In London there have been many cases of delivery riders being mugged and stabbed (sometimes fatally) for their bike/phone/cash. A tough life indeed.simonineaston wrote: ↑26 Mar 2024, 10:41am This all makes for a high risk working environment one way and another.
So think of that next time you’re tempted to order a burger on deliveroo.
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- 26 Mar 2024, 11:31am
- Forum: Electrically assisted pedal cycles
- Topic: Not pedalling
- Replies: 48
- Views: 2891
Re: Not pedalling
- 26 Mar 2024, 8:40am
- Forum: Campaigning & Public Policy
- Topic: Cycle bus for Angus school
- Replies: 2
- Views: 170
Cycle bus for Angus school
Good news from Scotland. Newtyle has started a "cycle bus" for kids to get to and from school. Let's hope the idea catches on.
https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/an ... s-success/
https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/an ... s-success/
- 25 Mar 2024, 9:18am
- Forum: Does anyone know … ?
- Topic: Anyone ordered anything from Decathlon lately?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 717
Re: Anyone ordered anything from Decathlon lately?
I had a similar experience while touring in France. The cassette had come loose. A Decathlon mechanic took off the back wheel, tightened up the cassette & checked everything else was OK. No charge.
Decathlon staff in every branch I've been to are superb - knowledgeable, friendly and helpful. I'm lucky to live within cycling distance of a store so I usually click and collect.
Decathlon staff in every branch I've been to are superb - knowledgeable, friendly and helpful. I'm lucky to live within cycling distance of a store so I usually click and collect.
- 21 Mar 2024, 10:55am
- Forum: The Tea Shop
- Topic: State Pension
- Replies: 258
- Views: 20664
- 21 Mar 2024, 10:11am
- Forum: The Tea Shop
- Topic: State Pension
- Replies: 258
- Views: 20664
Re: State Pension
That's not the point. The point is they've brought in tax policies that will benefit themselves and their funders/influencers at the expense of the least well off. It's not a vote-winning exercise - it's a final pay-off to themselves. An incoming government would have to reverse these policies.
Whether the electorate will punish them for it is another question.
- 19 Mar 2024, 6:53pm
- Forum: The Tea Shop
- Topic: Just how long will it take to turn this ship around?
- Replies: 103
- Views: 2923
Re: Just how long will it take to turn this ship around?
Very hard to argue with any of that. Succinctly sums up the last 45 years of UK politics - and I include the Blair years in that. Nothing I've heard from Starmer/Reeves gives me any hope that things will improve under a future Labout government - just toying at the edges for fear of antagonising the fat cats - the people actually in charge (of stuffing their own pockets).reohn2 wrote: ↑19 Mar 2024, 6:31pm Baroness Jones on the state of the nation and what's caused it in a 4.53minute nutshell:- https://youtu.be/AQx-jWkmWsU?si=tzypsQeMGNjZ7mtM
Sorry for the YT link, but she's spot on!
- 19 Mar 2024, 3:46pm
- Forum: The Tea Shop
- Topic: Should the BBC be privatised?
- Replies: 121
- Views: 4867
Re: Should the BBC be privatised?
Ian's talking about "commercial" ads. BBC don't do that.
Netflix, Amazon Prime, Sky etc are all revising their no-ad service and either forcing ads on you or charging extra on top of the monthly fee for ad-free.
Let's face it, the future is advertising, ever-increasing amounts and increasingly targeted. That's what tech runs on. The BBC is a relative haven of sanity and I am happy to pay for it.
- 19 Mar 2024, 9:27am
- Forum: The Tea Shop
- Topic: Just how long will it take to turn this ship around?
- Replies: 103
- Views: 2923
Re: Just how long will it take to turn this ship around?
All the signs are that a Starmer gov, even with a large majority, is going to disappoint those hoping for a major change in UK politics. There are clear signs of a shift away from radical policies (e.g. green agenda) towards the right, and Rachel Reeves is already buttering up and accepting large donations from the usual lobby groups - e.g. gambling.
Combined with the dire financial state that will be inherited, I'm afraid the best that can be hoped for is a change in morality - i.e. fewer dodgy Tory MP's - but not much else.
Combined with the dire financial state that will be inherited, I'm afraid the best that can be hoped for is a change in morality - i.e. fewer dodgy Tory MP's - but not much else.
- 16 Mar 2024, 9:12pm
- Forum: The Tea Shop
- Topic: Should the BBC be privatised?
- Replies: 121
- Views: 4867
Re: Should the BBC be privatised?
I'm not sure you can consider BBC radio in isolation. Without BBC TV the BBC radio stations wouldn't exist.
Personally I don't begrudge the license fee. I'm in the fortunate position of being able to afford it, and I can't ABIDE commercials. I find them insulting to the intelligence to the point I won't watch live commercial TV. I "record" anything I want to watch so I can FF through the ads.
I've enjoyed and learnt so much from BBC radio over the years that I suffer the promos without too much bother. They are in a totally different league to the utter dross you're subjected to on commercial radio.
Personally I don't begrudge the license fee. I'm in the fortunate position of being able to afford it, and I can't ABIDE commercials. I find them insulting to the intelligence to the point I won't watch live commercial TV. I "record" anything I want to watch so I can FF through the ads.
