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by tatanab
11 Mar 2024, 7:33pm
Forum: Campaigning & Public Policy
Topic: Filthy bridleway
Replies: 56
Views: 2111

Re: Filthy bridleway

basingstoke123 wrote: 11 Mar 2024, 7:15pm Do 'private roads' have public access? A 'user' will often not know the difference.
Not necessarily. I recall a case back in the 1970s where police stopped a clubrun from entering a private road. Riders pointed to the bridleway sign, but the police obviously did not understand the difference (bridleway access was won by the CTC in 1968/9) and turned the riders away. A complaint was made to the chief constable, and a suitable apology received.
by tatanab
10 Mar 2024, 8:42pm
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: last second ebay bidding
Replies: 51
Views: 2398

Re: last second ebay bidding

If I want something, I wait until a minute to go before entering my bid and then wait until the last 5 seconds before committing it. This is not fool proof since I can be beaten by sniping software or by a previous bidders higher limit.
by tatanab
7 Mar 2024, 5:23pm
Forum: Touring & Expedition
Topic: West coast France tour April 2024 camping
Replies: 12
Views: 511

Re: West coast France tour April 2024 camping

It is well worth detouring inland in The Parc Natural Regional du Marais Poitevin where there is a huge network of tiny brooks and roads. Very attractive, a bit touristy in places (photo is one of those), and with many campsites. I have stayed at a couple of municipals. I have crossed the area a few times, always a bit inland and away from the coast, so no immediate comment about your route.
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by tatanab
2 Mar 2024, 8:00pm
Forum: Touring & Expedition
Topic: touring gearing ?
Replies: 18
Views: 1146

Re: touring gearing ?

The Massif is nothing like the high mountains. I toured there (saddlebag and barbag) three times with a bottom gear of 36 front 26 rear, mind you I was only 40 years old at the time - and that was a long time ago.

If it pleases you to change your gearing, then go for it. Only you can judge whether or not it is "needed". New bits can always be justified :D
by tatanab
2 Mar 2024, 8:22am
Forum: Touring & Expedition
Topic: Brittany May 2024
Replies: 31
Views: 1866

Re: Brittany May 2024

Lazybird wrote: 2 Mar 2024, 7:34am I’ve emailed several campsites but had no reply,
Try searching the Tourist information office for the town of interest. They often show campsite opening periods - e.g Quimper which shows lots of commercial sites and the municipal in this link https://www.quimper-tourisme.bzh/campin ... municipal/
by tatanab
25 Feb 2024, 5:14pm
Forum: Campaigning & Public Policy
Topic: CUK Membership Card
Replies: 34
Views: 1734

Re: CUK Membership Card

simonhill wrote: 25 Feb 2024, 4:04pm Out of interest, how many people carry some form of easily accessed id when they go out cycling.
SOS Talisman. https://www.sostalisman.co.uk/ I have been wearing one for over 40 years, contains ID plus emergency contacts and much more if you like. Not only for cycling, but for walking to the shops and all the other occasions I would otherwise have nothing to identify me. Far cheaper than a smart phone and positively miniature by comparison.
by tatanab
25 Feb 2024, 1:06pm
Forum: Campaigning & Public Policy
Topic: CUK Membership Card
Replies: 34
Views: 1734

Re: CUK Mebership Card

As an option, yes. As the only way to show membership, no.

Since I (and others) have no wish to invest in a "smart" communications device I am quite happy to produce my plastic life membership card when required on the vanishingly few occasions that might want it, such as attending local AGM.
by tatanab
13 Feb 2024, 7:08am
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: sub 20 lbs Raleigh Record Ace
Replies: 21
Views: 1256

Re: sub 20 lbs Raleigh Record Ace

peetee wrote: 13 Feb 2024, 12:47am If you are prepared to ride sprint wheels I would suggest you keep an eye out on Retrobike forum for some old-school wheels.
I too was caught out by the name. In this case "sprint" is only a model name for a 700C wired on rim and not a sprint rim as we know it for sprints and tubs.
by tatanab
8 Feb 2024, 4:18pm
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: Music on the turbo trainer
Replies: 14
Views: 893

