# 🚴‍♂️ Personal Cycling **URL:** \ **Category:** Other sport\ **Created:** [19 June 2015 16:40 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/personal-cycling/3338 "2015-06-19T16:40:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![WorzelScummage](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/worzelscummage/32/73175_2.png) [@WorzelScummage](https://www.sotonians.com/u/WorzelScummage)\ **Post date:** [14 August 2018 10:22 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/personal-cycling/3338/241 "2018-08-14T10:22:06Z")
Ah, good idea BTripz. Didn’t realise it did that. I’ll have a look at doing that. @BTripz Can you have another look and let me know if that’s worked? ---
**Author:** ![BTripz](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/btripz/32/75839_2.png) [@BTripz](https://www.sotonians.com/u/BTripz)\ **Post date:** [14 August 2018 10:44 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/personal-cycling/3338/242 "2018-08-14T10:44:59Z")
Nope, not worked, I’ve even created a dummy account and I can see where you started and finished… ---
**Author:** ![WorzelScummage](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/worzelscummage/32/73175_2.png) [@WorzelScummage](https://www.sotonians.com/u/WorzelScummage)\ **Post date:** [14 August 2018 10:47 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/personal-cycling/3338/243 "2018-08-14T10:47:02Z")
How odd - I have created a privacy zone… ---
**Author:** ![Map-Of-Tasmania](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/map-of-tasmania/32/1298_2.png) [@Map-Of-Tasmania](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Map-Of-Tasmania)\ **Post date:** [14 August 2018 12:44 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/personal-cycling/3338/248 "2018-08-14T12:44:52Z")
We know where you live cherts… any more of that politics disagreement with his holiness the Pop (sic) and them Corbyn guard will be round to sort you out with a ton of Hail Mary’s and shit… ---
**Author:** ![saintbletch](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/saintbletch/32/618_2.png) [@saintbletch](https://www.sotonians.com/u/saintbletch)\ **Post date:** [14 August 2018 12:51 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/personal-cycling/3338/249 "2018-08-14T12:51:20Z")
So have just got myself psyched up for my longest ride yet. Went to pump up the rear tyre and in doing so it looks like I split the valve in then inner tube and tyre has deflated. Bastard. So I’ve had the rest of last night’s curry instead. I tried guys. I tried. ---
**Author:** ![Map-Of-Tasmania](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/map-of-tasmania/32/1298_2.png) [@Map-Of-Tasmania](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Map-Of-Tasmania)\ **Post date:** [14 August 2018 13:02 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/personal-cycling/3338/250 "2018-08-14T13:02:24Z")
Go tubeless dude - dont be such an inner tube luddite… you will need new wheels though… but that means less cash for beer and fatfuckercurry ---
**Author:** ![Cobham-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/cobham-saint/32/99252_2.png) [@Cobham-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Cobham-Saint)\ **Post date:** [14 August 2018 13:16 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/personal-cycling/3338/251 "2018-08-14T13:16:15Z")
I’ve already flogged his address to 10 different people. :lou_wink_2: ---
**Author:** ![Goatboy](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/goatboy/32/167_2.png) [@Goatboy](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Goatboy)\ **Post date:** [14 August 2018 17:07 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/personal-cycling/3338/252 "2018-08-14T17:07:03Z")
I’ve already buried evidence in his garden. ---
**Author:** ![saintbletch](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/saintbletch/32/618_2.png) [@saintbletch](https://www.sotonians.com/u/saintbletch)\ **Post date:** [14 August 2018 21:49 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/personal-cycling/3338/253 "2018-08-14T21:49:19Z")
Tubeless? Is that code for not wearing under-garments? Couldn’t do that, I’d leave skid-marks if I pulled the rear brake too hard. New inner-tube bought, inserted and back on the bike. No excuses tomorrow (and no left over curry either). ---
**Author:** ![CB-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/cb-saint/32/95251_2.png) [@CB-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/u/CB-Saint)\ **Post date:** [15 August 2018 04:41 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/personal-cycling/3338/254 "2018-08-15T04:41:12Z")
Buy a spare and take it with you ---
**Author:** ![saintbletch](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/saintbletch/32/618_2.png) [@saintbletch](https://www.sotonians.com/u/saintbletch)\ **Post date:** [15 August 2018 06:20 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/personal-cycling/3338/255 "2018-08-15T06:20:12Z")
I’ve got a mobile and the wife’s got a car ! I do take a repair kit with me but this was the valve stem that tore whilst inflating it. I guess it perished ? ---
