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Just had a look out of curiosity. The current cycle lane is an excellent example of infrastructure that encourages cyclists into dangerous situation. I would be terrified to ride that close to a kerb on approach to a junction and I certainly wouldn't pass give way markings so close . . . recipe for ...

Another vote for Ortlieb - I have the Back Roller City. Incredibly high quality, and the quick release is an absolute dream. I am a 'single pannier' person and always 'pannier on the right' so I love that they're symmetrical - I can wear them out one at a time rather than amassing a collection of un...

My car has two tyre pressures listed in the manual - 'Comfort' and 'Eco' (latter about 5psi higher than the former, if I recall correctly). After a few months of ownership I pumped them up to 'Eco' - no change to the fuel economy but it now steers much better. To my mind, they are either overinflate...

Be careful with the very cheap ones . . . they tend to have either over-stated capacity (as nirakaro mentions) but worse than that, some have poor charging control and can overcharge, overheat etc. EE gave away over a million cheap ones and ended up recalling them all at huge expense after someone g...

I just carry a cable. Hmm well so will I, now I've learned the error of my ways! Some good replies, folks :) I'm intrigued by this inner tube knotting trick. Hope I never have to try it. I heard a story (perhaps Apocryphal!) about a CTC tour of the highlands in the late 50's. Apparently someone hit...

smallforforum.jpg My Raleigh Pioneer-framed tourer still going strong. Original bike cost me £70, plus about £250 slowly upgrading wheels (Mavic Open Sport, Deore XT(F) and LX(R) hubs), brakes (Tektro CR720s), Saddle (Brooks Swift) fitting drops (Nitto B105). I must have been more than 10,000 miles...

Anyone got any good roadside bodges to share? I think it's useful to have a mental library of these sorts of things because you never know when the unexpected will happen! Thought I would share this on the offchance it might help someone else out. Unbeknown to me, my rear gear cable has been fraying...

A flat bar hybrid with slick tyres is an enduringly sensible choice and would be adequate for the great majority of on-road cyclists who cycle for utility or easy-going pleasure riding. As Colin says, many of the most common questions on the forum are from people who bought a racing bike but would h...

Welcome to the forum :) Two reasons to believe it's genuine: a) The lack of makers mark is not suspicious. Even nowadays, many things do not have the manufacturers name stamped on every component. This was even more true in the past - I've handled plenty of vintage car and bike parts, and I'd say pa...

Heard my first one today, west of Newbury on the Kennet and Avon canal.

For those interested in this sort of thing, here is the offending TV uplink plane(s) up and about today . . . . the other plane you can see (A Socata TB20) was on a similar route and had a French registration, interestingly.

LollyKat wrote:The one that always amazes me is this one: imagine if he hit a pothole....ouch!

If he hit a pothole, he would fill it with bricks, thus fixing the pothole. He's a clearly some sort of roving genius highways engineer.

Try and orientate the lower anchoring hook so that the panniers mount/unmount in the vertical axis. This gives a nice result.... Thanks. I know exactly what you mean - my rack has no dogleg on the rear spar so it's more of a very steep diagonal descent than a vertical. I've been playing with the bo...

Thanks all for the reassurance! Sat down this morning in a more patient mood and have got them all in - sideways, as indicated in the instructions. I have also finally realised that it's Ortl lieb , not Ort ileb ! Very pleased with them - three times the price of the Lidl copies I'm putting to rest,...

Here's the latest offering of a wide range cassette (10 - 50) to enable a wide gear inch range on a single front ring. 10 years ago it was probably unimagined by most people I don't know about that . . . . 10 years ago, I was riding a single chainring with a Shimano 11-34 tourney megarange. On a 19...