A random thread for cycling things that don't really warrant their own thread

[The Family Cyclist]

Got gritted cycling home tonight. TBF didn't actually feel the grit hit but my lips were very salty and didn't see them stop spreading as they passed

More evidence the bike needs a dam good clean on weekend

[The Family Cyclist]

In January I have spent pretty much exactly a day on my bike. 23hrs and 40ish minutes recorded on Strava and have been a few short rides I've not logged. Would get more monthly breakdown of distances if went premium but for now it's just YTD

[The Family Cyclist]

I've ridden a lot this winter, certainly over 1000km in all conditions and my poor bikes showing it. Had to WD40 (my proper spray lube is at work) the rear brake cable as starting to seize.

Less then a fortnight till get two weeks off and giving the bike a full service is on the list

[Wowbagger]

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A shit petition, allegedly launched by Tower Hamlets Council.

[DaveReading]

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc3M8CbLHBhsadVHayZljMT75BvU550nDNiH5La3hbKxVzBLA/viewform?fbzx=-3224727202165449160

A shit petition, allegedly launched by Tower Hamlets Council.

Anonymously ?

[The Family Cyclist]

Cycled into work yesterday (see on the commute thread). Good job really as one of the other staff collered me and asked if I had. He runs tubeless and had a fairly major puncture which had sealed but couldn't get much pressure with his tiny saddlebag pump. I have one that clips onto a bracket fitted unset the bottle cage so much easier to get a good pressure

[Kim]

Brummies and Brummie veterans will be familiar with That Crossroads At The Top Of Primrose Hill That's Always Flooded.  For the irregulars, I should point out that over the couple of years since the Streetview car went that way, the craters and shark-infested puddles had got to a state where oncoming motorists were spontaneously stopping and inviting cyclists to cross via the 6" strip of contiguous tarmac on the wrong side of the road.

So it was with great optimism that I discovered that PotholeMan had covered the entire area with civil engineering graffiti a few weeks ago.  And I didn't even mind diverting via Gay Hill^[1] for the duration of the subsequent road closure.

Anyway, it's re-opened and I can confirm that it's piecemeal rubbish rather than a full re-surfacing, though it has at least been done with proper machine-rolled tarmac rather than porridge and chipseal.  Should be a vast improvement for the rest of the summer, until the weathering at the joins takes hold.


_{[1] Not named by a cyclist.}

[Cudzoziemiec]

Not relevant to puddles and potholes, but is it ^ actually part of the Icknield Way? Surely wrong region completely. And, mundanely, a grass triangle at a rural junction; I do love them! And they're so English. Not that that's a good one, mind.

[Kim]

Completely different badger:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icknield_Street

Usual Roman disrespect for contour lines applies, which Sustrans have perpetuated by running NCN55 down this bit of it.

[Cudzoziemiec]

It appears the confusion was caused by one Ranulf Higdon.

[Cudzoziemiec]

This isn't actually a cycling thing: Out for a run today, I ran down this street, Richmond Dale: https://maps.app.goo.gl/x8CnVLXLmAGCky3x9 Just at the bottom, a dark blue car was parking outside that blue house on the left. At the same time, a black car passed the street at the end, driving from left to right. I turned right and followed it up the next street, Belgrave Hill: https://maps.app.goo.gl/tF42J7djt1rUCLX58 Of course, by the time I'd taken a few paces, it was half way up. But by the time I got to the top of the hill, I'd caught it. It had to slow to a crawl to manoeuvre past a parked car. At the top, I turned to the right again and then another right and back down the first hill, Richmond Dale, walking now. When I got to the bottom, the first car was still parking. Cars are so ridiculously inefficient.

[Wowbagger]

I've just read that a 10 year old has become the youngest person to ride LEJoGLE, having completed the ride today.

[sparklyfish]

Dear Santa,

I've been very good, please can I have these for all of my bikes?

https://brickcaps.com/

Thank you,

Sparklyfish [edited to correct my own name - thanks! Wouldn't want my pesky alter ego collecting my prize]

[Peter]

Yes, if you can get your name right. 

It's a nice idea but I foresee them being stolen by "collectors" aiming for a full set.

[Cudzoziemiec]

And I can foresee them being lost at the roadside when mending a puncture!