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Approaching a roundabout, after an appropriate glance over my shoulder, I moved from the gutter and accross to the right hand lane. There's a horn behind me and I turn around and tell the car to fuck off, he's there with the window open saying cyclists are a menance, I'm like, I'm on a bike, you're in a car, who's the fucking menance? This is my road too. As this goes on as we're side by side going around the roundabout. Fuck knows what the cars behind made of it. I told him he was a twat then accelerated in front to get back over to the left to exit. We argued again at the traffic lights further on
Or like the car driver that pulled out without looking forced me onto the wrong side of the road, and after a threw a hand up over-took me, then slowed and cut me off as he pulled in again forcing me to slow and swerve back onto the right, to ask me what the fuck was my problem. 'You almost killed me' was my reply.
Or the driver that reversed out of a line of park cars without looking and I almost ploughed into, having to swerve onto the pavement
Maybe I do make mistakes riding my bike, but I can't remember any times where I've almost caused physical injury to other road users. And when I do seek solace on the pavement or path I get shouted at by pedestrians. We are neither fish nor flesh: the road belongs to the cars, the pavement people. We get the gutter (cycle lanes round here are a joke). Despite coming before the car we are now the after-thought, an inconvienience, hated by both walker and driver. So we hate them back. Wankers
Phew, needed that, ta
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Reserrecting this thread for some aid: first few rides on a fixed and thinking I need a bigger gear. I'm on a 42:16 which is about 70" but feeling I can't put the hammer down as much as I like and it feels a bit spinney. Don't think I need to increase massively, but a bit bigger I think is needed (particularly for the downhills: I live in Cheltenham). Do I need to change both cogs? Or maybe just the front one to 44/46?
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Anyone use 5 10 Rubber and flats? Use this on my MTB. The 5 10 Shoes use the same sticky rubber as rock-climbing, and matched with a good flat pedal (DMR V12s and Terror pins) you get insane amounts of grips with spuds or owt. Gonna be trying this on my Charge
Downhillers do use this combo and have won World Cup races
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If there is a practical reason for this, or whether its just an aesthetic thing? Not havng yet a huge grasp on the track bike thang, I'm aware of solid rear wheels on TT/Track bikes with more conventional wheels upfront, but I'm seeing bikes with deep rims at back/front with something completely different up front, carbon wheels at the back, carbon (aerospoke right?) at the front etc
Some one give me an in into the wonderful world of wheel selection on a fixie
(and I even managed some alliteration)



Did you google that?