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Forum: Fifty Plus (50+)
09-24-07, 04:09 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 484
Posted By abarkley

Daddy, you just gotta fix it!

My cover as an expert bike mechanic is about to be blown.

London 'Cycle the Streets' festival yesterday. 30,000 fanatics on the (closed-to-cars) streets of the inner city. Took my daughter, it was...
Forum: Fifty Plus (50+)
07-07-07, 04:29 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 615
Posted By abarkley

Spectated Le Tour today

I'm always jealous of you guys and your fantastic rides. Living in Central London doesn't provide much enjoyable cycling. Except today....

Two stops on the 'Tube' (Subway) took me from my front...
Forum: United Kingdom
06-24-07, 02:35 PM
Replies: 632
Views: 376,470
Posted By abarkley

About 1/2 mile south of London Bridge. Nice...

About 1/2 mile south of London Bridge.

Nice bunch of guys in the 50+ forum here.

(LeMond Reno '07)
Forum: Fifty Plus (50+)
05-30-07, 10:02 AM
Replies: 48
Views: 3,340
Posted By abarkley

Really helpful advice - thanks. booby c's...

Really helpful advice - thanks.

booby c's post just is a killer argument...I'm swaggering back tomorrow to tell them what I want. - and be quick about it!
Forum: Fifty Plus (50+)
05-29-07, 06:05 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 1,420
Posted By abarkley

Many of us will know what you mean about those...

Many of us will know what you mean about those quiet residential streets. I regularly cycle at about 07:00 on Sunday mornings, right in the heart of London's commercial district - it's a ghost town....
Forum: Fifty Plus (50+)
05-29-07, 04:46 PM
Replies: 48
Views: 3,340
Posted By abarkley

Two chainrings or three?

I'm in the process of buying an entry level road bike. Lots of nice ones to try out. Rightly or wrongly, I'm minded to get a 'triple' – a Century ride last year had me walking the steepest hills...
Forum: Fifty Plus (50+)
05-29-07, 04:41 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 802
Posted By abarkley

Thanks for that guys. Adopted many of your...

Thanks for that guys. Adopted many of your suggestions. Stap's advice on the triple is my next dilemma. Think I'll start another thread on that indecision.
Forum: Fifty Plus (50+)
05-23-07, 06:18 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 802
Posted By abarkley

Arm 58cm (acromion process to ulnar styloid) ...

Arm 58cm (acromion process to ulnar styloid)
Inseam 83cm
Sternal notch to floor (stockinged feet) 150cm

I don't look all that weird.

Now my Brit cybercycling pals are all saying 'Sure, that...
Forum: Fifty Plus (50+)
05-23-07, 12:57 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 802
Posted By abarkley

Bargain bike - fit angst

Scrooge asks...

I have had to accept that my Peugeot road bike has had it. Virtually everything on it now doesn't work properly or is terminally worn out. It cost me next to nothing and has done...
Forum: Fifty Plus (50+)
05-15-07, 05:50 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 666
Posted By abarkley

I can see it better now...it IS a frontloading...

I can see it better now...it IS a frontloading stem; however, your old one may not be, so the bar tape may still have to be sacrificed.

Oh, and the Nitto Technomic stem shown is not going to be...
Forum: Fifty Plus (50+)
05-15-07, 05:39 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 666
Posted By abarkley

Hey, don't be put off by MM - this is an easy...

Hey, don't be put off by MM - this is an easy job. Well, I've done it least twice without wrecking the bike.

The bolt head in the stem top centre is the start of a long bolt which goes down into a...
Forum: Fifty Plus (50+)
04-28-07, 07:19 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 650
Posted By abarkley

I think this may be specific to MTB clipless...

