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by AMC
23 Mar 2024, 8:24pm
Forum: Wanted
Topic: SORTED Ortlieb Outer Pockets
Replies: 2
Views: 296

Re: SORTED Ortlieb Outer Pockets

Great - have PMd you :)
by AMC
10 Mar 2024, 1:02am
Forum: Wanted
Topic: SORTED Ortlieb Outer Pockets
Replies: 2
Views: 296

SORTED Ortlieb Outer Pockets

Does anyone have a pair of these they’d like to sell? Even one would be useful! I don’t need the fixings & not too worried about condition.

https://www.ortlieb.com/media/catalog/p ... x_6979.jpg
by AMC
13 May 2021, 8:05pm
Forum: Using the Forum - request help : report difficulties
Topic: Forum Update Issues
Replies: 150
Views: 9971

Re: Board Appearance Change

Thanks for taking the time to explain Ian, much appreciated. I'll get my head around this!
by AMC
11 May 2021, 3:46pm
Forum: Using the Forum - request help : report difficulties
Topic: Forum Update Issues
Replies: 150
Views: 9971

Re: Board Appearance Change

Thanks for getting back 🙂

Replying to the thread seems fine, it's private messages that are the problem - I can't see how to send one directly from the post, so try to send directly to their account name. It's from there that people have said they can't see the initial private message, or I simply don't hear anything at all. However, I am able to respond to PM's once they arrive in my message box. Obviously operator error 🙄

I'm a bit sad about the changes and restrictions to the board appearance options - apart from anything else I find the current options quite difficult to read (I'm not dyslexic or generally have problems reading). What was the rationale behind it?
by AMC
11 May 2021, 2:52pm
Forum: Using the Forum - request help : report difficulties
Topic: Forum Update Issues
Replies: 150
Views: 9971

Board Appearance Change

Am I right in thinking that the Board layouts have been changed? I can't see how to change back to the layout I'm used to in the board preferences - it only seems to give Cycling Uk light or dark options.

More urgently, I can't see how to directly reply to posts, and people are not seeing my PMs. I'd appreciate any pointers in this direction. :D
by AMC
23 Apr 2021, 10:33pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: Bluemels Mudguard Tool - crowd funding
Replies: 40
Views: 42357

Re: Bluemels Mudguard Tool - crowd funding

Great, so pleased this could happen, such a great crew on this forum 😊
by AMC
21 Apr 2021, 10:37pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: Bluemels Mudguard Tool - crowd funding
Replies: 40
Views: 42357

Re: Bluemels Mudguard Tool - crowd funding

Paid, thanks for organising 😊
by AMC
15 Apr 2021, 6:38pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: Bluemels Mudguard Tool - crowd funding
Replies: 40
Views: 42357

Re: Bluemels Mudguard Tool - crowd funding

I also confirm my £10 pledge 😀
by AMC
13 Apr 2021, 7:28pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: Bluemels Mudguard Tool - crowd funding
Replies: 40
Views: 42357

Re: Bluemels Mudguard Tool - crowd funding

Is there a link to the crowdfunder to cough up out contributions? Apologies if it's obvious, it's hard to see on a mobile 🙄
by AMC
1 Mar 2021, 8:08pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: Bluemels Mudguard Tool - crowd funding
Replies: 40
Views: 42357

Re: Bluemels Mudguard Tool

+ me too for £10 - this should be in a museum, ideally with public demonstrations on request!
by AMC
14 Aug 2019, 10:09pm
Forum: Cycle Camping sub-forum
Topic: Solid shampoo bar
Replies: 12
Views: 1354

Re: Solid shampoo bar

I use a coconut solid shampoo ( can't remember the name but got it in local wholefood shop, brown cardboard packaging - Amphora brand?) It's very good, lasts for ever & doesn't dry my hair or skin out at all. It crumbles but I just squashed the lumps into a small screw-top tin. Light, handy & miraculously doesn't leak even when wet. (I smear the stuff onto my hair straight from the tin...)
by AMC
19 Jun 2019, 6:00pm
Forum: Touring & Expedition
Topic: Brompton + trains from St Petersburg to London
Replies: 7
Views: 759

Re: Brompton + trains from St Petersburg to London

Apologies for late response to comments, been away.

How did you wangle that, what is it?
Social Network analysis is surprisingly useful if you do the kind of research I do with communities; a simple explanation of it is beyond me, but I'm hoping this will change after the course! Wangled it through the university - I "won" an award - sheer luck that it fitted their criteria butI'm delighted, I wouldn't be doing this otherwise with usual expenses & a new house to rebuild :lol:

Used to know FfM fairly well, how has it changed?
You've probably seen it as it is now, but after a long hiatus since my early 1980s visits it was unrecognisable a few years ago - the old centre seemed to have been completely subsumed by the financial centre & associated developments, & the rather picturesque residential quarters likewise. I'd already had to come to terms with the replacement of the old wooden trams by the S-Bahn...more efficient but I was so enamoured of those trams.

Warsaw was quite cycle friendly with some good infrastructure.
Great, I'll research a bit before I get there then :)

I've also been to Vilnius but only for two days, no cycling, and it was back in the late 80s, so only relevant comment would be on architecture and layout (Nordic - Hanseatic influence, and small, compact).
Delighted if still the case - small is good by bike...
by AMC
16 Jun 2019, 6:08pm
Forum: Touring & Expedition
Topic: Brompton + trains from St Petersburg to London
Replies: 7
Views: 759

Re: Brompton + trains from St Petersburg to London

They met in Warsaw, the frenchperson thought she was in Moscow and the russianperson thought he was in Paris
Well, I shall keep a keen eye out for confused French & Russian persons in Warzawa then :lol:

Frankfurt/Oder is good for cycling by the river, but I suspect you mean the Other Frankfurt :?
Frankfurt M I'm afraid - I've spent a lot of time there in the past, my last visit a couple of years ago was a shock - I don't think I've ever known a city change that much outside China. I'll just be using the bike as transport there so probably won't be much fun, but had better investigate any bike infrastructure. The Rhine waits for a longer trip...

What are studying in 'Leningrad'?

Prepare to be fascinated: Social Network Analysis... :roll: :lol:
by AMC
16 Jun 2019, 1:37pm
Forum: Touring & Expedition
Topic: Brompton + trains from St Petersburg to London
Replies: 7
Views: 759

Brompton + trains from St Petersburg to London

I've managed to wangle a study trip to St Petersburg, flying out (taking advantage of BA's generous luggage allowance) & travelling back to Wales by train, stopping in the main cities en-route: Tallin, Riga, Vilnius, Warsaw, Berlin, Frankfurt.

I'll partly be meeting colleagues & friends & partly sight-seeing, hence the Brompton. However, none of them cycle so I can't get any sensible advice out of them wrt particular cycle conditions in each city.

Does anyone have any experience of cycling in these places, & is there anything I particularly need to know about taking the Brommie on any of the trains? (I'm hoping it should be pretty straightforward, especially if I stick it in a laundry bag, Dympa or some such). I'm sure something unforeseen will trip me up, so any advice gratefully received!
by AMC
15 Nov 2018, 10:31pm
Forum: Touring & Expedition
Topic: Jenny Graham ... 9th Super Girl .....
Replies: 2
Views: 616

Re: Jenny Graham ... 9th Super Girl .....

And me - amazing :)