Adjust Your Derailler
Wondering if I could just adjust it myself I did a web search and found the Bike Tutor website.
Bike Tutor is Awesome – Adjust Your Rear Derailler
Bicycling Knee Pain
After completing another bike ride to Victoria with the kids in tow in their bike trailer and my bike packed down with camping gear I’ve blown out my knee. I think it is just a case of overusing and not spinning fast enough (putting too much load on my knees). I was able to make the ride to Sooke, 84km, without too much difficulty. It was on my return back to Vancouver that my knee starting to ache on the downstroke with my left leg. It gradually got worse but was manageable. The pain was right under and slightly below my knee cap and at times would shoot up the lateral side of the knee cap. If I stopped for more than one minute then it was unbearable to start again, at points I wasn’t able to put enough pressure on the pedal to clip back in. I felt like I rode most of the way home using only my right leg.
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Davinci Melbourne Hybrid Bike Review
It’s been close to a year of riding on my 2008 Davinci Melbourne hybrid road bike. I’ve been commuting downtown on it daily through sun, rain, sleet and snow. It is also my first experience with disc brakes.
Keep watching, I’ll post a full review of this bike very soon! I’ll give you a hint of what my review will be like though. I love the bike!
Vancouver Sea Wall Open Again
Looks like the construction along the water North West of Science World has moved back from the water and has opened up the bike path again. I was able to take the kids for a bike ride from Kits Beach to the Stanley Park water park without having to bike on any road with cars. It was fantastic!
If you have kids, or anyone timid about riding with traffic, this is a fantastic bike ride.
Slow Down Health In Sight – Don’t Scare the Cyclists
To the lady driving the Grey Honda CRV on Wednesday June 25th 6:20pm heading West on Cornwall in Vancouver, BC. I’m guessing you were late for a wedding at Jericho beach?
Was it worth the ten seconds you saved by squeezing by those two bicyclists at 60kph? Did you hear them scream in shock and fear as you raced within a foot of their handlebars? Or were you too busy talking on the cell phone? Or maybe you were listening to the radio? Or maybe you were adjusting your makeup?
Please take a moment to think about how dangerous it is to be pushing your metal monster down the road when there are human beings on the road. All it would have taken was one of the cyclists to swerve around a pothole and they would have been mushed into your bumper. Is ten seconds of your life worth someone’s entire life?
A couple of other comments. If you are driving a company vehicle, like you were, don’t you think you should be driving more responsibly? The way you drive will give people an impression about your company. Do you want the name “Health In Sight” associated with disregard for human safety and a healthy form of transportation? You have also kindly provided me with some contact information:
Company Name: Health In Sight
Company Website: www.healthinsight.ca
Company Phone Number: 604.725.2522
And yes, I guessed you went to a wedding because I caught up with your Honda CRV in the parking lot outside the wedding.
Kidarooz Bike Trailer and Disc Brakes
We purchased a Kidarooz Bike trailer for our two boys over a year ago from Costco for $159 USD.
It has been a fantastic trailer and definitely best bang for the buck. Unfortunately it doesn’t work well with my Davinci Melbourne’s disc brakes. There isn’t enough room to clamp the trailer onto the bike. I’ve had some success in clamping the Kidarooz trailer to the angled bar above the disc brakes but it sometimes slides down into the brake and I have limited my ability to turn sharply to the right as the bar starts to hit the quick release skewer on my rear wheel.
Broke My New Bike
Riding my new Davinci Melbourne across the Burrard Street bridge early this morning in the dark I switched gears. I could feel the chain slip and gave it another revolution before thinking maybe the chain came off. I did what I normally do. Move the front derailleur in and keep pedalling and hopefully the chain would catch and I could keep going. Looking down I couldn’t see anything in the dark. Three more revolutions and then resistance. *Crap*
Keep on reading to see the results.
Bicycle Safety Tips
A video published by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) provides some cycling safety tips.
New York Bike Messenger Race
Here’s a crazy video of a bicycle race in downtown New York. These cyclists are amazing at shoving themselves through traffic and pedestrians. Don’t try this at home!
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