CallMeBryce

Managed develop a horrible grinding noise in my drive chain slightly before snapping my fixed gear chain last week whilst commuting.

Swapped it over with a new one and it's been nothing but chainsaw noises when pushing on pedals (even worse uphill). So far I've swapped the bottom bracket, tightened crank arms and crank bolts, finally swapped the chain. Yet the noise continues....

Being a poor nursing student, I can't afford to take it into a shop. Is the slight "sharking" on the cog to cause this sounds?.

Or something more serious? Whats the next step to sort this?

Thanks for any help!

You guys where so helpful last time, but I've got another quick question.

I've got unity loaded on my samsung chromebook and want to install LibreOffice. Version 4 doesn't work but apparently the older 3.67 will. How do I go about installing it?

Thanks for your help, Linux is confusing but I'm trying to make sense of it all. Cheers.

After looking around for a cheap laptop / project for college, I decided to get a Samsung Chromebook.

I've followed dschneid's instructions on github for installing xfce. The only issue so far, is that during the install I can input a user name, but the keyboard seems to stop any input when asking to input a password.

This issue only rears it's ugly head when I try to install programs on to the system - it seems to think I have a password, but I don't.

Any ideas why or how to solve this? Any help you can give would be fantastic.

I've gone and bought a set of bullhorn bars (charge slice bars) and a older style stem to fit them to. I've checked the sizes are correct but I can't seem to get the stem past the first curve. Any tips?

Cheers guys!

My employer runs an annual "Cycle to Work Competition", to encourage commuting by bike company wide. Thirteen locations all logging individual and group times, distances and volume of trips. This has turned by 2 mile gentle commute into a 20 mile daily race.

So, does your workplace do anything similar or would you be in a position to start one? More bikes on the road is always a good thing!

With a 30C heat, how much water would you expect to get through on your average day? How much back up would be wise?

The reason I ask, is that I'm planning to bike through parts of South Africa, Botswana and Namibia. So far, along with the two 750ml bottles and a reserve of 20L - would you consider that enough if I'm refilling every couple of days? Weight isn't something I'm too fussed about, I'll haul anything :D

Any advice will be greatly appreciated!

I love climbing and climbit but I can't go on with this sport.

I've just had friend killed in an accident. I never want to get back onto rock or snow again. I don't know what to do or how to express this fear / loathing of a sport I once loved.

I've had mates have accidents - bad breaks, blood, broken skulls but never a death before.

Goodbye climbing and please stay safe folks.

Edit Thanks to everyone with their messages. I should clarify that it looks like a bad protection at the belay that caused the fall. I've still not found out the details and I don't think I want to.

I thought we could all do with a place to say what is bothering each of you guys. Is anything wrong?

I'll start : This week has made me want to quit volunteering for the amount of bullshit I've been put through by the parents of the kids I'm trying to help. The sad thing is I know I won't be the only one on this thread.

So I'm planning a wee touring trip down the west coast of Scotland for about 130 miles. I've not done any touring before as most of my biking experience has been silly commuter racing.

The bike I'm going to be using is my Edinburgh Bike Coop Revolution Cross and I've ordered a rack and two 20L panniers. The two of us are planning to wild camp all of the time so it won't be the lightest of loads to carry.

Any protips, hints or any gems of knowledge in terms of gear or recommended distances, ratio of rest days etc etc...

Any help would be greatly appreciated as we're a bit clueless. Cheers!

Hi there,

I'm sorry to say that I'm not very good with computers. My HP Pavillon dv6000 will now only run on mains power but the battery charging icon tells me that the battery is constantly charging.

Once the mains cable is removed, the laptop dies straight away. Is it a simple case of replacing the battery or could it be something more serious?

I'll be forever grateful for any help! Thank you!

The gentleman Pozorvlak has suggested a UK meet up. Since he's currently away enjoying some winter madness, I've been elected to get the ball rolling!

The peaks seem like a good bet as it's slap bang enough in the middle and is pretty easy to get to. Please use this to come up with venues, dates and lift shares. Mid-april might be a good time to host it?

We must show these yanks what peak climbing is all about - after all, what have they ever done on grit :P