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Is this regarding bike security when on the road, or to lock the bike when home? The latter, has the problem that a well-prepared criminal may come with power tools, and with some time they can get through every lock.

North of the subway NCN12 is on tarmac cycle paths or roads to Sherrardspark Wood in Welwyn Garden City. Tarmac again from Shot Green to north end of Stevenage. Rough surface sections south and north of Letchworth then tarmac to Arlesley. All rideable unless on very thin racing tyres. What I'm look...

Tyre carcass failing?

As a rule of thumb, I stay away from what's on the frontpage of a magazine. Does anyone else have the feeling that several of those "single-speed" bikes are actually overpriced? I remember that with the same money you could buy a less fashionable, but well-woreking and frankly honest, Ridg...

Sorry to hear that, there should be no excuse for such behaviour, intimidating or assaulting another road user. Hopefully you can get help and witnesses, and report this moron to the Police! I should have, I was wrong not to. I completely understand, when those things happen isn't always automatic ...

You can easily avoid that underpass and the approach to it by turning right from Dancers Hill Rd into Baker St. This will take you under the Motorway and towards Potters Bar. It's probably simplest to continue to the traffic lights at the end before turning left on the B556 but you could turn left ...

I've a pair of M&S chinos that don't crease that easy. When I travel I simply fold them along a rectangular piece of cardboard, its ends are folded twice to make them bigger, this avoids a sharp crease on the fabric.

Another thing to consider: yobs!
Several clubmates and people I know have narrowly escaped being mugged, while other people had to surrender thir bike/phone or been beaten up.

Apparently it happens around the Hackney area, or just nort/south of it, and most often at dusk or night.
My advice: avoid.

Sorry to hear that, there should be no excuse for such behaviour, intimidating or assaulting another road user.
Hopefully you can get help and witnesses, and report this moron to the Police!

I would removed the rear derailleur from the hanger, I've seen too many clubmates riding in misery due to a bent mech hanger. Unfortunately, most modern bikes have some rather undersized sections there, no more than a couple of mm at best. It ought to be the reason why my Audax bike is steel and has...

I don't carry that, but I do carry the other little tool for the PResta valve cores. I'll probably start carrying one for the Schrader valves too, it's incredible how useful can be such a small thing.

Hello. Bit of advice needed here, about the conditions of the route (oralternatives to) NCR12. Last weekend I've followed some mates on a route I had not done before, using the NCR12 to avoid the busiest roads for getting North, out of London. I had not done the route 12 before, and I wasn't impress...

Hello. I would appreciate any useful comments about this route, like roads that are too busy or paths that in real life aren't good to be ridden onto. https://cycle.travel/map/journey/99095 There are only short sections where I am supposed to push the bike, which I don't mind, but wondering about an...

(snip) << Edit : Graham : your descriptions to date were so vague as to cause a mite of annoyance. And this is the internet, where unguarded emotional responses are often encountered. >> Sorry to go back on this, but so far, I see the "emotional response" has gone far ahead from my OP. An...

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