I find as a commuter by bike that if you ride more in the centre of the lane, drivers are more likely to wait to overtake . This forces them to move on to the other side of the road to overtake rather than squeeze through with their offside wheels on the other side of the road and close pass you.
I agree, my complete approach is that you as a cyclist decide on each occasion if you're going fast enough to be entitled of the whole lane. If I'm doing 45, I'm sorry, that lane is all mine and nobody moves beside me on it. Otherwise, if there's enough space for somebody to overtake - here, one lane streets are often wide enough - I move more towards the edge. Cycling very close to the edge of the road should only happen temporarily - for example, if you're very slow and decide to help one driver get past. Apart from that exception, even if the lane is wide enough for an overtake, always leave a margin of at least 40cm from the pavement to be able to move further towards the edge in case some driver squeezes you, but don't give it up to everyone beforehand because you'd have nowhere to go during a squeeze. I you think there is not enough space for a driver to overtake on the same lane, or there's multiple lanes on the same direction, you should be placed only a bit off center, leaving about two thirds of the lane from the overtaking side. It's your lane and you're doing drivers a favor for sharing it, while sending the message that if they wish to overtake, they have to use additional space outside of it.
on the whole speeding thing, it's more related to the following (stats from UK Government) and can't be treated in isolation Currently on our roads; ● 719,000 unlicensed drivers ● 1,000,000 uninsured drivers ● 3,800,000 vehicles without an MOT ● 192,100 drivers banned for driving drunk ● 68,000 drivers banned for driving drugged a lot of these people don't care about being insured, being banned, having working cars, driving while drunk and driving while drugged. why would anyone think they would care about driving too fast near a cyclist (or just driving over the speed limit). doesn't help that the UK judiciary don't apply ANY punishment to drivers - there was a woman round my way who killed a mother and her baby and she got let off because "she's old and needs her car".
Complete breakdown of rule of law there. Judges have to be willing to confiscate licenses and vehicles if necessary.....and in the case of drunk and drugged drivers, impose prison time. There should also be significant forfeiture punishments on unlicensed and uninsured drivers that cause accidents.
The worms dug up on sandy beaches from below casts of sand (wiggly piles of sand, according to Frances 🙂) are lugworms, the ones that Jimmy described as with 'pincers' are ragworms (not found on sandy beaches).
hey i do all my mechanical at the bike shop, yes it costs more, but, internal is just more clean, my slight OCD loves internal routing, my wallet does not
Cycling in Bavaria (where I now live) feels a lot safer than in England. But when I'm driving a car I find that if I stick to the speeding limit I soon have 5 angry Audi drivers stacked up behind me. Annoying.
It's always Audi drivers. ALWAYS. Same here in the US. The four rings of the apocalypse. Well, that and monster pickup trucks (and SUVs derived from those monster pickup trucks) with illegally heavily tinted glass.
Use a rear window dashcam - and report them to the police. Audi drivers are always a problem, however the can get the driver license suspended in Germany if they don't maintain a safe distance
@@rayF4rio My experience here in the Midwest is the BMW drivers seem to have one tiny little shred of social boundaries remaining while the Audi ones have long since crossed them. I am wondering if BMW's recent trend of uglifying their SUVs by making them look more aggressive with absurdly big grilles is aimed at addressing this market share issue by getting some of the more unpleasant Audi drivers to switch to them.
LOL when did it change from BMW drivers? Back in the early '00s, I had an A4, and Audis were considered 'nice' and 'sensible'. BMWs were the aggressive ones.
FYI regarding Froome - you have to remember that his legs where buckled from his accident.. and I suspect his bike fit changed over and over during his recovery.
Re: SPDs. There are two type of cleats, if you start it's better to start with the with the SM-56, which is way easier to unclip. The other one is called SM-51.
Agree with the riding off road : used to be a road rider but too many accidents known from friends and very close misses with me , also abuse from drivers made me switch to gravel,
I know some guys that are riding with steel marbles in their pockets, even the other day a guy told be he had threw one, because of a very close call by one of his weekend rindind group friends. He got out of the car screaming, the guy said he only told, you are lucky i recognized you, because i was aiming for the back window before i did.
I live in a small Norfolk village. Our street has a 30mph speed limit and that's too fast for the road anyway. Yet some people speed down that road. There are no pavements and normally cars parked on both sides of the road. Yet, when my dog was getting old and we'd be walking him down the road and people would drive at us and'd just say the speed limit's 30. It's worth noting 30's a limit, not a target. Moving on from there - other villages here have main roads going through them. The speed drops from 60mph to 30, but a lot of people continue on at 40. Now, if you see someone, you'll slow down. But what if a child or a dog just runs out. At 30, you have more chance of stopping than 35 and at 25, a lot more. Not only that, don't those people deserve to not have to deal with the noise of a car at 35 or 40? Finally, it's wonderful (albeit too flat) to ride around here. However, there've been enough instances where I've met a car on a single-track road and they just don't bother to slow down. I mean, if they slow down, there'll be plenty of space but on a single-track road, a car coming the other way at 30 or 40 is scary and makes the space seem so much smaller. Why don't you see if you can get Chris Boardman on to discuss speed. He'll change your mind. Please note - not intended as hate mail - just a discussion.
I had a front wheel blow out decending back into Pollensa after the lighthouse ride. Managed to control it but ended up looking down a very long drop and very scared. It took me a couple of years to get over a fear of it happening again any time I was going down hill.
Jimmi!! I have anecdotal evidence that the police do pull people over for close passes... I was just getting back into cycling after some time off due to some bad close passes and incidents. Driver passed within inches on double white light lines right I front of a marked police car. Chased them down further down the road. Gave a nice wave and thank you as I passed. Admittedly this out of chance butIt can and does happen!
I think the intriguing thing with Froome, he rode the Vuelta with INEOS in his last season with the team. I remember him pulling on the front in some of the climbs for his teammate. So he did recover some form post crash, seemingly not done as well at Israel since.
Well, he had some very few moments with Israel where he showed glimpses of past form, like on the TdF stage to Alpe d'Huez if i remember correctly. But they seem to have been few and rare, but he is also not getting younger which might contribute to the recovery of the serious crash. We will see if the much younger Bernal ever fully (or at least 90-95%) recovers.
The speed question should be about educating people about speeding and road behaviour. I did a speed awareness course recently, it was actually really useful and important.
I just whacked my knee on the handlebars Sunday at 30mph because I lost my chain out of the saddle sprinting. I found myself trying to sprint in the saddle today. I am blaming my worn out chain ring which I have a new one in the mail. So hopefully I will be over it after it gets replaced.
