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If they get people on bikes, why knock them? I think that's the key point. They always do 50 best somethings; restaurants, gadgets, beaches etc. and sometimes I try out a recommendation. They're all researched in a week by a non-specialist journo and so they'll never be accurate, but if they get pe...

I've done 9 and it's brilliant. It goes from where I live to a pub/restaurant that I like to visit. Car free tarmac ex-railway track. Of course if you don't live where I do, or fancy a different pub, you might find it a bit disappointing :wink: To be honest though, it's great scenery, traffic free, ...

Or, if you have a bag with Klick-Fix you can get this, or Ortlieb, you can get this.

Important notes: 2. I asked about, and was recommended 3 Mobile! Will I regret it? It was good value at £40 with 3Gigs of included top-up. 3 have the best 3G coverage of anyone, but that's all they have. If you have one of their phones (which I do), it switches to Orange when you're out of range. T...

No need to leave the station for a meal. By platform 1 is the West Cornwall Pasty Company. Not as good as a lot of the one's in Devon and Cornwall, but you can't beat a pasty

Travelodge are doing a £9 a room sale starting tomorrow (Thu 23rd) at 6 am for stays between 27 August and 30 November. Could be a very cheap way of doing an E2E.

I did that crossing last year and can't see it being a problem, but the boat did arrive at the time stated (i.e. that was not the time we were getting off). We were in a car at the front and there was probably a 15 minute delay, so you should be fine. We were on the boat that arrives at lunchtime. O...

There's no need to worry about a high-vis top affecting waterproofing of a Gore-Tex jacket. Gore-Tex is a membrane underneath the shell material, so even if the shell is saturated, it's still waterproof. What it could affect is breathability, but only if it forms an impervious barrier which seems ve...

Has anyone used a Next Best Thing cassette tool? (website here)

It looks like an ideal solution because a chain whip is a big tool that hardly gets used, but does this actually work?

diapason wrote:The Rixen & Kaul extender works well - I used one on my butterfly bars before I changed the bike. I might be persuaded to sell it as it's now not being used. Make me an offer if you're interested.

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I'm trying out butterfly/trekking bars and I'm a convert except for one thing: Has anyone found a bar bag that will fit? Back in the day bar bags used to be small IIRC. They now seem to compete on size and seem to be about 7 litres. All I want is something that has a map holder and space for a phone...

2.a My brother needs a bike but has a limited a budget, any suggestions? Assuming you like your brother, he should get a similar bike. Otherwise one of you might be much quicker, or one of you might get up more hills. It can be quite annoying to wait around all the time for a slower partner, but ev...

I'm a big fan off Fartlek. :roll: I picked it up when training for a marathon and I think it's still mostly used by runners, but it works equally as well on a bike. It translates as "speed play" and I tend to go until I'm warmed up and then keep doing sprints of various lengths from 100m u...

Mick F wrote:Should I challenge Lance this year?

That's hardly fair, he's an old man.

I'm not one to normally disagree with Sheldon Brown, but here goes: Rather than the lean on the headset with all your weight while tightening a collar approach why not just get a pack of assorted spacers. Put them all on then your stem then tighten as normal. To adjust height simply move spacers fro...