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Any potential for damage to a bike by riding in front on the bus rack?
Now that the rainy season has started (In Vancouver, British Columbia)
I wonder if I should continue to load my bicycle on the front carrier of the transit bus. The bus route includes highway driving, at speeds of about 100 kmh. Unfortunately there is a tunnel on the route that does not allow bicycles, so the bus is a necessary. Is there a risk of water getting into any place it would not normally reach at bicycle speed (sealed bearings, for example)? thanks, Todd |
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Any potential for damage to a bike by riding in front on the bus rack?
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Ryan Cousineau writes: It's never a bad idea to keep your bearings well-greased as you ride a Vancouver winter Which reminds me, it's about time to do all mine. Maybe even the headset. I might also finally get around to swapping which brake lever controls which brake, so I can operate the front brake with my right hand (while I signal with my left.) cheers, Tom -- -- Nothing is safe from me. Above address is just a spam midden. I'm really at: tkeats [curlicue] vcn [point] bc [point] ca |
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Any potential for damage to a bike by riding in front on the bus rack?
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oups.com... Now that the rainy season has started (In Vancouver, British Columbia) I wonder if I should continue to load my bicycle on the front carrier of the transit bus. The bus route includes highway driving, at speeds of about 100 kmh. Unfortunately there is a tunnel on the route that does not allow bicycles, so the bus is a necessary. Is there a risk of water getting into any place it would not normally reach at bicycle speed (sealed bearings, for example)? I have had a periodic multimodal commute now for about 5 years in a similar climate (Seattle). During the winter in particular, I often go just part of the 16 miles in to work and have the bus system help out for the rest. That's especially true on the freeway section, where I'd be pedalling at ~15 mph and the bus would be going ~60. It's even truer specifically on the Lake Washington floating bridge section, where there can be heavy crosswinds, and rainwater-y muck can get blown up off of the adjacent roadway and onto cyclists. Since my employer provides a free bus pass, the temptation to sit on the nice, warm (if overly heated sometimes) bus for that section can be quite strong. Be sure to have your trunk, pannier, or similar shut tight. Rain water is much more likely to seep in when your bike's on the rack going 60. Only other consideration I'd float out there is if you have a fork-mounted light for the winter, be sure to put it on the side that doesn't have the "arm" that comes up and over and holds the front wheel in place. I personally would like to get a hold of the idiots at Sound Transit that put 2/3s of their racks with the arm on a different side than Metro Transit. Feh. -- Warm Regards, Claire Petersky Personal page: http://www.geocities.com/cpetersky/ See the books I've set free at: http://bookcrossing.com/referral/Cpetersky |
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Any potential for damage to a bike by riding in front on the bus rack?
I was cleaning my Townie when I found an area where the flat black was
rubbed off. Upon further inspection I saw that something had dug into the metal of the front brake arm. The next morning I was loading my bike on the bus rack and noticed the arm that comes up over the front wheel was digging into the brake arm as the bike rocked back and forth in the rack. I got two flat bungie cords and the next day locked it in as tight as I could, but I am going to need to make a rubber cub of some sort to fit over that arm if I keep bussing it with the bike. -- -- Carl E. Moore aim: rfpcm | yahoo: carlmoore | msn: cemoore1 | icq: 60902071 wrote in message oups.com... Now that the rainy season has started (In Vancouver, British Columbia) I wonder if I should continue to load my bicycle on the front carrier of the transit bus. The bus route includes highway driving, at speeds of about 100 kmh. Unfortunately there is a tunnel on the route that does not allow bicycles, so the bus is a necessary. Is there a risk of water getting into any place it would not normally reach at bicycle speed (sealed bearings, for example)? thanks, Todd |
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Any potential for damage to a bike by riding in front on the bus rack?
On Fri, 14 Oct 2005 22:55:44 -0400, "Carl E. Moore"
wrote: am going to need to make a rubber cub of some sort to fit over that arm if I keep bussing it with the bike. Inner tube bits plus cable tie. Jasper |
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Any potential for damage to a bike by riding in front on the bus rack?
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Jasper Janssen writes: On Fri, 14 Oct 2005 22:55:44 -0400, "Carl E. Moore" wrote: am going to need to make a rubber cub of some sort to fit over that arm if I keep bussing it with the bike. Inner tube bits plus cable tie. I just finished rigging up some toeclip covers that way. cheers, Tom -- -- Nothing is safe from me. Above address is just a spam midden. I'm really at: tkeats [curlicue] vcn [point] bc [point] ca |
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