We already have a rule for a minimum passing distance of 1.5 metres, if it was enforced in the same way as (for example) drink driving (media campaigns, random roadside checks, serious consequences for offenders etc) then cycling on roads would very quickly become much saafer
Please check out the 18 speed Pinion hub that's housed at the crank. I REALLY want to build a steel bike with that and a carbon belt drive. They do an electric one that can shift under load and you can even have it with drop handlebar shifters. Alas, I'm poor.
When it comes to SPD clipless pedals I'd recommend a pedal with a clip in on one side and a flat pedal on the other. When riding on any gravel or stop and go street traffic I feel much safer riding on the flat side of my SPD pedals. Also, when coming to a stop always release BOTH feet from your pedals. If you realize just one side thinking you'll put that foot down, every once in a while you'll end up leaning to the other side, which is still clipped in, and do an embarrassing, slow fall. Ask me how I know...........
I fell 3 times during one ride first time at traffic light, second time before tramp crossing, and third time when I was finally home and stopped before my apartment... Nobody saw me It was just hit to my ego :D, I didn't fall since. Each time I forgot to unclip prior stopping. I learned my lesson the hard way :D
Currently recovering from a broken collarbone after being hit head on by a car while cycling a month ago so the speeding/driving standards segment feels particularly poignant. Pre pandemic there was due to be technology introduced to all new cars to limit them to the speed limit unless the driver essentially overrides the system (I think the intention was by having to press the accelerator pedal much further down) which would mean that anybody caught speeding would be liable as they would have made the choice to speed etc. Somehow this seems to have been dropped. When it comes to 'speeding to get out of a situation' there's almost no situation where breaking the speed limit is the better choice than slowing/stopping, only those that have been caused by someone driving badly in the first place (risky overtakes etc).
5 deaths a day in the UK is deeply depressing as an article I read in The Guardian from about 2006 stated that there were approx. 3 deaths a day in the UK which means that deaths are on the up - by quite a bit. I wonder if the explosion in sales of powerful SUVs has anything to do with it?
The SUVs breed arrogance. But a great many new cars are much wider than they were in the past. The current Vauxhall Astra is nine inches wider than its early 1980s predecessor. How many roads in the UK outside the trunk highway network are nine inches wider per lane than 40 years ago? And that's before we even get to SUVs which are wider still. I recently watched some videos of cycling and motorbiking in the Lake District as it's a while since I've been back and it's time for a trip. One video I saw, these oncoming cars seemed to be just filling Wrynose Pass road from wall to wall until they got past the cattle grid and could potentially steer off into the grass to avoid a crash if necessary.
@@dblissmn You're absolutely right. Not too long ago, near where I work, somebody had parked a Vauxhall Carlton (it was immaculate, so probably a collector's car) and it looked tiny compared to the modern cars parked next to it. I remember as a child the Vauxhall Carlton was a beast, the range-topper, and today it was narrower than the modern mini it was parked next to!
I have had both an enternal geared hub and a belt drive. A belt drive single sped mtb is perfection. Both are amazing. The lack chain lube is amazing for gettin to work or wherever you want clean. Both have a place and real world non spandex cycling are great products. .rolhoff are great but out of budget for most. The only real maintenance is oil changes. If I lived in the UK my winter rig would definitely be enteral belt.
On Jimmy's anecdote about speed not being the issue and Germany's Autobahn not having speed limits: The Autobahn has a speed limit on around 40% of total kilometres. So saying that it doesn't have speed limits is not really true. Additionally, there have been a number of examples of speedlimits being introduced in certain areas and accidents suddenly becoming a lot rarer and less extreme. There have even been examples of the speed limit then being recinded in those areas and the accidents becoming more numerous and dangerous just after. So no, speed is not irrelevant to accidents. In fact, speed is one of the main factors in accidents and their outcomes.
On the subject of drivers speeding, everyone who drives has broken the speed limit. For example, if you go over, even by 1 mph, the posted speed limit, you're technically speeding. Personally, I don't care if someone speeds while driving, it's when they drive erratically, passing others without any care for their own safety and especially the safety of others. The bigger issue in my opinion, the lack of awareness and the safety of cyclists on the road. In my area, we've had two really bad incidents of cyclists getting hit from behind. One was a Doctor out training and was hit. Whoever did it left him for dead in the ditch. Another happened to a fellow worker, the driver hit him from behind, and if there hadn't been another car following who witnessed the accident, that driver almost didn't stop. They kept driving off, but the other driver jumped back into the car to pursue after checking with the guy from my work. The driver who hit him must have realized that they had been seen and stop farther down the road and stopped. My fellow worker even uses three taillights when commuting to and from work by bike. I personally think the penalties for hitting a cyclist should be stiffer that if you hit a car.
You can get a belt drive to fit any frame. There are belt drives with pins which allow you to split them, you just need the corresponding chainring and sprocket. They are expensive but potentially much cheaper than buying a new bike if you already have one.
I bought a pair of Roka sunglasses to replace a pair of Oakleys I gave away. They were supposed to be the only brand that could rival Oakley and were really expensive. Oh man I regret that decision. Especially the oleophobic coating on Oakleys is unmatched. I used to wipe them off on my shorts and they were fine. If I get sunscreen on my Rokas I have to rinse them with water, wipe them with a lens cloth and often they’re still not clean.
The thing about the Froome situation is that as easy as it is to dismiss it, we know that an incorrect bike fit can affect the power you can put through the pedals and even losing a couple of percent could be significant at the top level of the sport. I don’t know if we’ll see a renewed Chris Froome this year or not, and perhaps the sport has moved on a bit anyway in the past few years but it would be nice to see him at least competing again rather than being a big champion struggling off the back
Definitely agree. Speed cameras are for making money more than anything. What would help is making sure drivers asses the environment properly and adjust their speed accordingly, but how to police that..
Always enjoy your shows..... Easy listening Regarding Cars passing too close I've found that those most likely to fail in this regard are vans/Taxis and old people..... Jumped on eBay after this on bought a high Vis sleeves body with the words "Pass Wide" on the back. I asked the seller if they could tweak the design to show a picture of a camera as well on the back to remind drivers they be be recorded and possibly reported...... Just need a decent light weight camera now 😂😂
Did you guys really fall OFF your bike when learning to clip in? I think the problem is that you can’t get off it, for me it was like falling WITH the bike 😂 it would land on top of me
That feeling you get when clipping out and all your weight with the bike is shifting towards the clipped in foot & then timber lol. Even more experienced now, I almost crashed at a red light from that recently. I was looking down trying to read what was spray painted on the road & it threw my balance off while one foot was already out. I felt all my weight shifting towards my clipped foot & knew I was about to fall. Luckily I did an emergency ankle roll and got out in time. My ankle was sore for like a week and a half after but saved my bike 😅.
@@h31sman glad you spared yourself from embarrassment be it not from a sore ankle 🤭 the things that would always get me are sloped roads (can’t remember the word but it’s to help with rain drainage) but I like to land on my left foot but if the road was sloping down on the right…. Bad news bears!
