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Cycling Time Trials has a 'Target Times' standard for various distances and ages. For a 10-mile time trial, the target time for a 40-year-old is 25 minutes. For a 60-year-old it's just under 29 minutes, so a reduction of about 12 seconds per year. https://www.cyclingtimetrials.org.uk/documents/downl...

I was looking at a 1960 OS map west of Cornwall earlier. The line left Launceston (ancient capital of Cornwall) and went Egloskerry, Tresmeer and Otterham, before heading south to Camelford St Kew, Wadebridge and out to Newquay. Camelford Station, after closing as a station, was used as a cycling m...

Mick F wrote:They will be reopening Tavistock to Plymouth in the next year or two,

Really? What will happen to NCN route 27?

I've recently discovered the VeloViewer 'add-on' for Strava, which, apart from providing loads more statistaics about your rides than Strava does, has an ingenious system of recording how many map squares you've covered - the challenge is to see how many you've missed, and how to fill them in! See h...

Well I've booked the train after a couple of hours of faff making sure I had the bicycle reservations. It's a Frankenstein website at GWR. I'll use Parcel Force to send the trailer ahead to the campsite where I'm staying, and am expecting it all to go wrong. Parcel Force might not deliver it and ju...

Hardly any chance of making that work, unless both legs are the same airline and you've booked your luggage through. Even if the first flight is on time, you'd need to wait up to 30 mins after landing to retrieve your bike (once I had to wait nearly 2 hours). Then get from arrivals to departures (I'...

I can't believe that you haven't ridden this route yet, Mick, you live so close to it! Maybe after your epic 'A30 Bridges' project you should ride all the NCN routes in Devon & Cornwall. But maybe that would be too easy to plan !

Some fairly good comparisons here
https://www.cyclingabout.com/speed-difference-between-panniers-bikepacking-bags-aerodynamic-testing-results/

I was considering buying some of these last week, before my current trip away. I asked a question (about sizing) by email (as it was at a weekend) but got no reply. I phoned a couple of days later (during office hours) but only got an answerphone. So not very promising from a customer service point ...

I bought a PlanetX 'Space Chicken' a few months ago. £1299. Silly name but a great gravel bike that meets your spec.

Thank you all for replies and suggestions. Apologies for lack of reply; I have been away for a few days (with the problem bike!). Now that I have twisted the cage a little (tail inwards) it's manageable to change up if I'm careful. But I have also been viewing the ring closely as I pedal (on quiet r...

Thanks for the replies. I totally rebuilt the bike about 3-4 years ago, after a frame respray. The front derailleur is still the original (Shimano Deore LX) , chainrings new but same size as before. The problem wasn't happening after the rebuild but has got worse gradually. The DR is less than 2mm f...

I've had this issue for a while now and I've tried various adjustments but it won't improve. It's 48/38/28 triple, and if I try to change from the 38 to 48 while the rear cog is one of the high gears (12 or 14) then the chain nearly always falls off the outer side. But if I change up while the rear ...

Electronic devices will have a CE mark which means they will have ben tested to be protected from interfernce from oother equipment. But it's pretty impossible to protect against interference from a radio mast a few metres away, even if it's transmitting at a slightly different frequency. In the ear...

For anyone planning to ride down the Adriatic at the moment: you cannot cross into Montenegro on the minor road no. 516, near Vitaljina. This road is marked as a cycle route. It seems they are rebuilding the customs post and the road is totally closed. Oddly there are no warnings at all where this r...