Riding in London

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AyBee

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10,560 posts

204 months

Friday 4th February 2011
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thegavster said:
Other than money, there's only one reason why someone would move 18 miles across London, almost quadrupling their commute. Boobs.
hehe

mk1fan

10,547 posts

227 months

Friday 4th February 2011
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will_ said:
Maintenance does add up though if you use it everyday (especially on London roads).
In fairness it's the filth that accumulates that's the issue. The Mong-One is singlespeed but the chain just seems to attract gummy grime. Not a huge issue - 10-mins work once a month.

Not that I commute into London anymore so it may have cleaned up in the last 12-months.

will_

6,027 posts

205 months

Friday 4th February 2011
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mk1fan said:
will_ said:
Maintenance does add up though if you use it everyday (especially on London roads).
In fairness it's the filth that accumulates that's the issue. The Mong-One is singlespeed but the chain just seems to attract gummy grime. Not a huge issue - 10-mins work once a month.

Not that I commute into London anymore so it may have cleaned up in the last 12-months.
It hasn't!

Add the salt and general road muck and I don't bother cleaning the bike, just the rims and transmission once a month. If I ever have to change a tube at the roadside I'm always covered in dirt though.

okgo

38,374 posts

200 months

Friday 4th February 2011
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I clean mine once a week, keeps it all in check.

Mr Will

13,719 posts

208 months

Friday 4th February 2011
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I've found a nice, easy way of cleaning mine:


okgo

38,374 posts

200 months

Friday 4th February 2011
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I didn't know they filmed Saw in your house!

will_

6,027 posts

205 months

Friday 4th February 2011
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Mr Will said:
I've found a nice, easy way of cleaning mine:

Grouting needs some work chap!

Mr Will

13,719 posts

208 months

Friday 4th February 2011
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will_ said:
Grouting needs some work chap!
It's a rented flat, not my problem...

walm

10,610 posts

204 months

Friday 4th February 2011
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Mr Will said:
will_ said:
Grouting needs some work chap!
It's a rented flat, not my problem...
Not until the landlord sees what you have been up to in the bath...

Mr Will

13,719 posts

208 months

Friday 4th February 2011
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walm said:
Not until the landlord sees what you have been up to in the bath...
hehe

(it's actually nowhere near as bad as it looks in that picture)

will_

6,027 posts

205 months

Friday 4th February 2011
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Mr Will said:
walm said:
Not until the landlord sees what you have been up to in the bath...
hehe

(it's actually nowhere near as bad as it looks in that picture)
Backpedaling eh? You need a fixie for that!

Mr Will

13,719 posts

208 months

Friday 4th February 2011
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will_ said:
Backpedaling eh? You need a fixie for that!
That explains why it isn't working!

Mr Gear

9,416 posts

192 months

Friday 4th February 2011
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Matt London said:
I stumbled across this site http://www.cyclestreets.net/ recently. It does a pretty good job of planning cycle specific routes for you. You also get to choose 3 filters. Quietest, Fastest and Balanced.
It also has the facility to convert and save the route as a .gpx file.
I loaded a couple of routes onto my Garmin 800. There were a couple of erroneous U-turns in the plan but the overall routes themselves were very good.

HTH

Ps you can also get it as an app.

Edited by Matt London on Thursday 20th January 22:36
Great website

princeperch

7,950 posts

249 months

Friday 4th February 2011
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walm said:
Mr Will said:
will_ said:
Grouting needs some work chap!
It's a rented flat, not my problem...
Not until the landlord sees what you have been up to in the bath...
forget about the landlord - my missus would go mental if she caught me doing that

okgo

38,374 posts

200 months

Friday 4th February 2011
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It doesn't work that well tbh.