I’ve always used speed play, I find 4hem great, but ope point to note… The cleats need stripping down occasionally, as dirt gets behind the cleat circlips and makes the difficult to lock in.
In northern Ireland when the close passing law came in the cops went out cycling in plane clothes (ie Lycra) with a police motor bike floating around near by and anyone who close passed the cops on bikes got stopped by the motor bike. I think they still do it some times...
Cleats: LOOK for road and Crank Brothers egg beaters for everything else. Candy can be ridden with flats on short rides. I kind of want to try the load balancing plates for them (Amazon,) but it apparently they come with the wrong screws (length and strength.) I would give up speeding on freeways (fixed with radar cruise control) to not have to deal with the various speeds on them. That is where the danger is. In the US they vary from 45mph to 85mph with a posted 55 or 65mph generally.
I think there should be harsh punishment for speeding or breaking other laws Having been hit by a car biking I assure you it will change your perspective on safety. I think it changed my driving habit and I really follow law.
Hub gears are definitely underrated. One of my bikes has a Rohloff 14-speed hub. The gears go from 18 to 95 inches (if you don't know what I'm on about, ask your dads) and the only maintenance needed is an annual oil change, which takes about half an hour, of which at least 25 minutes is spent drinking tea and waiting for stuff to happen. The "indexing" never goes off and you can change gear while stationary. It's more than up to hilly 100-mile sportives. Combine it with molten wax chain lubrication and your drive train doesn't need any attention from one month to the next, even in winter. Classified isn't the only hub gear that can be combined with a cassette - Sturmey Archer do a 3-speed hub that will take an 8 or 9 speed cassette. Almost certainly lacks the finesse of a Classified, but at £120 is I think about 1/20 the price.
Cycling in the UK vs. Cycling in Australia is chalk and cheese. In the UK the drivers are generally way more respectful, more likely to wait for a safe space to pass and way more likely to give you at least a 1-1.5m berth. In Australia, it's almost a competition to see how close and fast they can pass you, regardless of what's coming the other side - close calls are very easy to come by here!
I've had a close pass from a driver. Part of the reason the driver passed so close, is because there was a police car oncoming, who had to brake. That's the end of the story, the police didn't react beyond slowing down to prevent the crash.
I have been submitting footage and been getting notice of intended prosecutions. My force is bad at informing beyond that. But I'm hoping to fix that. They only seem to give warnings for close passes.
They should use the double speed bumps to control speed Look up the videos of the double speed bumps to see what they do if you speed. It’s a good time 😂
Do go find a hub gear/belt drive to play with. They are brilliant for 'practical' bikes. I've had an 8s Alfine belt drive Scott for years now as my commuter. Effectively zero maintenance, no chain/chainwheel to catch your pants to grease them up or shred them. I dream of a Rohloff or Pinion rig eventually
Is Froomey trying to kill the credibility of the bike fit industry? I have personally seen at least two videos from Chris about his bike fits. When he first moved to IPT he had a video about visiting his old bike fitter (I think it was Germany) and a quick Google search reveals a Facebook post from Gebiomized “New team, new bike, same bike fitter. Thanks for your visit at the gebioMized headquarters, Mr. Chris Froome!" There is also a CZcams video of his 2022 bike fit in which Chris explains that he has a bike fit at the beginning or end of every season.
Re GCN+ closing Dan Lloyd said on Twitter that 'ALL' existing race coverage would still be shown on Eurosport+/Discovery in those regions covered by Eurosport . It will cost more however at £6.99/month.
Interesting points on the driving, as I get older they're getting more to me, I find when I drive I'm even more open mouthed what people will do in cars and bizarrely running around the road ie a jog, you'll get more respect than cycling, I've alway felt a speeding driver should have the windscreen taken out and a cycling line/lane on the road (about a foot from the kerb) should be painted on all roads whatever!
Where I live in Scotland we have a lot of this style of cycle lane - only a couple of feet wide - and they are worse than not having a cycle lane a lot of the time. Parked cars mean you need to move out but passing cars think they don't need to move for you, and worse cars think if you are in the lane they can drive as close as they want to you as long as they stay on their bit of the road. They need to be at least 4-5 feet wide I think.
re: safety on the roads and speeds, there are number of things (re UK but not only): 1) roads are way too narrow, built for horses, not for cars. Either cars should be taken away or roads made wider. 2) too many strange drivers, usually with some sort of life/health problems that are not being identified and their license removed on time.
Harsher penelties for speeding. Can't remember exact figures but its something like 80% chance of surviving a 30mph crash / impact vs 80% chance of dying at 34mph crash / impact. If there was a bigger education around the small difference in speed and its impact on someone's chances would really help.
Gutted about GCN+. Agree with Jimmy about loosing access to women's racing. TdF Femmes is what bought me into GCN+ I hope there is a way to save the documentary coverage for the future.
When you join a sports team you are a commodity, your worth is decided by your results, the teams results, how many people watch / follow you and the team. and how much business you and the team attract for the sponsors.
When Jimmy said "well everyone does (speed)", well, actually, no, not everyone does. I don't, I drive everywhere with the cruise control set to the speed limit, I'm simply just never in a hurry. Ever. I have no issues at all with people doing a few mph over the limit in a safe environment, I'm simply not bothered for myself. It's an amazingly relaxing experience (as much as driving in England can be! 🙄) driving to your destination whilst not giving any kind of absolute fcuk about what time you get there! Edit; btw, I think that the motorway 70 limit is too low but hey ho ... And, I've just heard Emily say that you're (Jimmy) now gonna get hate mail! Not from me, I mean, how can anyone hate Jimmy?! 🤷♂️🙂😂👍 Edit again; I drive at or up to the limit only in ideal road and weather conditions, in less than ideal conditions I reduce my speed accordingly.
Actually one should drive "with" traffic and according to the conditions. The most dangerous traffic situation is when there is a disparity in speed among vehicles. Also, one needs to be cognizant of the conditions. Just because the speed limit is 70 does not mean you should drive 70 in icy, foggy or congested conditions. The main point in this rant is that the driver needs to use their head and not blindly follow what they think are the "rules".
I don't know if they are available in the UK, but I think Priority Bicycles are really cool examples of belt drive bikes. They don't just make standard commuter 3 speed or single speed bikes. They have a mountain bike and a drop bar gravel bikes that all run on belt drives. Some bikes use internal hub gears and there are some models that are using a pinioin gear box on the bottom bracket.
I remember you clipped into my Shimano pedals back in the day, and you rode into a bush because you couldn't unclip HAHAHAH! And also you falling into a bush on my 18th, when we bumped into my family riding back to yours.
