BigDL

There is a hierarchy though. The bigger or faster your vehicle (car or motorbike), the more the responsibility lies with you not to behave in a way that puts others lives at risk.

You’re so right that we don’t train people to drive fast, or even drive properly at all. Driving lessons focus on teaching you to pass the test, not to drive properly. My son just did his advanced driver training a year after he got his licence and is a different quality of driver altogether now. I’m learning from some of the stuff he does now, even though I’ve been driving for 35 years.

Less and less empathy on social media now. More and more aggression. There is a hierarchy of vulnerability for road users and it is good to remember that a “mistake” when driving a car or motorcycle that results in you hitting a more vulnerable road user is likely to have far worse consequences for them than a mistake when cycling or walking.

Thought about this thread when listening to this last night. Really interesting, especially th le second half. https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-real-science-of-sport-podcast/id1461719225?i=1000645493021

My worry is more about having a mechanical somewhere and parts not being easily available. Struggled to get parts recently.

Agree with you 100% about the motorcyclists. Was chatting to a contractor at work the other day about motorbikes after he saw me with a helmet. He was telling me about the frustration he has with cyclists when he’s out on a Sunday morning super bike run on country roads and comes around a corner at 100mph and nearly connects a group of cyclists who are “hogging the road”.

As far as I can work out, it is the Microspline driver

fair enough - haven’t heard that before. Mine regularly has my XL anthem and my road bike on with no issues, even in long trips. I wonder if speed plays a part. I seem to remember something about not travelling over 60mph with the carrier on.

I have the same carrier and XL bikes - never had this problem. Suspect, as Prego said, there's an issue with the ball or the carrier. I wouldn't be comfortable using a carrier that had movement in it.

Thank you - I’ll have a look later when I’m home

Thanks 🙏

Interesting articles in the context of this discussion https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2024/feb/06/cycling-boom-was-not-here-to-stay-and-lack-of-institutional-will-could-keep-it-away https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/feb/12/if-cycling-clubs-feel-like-golf-clubs-on-wheels-people-will-shun-them

Thank you - wasn’t aware of the QR option. When the frame was replaced I had to pay for new wheels due to no QR. I appreciate the advice

I’ve searched the forum and can’t find the info I need, and the internet seems to have much contradictory info, so here’s hoping for some hub wisdom. I have a giant anthem 29er. It’s a bit of a hodge podge of components as I have replaced bits and pieces as they break, including the frame after my 2014 frame broke and giant replaced it with a 2016 frame. Due to parts availability (or lack thereof), I would like to convert the bike to a 1x12, but don’t know if this is feasible. Has anyone done something similar before or have knowledge of whether this is doable?

Not just licenced, but subject to the laws related to licensing. So manufactured to motorcycle safety expectations etc

Why be a knob?

Presumably an ebike KOM?

Please please please don't pop a Lithium battery because someone on the internet said so. If you have a thermal event, you will *** bricks. We've had a few over the years and that's in a controlled environment. I would hate to have one at home.

If you’re saying to pop the swollen battery with a pin, then that is incredibly bad advice. My team deals with dozens of device battery changes a day, but we have a protocol that kicks in with swollen batteries that requires special handling, packaging and shipping rather than dealing in house with them as the risks are very high of a thermal event. If I’ve misunderstood your advice, apologies and ignore the above but sticking a pin into a swollen lithium ion battery is not something to ever do.

Could you perhaps do it by battery capacity, almost like go as fast as you like but you're restricted to X or Y capacity battery for the event, so battery management becomes important?

For Sani this year, because we're doing the trail, which is where the e-bikers are located as well if I understand correctly, I had to select what type of bikes we were riding (e-bike or regular). Presumably they use this info to separate the motor supported guys from the non motor supported groups. It did get me wondering though about the extra organisational ball ache of providing enough charging points for e-bike batteries and creating rules about how many batteries you can use etc. - presume it's just another layer of complexity, but maybe balanced out by the increase in entries as folks who maybe wouldn't do events without e-bikes now have that option.

Stopped in at the Chain Reaction Retail Store yesterday to say cheers to a couple of the guys there that I have dealt with on and off over the years. The store is in "everything must go" mode, although 99% of stuff is gone already. A few components and clothes at 80% discount in a couple of areas and maybe 4 or 5 bikes for sale at 60% discount. Was reminiscing about what a part CRC played in the promotion of mountain biking in Ireland. Sponsorships of trail centres and riders, support for community groups etc. the public used to be able to go up to their warehouse in the old days pre new retail store and there was always someone to fetch items for you to look at, try on etc. Really weird to not have them in Northern Ireland now in any way. When the merger happened, the owners received significant cash as part of the deal, so at least they got the benefit of their work I suppose.

Price match is not always possible for a small LBS, so then you must decide if you’re willing to pay a premium to keep a local relationship. Before CRC fell to bits, my bike mechanic used to sometimes send me there to buy the parts for cheaper than his cost price and then he charged me his hourly rate to do the work

interesting to read in that article that strava has been profitable for the past four years. Seems like the move to restrict non subscribers access to some features a few years back has paid off. Hopefully he’ll not be pushing to sell ads and our personal data Google style

Bought and paid for years ago. He reckons that they must have had heaps of stuff in warehouses for years and years. He said that they tried to return stuff that they his employer hasn’t stocked for 5 years