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They are one of my biggest bug bears at the moment. It’s bad enough when some feral spawn of Satan child wobbles into your path, on an unpowered version, but when a grown adult does it on an electric version, it really really tries my patience.

Sadly, this is an all to often repeated tale of woe. Until there’s a cultural shift, in this country, from car centric, to everyone on the road centric, not much will change.

They are known as ‘scoop sensors’ you have to be of sufficient size to cause the ‘scoop’ that triggers them. That is adjustable in a sensitivity setting.

I tend to take it easy around dogs, but sometimes they want to ‘play’, and sometimes they feel the need to attack cyclists. Nine times out of ten, if you just talk to them, say something like “hello mate how are you” they behave, the ones that go for you are normally deterred by a loud “NO”, failing...

Absolutely. Abide by the rules, or take the consequences. The rules are there for everyone’s benefit, if someone wishes to chance their arm, they should be prepared to take the consequences.

The ‘Hornit’ up to 140 dBs of ‘I’m behind you’.

https://hornit.com/

I won’t leave home without one.

I used to keep a SS / fixie for the winter months. The biggest gear I ever ran was 110 inches, I wouldn’t do that now, I’d go 70 inches tops.

Forget average mph. It’s a gash metric to work with. There are far too many variables. Work on Normalized power ( NP on Garmins) and effort. Power is Power, if it’s up, you’re improving, if it isn’t you aren’t. It’s independent of conditions and terrain as well, so that makes it far easier to compar...

It can’t be stuck if it’s a liquid. Buy a Chef’s Brûlée torch, get the junction good and hot, it will release. Liquid? You think I should melt it out? I know aluminium has a lower melting point than steel, but I'd probably have to retouch the paint job wouldn't I? :shock: Quite right, but if it’s r...

nonsense. It might release, it might not even with an oxy acetylene torch. Can cause a lot of damage. Its stuck due to corrosion between dissimilar metals. Try dissolving the crud. It’s not “nonsense” it actually works. By the way, it’s called ‘Galvanic corrosion’ you’ll break the frame before you ...

Hairspray is surprisingly effective.

It can’t be stuck if it’s a liquid. Buy a Chef’s Brûlée torch, get the junction good and hot, it will release.

Hi All of the above, plus don't forget the cost of insurance. A £4k bike could take a sizeable additional premium to insure away from home, I stick between £1k and £1.5k for that reason. TSB does a pick n mix insurance that's reasonably-priced and was cheaper than my existing insurer Regards tim-b ...

If you ‘want’ it, buy it. Life’s too short to worry about the ‘should I’ and ‘what iffery’. That bike is very nice. It’s definitely in the ‘not strictly necessary’ camp, but if you like it, go for it.

There are more than two actually. I once worked for a multimillionaire and his secret was to produce and sell things that were unique. So, when I started my own business thats what we did successfully for 15 years. Tesco is a 'Me too' business, so is Waitrose. Up to a point if you can produce and s...