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- 17 Oct 2015 14:35
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: Introductory Rides 2015
- Replies: 43
- Views: 29646
Hi all, apologies but I will no longer be able to lead the intro ride on the 1st November due to new job/new shift roster putting me on dayshift over that weekend. The new shift is four on four off so getting out regularly with you all will be a little more sporadic in future. Hopefully not too much...
- 04 Oct 2015 19:14
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: Club runs: 4th October 2015
- Replies: 16
- Views: 9970
Great run today Pete. Flat bits were certainly in the minority as expected. Nice to see some roads I hadn't been on before too. Andy pointed out the Winward Heath road as we went past. May have to take a little look! Slow but excellent cafe got us all warmed up in the sun. Good job the farmer turned...
- 03 Oct 2015 13:22
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: Club runs: 4th October 2015
- Replies: 16
- Views: 9970
- 21 Sep 2015 16:12
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: Club Runs: 20th September
- Replies: 15
- Views: 9086
Yes, we were heading for Kempsey and took a left so the Malvern hills were on our right. Checked the sat nav and put in Warndon village. Giovanni put in Rubery and it showed the same route. Oddly it took us south so eventually we hit the A46 and headed north. Nice run but a bit busy in places. Happy...
- 23 Aug 2015 20:56
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: Club Run 23 August
- Replies: 14
- Views: 9317
- 23 Aug 2015 17:44
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: Club Run 23 August
- Replies: 14
- Views: 9317
- 09 Aug 2015 18:45
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: Club Runs: 9th August
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6904
- 12 Jul 2015 22:47
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: Club runs 12th July
- Replies: 22
- Views: 15097
- 03 Jul 2015 20:53
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: 100 Mile C Run - 12th July 2015
- Replies: 22
- Views: 13691
- 21 Jun 2015 18:48
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: C run 21st June
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4026
- 07 Jun 2015 15:33
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: Club Runs: 7th June
- Replies: 40
- Views: 28939
Vale Golf club C run.
Great route today through some lovely lanes and that cafe makes cracking omelettes. Cheers for leading that one Dave. Couple of riders did not respond to car up shouts and looked a little vulnerable on several occasions though, enough to worry me on the main roads. I was on the point of riding up at...
- 18 May 2015 09:40
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: Clubs Runs: 17th May
- Replies: 22
- Views: 12778
- 17 May 2015 14:40
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: Clubs Runs: 17th May
- Replies: 22
- Views: 12778
Beacon Stalwarts who made the 0815 start to the Meriden cyclist memorial service and those who met us at the cafe after playing catch up were.... Charlie Pearson (L) Paul Farrell Helen Jamieson Simon Turner Pete Norman Steve Smith Dave Cole Amarjit Sangheera Baljit Sangheera Pete Marshall Callum Bie...
- 16 May 2015 11:29
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: Clubs Runs: 17th May
- Replies: 22
- Views: 12778
- 12 May 2015 17:51
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: Clubs Runs: 17th May
- Replies: 22
- Views: 12778
Revised departure time C run.
Thanks Steve. I could not remember the start time last year. I'll revise that then to 0815 at the Black Horse.
C Run: Departure at 0815 from the Black Horse
C Run: Departure at 0815 from the Black Horse
- 12 May 2015 11:19
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: Clubs Runs: 17th May
- Replies: 22
- Views: 12778
Meriden memorial service ride.
Hi all. Sunday's run to Meriden will be quite gentle to hopefully entice a few to turn up. I believe the service is due to commence at 11.00. (Please advise if this is not the case). As last year, we will make a stop at the cafe about half a mile from the destination, time permitting. If we are a li...
- 27 Mar 2015 11:38
- Forum: Technical Talk
- Topic: Wheel upgrade
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7768
- 22 Mar 2015 20:43
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: 100 Mile C Run - 12th July 2015
- Replies: 22
- Views: 13691
- 28 Jan 2015 19:28
- Forum: Technical Talk
- Topic: Wheel building at Birmingham Bike Foundry
- Replies: 15
- Views: 8710
Hi Pete. The only time I have ever broken spokes is on a relatively new wheel, probably due to them being over tensioned. I have replaced rims on the mtb a few times using the old spokes and never had a failure. Having no jig I true them up on the bike, using the brake blocks to sight the tolerances...
- 11 Jan 2015 23:29
- Forum: Other Rides & Touring
- Topic: Sunday 11 Jan Canal Ride to Hatton Lock
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6933
I ended up repairing the tube that originally went flat after the new tube deflated on pumping up. The tyre bead was exposed after the second attempt so I need to replace that. After about half an hour in Kings Norton Park I managed to get back ok and after looking at the route, I figured to catch y...
- 11 Jan 2015 00:04
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: Introductory Rides 2015
- Replies: 43
- Views: 29646
- 09 Jan 2015 23:04
- Forum: Other Rides & Touring
- Topic: Sunday 11 Jan Canal Ride to Hatton Lock
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6933
- 01 Nov 2014 23:59
- Forum: Club News & Events
- Topic: Balti
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5770
- 22 Sep 2014 21:38
- Forum: Technical Talk
- Topic: Am I a freak?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 8581
Having had to have a fly that vented its wrath by embedding its jaws into my eyeball surgically removed, I always wear a reasonably cheap set of wrap arounds. It's amazing what has been caught on the lenses after a ride. Half decent ones are pretty good at dispersing condensation and are usually adj...
- 22 Sep 2014 21:01
- Forum: Technical Talk
- Topic: 11 into 10 or 10 into 11!!!
- Replies: 15
- Views: 8529
If it helps, a sprocket is independent and a cog is a part of a set of gears. Cogs are usually meshed with other gears to transfer drive and a sprocket is a means of transferring drive by means of a chain or a belt, similar to a pulley. The chainrings at the front and the cassette at the rear would ...
- 22 Sep 2014 19:56
- Forum: Technical Talk
- Topic: Rear Mudguard Bridge
- Replies: 11
- Views: 7356
SKS Mudguards
I fitted a set of SKS guards to the Genesis in line with the instructions. They lasted four months of reasonably gentle commute and were full of stress cracks after this time. That's less than a thousand miles and only one off road run. Not great.