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merseymouth wrote:Hi all , Can someone please define for me "Baby Boomer", as I feel that Tatanab is too young to actually be one

67. Born in 1952 so probably the tail end of boomers. Neither of my parents were old enough to be directly involved in WW2.

20% Deposit on my home back in 1975 Buying my first house in 1978 I paid 7% deposit, pretty much all I had. Solicitor was surprised since 10% was the norm, but I pointed out that I had recently declined a 95% mortgage on a property I did not buy. At that time the mortgage rate was about 7% and it w...

What is odd is that people will use very small or very weak lights in daytime. I spot the rider clearly 10s of seconds before I spot that they have a glow worm on the handlebars. Equally odd are those who have lights to rival the sun (ok, I exaggerate) such that if they come behind me when I am driv...

Worst case here is probably a contraflow cycle lane. If obstructed, the cyclist would have to ride in road against the flow of traffic and so be liable to be being booked by police or at least verbally abused by those who cannot understand the situation. edit - but I imagine the powers that be will ...

^^^^^^^^ mine too. and it is switched off unless I want to use it which is about annually. I recharge the battery once a year, just before going on tour.

This was in the news and newspapers back in April. Are they regurgitating old news or has some MP mentioned it.

Until my late 30s (approx. 1984) my handwriting was very good and clear, all joined up unlike modern youth. This was because you had to write legibly for school etc and later on so the typing pool could read it. Then we had early word processors and started typing our own documents and the only writ...

I did not learn to ride until I was 9 years old, in the early 1960s so money was tight. I came to dread Sunday afternoons because it meant being pushed up and down the road until I got the hang of it. A couple of months later I went on my first "day" ride with a school friend, all of 8 mil...

Iirc, those 3 wheelers have the option of automatically locking the tilt out below 5mph. Chris Evans reportedly owns one. Not the same thing at all. That is a 3 wheeled scooter, the machines at the TdeF are Yamaha Niken. It is a bit like comparing a shopper bike with a decent club riders machine. T...

Whilst not a recumbenteer (been there, tried all sorts many years ago) I have taken part in a few BHPC events, preferring the tighter circuits. I rode at York where the fast riders and slower riders were all out together, usually they are in separate events. I can report that the bronze coloured ful...

and the sort of rider who waves. How would you define the sort of rider? by his clothing at that time? By the superficial appearance of the machine? There seems to me that there is a disproportionate opprobrium against so called "roadies". How does one define a "roadie"? Perhaps...

It is not just road cyclists (why the distinction). I find that OAPs cycling to the allotment don't acknowledge me, neither do school children on their way to school. We are all cyclists according to some thinking, so why do they not wave. MTB riders and recumbenteers are just as bad. AS for tandem ...

Hasn't it been this way ever since motor car transport became the norm? I clearly recall large queues going to popular seaside areas in the 1960s. it did not make any difference to cyclists. We habitually went away just about every bank holiday. But of course we were not on the roads or in the areas...

laying on it there was a loud pop and now when it inflates it develops a large bubble at the top and does not inflate to its full capacity anywhere else . happened to my Neoair Trekker. Having had the same problem with light self inflating mats I thought I'd try a sturdy end of the Neoair range. I ...

Reversing forks on that bike made it difficult to ride in a straight line, and going slowly and turning a tight corner made it terrible. Putting them right, made it all very easy. Please explain. Having thought more about my comment on fork trail, your experience make sense. You balance a bike by v...