The "Photos From Today's Ride" thread...

[MadDad]

whatleytom said:

MadDad said:

TKF said:

Black can man said:

Glorious day in the great park.

Such a frustrating view. I'd love to hammer it down there.

I did it on a BMX as a kid, even back then ('80's), I was stopped at the gate half way down and given an almighty bking by the park wardens, then to complete the public humiliation they made me WALK my bike back up the hill to the Copper Horse while driving along behind me in a Mini Metro Van!!

Where is it?

It's the top of the 'The Long Walk' in Windsor looking towards the Castle, if you turned around 180' there is a giant statue of King George III sat on a copper horse at the top of the hill behind you. Unfortunately cycles are banned from the long walk 'ridden or otherwise' - or so the sign says!

[Black can man]

MadDad said:

whatleytom said:

MadDad said:

TKF said:

Black can man said:

Glorious day in the great park.

Such a frustrating view. I'd love to hammer it down there.

I did it on a BMX as a kid, even back then ('80's), I was stopped at the gate half way down and given an almighty bking by the park wardens, then to complete the public humiliation they made me WALK my bike back up the hill to the Copper Horse while driving along behind me in a Mini Metro Van!!

Where is it?

It's the top of the 'The Long Walk' in Windsor looking towards the Castle, if you turned around 180' there is a giant statue of King George III sat on a copper horse at the top of the hill behind you. Unfortunately cycles are banned from the long walk 'ridden or otherwise' - or so the sign says!

One chap did race down there on his racer, i'm just too much of a decent citizen to flagrantly break the rules, i did look on with a tinge of jealousy though.

[DeuxCentCinq]

Herman Toothrot said:

DeuxCentCinq said:

If you're fixing the puncture, why have you taken the whole thing apart? Or were you just replacing the inner tube?

Back wheel off to replace inner tube, is there another way, like zoolander taking pants off without removing trousers?

Fair enough, but I can't count the number of people I've seen taking the whole thing apart when they're patching it. Defies logic!

[Herman Toothrot]

Flick one quick release, how on earth is that "taking it all apart", in 35 years of always cycling - including 5 years of Sunday road club riding i've never seen anyone fix a puncture by not taking the wheel off.

Edited by Herman Toothrot on Saturday 7th March 11:02

[The_Jackal]

Yeah Deux what are you classing as "taking the whole thing apart"??
Isn't it just a picture of a wheel being removed to change a puncture? Are you seeing something we aren't?

[Daveyraveygravey]

Demo-ingredients a Fuji Transonic this morning. It was good but more expensive than the equivalent Propel and the ride was harsher.

[anonymous-user]

Out exploring the urban jungle this morning in beautiful Sunshine ;-)

[Benjy911]

Ride around Gloucestershire and Worcestershire today, my furthest ride so far!

https://www.strava.com/activities/264201806

Quite pleased with it although the wind on the last 20 miles was horrible!

[Thorpy]

Went for a spin up and around Win Hill near Ladybower in the peaks, lovely and dry. felt like summer

[y2blade]

First ride of 2015....still a little chilly for me.

[Gilhooligan]

40 miles out into the North Yorkshire Moors today. Was great to be out with the weather being mild(ish) and dry.

[Mr Gearchange]

Max_Torque said:

Out exploring the urban jungle this morning in beautiful Sunshine ;-)

I had a ride up from there up towards Bugbrooke last week. I got 5 punctures going up the bloody towpath, never again.

[anonymous-user]

Mr Gearchange said:

Max_Torque said:

Out exploring the urban jungle this morning in beautiful Sunshine ;-)

I had a ride up from there up towards Bugbrooke last week. I got 5 punctures going up the bloody towpath, never again.

Tubeless + Stans. Never had a puncture! Seriously, never, in over 8 years of MTBing!

(^^that's gotta be the kiss of death for my no punctures record now! ;-)

[yellowjack]

DeuxCentCinq said:

Herman Toothrot said:

DeuxCentCinq said:

If you're fixing the puncture, why have you taken the whole thing apart? Or were you just replacing the inner tube?

Back wheel off to replace inner tube, is there another way, like zoolander taking pants off without removing trousers?

Fair enough, but I can't count the number of people I've seen taking the whole thing apart when they're patching it. Defies logic!

I can see that it is possible to patch an innertube without removing the wheel from the frame, but I'd seriously question the logic of doing so. I've done it on the rear wheel of my early '90s Falcon Pro-Line, simply because I neglected to take a spanner with me (rear wheel is pre-QR traditional bolt tech, front hub is QR). Trying to spin the wheel and fighting the entire bike frame to a) identify the site, and cause, of the puncture and b) manoeuvre it into a position whereby you can roughen the tube, apply the glue, and patch it, well it's all such a PITA that the couple of seconds it takes to flip the QR lever and drop the wheel out makes far more sense. I'd almost never consider the non-removal option, as it takes longer, is less efficient, more of a pain, and smacks (no offence, your experience may be different to mine) of 'trying to be clever'.

