Cycling UK Forum

Just starting out? A camera/phone. Take pics of how everything goes back together.

Also great for posting "what have I done here?" pics on any of the various helpful internet forums around.

Mentioned before, but a work stand is a game changer.

On our last big trip - 13 wks in Europe last year - we used a combination of a tablet and a Garmin Edge Explore. Worked very well. I splashed out on a PAYG data sim from Three which gave 24Gb valid for 2 years - this enabled us to plan interesting /attractive days on cycle.travel the evening before ...

millimole wrote: Stevek76 wrote: (and presumably anyone lucky enough to have an irish etc passport) "], . Nope - wife has Irish parents, has Irish passport, but born in the UK - no EHIC for those in her situation I looked into this myself. The stumbling block is that you have to be living in I...

Guardian article today: 'UK holidaymakers barred from EU after 1 January under Covid rules": https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/dec/09/uk-holidaymakers-could-be-barred-from-visiting-eu-under-covid-safety-rules Saw this from another source - likely to well and truly scupper my plans to s...

I prefer to keep the top of my rack free for stuff that I may pick up over the day - food, beers, etc. Like to add a water bag for an extra 5l for hot days too and this is a good spot for it. Mrs willp has the bulky bits of the tent ( though we share the weight! ) which is what`s strapped on top of ...

Just got back from riding the Rhine from Constance to Duesseldorf as part of a longer tour and even with the Covid, had very few issues. We were at the opposite end of the "season" from the OP`s intended start time and only had 1 campsite closed. We just pitched up in an area of some trees...

We`re off next week. Booked on DFDS Dover - Dunkirk as cyclists today with no issue. We`re hiring a van to get to the port too rather than our usual option of the train. A one way rental actually only a tenner more than the train fare. This is a trip that we`d originally intended starting back in Ap...

Secrets? Soak hands in some odd mixture to toughen them? Put something on your hands which allows you to continue plucking without dulling the tone response? Pluck using some sort of handheld instrument (plectrum?) Which doesn't damage the tone? As a fingerstyle (I use my fingertips not my nails) g...

When setting, you need to open the clamp a bit more than required to simply move the saddle. You need to get the serrations mentioned by peetee to "step over" to the next increment. If you don`t do this, it will just settle into it`s original spot when clamped down.

Elevenses break on a grassy verge. Great to see so many other cyclists around lately. About halfway round a 30 miler - a distance I`m trying to cycle most days.

Saw this earlier. https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/uk-news/2020/04/08/four-in-10-cars-speeding-on-quiet-roads-during-lockdown-in-greater-manchester/ Seems to back up what I have seen - fewer cars but a fair proportion of those that are out, taking liberties. Dunno if they feel even less likely to...

Seems to be more traffic down my way - given that I personally know people in my street who`ll drive the 300 yds to the supermarket and come back with a bottle of milk, I suspect a lot of it is extra shopping. Seem distracted too. Might slow a bit if (when!) fuel deliveries are affected by sickness ...

We were planning a year out in Europe, leaving in a few weeks. Original plan was to go France - Spain - up through the Alps - Germany - Scandinavia Nordkapp and back to the UK. We`re now going to spend the first couple of (hopefully not too much longer...) doing a circularish tour of the UK then hop...

Just had a look on the tredz Meridia page. A brief squint at one of their 1 x models and it seems that it`s by design - F. derailleur mounting I suppose. I imagine a dent wouldn`t look so neatly painted either!

While there are clear geographic differences in rainfall volumes across the UK, having spent most of a working life outdoors including some extensive periods commuting by bike it can be surprising just how few days it rains really hard even though over last few weeks it feels like the opposite. 4 m...