In my first season riding with them, I fell off three times at traffic stops because of cleats. Sprained wrist the first time and aggravated again the subsequent times. Now I do like Jimmy - unclip early. I also shift my foot on the pedal after unclipping, because, one of the falls happened when I inadvertently clipped back in to SPD right at the moment that I came to a full stop and tried to put my foot down on the ground. BTW just started listening to the podcast. couple of weeks ago, totally hooked now.
On the speeding, people's driving skills are so poor that cars should indeed be prevented from speeding. As a good driver and motorcyclist it would piss me off royally if my car or motorbike were speed restricted but as a cyclist who is encouraging his family to cycle, I see every day the disdain and disregard most drivers have towards cyclists. I cannot count the number of times that drivers have put me in considerable danger while I am cycling my son to school. Their argument is that I should not be on the road, 2 problems with that. 1) I pay for the roads via my tax and am legally allowed to use them on a bicycle. 2) it would be illegal for me to cycle on the pavement.
The response to 2 by those same drivers is that cyclists just shouldn't exist. There are people out there who are convinced that cycling should be banned or something like that, and such concepts are perpetuated further by the occasional stories of pedestrians being hit by bicycles (when the number of pedestrian fatalities from being hit by cars is way, way higher).
Speeding fines should be a percentage of the car's price/value instead of a fixed amount based only on how much you went over the limit. Cause at least where i live, some people who have the money to get a more expensive car (80-100+k) will just laugh at those fines that may range from a few tens to a few hundred quid. But more so than this, cars should be not allowed to go over the speed limit physically.
Drop bars and belt drive with hub gears is so incredibly underrated, I'm building a steel drop bar Alfine 11 speed belt drive bike and it's taking me ages and more money than I'd like to find all the right parts.
A basic set of Shimano M520 SPD Clipless MTB Pedals are the perfect starter less than £30, and bullet proof. When they do die you just buy another pair for £30.
I think that internal hubs are underrated, at least so long as they are sort of unknown. If they become common, I think they will be neither under or over, sort of like derailleurs- they are a way to change gears. I have a Shimano Nexus8, mechanical, and a Shimano Alfine11, Di2. All the plusses that you mentioned, plus you can put a chaincase on them to protect your pants- I commuted in a suit, so that was useful, and you can use a stainless steel BMX chain that can take a lot of neglect. Besides the weight, another negative is that the shifting increments are super small, so sometimes adjusting the mechanical shifting can be a bit fiddly. I had a wear issue on my Alfine hub- Shimano replaced it under warranty. While I waited to find out if/when I would get it back, I built another rear wheel, with a 11speed cassette, and put on a DeoreXT. The shifters remain the same- just plug in the Di2 wire and somehow the system knows it's a different setup.
For graphene, I’d love to see it in bike tires. The soles on my Inov8 shoes with graphene mixed in to the rubber last almost indefinitely. But will tire companies invest R&D money to make consumables last longer???
When you say "No hidden cables", do you mean the full 1980s model with exposed brake cables from the levers, etc? Or just hidden under bar tape then free to breathe
Internally geared hubs are super nice to do city commuting with, because you can shift gears while stopped! So if you do an emergency stop because a car pulls out or you just miss a light, you don't have to be stuck in a gear that's too high, you can just drop gears before rolling off again, which is very nice. The fancy Shimano Alfine *11* and (mega expensive!) Rohloff are really nice, shifting very quickly, and having much lower friction (more efficient), due to using a lighter oil instead of grease, I believe? Which does require some more maintenance, but it's still massively less than derailleurs. 🙂
@@bernardo9202 A Rohloff Speedhub has a 526% range (just a bit more than a SRAM Eagle 1x with a 10-52t cassette!), I'd guess is only very slightly heavier than a GX Eagle setup (if at all), and possibly *cheaper* (certainly cheaper to maintain!), it would make a brilliant gravel/adventure bikepacking drivetrain!
I think in Finland speeding fines are tied to your salary, so you could end up being fined 10.000s if you earn enough. A serious deterrent regardless of how wealthy you are
I find as a commuter by bike that if you ride more in the centre of the lane, drivers are more likely to wait to overtake .
This forces them to move on to the other side of the road to overtake rather than squeeze through with their offside wheels on the other side of the road and close pass you.
I agree, my complete approach is that you as a cyclist decide on each occasion if you're going fast enough to be entitled of the whole lane. If I'm doing 45, I'm sorry, that lane is all mine and nobody moves beside me on it. Otherwise, if there's enough space for somebody to overtake - here, one lane streets are often wide enough - I move more towards the edge. Cycling very close to the edge of the road should only happen temporarily - for example, if you're very slow and decide to help one driver get past. Apart from that exception, even if the lane is wide enough for an overtake, always leave a margin of at least 40cm from the pavement to be able to move further towards the edge in case some driver squeezes you, but don't give it up to everyone beforehand because you'd have nowhere to go during a squeeze. I you think there is not enough space for a driver to overtake on the same lane, or there's multiple lanes on the same direction, you should be placed only a bit off center, leaving about two thirds of the lane from the overtaking side. It's your lane and you're doing drivers a favor for sharing it, while sending the message that if they wish to overtake, they have to use additional space outside of it.
on the whole speeding thing, it's more related to the following (stats from UK Government) and can't be treated in isolation
Currently on our roads;
● 719,000 unlicensed drivers
● 1,000,000 uninsured drivers
● 3,800,000 vehicles without an MOT
● 192,100 drivers banned for driving drunk
● 68,000 drivers banned for driving drugged
a lot of these people don't care about being insured, being banned, having working cars, driving while drunk and driving while drugged. why would anyone think they would care about driving too fast near a cyclist (or just driving over the speed limit). doesn't help that the UK judiciary don't apply ANY punishment to drivers - there was a woman round my way who killed a mother and her baby and she got let off because "she's old and needs her car".
harsher punishments should fix all those, take away their cars and put them in prison instead of minor fines.
Yeah seems like you can get away with murder as long as the weapon is a car
Complete breakdown of rule of law there. Judges have to be willing to confiscate licenses and vehicles if necessary.....and in the case of drunk and drugged drivers, impose prison time. There should also be significant forfeiture punishments on unlicensed and uninsured drivers that cause accidents.
i have a guy from ireland visiting my country and he hasnt got any problem driving after a beer and i was like wtf dude
Shimano also makes fishing reels so this is just a really roundabout campaign to get cyclists to fish
But if they use the worms as bait it will be the fish that are doped, not the cyclists/anglers
They even have an Ultegra reel! No dura-ace the last time I checked.
Actually Shimano are a reel manufacturer that got into cycling gear... but your argument still stands... I'm in!
The worms dug up on sandy beaches from below casts of sand (wiggly piles of sand, according to Frances 🙂) are lugworms, the ones that Jimmy described as with 'pincers' are ragworms (not found on sandy beaches).
