Cycling UK Forum

Well done to Boris for keeping his promise about getting Brexit done and ending the right of many EU nationals to work here. A man of his word. A man we can trust. That's exactly how con men make a living, by gaining the trust of the naive and gullible. Perhaps the cleaner is angling for another cl...

Myself, I favour roads being returned to cyclists with cars being confined to car-lanes. Let's call them "motorways" and insist that the drivers get to the start and stop of these dedicated carways via nice safe and slow public transport; or perhaps on their bicycle. If it's also made clea...

e-bikes/e-scooters should be limited to 12mph, this is more than adequate, it will also increase range and not reduce the users ability to go faster under their own steam. 'Free' speed/propulsion and how this affects the way people think seems to have been completely missed here, there's no surpris...

Hi I want to improve my cornering, particularly on hairpins on descents. One of the main tips I’ve heard is to never brake through a corner - by the time you start to lean the bike over, you should be completely off your brakes. Makes sense to me. But something is bugging me. I’ve watched a lot of ...

Incidentally, I don't need any lessons on what is anti-semitism, please - not from anyone on this forum! I admit to a fair knowledge of the subject I think most people on the forum are fully aware the persecution of the Jews in WW2 and indeed before. I was thinking of my own experiences: since I wa...

This debate about Naz Shah appears to have been initiated solely to deflect argument away from criticism of the current Tory regime. If that's what some on this forum want, so be it. I find that deplorable. It's an open forum,but as I posted earlier it's a classic whataboutery tactic by Tory suppor...

Yes. It is ridiculous when they use this phrase. They are not in a position to decide if they are racist or not. The ability to detect racism is only given to those special, caring people who describe themselves as liberal. They can decide if they are racist themselves with an admirable objectivity...

Almost as concerning as the disturbing racism of Sabisky's views is the fact that they were so stupid. How does someone with such barking daft notions get to advise our Government? That is a worry. I'd not employ the man to put the bins out. I'll just repeat.... The New Model Tory Party has decided...

Mike Sales wrote:It does not need a privileged liberal to detect that Sabisky Is a racist, with other nasty views besides. Even a Tory should have managed it.

A Tory did manage it. The New Model Tory Party has decided that proto Nazis are a perfek fit for their new regime.

Cugel

I too have been looking at these mainly because of their light weight. They look and feel very good in the shops I must say. However I read somewhere or perhaps saw it on a youtube clip that the Fazua battery turns itself off after a period of inactivity ( possibly 45 mins?) and to start it again a...

al_yrpal wrote:All systems of voting and definitions of nationality are imperfect. We are stuck with the ones we have. Unless they can be changed.

Al

Wot a filosofer you are! I would send you an award but you probably already have them all.

Cugel

There's nothing more empowering than the freedom to choose. Ha ha - the "freedom to choose" is a chimera, wrought by history and Svengalis getting us to "choose" policies and behaviours to their personal liking and imagined benefit. "Freedom to choose" is just another ...

< . . . .their *right* to drive . . . > Indeed. As well as the all the technical challenges, the need-to-control-a-motor-vehicle has become very deeply ingrained in our culture as a part of personal identity. There are so many varied aspects to this e.g. power & adult identity = society has tru...

Given the likelihood of AI being advanced enough to match the best humans at hazard recognition and negotiating complex junctions is very low within the next decade, I would imagine that by the time AI is safe enough, most governments will have finally come around to the real need to intelligently ...

(snip) I believe in the idea of Nation States deciding how to live their own lives. (snip) Al Who or what defines a nation? There are several candidates, not all of which are mutually exclusive (although some are). For instance, is it: Language? How about "race"? (An artificial Victorian ...