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| bio | website | loaf.org.uk |
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| location | London, United Kingdom | |
| age | 41 | |
| visits | member for | 2 years, 8 months |
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Coder. Geek. Cyclist. Rower. Ex-academic. Dad. Occasional manager. Part-time webmaster. Been on the Interwebs for longer than most realise there has been one.
Gentle opinions, strongly held.
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awarded | Nice Answer |
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May 7 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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May 6 |
awarded | Populist |
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May 1 |
comment |
Solid Foam Rubber Inner Tubes For Mountain Bikes One of the answers to the question you (mostly) duplicate points to some suppliers - bicycles.stackexchange.com/a/3891/425 - but also explains why you probably don't actually want to bother ... |
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Apr 22 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Apr 2 |
answered | Ride with someone who is less trained |
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Apr 2 |
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Is a bike faster than a car for the first ten metres? Somebody else will be along in a while with some equations, but my experience of such boxes (known as advanced stop zones, ASZs, in the UK) is that cyclists are quicker away because we, erm, tend to predict the green light better than the cars, so there's a time lag before the vehicles go as well as whatever minimal acceleration advantage. |
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Apr 1 |
awarded | Notable Question |
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Mar 26 |
awarded | Good Question |
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Mar 11 |
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How do I estimate how long it will take me to ride my commute? This is almost the only reasonable answer because while Strava does naturally attract people wanting to race over the segments, those segments allow you to track your relative ability too. The OP is obviously a competitive type wanting to mark himself against the crowd, so I'd whole heartedly recommend Strava for this. |
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Mar 1 |
awarded | Convention |
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Feb 19 |
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Do my Shimano 7900 Dura Ace chainrings need replacing? If the chainring is visibly deformed to the extent that someone is, independently, pointing it out to you, then that is feasible. It will wear down over time and if you've been particularly hard on it - many bad gear changes for example - a few thousand km is not out of the question. |
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Feb 19 |
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Do my Shimano 7900 Dura Ace chainrings need replacing? Fixing up the English |
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Feb 18 |
awarded | Notable Question |
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Feb 12 |
answered | Are 28 / 47 - 622 / 635 tubes ok to replace my 28 / 44 - 622 ones? |
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Feb 7 |
reviewed | Excellent Minimal effort chain cleaning |
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Feb 7 |
reviewed | Satisfactory Bicycle for 2 x 30mins commute |
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Feb 7 |
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Size medium or large There are better, more general questions about sizing frames - e.g. bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/3049/…, bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/4030/… - this question will be of little use to anyone else even if someone can productively answer the original. |
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Feb 6 |
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Would you do a 15mile + commute on an electric bicycle? Which one? This is a poll; it seems like market research for an e-bike company. This certainly isn't a real question in the Bicycles.SE mould - there isn't going to be a definitive answer, just lots of opinions. |
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Feb 5 |
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My chain appears to be squeaking when I ride it forward but not backwards typos |
