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- 28 Mar 2024, 11:26am
- Forum: For Sale - Complete bikes ONLY - state FRAME SIZE in title
- Topic: Bike Friday. Road bike folder. Saves airline fees.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 816
Re: Bike Friday. Road bike folder. Saves airline fees.
That looks like a Pocket Rocket for a very good price indeed, and if I didn't already have a (similar) New World Tourist I would absolutely snap it up....
- 26 Mar 2024, 4:05pm
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: Cycle Travel Question
- Replies: 1604
- Views: 211055
Re: Cycle Travel Question
Just to check - are you sure that you're selecting "Lancaster, Lancashire" from the autocomplete, and not "Lancaster, Pennsylvania"? cycle.travel might not know what country your IP address is in, and if it doesn't, it might put the American one at the top of the list.
- 19 Mar 2024, 10:38am
- Forum: Racing, Olympics, TdF, Competitive cycling
- Topic: General racing chitchat
- Replies: 56
- Views: 33240
Re: General racing chitchat
Took the plunge last night and signed up for Discovery+.
I'm not greatly impressed at paying £6.99 a month and still getting very long advert breaks - GCN+ was cheaper and didn't have ads. That said, you can fast forward through them (on Apple TV at least), which makes them a bit pointless.
I wish they'd make more of an effort with their highlights "programmes". The Tour of Catalonia extended highlights were just the last hour of racing and some immediate post-finish wibbling. It'd be more interesting to have a few excerpts spliced together - and some post-race studio discussion in the bigger tours, though I suspect they don't do the Breakaway stuff for the lesser events.
The on-screen graphics were a bit lacking: no bottom-left identification of riders, just the time check in the top left. Suspect that's probably ASO's fault rather than Discovery's.
But it was a dramatic finish to the stage, the scenery was outstanding, and it's always entertaining to hear dear old Carlton Kirby again, even if he did manage to completely call the stage winner wrong.
I'm not greatly impressed at paying £6.99 a month and still getting very long advert breaks - GCN+ was cheaper and didn't have ads. That said, you can fast forward through them (on Apple TV at least), which makes them a bit pointless.
I wish they'd make more of an effort with their highlights "programmes". The Tour of Catalonia extended highlights were just the last hour of racing and some immediate post-finish wibbling. It'd be more interesting to have a few excerpts spliced together - and some post-race studio discussion in the bigger tours, though I suspect they don't do the Breakaway stuff for the lesser events.
The on-screen graphics were a bit lacking: no bottom-left identification of riders, just the time check in the top left. Suspect that's probably ASO's fault rather than Discovery's.
But it was a dramatic finish to the stage, the scenery was outstanding, and it's always entertaining to hear dear old Carlton Kirby again, even if he did manage to completely call the stage winner wrong.
- 17 Mar 2024, 8:21am
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: Portsmouth - Le Havre
- Replies: 4
- Views: 274
Re: Portsmouth - Le Havre
It doesn’t take bikes or foot passengers sadly, I think to keep costs down at Le Havre.
There is a bus from Caen (town, not Ouistreham port) to Le Havre which takes bikes: https://www.lavelomaritime.com/porte-ve ... e-honfleur
There is a bus from Caen (town, not Ouistreham port) to Le Havre which takes bikes: https://www.lavelomaritime.com/porte-ve ... e-honfleur
- 12 Mar 2024, 9:22am
- Forum: Does anyone know … ?
- Topic: cycle.travel app
- Replies: 14
- Views: 634
Re: cycle.travel app
Here's the Android app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/deta ... el_android
As roubaixtuesday says, it doesn't do everything that the website does, but you can use it to either plan a simple route, or to follow a route that you've planned on the website (and it will honk at you when you go off-course). I've got a long list of features to add to both this and the iPhone app this year.
As roubaixtuesday says, it doesn't do everything that the website does, but you can use it to either plan a simple route, or to follow a route that you've planned on the website (and it will honk at you when you go off-course). I've got a long list of features to add to both this and the iPhone app this year.
