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    #512
    rollingscone
    Registered Users Posts: 3,477 ✭✭✭rollingscone


    monkeysnapper wrote: »
    I bought cheap tyres (15.00) for my racer yesterday and was told by everybody they were going to be useless for my prep for ring of Kerry .

    Today after my ride was cut short with tyre bulge I went out and bought 40 euro tyres .

    Will I ever learn ,...........:0(

    I have two bikes running on Standard Rubinos €14 per tyre on Wiggle (23s on 110psi and 28s at 85 both are bombproof)


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    #513
    monkeysnapper
    Registered Users Posts: 2,575 ✭✭✭monkeysnapper


    The cheap ones are rubeno v80 , the 35 euro ones are schwalbe durano plus .


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    #514
    OleRodrigo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,514 ✭✭✭OleRodrigo


    OldBean wrote: »
    Be a shame to drill it all the same. The clasp is well placed on the B, but does the long stem to the cage give any shaking/creaking?

    Actually no, it does the job well. Still in place after a weekend of heavy use. The Velo Orange handlebar mounts look nice and could work, but they leave no room for bar mounted lights.
    onthefringe wrote: »
    there are much neater straps from zefal available

    Thanks for that, they look a much better job.
    Eamonnator wrote: »
    ^^^^^^^^^
    If I owned that Bianchi, I would die of thirst, rather than leave that bottle cage on it.
    It spoils the beauty of the bike.

    That's the dilemma, Eamon. Its easier in Winter/ Spring to ride without a bottle. In Summer you kinda have to have something.

    Its a work in progress :)


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    #515
    OldBean
    Registered Users Posts: 1,407 ✭✭✭OldBean


    OleRodrigo wrote: »
    Actually no, it does the job well. Still in place after a weekend of heavy use. The Velo Orange handlebar mounts look nice and could work, but they leave no room for bar mounted lights.

    Only on one side though, right? Bottle on the left, light on the right?


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    #516
    OleRodrigo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,514 ✭✭✭OleRodrigo


    OldBean wrote: »
    Only on one side though, right? Bottle on the left, light on the right?

    There also a garmin mount and a backup light. It gets crowded :)

    Good point though - one would be OK with a bit of juggling. I was thinking ideally I could have the option for two. Talking a clubmate at the weekend who thought manual drilling of bosses would be fine, however its not the first time this problem has come up and the consensus among others has been not to drill the frame.


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    #517
    OldBean
    Registered Users Posts: 1,407 ✭✭✭OldBean


    I wouldn't drill the frame of at all possible.

    Could always pop your spare light onto the right side fork?

    If postage on the VO yokes is a fortune, and you're based in Dublin, and it stops you drilling holes in your frame, I'll be stopping by their HQ within the next 3 months. Nice matching bottle cages too...


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    #518
    OleRodrigo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,514 ✭✭✭OleRodrigo


    OldBean wrote: »
    I wouldn't drill the frame of at all possible.

    Could always pop your spare light onto the right side fork?

    If postage on the VO yokes is a fortune, and you're based in Dublin, and it stops you drilling holes in your frame, I'll be stopping by their HQ within the next 3 months. Nice matching bottle cages too...

    Nice one OldBean, I'll take another look and let you know. Thanks.


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    #519
    granty1987
    Registered Users Posts: 291 ✭✭granty1987


    OldBean wrote: »
    I installed a rear reflector onto my mudguard to get all road legal before these FPN's come in, and a mudflap on my front mudguard to save cleaning down my crankset and shoes as often. I'll drill in the rear one as soon as Winter comes round.

    Wait, which FPN's are you talking about?


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    #520
    OldBean
    Registered Users Posts: 1,407 ✭✭✭OldBean


    As far as I know, the on-the-spot fines being introduced cover not having a rear reflector, no?


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    #521
    iwillhtfu
    Registered Users Posts: 6,367 ✭✭✭iwillhtfu


    OldBean wrote: »
    As far as I know, the on-the-spot fines being introduced cover not having a rear reflector, no?

    I think it's always been a legal requirement to have reflectors both front and rear.

    A pedal cycle means a bicycle or tricycle in Irish law (a monocycle is not defined) [Road Act, 1961, Art. 3]

    A vehicle means a mechanically propelled, animal-drawn or pedal cycle type.

    In Irish law a pedal cycle that is intended for use on public roads has to be fitted with audible bell, mudguards on each wheel, lights at front (white) and rear (red) and reflectors (front - white; red - rear; wheel spokes - clear) and brake set (front & rear).


