sonsanorak Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Email the tutor the picture, let them see it from your POV. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Master Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Email the tutor the picture, let them see it from your POV. I didn't catch the name of the driving school and it's not clear on the footage. I am able to make out the number plate, though, and the banner has a distinctive design so I'd be able to recognise them if I see them again. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pub car king Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 Right bikeists can you point me in the right direction.i appreciate a lot of you guys are quite into it and have a serious bit of kit. I want to get a bike again been meaning to sort this out for ages but it's my birthday soon and i have been a good boy so i am getting a shiny new bike with a bow on it. All i want is a cheapish standard bike that will be fairly well put together and reliable what i want it for is a mixture of road, tracks, bridel paths and going down by the river. I have seen this one it's a raleigh are they still a decent make? which looks like it will do the job. Opinions if you please good, bad, indifferent, whats a bike etc. http://www.ashcycles.com/site/raleigh-talus-1 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carpetmonster Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 I'm not sure about Raleigh anymore, the company's been bought and sold a hell of a lot in recent years. This looks the part, at least - kenda tyres, seat that looks like a bike seat and not a couch. The brakes might be shitey (doesn't mention shimano like it does on the drivetrain). I'd guess the main thing would be sizing and if you like how it rides, if you have the opportunity to have a go of one. At 200 I'd be checking gumtree for older rigid MTBs - you should be able to get a reasonable second hand lower end Kona or Speshy for that money but I appreciate it's more hassle. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bold Rover Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 At the risk of boring others on here, pck: there are outlets around the country which specialise in reconditioning/ customising bikes to your requirements. One in Maryhill one, in Kilbirnie, others too. You'd get a more individual bike there for that sort of money. The Raleigh looks nice but I expect the wearing parts will be cheap and problematic - like my bike, in fact. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unleash The Nade Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 Right bikeists can you point me in the right direction.i appreciate a lot of you guys are quite into it and have a serious bit of kit. I want to get a bike again been meaning to sort this out for ages but it's my birthday soon and i have been a good boy so i am getting a shiny new bike with a bow on it. All i want is a cheapish standard bike that will be fairly well put together and reliable what i want it for is a mixture of road, tracks, bridel paths and going down by the river. I have seen this one it's a raleigh are they still a decent make? which looks like it will do the job. Opinions if you please good, bad, indifferent, whats a bike etc. http://www.ashcycles.com/site/raleigh-talus-1 Only advice I would give here is ........FFS , Don't buy a Raleigh 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papad Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 Why? I've got a Raleigh airlite, nice bike 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broccoli Dog Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 Right bikeists can you point me in the right direction.i appreciate a lot of you guys are quite into it and have a serious bit of kit. I want to get a bike again been meaning to sort this out for ages but it's my birthday soon and i have been a good boy so i am getting a shiny new bike with a bow on it. All i want is a cheapish standard bike that will be fairly well put together and reliable what i want it for is a mixture of road, tracks, bridel paths and going down by the river. I have seen this one it's a raleigh are they still a decent make? which looks like it will do the job. Opinions if you please good, bad, indifferent, whats a bike etc. http://www.ashcycles.com/site/raleigh-talus-1 If you are buying a new bike increase your budget by about £100 and you will find much better options. You might want to scrimp on cash because you don't plan on using it, but it's a vicious circle as you won't want to use a shite bike anyway. If you want something 2nd hand avoid gumtree/ebay and the like because you can get ripped off easily. Try somewhere like Glasgow Bike Station or Edinburgh Bike CoOp, who recondition old bikes up to roadworthy level and they don't cost too much. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jester Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 This easterly wind is seriously starting to piss me off. Added about 10 minutes to my ride tonight. It's like cycling in syrup. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keptie Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 This easterly wind is seriously starting to piss me off. Added about 10 minutes to my ride tonight. It's like cycling in syrup. Ditto. Cycling back from work yesterday what would normally take 60-70 minutes took me 85 minutes and on the edge of exhaustion,was i glad to get home. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorlomin Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 TBF even I have been getting a bit out of breath over the past week. I dont know if you are affected by this pollution but it is taking a bit of a toll on me. But the oldest trick in the book for a head wind. Find a bus and stay close (dunno your roads, most round here its rare for traffic to get above 25) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fife Saint Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 I was going to take a run out past Kilsyth on Saturday but sacked it halfway and headed out the less exposed Strathkelvin railway line. The wind was horrendous and I wasn't enjoying it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unleash The Nade Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 This easterly wind is seriously starting to piss me off. Added about 10 minutes to my ride tonight. It's like cycling in syrup. Ditto. Cycling back from work yesterday what would normally take 60-70 minutes took me 85 minutes and on the edge of exhaustion,was i glad to get home. But surely you get the advantage of it as a tailwind when going in the other direction ?? If its leisure cycling you're doing and not to and from work, where you can do nothing about the route, always,always set off into a headwind, so you get the advantage of a tailwind on the return part if your journey when you're more tired. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fife Saint Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 It's amazing how you rarely acknowledge the benefit of the wind at your back but curse it all the way home. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bold Rover Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 Down here the wind is always in my face and every trip is uphill, both ways. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorlomin Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 It's amazing how you rarely acknowledge the benefit of the wind at your back but curse it all the way home. Drag is a cube of velocity. When it is blowing behind you it reduces your drag, but when it is in your face it increases the short hand of this is it takes a huge amount more out of you from the front than it gives from the back. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jester Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 But surely you get the advantage of it as a tailwind when going in the other direction ?? If its leisure cycling you're doing and not to and from work, where you can do nothing about the route, always,always set off into a headwind, so you get the advantage of a tailwind on the return part if your journey when you're more tired. Unfortunately it's to work. I used to work in Glasgow and headwind all the way there. Now I've moved to Edinburgh and the bloody wind has changed direction! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceblink Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 Started cycling to work a couple of weeks ago, and enjoying the 30 minute ride along the canal into the city centre. I can get from my flat to the top of Cambridge Street without even crossing a road. Easterly winds have made it good for the journey home which suits fine. Have to say though that for all the money they must have spent doing up the canal, that they could have completed the pathways better. Huge puddles along the way, and some sections not even tarmaced make it less than ideal. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unleash The Nade Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 Drag is a cube of velocity. When it is blowing behind you it reduces your drag, but when it is in your face it increases the short hand of this is it takes a huge amount more out of you from the front than it gives from the back. Agree.Being blow from the front always takes more out of you!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvio Tattiescone Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 fnaar 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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