belmont direction not far after reaching the top. Went past a turn around point then down and right, was a little rough but not too bad, could see where cars had bottomed out, just a shaded spot that mustn't get any light.
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Are the Continental Ultrasport Folding Tyres any good?
http://www.planet-x-bikes.co.uk/i/q/ZXCONTITYRE/conti_tyre_bundle
2 tyres and 2 inner tubes for £20!
http://www.planet-x-bikes.co.uk/i/q/ZXCONTITYRE/conti_tyre_bundle
2 tyres and 2 inner tubes for £20!
Horrific weather for yesterday's ride but I had planned to do it all week so made myself do it http://app.strava.com/activities/94078374
Managed to outrun the rain for the first 2 hrs, then it followed me the rest of the way. The ferry at Gravesend didn't turn up on time either so I had to sit around for over an hour for the next one shivering my nuts off! Had to get picked up the other side as I had frozen solid!
Still a distance PB though. Looking forward to doing the full distance on a nicer day, and avoiding the A25 due to a wrong turn :/
Managed to outrun the rain for the first 2 hrs, then it followed me the rest of the way. The ferry at Gravesend didn't turn up on time either so I had to sit around for over an hour for the next one shivering my nuts off! Had to get picked up the other side as I had frozen solid!
Still a distance PB though. Looking forward to doing the full distance on a nicer day, and avoiding the A25 due to a wrong turn :/
Soldato
I blew a conti ultrasport this week just before doing a 2000m descent - so make of that what you will. It was pretty worn though!
I've the ultra road and it's fine, iirc it cost me £14 new on its own.
I'd save them for summer tho.
how well did MR patch you up? worn an area larger than the palm of your hand off? head to MIU (not A&E tbh) to get it checked.
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