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I have always found Spa Cycles to be very helpful, competitively priced, provide good service, prompt delivery and are honest. Yes, sometimes they can be opinionated but that is because they have real life experience and tend to call a spade a shovel, not a problem for me, quite refreshing in fact. ...

I am just so impressed by GB Cycles, Croyden, a 'local bike shop' (though not for me unfortunately based in the New Forest) but with an excellent on-line system. I find them always price competitive, with fast delivery, great customer service and the ability to speak to a knowledgeable human being w...

Dave McCraw adapted a Carradice Barley Saddle Bag as a bar bag:

http://mccraw.co.uk/carradice-barley-bar-bag/

worth a read.

We have just returned from 3 weeks cycling in North West Italy - exceptional! The only problem we had was purchasing maps of our preferred scale. We could buy 1:200,000 which did not provide sufficient detail, or 1:25,000 topographical maps best suited to mountaineers and with too much detail. I was...

Our new chief exec. states that "Cycling is a big part of my life and something my family loves to do together." In that case would CTC say how many years he has been a member of CTC. I note that the recently appointed RHS Director General, Sue Biggs was an RHS member for previous 11 years...

I have to admit that, in this day and age, I worry if a company will do the right thing by a customer if it is going to cost them. Well Condor did the right thing and I’m delighted to give them their due. They had no legal obligation, their frame builder in Italy did not co-operate and Condor took t...

Thank you for all your helpful advice. I 'think' we have settled on the 'Bagman Q/R as the support mechansim, I say think because Carradice have non in stock but say they hope to have some in time for our trip. If we decide on the cotton duck we will go for the added versatility of the 'Camper Longf...

Hi - my son and I will be riding across France next summer to ride and watch the Tour de France Pyreneean stages. We need to carry all our kit with us and as we will be riding carbon fibre racing bikes with no facility for panniers etc, we thought the best solution would be to use one of Carradice's...

Hi Now that I'm cycling home from work in the dark I have two steady rear red lights fixed to the bike & a flashing red one on the back of my helmet but still find motorists driving dangerously too close. In last weeks Cycling Weekly Andy Moss from Hartlepool reports on fitting a dual Red/Blue r...

The idiot who sprinkled carpet tacks across the 81-mile route, endangered the lives of 3,000 people taking part in a legal event. What a bad day for the image of Scotland, Perthshire, Pitlochry and religion. This man is a terrorist My son and I have entered for the last two years, my family (wife, t...

I have ridden a Roberts Roughstuff Light with Shimano XT rear mech and 10 speed Compagnolo Centaur Shifters and front mech. The Campag and Shimano work wonderfully together never had a problem.

Thanks Ron but I have already checked Classirendezvous and it has a few pictures but no details.

Has anyone got any experience of the following Eddie Merckx steel road frames - Strada OS and Corsa Extra - and how do they compare. Thank you in anticipation.

I have always used the excellent Vredestein S-licks on my 26" Audax bike. Unfortunately they are discontinued and their ‘replacement’ the Perfect Moiree is heavier and not as fast. My local shop have offered Continental Ultra Gator Skin, which I know to be excellent in 700C format but in 26&quo...