Top tips

John Hearns said:

The thread on racks and panniers leads me to relate my top tip.

On my rack I always keep two sail ties. These are light elastic loops, with plastic hooks. Cost
around a pound or so from a yacht chandler. I find they do a better job than bungees, are lighter
and (touch wood) havent been pinched yet. Easy to hook on - you just double the non-hook end
around the rack, stretch over the load and hook the other end on. Works a treat for French bread.

So let the thread commence - what's your top tip?

I keep a variety of Tiewraps inside my handle bar drops.Always there when needed.

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So let the thread commence - what's your top tip?

Don't eat yellow snow...

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I use an old water bottle to carry all my necessaries for repair. Cut 1/2 way through the neck,
leaving 1/2 as a "hinge".

In mine I store a new inner tube pushed into the liner of a loo roll; a Cool Tool; a 2" mirror from
a craft shop (for bugs in the eyes!); a 4" length of coathanger wire with a 100 degree bend at each
end to hold the chain & stop it from sliding off when reconnecting it after working on a link; 2
pairs of latex gloves to keep dainty hands clean during dirty work; tyre levers; a few fast food
restaurant moist towelettes; Presta/Schrader converter; £1 in 20p for phone calls and a pack of Park
glueless patches.

Add Gerber/Leatherman type multitool and mini 1st aid kit & mobile in the jersey pockets & I'm
good to go!

PS: As an emergency measure, I also wear around my neck a few "survival" items. These include an
aluminium dogtag with my personal details, an Arc AAA mini torch, a Perry whistle and a lighter.

All of the above might sound like paranoia or overkill, but in my police area in the last 3 years we
had an incident where a motorcyclist went off a major road and ended up helpless in a ditch with
both legs broken. Despite being right next to a lay-by, he lay there for 3 days before being
discovered...

What do you think he would have paid for a 99p Perry whistle?

Scott Leckey

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Quoted message said:

The thread on racks and panniers leads me to relate my top tip.

On my rack I always keep two sail ties. These are light elastic loops, with plastic hooks. Cost
around a pound or so from a yacht chandler. I find they do a better job than bungees, are lighter
and (touch wood) havent been pinched yet. Easy to hook on - you just double the non-hook end
around the rack, stretch over the load and hook the other end on. Works a treat for French bread.

So let the thread commence - what's your top tip?

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So let the thread commence - what's your top tip?

Use red electrical tape on frame for cables etc - I have converted a front lamp to a back lamp
(rear lamp fell off - had a spare front) by putting a film of the tape over the front white light
to make it show red.

Carry pair of surgical gloves to keep hands clean.

Simon

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All of the above might sound like paranoia or overkill, but in my police area in the last 3 years
we had an incident where a motorcyclist went off

a

Quoted message said:

major road and ended up helpless in a ditch with both legs broken. Despite being right next to a
lay-by, he lay there for 3 days before being discovered...

What do you think he would have paid for a 99p Perry whistle?

Quite a bit, but selling whistles to motorcyclists lying in ditches seems a rather limited line
of business.

And how would you know he was there in the first place? If you can't find the customer you can't
make the sale.
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Originally posted by John Hearns
The thread on racks and panniers leads me to relate my top tip.

On my rack I always keep two sail ties. ...

So let the thread commence - what's your top tip?

* Always make sure that the blade on the electric plane has stopped rotating.

* Don't spend too much time looking in a shop window whilst cycling behind a stationary bus.

* Those little velcro tabs on laptop PSU cables for tying up the cable make good temporary ties on a bike for preventing things like a frame mounted pump or d-lock from rattling. Compaq ones are best as they have a kind of buckle thing. IBM ones have to be cut off the cable.

* Minoura space bars sound and look like a really good idea but are actually rubbish for carrying anything heaver than a helium baloon unless you only ride on a well maintained velodrome track.

* No, that driver that just looked at you still hasn't *seen* you.

* Never ride a bike with both brake handles removed and hanging loose by the brake cables and if you do insist on doing this don't ride it on gravel.

best wishes
james

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So let the thread commence - what's your top tip?

