[vb-saan]

Originally Posted by amitoj

That's a Specialized Diverge Comp E5 something, that has Aluminum frame.

Yeah, noticed that it’s an Aluminum frame and recently saw a Allez Sprint Comp in that same color, hence asked. Awesome color indeed

Originally Posted by amitoj

What bike do you have?

Mine is a Scott Metrix 20 flat bar

Originally Posted by ninjatalli

Nifty indeed. What stops the pedal from rotating in either direction?

Just a Velcro strap to hold the brake and stop the bike from rolling.

Originally Posted by ninjatalli

Btw we have a better term for such "innovative" products - jugaad

Yes, tried that as well. But for around 10$ this looked a cheap and cheerful solution

[dragntailonfire]

Originally Posted by vb-san

Mine is a Scott Metrix 20 flat bar

vb-san, what happened to your BMC?

[vb-saan]

Originally Posted by dragntailonfire

vb-san, what happened to your BMC?

BMC went off earlier this month. Smart looking bike, but somehow the overall setup was not agreeing with me. Not sure if it was the frame/geometry, the handling was a bit jittery for my riding style and over the months noticed that the ride frequency is getting lesser and lesser, just around 1000kms in 6 months. In comparison, I did around 1900 kms on the Trek FX3 in 4 months.

Did not go for road bike yet as I want to ride more and feel comfortable on the roads here before graduating to a roadie. The short rides (30-50kms) are mostly on dedicated paths and park connectors, and go on public roads only if I ride early morning/before sunrise when the traffic is sparse.

[Fillmore]

Is there any Insurance company in India that offers Bicycle Insurance which covers Theft ?
I am based out of Bangalore.

I checked with couple of mainstream players, but none of them offer Bicycle Insurance.

[comfortablynumb]

Originally Posted by Fillmore

Is there any Insurance company in India that offers Bicycle Insurance which covers Theft ?

HDFC Ergo and Digit seem to have products for Bicycle Insurance:

https://www.hdfcergo.com/home-insurance/cycle-insurance

https://www.godigit.com/blog/bicycle-insurance

[Fillmore]

Originally Posted by comfortablynumb

HDFC Ergo and Digit seem to have products for Bicycle Insurance:

https://www.hdfcergo.com/home-insurance/cycle-insurance

https://www.godigit.com/blog/bicycle-insurance

I checked with them
These are just on the website , they no longer offer these policies.

[Jedi.Knight]

Originally Posted by Fillmore

Is there any Insurance company in India that offers Bicycle Insurance which covers Theft ?

I have bought insurance from Toffee.
https://toffeeinsurance.com/accident...rance-chola-ms

Thankfully, have never made any claims

[Poornavakra]

Originally Posted by silverado

Attended Decathlon basic bike maintenance workshop. The best part is you can bring your own bike irrespective of brand to the workshop for demo. The workshop was nice to understand few technical bits which i never knew.

Looking forward to advanced training for bike maintenance.

Could you share some details on this?(duration, price, experience, things covered etc) I have been on a lookout for such a workshop in Bangalore. Couldnt find much details in the google. Does Decathlon advertise these on their website or any other site to track such events?

[silverado]

Originally Posted by Poornavakra

Could you share some details on this??

Download allforsport app.

[amol4184]

Update on the Niterider Swift 500 broken light. After BOTS refused to help on broken strap I started using a crudely made strap from nylon string that somehow worked until today.

Got two smallish zip ties, punched two tiny holes in the remnants of rubber strap, opened up what seems like a plastic cap and weaved those ties through the holes. Then I tightened the cap over the ties.

This is how it looks now. Much better stability and infinitely less hideous than my previous solution.

In general though, I'm disappointed in this Rs 2000 light that lasts half of what they claim and the strap is of piss poor quality.

[BaCkSeAtDrIVeR]

Originally Posted by Poornavakra

I have been on a lookout for such a workshop in Bangalore. Couldnt find much details in the google. Does Decathlon advertise these on their website or any other site to track such events?

I think. BOTS or cycling boutique has some such online sessions. Recall reading about it somewhere. Better email BOTS.

I guess individual Decathlon outlets have their own FB page, where they announce the store related events.

[Junaid42465]

Originally Posted by Poornavakra

Could you share some details on this?(duration, price, experience, things covered etc) I have been on a lookout for such a workshop in Bangalore. Couldnt find much details in the google. Does Decathlon advertise these on their website or any other site to track such events?

Just install the AllForSports app or visit https://www.allforsport.in/ . You'll find all events & Challenges from Decathlon there. There are also many great blogs and articles to read.

[Poornavakra]

Originally Posted by silverado

Download allforsport app.

Originally Posted by BaCkSeAtDrIVeR

I think. BOTS or cycling boutique has some such online sessions. Recall reading about it somewhere. Better email BOTS.

I guess individual Decathlon outlets have their own FB page, where they announce the store related events.

Originally Posted by Junaid42465

Just install the AllForSports app or visit https://www.allforsport.in/ . You'll find all events & Challenges from Decathlon there. There are also many great blogs and articles to read.

Thanks everyone for the responses. I have been looking for a cycling group for the weekend rides and was able to find one after subscribing to the weekend cycling event in Decathlon(found it in allforsport site).

Spoke to the Decathlon guy about the workshop and was told that they are planning to have one within next few weeks.

Had joined a weekend ride with them today. Got to know that they have started a initiative called pitstop which is free and open 24 hrs a day for the cyclist to repair the cycle themselves. It seems to have many of the tools available to do a quick repair if you know how to repair .

[ysjoy]

Hi Poornavakra,

If you could pl let us know which Decathlon center(s) have the 'pitstop'
or how / where to check on same

Thanks,
ysjoy

Originally Posted by Poornavakra

...Got to know that they have started a initiative called pitstop which is free and open 24 hrs a day for the cyclist to repair the cycle themselves. It seems to have many of the tools available to do a quick repair if you know how to repair .

[Poornavakra]

Originally Posted by ysjoy

Hi Poornavakra,

If you could pl let us know which Decathlon center(s) have the 'pitstop'
or how / where to check on same

Thanks,
ysjoy

This is in Mysore Road. I heard them saying this is the first one and they have plans to do it across all other centers in Bangalore.