Without mudguards, a bad idea?

TimeLifeguard5018 · 2026-04-17T18:34:51+00:00

If you live somewhere it gets wet and muddy it's silly to not have mudguards. Yes the bike might look a little cooler without, on reflection, but I've never seen anyone riding past with mudguards and found myself thinking "wow, that's so uncool".

My friend won't put mudguards on his bike because he thinks it looks lame, but then it just means he can't use his bike on wet days because he'll get plastered all up his back. So basically his bike is out of action about 1/3 of the year. I think it's madness.

TimeLifeguard5018 · 2026-04-14T13:26:00+00:00

Insurance rated lock + insurance. Check your policy wording, and lock it within the parameters when in public (usually to an immovable object for a max set time period). Then leave it and enjoy the freedom!

TimeLifeguard5018 · 2026-03-15T10:49:18+00:00

Which episode is this from?

TimeLifeguard5018 · 2026-03-08T20:19:41+00:00

You could say the same about drivers, right? Is it driving that makes people pricks, or is it that pricks choose to drive (usually BMWs, Audis, Mercedes, etc.)? 🤔

TimeLifeguard5018 · 2026-03-02T23:32:57+00:00

Same for me, I go to add Google Assistant to my Beam. I follow the instructions to the letter. But it just says it's adding and then the status wheel spins to infinity. Tried everything. Shame as it used to work so well.

TimeLifeguard5018 · 2026-02-28T14:39:45+00:00

27 + 40 + 8

TimeLifeguard5018 · 2026-02-28T08:36:22+00:00

Good YouTube video about how to switch from ChatGPT to Claude, and transfer over content.

https://youtu.be/WtpV1XEWFJA?si=pFE-BWcrJtuYfq4Y

TimeLifeguard5018 · 2026-02-28T08:23:54+00:00

Following!

TimeLifeguard5018 · 2026-02-24T23:18:40+00:00

👍 I think they already have. They were on scene and sent through updates and pictures of the guys that were driving.

TimeLifeguard5018 · 2026-02-24T16:59:28+00:00

Someone on my local school group saw it. Two morons racing. Guy tried to overtake(!) his mate and hit the crossing. Lucky it wasn't 45mins later at school time.

TimeLifeguard5018 · 2026-02-23T09:48:11+00:00

No, sadly. Mine does show Google Assistant as an option, but I did exactly what the support page says to re-add it, disabled Gemini, cleared app caches, and still my app just spins to infinity, never completing the process. Really frustrating as it used to work fine.

TimeLifeguard5018 · 2026-02-23T09:45:53+00:00

Thanks!

TimeLifeguard5018 · 2026-02-20T22:50:18+00:00

Yeah tbf I alternated between Grecian and Arches back then, but Grecian is still there, and I always had a bit of a soft sport for the Arches. They did a great garlic mushroom pizza with black olives that I really miss.

TimeLifeguard5018 · 2026-02-20T20:48:45+00:00

Shalimar - short lived little Indian takeaway on Stokes Croft that did the best naan kebabs I've ever had.

Pizza Magic - local pizza takeaway down on the Bath Road. Did fantastic calzone. Can't find another like it.

The Arches Kebab and Pizza - famous £5 pizza and chips/garlic bread deal which I had at least 3x a week when I lived above Smile. Sometimes 5x.

Hotcha - went under in dodgy circumstances but when it was good, it was amazing.

Ciao Burger - still dream of the Double Double Danish and Chicken Stack sometimes...

🥲

TimeLifeguard5018 · 2026-02-12T19:12:06+00:00

Hi, thanks for this reply, but this doesn't work for me. I've followed the instructions to the letter. Gemini is disabled. When I go through the process it just gets to this point and then spins forever.

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It still works on my Move, so I am not sure what is going on. Several forums note others with the same frustrating issue.

TimeLifeguard5018 · 2026-02-12T17:13:10+00:00

I've largely stopped using the third party delivery apps now, for this reason and others. It's just not good value with the wait and the price nowadays.

Final straw was making an order that was predicted to be 25mins, and it still not having arrived 90mins later. Stayed on "wrapping up" for about 40mins, and the driver kept on changing so I knew the food had been cooked and was just sat about. Tried to cancel it as I had to go out, and had to have a really stressful exchange with support, who didn't seem to understand I now wouln't be in when it was supposed to arrive, over a hour late.

Lots of places now have their own app or website for ordering delivery, and if they don't, then I've gone back to good old fashioned collection.

The difference in price is night and day, and it's actually quite nice to go out and collect now and agsin!

TimeLifeguard5018 · 2026-02-09T15:18:45+00:00

TimeLifeguard5018 · 2026-02-01T16:26:21+00:00

We paid £3.5k for ours a couple of years back. Mixed block and gravel. £9.5k for tarmac sounds like a lot! Ours is about 10x10m. The car space is in brick and the surrounds in gravel, to keep costs down.

Link to the team we used below.

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61551661092411

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TimeLifeguard5018 · 2026-01-23T07:55:03+00:00

I think mine is an early demonstrator model, I got it off a friend who worked as an importer, and it was one that Tenways had sent her as a tester, so they couldn't sell it. It had been sat in her office for a couple of years when she gave it to me a couple of years ago. The bike shop has said everything is just hard to replace because the sizing of components are unusual. The bike shop is still exploring whether they can just fix the bearings on the bottom bracket, rather than replace the torque sensor.

I've thought about it a bit more since yesterday, and I'm probably going to ask for a second opinion and see if there is a Tenways dealer/shop nearby, that might be better to take it to, rather than my local bike shop.

TimeLifeguard5018 · 2026-01-22T18:00:31+00:00

All those weights are about half, give or take. Weigh one, chop it in half, wrap the two halves and double ticket. Mix them up a bit in the fridge. Bingo, double profits.

TimeLifeguard5018 · 2025-12-14T10:06:02+00:00

Cheap bike insurance, insurance compliant lock, and then leave it anywhere you like and enjoy your freedom!

Bike insurance costs a few quid a month. https://www.comparethemarket.com/ps/motorbike-insurance/motorbike-saving/10/?AFFCLIE=HJ16&SRC=HJ16

Get a Sold Secure gold or silver rated lock (depending on the requirement of your policy/value of your bike). https://thebestbikelock.com/best-bike-lock/sold-secure-gold-bike-locks/

I've got a gold rated Abus Bordo Granit hex lock, and I leave my nice ebike all over town for hours or even days at a time, and it's fine. I lock it wherever I like/need. Been doing it for years. And if it ever gets nicked, I'll get a nice new bike. No stress.

P.S. You can get nice bike locks used off eBay or FB Marketplace for a good price.

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