Cycling UK Forum

Just because they don't do as they say, it doesn't necessarily mean that what they're saying is wrong. Exactly. No great shortage of doctors that smoke. Very much a shortage of doctors who'll tell you smoking isn't a problem. Do a lot of doctors smoke now, more or less than in the general populatio...

atlas_shrugged wrote:JIf anyone is at all in doubt about the gender bias in the UK legal system then look at the prison figures: 3,500 women .vs. 83,000 men.

There's a reason for that. Women commit less crime.

Probably too small a market. The Surly Long Haul Trucker has a max rider weight of 300 pounds or 136kg. The number of cyclists heavier than that must be tiny Too small for a viable market?

Not upset, I'd say annoyed that I company I so obviously (by voting with my pocket) hold in high esteem. I've posted nowhere but here - I want to resolve this, and I'm not an internet review warrior. I was, and am, interested in other people's views on what they thought was and wasn't reasonable in...

Not upset, I'd say annoyed that I company I so obviously (by voting with my pocket) hold in high esteem. I've posted nowhere but here - I want to resolve this, and I'm not an internet review warrior. I was, and am, interested in other people's views on what they thought was and wasn't reasonable in...

Arguably the BBC took over responsibility for over 75s licence fees in return for the licence increasing. So it is going back on this deal.

https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2019/06/h ... -licences/

I test drove a 20mph version while I was on tour in California. Absolutely brilliant - effortless 19mph on the flat. If we are going to get non cyclists using them 20mph seems reasonable. Here we go again .... so it's a motorbike ... non cyclists at 20 mph ? it's a motorbike .. and nothing wrong wi...

I'd support it. Why not? Why add an engine but set the cut off so low that it is only giving any extra speed on uphills? 20mph seems a decent compromise. Fast enough to keep up with traffic in inner cities with 20mph limits. For what it's worth the statement on that petition is badly worded and inac...

reohn2 wrote:My tyre boot is a 25cm length of worn out Vittoria Voyager Hyper tyre with the kevlar beads cut off,it's wrapped around my two spare tubes in the seatpack.

Good idea. Next time I wear one out I'll be cutting it up.

landsurfer wrote:Homeopathy does not work.
There are no fairies.

Apart from the puncture faerie of course.

I see the Guardian article doesn't quite a source for their claim that campylobacter infection rates are 10 times higher in the USA. First thing I found after googling showed USA rates the lowest of the countries surveyed and around a 6th of the UKs https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/...

One accounting of government taxes and benefits might look at tax paid and cash value of government services received. Good luck with calculating the value of government services received. Citizen Cugel It's in the link I quoted. Benefits in kind include such things as hospital stays, free school m...

Sounds about right. 2018 stats on household income found that The proportion of people living in households receiving more in benefits than they paid in taxes fell from 49.6% to 47.9% in FYE 2018 So a household on average income would on average be a slight net contributor. https://www.ons.gov.uk/pe...

So sorry to hear it. Do you plan on repeating it? Cheers James I've not decided yet. Part of my motivation was thinking that I could improve quite a bit on my previous route from Lands End to Carlisle. And I did. Main improvements 1 1/4" to mile Cornwall maps not adequate resulting in big sect...

Feeling better today. Suspect a packet of cold cooked chicken late evening rather than early evening Spoon's. Considering a few days walking in Cairngorms next week. In many ways the bit I got done was the best as I have had a good number of other tours in the Highlands as they are local to me. Ridi...