Squeek!

Dee Dub said:

How about the hard core roadie version of the fake helmet. This has
always intrigued me.

Roadies with light and fast looking helmets with no strap under the
chin. An effort to fake compliance with the law and retain a rebel
edge. I reckon any cooling/ventilation benefit is questionable and
completely outweighed in the case of impact. :eek:

There's a one roadie on my (ex) commute that for night riding has a
single, admitedly fairly high powered, LED front light that flashes on
for about 1/4 of a second about once every 3-4 seconds, I've nealy
collided with him at least twice when I've glanced over the should
before turning or changing lanes and caught his light on the off cycle.

But atleast it doesn't wreck the aerodynamic qualities of his bars.

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Quoted message said:

I must admit my personal favourite is the "helmet swinging from
handlebars" kind... You know the one - Clearly have enough thought to
bring their helmet with them (most often scarred unskinned polystyrene
jobbie) but just dangle it from the bars, knocking it with their knees
every revolution, but obviously assume that if they have an accident
they'll stop just beforehand, put it on, then proceed 🙄

I usually pull along side these characters with the helmet on the bars and
say hi. I then say "wow you must love your bike. You've gone to all the
trouble of getting it a helmet."

By the time they realise what's been said and get all abusive I've already
put on the power and got out of there. (Wuss, Yeah I know)

btw. Even though I really want to, I don't do this when riding in my
Sponsors Kit

Quoted message said:

Wouldn't it be easier just to wear it or stick to your guns and leave
it at home?

I agree if you don't want to wear a helmet (even thought it's required by
law in Aust) why bother to carry one with you at all.

Quoted message said:

I also can't watch someone cycle in bare feet without cringing
either....

Worse still, bare feet riding a fixed gear!!!

How about someone with long shoe laces that hasn't thought to tuck them
inside their shoes. They're just waiting for the chainring monster to bite.

Geoff

Stuart Lamble said:

Tamyka Bell said:

<snip>

if my bike creaks enough, you can't hear my knees

T

(just had a birthday not long ago...)

I consider it a good day if I can hear my knees :-) (as distinct from
feeling them complaining.)

So that would be, what, your twenty first? 😉

Oh no, I've already done six years of uni. I'm 24!

Bikesoiler said:

Dee Dub said:

How about the hard core roadie version of the fake helmet. This has
always intrigued me.

Roadies with light and fast looking helmets with no strap under the
chin. An effort to fake compliance with the law and retain a rebel
edge. I reckon any cooling/ventilation benefit is questionable and
completely outweighed in the case of impact. :eek:

Anyone who has done enough ks to look that fast should have had enough
spills to have learned they are not invincible. 😠

What have they done with the strap? Tucked it up under the helmet?
How do they think the thing will stay on when impact occurs? Any ideas
to put my curiosity at rest?

Another alternative;

Grow long sideburns & carefully trim them to resemble helmet straps.
Remove straps from helmet & you're set!
Lightweight, strap free cycling that looks legal from a distance....

I know some people who could get away with that, and are ready to go.
But they don't cycle. Tragic, isn't it.

T

"Tamyka Bell" <[email hidden]

Quoted message said:

Stuart Lamble said:

Tamyka Bell said:

if my bike creaks enough, you can't hear my knees
T
(just had a birthday not long ago...)

I consider it a good day if I can hear my knees :-) (as distinct from
feeling them complaining.)

So that would be, what, your twenty first? 😉

Oh no, I've already done six years of uni. I'm 24!

Sheesh.. younguns!

hippy

fred_nieman said:

Marx SS said:

On my daily commute I come across heaps of cycle-dudes & dudettes riding
around with way noisey/dry chain & groupsets, even blokes who ride
everyday (for I notice ?tis the same ones most times), some have nice
bikes too [not the $100 crappers no one loves].

Should I say something?
Should I just let it go, afterall it?s a free country?
Is setting an example enough?
Am I missing something here?

I must admit that when this happens to me, I get parallel to the cyclist
in question and say "I'll bet you left your bike out in the rain, or
rode it when it was wet, yeah? If you want to stop that annoying
'squik-squik-squik' noise, just put some sewing machine oil on your
chain. But even canola or olive will fix it."

When I was a (relatively) young pup, I actually *stopped* a few folks
and put some Finish Line (http://www.finishlineusa.com/) on their
squeaky chains. But since, ahem, that Supreme Court order, I don't do
this anymore...

<sighs> Yes, that last sentence was a joke </sighs>

Quoted message said:

Shall I go on?
How about on the weekends out on bike paths, full grown adults with
front or rear ( or both!) canterlever or V-brake disengaged (cable
removed from caliper, unworkable) due to rubbing on the rim.
Un fasterned helmets, helmets on backwards/sideways.
Mum &/or dad helmetless riding with kids in tow.
Bikes on sidestands on the bikepath with little or no room to pass by.

Repairing a flat on the bike path (little or no room to pass by).
Trying to blow up a bike tyre by mouth (no pump).

Anyone else with personal favs when it comes to dumb-[censored] on a bike of
the week award?

