PeteH

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I work in London and commute between the station and my office, on a Charge plug single speed. Home is a rural area in the south of England, where I keep four bikes - a Giant TCR Adv road bike (fun), a Dawes audax bike (winter, touring, commuting), a Boardman hardtail (off-roading) and an authentic Dutch Omafiets (granny bike, for tootling down to the shops). 90% of my riding is on the road, I just found I prefer tarmac/speed. I've also done some track riding (awesome) and am eager to spend more time in the velodrome.

Got back on my bike in 2008 to put a stop to middle-age spread. But as well as being very successful as regards weight loss/fitness side, I've also rediscovered "fun" aspect and this is my main motivator nowadays.

I do my own bike maintenance, where possible, and am also a motorist.

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Jun 15	revised	I'm worried about my derailleur snapping. The chain isn't running around the bottom pulley, it's running next to it edited tags
Jun 14	comment	How can I maximize the lifetime of my cleats I can recommend these covers from personal experience.
Jun 13	comment	Chain doing noises… what to do? How confident do you feel about being able to sort this yourself? For example, buying a new chain and fitting it is simple enough, but from what you're saying its by no means certain that its (just) the chain that's the problem. I think if you're unsure it might be worth your while to take the bike to your LBS as @w4rumy suggests.
Jun 12	comment	Cycle computer feature: maximum in-trip stop time Garmin computers not only have the concept of a "trip time", which is what you are describing, but also of a "moving time", which sounds close to what you're looking for. I assume that it just ignores any data points where your speed is zero, and it also uses this to calculate avg moving speed etc. I can say for sure that the 800 features this, but it sounds sufficiently simple that I'd expect this feature to be present throughout the whole range.
Jun 7	comment	How do you ride on a road that doesn't have a bicycle lane? Under those circumstances I agree that changing lanes as the cars do makes sense. But don't forget if you do end up feeling spooked, you can always pull the bike over to the right, step off and walk the bike across when its safe. Oh, I'd also say its never safe to assume oncoming cars will yield - unfortunately as far as many motorists are concerned you're "just" a bike
Jun 7	comment	How do you ride on a road that doesn't have a bicycle lane? why the school zone in particular? Its not clear from the question. You say two lanes of traffic each way - do you have to make a left across all that?
Jun 7	revised	How do you ride on a road that doesn't have a bicycle lane? added 3 characters in body
Jun 7	answered	How do you ride on a road that doesn't have a bicycle lane?
Jun 7	comment	What is the standard diameter for BMX brake mounts Are you sure these are standard? I'm far from an expert in things bmx, but I got my daughter a WeThePeople bike last christmas, just searching the web site of the shop we bought from. They have kits like the photograph above (unfortunately they don't list measurements), but the kits seem not only to come from different manufacturers, but to cover different years. Might this imply non-standard sizes? Maybe worth giving them a shout (they're up in Wigan), they were really helpful to me. Winstanleys bmx
Jun 7	comment	Advantages and Disadvantages of Bibs vs Shorts? @jimirings I have some bibtights that come complete with zipper!
Jun 7	answered	Advantages and Disadvantages of Bibs vs Shorts?
Jun 6	comment	How to position a bike for work without a stand For years I used to think a stand was an unnecessary expense, would faff around trying to get the bike ideally positioned for each small job. I look back now and don't for a minute regret when I finally bought one. Now I use it for most jobs, even if all it does is bring the bike up to a convenient height to work on.
Jun 6	comment	I need to change my bike from UK to US Spec Don't think this has a lot to do with US/UK. I have had road bikes from US manufacturers (Giant and Trek) and from a UK manufacturer (Dawes). Every one of them has been set up identically.
Jun 5	comment	Worth it to touch up my bike? I'd never heard of this bike - to save anyone having to look it up this is a steel frame
Jun 5	comment	Riding in nice office/casual clothes? wait until you see one of them trying to fix a puncture, then you'll be laughing
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Jun 4	comment	I shortened my chain, is this bad? @Kibbee - agreed. But like one of those patience/endurance challenges!
Jun 4	comment	Left Turn Across Major Intersection @NeilFein the weird thing is that when I look at this intersection through google maps in my local region (maps.google.co.uk) I see a slightly different image. Different angle and different car layout. It got me thinking about how exactly they do this. I can imagine they must have various server farms, but maybe they're not sync'd?
Jun 4	comment	Why are both Schrader and Presta valves still used on tubes? I picked up a brand new bike only last week (June 2013) whose tubes had Woods valves on them. Maybe they're making a comeback???