Cycling UK Forum

One simple way of skipping TV advertising is to record programs containing adverts then FF through them,I'm surprised anyone who such adverts annoy so much doesn't do it. :) This is one of the main reasons we never* watch any live TV. (*6pm BBC news excepted) I'm a trendy consumer. Just look at my ...

I'd start the conversation with automatic mandatory driving tests after a ban of n days - currently it at the discretion of the court (n might equal 30 in my opinion, but that might encourage courts to give 28 day bans) Equally it ought to be the case that driving bans start once a custodial sentenc...

Other than reading a great deal I make my own wireless sets from other peoples junk, my 'ham radio' call is gw0vmr. Pat G0RBI G3YQW. G4SDZ I also collect (& use) old film cameras (1950s - early70s all European/Soviet) Sketching / Drawing (badly for the most part, but it amuses me) I'm a trendy ...

I suspect there's two issues at work here. Firstly that driver crime isn't taken seriously by a large part of the population; secondly an increasing acceptance of society of minor lawbreaking. Criminal behaviour by drivers is discussed on here at length, as is the strange approach to sentencing. Poi...

Whoever designs our train carriages should go and have a look at those in Latvia and they'd find a simple way to reduce overcrowding - make the damn things wider. . AFAIR Latvia is on the old Russian gauge which allows for slightly wider trains than the rest of Europe. Trains from the FSU states ar...

One feature of the modern camera - or more precisely, "smart?"-phone - that I would cheerfully welcome seeing consigned to the dustbin, is this misbegotten ability to take "selfies". . ! One of my film cameras (can't remember which one, I've only got 62) has a feature mentioned ...

Dare I stereotype another valued element within society, but.....health visitors. Every other time I get cut up or close passed the person driving seems to have some kind of nurses' uniform on. . Very unlikely to be Health Visitors since the government slashed the numbers in the profession. More li...

Please fix this This! The car debate is so often led by urban dwellers who have no conception of the lack of public transport away from cities. Even in villages just outside of my home in Leicestershire they have no (zero) bus service - so to live there and shop/work/study they have no alternative ...

Re your backpack for valuables - I presume you mean on your back not on your bike (back) rack. If so, I would advise against anything on your back. Your back is a major region for heat dissipation and cycling with what is effectively multi layers on your back in the summer heat is not a good idea. ...

You will need to have some 'time off'. As in not moving. Things like washing, shopping and seeing things all take time. I generally plan on 1 day in 7 not moving. That day could be the 7th day, or the 6th or the 8th .. just a day off every so often as you need it or find a present place to stop. Yo...

I wonder how much extra would it cost to pull a guards van for (bikes)? Maybe its just that guards vans are not made any more? Guards vans were a product of a different type of railway. Guards are now also ticket sellers & checkers. In addition to being responsible y for the safety of the train...

I've travelled extensively in Europe although not by bike in recent years. I'd say that unless your bank has high charges for withdrawing cash then a debit card is the thing to use. I used to use a pre-loaded card, but the convenience of a debit card outweighs then these days (although might be usef...

I think jgurney & I were posting at the same time and saying the same thing!

I'm a trendy consumer. Just look at my gormless idiot phone.

@PDQmobile (sorry my phone won't do quotes at the moment) The issue of larger and double deck trains has been examined at length in various discussions. The first issue is platform and station capacity to empty the trains safely, quickly and efficiently - starting would have to be redesigned and reb...

Brucey wrote:re the weinmann brakes;

How on earth did you get them to that degree of shine, and how do you keep them that way?
Mine - admitedly older GB brakes - are constantly dull, and I'm wary of using anything too aggressive on the ancient alloy.