Does anyone know what's the differences between these two cleaning products from Muc-Off: Bio Chain Cleaner and Bio Drive Cleaner. One is a spray, the other one is a liquid, but besides that I don't notice a difference. Their descriptions don't say much.
@CristianCiupitu - i dont clean my chain and stuff anymore. not worth the hassle and manufacturers generally recommend something like wiping it down or whatever
but id be wary of a spray. its bound to go somewhere where you dont want it to
I wonder if it would make sense to jury-rig a tiny bell to brake lever hoods on my bike. I hardly ever use the bell otherwise, as when I need it i want a firm grip with both hands and brakes within reach.
I had a canti-braked bike that managed to howl like a banshee under hard braking. Was almost an auto-braking alert and worked quite well at informing people something was coming.
As I said, I rather brake for pedestrians and wait for them to move away all by themselves rather than scare them out of my way. However, a polite warning might be useful before passing sometimes.
China cures you of that. Everyone criss-crosses as they please. However, all are taking care to avoid collisions, which made it the most pleasant city cycling I ever did.
Until recently, me neither. However, it is sometimes useful to announce one's approach. To keep people from steping to the side, unaware there is a bike behind them.
Also when passing other cyclists, especially children. I notice it with mine that he often veers to the left for no reason. While he is careful when he hears a bell from behind.
Here people tend to move at the very least to see what's coming from behind if they hear a sound, but if there's no sound, I can just pass at slow speed on their left or right.
I don't see a world of difference using a bell, however, i see some use. What is more, it is an old and well established tradition in bicycles. Which makes it very recogniseable.
Unfortunately my new workplace is in a tiny overcrowded office for the time being. No showers, no fitness stuido nearby. That more or less rules out bike commuting (and much more bringing my bike up to the office).
Happened to a friend who booked a hotel in the SW USA, just opposite of the office he was working at. About 300 m. However, he had not seen on google maps that there was no way across the street, unless he were to play real-life frogger.
Had to take an uber every time who drove him some two or three km or so just to cross the effin street.
He said it was the most awful business trip in his life. For every little thing he needed an uber. I suppose it would be difficult to persuade one's company to get a rental car for a whole fortnight for such a thing.
The feeling when you notice that a 27.5" trail bike (GT Avalanche Elite size S) has a slightly longer top tube than a XC bike (Merida Big.Nine 300 size 17")...
the GT is 3 x 10: 42/32/22 if I remember correctly
Yeah, but they're still found on cheap bikes.
I can't say that I have very strong feet, but on a 26" bike 36 teeth weren't enough for me. On the GT I sometimes use 42 - 13 and quite often 42 - 15, although this happens in the city.
Perhaps the designers are thinking that you won't go too fast anyway on the trails or country roads, but I still don't see the point of 32 or even 30 teeth unless of course you're also going on very steep hills.
@gschenk dunno - it was on a "Raleigh Delmara" MTB, nothing special. I;m fitting it to a former electric bike as a test for climbing really steep grades.
the chinese bike-sharing bikes had a mean high gearing
couldn't even get them to a comfortable cadence, would be somewhere near 25 to 30 km/h I estimate. Traffic rols at about 16+/- 2 km/h, judging from feel.
