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Rode back home today over Ovenden Moor (past Halifax Sailing Club). Must be 10 years since I last used that route (it's a big climb!) and was surprised to find it's now tarmac for the full length. Maybe to make it easier for fly tippers. Still shown otherwise on OS maps though so must be fairly rece...

Keighley to Skipton and Gargrave is due to be upgraded in the next year or two. Unless you're in a terrible hurry to do it, I'd suggest waiting for that work to be completed. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-46821219 Good surface now extends to Silsden, since last year. Do...

I love 'em, especially on the winter bike when wearing big gloves. One disadvantage which I don't think anyone else has mentioned is that the front mech can creep inwards when climbing out of the saddle, due to repeated frame flexing and spring in the LH lever pulling the cable in. Just needs slight...

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Spot-on, thank you. So no use to me in my bike fettling then!

I got this from a friend who was a cyclist, it may or may not have an application relating to cycling! It seems to be a pair of screwdrivers, but obviously they couldn't both turn screws at the same time...

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Lots of rain and very wet roads are the most likely inconvenience at that time of year, though who knows, autumn is unseasonably dry this year.

"Bike friendly cafes".... A bit tangential, but I usually want the same from a cafe whether or not I'm on the bike. Only difference being it's good to park the bike nearby & preferably in view. Otherwise, consideration no 1 is that they serve a big pot of tea with hot water on the side...

There is a special tool sold specifically for tightening the valve core, don't have one myself but have seen them online somewhere, possibly this forum....?

If I was going on holiday/tour and at all unsure, I'd fit a new cassette for peace of mind, the old cassette can always go back on after the trip. But it sounds like you should be ok, if you've properly tested it on the road.

Was passing a farm on a quiet back road the other day when the nose of a rather big tractor poked out of the yard, so I eased off & looked up at the cab to check that the driver had clocked me. He had done. But he can't have been older than 10 or 11! I got safely past then looked back, to see if...

Pumps are included in the banned list of cabin luggage, in my experience

Can someone tell me if, with these modern cars whose engines cut out at eg. red traffic lights, the indicators continue to work. As a cyclist this could affect how I anticipate whether the car will turn at green. I know if I switch my own car engine off the indicators won't flash. Just being curious...

Similar traumatic experience for me at Schoenefeld in 2016 - forced to pay 30 euros for a huge cardboard box at the airport when the CTC poly bag had been fine on the way out. Easyjet never replied to my complaint.

Anyone know if it's still closed?