@bill, risk reduction good. I kind of did that e.g. it is late not much traffic feck it just go for it.
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Confessions of a Cycle Commuter
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I am creeping into a bad habit of shouting "criminal" when vehicles overtake me on Portobello High St (and variations thereof). Especially with an easterly, I can be comfortably at around the speed limit of 20mph, and the police won't do anything.
However I realise this is futile and possibly in danger of causing road rage so I should desist.Posted 6 years ago # -
I shifted my light a little bit westward on my handlebars last night but forgot to check if it was correctly-tilted until a couple of miles from home.
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More metal fatigue. My cycle seat bolt snapped for the 3rd third time last night, this time while in kirknewton on my way home. The motorcycle engine bolt lasted longer than the last 2 cycle seat bolts. A motor cycle restorer machined it to fit when broke on way back from Arran. I went to the helpful kirknewton garage last night and now have a car bolt holding the seat on. I think it may be Raleigh micro adjustable seat post design that is the de Havilland Comet of seats post designs. I may change for a 2 bolt design
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... never mind me
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No just my sloppy writing-). It has failed once in kirknewton the other times on the way back from arran and the way to callander
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I don't really do dress down Friday, but I do have a couple of less formal outfits that I sometimes wear on a Friday if I'm in the mood. So yesterday, when I was packing my clothes prior to doing my "long commute"to work this morning, I decided to pack one of them. I had a nice cycle in, faffed around, eventually got in the shower, got dressed, and then (and only then) did I realise...
It's Thursday.
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That's one of the better recent confessions. It wasn't until the punchline that I worked out where the story was going. clearly you aren't the only one needing an early weekend.
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Just put my shirt on on the train, this shirt is the last shirt I had for this week and I wondered why I hadn't worn it in a few weeks.
It's because it's missing two buttons on the front from some sort of horrible incident I'm not sure of. About 6 inches of my between-nipple-area (cleavage?) is on show. I have no other clothes apart from a scraggy cycling top and a gilet. Currently sitting on train with Gilet zipped up to almost the top. Top work.
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Do you have any keys with you? The wee key ring thingbies can be adapted to clamp together two layers of fabric. Should hold for long enough to get to a safety-pin shop.
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Or if you can get hold of a needle & thread, cannibalise one of the bottom buttons or cuff buttons? WH Smiths or Boots should have little emergency sewing kits
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Or buy a tie ...
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Undo the buttons above and wear a chest wig - claim it's 70s Friday
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WH Smiths or Boots should have little emergency sewing kits
The delightful Scots word is 'husif', from 'housewife'.
Failing that, grab the first stapler you see off a desk and staple the shirt shut. Quick dirty fix wins kudos.
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Find some felt pens and colour in the skin over your sternum and manubrium the same colour/pattern as the shirt.
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Even better get it tattooed. Permanent fix.
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Some of my clothes even have spare buttons sewn onto the garment care label. I don't know if this is more of a female thing, or more usual if the buttons are unusual.
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Rip off the other buttons and just style it out?
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@fimm - some men's garments also have spare buttons, presumably on the more expensive/branded end of the scale.
Robert
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I got 99 problems but buttons ain't one.
It's a method to affix the buttons. Tried to find a sewing kit. Tried the keyring thing but that just drew the eye more.
I've gone for a crocodile clip on the interior until I can find something else + Gilet on the warmest day in Newcastle's history*
*may not be true
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New Plan. It's sunny, the shirt is red check. Going to sunbathe outside for 20-30 minutes and my chest should turn beetroot, I'll draw on horizontal and vertical lines with biro and huzzah I've got the skin camo as described by IWRATS and Wingpig above.
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You're in Newcastle - what's the problem!
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Nailed it.
Image link as I failed to make that image goto the right size.
Spare button and blue tack
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Is that a Blu Tak cufflink? (Full disclosure: I played drums with Blu Tak Cufflink in the nineties.)
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manubrium
This hasn't had enough love.
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My bottom bracket was failing this morning almost got a year out the this one; put bike in decathlon for a new one my 4th in under 3 years. The OE one bike came with did not last 6 months may be as explorer uses a square tapper bracket
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This hasn't had enough love.
Got a new frame.
Oh yeah? Aluminium or titanium?
Nah, manubrium.Posted 6 years ago # -
Hmm, I'd like to imagine manubrium is a sort of waxy substance. Or maybe a kind of terrestrial ambergris.
Posted 6 years ago # -
I inadvertently kidnapped a dog.
I'd been vaguely aware of a dog padding after me for a time after I passed it on the Leith Links path. Later, waiting for the crossing lights Seafield Street, I looked down and there it was sitting next to me, looking up expectantly.
Despite following me that far, it didn't seem keen to follow me back. Managed to cajole it a bit of the way, and eventually a chap appeared calling for him.
Posted 6 years ago # -
@urchaidh, clearly that dog was seeking to adopt you. You have heartlessly returned it to a cruel and inattentive owner
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