Both species are found in sand and mud.
Beat me to it
Rag worms are tastier though 😂
Internal cable routing can make it easier to put on a handlebar bag, but it's a lot of other faff, for sure.
hey i do all my mechanical at the bike shop, yes it costs more, but, internal is just more clean, my slight OCD loves internal routing, my wallet does not
Cycling in Bavaria (where I now live) feels a lot safer than in England. But when I'm driving a car I find that if I stick to the speeding limit I soon have 5 angry Audi drivers stacked up behind me. Annoying.
It's always Audi drivers. ALWAYS. Same here in the US. The four rings of the apocalypse. Well, that and monster pickup trucks (and SUVs derived from those monster pickup trucks) with illegally heavily tinted glass.
That's because all the BMW drivers already passed you. 😀
Use a rear window dashcam - and report them to the police.
Audi drivers are always a problem, however the can get the driver license suspended in Germany if they don't maintain a safe distance
@@rayF4rio My experience here in the Midwest is the BMW drivers seem to have one tiny little shred of social boundaries remaining while the Audi ones have long since crossed them. I am wondering if BMW's recent trend of uglifying their SUVs by making them look more aggressive with absurdly big grilles is aimed at addressing this market share issue by getting some of the more unpleasant Audi drivers to switch to them.
LOL when did it change from BMW drivers? Back in the early '00s, I had an A4, and Audis were considered 'nice' and 'sensible'. BMWs were the aggressive ones.
FYI regarding Froome - you have to remember that his legs where buckled from his accident.. and I suspect his bike fit changed over and over during his recovery.
Froome is the best cyclist since Lance Armstrong people need to put respect on His name nobody in this era will win 7 grand tours
And because of something like that he maybe should've controlled it himself much earlier.
Re: SPDs. There are two type of cleats, if you start it's better to start with the with the SM-56, which is way easier to unclip. The other one is called SM-51.
Agree with the riding off road : used to be a road rider but too many accidents known from friends and very close misses with me , also abuse from drivers made me switch to gravel,
I know some guys that are riding with steel marbles in their pockets, even the other day a guy told be he had threw one, because of a very close call by one of his weekend rindind group friends. He got out of the car screaming, the guy said he only told, you are lucky i recognized you, because i was aiming for the back window before i did.
@@bernardo9202 it’s a shame it’s come to that, going out prepared for a fight, just need happy cycling and tolerance from both
I moved all my bikes to Time ATAC pedals about 12 years ago. I got tired of having different shoes and cleats to deal with. Never looked back
I live in a small Norfolk village. Our street has a 30mph speed limit and that's too fast for the road anyway. Yet some people speed down that road. There are no pavements and normally cars parked on both sides of the road. Yet, when my dog was getting old and we'd be walking him down the road and people would drive at us and'd just say the speed limit's 30. It's worth noting 30's a limit, not a target.
Moving on from there - other villages here have main roads going through them. The speed drops from 60mph to 30, but a lot of people continue on at 40. Now, if you see someone, you'll slow down. But what if a child or a dog just runs out. At 30, you have more chance of stopping than 35 and at 25, a lot more. Not only that, don't those people deserve to not have to deal with the noise of a car at 35 or 40?
Finally, it's wonderful (albeit too flat) to ride around here. However, there've been enough instances where I've met a car on a single-track road and they just don't bother to slow down. I mean, if they slow down, there'll be plenty of space but on a single-track road, a car coming the other way at 30 or 40 is scary and makes the space seem so much smaller.
Why don't you see if you can get Chris Boardman on to discuss speed. He'll change your mind.
Please note - not intended as hate mail - just a discussion.
None should care about the dog.
I had a front wheel blow out decending back into Pollensa after the lighthouse ride. Managed to control it but ended up looking down a very long drop and very scared. It took me a couple of years to get over a fear of it happening again any time I was going down hill.
Jimmi!! I have anecdotal evidence that the police do pull people over for close passes...
I was just getting back into cycling after some time off due to some bad close passes and incidents. Driver passed within inches on double white light lines right I front of a marked police car. Chased them down further down the road. Gave a nice wave and thank you as I passed. Admittedly this out of chance butIt can and does happen!
I love to practice track stands at traffic lights to improve skill and increase the life of my cleats. 😊
It first begun with bait worms. A few Tours later, Arakis was discovered...
I think the intriguing thing with Froome, he rode the Vuelta with INEOS in his last season with the team. I remember him pulling on the front in some of the climbs for his teammate. So he did recover some form post crash, seemingly not done as well at Israel since.
Well, he had some very few moments with Israel where he showed glimpses of past form, like on the TdF stage to Alpe d'Huez if i remember correctly. But they seem to have been few and rare, but he is also not getting younger which might contribute to the recovery of the serious crash. We will see if the much younger Bernal ever fully (or at least 90-95%) recovers.
49:21 Hear, hear! Well done indeed, Jimmi!
The speed question should be about educating people about speeding and road behaviour. I did a speed awareness course recently, it was actually really useful and important.
I just whacked my knee on the handlebars Sunday at 30mph because I lost my chain out of the saddle sprinting. I found myself trying to sprint in the saddle today. I am blaming my worn out chain ring which I have a new one in the mail. So hopefully I will be over it after it gets replaced.
We already have a rule for a minimum passing distance of 1.5 metres, if it was enforced in the same way as (for example) drink driving (media campaigns, random roadside checks, serious consequences for offenders etc) then cycling on roads would very quickly become much saafer
Graphene is a carbon compound on the same level as Buckyballs. It is used in bicycle tires to improve rolling resistance and make them last longer.
Please check out the 18 speed Pinion hub that's housed at the crank. I REALLY want to build a steel bike with that and a carbon belt drive.
They do an electric one that can shift under load and you can even have it with drop handlebar shifters. Alas, I'm poor.
Learn the track stand before you move to cleat pedals. It is fun, it is useful and it does wonders to ones confidence in switching to cleats.
When it comes to SPD clipless pedals I'd recommend a pedal with a clip in on one side and a flat pedal on the other. When riding on any gravel or stop and go street traffic I feel much safer riding on the flat side of my SPD pedals.
Also, when coming to a stop always release BOTH feet from your pedals. If you realize just one side thinking you'll put that foot down, every once in a while you'll end up leaning to the other side, which is still clipped in, and do an embarrassing, slow fall. Ask me how I know...........
In german these worms are called "Wattwurm"! For real! 😂 "Watt" is the left over sand landscape when the sea tide is low and its not flooded.
