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BB7 calipers now sold to KM2.

Alternatively, I'd be willing to sell parts separately and post. Below prices not including postage. SRAM Rival left hand shifter - £20 SRAM Rival right hand shifter (broken return mechanism - spares or repair, but does still shift) - £5 SRAM Rival 11 speed chainset with the Stronglight Zircal/CT2 r...

I've cycled more this year than I have done for several years (since I moved to Greater Manchester and found out how crap the cycling is around here). Whereabouts? As an exile down south, there's loads of brilliant riding around Manchester. Near Bolton. There's isolated bits of good, but the behavi...

Those claiming its too boring on a turbo trainer should try Zwift.

I've cycled more this year than I have done for several years (since I moved to Greater Manchester and found out how crap the cycling is around here). Almost all on Zwift after buying a smart turbo at the start of lockdown in March. Many years ago I raced and trained through the winter on a regular ...

I have a well used (and it shows - this isn't a pristine bike!) Planet X London Rd frame and forks with most of the parts needed for a complete bike that needs to go to free up space in the garage. You'll just need wheels, cassette and saddle. Frame size is medium (54cm virtual top tube) and stem is...

A wheel off trainer will be more accurate when it comes to power and therefore when using software like Zwift will give a better experience. Definitely avoid a cheap non-smart trainer if the intention is to use it with Zwift as these are notoriously inaccurate. I have an Elite Direto OTS 2 which I b...

Yes there's an active travel forum in Bolton. Without it I doubt we'd have any significant Bee Network schemes in the pipeline. There are some great people in Bolton Council, but sadly most councillors are stuck in the past and want more roads and still think that somehow just one more road will sol...

The weakest link with the Bee Network has always been expecting local authorities to proactively propose, develop and install schemes. As an example of how crap GM local authorities can be, even when they're being funded to do stuff, Bolton Council have been installing wand orca segregated lanes on ...

Gotta laugh at the stone throwing. In much of South and SE Asia, many cyclists complain about the kids constantly saying "hello", "where you come from" or "where you going". What joy. I can deal with possible and surprise dog attacks, or the risk of robbery (big touch ...

Kids and adults in rural Ethiopia throw rocks to control their goats. So they're well practiced. Throwing rocks at tourists on bikes is in many cases a game, but some kids and adults are quite aggressive towards tourists. My worst experience was on a road never travelled by tourists (the back road t...

Does anyone have an recent experience with taking a kids bike trailer (Croozer 1) on Northern trains? There'd be two adults with bikes as well as the trailer. The trailer folds down so we'd probably fold it down on the platform before the train arrives so I guess it'd just look like a largish bit of...

I've cycled from Utrecht to Houten. It was a really pleasant ride - if I had a commute like that here in the UK I'd be over the moon about it. 100% safe streets and well surfaced cycle tracks with zero conflict. Houten is also incredible - cycle streets, cycle priority, a beautifully quiet town cent...

Even the most recent developments in NL like Houten, a suburb of Utrecht, they built a lovely dual carriageway for the motorists around the suburb that go all the way to Utrecht itself, the saving grace is that it has a direct cycle path, one of the few direct from a suburb, try getting to Central ...

"In the Netherlands the guidelines are clear: in the built-up area cycling must have priority over motor traffic and outside the built-up area it is the other way around" This doesn't fit with your statement: "The Dutch compared the relative safety of giving priority to cyclists or mo...