Cycling UK Forum

Thanks.
Getting there slowly.

Richard Fairhurst wrote: ↑13 Apr 2024, 12:29pm It defaults to routing from your current location to the chosen destination, but you can set a different start point by tapping the name (not the "(>)" icon) and choosing "Start at this point". Or just long-press on the map.

You can choose which routing mode to use in the settings menu (bottom right). Sorry, there isn't a mode to avoid ferries (usual explanation about why cycle.travel can't do route customisation options).

Thanks.
I can see the route type in the "Settings" but I can't see a name icon or a ">" icon on the main screen, nor when I attempt a trial route.
PlayStore says it was last updated 7th March.

Just prompted by the regular postings on Tour Aotearoa from people looking to locate stolen (often very expensive) bikes.

I assume that because the Tour has defined start dates and many participants they are an obvious targets for scrotes, whereas LEJOG is an all year ad hoc activity with many different routes and timings.

Just wondering.

A few years back now but there was an acceptable breakfast at the Premier Inn.

Quick question - App on Android.
A while since I have tried to use it.

I tried plotting a route today and it asked me for a destination but not a start point.
It used my current GPS location.
Is this to be expected or am I missing something?

Also, I plotted a route and it used a ferry.
In the web version there are more route planning options, including which surfaces to use.
I thought there was an option to avoid ferries but can't find it at the moment.

mattheus wrote: ↑9 Apr 2024, 2:27pm touring energy honey

.... GSOH, would like to meet like-minded cyclist, for long rides on sunny days, ...

The sell Bush Honey in NZ which led to slightly inappropriate thoughts.

I mainly use New Balance trainers for cycling because I have them and they fit my feet.
There are only a very limited number of lasts which are broad enough.

So any trainers for running (with good support) should do.

I use flat pedals with plastic toe clips (no straps) which do seem to help with the up stroke.

In the winter I wear waterproof socks so not issues with wet trainers.

Just a thought.
Why not use a cheap pair of shorts over your jeans whilst cycling and then whip them off and put them in your pocket?
It may or may not be stylish.

Pebble wrote: ↑29 Jan 2024, 7:53pm whats going on here
Come across an EIIR post box in Scotland! these were completely outlawed north of the border in the 1950s (Lizzy the first was just an English monarch)
one was even blown up in protest
https://news.stv.tv/east-central/pillar ... r-insignia

I can see there is a small sign saying 'private post box' but what does that mean, this box is at the side of the road, it looks like a proper in-use post box

I assume that it is somewhere you post your privates.
Or am I just a bad person?

Paranoid me took all the panniers (4) and the bar bag up to the cabin with me and locked the bike to the rail it was leaning against (insurance requirement).
I was "intrigued" to note that most people left most of their stuff on the bikes.
My first (and only, so far) bike tour abroad on the Harwich to Hook of Holland overnight ferry.

So probably OK to leave stuff.

However I would be really fed up if I was the only one in 20 years to have stuff nicked.

I once had the use of a very early Muddy Fox which had what sounds like a similar set up.
Low gearing and a very high "sit up and beg" riding position.
It would climb quite steep inclines slowly and easily.
Nothing like the later Muddy Fox.

https://nextdoor.co.uk/p/SL45Js9QKTjZ?u ... 6356435415

Dodgy Chinese batteries.

One thing perhaps not specifically called out.

Using a different type of device, that is PC/tablet/phone gives you different underlying browser software.
In addition, if you use a tablet or phone over a mobile network (not on your home WiFi/LAN) then it will generally follow a completely different network route to the target web site which also helps in diagnosing problems.

For me the riding is the main thing, however it does need to be the right bike.
So that doesn't quite fit the narrow categories in the poll.

Once I have a bike that will fit me then that is more or less it.
I will expect to ride it for years until it wears out (but my MTB is from 1995) or something makes it impractical to own.

I struggle to relate to people who change bikes every year or so (I can relate to people who are always aiming for N+1).
As with cars, once bought then there is usually very little reason to change for the next decade or so.

In flat(ish) areas the fields tend to drain into the roads for some considerable times, and the roadside banks often have small springs for a long time after a prolonged period of rain.
Out in the car today (me culpa) for a walk in the countryside and quite a few lanes which were shaded by the embankments were leaking water like a {better not say} into the road.
The road was covered in ice, in some cases quite high ridges from where cars had moved water into the middle of the road.

I thought myself lucky not to be on a bike (at least without winter tyres) as the whole setup looked lethal.

Probably only applies where roads are sunk below field level.