Cycling UK Forum

Hi all, I needed a break and today booked a flight leaving next Wednesday to Berlin, going to cycle to the Hook and get the ferry home going to take about 8 days, my only plan is to head along those green bits on google maps towards hamburg and then kinda aim for amsterdam then onwards to the hook. ...

basel to cologne is pretty good, mainz through to dusseldorf is all really nice.


stay on the german side after basel though, i thought the bit through france was really boring (i don't personally know if the german side is better but it must be)


one you get into holland ev15 is dull

im in the one pair of shoes camp

maybe you could look for a nice pair suitable for on and off the bike

I have just last week bought the shimano XC5 and the TR5 both of which i could happily wear all the time, they're light and comfortable and look pretty smart too.

I've got a similar camera (sony hx90v - which is great btw)

keep it in my right back pocket,

if you press the on button at the same time as you grab the camera it'll be on and ready by the time your arm is up in front of you, perfect for shooting quickly while still on the move.

someone mentioned the topend compact sony i have the rxv-hx90v (or something like that) has about 30 zooms and very compact, has been all over the place with me and gives great shots can grab it in a back pocket, pushing the on button at the same time, by the time it's pointing the right way it's re...

i spent a sizable chunk of money a few years ago to buy some northwave arctic boots

never regretted it for a second

No help but a work colleague has just returned from a three week motor cycling tour of Vietnam including the Ho Chi Min Trail.He says Hanoi is THE scariest place he's ever ridden a bike :o I've not cycled there and have no useful input really but Hanoi is absolutely mental for traffic and it's incr...

my last few euro tours i have flown somewhere in europe and cycled back to hook of holland to get the ferry home it's been the simplest option logistically for me given the time i have had available to tour It does limit my options somewhat but i don't want to do round trips and I didn't fancy the h...

It could well be cold. I've camped reasonably high up an alp in summer (would have been somewhere south of la bresse and sometime between jun-aug, it was a long time ago!) it was a recently mowed meadow, we put a good layer of dry grass under our tents, then used our normal cheap summer camping gear...

ok, just looked on the device and i used to have one file for GB and another for DE+BENELUX

no prob though, just different

thanks again

thanks (again)

good work as always

is there still a garmin western europe map available? I always liked having GB / benelux / germany all in one file (i'm sure that used to be an option)

simonhill wrote:Is it any good? Funnily enough I don't know as they don't go on sale till next week.

I picked up the weekly specialbuys magazine in the shop today and it says it is on sale from 25th Jan.

85/15 down feather. weight 900 gms, pack size 18x14 cms,

scans or it didn't happen

leave it somewhere. you could end up helping another cyclist who needs one.

if you are used to and like being clipped in i would suggest using a MTB SPD shoe. you get the familiarity of clipless and a shoe you can actually use to walk in. i use a shimano m087, they look good, are comfy and you can walk in them easily the Louis Garneau Nickel look great too, they are the sam...

msr hubba cyclist, or whatever it's called.