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Col De L'Iseran - French Alps. 2770m high, and snow on the side of the road - in August!! Amazing views, and fantastic descent, what's not to like?

You may also have legal insurance from your house insurance policy. If you haven't got his insurance details, and he won't give them to you, but you have a registration number, then the police can give you the details (as happened when I was knocked off). Failing that, I think there is a site where ...

Having just returned from a trip to the Alps, the key for me was breathing. My legs rarely decided to say no, but with a racing heart rate and laboured breathing, I just had to stop on occasion. Key is to find a gear that you can sustain all the way up, and not to go fast at the start and thus go in...

. (I'm not sure where you get the 10 hours charging time either. I think my neighbours Tesla can get 300 miles worth in about 45 minutes - and if they use the Tesla charging points - which for some reason always seem to be in hotels! Then they get free 'juice' and usually free tea and cake thrown i...

One of the downside to electric vehicles has always been the charging time. The other major downside is range. I've just been to the Alps to cycle the Cols, and left home (Suffolk) only needing to fill up once I arrived - 11 hours and 600+ miles driving. In an electric car I'd have had to add about...

Just back from France, and I enabled / disabled roaming as I needed it. No need to enable prior to leaving UK (on my plan at least)

I find most areas of a bike quite logical, they are not that complicated after all and with a it of looking you can usually work out what it does and how. Having the right tools to hand may present a problem, but that's a different issue. Generally, check moving / high stress components, such as dri...

Have a look here

https://www.petrolprices.com/news/driving-close-cyclist-leads-fine/

Just had an e-mail from another forum I belong to , saying that close passes have now been put into law - 1.5m or face £100 fine and three points - same as speeding, so hopefully this will be more than just a passing fad

Where are you based? Madgetts of Diss (south Norfolk) have an excellent reputation for wheel building, and you can choose your hubs, spokes and rims. I've had 2 pairs from them, and no complaints with either set.

. The study of probability is fundamentally about uncertainty. The fact that we cannot be certain of what is the frequency of terrorist attacks in Tajikistan unless and until there are more attacks, does not mean that people cannot reasonably conclude that the risk is already higher there than in w...

What pressure are you running, are you nice and comfortably above the minimum ?

How hard is it to get the tyre onto the wheel? If it's a bit of an effort, then I would suggest it's the right size, if it just 'drops' on, then may be a little big.

Most bikes I look at are sizes such as 54, 57, 58, 60cm etc, so unless they start to measure between two different points, I think we're ok.

Tangled Metal wrote:But despite all that, what is your point?

Yes, confused as to what this thread is trying to say....I assume it has a purpose?

You need to try. Sizes differ by manufacturer, even if they are nominally the same. So take one for a test ride - or at worst sit on one in the shop.