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- 17 Jan 2021, 8:35pm
- Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
- Topic: Flying Gate
- Replies: 23
- Views: 857
Re: Flying Gate
I hadn't realised before this that Jack Taylor ever made one. They must have needed a lot of persuasion - the brothers had strong ideas about what worked and what didn't.
- 13 Jan 2021, 2:19pm
- Forum: Does anyone know … ?
- Topic: Want to sell my car in order to cycle
- Replies: 73
- Views: 2390
- 13 Jan 2021, 1:33pm
- Forum: Does anyone know … ?
- Topic: Want to sell my car in order to cycle
- Replies: 73
- Views: 2390
Re: Want to sell my car in order to cycle
Whatever the preposition, the proposition would be impossible. Strangely enough, that may not always be so. After 150 years of evolutionary development, the fundamentals of grand piano design became virtually frozen after the Steinway Model D was launched c. 1900, despite some unresolved basic engi...
- 12 Jan 2021, 12:33pm
- Forum: Does anyone know … ?
- Topic: Want to sell my car in order to cycle
- Replies: 73
- Views: 2390
Re: Want to sell my car in order to cycle
Oldjohnw wrote:I might have difficulty moving a grand piano.
Tried moving a grand in a car?
- 11 Jan 2021, 1:42pm
- Forum: Does anyone know … ?
- Topic: COVID Lockdown - Guidance versus the Law
- Replies: 134
- Views: 5111
Re: COVID Lockdown - Guidance versus the Law
Derbyshire Police... The most telling thing about this latest episode, and the thing that should really make you think is: The police were already there and waiting. That pretty much confirms in my mind that their intention from the start was a PR exercise in appearing to be strict. They weren't th...
- 10 Jan 2021, 5:59pm
- Forum: Does anyone know … ?
- Topic: COVID Lockdown - Guidance versus the Law
- Replies: 134
- Views: 5111
Re: COVID Lockdown - Guidance versus the Law
I see that both Hancock and Patel have today doubled down on hardline policing, citing the Derbys. incident and saying they want to see more of it. Whatever the rights and wrongs of this, it would be prudent to assume that anybody taking the liberal approach to the guidelines which several here have...
- 2 Jan 2021, 8:36pm
- Forum: On the road
- Topic: Missing cyclist off the A82
- Replies: 34
- Views: 7324
Re: Missing cyclist off the A82
And, (from another report - Press & Journal) "A large police and forensic presence has been reported at a farm in the area where Parsons was last seen".
Oh dear.
Oh dear.
- 2 Jan 2021, 8:26pm
- Forum: Does anyone know … ?
- Topic: Best route planning app.
- Replies: 31
- Views: 1114
Re: Best route planning app.
But are you genuinely not aware of the disadvantages of paper maps? Thanks Jonathan Indeed. For the OS 1:50k series, the scale most likely to be used by road cyclists, and by comparison with equivalent products from peer national mapping agencies in Europe, the practical shortcomings include bulk, ...
- 2 Jan 2021, 12:02pm
- Forum: Does anyone know … ?
- Topic: Best route planning app.
- Replies: 31
- Views: 1114
Re: Best route planning app.
sjs wrote:
In the end though the best way for me is to spend time with paper OS maps spread out on a table, to pick my own set of yellow roads, and then to turn them into a gpx. A bit time-consuming though.
So why not just carry the paper map?
- 24 Dec 2020, 5:40pm
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: Touring Applecross on SA AW?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1122
Re: Touring Applecross on SA AW?
We did this on the tandem c.1998, with a bottom gear of 34 x 28 (ie 32"), carrying touring (but not camping) gear. As others have said, the largely uniform gradient made it feel like an Alpine climb, not too bad at all. And yes, the coast road onward from Applecross (then only recently opened) ...
- 10 Dec 2020, 8:24am
- Forum: Does anyone know … ?
- Topic: Why does nobody want paper maps anymore?
- Replies: 106
- Views: 3190
Re: Why does nobody want paper maps anymore?
. For walking I've switched to Harveys 1:40K where possible because I find they're just better for the job than either OS 1:25K or 1:50K (the latter has insufficient detail in steep areas with too close a contour interval and no depiction of boulder fields, the former has far too much irrelevant de...
- 6 Dec 2020, 6:53pm
- Forum: Does anyone know … ?
- Topic: Hedge Clipping
- Replies: 72
- Views: 3367
Re: Hedge Clipping
I often wonder how I should react to a sign which warns me of falling rocks, though. Should I put up an umbrella, perhaps? I used to have the same reaction, until somebody in the Alps (where those signs are frequent) pointed out that the sign was actually advising you to look out for fallen rocks a...
- 6 Dec 2020, 6:22pm
- Forum: Does anyone know … ?
- Topic: Lost spillcheck ?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 561
Re: Lost spillcheck ?
Mick F wrote:Rime?
Don't you mean rhyme?
Rime's OK for you Ancient Mariners, Mick.
- 16 Nov 2020, 1:18pm
- Forum: On the road
- Topic: High Performance Cars
- Replies: 335
- Views: 7837
Re: High Performance Cars
On the rare occasions when you see a thoroughbred performance car (Ferrari etc), as distinct from go-faster versions of mass market cars, they seem to be driven as you imagine your prim and proper granny might drive. I can only suppose that's because of the cost implications of the smallest bump.
- 8 Nov 2020, 11:36am
- Forum: Campaigning & Public Policy
- Topic: Petition on planning laws
- Replies: 7
- Views: 436
Re: Petition on planning laws
I've just read Cycling UK's response to the Planning White Paper. An excellent piece of work - far better and to the point than others I've seen from sources rather more obviously impacted by planning policy. The new planning system is likely to have a more far-reaching effect on the future of cycli...