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Also a very recent thread here: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=139655. Note that if you live in a hilly area you will need suitable gears.

I think 531Colin uses 8-speed chains on 9-speed sprockets, as the 8-speed chains last longer. Some monhts ago my husband put an 8-speed Sedis chain on his 9-speed Tiagra set-up and hasn't had any problems. Such chains are cheap so you could try it and see.

Make sure any rucsack you use is not so big that it is in the baby's face, as I have sometimes seen.

Many thanks - that's really helpful. I'll try phoning the advisor and see what they say. We have a choice of routes, Glasgow-Rannoch (preferred) or Glasgow-Pitlochry, and on both of those you have to book bike spaces. Otherwise it's £250 + petrol for van hire compared to £47.50 return for two adults...

That does look fun - but at my age I think I'll give it a miss. In any case it's too hilly where I live and with only one brake it wouldn't be legal on the road.

At least you don't need to book your bike on that service, and in any case Wemyss bay is not that far from Glasgow. We're aiming at Kinloch Rannoch, and although my husband could do it, or so he thinks, I definitely couldn't!

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Have you checked your trains? Even though we are now in Phase 3, Scotrail is still saying essential travel only: "The Government has made it clear that public transport should be used by those making necessary journeys only, so our staff and passengers can maintain a physical distance from each...

Unfortunately as part of the strip down and refit process I obviously didn't tighten the nut holding the burner tubing to the reservoir so paraffin leaked out here, into the nice hot meths well and then got ignited by the blow torch. You may need new seals - lead washers get squashed and old asbest...

If you take the train to Dunblane, Gleneagles or Auchterarder you could go via Crieff and the Sma' Glen to Dunkeld. It adds on about 15 miles but is a more interesting route than the one from Perth - the Sma' Glen is a gem and the gradients are gentle.

It's just to help cyclists get used to the properly designed, permanent infrastructure being built on Leith Walk: https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/webimg/b25lY21zOmY1ZDBiNTk1LTAzNmQtNDAwNS1hOWE5LTg3MGExZDRiOTQyMDplMTgxZTc3Zi1kMjQ2LTQxZWUtYTAwZS0yM2EzYjhhYWQ1YjA=.jpg?crop=982:524,smart&widt...

I use white spirit, as sold for cleaning paint brushes and readily available in supermarkets at c.£1.50 a litre. Yes, it's more expensive than a 5L container of paraffin but is less smelly and burns very cleanly.

It probably just needs a clean and some new seals. Go to the Classic Camp Stoves forum. It covers blowlamps as well as stoves and is full of knowledgeable enthusiasts who will be happy to help, and point you to sources for spare parts.

My son as a teenager once borrowed my husband's hack bike to nip to the shop to get some spares for his own one. Unfortunately he forgot/hadn't noticed that dad's bike had a back pedal brake and ran into the back of a van that stopped suddenly in front of him. Our poor son walked home with the sorry...

We looked into sending a bike frame to Australia... I have bought a Thorn tandem and a Thorn Mercury for delivery to Australia and freight was eye watering. Why don't you want to bring the bikes with you on your flights? Just to set the record straight, this was our son's bike which we sent out to ...