I've enjoyed and learnt so much from BBC radio over the years that I suffer the promos without too much bother. They are in a totally different league to the utter dross you're subjected to on commercial radio.
- 16 Mar 2024, 12:20pm
- Forum: The Tea Shop
- Topic: Should the BBC be privatised?
- Replies: 121
- Views: 4867
Re: Should the BBC be privatised?
True - and annoying. But with commercial broadcasters you get all this self-promotion stuff plus the paid ads.
On ITV the average length of a programme occupying a half-hour TV slot seems to be around 23/4 minutes. That's a lot of rubbish to have to sit through. The BBC fares a lot better in this respect - just a couple of promos at the start and then unbroken viewing.
- 16 Mar 2024, 12:09pm
- Forum: The Tea Shop
- Topic: Witnessing the end of the NHS
- Replies: 213
- Views: 18567
Re: Witnessing the end of the NHS
Same here (London). Was told a painful growth on the underside of my big toe is probably a large verruca - go and see a private chiropodist. It's been there for 8 months now and I've tried every kind of DIY remedy. From what I can establish this is likely to require several treatments and cost several hundred pounds.
This is on the back of paying for private surgery for an inguinal hernia which was growing at an alarming rate and causing significant pain and preventing me from doing any kind of exercise or manual work. NHS waiting list? - 12-18 months.
Cost - £4,300
I've been paying for all dental work for many years.
I'm of pension age yet seem to be paying for all my recent medical requirements myself.
What NHS?
This is on the back of paying for private surgery for an inguinal hernia which was growing at an alarming rate and causing significant pain and preventing me from doing any kind of exercise or manual work. NHS waiting list? - 12-18 months.
Cost - £4,300
I've been paying for all dental work for many years.
I'm of pension age yet seem to be paying for all my recent medical requirements myself.
What NHS?
- 15 Mar 2024, 2:34pm
- Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
- Topic: Noisy freehub - quieten with grease?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 1481
Re: Noisy freehub - quieten with grease?
Took the springs & pawls out and gave everything a good clean. I was right in that they looked never to have been serviced since new - horrible dark gritty stuff. Reassembled using a moderate quantity of Superlube grease as recommended above and happy to report a vast improvement. I'd say the noise is reduced by 30%, to the point where it's tolerable. Engagement still seems instant. A few road tests at freezing and below temperatures should confirm there is no risk of sticking.
Thanks for all the advice!
Thanks for all the advice!
- 15 Mar 2024, 9:34am
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: Non-standard Bikes on Trains
- Replies: 32
- Views: 1391
Re: Non-standard Bikes on Trains
It really beggars belief that they introduced these carriages which will be with us on many inter-city services for decades hence.
Useless for non-standard / wide-tired / wide handlebar and carbon-rim wheel bikes. If you're lucky enough to have a bike that actually fits over the hook you then have the physical task of getting it up there, which will also rule out many people.
Not to mention the distinct possibility of the locker being full of luggage or another bike already there that takes up too much space, or bikes without reservations taking in your slot.
Then the problem I often face of a bike being already on the "inner" space but no ticket showing where they're getting off. What do you do? Put yours on the outside and hope you get off before them or risk someone man-handling your bike so they can get theirs out?
One can only assume that the system was designed either to:
1) Take up the absolute minimum possible space for economic reasons
2) Positively deter people taking bikes on trains
Or most likely a combination of the two..
Useless for non-standard / wide-tired / wide handlebar and carbon-rim wheel bikes. If you're lucky enough to have a bike that actually fits over the hook you then have the physical task of getting it up there, which will also rule out many people.
Not to mention the distinct possibility of the locker being full of luggage or another bike already there that takes up too much space, or bikes without reservations taking in your slot.
Then the problem I often face of a bike being already on the "inner" space but no ticket showing where they're getting off. What do you do? Put yours on the outside and hope you get off before them or risk someone man-handling your bike so they can get theirs out?
One can only assume that the system was designed either to:
1) Take up the absolute minimum possible space for economic reasons
2) Positively deter people taking bikes on trains
Or most likely a combination of the two..
- 14 Mar 2024, 7:51pm
- Forum: The Tea Shop
- Topic: The "Royals" Thread
- Replies: 1350
- Views: 54865
Re: The "Royals" Thread
Forgive me for not wanting to click on a link to the (Kate-worshiping, Megan-demonising) Daily Mail, but I assume you're referring to Katie Price. Not sure how that relates to what we're talking about.Pebble wrote: ↑14 Mar 2024, 6:23pm If you want to pick on someone, have a pop at Katie here, could this be the 345th time she has been caught without a licence?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/a ... rance.html
No one seems to be complaining that her appearance and photos may have been altered, a lot
- 14 Mar 2024, 6:02pm
- Forum: The Tea Shop
- Topic: The "Royals" Thread
- Replies: 1350
- Views: 54865
Re: The "Royals" Thread
Indeedthirdcrank wrote: ↑14 Mar 2024, 5:59pm Just to show I'm paying attention, I'll mention that I think you meant to write "veracity."