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Don't buy saddles with holes or any fancy profiles or patterns they may feel good to start with but after a while they'll grate and pinch. Simple smooth and flat is the right way to go then it's just a matter of the correct width for your sit bones. Finding such a saddle is the big challenge cos th...

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I of course write this with the perspective of an old guy. You youngsters will be fine. Your immune systems will have time to adapt to the "new normal ". Hope you have as much fun as I did !

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I was planning to ride Brest to Dieppe this year but Brittany has had a surge in covid 19
It looks like this "old guy" (79) won't be going - I'll have to think of something else.

Unfortunately this woman is still an unrepentant Jihadist. She has been willing to cheer on the murderers hacking the heads of people deemed to be guilty of being unbelievers. Also she was a willing participant of an Islamic women's group enforcing dress codes and punishments for minor breaches of ...

I bet we never find out if the ride was completed. Just like the other bloke who wanted sponsorship for going up Prescott Hill. I am not a fan of sponsored bike rides as it implies that bike riding is difficult or unpleasant - not a message we like to hear. I also think why should people donate to ...

Unfortunately this woman is still an unrepentant Jihadist. She has been willing to cheer on the murderers hacking the heads of people deemed to be guilty of being unbelievers. Also she was a willing participant of an Islamic women's group enforcing dress codes and punishments for minor breaches of &...

I was nodding in agreement until I got to that last bit. The Asian migrants were pawns in a world economy they had no control over, just like the white working class they ending up living alongside. They stuck together to survive and feel secure, which is an impilse all of us should be able to unde...

Actually many immigrants were brought in because of a labour shortage - in fact Enoch Powell was responsible for bringing in large numbers. They were not brought in to do jobs that British people wouldn't do. Of course that is the canard pedalled by the poor old farming community when they claim not...

I wonder how the braking is with deep drop brakes compared to shallow drop brakes, it seems to me that the MA is reduced. if DP calipers are well designed the MA (mid slot) stays about the same in long arm versions. However there is no getting away from the fact that the arms are longer and more fl...

All lives matter, of course. The reason that the slogan Black Lives Matter took off is that some people seem to have left black people out. To respond to that with other groups who also matter (as all do) is surely an attempt to refute the notion that black lives are being undervalued. Or an attemp...

I think we are conversing at cross purpose.. My machine is legal ..what i seek is someone in a Government dept who can prove otherwise... just as we had in Ulster when ''no one wished to involve themselves'' latterly even the PSNI. from whom all 'E' users had access to a letter from Traffic policy ...

I've thought of this for my tourer ( it wouldn't hurt for me to be a fraction closer to the ground), it's currently fitted with cantilevers but I could fit callipers.
I wonder how the braking is with deep drop brakes compared to shallow drop brakes, it seems to me that the MA is reduced.

Perhaps you would direct me to whichever ''working'' Gov Dept that actually handles these legal distinctions and relevant inspections .. reason I'm asking is that Nolan a well known UK Broadcaster and Ulster personality asked the same questions whenever someone over here outed trying to be legal in...

So......''you are unlucky enough to have a collision with a pedestrian there may be unfortunate consequences''. .no more so than any other push bike which likely wouldn't be insured.. mine is./quote] The "push bike" is legal to use on the road an e-bike modified to exceed the 15.5mph limi...

In 3 years of use on an E machine I have found its best to say nought about the performance... as you have discovered selling anything that makes the machine more usable in a cyclists manner, to enable progress as when you were in your youth with strength... is bloody frowned on , by the people on ...

That bike has done you good service over a number of tours. It's been adapted for your needs and all I can suggest is some mudguards - it may be that the sort of riding you do makes this impracticable. A dedicated tourer may not satisfy you as much as you think. Your knees are another matter - as lo...