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- 15 Sep 2020, 7:46pm
- Forum: Health and fitness
- Topic: Wrist and hand pain.
- Replies: 50
- Views: 1658
Re: Wrist and hand pain.
Over the years I think I have every trick in the book to combat the hand/wrist pain, and numbness. I have used flat top carbon drop handlebars with gel and padded tape - delayed the pain and numbness, but did not cure it. On One Mary 'bars to allow hands to be held at a more natural angle were also ...
- 15 Sep 2020, 9:11am
- Forum: Non-standard, Human Powered Vehicles
- Topic: Average mph difference
- Replies: 22
- Views: 795
Re: Average mph difference
I am minded to remember Presidents Roosevelt's famous quote - 'Comparison is the thief of joy'. Who cares if your trike is slower than your upright? What matters is that you are out and about, exercising in the fresh air, and improving both your mental and physical health. If you wish to indulge in ...
- 5 Jun 2013, 8:58pm
- Forum: Does anyone know … ?
- Topic: Tandem advice
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1943
Re: Tandem advice
May I ask how old your potential stoker is, or what her height is? I bought a unique Moulton-based tandem through an advert on the Tandem club's website and it easily accommodates both my wife and young son. I have fitted crank shorteners for him, but many small wheeled tandems could meet your needs...
- 30 Apr 2013, 2:06pm
- Forum: On the road
- Topic: Cambridge
- Replies: 14
- Views: 832
Re: Cambridge
As a frequent visitor to Cambridge may I say that the car drivers are nowhere near as bad as some of the cyclists, who regularly jump red lights, ignore pedestrian crossings of all kinds, and go the wrong way along one-way streets. If Cambridge is the future of cities, then I for one do not want to ...
- 8 Apr 2013, 12:39pm
- Forum: Cycling Goods & Services - Your Reviews
- Topic: Polaris Aqua 30 Backpack
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1546
Polaris Aqua 30 Backpack
After five years of excellent service I have just retired my North Face backpack. For a couple of months prior to its demise I had been scouting for a replacement. One niggle with the old bag was the fact that it basically did no more than filter rainwater, so that the contents got soaked very swift...
- 8 Apr 2013, 11:56am
- Forum: Campaigning & Public Policy
- Topic: Hate crime extension
- Replies: 76
- Views: 5990
Re: Hate crime extension
When I became a constable, many years ago, I pledged to uphold the law without fear, or favour. It is of course wrong that people cannot go about their lawful business without being assaulted and terrorised, but it is equally wrong for GMP to treat any one group of victims differently to another. Wh...
- 3 Apr 2013, 5:00pm
- Forum: Campaigning & Public Policy
- Topic: Govt to limit power of cycle lights ?
- Replies: 59
- Views: 13873
Re: Govt to limit power of cycle lights ?
The whole issue is academic as the Police will not have either the manpower, or will to enforce any possible law changes. Given that as far as I can see nobody gets pulled up for riding without lights, how many will be reported for an offence that requires a laboratory full of optical instruments an...
- 17 Mar 2013, 6:37pm
- Forum: Does anyone know … ?
- Topic: What happened to the police service in this country
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1544
Re: What happened to the police service in this country
I think you'll find that the Police in London are overwhelmed by cycle theft because when they get a good bit of top quality info like this, they fail to act on it. The culprit is most likely a prolific thief and an arrest could well lead to a serious reduction in cycle crime in the locality. I woul...
- 8 Mar 2013, 1:48pm
- Forum: Does anyone know … ?
- Topic: Hub straps
- Replies: 33
- Views: 6579
Re: Hub straps
Dunno about Campag etc, my stuff's all Shimano. The cranks quickly get to look scruffy because I can't get pedals wide enough, so my shoes rub all the paint off. That's just aesthetics though, the real bind is keep replacing toe straps where they pinch between shoe and crank. They only last a few m...
- 1 Mar 2013, 8:14pm
- Forum: National Standard Cycle Training
- Topic: Engineer?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 104564
Engineer?
We sometimes go into a school if it is in a deprived area prior to the Bikeability training to run a bike fixing day. If we do not do this kind of thing then half the children who turn up cannot do the course because their bikes are unroadworthy. This week we pitched up at a school and a father told...
- 26 Feb 2013, 3:00pm
- Forum: Does anyone know … ?
- Topic: Different brake levers for Brompton
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3482
Re: Different brake levers for Brompton
We have an older Brompton at work and the front brake lever broke. I took it home and tried to fit a spare Tektro lever I had in the spares box, but found that the Brompton handlebars are a non-standard diameter. Not to be beaten, I filed out the Tektro lever to make it fit, and the bike now has a b...
- 26 Feb 2013, 2:55pm
- Forum: Does anyone know … ?
- Topic: Opening a Cycle shop.
- Replies: 42
- Views: 2435
Re: Opening a Cycle shop.
Somebody must be making money from the bicycle trade, and whilst it is fair to say that a proportion of new businesses fail, there will also be successes. I also am not sure about the comment regarding the upset lbs when someone opened up another business near to them - if Tesco got the hump every t...
- 7 Feb 2013, 9:04pm
- Forum: Does anyone know … ?
- Topic: Advanced Stop Lines (Bike Boxes)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 895
Re: Advanced Stop Lines (Bike Boxes)
ASLs are not for motor vehicles, and that is what a moped is. However, it does not matter whether they are, or not, because the Police do not have either the will, or resources necessary to enforce this particular piece of law. So we have to put up with the little stinkwheels in the ASL, but what th...
- 7 Jan 2013, 1:24pm
- Forum: Cycling Goods & Services - Your Reviews
- Topic: Four recent reads
- Replies: 6
- Views: 14772
Re: Four recent reads
I have to agree on MS & G: it is an enjoyable and unique travelogue with just the right amount of cycling included. I have just finished reading it on my Kindle. LEJOG is something I have always wanted to do, but it makes sense to do it in a similar way to Ellie. Why take the shortest route when...
- 7 Jan 2013, 1:03pm
- Forum: Non-standard, Human Powered Vehicles
- Topic: Recumbent visibility
- Replies: 74
- Views: 11192
Re: Recumbent visibility
There is another possibility that has up to now not been addressed:
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