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Are they similar in quality and performance? Thanks! I used Koolstop some years ago and still have some in places where I am using up ancient stock, so they are fitted to machines used locally. Somewhat more than 10 years ago I tried Swisstop and liked them, so they are on my better machines. Some ...

From Narbonne 3 years ago I went Carcassonne, slightly north of Toulouse, through the Causse de Quercy, across the Lot, Tarn and Dordogne valleys crossing the Dordogne a little west of Bergerac, getting to the Atlantic coast a little north of La Rochelle, headed straight north to pass west of Nantes...

I'm late to the discussion, so forgive me If I'm talking nonsense....... I think a previous poster wants to use ergo bars similar to this shape with a quill stem. Again I may be wrong, but I don't think a quill stem could be 'threaded' around the bars to arrive at the centre section, as some of the...

pwa wrote: it is a bit early to be attributing blame, but I suppose there is an obvious suspected cause of the accident, namely a car pulling out at the wrong time.

Illustration from a newspaper report

Same as MickF, at 66. Night driving has been uncomfortable for a few years, typical middle aged eye reactions to lights. Consequently I try not to drive strange roads after dark - this does not seem to be an issue when cycling. I am aware that reaction times have deteriorated and I am aware that I h...

Dazzled by the sun say the newspapers. To us that is a familiar and oft used excuse. Whilst I admire Prince Philip, I am sorry sir, but this time I have to wonder about a charge of careless driving.

For desirable clothing in the 1960s, see the early pages of Bike Riders Aids 1968 http://classiclightweights.net/united-kingdom/holdsworth/bike-riders-aids-1967-8/ This is when I started club riding (aged 16) and any clothing like this was a couple of years away from my pocket. For the first year or...

Similar experience to Fausto, I live in a small town. A couple of years ago I went to the branch of Evans in Birmingham. The sheer numbers of people in the city centre was amazing and horrifying. I was very uncomfortable. Fortunately Evans is only about 200 yards from the station so I did not have f...

I started club riding (CTC) in 1968 aged 16. I had been solo riding for some years before that, primarily as an excuse to get out of the house on a Sunday. It was 2 or 3 years before I got my first 531 frame or a cotterless chainset, all passed down through the local riders.

Dancelli? http://velobase.com/ViewBrand.aspx?Bran ... 018&From=T
If it is then there is more info on the internet.

Modern reliability rides are not like old CTC reliability rides e.g. 50 in 4 or 100 in 8, where you had a fairly narrow window of time in which to finish demonstrating your reliability by not finishing very early or late. My local club had its event last weekend. 50 miles, good weather, the first bu...

From a different news report His helmet had been knocked 10ft. He was trapped under the wheel of the car. It was horrific. What sort of person rides a moped with a helmet undone? One who is used to taking it off to avoid police pursuit perhaps. Just another circumstantial point which makes people su...

Those examples are already very much lower geared than anything around when I started club riding, and also lower geared than my touring bikes until about 20 years ago. They are within a few inches of the bottom gear on my touring machines on which I go cycle camping (aged 66). So I would say the l...

Those examples are already very much lower geared than anything around when I started club riding, and also lower geared than my touring bikes until about 20 years ago. They are within a few inches of the bottom gear on my touring machines on which I go cycle camping (aged 66). So I would say the lo...

My daily hack has indexed downtube levers. My vintage machine has downtube friction levers. Ignoring the fixed and Sturmey equipped machines, all others are Campag Ergo levers. Ergo is very convenient, and I find I change gear because I can where I might just put up with the gear I am in on the down...