I think this may be specific to MTB clipless pedals. The shoe cleat is shaped such that it will release with a lateral movement of the heel as well as an inward one. It's also said that generally...
Forum: Fifty Plus (50+)
04-28-07, 07:09 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 485
Posted By abarkley

V-brake adjustment

I've just about got used to the dual-pivot brakes on my Peugeot. Now I have a bike with V-brakes - or more correctly, 'sidepull long cantilever' since they're not Shimano. Wow, these are powerful and...
Forum: Fifty Plus (50+)
04-28-07, 06:52 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 650
Posted By abarkley

I had a humilating, rather than bad, experience...

I had a humilating, rather than bad, experience with toe clips. I didn't feel much more comfortable when I swapped them for SPD's. There are some bits of road on which your feet cry out to be nailed...
Forum: Fifty Plus (50+)
04-28-07, 05:23 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 560
Posted By abarkley

Yeh, my gut reaction is that a well inflated 1.50...

Yeh, my gut reaction is that a well inflated 1.50 would be OK - but I'm just guessing...I mean, there must be minimum width below which the bead will work loose. I'd rather not find out.

Asda's...
Forum: Fifty Plus (50+)
04-28-07, 04:11 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 560
Posted By abarkley

Cheap bike tyre question

A real cheap bike......

$140; I needed something to ride with the kids (and to places my road bike won't go) but wasn't ready for a 'proper' MTB. In fact. it's better than I expected - simple...
Forum: Fifty Plus (50+)
04-18-07, 03:48 PM
Replies: 73
Views: 2,866
Posted By abarkley

Some of the brightest and the best. 'Waste' is an...

Some of the brightest and the best. 'Waste' is an inadequate word.

Forgive the intrusion of a foreigner, but lax gun controls may be only partly to blame.I shot competitively for years but was...
Forum: Fifty Plus (50+)
04-18-07, 03:18 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 534
Posted By abarkley

Thanks for all the helpful comments. ...

Thanks for all the helpful comments.

Freewheel or freehub? Hmmm, I did say I was a newbie. I was hoping that a Shimano PN starting 'FH' was probably the latter. But you never know...how can I...
Forum: Fifty Plus (50+)
04-18-07, 09:12 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 534
Posted By abarkley

Spotted in time...repair advice please

You can tell I'm new to biking - I thought all that jagged metal around my rear rim was decorative. Strangely, Mavic didn't put any on the front wheel....and I can see most of the tire bead exposed...
Forum: Fifty Plus (50+)
10-05-06, 10:50 AM
Replies: 216
Views: 13,421
Posted By abarkley

I recently fixed my second ever flat - it took me...

I recently fixed my second ever flat - it took me right back to the '50's when I 'fixed' my first. The 21st century repair kit was a poor item filled with flimsy plastic stuff - not like the one my...
Forum: Fifty Plus (50+)
09-21-06, 09:10 AM
Replies: 115
Views: 4,244
Posted By abarkley

I smoked 2 packs/day for nearly 20 years. Stopped...

I smoked 2 packs/day for nearly 20 years. Stopped 11 years ago. I couldn't go back to the stench, filth and chronic low grade ill health that heavy tobacco use produces. Furthermore, I seem in good...
Forum: Fifty Plus (50+)
08-29-06, 04:21 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 718
Posted By abarkley

follow up

'Through our errors shall we grow.....

Coloradopenguin, you are a Prince among men - that washer came off with a hammer and cold chisel; just stuck fast. Thanks to all the rest of you for your...
Forum: Fifty Plus (50+)
08-29-06, 12:43 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 718
Posted By abarkley

I really want to post a follow up to this, with...

I really want to post a follow up to this, with picture, but that helpful 'manage attachments' button has disappeared off the quick reply section. I've logged on with another PC and still can't see...
Forum: Fifty Plus (50+)
08-28-06, 01:41 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 718
Posted By abarkley

Oh..and is BMX an international term? These are...

Oh..and is BMX an international term? These are urban concrete stunt bikes; depleted uranium frame, one gear, zero saddle....or brakes (well, many of them). Not exactly a 50+ machine.
Forum: Fifty Plus (50+)
08-28-06, 01:34 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 718
Posted By abarkley

Yup.. the wheel no longer turns freely. ...

