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I had an incident last Friday on my commute to work. Cycled underneath the new Taw Bridge in Barnstaple when I heard lots of shouting. Looking back, loads of people were looking over the barrier and I realised someone had jumped. This is a 30ish m drop and fortunately the tide was in. I turned back ...

It’s not only the Bristol-Bath cycle lane which people have an eye on. The is also the Tarka Trail between Braunton&Barnstaple which some people want to convert to a tram line http://www.taw-link.org.uk Both ex-railway tracks converted to excellent and well used shared use paths which are alread...

Had a cracking commute home tonight, dry, windless and not a bad sunset
Nuff said

The exactly the same thing happened to me on Thursday- shamano single sided spd pedal, flat on other side. One bolt missing with damaged thread and second bolt sheared off with stub left in pedal. I only noticed when I got off the bike and my right shoe was somewhat taller than the left! Time to loo...

Hollow carbon frames do make a lot of sound! Using expanding foam might be an issue as the typical one part, builders expanding foam relies on water to set. In an enclosed space, it tends to expand and then slumps down to a gooey mess. I have experienced this in a previous job trying to make an insu...

First of all the video does show a terrible bit of driving. However, i can also understand why this driver might have made this mistake. As he approaches the roundabout, the road sign clearly shows a separate feeder lane for vehicles turning left and another lane for turning right. However the actua...

I hate to admit it, but I have had a front wheel fail in a similar way. I was part way down a 1in 4 hill on Exmoor at the time (heading towards Hunters inn). The whole edge of the rim peeled away on one side. I managed to stop using the rear break only along with lots of swearing! I check my rims a ...

I think your problem is the use of trainers. They have flexible, cushioned soles which mean your feet are flexing when you pedal. Most cycling specific shoes have stiff soles to avoid this. You could try cycling in an ordinary pair of shoes with stiffer soles and see if this makes any difference. Ul...

When I modified my mk2, I fitted a front & rear derailleur with a small, 12tooth rear. I found that the chain rubbed against the brake caliper so ended up fitting it underneath the rear suspension arm. If I remember correctly, that also moved the brake cable to the left hand side and avoided any...

That military bike for 8 looks like it could be fun to ride! However, I thought most tandems had the pedals in synchronisation at avoid clashes of feet The chap at the rear seems to be about 90 degrees behind the other 3 chaps in front. Just looks a bit odd & don't know if there is a reason why-...

Just to have a different view on abuse compared to mjr, I have had a couple of occasions when I have had specific abuse from car drivers because I was on a road and not using the totally separated cycle track. This was on the Braunton-Barnstaple road with the Tarka Trail running roughly parallel but...

I commute in rural North Devon all year round and most winters I don't see any snow. I use a road bike during decent weather and a mountain bike fitted with studded tyres for roughly 3 months (Dec, Jan, Feb) I can't be bothered switching bikes depending on the weather forecast (it isn't particularly...

I had 2 San Marco Rolls saddles. First one came fitted on my 12 year old Dawes Audax. Second one was a warranty replacement after the rails broke. Very comfortable to ride but I gave up when the second one broke the rails as well. This might have something to do with my riding style or possible burr...

The Garmin Edge 200 has two odometers built into the unit, so you can record total distance for 2 different bikes. In addition, if you download All your rides onto the garmin website, this will give you detailed info about each ride (map route, mileage, altitude, speed, weather, calories....) and it...

I have gone down a similar road as Monkeytennis and modified an ex-army webbing haversack - heavy duty duck cotton about A4 size and permanently bolted to my rack. Waterproof ish, robust and cheap (about £6 each). Just needed some bent metal hooks and coroplastic liner. Smaller shoulder bags are als...