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I don't suppose anybody has a copy of "A Peiper's Tale" that I could borrow do they?

....and for each spoke you tighten slacken off the spokes either side so you minimise the adjustment to any single spoke. Edit: John's is a good point. Depends how big the wobble is. If it's only slight (your brake blocks are close to the rim) I'd attempt it myself. If it's a big wobble I'd be conce...

Easy job for you local LBS. If you do it yourself just remember that to tighten a spoke you turn the nipple anticlockwise (looking at it from the hub) which can be a bit counter-intuitive, or at least it was for me last time I tweeked a wheel and couldn't understand why it was getting worse not bett...

Women's Worlds TT currently on BBC freeview red button and http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_s ... 269507.stm

For day rides, most of us manage with a reasonable size saddle wedge. For a bit of extra space for a day ride you could use a bar bag or for maybe an overnight stop a rear rack bag or a seatpost bag. For all round use including touring and commuting you'll most probably want mudguards so look for a ...

Hi Steve & welcome. When I first started cycling I had a similar budget and wasn't sure how my cycling interests might develop. It's difficult without a crystal ball but it's worth doing some hard thinking in this respect before you finally decide what sort of bike you need. For instance, why canal ...

Blimey, my tyre only had a square cm down to the cotton and I've binned it, talk about throw away society

Went out for a ride tonight and this flick flick flick noise was bugging me. Stopped to spin wheels but no noise so started riding again... flick flick flick. Thought it might be a bit of grit on a tyre so stopped again to inspect tyres. There was a small bald patch on the rear tyre and a bit of rub...

So that's what the little holes in the largest sprockets are for..... scuttles off to add chicken wire to saddle bag.....

I meant how many thousand miles in total has it done before it failed

Yikes - out of interest, how many miles on that hub?

If you're planning your route in advance and transferring this to the unit the maps aren't essential. An arrow points you in the right direction and changes when you need to turn. This is how the older pre-mapping units worked and quite a few people still use this for audax purposes. You only really...

Two choices, either City Navigator or the Topo map, so add another £100 or so to your bill. :shock: Of course you don't have to have either, just go by the preloaded base map, but its pretty crap to be honest, ok then.... very crap!! OpenStreetMap increasingly seems to be a viable free alternative....

The Etrex Vista HCx is the one favoured by audax types for navigation or the Etrex Legend HCx if you don't want the electronic compass & barometric altitude. The 705 is more aligned to training.

Thanks Rod - a trusted professional opinion is most welcome in these days when unqualified internet self-diagnosis is so accessible and doctor's waiting rooms are so hazardous. Having previously not suffered from insect bites much, during the last few years I seem to have become more prone to them. ...

Having recommended Ibrupofen I should point out that it's NOT a pain killer. It's a non-steroidal anti-inflamatory drug so reduces the pain by reducing the inflamation that causes it rather than simply masking the pain itself. It works by inhibiting platelet formation so it would not be a good idea ...

I've only got an entry level selle italia with a hole in the middle and have never had a problem. I do make an effort to periodically pedal out of the saddle to keep the blood flow going down there.

It's probably just some crud that's making the jockey wheel stiff that you could clear with WD40 and a thin sharp thing.

I don't do headaches or pills as a rule but carry a couple of paracetamol in the saddle wedge in case a headache or something should ever threaten to spoil a long ride. Yesterday I popped them to try and help me through some bad leg pain, I think the beer at Shutford was more effective though. At th...

http://www.islabikes.co.uk/ founded by Isla Rowntree of Stourbridge CC (2nd woman in this years LMTT) are the specialists.

Some taller girls might get away with 650C ladies bikes but islabikes will offer stuff like appropriate length cranks, brake reach etc.

the fact that loads of pro teams still use them is testimony to their performance. Yeh, but if they get a flat they just have to hold up their hand and somebody gives them a new wheel :wink: BTW, I didn't mean to imply that I think the grip on conti's is bad, just that I've heard that it's particul...

I use Conti GP 4 Seasons oct-apr and Conti GP4000S for the rest of the year. They seem to have good flat resistance and are hard wearing. I don't really go fast enough to be able to comment on what the grip's like but it's supposed to be better on the GP4000S than on the GP4000 and the GP 4 Seasons ...

You can use any Shimano compatible 8 spd chain, I used to prefer SRAM but I've recently been converted to KMC. If the current chain is Shimano original it'll be fixed together with a joining pin and you'll need a chain tool to break it. KMC and SRAM chains come with a joining link which is better (I...

