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I wear a fleece balaclava. I look like a bank robber but I am warm. That waits until temperature under 5°C. I wear thin fleece gloves under normal fingerless cycling gloves then I move to a sort of ski/mountain glove with pre bent fingers. I still wear shorts but with thigh length merino leg warmer...

hi guys i took up cycling this summer and loved it. Now winter is approaching, my ears get cold and I dont know what more to expect. I am looking to get some ear muffs from ebay at £4+ approx, does anyone have any experience on this, as I am guessing it might slightly impede my hearing. Also would t...

I used to have the halfords ones, these look similar to the ones I had. My experience: They damage your bike's paintwork They are fiddly to fit. They're awkward to get your bike on. The Thule ones are vastly better, but alas vastly more expensive too. And as noted above, fixings and bars will be a ...

hello guys I am looking at roof mounted bike racks. As I am told via youtube that they are better for long distance travel and less hassles. As you dont get dirt on the bikes or have hassles with your number plate or accidental scratches etc Secondly I have been looking at reasonable affordable ones...

I ordered a pannier with bag, Panniers are bags, and come in pairs. Do you mean you have ordered a rack and pair of panniers? I also like to think I have to sign up to a service/maintenance plan e.g with halfords or a local bike shop ? It is certainly a good idea to become a regular customer at a g...

For goodness sake don' t worry about any thing like a set plan. Bikes are so simple to mend on a day to day basis. Maybe try a shop for wheel truing. Not Halfords if at all possible.t. thanks a lot everyone. I had a free health check at halfords, whom I noticed oiled my gear/chain and stopped a gri...

hi guys As my earlier threads say, I am getting into biking now and want to take it serious and long distance cycling. Hence need to educate myself. I have a few questions. I ordered a pannier with bag, gps tracker, speedometer, mud guards, bells, kickstand and already have a helmet, googles, pump 1...

If you are going to ride it on the road as well as off road replacing those knobbly slow tyres with really cheap Schwalbe Land Cruisers k guards would be a good idea. Roll must easier and knobbles on the sides for a bit of bridleway riding. Al I just did a quick search and saw cheap tyres online, b...

I think we covered most of the benefits of more expensive bikes on your previous thread. Glad that you found something that does what you need second hand, far better prospect than buying yet another new heap of cheap junk from Argos etc. so you reckon this old bike, with all its wear and tear will...

hiya guys owing to the bike shortage and time gone by (as we are now in mid june). I got a bike on fb marketplace for £90 and have been riding it and surprised how good it is I thought that I have nothing to lose getting a cheap one and reselling if it doesn't work As my earlier posts, I havent ridd...

thanks Guys Hi there If you go on amazon and search 'Jiadi GPS mini tracker'. There are lots of people selling this product under different names. I also tried Spytrack Nano. This is slightly bigger so harder to hide on a bike thanks, I seen a few e.g https://gear-tech.co.uk/products/mini-real-time-...

hi guys I have a gps tracker in my car which works well, it comes with an O2 sim and subscription from the manufacturers and I am happy with, however its a square shaped and does not work with bikes (It has 2 backup batteries, which lasts for about a day, I think) I am looking to get one for my bike...

Postboxer wrote:I'm impressed at how many of the Argos bikes come with mudguards and racks as standard.

The very same thing I was saying to my friend and the frame too is quite solid

Interesting comments.

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My friends dont see the rational of an expensive bike, as 2. None of us are professional riders Wrong comparison. Professional athletic riders would be on £5000 bikes, not £500 ones. lol :D Not an environmentally friendly stance! And remember Terry Pratchett's 'Boots theory of inequality' - A poor ...