http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Meanwhile in South Africa en Wed, 13 May 2026 01:57:11 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11706#post-137563 Wed, 18 Dec 2013 19:36:24 +0000 lionfish 137563@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Thanks algo for the advice - that was roughly what I suspected. However, there's been a bit of a hiccup with the landy, more on that later...</p> <p>Anyway, finally got a couple more posts up on the blog - one specifically about cycling in Cape Town :)</p> <p><a href="http://africanpostcards.wordpress.com/2013/12/18/cycling-in-cape-town/" rel="nofollow">http://africanpostcards.wordpress.com/2013/12/18/cycling-in-cape-town/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11706#post-134921 Thu, 28 Nov 2013 10:18:52 +0000 algo 134921@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@lionfish - to address the observation less pertinent to cycling (apologies) - all combustion engines experience "blow-by" which increases crank-case pressure. This is regulated by a crank-case breather (called a CCV or PCV) which usually sits on top of the valve cover. If you over-fill the oil then the crank-case pressure combined with increased oil pressure can force oil to find its way out past the weakest seals. Once the oil level is a bit lower and the nominal pressure to oil-pump decreases oil will seep less out of seals. This is pretty normal. If you find a level of oil between low and high on the dipstick where oil leaks tend to stop then that is pretty normal - keep an eye on it for sure. You want to get worried about oil leaks if they are anywhere near timing belts or possibly clutches but otherwise it's a fact of life and chasing them down and repairing seals will only make the oil come out somewhere else!</p> <p>Apologies for the long post - it is very rare a topic comes up on here about which I know something.... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11706#post-134885 Wed, 27 Nov 2013 21:11:35 +0000 lionfish 134885@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hmm, is that just a temporary solution or something? Until the tram-works are complete?</p> <p>Anyway, thanks for keeping me up-to-date :) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11706#post-134877 Wed, 27 Nov 2013 20:35:12 +0000 chdot 134877@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"How's the connection at each end with other bike-"facilities"?"</p> <p>Good question...</p> <p><a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10031#post-133835" rel="nofollow">http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10031#post-133835</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11706#post-134870 Wed, 27 Nov 2013 20:13:55 +0000 lionfish 134870@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I can't see much sign of a bike-lane, but I'm liking how chilled and easy everything's become! I'm guessing the problem is a Christmas market or something's blocked the bike lane? Anyway, hopefully once that's sorted the bike lane will be good? :) How's the connection at each end with other bike-"facilities"?</p> <p>My first thought was why is everyone wearing so many clothes - it's taking me longer than expected to get used to being on the other side of the tilty Earth. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11706#post-134698 Tue, 26 Nov 2013 22:28:47 +0000 chdot 134698@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/11039322005/"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7374/11039322005_1d1fedc857.jpg"></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/11039326695/"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5482/11039326695_93998592be.jpg"></a></p> <p>Well you did ask -</p> <p>"I'm also intrigued by how the George Street bike-lane trial is going??" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11706#post-134685 Tue, 26 Nov 2013 21:59:37 +0000 lionfish 134685@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@algo - I like that :) I'm not sure when to worry about the oil leaks (i.e. how much starts to go from an entertaining, if environmentally dubious, feature to a problem). We've noticed that it only seems to leak much if we top the oil up to near the High mark on the dip-stick... don't know if that makes sense either.</p> <p>Thanks for the link to the latest. I'm also intrigued by how the George Street bike-lane trial is going??</p> <p>We're in Cape Town now, and have hired a couple of bikes for a few days - so will be putting up a couple of blog posts about it soonish. The blog's a bit behind at the moment.</p> <p>In the meantime, a general cycling-in-SA post...</p> <p><a href="http://africanpostcards.wordpress.com/2013/11/26/cycling-in-south-africa/" rel="nofollow">http://africanpostcards.wordpress.com/2013/11/26/cycling-in-south-africa/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11706#post-134302 Sun, 24 Nov 2013 09:40:52 +0000 algo 134302@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hello,</p> <p>hope South Africa is fun and your Defender is going well - key to a Land Rover in my experience is to treat engine oil leaks as a clever chassis rust protection mechanism.</p> <p>If you want to catch up on the biggest recent story here I'd say it's this:</p> <p><a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11324" rel="nofollow">http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11324</a></p> <p>which documents some catastrophic design decisions by CEC and various knock-on effects. Plenty of press coverage and videos there to get through... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11706#post-134283 Sat, 23 Nov 2013 22:44:27 +0000 lionfish 134283@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hello all!<br /> Sorry it's been so long since we visited the forum (especially after being so active). But we've been in Africa for the last two months!</p> <p>While making the blog, I found this old photo lying about on my laptop - I can't remember if I already posted it to the forum (sorry if I've just completely forgotten).</p> <p>Has anyone else experienced side-car bike-child-carriers?</p> <p><a href="http://africanpostcards.wordpress.com/2013/11/23/an-off-topic-cycling-post/" rel="nofollow">http://africanpostcards.wordpress.com/2013/11/23/an-off-topic-cycling-post/</a></p> <p>I'm afraid our current trip is the opposite of cycling - we've bought a massive landrover defender to travel about in :) Planning on hiring some bikes for a week to get about Cape Town though, so will see what cycling here's like.</p> <p>Hope all's well in Edinburgh, I've not been following the forum (or any other online thing). Need a really short minisummary of forum/edinburgh/cycling news :) </p>