I fell 3 times during one ride first time at traffic light, second time before tramp crossing, and third time when I was finally home and stopped before my apartment... Nobody saw me It was just hit to my ego :D, I didn't fall since. Each time I forgot to unclip prior stopping. I learned my lesson the hard way :D
Currently recovering from a broken collarbone after being hit head on by a car while cycling a month ago so the speeding/driving standards segment feels particularly poignant. Pre pandemic there was due to be technology introduced to all new cars to limit them to the speed limit unless the driver essentially overrides the system (I think the intention was by having to press the accelerator pedal much further down) which would mean that anybody caught speeding would be liable as they would have made the choice to speed etc. Somehow this seems to have been dropped.
When it comes to 'speeding to get out of a situation' there's almost no situation where breaking the speed limit is the better choice than slowing/stopping, only those that have been caused by someone driving badly in the first place (risky overtakes etc).
5 deaths a day in the UK is deeply depressing as an article I read in The Guardian from about 2006 stated that there were approx. 3 deaths a day in the UK which means that deaths are on the up - by quite a bit.
I wonder if the explosion in sales of powerful SUVs has anything to do with it?
The SUVs breed arrogance. But a great many new cars are much wider than they were in the past. The current Vauxhall Astra is nine inches wider than its early 1980s predecessor. How many roads in the UK outside the trunk highway network are nine inches wider per lane than 40 years ago? And that's before we even get to SUVs which are wider still. I recently watched some videos of cycling and motorbiking in the Lake District as it's a while since I've been back and it's time for a trip. One video I saw, these oncoming cars seemed to be just filling Wrynose Pass road from wall to wall until they got past the cattle grid and could potentially steer off into the grass to avoid a crash if necessary.
@@dblissmn You're absolutely right. Not too long ago, near where I work, somebody had parked a Vauxhall Carlton (it was immaculate, so probably a collector's car) and it looked tiny compared to the modern cars parked next to it. I remember as a child the Vauxhall Carlton was a beast, the range-topper, and today it was narrower than the modern mini it was parked next to!
I have had both an enternal geared hub and a belt drive. A belt drive single sped mtb is perfection. Both are amazing. The lack chain lube is amazing for gettin to work or wherever you want clean. Both have a place and real world non spandex cycling are great products. .rolhoff are great but out of budget for most. The only real maintenance is oil changes. If I lived in the UK my winter rig would definitely be enteral belt.
Regarding starting with SPD cleats: Shimano has two versions, SH51 and SH56. The latter are better for beginners as they are easier to get out off.
36:27 I'm an inter-5 di2 + gates belt owner and can confirm the only maintenance is new oil once a year. No adjusting, ever. No dirty pant leg, ever.
On Jimmy's anecdote about speed not being the issue and Germany's Autobahn not having speed limits:
The Autobahn has a speed limit on around 40% of total kilometres. So saying that it doesn't have speed limits is not really true. Additionally, there have been a number of examples of speedlimits being introduced in certain areas and accidents suddenly becoming a lot rarer and less extreme. There have even been examples of the speed limit then being recinded in those areas and the accidents becoming more numerous and dangerous just after.
So no, speed is not irrelevant to accidents. In fact, speed is one of the main factors in accidents and their outcomes.
On the subject of drivers speeding, everyone who drives has broken the speed limit. For example, if you go over, even by 1 mph, the posted speed limit, you're technically speeding. Personally, I don't care if someone speeds while driving, it's when they drive erratically, passing others without any care for their own safety and especially the safety of others.
The bigger issue in my opinion, the lack of awareness and the safety of cyclists on the road. In my area, we've had two really bad incidents of cyclists getting hit from behind. One was a Doctor out training and was hit. Whoever did it left him for dead in the ditch. Another happened to a fellow worker, the driver hit him from behind, and if there hadn't been another car following who witnessed the accident, that driver almost didn't stop. They kept driving off, but the other driver jumped back into the car to pursue after checking with the guy from my work. The driver who hit him must have realized that they had been seen and stop farther down the road and stopped. My fellow worker even uses three taillights when commuting to and from work by bike.
I personally think the penalties for hitting a cyclist should be stiffer that if you hit a car.
You can get a belt drive to fit any frame. There are belt drives with pins which allow you to split them, you just need the corresponding chainring and sprocket.
They are expensive but potentially much cheaper than buying a new bike if you already have one.
9:35 i was listening whilst fixing my bike and i (mis)heard "people shit and doodoo". Luckily he didnt mean it 😂😂😂
I bought a pair of Roka sunglasses to replace a pair of Oakleys I gave away. They were supposed to be the only brand that could rival Oakley and were really expensive. Oh man I regret that decision. Especially the oleophobic coating on Oakleys is unmatched. I used to wipe them off on my shorts and they were fine. If I get sunscreen on my Rokas I have to rinse them with water, wipe them with a lens cloth and often they’re still not clean.
The thing about the Froome situation is that as easy as it is to dismiss it, we know that an incorrect bike fit can affect the power you can put through the pedals and even losing a couple of percent could be significant at the top level of the sport. I don’t know if we’ll see a renewed Chris Froome this year or not, and perhaps the sport has moved on a bit anyway in the past few years but it would be nice to see him at least competing again rather than being a big champion struggling off the back
Froome in his prime on Rim brakes absolutely Smokes everyone today on disk brakes
Definitely agree. Speed cameras are for making money more than anything. What would help is making sure drivers asses the environment properly and adjust their speed accordingly, but how to police that..
Always enjoy your shows.....
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Regarding Cars passing too close I've found that those most likely to fail in this regard are vans/Taxis and old people..... Jumped on eBay after this on bought a high Vis sleeves body with the words "Pass Wide" on the back.
I asked the seller if they could tweak the design to show a picture of a camera as well on the back to remind drivers they be be recorded and possibly reported......
Just need a decent light weight camera now 😂😂
Did you guys really fall OFF your bike when learning to clip in? I think the problem is that you can’t get off it, for me it was like falling WITH the bike 😂 it would land on top of me
I remember my 1st day learning to clip in 😢
That feeling you get when clipping out and all your weight with the bike is shifting towards the clipped in foot & then timber lol.
Even more experienced now, I almost crashed at a red light from that recently. I was looking down trying to read what was spray painted on the road & it threw my balance off while one foot was already out. I felt all my weight shifting towards my clipped foot & knew I was about to fall. Luckily I did an emergency ankle roll and got out in time. My ankle was sore for like a week and a half after but saved my bike 😅.
@@h31sman glad you spared yourself from embarrassment be it not from a sore ankle 🤭 the things that would always get me are sloped roads (can’t remember the word but it’s to help with rain drainage) but I like to land on my left foot but if the road was sloping down on the right…. Bad news bears!
Knowing what is coming up behind you? I can highly recommend the Cateye bar-end mirror. Properly ace bit of kit.
You should try and get in one of the Pinion MGU bike in. I think Jimmi will love it. Gears and motor all in one place.
