http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Commuter into roadie en Tue, 19 May 2026 10:04:09 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20240#post-332404 Sun, 21 Jun 2020 13:49:14 +0000 gembo 332404@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@bax-san yes but eventually @SRD’s daughter takes them all away for a school project </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20240#post-332403 Sun, 21 Jun 2020 13:46:56 +0000 crowriver 332403@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@bax, agreed. Life's too short to be patching inner tubes unless <em>absolutely necessary</em>.</p> <p>Old inner tubes do come in handy, as for example frame protectors when you want to clamp something that would possibly scratch the finish. Also as tyre boots. </p> <p>So yes keep them in that box, plus maybe some scraps cut to length in the portable tool kit. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20240#post-332398 Sun, 21 Jun 2020 13:01:09 +0000 minus six 332398@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>I will put new tube in and maybe repaire the other one when I get home</em></p> <p>aye, maybe.. or just chuck it in that big box at the back of the garage where the rest of them see out their half-life </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20240#post-332388 Sun, 21 Jun 2020 11:56:18 +0000 gembo 332388@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Neither good nor bad</p> <p>I used to repair tubes with 3, 4,5,6 ,7 patches</p> <p>When you are out in group and other people are waiting and watching you end up adapting the group approach. So If I p-word now instead of relaxing, patching the hole, smoking a Gitanes sans filtre for 5 mins waiting on the glue I will put new tube in and maybe repaire the other one when I get home</p> <p>Conforming to the expected norm can be a bit of snobbery but also saves time.</p> <p>Rolling with a water bottle (I am back on Ribena since my tabs ran out) is more efficient than drinking a can of pepsi for sure. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20240#post-332386 Sun, 21 Jun 2020 11:43:20 +0000 chdot 332386@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“He reminded me of me twenty years ago.”</p> <p>Is that good? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20240#post-332380 Sun, 21 Jun 2020 11:09:54 +0000 gembo 332380@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The third man in our group yesterday we met at Broughton. He had a spesh Sirrus which is a fast flat bar bike to which he had attached tribars so he could tuck.</p> <p>He had a p-word on gravel at Meggat Water. He took his tools out of a flask he had in the water bottle holder. THe new tube had as many patches as the old tube. At one point he wedged a can of Pepsi between the tribars. Inevitably it fell out. So we had a bit of a stop for that.</p> <p>He was a fit cyclist and he could cycle stretches with no hands. After about 75 miles I plucked up the courage to say what about buying a road bike through bike to work.</p> <p>He reminded me of me twenty years ago. (Though I cannot cycle with my hands off the bars for very long - only reason I never did the tour :-) ) </p>