Yup.. the wheel no longer turns freely.

Sorry the pictures aren't clear. The far (right hand in pic) drop is the conventional one. The left fork terminates with a closed circular aperture - a ring...
Forum: Fifty Plus (50+)
08-28-06, 01:28 PM
Replies: 768
Views: 28,634
Posted By abarkley

6ft 1in, 188 today; target 171, BMI about 22. ...

6ft 1in, 188 today; target 171, BMI about 22.

One week ago, I re-established my aquaintance with Dr Robert C Atkins - a great man; dead now unfortunately.
Forum: Fifty Plus (50+)
08-28-06, 01:05 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 718
Posted By abarkley

Hopeless newbies shame

Got the family (inc 2 children 5 & 8) out for our first proper ride. Oh joy, to an evangelical later life cycling convert. But... 8 year old ended up with a flat - fortunately just as we got back to...
Forum: Fifty Plus (50+)
08-20-06, 03:28 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 622
Posted By abarkley

No, Welsh isn't related to Scots or Irish Gaelic...

No, Welsh isn't related to Scots or Irish Gaelic which (IIRC) have an Icelandic derivation.

Curiously, Welsh is closely related to Breton, as spoken in North West France and to Cornish which is...
Forum: Fifty Plus (50+)
07-05-06, 05:02 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 424
Posted By abarkley

Hold an ice cube in contact for several minutes....

Hold an ice cube in contact for several minutes. Gum then breaks apart into lumps which can be cleanly picked off.

Works on clothes/furniture...pretty well.

Al
Forum: Fifty Plus (50+)
07-05-06, 02:36 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 418
Posted By abarkley

Oh, and I've just read DG's 'negative thinking'...

Oh, and I've just read DG's 'negative thinking' thread. Boy, am I in need of PT.
Forum: Fifty Plus (50+)
07-05-06, 02:12 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 418
Posted By abarkley

What should I carry with me?

I'm off on my French adventure in 9 days. A ride from London to Paris over 3 days to raise money for Medicins du Monde - a Disaster relief charity. I'm told that there are 12 of us in the group - I'm...
Forum: Fifty Plus (50+)
06-26-06, 01:02 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 933
Posted By abarkley

Apart from my IronMan compatriot who posted...

Apart from my IronMan compatriot who posted above, I don't get the impression that most Brit cyclists know much about salt and water loss - we don't know much about hot weather (US style) either....
Forum: Fifty Plus (50+)
06-26-06, 12:43 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 672
Posted By abarkley

Sorry to hijack this very good thread. ...

Sorry to hijack this very good thread.

p8rider, is that the original Peugeot green? I'm riding a (?) 1980's Peugeot Professionel 400, don't know anything much else about the bike - very cheap on...
Forum: Fifty Plus (50+)
06-26-06, 04:30 AM
Replies: 47
Views: 770
Posted By abarkley

You sound pretty cool about what must have been...

You sound pretty cool about what must have been quite a shock. Hope you're back soon.

'Get back on the horse' Easy to say, but.... I'm not sure how I would feel myself.

I felt for you...
Forum: Fifty Plus (50+)
06-18-06, 06:57 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 475
Posted By abarkley

Am I drinking too much....?

Well probably not nearly enough, in fact.

I'm trying to get into shape for an event next month, basically 3 consecutive days of 100km each. Northern France is likely to be hot in mid July. There...
Forum: Fifty Plus (50+)
06-18-06, 06:40 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 1,072
Posted By abarkley

I had exactly this when I started again after a...

I had exactly this when I started again after a 35 year break. It went away - probably as a result of good advice from this forum on position (saddle up, bars up), regular spinal mobility exercises,...
Forum: Fifty Plus (50+)
06-18-06, 06:33 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 1,349
Posted By abarkley

Happened to me last at 07:00 on a Sunday - not a...

Happened to me last at 07:00 on a Sunday - not a soul about, just me, the bike and an empty road. What a relief.

