Super - just what I needed to know at this point in time. What's 16 years between friends?thirdcrank wrote: ↑11 Mar 2007, 8:06pm It is not a big deal to get the back seats out altogether - they are only held in with a few torcx fasteners.
And a useful time at which to update this thread - happy to report that our Berlingo (same year as yours was, thirdcrank) is still going strong with 155,000 miles on the clock.It certainly is and so have I! I initially compared your route to my local "commuting" route here in east Cornwall - it is very similar in terms of length and altitude/climb to yours which is why I was interested in what options you had considered - so thanks for the info on your route. We have the advantage here of a train in and the downhill back so an ebike isn't necessary for most people unless they wanted to cycle both ways. (In Cornwall you can either be stranded in the middle of nowhere or blessed with a multitude of options - there is also a bus!).
Telling other people what they can and cannot do is very much part of our culture and certainly not limited to helmeteers. Helmet views do belong though to a further subset of Telling People What To Do called TPWTD for their own sake and benefit - smoking and seat belts fall into this category.Mike Sales wrote: ↑21 Nov 2023, 5:53pm Telling other people what to wear (or not to wear) on their heads is a characteristic only of helmeteers.
I had previously clicked on that link but nothing happened (I'm on the desktop) so that probably explains a lot! The other two links didn't work either.
Unfortunately the Nitto F16 wire puzzle won't work (AFAIR) on new stems (angle/width?) and the Nitto F18 would take the place of the Klickfix used on occasion for other KlickFix-compatible bags.andrew_s wrote: ↑19 Nov 2023, 10:30pm The Klikfix wire prong bar bag supports went out of production 15 or more years ago, basically because handlebar bags using side sleeve support were no longer produced.
I would advise going for the wire puzzle type as above or the fairly similar style that had over and under loops bolted together (less prone to bag bounce).
Yes please, brilliant! Will send PM.roubaixtuesday wrote: ↑19 Nov 2023, 9:48pmOne of these?horizon wrote: ↑19 Nov 2023, 8:12pm Bar bags (at least the Karrimor ones) used to be attached by means of a metal carrier that went around the bag and then wrapped itself around the stem. Later, the same carrier was altered in shape to fit directly into a KlickFix holder. I'm trying to get hold of this later version but don't have a term or photo of one to put it out there, so to speak. Does anyone know what they are called or where I might find one?
Happy to send for cost of postage. And the bag if interested. I stopped using when I discovered waterproof ortlieb ones.
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Do you mean by accident or by design (i.e. the fabric)? What I read into Altura's blurb is that it isn't but not to worry as we have lots of vents and mesh.
It seems as though you are saying that I need to wear less. This might be true but AIUI it then becomes a choice between staying warm or staying dry. Of course (a) some people will have no problem with fewer layers and thereby stay warm and dry and (b) some people like myself will be initially warm, though not dry, and then later pretty cold and still definitely not dry.Next up, you're perhaps thinking too much in terms of fabrics and not in terms of systems.
If you're sweating underneath and you're looking at getting rid of that, the moisture has to get through any layers you're wearing (base layer, midlayer) and not have condensed if it's going to get out through a waterproof breathable layer. As soon as it's liquid it won't get out through the fabric, for exactly the same reason that the rain won't get in. Any water that's wicked out from your body but doesn't have the energy to stay evaporated (or evaporate in the first place) can't get out through the breathable fabric, and the more layers you have on the more that'll be the case.
).I've been stopped twice by the police for cycling on the pavement. I've been stopped twice more for other cycling offences (cycling down a one way road in the wrong direction). The first happened when I was about 14 and had just ridden up onto a pavemnt to go into a shop. The second was more significant when I attempted (and succeeded) in cycling through Newcastle under Lyme high street (a pedestrianised area). I explained that I needed to travel from one side of the town centre to the other and the alternative was the infamous ring road - a death trap for cyclists. They accepted my arguments and allowed me to proceed on my way, on my cycle.carlislemike wrote: ↑7 Nov 2023, 4:19pm . Since then Ive neverhaerd of nor seen any policing of cyclists wilfully flouting the law. Here in Lewisham, I see no sign of the Police doing anything regarding red light flouting and, more worryingly no signs any attention to adult cyclists using the pavement as an acceptable alternative route.
If it is indeed just a case of fashion having brought in the new plastic stuff, then yes, many of the old products and techniques will possibly come back in due to a change in taste and fashion. After all, even bicycles were seen as the past at some point and were written out of public policy making. Wool is also seen, I think, as a wonder material these days. And yes, the disposable cutlery at Stonehenge (what delicious ironyBmblbzzz wrote: ↑17 Nov 2023, 11:00amOilskins, yeah. And for boots there was dubbin, from animal fats. Perhaps these methods will come back in fashion at some point.Biospace wrote: ↑16 Nov 2023, 10:18pmIt is, typically 65% petroleum based, often the rest is beeswax.
It is possible to waterproof clothing without using mineral oil based products I think, I've read a mix of beeswax, rosin and boiled linseed oil works well but most can't be bothered with such complications.
) is nowadays wood not plastic.