The friendly "dumb" bike questions thread

[Biker 1]

Not nice - you have been warned:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9rMFCBqJe8

[wsn03]

Biker 1 said:

Not nice - you have been warned:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9rMFCBqJe8

That's the 2nd thing I wish I hadn't seen this week.

[anonymous-user]

Biker 1 said:

Not nice - you have been warned:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9rMFCBqJe8

Gerhard Symons
2 years ago
How does it actually happen? Surely people are super, super careful when messing around with the chain whilst it is running?

Eddie Spaghetti
2 years ago
had a cloth around my hand. trying to dry the chain before i lubed it. leaned over the bike to turn throttle to make it spin up a bit and the chain grabbed the cloth


Natural selection at work

[gareth_r]

V8RX7 said:

That's how I always do it - as long as you use brushes and common sense - it's no different to using a lathe.

I polish my car's alloy wheels the same way.

AJ5641 said:

Gerhard Symons 2 years ago - How does it actually happen? Surely people are super, super careful when messing around with the chain whilst it is running?

Eddie Spaghetti 2 years ago - had a cloth around my hand. Trying to dry the chain before I lubed it. Leaned over the bike to turn throttle to make it spin up a bit and the chain grabbed the cloth.


Natural selection at work

A brush and common sense vs a cloth and complete idiocy.

With one, the brush may be snatched from your fingers. With the other your fingers may be snatched from your hand.

[wsn03]

gareth_r said:

V8RX7 said:

That's how I always do it - as long as you use brushes and common sense - it's no different to using a lathe.

I polish my car's alloy wheels the same way.

AJ5641 said:

Gerhard Symons 2 years ago - How does it actually happen? Surely people are super, super careful when messing around with the chain whilst it is running?

Eddie Spaghetti 2 years ago - had a cloth around my hand. Trying to dry the chain before I lubed it. Leaned over the bike to turn throttle to make it spin up a bit and the chain grabbed the cloth.


Natural selection at work

A brush and common sense vs a cloth and complete idiocy.

With one, the brush may be snatched from your fingers. With the other your fingers may be snatched from your hand.

When the bike vibrates off its paddock stand however (seen it done)....
Both are eligible contenders for the Darwin Awards

[MrGman]

I never do anything to the chain with the engine running - why would you??

It takes a couple of minutes just manually turning the wheel while cleaning/lubing.

[anonymous-user]

MrGman said:

I never do anything to the chain with the engine running - why would you??

It takes a couple of minutes just manually turning the wheel while cleaning/lubing.

Agreed

[trickywoo]

MrGman said:

I never do anything to the chain with the engine running - why would you??

It takes a couple of minutes just manually turning the wheel while cleaning/lubing.

Agreed.

I got into an argument on here about people putting tyre dressing on their bike tyres. A couple of idiots seemed to think it was a good thing and not even remotely worth worrying about.

[A500leroy]

THIS IS GETTING BORING..

[Speed addicted]

A500leroy said:

THIS IS GETTING BORING..

Yeah, though this was supposed to be the friendly thread!

Any actual bike questions?

[Lukas239]

Hardly a riveting change of topic but...

Any recommendations on base layers?

I want something that stays cool in the summer, warmish in the winter, isn't ridiculously tight fitting (say like Nike Pro stuff), and soaks up sweat on those effing hot days.

Unlikely to ride in December/January/Feb so I don't need the warmest of things.

Does it exist?

[Speed addicted]

anonymous said:

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I find that the bare layers need to be tight fitting to work properly (certainly for wicking away sweat), I wear a T-shirt or thin fleece as a mid layer on top of it depending on season.
Helly Hansen stuff is good

[bogie]

Ive worn Helly Hansen lifa base layers for over 30 years. Always a few short/long sleeve tops and long johns in the drawer for various sports/outdoor activities. Their merino wool top with zip neck is nice for colder weather wear the bike.

Often better value than dedicated bike brand base layers which are pretty much the same thing.

[Bob_Defly]

anonymous said:

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Same here, have a bunch of Helly Hansen stuff for regular use. I buy that over UA as the owner of UA is a massive Trump supporter.

[lukeyman]

anonymous said:

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Where did you buy them from?

[VEA]

My go to for all base layers is always merino. Warm when cold and cool when warm

[WarnieV6GT]

VEA said:

My go to for all base layers is always merino. Warm when cold and cool when warm

Same here, I never ride without them.

[talksthetorque]

* Niche answer coming up

I use my old snowboarding base layers.I'm not saying that was a while ago, but we still called them thermals then
Think I got them from TX Maxx.

[GadgeS3C]

talksthetorque said:

* Niche answer coming up

I use my old snowboarding base layers.I'm not saying that was a while ago, but we still called them thermals then
Think I got them from TX Maxx.

It's only a while ago if they came from Damart

I find Merino too warm (unless skiing). My go to is Rab mainly because they do some very thin base layers. Certainly try the Decathlon stuff first, often very good.

[the cueball]

The Lidl / Aldi base layers are also really good.

I've been using them for the past few years.