Re: Music on the turbo trainer

I use an ancient version of Sandisk Clip Plus. New types are available for about £40, or plenty second hand I imagine. My old one has a sort of belt clip so it can be clipped to clothing and so does not need to be stuffed in a pocket. I bought it many years ago for touring, but now it is used on the turbo for my infrequent sessions.
by tatanab
7 Feb 2024, 2:59pm
Forum: Touring & Expedition
Topic: When Using Navigation Devices Do You Loose The Overall Perspective of Your Tour?
Replies: 47
Views: 2368

Re: When Using Navigation Devices Do You Loose The Overall Perspective of Your Tour?

An extract from a Jura tour report by me several years before GPS routing devices became a practicality -
"It got exciting a few times where the minor roads became very minor indeed, to the point of being farm tracks. One day in a very heavily forested area I became a little confused in an absolute maze of tiny lanes. I had to think “if I head east, keep the hill on my left and do not descend anywhere, then I should get somewhere useful”. Sure enough, I came out only about 5km from where I should have."

Just think, modern riders following a pre programmed line on a screen would have missed that excitement.

I do not like following a pre ordained route because ideas of quite which road I choose can change during the day, and a little screen gives me little appreciation of what lies around. One year I joined a group who had such a route, and I would have found it strange not knowing quite where I was except as a dot on a screen. Fortunately I had a paper map so I had the larger picture to keep me comfortable.

These days I have a Garmin, and I use it to find a supermarket or cafe, and just once I used it to confirm that I was not quite where I thought I was on almost parallel forest tracks..
by tatanab
7 Feb 2024, 11:46am
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: Front mech.
Replies: 22
Views: 1170

Re: Front mech.

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Similar circumstance. A conventional front mech shoehorned in place. Cable is routed through the noodle, under the bottom bracket and back up to the mech. A clubmate with the same frame has used a top swing mech with the same cable routing. Both work fine. My mech is very close to the fat main tube, but if there was insufficient room I could have fitted a smaller ring than the current 52.
by tatanab
6 Feb 2024, 3:14pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: Loosing the will to live
Replies: 4
Views: 446

Re: Loosing the will to live

I strip anything like that into different materials. It means that plastic etc do not end up in the scrap metal at the tip. Never enough to make it worth selling, but I have FUN doing it.
by tatanab
6 Feb 2024, 8:21am
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: Bicycle insurance
Replies: 19
Views: 1234

Re: Bicycle insurance

Lazybird wrote: 6 Feb 2024, 8:03am I thought we had 3rd party/public liability insurance with our Cycling UK membership?
Yes - see https://www.cyclinguk.org/sites/default ... 3-2024.pdf Also relevant https://www.cyclinguk.org/insurance https://www.cyclinguk.org/insurance-document-hub
by tatanab
1 Feb 2024, 7:14am
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: Free wheel issue?
Replies: 5
Views: 345

Re: Free wheel issue?

Think of it this way - when pedalling forward there is nothing inside the freewheel which is turning. All is still and so there is no noise. When freewheeling the outer (sprockets0are turning over against the innards which contain the pawls and bearings. So the noise is to do with dirty/corroded/broken internal bits. A good flush and relubrication should help.
by tatanab
26 Jan 2024, 12:53pm
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: RX5 RX-5 Seizure recovery?
Replies: 30
Views: 1481

Re: RX5 RX-5 Seizure recovery?

Cyclothesist wrote: 26 Jan 2024, 12:21pmThe Tekktro RX1 has 85mm arms too. It looks more like a cheaper version of the RX5. TRP is Tekktro's Racing Products division and the components are usually a step up in quality and expense from vanilla Tektro.
Quite right. The 926AL was a Tektro product not a TRP. When I last bought 926 (probably about 7 years ago) they were something like £10 for a single brake.
The TRP equivalent is TRP CX8.4 at £60 for a single brake https://www.spacycles.co.uk/m7b0s101p41 ... pr-Rear%29 I have some on my best machine and they are outstanding, especially with after market Swissstop brake blocks (pads in newspeak).