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I remember my first time on a tandem, I was pilot, and it had suicide shifters. The brakes were knacked, and there was about 27 stones worth of riders on the bike, and my mates driveway was downhill, with a blind right turn at the bottom. There's me trying to steer, shift, brake and look out, pretty much all at the same time, on my first time on a tandem. We got about 150m before we had to go back, change our shorts, and carried on riding on seperate bikes :s-smilie:

Reply 121

wizard710

Ah right, thank you - Looks like I am going to have to wait till I have a bit more money

Reply 122

jumpinglunch

Hi just need advice really...which of these bikes is 'better':

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Thanks :smile:

Reply 123

Ducki

teshla^^

The Raleigh :smile:

Reply 124

jumpinglunch

Ok thank you *steals mums credit card*

Reply 125

rock_ten

I'm interested. I just got back from some 'touring' from York to Windermere in the Lake District, and then back again. The Dales are amazing to cycle through, I highly recommend it.

Reply 126

wizard710

I would love to do a tour but I doubt that my legs could take it

Reply 127

Sam o0o

Right, someone pleeeease help! I wanted to go for a cycle, but the tire wasn't pumped up enough...

The slot thing where the pump goes, also has the thing that stops air escaping, and this valve only lets it in/out when you push it inwards. The pump I have doesn't do this, and I obviously can't push it in while the pump is on :s-smilie:

So what on earth do I do?! Have I just got the wrong kind of pump?

Cheers.

Reply 128

Ducki

Sam o0o

So what on earth do I do?! Have I just got the wrong kind of pump?

Cheers.

You probably have a presta valva.

Go to a bikeshop and buy a pump that is suitable for use with Prestas :smile:

Reply 129

wizard710

Yeah, I was suckered by that problem when I was helping a friend

Reply 130

SoundDevastation

rock_ten

I'm interested. I just got back from some 'touring' from York to Windermere in the Lake District, and then back again. The Dales are amazing to cycle through, I highly recommend it.

oooh.. im planning on going from Nottingham to Kent in a few weeks time. Any tips? I havent really been doing any training, but i ride about 1hour a day. Should I be doing more?

Reply 131

Ducki

SoundDevastation

oooh.. im planning on going from Nottingham to Kent in a few weeks time. Any tips? I havent really been doing any training, but i ride about 1hour a day. Should I be doing more?

uuh, yes

You need to be used to sitting in the saddle for a good few hours at a time. Don't work on speed, you're not in the TdF yet, but go for endurance training.

Reply 132

Sam o0o

Ducki

You probably have a presta valva.

Go to a bikeshop and buy a pump that is suitable for use with Prestas :smile:

Cheers mate. That's annoying, I wanted to go cycling everyday, now I gotta wait to get one of those things :frown:

Reply 133

ocelotrevs

I want to join.
I have a GT Aggressor, and I cycle quite a bit (at least 5 hours a week).

Reply 134

SoundDevastation

Ducki

uuh, yes

You need to be used to sitting in the saddle for a good few hours at a time. Don't work on speed, you're not in the TdF yet, but go for endurance training.

yeah.. i only usually do about 1 hour at a time..

Im planning on cycling to Derby and back (32miles) sometime this week, and if that goes well i might attempt Birmingham and back (110miles) next week sometime. The distance itself is about 160miles, though the last 40/50 miles will be part of a caravan so will be alot slower.

im still up for it! i think :p:

welcome ocelotrevs!

Reply 135

Ducki

SoundDevastation

welcome ocelotrevs!

You're gonna cycle 120 miles a week after only doing 32? Don't, you'll bonk massively and have to suffer the ignomy of calling out a lift. Have you ever heard of the 10% rule?

Reply 136

SoundDevastation

hmmm... good point. I was thinking while out cycling just now that maybe Leicester (~60miles) would be better to go for than birmingham!

Reply 137

Ducki

Yeah, learn to walk before you learn to run (figuratively speaking :p:

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Reply 138

SoundDevastation

hehe... thats the plan, though the big trip is on the 27th, so not very long to train up! The reason im so keen on cycling really is that if i cycle there and get the train back, the entire journey will cost me only £12.. plus, what better way to travel to the Camp for Climate Action, than transport that doesnt use fossil fuels!

Reply 139

ElectricOceans

I would say I'm in too but I don't actually own a bike anymore. I'd like to get back into cycling the only downside is that I live on a hill and my town doesn't particularly cater for people who use bikes. There’s not a lot of bike paths apart from in the odd lane and in the park which is usually congested with people. I might start using my brothers bike as he never uses it. In my town I usually walk if I need to get somewhere.