I’ve always used speed play, I find 4hem great, but ope point to note… The cleats need stripping down occasionally, as dirt gets behind the cleat circlips and makes the difficult to lock in.
SILCA uses grapheme in their tubeless sealant to help close bigger punctures.
The classified hub is definitely not the only hub with a freehub for a normal casette. Sturmey Archer does one as well for example.
In northern Ireland when the close passing law came in the cops went out cycling in plane clothes (ie Lycra) with a police motor bike floating around near by and anyone who close passed the cops on bikes got stopped by the motor bike. I think they still do it some times...
Cleats: LOOK for road and Crank Brothers egg beaters for everything else. Candy can be ridden with flats on short rides. I kind of want to try the load balancing plates for them (Amazon,) but it apparently they come with the wrong screws (length and strength.)
I would give up speeding on freeways (fixed with radar cruise control) to not have to deal with the various speeds on them. That is where the danger is. In the US they vary from 45mph to 85mph with a posted 55 or 65mph generally.
I think there should be harsh punishment for speeding or breaking other laws
Having been hit by a car biking I assure you it will change your perspective on safety. I think it changed my driving habit and I really follow law.
I’m one of the 99% managing to not unclip a few times - always when someone is a witness! Never when I’m alone!
Hub gears are definitely underrated. One of my bikes has a Rohloff 14-speed hub. The gears go from 18 to 95 inches (if you don't know what I'm on about, ask your dads) and the only maintenance needed is an annual oil change, which takes about half an hour, of which at least 25 minutes is spent drinking tea and waiting for stuff to happen. The "indexing" never goes off and you can change gear while stationary. It's more than up to hilly 100-mile sportives. Combine it with molten wax chain lubrication and your drive train doesn't need any attention from one month to the next, even in winter.
Classified isn't the only hub gear that can be combined with a cassette - Sturmey Archer do a 3-speed hub that will take an 8 or 9 speed cassette. Almost certainly lacks the finesse of a Classified, but at £120 is I think about 1/20 the price.
Cycling in the UK vs. Cycling in Australia is chalk and cheese. In the UK the drivers are generally way more respectful, more likely to wait for a safe space to pass and way more likely to give you at least a 1-1.5m berth. In Australia, it's almost a competition to see how close and fast they can pass you, regardless of what's coming the other side - close calls are very easy to come by here!
44:40 what about MagPeds (magnetic pedals). Holds 700W (the light model) and 1200W (“race” models). You can unclip in all directions
I've had a close pass from a driver. Part of the reason the driver passed so close, is because there was a police car oncoming, who had to brake.
That's the end of the story, the police didn't react beyond slowing down to prevent the crash.
I have been submitting footage and been getting notice of intended prosecutions. My force is bad at informing beyond that. But I'm hoping to fix that. They only seem to give warnings for close passes.
Where I live they have speed cameras with big warning signs and they still catch thousands of people a year for every single camera.
They should use the double speed bumps to control speed
Look up the videos of the double speed bumps to see what they do if you speed. It’s a good time 😂
This is a great conversation from distinguished thinkers….
And I give thanks for you all
I appreciate Jimmy's thoughts at 12:23.
There is a company that makes a "breakable" belt where you could fit a belt drive to a normal frame. The belt snaps together kind of like a chain.
look up veer cycle
Whats the dog sweater etsy store called i wanna build one like that 😮
Do go find a hub gear/belt drive to play with. They are brilliant for 'practical' bikes. I've had an 8s Alfine belt drive Scott for years now as my commuter. Effectively zero maintenance, no chain/chainwheel to catch your pants to grease them up or shred them. I dream of a Rohloff or Pinion rig eventually
Re the internal hub, there are at least two Sturmey Archer hubs that also accept a cassette.
Cycling Weekly magazine, describes my cycling. Except it’s spent differently.
We as a cycling club have submitted several close passes. 1 driver got taken to court 3 others were offered speed awareness courses
I was born and raised in Hillingdon. The only bike racing I saw was Bicycle Speedway.
When Jimmy says cycling path, I hear “psychopath”.😂 Here in TX I would love more cycling lanes. Gravel roads are diminishing due to construction.😏
Is Froomey trying to kill the credibility of the bike fit industry? I have personally seen at least two videos from Chris about his bike fits. When he first moved to IPT he had a video about visiting his old bike fitter (I think it was Germany) and a quick Google search reveals a Facebook post from Gebiomized “New team, new bike, same bike fitter. Thanks for your visit at the gebioMized headquarters, Mr. Chris Froome!"
There is also a CZcams video of his 2022 bike fit in which Chris explains that he has a bike fit at the beginning or end of every season.
Re GCN+ closing Dan Lloyd said on Twitter that 'ALL' existing race coverage would still be shown on Eurosport+/Discovery in those regions covered by Eurosport . It will cost more however at £6.99/month.
Interesting points on the driving, as I get older they're getting more to me, I find when I drive I'm even more open mouthed what people will do in cars and bizarrely running around the road ie a jog, you'll get more respect than cycling, I've alway felt a speeding driver should have the windscreen taken out and a cycling line/lane on the road (about a foot from the kerb) should be painted on all roads whatever!
Where I live in Scotland we have a lot of this style of cycle lane - only a couple of feet wide - and they are worse than not having a cycle lane a lot of the time. Parked cars mean you need to move out but passing cars think they don't need to move for you, and worse cars think if you are in the lane they can drive as close as they want to you as long as they stay on their bit of the road. They need to be at least 4-5 feet wide I think.
@@davebarrett2355 Yes, but anything will help in all honesty, it's just stupid now on the road...after Covid everything went out the window
Can you imagine a Festina style drugs bust for this one, containers full of worms found on the team bus!
re: safety on the roads and speeds, there are number of things (re UK but not only): 1) roads are way too narrow, built for horses, not for cars. Either cars should be taken away or roads made wider. 2) too many strange drivers, usually with some sort of life/health problems that are not being identified and their license removed on time.
Drives me nuts cycling on a quiet road and drivers don't take the empty lane to overtake.
Harsher penelties for speeding. Can't remember exact figures but its something like 80% chance of surviving a 30mph crash / impact vs 80% chance of dying at 34mph crash / impact. If there was a bigger education around the small difference in speed and its impact on someone's chances would really help.
The GCN+ thing waws a real surprise, especially as they were advertising for jobs very recently - I guess it was a shock to them too.
Lovely entertainment as usual. Thanks
Gutted about GCN+. Agree with Jimmy about loosing access to women's racing. TdF Femmes is what bought me into GCN+ I hope there is a way to save the documentary coverage for the future.
I wish the MTB racing was still back on Redbull.. great coverage and it was free...
When you join a sports team you are a commodity, your worth is decided by your results, the teams results, how many people watch / follow you and the team. and how much business you and the team attract for the sponsors.