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    #522
    JamJamJamJam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,394 ✭✭✭JamJamJamJam


    iwillhtfu wrote: »
    In Irish law a pedal cycle that is intended for use on public roads has to be fitted with audible bell, mudguards on each wheel, lights at front (white) and rear (red) and reflectors (front - white; red - rear; wheel spokes - clear) and brake set (front & rear).

    God, I never knew that. Bell, mudguards, lights as well as reflectors. I'd say well under half of bikes have all of those things.


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    #523
    JamJamJamJam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,394 ✭✭✭JamJamJamJam


    Replaced my brake cables and brake pads today for the first time, and I think it went well! Looking forward to trying them out on the road. Will be hoping for lots of red lights.


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    #524
    Scrappy600
    Registered Users Posts: 654 ✭✭✭Scrappy600


    Have been battling an annoying click/creak on my rt58 when out of the saddle sprinting/climbing since i bought it. Never brought it back as shop is a long way away from me and thought it was just a grease/torque issue anyway. Have stripped the whole thing down except the cranks and rebuilt everything lately and still couldn't solve it. So was set it was either cranks or bb.
    On closer inspection of the bb it appears to have been fitted with a vice grips as opposed to a bb tool...

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    butchered on.....
    anyway got new bb in and it turns out the plastic cover bolted into the bottom of the frame for the cable guides has a screw in it which was app 4 mm too long and was tightened up against and started to puncture into the bb shell in the middle. Must have been flexing when out of the saddle just enough to be rubbing the whole way round it when pedaling.
    New ultegra bb for €17 from crc, cut 4mm off the bolt and SILENCE IS NOW GOLDEN!!


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    #525
    rab!dmonkey
    Registered Users Posts: 629 ✭✭✭rab!dmonkey


    I hit it with a hammer.
    Having crashed, bending the lever.
    Now it's straight again.


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    #526
    Eamonnator
    Registered Users Posts: 6,561 ✭✭✭Eamonnator


    iwillhtfu wrote: »
    I think it's always been a legal requirement to have reflectors both front and rear.

    A pedal cycle means a bicycle or tricycle in Irish law (a monocycle is not defined) [Road Act, 1961, Art. 3]

    A vehicle means a mechanically propelled, animal-drawn or pedal cycle type.

    In Irish law a pedal cycle that is intended for use on public roads has to be fitted with audible bell, mudguards on each wheel, lights at front (white) and rear (red) and reflectors (front - white; red - rear; wheel spokes - clear) and brake set (front & rear).

    Not all of this is true!!

    A bicycle, has to be fitted with a rear reflector. There is an exemption for racing bikes,(racing,or going to or from races)
    If you have reflectors fitted to the front, it must be white. You don't have to have them.
    If you have reflectors fitted to wheels, they must be amber. You don't have to have them.
    A bicycle does not have to have mudguards.
    You only have to have front and rear lights fitted, during lighting up time, (Between half an hour after sunset and half an hour before sunrise) white to the front, red to the rear.
    Racing bikes don't have to have a bell. This can include mountain bikes, BMXs, and TT bikes


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    #527
    iwillhtfu
    Registered Users Posts: 6,367 ✭✭✭iwillhtfu


    I was thinking something wasn't right with that.

    Why is it a road act so. It must be written into law somewhere. No?

    I assume what you have described are ammendments?


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    #528
    cython
    Registered Users Posts: 4,757 ✭✭✭cython


    iwillhtfu wrote: »
    I was thinking something wasn't right with that.

    Why is it a road act so. It must be written into law somewhere. No?

    I assume what you have described are ammendments?

    Most of what you have listed is simply not actually in that road act, or actually states what Eamonnator said. Have a look at the cycling legislation megathread for (a lot!!!) more details


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    #529
    iwillhtfu
    Registered Users Posts: 6,367 ✭✭✭iwillhtfu


    cython wrote: »
    Most of what you have listed is simply not actually in that road act, or actually states what Eamonnator said. Have a look at the cycling legislation megathread for (a lot!!!) more details

    It's not my list I got it off the Dublin bike scheme page.


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    #530
    cython
    Registered Users Posts: 4,757 ✭✭✭cython


    iwillhtfu wrote: »
    It's not my list I got it off the Dublin bike scheme page.

    Sorry if it sounded like I was suggesting you had put together the list, I actually assumed you had copied it from a mistaken interpretation somewhere, to be honest. It really just highlights the importance of looking at the legal text yourself though, as everything else is an interpretation, and susceptible to error/bias as a result :)


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    #531
    Eamonnator
    Registered Users Posts: 6,561 ✭✭✭Eamonnator


    cython wrote: »
    Most of what you have listed is simply not actually in that road act, or actually states what Eamonnator said. Have a look at the cycling legislation megathread for (a lot!!!) more details

    That's a great thread.


