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I started having symptoms in 1999.
When walking uphill I was getting breathless and my heart was racing.
In 2005 the symptoms got worse climbing stairs left me breathless, heart racing (palpatations) and legs like lead, exhausted but not tired.
By the time I went to the doctor in 2009 all the above and cycling even the slightest incline was starting to defeat me. Climbing the stairs to go bed left me having to recover for about half an hour before I could sleep.
I was diagnosed with pernicious anaemia in 2009
The immediate treatment for me was a transfusion of two units of blood and Ferrous Sulphate (Iron) tablets. The blood transfusion would have immediate effect. Iron only, would have taken about five days to start being effective. Other tests did not find a cause for the anaemia eg. internal blood loss.
Ongoing treatment Ferrous Sulphate tablets when the haemoglobin level is low, and regular blood tests from an original haemoglobin level of 4.4 back to a normal level of around 16 within 9 months. Remained around 16 for about five years then dipped to 10.1 so back on iron. Haemoglobin level returned to 15.9 within three months.
I am not a vegetarian and ironically have always had an Iron rich diet because I like the foods.
Vitamin B12 injections or supplements have never been suggested to me.
For me the treatment following the blood transfusion has only been Ferrous Sulphate tablets.
Within a few months of being diagnosed I was walking, cycling and climbing the stairs again with no problems.
If I know I am going to take part in a strenuous activity I take Iron for about a week before to maintain the levels.

You will need a chain rivet extractor tool.
On one side of the break use the tool to push the pin out to leave the inner plates and rollers.
On the other end use the tool to push the pin leaving about 1-2mm of the pin on the inside of one of the outer plates.
Push the roller end of the chain into the plate end. The part of the pin on the inside should engage with the hole on the roller part.
Making sure the holes on the inner and outer plates are in line
Use the tool to push the pin back in making sure that the pin is even on both sides of the outer plates and the link is free.
Note:this is done with the chain in position.
If you are using a spare superlink both ends of the chain need to be inners.
I always carry a chain link tool from before there were good superlinks for deaillieur chains. and the chains were continuous.
Now I use superlinks but still carry a chain link extractor tool.
The above method may do to get you home or to the next cycle shop. Shortening the chain on a deraillieur will reudce the gears available even down to single speed.

Diet of the 60's and 70's
I grew up during the 60's and 70's and remember very few overweight people either children or adults.
Apart from the calorie intake of the "Russian Army" diet the frequency of eating was simmilar.
Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner (or where I came from Breakfast, Dinner and Tea). With almost no eating between meals and occasionally after the evening meal (Dinner / Tea) a light supper.
As long as the meals are reasonably balanced I don't see any need have anything other than normal food or to reduce any particular food group (Carbohydrates including sugar or Fats) as the reduction is made by not eating between meals.
The other factor is physical activity; there was more walking and physical activity then; even before including recreational physical activity.
Less food + More physical activity = leaner people.

St John St. Cycles sell a long brake bolt for Shimano Dual Pivot Caliper brakes.
Put your existing front caliper on the back and replace the short bolt on the existing rear with the long bolt and put on the front.
I done this on my 1982 Mercian which does not have recesses for the brake nuts.

I previously had an Holdsworth Triath Elan. Bought new in 1986 for around £250. Good frame but basic components.

jb wrote:There is no aerial in a GPS,.....

There is an aerial in a GPS. it is how it picks up the satellites signals. It is inside the housing.

Mr. Viking wrote:...... Main roads are typically better paved than ours, but rural roads are just as bad, and in places worse. .....

Side road off N56 between about 5km west of Gortahork Donegal.

Also watch out for the margins ending in a wall, or the presence of road signs, electricity or telephone poles.

By the sizes of the sockets 17,19 & 21mm I think this torque wrench is probably intended as a car accessory for tightening the wheelnuts.

RJW would pursue claims through the driver's insurance in the case of an accident.
Criminal cases like assault wouldn't be covered by a drivers insurance. So probably would not be in RJW's remit.
In the event of a person being convicted of assault by a court a compensation order may be considered, but it may not ammount to much and be paid in small ammounts over a period of time.

Stretchy material with lycra is as easy to sew as any other cloth. Sew using a backstitch with the neat stitches to the outside. Polyester thread is good for most things.
I have made training tights and a cycling jersey with both cotton/lycra and nylon/lycra there were no issues with the thread tearing the material.

The link below might be worth a look.
http://www.dogcamsport.co.uk

On your commutes the traffic to and from EK should be lighter in the morning and evening respectively; as the majority of the traffic is EK to Glasgow in the morning and Glasgow to EK in the evening. ie when you are travelling most of the traffic should be going the other direction.

The A730 from The Gorbals to Blairbeth Road Is dual carriageway, Blairbeth road for one mile from Mill St. to EK Road is single carriageway. EK Road A749 - South to EK is all dual carriageway there is an extra wide pavement most of the way from Greenlees Toll to Nerston which I think is part of the national Cycle Network but I see plenty of cyclists on the road. Once you are past the Whirlees Roundabout most of the roundabouts on the Kingsway and Queensway have off road cycle paths.

The Carmunnock by pass route is reasonably good as well.

You have a good climb on either route as you are going from almost sea level at Glasgow to about 700 feet at EK. But you get a good freewheel back down to Glasgow.