tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-268067732011-04-21T22:15:06.594-07:00Glaucushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13601831605550147385noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26806773.post-1146860623758974292006-05-05T13:19:00.000-07:002006-05-05T13:23:43.766-07:00Nearly got run down by a red sports car at night, the car was without lights.<br /><br />Derailleurs playing up. Need a new chain but that might not do the job and the whole gear system is knackered. I prefer hub gears. But they are much more expensive. I think I would like hub brakes as well. Easy maintenance bikes. Got my eye on one of the Subway bike models in Halfords, but they cost as much as a secondhand car.<br /><br />Tightened the stand (prop for holding up the bike) but it sheared off. These cost £15.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26806773-114686062375897429?l=cycling-in-sussex.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Glaucushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13601831605550147385noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26806773.post-1145825761026598382006-04-23T13:46:00.000-07:002006-04-23T13:56:01.033-07:00To try and paint a picture of cycling experiences in Sussex.<br /><br />Yesterday when it was warm and ideal cycling weather, I was stuck indoors with lots of jobs to do and a puncture. I needed to buy a new mountain bike tyre (£10 in Halfords) and put on a new inner tube. A 20 minute job, but my bike was stranded a mile away.<br /><br />Today it rained for almost the whole day and it was late before I got out.<br /><br />The everyday bike is a secondhand Falcon (£50 six months ago) but the transmission is knackered. A new chain may help, but it is the derailleur gears that need replacing. Might as well get a new bike. But which one?<br /><br />The stand that keeps the bike upright when parked sheared off when I tried to tighten it today. These cost £15, not sure where I bought this from. This is the double pronged one. They don't fit on all bikes.<br /><br />Flat is too small. Nowhere to put the bikes. Under a tarpaulin in the front garden which is not very good for them. Tarpaulin fixed with large clamps.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/26806773-114582576102659838?l=cycling-in-sussex.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Glaucushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13601831605550147385noreply@blogger.com0