I use mileage as a guide but measure with a steel rule to check when I think it's about time to change the chain. You measure a 12" length (24 links) pin to pin with the chain under a little tension. The chain needs changing when the far pin is 1/16" past the mark - you can carry on until 1/8" but t...

I now have Koolstops but they're going to have an easier time of it in drier weather. Have you gone for green, black, salmon or dual compound? I started with the dual compounds, switching to salmon for wet weather, but now I just tend to leave the salmon in all the time. When I manage to wear any o...

Not really comparing like with like because I don't cover the same distances as you nor go fast enough to need to brake very often. However, I switched from standard blocks including OEM's to Koolstop Salmons (last autumn I think) because I found the ordinary ones were rubbish in the wet, quickly be...

I recently finished reading a very curious book called 'Travels with Rosinante (?)' by Bernard something-or-other. I would be more precise, but I instantly lent it to Steve to read so I can't copy down the rather magnificent French surname. It's Bernard Magnouloux. I'm a few chapters in and enjoyin...

I'd be surprised if a bit of imaginative searching doesn't reveal a hack to enable you to use the maps you've already bought on both units. This sounds like a rip off - you can only use one unit at a time after all. Alternatively, Open Street Maps might be of interest depending on where you want to ...

Leominster 122km "Welsh Marches" Mid April Start @ Monkland Village Hall Well organised with good food at start & finish - good cafe controls. Clear & accurate route sheet. Lumpy first section to Grosmont. Middle section includes climb of Gospel Pass to the second stop at Hay on Wye. Beautiful pano...

I'm not sure but, while the opportunity for a bigger slice of cake is tempting, I think I'll have help Philip display his new slimmed-down image to best effect because the imax version is making a mess of the page layouts on any threads to which he's posted.

No live video themselves but the following have links to live video streams as and when they appear...

http://www.steephill.tv/

http://www.cyclingfans.com/

I don't see why not as there's no clickiness in the rear mech.

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/mc/Cycle/7/Mino ... _-_Spares/

These are intended for emergency get you home purposes but I have a tyre with a small hole (no bigger than a mm or two) after hitting a large stone which I might try to repair with part of one. If it works I think I'd only use that tyre for local rides though.

There's no email digest option Jon but, as Ed suggests, the page to bookmark is.....
http://www.beaconrcc.org.uk/message_boa ... d=newposts

A permanent is an audax that you can ride on a day of your choice. Rather than control stamps you need to get other timed/dated proofs of passage. That should be simple with Danial Webb's out & back Cambrian (the first of the two which is being run as a calendar event on April 11), I guess it would ...

No, for long midweek summer rides I was plotting one or two permanent audaxes, centrainly this and perhaps this (only starting/ending in Chipping Campden).

Actually Si that's your ride for 21st June, surely it's already in your diary?

You can go at your own pace though, no need to stay behind me

Here's another for the collection. The registration / login function is a bit basic but everything seems to work well and it seems to process imprted GPX files quickly (recently bikeroutetoaster seems to have struggled with that). I also like the OS map that you get if you "toggle map sizes" http://...

You'll also need one for your first audax, it makes it easier to follow the routesheet.

Sorry, I'll get my coat..................

Apparently they don't yet exist, just a concept, the photo is a mock-up.

I know nothing but some discussion of this at http://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=3414.0

Is that like when your spinning bike wobbles on the hard floor at Tiverton Phil? I'm convinced one day you'll lift the back so far you'll end up in a face plant with the bike on top of you

All models of Mavic R-SYS front wheels are concerned (R-SYS, R-SYS test, R-SYS Premium), whether purchased separately or as part of a bicycle. The wheels must no longer be used.

http://www.mavic.com/road/news/news.762.aspx

Actually, having recently tried http://bikeroutetoaster.com/ I think I prefer that.

Noticed this while purging old topics, will move to technical.

My current preference is http://www.bikely.com/

A Significant Other by Matt Rendell

Overall, not one of my favourites, but I did really enjoy the chapters written from the eyes of Victor Hugo Pena. These chapters are worth reading in their own right even if you skip the rest of the book.

Do you mean like this....

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In Search of Robert Millar Richard Moore This was read in a couple of sittings, again an essential read about another of the UK's most successful cyclist, if not THE most successful. He was my cycling hero, so was pleased to find this a great read - recommended!! I'll second that - just finished it...

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flick flick flick....

Another miracle cure for the saddle bag

Leominster 122km "Welsh Marches"

Mavic R-SYS wheel recall

A Significant Other by Matt Rendell