Cycling UK Forum

Sometimes rides are not meant to be pleasant or enjoyable, sometimes rides are perfunctory, simply about getting from A-B, which means going in as straight a line as possible, and as advocated by Mikael Colvile-Andersen as one of the things that encourages people to cycle and that people who do cycl...

do you avoid using certain roads at certain times under certain weather conditions? i was driving over the A628 west-east the woodhead pass late on friday night. many users here would know the route - a busy link between manchester and the M1 sheffield area which is a popular route for HGVs. condit...

Why don't they just start making road size 650B stuff (rims/tyres)? Now that the size is more popular among mountain bikers, might be easily than trying to revive 650C, which seems to be showing little to no signs of life (it could service all the old 650A/26 x 1 3/8" roadsters too). I don't u...

The law is clear if you are on foot you are a pedestrian*, even if you have a bike in hand. there's nothing ridiculous about it, only the council (probably) unlawful injunction is ridiculous! *Crank v Brooks [1980] RTR 441, wheeling a bike is not "riding" it, per Waller LJ, "In my jud...

Just also noted that Halfords are selling their Rouen 650C bike with the cheap Kenda tyres for £180, they are also selling a Kenda 25-571 tyre at £5 each so probably get a few, it's not really the tyre I was after but it's simply not worth spending £100+ even though it would improve the ride/rolling...

So I've just bought my grandson a racing bike so we can attempt breaking LEJOG at the youngest age, no actually just so he can have a nice bike for the roads when he gets a bit older so it's a lay up for at least 2-3 years. But I want to get some tyres for it, currently had Hutchinson 23s but want 2...

BC and CyclingUK probably got involved because the council/plannig inspector had written directly to local cycling clubs telling them that they were not to use the cafe for meets (and possibly indicating that the injunction being sought would extend to to the clubs). The council withdrew those thre...

which of these journeys would you rather take, the blue route or the yellow route? The blue route is a motorway :? And that A2 motorway has cycleways, cycle lanes or cycleable roads alongside it all through the section on that map. I rode across the bottom edge of that map a few years ago. At worst...

TUC If you haven't already I'd recommend you take a trip to NL with a bike,it'll become immediately apparent just how many people do cycle and how good their system is for bike use as a mode of transport and not just as an enthusiast's pursuit. Motoring isn't banned in NL but it's restricted in tow...

I don’t know why cyclists see ebikes as threat, they are almost a different form of transport, people that ride them would probably have not made that journey by bike. They are a greater threat to the safety of everyone including the user, we've read on here the exultation of users being able to go...

I guess that most Audaxers want a detuned race machine with a few concessions to comfort, whereas I want a faster tourer. In reality those two concepts come very close and perhaps overlap. The second you lose shifting with a bar end lever, or a down tube lever, matters to a professional road racer ...

O got my 10 year old grandson a mint cond. Raleigh Max Ogre from the mid to late 90s at beginning of summer hols, it's 26" wheels and quite literally he has to have the saddle down as far as it will go but he loves it. I would say that a 29er would have a bit more stability than smaller wheeled...

Stop being lazy, take your lock with you, personally I can't stand the look of racks and lamposts/railings with several locks adorned to it, especially since you know full well many don't actually get use! it's selfish as it makes life harder to lock your own bike up and it's unsightly.

My Spa Audax (Titanium) was bought as a frameset and built up by me with bar end levers that you sometimes see on tourers but rarely on "Audax" bikes. Do you know why this is? I guess that most Audaxers want a detuned race machine with a few concessions to comfort, whereas I want a faster...

What will e-bikes increase cycling to as a % of transportation, say in the next 5 years, 10 years or 20? I'll make a charitable wager that e-cycling will not increase cycling as a whole in any significant way over the next 10 years at least, just as it hasn't in Netherlands. I wouldn't like to gues...