Cycling UK Forum

Hey all, first time poster. I cycle a few times a week for an hour at a time, usually just around town, occasionally off-road but not down the side of a mountain or anything. I currently have a 15 year old heavy "Minerva" mountain bike that I bought for around £150 I think, and I'm lookin...

Cars are so cosseting these days that I don’t think the average driver has any idea how their presence, speed and positioning affects other un-cocooned road users. Most of the situations that appear threatening to us as cyclists (and, largely for pedestrians too) ie speed, speed of approach, proxim...

I've had ETA cover for a few years now. Not needed to use it so far but gives me peace of mind on my cycling adventures knowing there's a 24 hour helpline to call if I breakdown deep in the countryside, 100s of miles from home, in the middle of the night..... Much better than calling your Husband/Wi...

Thank you all again. I can't say I have anyone that would be able to come with me to check, new to the area and haven't met many people yet! What's a basic check list aside from the afformentioned wheel check and test ride? Can a test ride and going with my gut feeling suffice given my inexperience...

So is your opinion hjd10, that pedestrians should wear lights in daytime? because that's what we'll be heading towards with your logic! That would be logical if pedestrians were causing as much harm to others as drivers of motor vehicles. They aren't. It isn't. Jonathan ???? I thought the alleged b...

Update on my wasp sting. Sympathetic GP has advised me to continue as usual. Any further problems should be reported asap for further consideration. Note to self: Don't get stung! I had, what sounds like, a very similar reaction to a wasp sting about 12 years ago. Stung on the neck that after about...

You have to ask why pedestrian safety appears to have increased significantly. How do pedestrian numbers in 2020 relate to figures in 2000? Taking it further how does pedestrian time and distance traveled compare? How has road infrastructure changed in the past 20 years that offers no benefits to o...

Hi, How would you know when to use your studded tires? I can sympathise with what you say... In 'normal times' I commute to work each weekday all year round. I also have more than one bike so can have one shod with studs all through the winter... Well from the first frost through to the end of Marc...

I fell off on black ice and hit the side of my head on a relatively solid ground. I reckon I suffered mild concussion for several days. This is the first time in 52 years riding. The helmet was damaged, the argument goes that if I was not wearing a helmet my head wouldn't have come anywhere near th...

The way I've rationalised not wearing one: UK DfT research report (2009) claimed that between 10% and 16% of fatal injuries might be prevented by the wearing of a helmet. In the UK, according to published figures there are typically 100 to 110 cyclists are killed annually. The total annual distance ...

I'm not sure how an individual doctor could know that. All of the doctors that I know choose to wear helmets, and that's somewhere between a hundred and a thousand. And the College of Emergency Medicine (as was) and Association of Paediatric Emergency Medicine are in favour of mandatory wearing for...

Cycling isn't banned and never has been. Indeed. We were actively encouraged to get some exercise. Unless of course you live in Wales! i had to go through the principality on todays ride, for about 2 miles as you can't avoid it from the Severn Bridge - looked much the same as England to me but with...

Oldjohnw wrote:Cycling isn't banned and never has been.

Indeed. We were actively encouraged to get some exercise.

I think the trick is not to think of the distance, it's time in the saddle. Leave home at 6am, ride slowly until 10 and look for a cafe for coffee and a pastry. Get a couple more hours in before stopping for lunch (all day breakfast is a good option). Roll on for say another three hours and stop for...

reohn2 wrote:I'm guessing your job isn't a physical one,if it is chapeau.

Fortunately these days it isn't; therefore I've plenty in reserve for weekend cycling I like to think of work as a reason for a bike ride.