When you fall over because of your cleats/toe clips the people laughing at you hurts way more than the fall.
When Jimmy said "well everyone does (speed)", well, actually, no, not everyone does. I don't, I drive everywhere with the cruise control set to the speed limit, I'm simply just never in a hurry. Ever.
I have no issues at all with people doing a few mph over the limit in a safe environment, I'm simply not bothered for myself.
It's an amazingly relaxing experience (as much as driving in England can be! 🙄) driving to your destination whilst not giving any kind of absolute fcuk about what time you get there!
Edit; btw, I think that the motorway 70 limit is too low but hey ho ...
And, I've just heard Emily say that you're (Jimmy) now gonna get hate mail! Not from me, I mean, how can anyone hate Jimmy?! 🤷♂️🙂😂👍
Edit again; I drive at or up to the limit only in ideal road and weather conditions, in less than ideal conditions I reduce my speed accordingly.
Actually one should drive "with" traffic and according to the conditions. The most dangerous traffic situation is when there is a disparity in speed among vehicles. Also, one needs to be cognizant of the conditions. Just because the speed limit is 70 does not mean you should drive 70 in icy, foggy or congested conditions. The main point in this rant is that the driver needs to use their head and not blindly follow what they think are the "rules".
@@billyshakespeare17 I was talking about driving in ideal road and weather conditions.
In less than ideal conditions I reduce my speed accordingly.
I do the same :) love it
I would 100% buy a "Gears and Cleats" shirt.
I don't know if they are available in the UK, but I think Priority Bicycles are really cool examples of belt drive bikes. They don't just make standard commuter 3 speed or single speed bikes. They have a mountain bike and a drop bar gravel bikes that all run on belt drives. Some bikes use internal hub gears and there are some models that are using a pinioin gear box on the bottom bracket.
I remember you clipped into my Shimano pedals back in the day, and you rode into a bush because you couldn't unclip HAHAHAH! And also you falling into a bush on my 18th, when we bumped into my family riding back to yours.
Scotland has a 20MPH in rural places which is great for all road users I didn't see anyone at 30mph so bring it on in England as well.
In my first season riding with them, I fell off three times at traffic stops because of cleats. Sprained wrist the first time and aggravated again the subsequent times. Now I do like Jimmy - unclip early. I also shift my foot on the pedal after unclipping, because, one of the falls happened when I inadvertently clipped back in to SPD right at the moment that I came to a full stop and tried to put my foot down on the ground. BTW just started listening to the podcast. couple of weeks ago, totally hooked now.
On the speeding, people's driving skills are so poor that cars should indeed be prevented from speeding.
As a good driver and motorcyclist it would piss me off royally if my car or motorbike were speed restricted but as a cyclist who is encouraging his family to cycle, I see every day the disdain and disregard most drivers have towards cyclists.
I cannot count the number of times that drivers have put me in considerable danger while I am cycling my son to school. Their argument is that I should not be on the road, 2 problems with that.
1) I pay for the roads via my tax and am legally allowed to use them on a bicycle.
2) it would be illegal for me to cycle on the pavement.
The response to 2 by those same drivers is that cyclists just shouldn't exist. There are people out there who are convinced that cycling should be banned or something like that, and such concepts are perpetuated further by the occasional stories of pedestrians being hit by bicycles (when the number of pedestrian fatalities from being hit by cars is way, way higher).
Speeding is much less common here in Australia. It’s strictly enforced and the fines are expensive.
graphene works is mostly just an additive for tires
Speeding fines should be a percentage of the car's price/value instead of a fixed amount based only on how much you went over the limit. Cause at least where i live, some people who have the money to get a more expensive car (80-100+k) will just laugh at those fines that may range from a few tens to a few hundred quid. But more so than this, cars should be not allowed to go over the speed limit physically.
Drop bars and belt drive with hub gears is so incredibly underrated, I'm building a steel drop bar Alfine 11 speed belt drive bike and it's taking me ages and more money than I'd like to find all the right parts.
A basic set of Shimano M520 SPD Clipless MTB Pedals are the perfect starter less than £30, and bullet proof. When they do die you just buy another pair for £30.
Emily's makeup is stellar! 😊
I think that internal hubs are underrated, at least so long as they are sort of unknown. If they become common, I think they will be neither under or over, sort of like derailleurs- they are a way to change gears. I have a Shimano Nexus8, mechanical, and a Shimano Alfine11, Di2. All the plusses that you mentioned, plus you can put a chaincase on them to protect your pants- I commuted in a suit, so that was useful, and you can use a stainless steel BMX chain that can take a lot of neglect.
Besides the weight, another negative is that the shifting increments are super small, so sometimes adjusting the mechanical shifting can be a bit fiddly.
I had a wear issue on my Alfine hub- Shimano replaced it under warranty. While I waited to find out if/when I would get it back, I built another rear wheel, with a 11speed cassette, and put on a DeoreXT. The shifters remain the same- just plug in the Di2 wire and somehow the system knows it's a different setup.
Jimmy it starts when you age ! when you become frightened from things you did in your youth means you have new responsibilities!
For graphene, I’d love to see it in bike tires. The soles on my Inov8 shoes with graphene mixed in to the rubber last almost indefinitely.
But will tire companies invest R&D money to make consumables last longer???
Graphine is used in Alpine ski boots. They crack. Definitely not for bicycles way to stiff and brittle.
When you say "No hidden cables", do you mean the full 1980s model with exposed brake cables from the levers, etc? Or just hidden under bar tape then free to breathe
Internally geared hubs are super nice to do city commuting with, because you can shift gears while stopped! So if you do an emergency stop because a car pulls out or you just miss a light, you don't have to be stuck in a gear that's too high, you can just drop gears before rolling off again, which is very nice.
The fancy Shimano Alfine *11* and (mega expensive!) Rohloff are really nice, shifting very quickly, and having much lower friction (more efficient), due to using a lighter oil instead of grease, I believe? Which does require some more maintenance, but it's still massively less than derailleurs. 🙂
True stuff. Also great for gargo bikes as getting the weight moving is even more applicable
i wish they had better hubs, it would be a great system for a gravel bike, easy to mantain and clean
@@bernardo9202 A Rohloff Speedhub has a 526% range (just a bit more than a SRAM Eagle 1x with a 10-52t cassette!), I'd guess is only very slightly heavier than a GX Eagle setup (if at all), and possibly *cheaper* (certainly cheaper to maintain!), it would make a brilliant gravel/adventure bikepacking drivetrain!
@@bernardo9202 try roloff
@@pphaneuf Thanks for the info
Wny are cars designed to break the law? You dont need the ability to go 120+kmph to maneuver.
I think in Finland speeding fines are tied to your salary, so you could end up being fined 10.000s if you earn enough. A serious deterrent regardless of how wealthy you are