http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Chain guards required on second hand bikes? en Wed, 13 May 2026 05:27:06 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12565#post-148768 Sat, 12 Apr 2014 15:18:25 +0000 wee folding bike 148768@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I found the hard end bit of laces is sore on your feet if you tuck it into shoes. I tend to tick laces into socks too. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12565#post-148754 Sat, 12 Apr 2014 12:23:27 +0000 crowriver 148754@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There's a simple solution to the shoelace conundrum. Just tuck the tied laces betwixt shoe upper and shoe tongue, preferably pointing away from the bike. Voila! Case solved.</p> <p>It's the shoelace equivalent of tucking a trouser leg into your sock. Just remember to untuck the laces if you are going into pedestrian mode, especially if you have an important meeting. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12565#post-148750 Sat, 12 Apr 2014 11:22:08 +0000 gembo 148750@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ah yes Wingpig, you speak truth. But I have bad pedals on my hack bike. They are half and halfs and if I could get them off I would. The lace catches in the spd half and you have to stop to unwind it.</p> <p>Velour Crochet on a bike? whatever next? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12565#post-148741 Sat, 12 Apr 2014 09:49:42 +0000 wingpig 148741@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I imagine the shoelace-crank thing could be tricky to escape on a fixie but gentle reverse-pedalling usually works on freewheeling things. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12565#post-148739 Sat, 12 Apr 2014 09:35:36 +0000 Nelly 148739@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"I have found myself coming to a stop with lace wrapped around pedal too. I tie at least quadruple knots now”</p> <p>That's why The Man invented velcro </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12565#post-148738 Sat, 12 Apr 2014 09:25:34 +0000 gembo 148738@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I have found myself coming to a stop with lace wrapped around pedal too. I tie at least quadruple knots now. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12565#post-148737 Sat, 12 Apr 2014 09:13:11 +0000 I were right about that saddle 148737@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><blockquote>Poor man's SPD fail. </blockquote></p> <p>Ha! Reminds me to buy new laces. Chopped the ends off the right hand one. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12565#post-148702 Fri, 11 Apr 2014 16:40:37 +0000 Snowy 148702@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Anyway, you haven't lived until you've had your shoelace pinned between the chain and front chainring when you pull up to a halt and fall over sideways. Poor man's SPD fail. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12565#post-148700 Fri, 11 Apr 2014 16:36:10 +0000 Snowy 148700@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm sure it has the best of intentions but looks like the sort of tripe thought up by someone who's only ever seen a photo of a bike and then had a think about all the scare stories they've heard.</p> <p>Especially the bit on reflectors. I'd give them 1.5 out of 4 for that.</p> <p>I doubt a front derailleur counts as a chain guard. </p> <p>They forgot about a bell - frankly a lot more use than a bloomin chain guard.</p> <p>Handgrips and end plugs not being the same thing...the former without the latter can still leave bar-ends which can take a good gouge out of something. </p> <p>Nothing in there for the blindingly obvious such as checking that the frame doesn't have any big cracks in it, or the transmission isn't bent. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12565#post-148694 Fri, 11 Apr 2014 15:24:02 +0000 acsimpson 148694@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I think most of that applies to new bikes as well. Interesting that there is no mention of a bell.</p> <p>does trading standards apply to private sales? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12565#post-148692 Fri, 11 Apr 2014 15:16:09 +0000 Focus 148692@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Since that Southwark document doesn't specify road-going cycles, it would also make used track cycles &amp; (most?) single speeds illegal. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12565#post-148690 Fri, 11 Apr 2014 15:02:38 +0000 Cyclops 148690@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>BS6102 only applies to new bikes as far as I know and has largely been superceded by the BSEN standards which are European wide and specific for different types of bicycle.</p> <p>I've never heard the chain guard thing but in the unlikely event it's true it would make all BMXs illegal. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12565#post-148681 Fri, 11 Apr 2014 14:11:33 +0000 ARobComp 148681@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>" There must be a chain guard that covers the chain for at least 25mm from its point of intersection with the chain wheel."</p> <p>Is that not covered by a front derailleur? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12565#post-148680 Fri, 11 Apr 2014 13:54:45 +0000 SRD 148680@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Someone on twitter just pointed me in the direction of this doc <a href="https://t.co/koGsYQQyed" rel="nofollow">https://t.co/koGsYQQyed</a> which appears to claim that all second-hand bikes must be fitted with chain-guards.</p> <p>is that really true? </p>