- 9 Mar 2024, 1:04pm
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: Cycle Travel Question
- Replies: 1604
- Views: 211055
Re: Cycle Travel Question
It's just that I haven't had time to add the marker functionality to the app yet! It'll be in the next release.
- 8 Mar 2024, 4:56pm
- Forum: Campaigning & Public Policy
- Topic: Filthy bridleway
- Replies: 61
- Views: 2742
Re: Filthy bridleway
Local Access Forum is a very good shout. Also your local authority's rights of way officer (who will be on, and probably coordinate, the Local Access Forum).
Sometimes you can get funding for surface upgrades from nearby developments through Section 106/Community Infrastructure Levy funds - our local council (Oxfordshire) is pretty good at this.
Sometimes you can get funding for surface upgrades from nearby developments through Section 106/Community Infrastructure Levy funds - our local council (Oxfordshire) is pretty good at this.
- 8 Mar 2024, 12:25pm
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: Cycle Travel Question
- Replies: 1604
- Views: 211055
Re: Cycle Travel Question
The "Night" option is for routes that are likely to be safer at night, which is mostly public roads and cycleways directly alongside them. It tries not to choose routes across parks and towpaths, for example. It's mostly geared towards city cycling rather than rural.
- 8 Mar 2024, 11:49am
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: Cycle Travel Question
- Replies: 1604
- Views: 211055
Re: Cycle Travel Question
Well spotted! Now live.
- 6 Mar 2024, 6:22pm
- Forum: Does anyone know … ?
- Topic: Routing online or via "knowledge" ?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 1979
Re: Routing online or via "knowledge" ?
It would help if you actually said where you were talking about!gbnz wrote: ↑6 Mar 2024, 3:58pmOh I recognise that the Romans & Victorians were able to recognise the contours of the local landscape, as I had even as a 13yr old. Was merely bemused that the modern day "cycle route" planner, didn't appear to have the ability to follow an obvious route
Little or no engineering of any era on the routes & wasn't even as if the restrictions on modern day paths, tracks or roads being constructed, would have been a restraining factor. All the roads required for an obvious route existed, even the Roman road now being tarmac
- 6 Mar 2024, 9:21am
- Forum: Does anyone know … ?
- Topic: Routing online or via "knowledge" ?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 1979
Re: Routing online or via "knowledge" ?
Yes, I think most routers apply a small time penalty for traffic lights.
- 2 Mar 2024, 8:46pm
- Forum: Does anyone know … ?
- Topic: Routing online or via "knowledge" ?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 1979
Re: Routing online or via "knowledge" ?
People have different tastes. Some will happily trade more motor traffic for less climbing. Others (including me) would prefer a bit of climbing if it means fewer cars.
Generally, signposted routes will lean towards the "fewer cars" end of the spectrum, and the valley roads have more cars. But if you don't like them you don't have to follow them.
Generally, signposted routes will lean towards the "fewer cars" end of the spectrum, and the valley roads have more cars. But if you don't like them you don't have to follow them.
- 28 Feb 2024, 6:48pm
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: London underground/tube to transfer between kings cross and paddington with a loaded unfolded bike?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1425
Re: London underground/tube to transfer between kings cross and paddington with a loaded unfolded bike?
I really like the ride between Kings Cross and Paddington - if you follow the official cycle route (used to be London Cycle Network 0, now C27 apparently) it's both safe and interesting. That's the way cycle.travel will send you by default. Don't, whatever you do, ride the Euston Road!
- 23 Feb 2024, 11:35pm
- Forum: Campaigning & Public Policy
- Topic: Cycle track by HS2
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1546
Re: Cycle track by HS2
This isn't a "forget" because it's not open yet, but there's a new cycleway - the Misbourne Greenway - being constructed beside the Chiltern line between Wendover and Great Missenden. Not long (four miles?) but it will cut out a nasty bit of A road. It's partly funded by HS2, too.
- 12 Feb 2024, 4:06pm
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: Cycling using trains (in UK and EU)
- Replies: 590
- Views: 61851
Re: Cycling using trains (in UK and EU)
I think LNER also removed some of the carriage-end windowless seats (which unsurprisingly aren’t very popular) to provide space for suitcases.