Gripe of the day - What is yours?

[Teejayexc]

Originally Posted by Bibio

hahahaaa. its get better. i have just had the police on the phone so had a nice little chat as the girl went down and complained that i was accusing her of bumping my car. lol

Not surprised. You should have called the police as soon as she started being a drama queen.

[andrewsmith]

Bibs job for the go pros

1st Central customer services. Clicked the 'forgot password' button (once), and, at the latest count, I have 152 'reset your password link' emails in my inbox.

[Bibio]

Originally Posted by andrewsmith

Bibs job for the go pros

nope, thats the first ever bump i have had in a car since i passed my test in 1989.

the lass was likely sitting in behind me riding the clutch and her foot slipped.

[andrewsmith]

Originally Posted by Bibio

nope, thats the first ever bump i have had in a car since i passed my test in 1989.

the lass was likely sitting in behind me riding the clutch and her foot slipped.

I think your right
Road standards are shocking up north

So I had a mashed up chain guard bolt on the SV, decided to finally remove it, bought new bolts and tried the PH3 & PZ3, PH3 seemed to have a decent fit but nope, just made it worst. I thought ok well i'll just saw a nice big line down the middle and use a big flathead, sawed something nice, file a bit to get a slightly wider slot for my biggest flat head and bahm, the whole head breaks off. So I think, no panic, I took off the rear pegs, cut the chain guard to bits (I was looking for a good excuse to get a hugger anyways), and now it's properly flush, I bought some left handed drill bits hoping to drill into it next week. Any advice? I don't have a welder I'm a bit out of ideas now... I guess I can proabbly fit the hugger without that screw but would be nice to have it out....

Wondering, is riidng without a chain guard *that* bad? The hugger comes next week.

I rode without one for a while, it fell off without my knowledge, I waited around a week for a new one once i had noticed, the only difference is the chain lube when fresh - it goes everywhere!

And its probably dangerous

[ophic]

Originally Posted by Corny Gizmo

And its probably dangerous

I can't imagine that little bit of plastic giving much in the way of protection. Snapped chains at motorway speeds are rumoured to be able to take your leg off.

True but it'll offer at least a deflection for the chain to hit first - taking some force out of it

But yeah probably doesn't make a difference

They can. Therefore anything that slows it down to a less than catastrophic speed the better.
Metal chain guards are actually worse. They'd fracture, continue travelling and being metal and sharp edged be part of the problem. The plastic ones will deform and direct the chain into the wheel at best, which should at least decelerate it a little.