[Google [bot]]

Interesting one this morning. To set the scene, there's a section of my work ride which is a busy urban 60k limit plus bus lane to the brow of a hill. Coming down the other side from the lights (from the crossing on the other side) one waits for the green man and cross into the bus lane and fly past everything. I'll post a streetview for perspective tomorrow.

So I start to fly down in lane 2, see a decent gap between 2 stationary-ish cars and decide that's my window across to the bus lane. Bit of a stunt, but not bad. Back end gives way and I'm straight into the back of some poor bloke in a Land Cruiser.

I was convinced I'd been a dhead and misjudged things, then this evening I found this:



I had the guy pull over to apologise and offer to rectify the small dent but 'don't worry about it mate, anyway I've got to be so where'

Bloody nice of him to not have made my morning worse.

[Vocal Minority]

Benjy911 said:

Ride around Gloucestershire and Worcestershire today, my furthest ride so far!

https://www.strava.com/activities/264201806

Quite pleased with it although the wind on the last 20 miles was horrible!

I spent Friday around a very similar area to you - my furthest so far as well!

PH friendly pic



https://www.strava.com/activities/263803331

[DeuxCentCinq]

yellowjack said:

DeuxCentCinq said:

Herman Toothrot said:

DeuxCentCinq said:

If you're fixing the puncture, why have you taken the whole thing apart? Or were you just replacing the inner tube?

Back wheel off to replace inner tube, is there another way, like zoolander taking pants off without removing trousers?

Fair enough, but I can't count the number of people I've seen taking the whole thing apart when they're patching it. Defies logic!

I can see that it is possible to patch an innertube without removing the wheel from the frame, but I'd seriously question the logic of doing so. I've done it on the rear wheel of my early '90s Falcon Pro-Line, simply because I neglected to take a spanner with me (rear wheel is pre-QR traditional bolt tech, front hub is QR). Trying to spin the wheel and fighting the entire bike frame to a) identify the site, and cause, of the puncture and b) manoeuvre it into a position whereby you can roughen the tube, apply the glue, and patch it, well it's all such a PITA that the couple of seconds it takes to flip the QR lever and drop the wheel out makes far more sense. I'd almost never consider the non-removal option, as it takes longer, is less efficient, more of a pain, and smacks (no offence, your experience may be different to mine) of 'trying to be clever'.

Absolutely no reason to take it all apart. It just complicates things. I find it far easier to patch with wheel still attached.

[neilbauer]

DeuxCentCinq said:

yellowjack said:

DeuxCentCinq said:

Herman Toothrot said:

DeuxCentCinq said:

If you're fixing the puncture, why have you taken the whole thing apart? Or were you just replacing the inner tube?

Back wheel off to replace inner tube, is there another way, like zoolander taking pants off without removing trousers?

Fair enough, but I can't count the number of people I've seen taking the whole thing apart when they're patching it. Defies logic!

I can see that it is possible to patch an innertube without removing the wheel from the frame, but I'd seriously question the logic of doing so. I've done it on the rear wheel of my early '90s Falcon Pro-Line, simply because I neglected to take a spanner with me (rear wheel is pre-QR traditional bolt tech, front hub is QR). Trying to spin the wheel and fighting the entire bike frame to a) identify the site, and cause, of the puncture and b) manoeuvre it into a position whereby you can roughen the tube, apply the glue, and patch it, well it's all such a PITA that the couple of seconds it takes to flip the QR lever and drop the wheel out makes far more sense. I'd almost never consider the non-removal option, as it takes longer, is less efficient, more of a pain, and smacks (no offence, your experience may be different to mine) of 'trying to be clever'.

Absolutely no reason to take it all apart. It just complicates things. I find it far easier to patch with wheel still attached.

How does taking the wheel off complicate anything, it's called quick release for a reason!

[upsidedownmark]

DeuxCentCinq said:

Fair enough, but I can't count the number of people I've seen taking the whole thing apart when they're patching it. Defies logic!

No it doesn't - unless you're completely hamfisted it takes about 2 sec to take the wheel out, maybe 5 to put it back in, and in turn allows you proper access to the job, quickly. Entirely logical.

Now, patching tubes on a ride, *that* defies logic. Just take a spare (or two), and if you must patch the things, do it at home. Insta-patches don't last, and messing around with proper patches mid-ride is a waste of life (i.e. if you're riding with others, they're likely to throttle you).

[GarryDK]

upsidedownmark said:

Now, patching tubes on a ride, *that* defies logic. Just take a spare (or two), and if you must patch the things, do it at home. Insta-patches don't last, and messing around with proper patches mid-ride is a waste of life (i.e. if you're riding with others, they're likely to throttle you).