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by Jdsk
9 Apr 2024, 10:40pm
Forum: Touring & Expedition
Topic: Travel agents specialising in bikes on trains
Replies: 2
Views: 182

Re: Travel agents specialising in bikes on trains

MrsHJ wrote: 9 Apr 2024, 10:15pm There is one people have mentioned before- maybe Welsh. I’ll let others come back to you on it.
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Ffestiniog Travel?
https://www.ffestiniogtravel.com
search.php?keywords=Ffestiniog+travel

Jonathan
by Jdsk
9 Apr 2024, 5:13pm
Forum: Electrically assisted pedal cycles
Topic: control panel not working
Replies: 3
Views: 149

Re: control panel not working

Welcome

I suggest that you edit that Subject to include "Pendleton eBike". This might help to attract the people who know the answer. You can change it by editing the Original Post.

Jonathan
by Jdsk
9 Apr 2024, 8:33am
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: leather restoration
Replies: 22
Views: 802

Leather restoration

geocycle wrote: 9 Apr 2024, 8:30am Is it still possible to get NikWax wax? I recall some in a shoe polish tin you applied to walking boots with your fingers, a bit like Brooks proofhide. I don’t get on with the liquid stuff they currently produce and most old fashioned dubbin is way too clarty leaving lumps on the leather.
I think that it has been discontinued. Current products:
https://www.nikwax.com/en-gb/products/

Jonathan
by Jdsk
8 Apr 2024, 10:15pm
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: Kilometers or Miles?
Replies: 389
Views: 25998

Re: Kilometers or Miles?

rogerzilla wrote: 8 Apr 2024, 9:29pm One SE Asian country recently changed to drive on the left so they could get cheaper used cars from Japan and Australia, but I can't remember which.
Samoa, 2009?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/ ... witch-left

Jonathan
by Jdsk
8 Apr 2024, 9:11pm
Forum: On the road
Topic: Cyclist dies after crashing into open car door
Replies: 58
Views: 2901

Re: Cyclist dies after crashing into open car door

Grandad wrote: 8 Apr 2024, 8:42pm Update
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Which includes:

Plans to introduce it to the Highway Code were announced in 2022.

It's already in the Highway Code, as cited upthread.

Jonathan
by Jdsk
8 Apr 2024, 9:05pm
Forum: Touring & Expedition
Topic: Is Europe the best place in the world to tour?
Replies: 20
Views: 866

Re: Is Europe the best place in the world to tour?

bohrsatom wrote: 8 Apr 2024, 8:12pm One thing I love about cycling in Europe, that you can't easily replicate elsewhere, is finding yourself near the border of another country and popping over just to see what things are like. I find it amazing that despite open borders you still notice the transition from one country into the other.
There's a lot of border crossings on the Rhine route. The marking seemed to be much less than previously. Often not even a notice. I found myself looking at the style of street signs to check what country we were in.

Jonathan
by Jdsk
8 Apr 2024, 7:27pm
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: Dynamo carbon fork mounting options
Replies: 27
Views: 1419

Re: Dynamo carbon fork mounting options

backnotes wrote: 8 Apr 2024, 7:26pm There's a similar discussion on YACF that leads to the Audax Tech group on Facebook where someone has 3D printed a light mount for a carbon fork with no drilling at the front. It fixes on with zip-ties, so I'm not sure how using those would stack up for someone who says they are not really a sticky tape finish kind of person!
That's the sort of thing that I suggested upthread. But with two pieces that clamped together rather than zip ties.

Jonathan
by Jdsk
8 Apr 2024, 6:15pm
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: Kilometers or Miles?
Replies: 389
Views: 25998

Re: Kilometers or Miles?

rareposter wrote: 8 Apr 2024, 6:06pm
rogerzilla wrote: 8 Apr 2024, 5:57pm Because 90% of Brits would refuse to use km. It's not a vote-winner.
That plus the vast expense of replacing all existing road signage, street markings etc with the equivalent in km / kph and so on.
Also most cars sold in the UK prioritise the mph reading on the speedo display although with modern digital displays, the driver can choose settings.
Australia changed. Ireland changed. Sweden even changed which side of the road.

I think that my country could probably handle it. The first step would probably be to elect a competent government.

Or is there something special about the UK which would cause us to fail where others have succeeded?

Jonathan
by Jdsk
8 Apr 2024, 6:05pm
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: Kilometers or Miles?
Replies: 389
Views: 25998

Re: Kilometers or Miles?

rogerzilla wrote: 8 Apr 2024, 5:57pm
Ron wrote: 8 Apr 2024, 3:26pm
sjs wrote: 8 Apr 2024, 1:58pm P.S. Apologies if this has already come up. Couldn't be bothered to read the whole thread.
No apology required , the thread originator was last seen on the site two days after starting the thread and hasn't been seen since.

