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I'd like to remind faniepret that the problem under discussion exists because motorists do not respect cyclists enough. Remember that a cyclist that crashes into a car will only most likely injure him/herself. A motorist can kill one or more cyclists in one pass and drive away unscathed. Who carries the greater weight of responsibility here? Motorists regard cyclists as being a nuisance because they dont recognise our right to be on the road, so they don't treat us as legitimate road users. Obviously a bicycle cannot move as fast as a car. Where there is no designated bicycle lane (the yellow zone is NOT a designated cycling lane!), a cyclist is LEGALLY OBLIGED to ride in the road. The drivers of cars behind the cyclists are LEGALLY OBLIGED to acknowledge the right of the cyclist to be there, and to behave accordingly i.e. with respect and patience. What we suffer from is a general and profound lack of sophistication that engenders an inherent understanding of why we need to respect each other and the rules of the road - so that all of us can do what we need to do without anyone getting hurt. But so many of us don't even know the rules - what can we expect from Joe Public if police officers don't even know that it's illegal for cyclists to ride facing oncoming traffic?

wow, so THAT's why i could never see sram products on chain reaction cycles! i always wondered about that... thanks for clearing that up sebnac. i've changed my country to uk et voila! (psst sebnac, get a friend in the uk who visits sa regularly. problem solved )

Just get bright pink. Can't go wrong with pink.

It's going to become a question of, "That holiday, or that new bike?" OR "Perfect present for significant other, but I NEED those carbon wheels!" As well as, "Haven't seen my best buddy for months but HE JUST WON'T GET A BIKE!" And eventually all you will see, sleep and breathe will be the next ride... It's a wonderful life!

IMG_0322.JPG I think 'twice' is a bit conservative...

Don't waste your money on a gel pad. Get decent shorts (first ascent good to start with) and TITS.

Hi all My sister wants to get a bike to commute to college, and I'm really concerned about the security of her steed. I came across a bike lock post from 2012, but it was very brief and 3 years old (it did contain a great post from Cycling Police in London). I'd love to hear from cyclists who commute often and have to leave their bikes in public places as to how they secure their bikes and what they use ito type of lock and brand?

Oh, and there's no such thing as a stupid question (it had to be said!!!)

Best serious answer. It's the rider's abilities that make the difference, not the bike. Look at the pros...

I'm a Capetonian living in Botswana. I missed out on doing the Argus as I only started cycling last year so my first time was the cycle tour solidarity ride. I was SO glad is was shortened because I didn't train as hard as I should have, so 47km on a Sunday morning around my home town was great. I got online as soon as I heard entries were open, stayed online for an hour and got my bookings in. Hooray! Bottom line: change is the only constant. And where people are reluctant to think too hard, they follow trends. I don't care. I will submit my application or whatever every year (as long as I can afford it), in whatever way i'm required to. If I get in, great. If I don't, subs or try again the next year.

I wonder what would happen if all of us cyclists made and posted video clips of non-cyclists being mean or threatening, where the cyclist responds politely and with good humour (obviously i'm excluding accident scenarios); and every time someone made a negative comment about cyclists/cycling, cyclists would respond with something like 'why don't you come out on a club ride sometime and see what it's really about...' Anger is understandable, but it can lead to deepening a hole that someone else has dug for you...

They're the ones that came with the bike, so I have no idea where they came from...

Hi all So i'm riding along quite pleasantly, bike's purring, then I apply my rear brakes and hear this awful scraping sound, accompanied by reduced braking effect. This happened before (947 last year, my first), and it turned out to be a bit of metal that mysteriously got stuck to my front rim and was relatively easily removed. This time, I had to remove the pads and this is what they looked like, after I gouged several bits of metal flakes off them: Where the hell did the flakes come from? I've looked at my rims, and it seems to me (when I look at the rims on our other bikes) that they seem unusually rough. Not very, but the rough areas are widespread around the rim. Could the aluminium be flaking and getting caught in my pads? This has happened before, but always seemed to sort itself out after a bit of hard braking. I would just get new pads, but not if my rims are effed...

Hi all My buddy got a small trek 2000, aluminium frame, 2nd hand. He wanted to repaint, so he sent it for sandblasting, only to discover that the fork was made of carbon! So huge hole in the side. He got a contact for someone who fixes carbon frames in Benoni, but the guy wouldn't touch forks (understandably) He'd like to get a new fork, but it's a small women's size bike with 650C wheel size, so the fork is shorter than normal, and the frame won't take a normal 700C size wheel. So I'm throwing out this post in the hope that someone out there has what he's looking for, or knows where to find it...

Hey everybody, does anyone know where i could find a pair of cable housing stop adaptors for aluminium frame? Oh wow, Warthog... your MUCH better half, you mean