Cycling UK Forum

For a bit of background, I'm 5'6 and 23.5 st. I am SUUUUUUPER aware that that's very big and I want to do something. Because in these strange times swimming pools are closed so I thought why not cycle to lose potential stones. I haven't been on a bike since I was a child and ideally it will be cycl...

That's the one. As before, putting aside the acceptability of change and promises that might have been made, why should older people (rather than poorer people) pay less? (There has now been one answer, concerning health and illness: https://forum.cyclinguk.org/viewtopic.php?f=56&t=139811&p...

Will I vote selfishly in my own interest or altruistically as a principled socialist? "Jeder nach seinen Fähigkeiten... " ; - ) Jonathan Everyone according to his abilities? I don’t have a crisis of conscience about the old age concession being withdrawn and the reason for that is simple:...

China has been the victim of aggression and imperialism.In the second world war they were attacked by Japan.The British forced the sale of narcotics and the imports were to result in widespread opium addiction.The Spectator was once edited by today's PM who typifies a colonial perspective with his ...

AN article from the Spectator makes worrying reading at the ever expansion of China? https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/sea-change-china-has-its-sights-on-the-bay-of-bengal? I just hope it isnt in my life time. Yes, it does make for interesting reading and to my way of thinking it’s very plausible...

I have a handlebar bag on my touring bike and wouldn’t be without it. If you’re able to fit a front rack to your bike then consider a randonneur bag, they are a bit bigger and IMHO likely to be even more useful. I had one for a few days, but sold it as I couldn't use my front light. Yep, that can be...

I object in principle to means testing with a club. Fair enough for state benefits or TV licence. But a cycling club? I know it has to go to the AGM for a vote first but to even propose it....... You're forgetting,the CUK(CTC as was RIP)isn't a club with members,it's a charity that has donors.........

I just watched the video and it seems fair enough to me. Being 65 or over doesn’t automatically get anyone cheaper electricity or food so to my mind there isn’t a case for it getting cheaper Cycling U.K. membership. Being retired also doesn’t necessarily mean that someone is on a low income either s...

I'm in the middle of rebuilding a Moulton Mk3 fork. Unsurprisingly the screw that holds the top out stop (and retains the fork mechanism) didn't want to unscrew and had to be drilled out. This screw is about 10" down from the top of the steerer and has (allegedly, I've never seen one intact......

Don't forget that a dog can smell better than you can see. I did wonder about that, him picking up a sent from where we had already been. However on the outward leg I let him roam in front and he picked suitable trails that ended up in an area we had a little familiarity with. To us it's probably l...

Don't forget that a dog can smell better than you can see. I did wonder about that, him picking up a sent from where we had already been. However on the outward leg I let him roam in front and he picked suitable trails that ended up in an area we had a little familiarity with. Dog navigation is ser...

Despite the knowledge to locate North by a few methods I still prefer a compass and map if I'm somewhere I don't know well. I also enjoy being somewhere I don't know well without map and compass relying on my innate sense of direction (as described by another but IMHO it's not innate but learned ju...

The regulations around nuclear power make it orders of magnitude safer than any other generation. To follow the regulations properly quite a lot of general waste should be locked up. The biggest issues have been that nuclear power stations have historically been used for nuclear weapons production....

They've always been bad for your health anyway,so best ended soonest mended :wink: A darn sight less bad for your health than literally any other method of electricity production. I’m pro-nuclear but there are historic and ongoing issues with the handling, storage and disposal of radioactive materi...

I think the money would be better spent creating a more positive image of cycling in the UK. One step at a time......... Cycling’s image isn’t, I think, that bad and many people can imagine themselves cycling too, but they haven’t quite turned imagination into reality. What’s missing is something t...