Rather than asking why many cyclists record speed and distances in metric, I think we should be asking why we are still lumbered with a dual measurement system on our roads 50 years after the intended metric conversion was to have been completed.
https://ukma.org.uk/road-signage/
Because 90% of Brits would refuse to use km. It's not a vote-winner.
Opinions vary with age:

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https://yougov.co.uk/society/articles/4 ... ritons-use

And they'd probably be affected by some leadership.

Jonathan
by Jdsk
8 Apr 2024, 4:52pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: UK Politics
Replies: 969
Views: 77226

Re: UK Politics

Jdsk wrote: 19 Mar 2024, 9:55am From another thread:
All the signs are that a Starmer gov, even with a large majority, is going to disappoint those hoping for a major change in UK politics. There are clear signs of a shift away from radical policies (e.g. green agenda) towards the right, and Rachel Reeves is already buttering up and accepting large donations from the usual lobby groups - e.g. gambling.

Combined with the dire financial state that will be inherited, I'm afraid the best that can be hoped for is a change in morality - i.e. fewer dodgy Tory MP's - but not much else.
This is such an important point: improving the behaviour of the executive is crucial, and quite different from any changes in policy, whether economic, social or on any other axis.

"Trust in Public Life: Restoring the Rôle of Constitutional Watchdogs":
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/constitution-unit ... ublic-life
And on there being more to politics than policies:

"The World in 2040: Renewing the UK’s Approach to International Affairs":
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/news/2 ... al-affairs

Covered here:
"Foreign Office is ‘elitist and rooted in the past’, says new report":
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... new-report

"Even its old boys are turning on the stuffy Foreign Office. They’re right to do so":
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... obal-power

Jonathan
by Jdsk
8 Apr 2024, 3:30pm
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: Kilometers or Miles?
Replies: 389
Views: 25998

Re: Kilometers or Miles?

Ron wrote: 8 Apr 2024, 3:26pm ...
Rather than asking why many cyclists record speed and distances in metric, I think we should be asking why we are still lumbered with a dual measurement system on our roads 50 years after the intended metric conversion was to have been completed.
https://ukma.org.uk/road-signage/
We should. But they're both interesting questions.

Jonathan
by Jdsk
8 Apr 2024, 2:04pm
Forum: Health and fitness
Topic: Shoulder stiffness/tension for a drop bar newbie
Replies: 25
Views: 1253

Re: Shoulder stiffness/tension for a drop bar newbie

531colin wrote: 8 Apr 2024, 11:31am ...
None of this matters a hang just as long as everybody is comfortable, and every previous time i have attempted to compare bike measurements with forum members it has all dissolved into a most unsatisfactory mess.....even stuff as basic as leg length and saddle height.
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Lots of us have learnt lots from you. Please keep it coming.

And when we have the OP's photos and some ideas about the reach and the cause of the discomfort I'll be joining others in suggesting getting the saddle right first and then setting the possibly-revised reach appropriately.

Jonathan
by Jdsk
8 Apr 2024, 1:56pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: Just how long will it take to turn this ship around?
Replies: 135
Views: 5119

Re: Just how long will it take to turn this ship around?

LancsGirl wrote: 8 Apr 2024, 1:53pm
Jdsk wrote: 8 Apr 2024, 1:28pm The quick version of course is to ask when morality was its zenith...
The formula is:

Z = T-(A-15)

Where,

Z= date of the "zenith of morality"
T= today's date (or the date the declaration is made, if in the past)
A=the age of the person declaring the zenith of morality. This must be greater than 40.

The zenith of morality is also know as "when I were a lad".
Yes.

Ditto for other people's use of English.

Jonathan
by Jdsk
8 Apr 2024, 1:28pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: Just how long will it take to turn this ship around?
Replies: 135
Views: 5119

Re: Just how long will it take to turn this ship around?

Moral decay has been going on for decades, and to be fair we’ve very long had all types of issues in society. Kids will be kids but they’re also a bellwether of society too. Reports from relatives who work in schools suggest that kids can be and often are pretty horrible to each other, but the extremes of horridness seem to be worse than they once were … a reflection on the values and attitudes of their parents.
Declinism has a whole Wikipedia article to itself:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declinism

If moral decay is proposed as a social phenomenon then it's morally necessary to provide evidence.

The quick version of course is to ask when morality was its zenith...

Jonathan