**Author:** ![CB-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/cb-saint/32/95251_2.png) [@CB-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/u/CB-Saint)\ **Post date:** [15 August 2018 07:43 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/personal-cycling/3338/256 "2018-08-15T07:43:20Z")
Always take a spare tube - nothing worse than having to fix a puncture particularly when it starts getting colder. A repair kit is good if you have real bad luck and a second puncture. Switching tubes takes 5 minutes. > **[Puncture Repair Kit Super Patch](https://www.wiggle.co.uk/park-tool-puncture-repair-kit-super-patch/)** > > Buy your Park Tool Puncture Repair Kit Super Patch - Puncture Repair from Wiggle. Our price £3.49. Free worldwide delivery available. The box is about the size of a postage stamp and a piece of piss to apply - will get you home. [http://www.wiggle.co.uk/co2-pumps/?sr=co2](http://www.wiggle.co.uk/co2-pumps/?sr=co2) These are a god send - can inflate your tyre (roadie) almost instantly - try getting one to 80 psi with a pump.Found you might need a couple for a mountain bike, but then you don’t need as high psi ---
**Author:** ![saintbletch](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/saintbletch/32/618_2.png) [@saintbletch](https://www.sotonians.com/u/saintbletch)\ **Post date:** [15 August 2018 08:43 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/personal-cycling/3338/257 "2018-08-15T08:43:45Z")
I don’t know if it’s because I am riding a mountain bike but it took me 5 minutes just to get the funning rear wheel off! I let Halfords fit then inner tube. I used to really enjoy bike maintenance but somehow it all seems to have got very complex. I’ve got disc brakes on this bike and to adjust them I can no longer just undo a nut, pull the cable through with some pliers and tighten the nut again. It reminds me of when in used to know everything about maintaining my Mk II Escort’s Kent crossflow engine and then I got a company car that had an ECU and that was that. I do like the co2 pump though. ---
**Author:** ![CB-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/cb-saint/32/95251_2.png) [@CB-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/u/CB-Saint)\ **Post date:** [15 August 2018 08:45 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/personal-cycling/3338/258 "2018-08-15T08:45:42Z")
If you do use the CO2 pump, make sure it has a neoprene johnny. They get fecking cold when you use them ---
**Author:** ![saintbletch](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/saintbletch/32/618_2.png) [@saintbletch](https://www.sotonians.com/u/saintbletch)\ **Post date:** [15 August 2018 13:03 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/personal-cycling/3338/259 "2018-08-15T13:03:11Z")
Eastleigh-Romsey. Check. Quick pit stop for nuts and water. Romsey-Hursley. Check. Pop into the Dolphin to see if my mate is there. He’s not but a text summoned him. Waiting for him now. 24k down. Hursley-Eastleigh. Dunno! ---
**Author:** ![CB-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/cb-saint/32/95251_2.png) [@CB-Saint](https://www.sotonians.com/u/CB-Saint)\ **Post date:** [15 August 2018 13:08 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/personal-cycling/3338/260 "2018-08-15T13:08:02Z")
> [@saintbletch](#): > > Eastleigh-Romsey. Check. Quick pit stop for nuts and water. > > Romsey-Hursley. Check. Pop into the Dolphin to see if my mate is there. He’s not but a text summoned him. > > Waiting for him now. 24k down. > > Hursley-Eastleigh. **Dunno!** Is this a new taxi service like Uber ---
**Author:** ![saintbletch](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/saintbletch/32/618_2.png) [@saintbletch](https://www.sotonians.com/u/saintbletch)\ **Post date:** [15 August 2018 13:08 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/personal-cycling/3338/261 "2018-08-15T13:08:44Z")
Lol. Could very well be. ---
**Author:** ![saintbletch](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/saintbletch/32/618_2.png) [@saintbletch](https://www.sotonians.com/u/saintbletch)\ **Post date:** [15 August 2018 20:00 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/personal-cycling/3338/262 "2018-08-15T20:00:19Z")
Right, hear this members of the [@SotoniansCyclingClub](https://www.sotonians.com/groups/sotonianscyclingclub), my afternoon ride was 36km and not 29km as your stupid Strava claims. I have set up integration between my FitBit and Strava. This means I can start recording my ride on my FitBit and it will then be synced to Strava. However, somehow the FitBit lost connection to my GPS on a couple of occasions. Fortunately, I had my hiking app - Komoot recording too. ![image](https://discourse-sotonians-uploads.s3.dualstack.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/original/2X/7/7f88d78e422c4233df50ca59ec2cfb74534cf205.png) ---
**Author:** ![saintbletch](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/saintbletch/32/618_2.png) [@saintbletch](https://www.sotonians.com/u/saintbletch)\ **Post date:** [15 August 2018 20:43 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/personal-cycling/3338/263 "2018-08-15T20:43:11Z")
Weird thing happened just as I was nearly home. A young girl stopped me in tears (her, not me) saying she was lost and could I tell her how to get home. She was 11 but looked more like 7. Anyway, I gave her directions but she was so messed up that she just got more and more anxious. So I doubled back and rode the 1.5km back along the route I’d already done whilst she followed me. When she got home, I made sure her Mum knew who I was and that I’d dropped her home because she’d been lost. The girl had just voluntarily ridden off with a stranger down a very secluded country lane. ---
**Author:** ![BTripz](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/btripz/32/75839_2.png) [@BTripz](https://www.sotonians.com/u/BTripz)\ **Post date:** [15 August 2018 21:13 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/personal-cycling/3338/264 "2018-08-15T21:13:09Z")
I did 20 miles this afternoon and 8 this morning. How many is that in metric? [Previous page](https://www.sotonians.com/t/personal-cycling/3338.md?page=12) [Next page](https://www.sotonians.com/t/personal-cycling/3338.md?page=14)