Soldato
I should add....I had surgery pretty much two days later to fix my jaw. So no more front teeth gaps and metal plate in my chin! Be interesting at airports in the future...
Well...where to begin...
Been off the bike for about 3 weeks now as I had a bit of an accident. Crashed off on my way home from a commute by hitting a kerb in a traffic island whilst negotiating roadworks near where I live. Went over the bars. Broke my jaw on the left side and split it apart in the middle (at my chin). This meant that I had a 3-4 mm gap between my front teeth where there was no gap before! Required 9 stitches in my chin as I had a massive cut. Grazed my knee. Broke my left thumb and left ring finger. Chipped one front tooth, knocked the other completely out of position and snapped off the one next to that in my upper jaw. I've also damaged/irritated a nerve in my right leg that means I can't curl my toes upwards on one foot.
So....yeah...not good.
Oh...and...sloppy diet for 6 weeks (4 weeks to go).
Bargain! Congrats
I have a ride on Strava from way back when called “I may as well have set my turbo up in the shower” or words to that effect.I ******* hate this country!
I'd be better taking my turbo and asking someone to hose me down, with cold water, whilst I trained inside a walk in freezer.
Ice cream? Plenty of calories to be had there! Also numbing properties from the cold?Yeah, I wil try get back on the bike soon, but can't really until I can improve my diet (sloppy diet is hopeless for getting calories in me, but great for losing weight!). And also when my jaw heals up and doesn't "rattle" and "float" around at every little bump! It's getting there though. My teeth will be the expensive thing sadly.
Haha yeah, with anything like this the shifters are always the most expensive part so sourcing a deal on them (or second hand) will really determine if it's worth while. As mentioned buying a complete bike and stripping might even be cheaper than buying the components lol :/yea but its just like me to buy everything under the sun to make it work...when I could have just got the pack from new and have everything I need in one go...and for less £.
Rule #5.I ******* hate this country!
The Race Matrix. Won't bother again as my use case is obviously not great for them, got 4x the life (or more) out of the Shimano pads which came from new.Thanks Roady. I'll see what the lbs has and go from there. Which compound uberbike pad are you using? Mine have been fine.
Interesting, I'd heard of JIS before and understood the differences before, but never appreciated it was still in use on modern components!On the note of derailleur adjustment it's actually a JIS screwdriver that's the perfect fit for them, whilst a Phillips will work a JIS will get much better bite and you're less likely to ruin the head.
Yeah, I wil try get back on the bike soon, but can't really until I can improve my diet (sloppy diet is hopeless for getting calories in me, but great for losing weight!). And also when my jaw heals up and doesn't "rattle" and "float" around at every little bump! It's getting there though. My teeth will be the expensive thing sadly.
Unless I've made eye contact I'll generally check behind and move to the centre or RHS of the lane when drivers approach to turn out of junctions from the left. Though sometimes when you think you've made eye contact they still go for it.
Yeah I'm happy doing it myself it's about the fact that their paperwork says they've done it, and more about the fact that their warranty is contingent on 'adequate servicing'... By them. That's what I'm really worried about, if there's something wrong and they try to defend some fundamental issue with "oh but it hasn't been serviced etcetera", I don't want to have to go to small claims court to prove it (because I'd probably leave it and do what I should've done in the first place, pay triple and buy from a good shop in the first place)Halfrauds always pretty poor at that. Their trained monkeys are trained to setup a new bike on a stand, sometimes to really tight tolerances, so as soon as it's got some weight on the saddle and some pressure on the wheel things rub.
My Carrera I bought from them in 2009 went back 4 times to 3 different Halfords mechanics due to chain rub (for free). Being an utter noob and getting sick of taking it back I learnt how to do it myself through trial and error in probably less then a total of 2 hours of fiddling spread over a week of commuting after each fiddle. :cool
Valuable skill and certainly worth learning yourself. Once you do you're already more advanced than the majority of Halfords mechanics (who only seem to build bikes from instructions, not ride them, in my experience).
Bargain! Congrats
Wise move, probably gives you a critical extra 1 second to consider your options, as opposed to staying snug against the kerb and getting absolutely **** all time to do anything other than brace for impact.
I do think as a regular cyclist you almost start to get a sixth sense type feeling of when someone is about to do something stupid.