Now it says in my newbie cycling books that you shouldn't fall on your outstretched...
Forum: Fifty Plus (50+)
06-18-06, 06:25 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 562
Posted By abarkley

Where does that Brighton route go Stap? I...

Where does that Brighton route go Stap?

I ask because I'm doing London to Newhaven ie close to Brighton, as Day 1 of an event in July. I would not be surprised if the itineraries were similar.
...
Forum: Fifty Plus (50+)
06-17-06, 03:38 PM
Replies: 69
Views: 3,313
Posted By abarkley

The Adida Evil Eye range looks good, but the...

The Adida Evil Eye range looks good, but the prescription insert size is tiny. I had hoped to get a 'varifocal' type (what I guess you guys have been calling a progressive lens) but had to settle...
Forum: Fifty Plus (50+)
06-11-06, 03:34 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 531
Posted By abarkley

Thanks again. I live in central/south London...

Thanks again.

I live in central/south London viz London Bridge area.
Forum: Fifty Plus (50+)
06-11-06, 03:21 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 531
Posted By abarkley

Thanks If I change the quill stem, would...

Thanks

If I change the quill stem, would that involve taking the tape off the bars? Be a pity that... just got that new Specialized Phat Bar stuff - works brilliantly.

Al
Forum: Fifty Plus (50+)
06-11-06, 02:17 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 977
Posted By abarkley

Flashing tail-lights are actually illegal here in...

Flashing tail-lights are actually illegal here in the UK - altho' no cop has ever bothered me about it.

I agree (both as a biker and a night driver) that the 'light show' is much more conspicuous.
Forum: Fifty Plus (50+)
06-11-06, 01:59 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 531
Posted By abarkley

Bar extender question

Beginning to get the hang of this cycling stuff now...

Helpful advice on this forum has resolved most of my positional aches and pains. Despite maximum adjustment however my handlebars are still...
Forum: Fifty Plus (50+)
05-15-06, 04:32 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 420
Posted By abarkley

Nearly newbie seatpost query

A dull (but worthy) question.

Thanks to this forum, I seem to be on the way to curing my chronic (mal) positional pains. The remedy was to raise the saddle and bars. It was also suggested that I...
Forum: Fifty Plus (50+)
05-15-06, 11:18 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 483
Posted By abarkley

Straight for the throat Sf!

Ah..hills, one of my many Achilles heels. I'm in denial.....

I'll be posting later - for some of that BikeForums therapy
Forum: Fifty Plus (50+)
05-14-06, 10:08 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 483
Posted By abarkley

Hey...coincidence! I'm just back from doing...

Hey...coincidence!

I'm just back from doing 70km (43.75 miles). No decent rides in the central London area - everything choked with traffic even on a Sunday. I have a little 2.5km circuit in a...
Forum: Fifty Plus (50+)
05-13-06, 04:49 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 552
Posted By abarkley

Great stuff everyone. Naturally, the saddle...

Great stuff everyone.

Naturally, the saddle and bars have been raised as high as they'll go now. I can still however just touch the ground on tip-toe. I daren't raise anything any further since...
Forum: Fifty Plus (50+)
05-13-06, 08:56 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 552
Posted By abarkley

Thanks guys. A lot of really helpful stuff....

Thanks guys. A lot of really helpful stuff. Blackberry, the article is great.

But, don't laugh.... I think I may have have missed something absolutely fundamental about riding a road bike,...
Forum: Fifty Plus (50+)
05-13-06, 04:45 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 593
Posted By abarkley

Yes, lens implantation is a perfectly routine...

Yes, lens implantation is a perfectly routine part of cararact surgery. Tried and trusted technology. Enjoy.

Al
Forum: Fifty Plus (50+)
05-13-06, 04:29 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 552
Posted By abarkley

Inconvenient back pain Episode 2

Further to my previous thread, someone helpfully suggested that I post an image of my riding position.

Problem in summary is of low back pain gradually developing (60 mins plus) which becomes more...
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