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    #532
    rollingscone
    Registered Users Posts: 3,477 ✭✭✭rollingscone


    Not my bike but upgraded PaterScone's steed from CXP22s with a Tiagra 12-28 to Zondas with a 12-30 casette Swisstop Green pads and a badly needed clean.
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    Needs a new chain, some non fugly bottle cages and fresh bartape. No convincing him to abandon the hideous Aldi bumbag alas.


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    #533
    Daroxtar
    Registered Users Posts: 4,319 ✭✭✭Daroxtar


    Not the bike exactly but today I replaced the battery in my Garmin Forerunner and was painfully reminded that I'm a shuttering carpenter, not an electrical engineer. The Youtube video made it look quite easy. 8 minutes or so. Reality was somewhat different from Youtube. Youtube didn't break one of the tiny wires inside the Garmin when trying to put it back together. Youtube didn't melt part of the watch strap with the soldering iron when the 3 year old started fighting with his sister.


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    #534
    GvidoR
    Registered Users Posts: 5,925 ✭✭✭GvidoR


    Please excuse the potato pictures, but here it goes...

    I've had this BMX for 5-6 years and the last 3 of them it has spent sitting in a shed, so it was time to «resurrect» it. Here it is, after pumping up the tyres.

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    Then I decided I want to make it look better, so I stripped it down to the frame, removed the stickers and sanded it down.

    LsQepHg.jpg

    You may notice new rims and tyres, a couple of useless plastic bits, oh... and the paint. It didn't come out quite the way I wanted to. The colour and the fact that it's not perfect so I will re-paint it soon.

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    #535
    Fathead
    Registered Users Posts: 328 ✭✭Fathead


    Forks on backwards???


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    #536
    GvidoR
    Registered Users Posts: 5,925 ✭✭✭GvidoR


    Oops. :o

    Err... I mean... what are you talking about? :pac:


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    #537
    G1032
    Registered Users Posts: 6,913 ✭✭✭G1032


    Not today but Friday I broke my derailleur hanger. New one on order from Merlin Cycles. No hanger, no cycle.
    Why can't these hangers be an industry standard? Is there really any need to have a seemingly infinite number of hanger styles? I really should be able to walk in off the street to any bike shop and buy a spare hanger


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    #538
    OldBean
    Registered Users Posts: 1,407 ✭✭✭OldBean


    Picked up a second hand Genesis CdF this morning. Replaced the stem, new seatpost on (a crap one, but will be replaced in due course), topped with a leather saddle I'd already half broken in on my tourer, fitted SPD pedals, gave the ins and outs a once over, and jumped off some kerbs and through some potholes.

    I was so tempted to head up to Phoenix Park and play in the mud, but tomorrow I'm replacing the front and rear mechs, bottom bracket and crankset.

    In a few weeks, a nice new handlebar and bartape matching the saddle.


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    #539
    OleRodrigo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,514 ✭✭✭OleRodrigo


    OldBean wrote: »
    Picked up a second hand Genesis CdF this morning. Replaced the stem, new seatpost on (a crap one, but will be replaced in due course), topped with a leather saddle I'd already half broken in on my tourer, fitted SPD pedals, gave the ins and outs a once over, and jumped off some kerbs and through some potholes.

    I was so tempted to head up to Phoenix Park and play in the mud, but tomorrow I'm replacing the front and rear mechs, bottom bracket and crankset.

    In a few weeks, a nice new handlebar and bartape matching the saddle.

    Get thee to the Phoenix Park with DSLR camera and make some bike p**n ;)


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    #540
    OldBean
    Registered Users Posts: 1,407 ✭✭✭OldBean


    Not til it's done!

    It needs matching bar tape, silver bars, the drillium crankset and some nice cages before it's ready. But considering the PassHunter is 'finished', I might swing up tomorrow and do that justice.


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    #541
    onthefringe
    Registered Users Posts: 712 ✭✭✭onthefringe


    OldBean wrote: »
    Picked up a second hand Genesis CdF this morning. Replaced the stem, new seatpost on (a crap one, but will be replaced in due course), topped with a leather saddle I'd already half broken in on my tourer, fitted SPD pedals, gave the ins and outs a once over, and jumped off some kerbs and through some potholes.

    I was so tempted to head up to Phoenix Park and play in the mud, but tomorrow I'm replacing the front and rear mechs, bottom bracket and crankset.

    In a few weeks, a nice new handlebar and bartape matching the saddle.

    Welcome to the genesis fan club ! Cause you will be one ;-)


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