CityCyclingEdinburgh was launched on the 27th of October 2009 as "an experiment".
IT’S TRUE!
CCE is 14years old!
Well done to ALL posters
It soon became useful and entertaining. There are regular posters, people who add useful info occasionally and plenty more who drop by to watch. That's fine. If you want to add news/comments it's easy to register and become a member.
RULES No personal insults. No swearing.
Passed an ambulance attending someone just before the Newbridge roundabout this morning. I assume it was a cyclist as they were in shorts and there was a bike on the ground beside them.
It was on the approach from Broxburn direction and looked pretty bad. There were quite a few people around and a car and van on the verge. Hopefully not as bad as it looked and they make a quick recovery.
By email -
Hi,
I am not registered on the site but do check it every day for local updates.
On Friday a work colleague and friend of mine who cycles didn’t turn up for work and hadn’t contacted anyone. On the off chance something had happened I checked the forum and someone, I can’t remember their name sorry, had posted about a cyclist being down at Newbridge. This allowed us to target our search and it turned out after contact with the police that this was indeed my friend.
Just wanted to thank the forum and let you know he is ok, it appears to have been a mechanical failure (front fork snapping in two inside the bike frame). He spent Friday night in the ERI. Has a few stitches around his eye and some facial fractures. A further scan today revealed a fractured skull so once the swelling goes down he will be getting a plate fitted a week today. Would’ve been much worse had he not been wearing his helmet.
Thank you to all again.
Can I also register for the forum, I’m a reader not a poster but the power and value of the forum can’t be underestimated as it helped us find him.
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Big up for CCE.
front fork snapping in two inside the bike frame
Good lord. That shouldn't happen. Carbon fibre presumably?
I've seen it happen on aluminium bikes a couple times @IWRATS. First was a old uni friend who was riding his bike down bruntsfield links and lifted his front wheel to manual the speed bumps, at which point his front forks just fell out. He lost part of his ear if I remember rightly. The other was an aluminium BMX that had been sat outside for too long.
Yes, aluminium steerers should be considered of as disposable items with a limited lifespan, even more so if you've got a big stack of spacers on them.
Pertinent to "helmet thread"?
I live and learn. Odd they're allowed to be sold at all.
That's the service manual for my fork. Alloy steerer tube, no mention of likely failure in the inspection regime;
Service Interval Information
Clean dirt and debris from upper tubes Every ride
Check air pressure Every ride
Inspect upper tubes for scratches Every ride
Check front suspension fasteners for proper torque 25 hours
Remove lowers, clean/inspect bushings and change oil bath 50 hours
Clean and lubricate air shaft assembly 100 hours
Change oil in damping system 100 hours
What gives?
"What gives?"
Everything, eventually.
(Even steel!)
Not sure this is the thread for such material failures (or suggestions of).
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