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For a couple if trips I've done recently, which were full of short nasty climbs, the new shading misses out some useful details - identifying the bits i would need to push that were displayed before! Would it be possible to offer some cookie stored customisation of the slope breaks and length parame...

For the moment, they are socialising the losses. https://fullfact.org/media/uploads/Subsidy_iqsOkdd.PNG https://fullfact.org/economy/how-much-does-government-subsidise-railways/ Jonathan I'm unclear whether you are agreeing or disagreeing with my hypothesis! It was made with reference to the curren...

For the moment, they are socialising the losses.
I'm bemused, given what we've seen over the last few months, that anyone might think that what follows will be well thought through.
Though I suspect there will be money to be made by the usual suspects.

I was always a bit sceptical of the hangers, but recently watched one of the vintage touring information films referenced elsewhere on the forum and discovered that hanging a bike by a hook was recommended by the "international cycle touring association"... Who knew. Re. The new west coas...

Many thanks to you both.
Hopefully there won't be an exasperated follow up in a couple of weeks once I've collected all the bits and pueces together...

Thanks for the advice and links (!). I've looked at my existing chain and it has a master link in it. So presumably I will need some masterlink pliers to help me take if off. I assume that the 'quicklink' which Brucey refers to is synonymous with masterlink? I'd certainly prefer to get a pre-cut cha...

I'm a little out of my comfort zone here, but would appreciate some advice. I've got a 11-27t cassette (shimano sora 9 speed) which i would like to change to a 11-34t to help with hilly touring. I understand that you should change chain and cassette at the same time, so I'll need to get and fit a ne...

For info, though it should probably have its own nicely curated and indexed thread, here is the cupboard on the LNER Hitachi : 20200904_125917.jpg Yeah, that's really going to encourage people to get into cycling, isn't it? Well, I have to say, I'm pretty new to this cycle touring lark (a covid new...

For info, though it should probably have its own nicely curated and indexed thread, here is the cupboard on the LNER Hitachi :

I was always a bit sceptical of the hangers, but recently watched one of the vintage touring information films referenced elsewhere on the forum and discovered that hanging a bike by a hook was recommended by the "international cycle touring association"... Who knew. Re. The new west coast...

Cycle.travel is great for this (height gain/steepness). Though maybe not for south america...
I've learnt to recognise the colour of the gradient at which I've got to get off and push...

There is no hope of the operators ever changing the system and politicians will not change anything (what has happened to the Williams report that cost millions last year?)... The franchise system has just about bust. We'll see. Jonathan While this is undoutably the case, I'm not sure that even sig...

Re the original post, is there any way you feel it's deteriorated over (say) the last 5 years? My own experience is that while it's a long way from ideal, it hasn't got any worse recently (excepting that all travel has been curtailed recently). I'd be interested if anyone's experience of taking a bi...

Hi there,
I'm planning to do the Bellingham coquette diversion on this route later this week.
Can anyone give an idea of the quality of the forestry road between bellingham and byrness? I'll be on a road bike, but am up to a bit of fine gravel. Large chunks, or mud, less so.

I've now received the response from East Midlands Rail. As far as I can make out, it's not possible to post attachments on here. However, yes, they have banned reserving cycles on Norwich-Liverpool services, June-September, still trumpeting the safety argument, BUT have stated they will review it f...