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Update on this, for anyone thinking of using the path: it will be re-opened temporarily,from 19/12 to 03/01. Parts of it have been re-surfaced with rolled aggregate. I don’t know if that is the finished job or preparation for something more permanent. Anyway, it’s much smoother while it lasts.

Update: the section between the footbridge to Sainsbury’s and the station, ie the last bit, is now closed. The footbridge is still accessible.

Looks like Cormac are about to start work on the path. Pictures show the work site and two samples of the existing track. Things can only improve. C971CD63-F8B2-430A-A3F4-F8AD2304A877.jpeg 23E317A9-0346-463E-A75C-A7B336DAA0A9.jpeg 124E8882-6706-4E1E-80AC-42D5EA80382E.jpeg 4E542B97-75E8-477A-AF02-3C4...

Well, it looks like fun. The horses are big cobby creatures and they’re ridden onto the beach and into the sea, sometimes with swimmers hanging onto their tails. Everybody seems to enjoy it, including the horses.

When I started this thread, I didn’t anticipate the footbridge over the A30 becoming such a topic. I just cycle over it. It’s the best way to access the hinterland from Long Rock, and as has been noted, there’s no ‘No Cycling’ sign at the seaward end. I’ve only ever seen two walkers using the bridge...

Comments about harsh weather conditions being the reason for the long timescale of the project seem reasonable. Sometimes you have to sprint between showers of spray flung up by breaking waves if you don’t want your (steel) bike drenched in salt water. Storms can leave swathes of seaweed all over th...

As part of a project called 'Experience', involving six areas of the Channel region, the shared path between Marazion and Penzance is to be upgraded. In order for this work to be done, the path will be closed for six months. This is a well-used path, popular with cyclists, runners and dog-walkers. I...

In Cornwall we have ‘opes’. Sometimes we have ‘igh ‘opes. Sorry.

After fitting new shifters and brake levers, I could not get the front dr indexed properly. Took the bike up the road to Halfords, which was weirdly empty, with only five or six bikes on sale. Young mechanic put my bike up on the stand, fixed the front, checked the rear and gently pointed out that I...

oneten: the brakes. The Cinelli is equipped with rim brakes and bar end shifters, on the principle that both are simpler to fix than discs and brifters should things go wrong while crossing the Kalahari desert. The brakes are cantilever, and work well enough. I swapped mine for v-brakes, which are s...

Brucey, you’re absolutely right, as usual. The Cinelli is a heavy bike. But somehow not a slug, and anyway it makes you feel a mere lad again when you get on a lighter bike.

I bought the Cinellihobo (as it was then called) shortly after it was introduced, marketed as ‘the bike that didn’t exist’, or some such. Nowadays, it would be called a gravel bike. It’s a great machine, and until very recently has been my only bike, used for shopping, tootling around and long dista...

I see you've been tempted by Temple. I was, and succumbed. I bought the Adventure Tour (large), just in time for adventure touring to become inadvisable. Nevertheless, I've used it for twice-weekly rides of 30-40 miles in Cornwall (hills, wind, more hills) and am delighted with it. It does everythin...

Two Sundays ago, I rode from Truro to Penzance using B-roads and lanes, and part of the old A-30. Very few cars, lots of cyclists of all descriptions, including families. 25 miles of blissed-out pedalling. Yesterday I repeated the journey; but not the experience. Very few cyclists, very many cars. I...

Thanks for the advice. I’ve ordered a pair from eBay.