Don't eat yellow snow...

Never sail on uphill water.

(daft as it sounds, that is actually good and sensible advice when moving fast in a bumpy seaway)

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All of the above might sound like paranoia or overkill, but in my police area in the last 3
years we had an incident where a motorcyclist went

off

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a

Quoted message said:

major road and ended up helpless in a ditch with both legs broken.

Despite

Quoted message said:

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being right next to a lay-by, he lay there for 3 days before being discovered...

What do you think he would have paid for a 99p Perry whistle?

Quite a bit, but selling whistles to motorcyclists lying in ditches seems

a

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rather limited line of business.

And how would you know he was there in the first place? If you can't find the customer you can't
make the sale.

I would suspect you would need to create the market to create the demand.

A tool clip bolted to the inside of the tailbox stops the D-lock from running riot on bumpy roads.

OK, a bit Darksidecentric...

Digestive biscuits make excellent mini pizza bases?

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pig pog said:

* No, that driver that just looked at you still hasn't *seen* you.

Good one, and related to it:

* the only way you can be reasonably sure you've been seen is when you have made (and at least
briefly held) eye contact with the person in question.

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bike shoes the sole had split accross.

Chap in US recommended ShooGoo but I couldnt find it in UK, but I did find Freesole (urethane
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So let the thread commence - what's your top tip?

One can never have too many bikes. Avoid b*bs of any kind. Simple really.

Cheers, helen s

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PS: As an emergency measure, I also wear around my neck a few "survival" items. These include an
aluminium dogtag with my personal details, an Arc AAA mini torch, a Perry whistle and a
lighter.

I do wear a dog tag with basic details such as name, addy, phone number & blood group and the chain
which holds said tag also has a whistle dangling from it. I *always* wear it when cycling alone. The
men of the household do the same. In the small saddle bag I carry I have such items as a small
amount of cash, tiny torch, basic repair stuff, pen, notepad, etc..

I think I may have been a boy scout in a previous existance ;-)

Cheers, helen s

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* Minoura space bars sound and look like a really good idea but are actually rubbish for carrying
anything heaver than a helium baloon unless you only ride on a well maintained velodrome track.

mine's actually Rather Good and Rather useful and it carries two lights Rather Efficiently. Sorry to
hear you don't find benefit from one.

Cheers, helen s

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I think I may have been a boy scout in a previous existance ;-)

Only if you flashback with an American accent :-(

Peter Clinch said:

pig pog said:

* No, that driver that just looked at you still hasn't *seen* you.

Good one, and related to it:

* the only way you can be reasonably sure you've been seen is when you have made (and at least
briefly held) eye contact with the person in question.

Unfortunatley that's still not enough. I've had a mini cab driver cut straight in front of me from a
side road after a long stare, let alone eye contact (after they'd been crawling up to the stop
line). Some drivers are on drugs or are demented.

To be reasonably sure that they have taken in your presence, you need to see or hear an actual
physical reaction from their vehicle (or person if pedestrian), eg. waiting longer than normal when
no other traffic is around, braking or slowing down or not accelerating, or steering - something,
anything, that you would distinctly not expect if they had not seen you. Even just a slight easing
off the gas pedal or a twitch of the front wheels can be enough sometimes.

My other top tip involves Campag Ergo levers and self almalgamating rubber tape but I don't think
anyone's interested :-)

~PB

John Hearns <[email hidden]> wrote:

: So let the thread commence - what's your top tip?

Buy a trailer!

Yeah!

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Always have _some_ money with you, even if it's only a pound .. 😉

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If left outside in very cold weather, a damp cassette can freeze up with its ratchett in the
freewheel position. This mysterious phenomenon leaves your bike unrideable until the ice melts. The
next day the problem starts again. Eventually, you take it to your LBS and the cassette is given a
good soaking with GT85 and you're asked if you left the bike out overnight.

This happened to a friend (of course) last winter.

Simonb