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3putter wrote:School run mums. Their minds are often on anything but their driving and they are usually in a rush. Inattentive, lacking anticipation, selfish parking etc. etc.......

...putting their makeup on...

I use MapSphere GPX Track Editor which allows you to open any number of tracks which can then be selected and merged. Download it here;-https://download.cnet.com/GPS-Track-Editor/3000-20422_4-75720240.html

Just noticed that you use MAC, don't know if they support it....

3059 for me (8.6 a day). Not bad for an old git like me.

Been spaced out for years man....

Without doubt it was on 6th July this year in blistering heat when I did my first century ride, from my house in Swadlincote to March in Cambridgeshire (basically using Sustrans route 63). I left home at about 6:05am, arriving in March at 4:41pm (including 30 minutes in Oakham for lunch and an enfor...

AMMoffat wrote:There is another one, sadly not enforced:

5) They drive in a considerate fashion in accordance with the rules of the road.

Quite.

One man said to me, "You have no rights on the road because you don't pay road tax." Recognising the car he had (same as my own) I replied, "Neither do you". It worked and he drove away. The law is quite simple, bicycle riders have an absolute right to be on the road, no if or b...

Have you tried changing a bulb on some modern cars? Batteries sometimes need to come out, headlamp and grille off, Torx fixings on rear lamp clusters The bumper has to come off followed by the headlamp on mine (Jaguar X-Type) takes at least 30 minutes, pain in the backside. Back to the O/P, I've no...

dianaSm wrote:looking for bearings

Have you tried a compass and OS map or a GPS app on your phone?.....

I am allowed to ride the roads correct? Yes, cyclists have a RIGHT to use roads (except motorways) whereas drivers of motor vehicles are ALLOWED to use them under certain conditions (ie MOT, License, tax insurance etc). The provision of cycle specific infrastructure such as cycle lanes, in no way d...

thelawnet wrote:new chain, cassette and service from the local bike shop costs half the price of the bike.

Never paid for a "service" on a bike, I do it myself, a chain and cassette should cost less than £20 for the vast majority of bikes.

What she should have said was "You need a longer stem" :P That's a bit personal.... Actually I wasn't "wobbling all over the road" at all, I was merely cycling up a hill from a standing start. All cyclists tend to wander off line a little due to the lack of speed making balance ...

Having been the victim of a very close pass, I spoke to the driver when she stopped 50 yards up the road. I suggested (politely) that she should give more room to cyclists to which she replied that I was "wobbling all over the road" (I was going up a hill). Good reason to get within a foot...

I'd be more scared of paying the price....

foxyrider wrote:With 2/3rds of the year gone how are the rest of you going with the 'challenge'?

Not that I'm not actually trying to do this but I'm on 8.9 miles a day (my commute is just under 12 miles there and back), I'm probably going to end the year more or less where I am now.