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I took my 1940s bike and my 1950s wife to one of these, only one of them fulfilled my expectation of the event

I hope I see some examples instead of it becoming a thread about the etymological origins of the word owned in this context!!! [emoji38] That would not happen if your thread title used plain English instead of slang. Bear in mind that some (many?) here will not be au fait with every nuance of newsp...

I too always use a lighting board, I suspect why many people don't is part ignorance, and part the aggravation /cost of having a suitable connector wired into the cars electrics. I've always used towball mounts so having the connector fitted at the same time as the towbar is minimal extra cost (but ...

I'd be very wary of removing the senior rate of membership, this is both the core and the history of the CTC - if they go then we will just be another charity/quango. . I agree but, but the organisation /is/ just another charity /quango! The purpose of CTC/CUK is to gain grants to to the work of go...

I suspect that the 'value' of Cycle magazine may vary with demographic including length of membership. It is a very pale shadow of its former self, and certainly does seem to be driven by advertising rather than content. I rarely find anything in Cycle that deserves my undivided attention. (For comp...

No mask, don't wear one and will never be forced to wear one, given it's a request based on no science whatsoever it's ludicrous that so many sheeple are complying! There's TWELVE times lower risk of dying WITH a positive for something (but not FROM) currently than the peak deaths FROM respiratory ...

Maybe the trick is to forget talking to 'them' about cycling and walking, and use reverse psychology. 'Won't it be so much easier to drive to the shopping centre if there aren't as many cars rat-running down our street' and 'It'd be great to see your grandchildren being able to play in the street wi...

Marcus Aurelius wrote:There’s no stipulation for it to be a “mask”. Just something that covers the nose and mouth.

Quite correct, but poor government advice and explanation makes this simple thing easy to miss or overcomplicate.

YI think there should be a campaign to show how a mask should be worn properly. Yes, a competent policy would have shown this simply, consistently and repeatedly. Jonathan Indeed - lack of clear instruction and explanation has got us to the muddled point we are now at. I'm a mask sceptic, but rules...

Here's my permit still attached to one of my bijes after all these years,, slowly fading away. The permit was AFAIK available for a small fee, then it became available to buy on the British Waterways website, then it was free to download after filling in a form, then, finally you could just download...

There is also the technical, but not unimportant point that most towpaths are not public rights of way - they are permissive paths. The land is generally owned by The Canal & River Trust who can close the path at any time without warning, although they generally do post notices of planned closur...

Nothing is free, and everything comes with a cost - how will this be funded? Or should I ask how much will you be prepared to pay for this? Do you envisage a 'cycling towpath tax' and would this require displaying a disc to show you've paid? What about the heritage of bridges? Will you demand these ...

Only one of a number of changing factors in the past 20 years. Here are a couple more. 1. There are an extra 5 to 6 million registered cars in the UK since 2000 further clogging busy roads. . Those cars have an increasing amount of in car technologies that have the potential to distract the driver ...

I used to so like a pump I had, which was great! It worked really well and could take my 406 tyres up to my preferred 60psi easy ... I forget wot it was called but it was readily identified by the cheesy plastic-covered clip at one end and a teeny-weeny hole, into which you poked a flimsy plastic q...

fram wrote:"Freet" slip ons. Cheap, light and practical. They also sell cheap and cheerful (but not terrifically durable) waterproof socks.

Either I'm looking at the wrong thing, or my definition of 'cheap' is at variance with yours