I was going to add my comments about what my grokkage the unspoken
protocols of commuter/recreational flat tyre/mech failure/so on in the
"Is chivalry dead?" but it's just too complex...

xxxxxxx

fred (who stops to help out folks with bike probs according to a too
complex formula) n, aka pete

I was very proud of myself the first time I cleaned my chain, with kero,
until I saw the horrible stains on my landlord's concrete. So I bought
some biodegradable degreaser that's water soluble and hose-away, and no
more stains. But I didn't realise how sloppy my oiling was when using
kero, and the morning after my first clean with the enviro stuff I
headed off well before dawn to meet a friend and then heard that
embarrassing squeak. I couldn't have ridden like that because it was
just too damn irritating, so I rode back home, slathered the chain in
lots of oil and headed off again. She was a top level road cyclist so I
never told her why I was late.

Geoff wrote:
<snip>

Quoted message said:

How about someone with long shoe laces that hasn't thought to tuck them
inside their shoes. They're just waiting for the chainring monster to bite.

Geoff

Tee hee!

Correction... WE'RE just waiting for the chainring monster to bite... I
love free entertainment.

T

Tamyka Bell said:

Stuart Lamble said:

So that would be, what, your twenty first? 😉

Oh no, I've already done six years of uni. I'm 24!

Oh, so it's your fourth twenty first, then. 🙂

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Stuart Lamble said:

Tamyka Bell said:

Stuart Lamble said:

So that would be, what, your twenty first? 😉

Oh no, I've already done six years of uni. I'm 24!

Oh, so it's your fourth twenty first, then. 🙂

There's no point. I'm not that much of an alcoholic anymore 😉
T

Tamyka Bell said:

Stuart Lamble said:

Tamyka Bell said:

Stuart Lamble wrote:
> So that would be, what, your twenty first? 😉
>
Oh no, I've already done six years of uni. I'm 24!

Oh, so it's your fourth twenty first, then. 🙂

There's no point. I'm not that much of an alcoholic anymore 😉

*scratches head*

I thought female birthdays went something like:

1st, 2nd, 3rd, ..., 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 21st (2nd), 21st (3rd), ...,
21st (10th), 25th, 25th (2nd), 25th (3rd), 25th (4th), 25th (5th), 30th,
30th (2nd), ..., 30th (10th), ...

*ducks*

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Stuart Lamble said:

Tamyka Bell said:

Stuart Lamble said:

On 2005-01-06, Tamyka Bell <[email hidden]> wrote:
> Stuart Lamble wrote:
>> So that would be, what, your twenty first? 😉
>>
> Oh no, I've already done six years of uni. I'm 24!

Oh, so it's your fourth twenty first, then. 🙂

There's no point. I'm not that much of an alcoholic anymore 😉

*scratches head*

I thought female birthdays went something like:

1st, 2nd, 3rd, ..., 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 21st (2nd), 21st (3rd), ...,
21st (10th), 25th, 25th (2nd), 25th (3rd), 25th (4th), 25th (5th), 30th,
30th (2nd), ..., 30th (10th), ...

*ducks*

I'm not sure now. I'll let you know when I'm 30...

I have to say, that's a neat way to look at it.

I'm with Tamyka though - I turned 24 last month as well, and didn't even down a single drop of alcohol. It hasn't taken me long to turn into a boring old fart. My (well-over-50) parents out-party me these days.

Oh, and I'm going to defend a few roadies out there (including myself) about the strap thing. My Limar helmet is a fairly firm fit and I've had a couple of stacks in the bush where it has stayed on despite the strap being around the back of my head (that's where it goes, for those of you who didn't know). Having said that, I've given up on it on the road. Queensland drivers are too downright scary to risk my helmet falling off in a collision. Now I wear my helmet with the strap fairly loose as it still annoys my ears and chin.

One thing that always makes me laugh is when hubbards pass me, pedalling to their hearts content going down hill, only for me to pass them going up the next hill....

[quote="LotteBum"]I have to say, that's a neat way to look at it.
I'm with Tamyka though - I turned 24 last month as well, and didn't even down a single drop of alcohol. It hasn't taken me long to turn into a boring old fart. My (well-over-50) parents out-party me these days.

I too have retreated on the mission to self destruction via alcohol... I used to use the next days training as an excuse, but this is becoming a little far fetched these days. Self destruction via overeating now... Nor sure if this is quicker or less painful than alcohol???

Thanks for the answer on the strap thing. 🙂

[quote="Dee Dub"]

LotteBum said:

I have to say, that's a neat way to look at it.
I'm with Tamyka though - I turned 24 last month as well, and didn't even down a single drop of alcohol. It hasn't taken me long to turn into a boring old fart. My (well-over-50) parents out-party me these days.

I too have retreated on the mission to self destruction via alcohol... I used to use the next days training as an excuse, but this is becoming a little far fetched these days. Self destruction via overeating now... Nor sure if this is quicker or less painful than alcohol???

Thanks for the answer on the strap thing. 🙂