Cycling UK Forum

What kind of crazy world do we live in that something which kills people every day (motorists) are allowed in London, but peaceful protestors are not? Are you suggesting that a motorist - or even a rat-running wage slave on foot - should be delayed just because they are off to some activity that's ...

Here's an interesting article. I don't know where the proper gen is (one should be wary of the precis of a newspap writing). https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/oct/14/common-drug-could-prevent-thousands-of-head-injury-deaths Perhaps we cyclists who feel at risk of a bonce-bonk should be carryi...

We have Nether Kellet and Over Kellet near us. Over Kellet is the nicer village. I have cycled through both a hundred times (or thereabouts). Once I stopped in Over K to eat a cake whilst sat on a bench on the green. Only once, mind. One learns every hole, verge-crumble, slippery drain and queer ca...

As Brucey notes: set up your cantilever brakes properly and they'll work well. I have cantilever brakes on two cyclo-cross style bikes, one of which is set up as a winter bike and t'other of which is set up as a touring/shopping bike. The former stops well with standard alloy rims and just me and th...

I'll mention the DHB Dorica shoes that I have - made in both MTB and racing style sole (i.e. for the different clipless systems of 2 & 3 bolt respectively). These shoes are inexpensive and well made. The toe box is roomy but because they're lace-ups with a long pair of flaps in which the laces a...

Plug-in Hybrids are the way forward for now. No range anxieties, and 100+mpg economy. Our Hybrid isn't plug-in and we can only do a couple of miles on EV. Even then, the speed has to be low and the route level. Downhill, there's no limit of course. :wink: Plug-in Hybrids can go for 20miles just on ...

I wouldn't tell anybody including my family or friends.I'd make sure my kids were OK but brothers/sister would never know.I have 40-odd cousins.They and all their offspring would soon come out of the woodwork and be my best "friend" :roll: .I'd move to a different area.Then nice house,pre...

Buy Bowland, turn it into a forest like Brechfa Buy Brechfa, cut a lot of trees down and turn it into a forest like the forest of Bowland. PS if you don't understand the origins of the name Forest of Bowland then it's origins come from hunting ground. AIUI the origins of forest is as a hunting grou...

I am looking into buying a pair of Shimano RP 701 shoes and am not sure what size to get as I am a size 8 UK but when I look at the size charts some say I need a 43 and some say I need a 41.5 and some say 42 so confusing.I know I could just go to a shop and try them but there are none near me that ...

Plug-in Hybrids are the way forward for now. No range anxieties, and 100+mpg economy. Our Hybrid isn't plug-in and we can only do a couple of miles on EV. Even then, the speed has to be low and the route level. Downhill, there's no limit of course. :wink: Plug-in Hybrids can go for 20miles just on ...

What was the island of Ireland like before The Troubles? They started in 1969 I think. What was it like in the 40s and 50s? I think before the 60s the IRA were dormant, they only became acitve after the civil rights marches of the 60s that resulted from the unionsts trying to exclude the catholics ...

More proposed EU red tape. Perhaps soon we wont be able to repair our own bikes? https://conversation.which.co.uk/technology/right-to-repair-appliance-eu-rules/ Yes, you're right. The EU here is proposing having a live-in inspector in everyone's garage. There they will ensure non-qualified persons ...

The final sprocket has the integral spacer so,no,never fitted it wrong way round,however,I notice not all lockrings are the same regarding thread no. so,taking your comment into consideration,I will endeavor to fit one deep enough to allow three revs.,thanks for that. Some freehub bodies seem to ha...

It's a hypothetical question that doesn't need to be answered. The real life implications of coming into such a huge sum would leave 99.99% completely boggled. I believe that one would have to actually win the amount firstly in order to find out how one really does in reality. It would definitely b...

Does all this really matter? We've only been on the earth a dog-watch. Million years or so. Does it matter what we do? Stegosaurus was already fossilised when Tyrannosaurus came along, then they were wiped out by an asteroid. Matter to who? It'll matter to our children, probably .... certainly to o...