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rareposter wrote: ↑2 Nov 2024, 11:50am

That seems to imply that you're stopping mid ride to charge them...?

Charging time on lights is pretty irrelevant because the normal usage pattern is you charge it up, use it until it's low (maybe a week's worth of commuting, one long night ride etc) then charge them at home or in the office.

Outside of multi-day touring / bikepacking, there's normally no need to charge lights "on the go".

pjclinch wrote: ↑1 Nov 2024, 1:41pm

Audax67 wrote: ↑1 Nov 2024, 10:24am If you ride far enough to get there it's all healthy.

Yes, at some point it really does come to more calories = better.

Ian Walker's book "Endless Perfect Circles" includes an account on his record breaking ride from the top to the bottom of Europe and a key point for food was easily available without detour, easy to stuff down and very high in energy. 7 Days Croissants, widely available from petrol stations across Europe, hit that brief. I understand that (a) he ate rather a lot of them, and (b) nobody much is claiming you can't tell the difference between one of those and a croissant from a typical French patisserie.

Pete.

steve.y.griffith wrote: ↑3 Nov 2024, 8:46am I have had two cases when travelling with a bike I missed the last train due to the first train being late . One was at Birmingham New Street where I was going to London . They offered a taxi and when I pointed out I had a bike they found a black cab and took me to London !
The 2nd case I was in Edinburgh and they put me in a hotel and rebooked for the next day

After major delays at Paddington my direct train to Hereford by GWR was cancelled . I took a GWR to Newport where I could change to a Hereford train . The train staff said I couldn’t automatically use my ticket on the other company’s trains GWR would have to ask for permission.As it was there were so many of us the other train guard gave up trying to get us to buy another ticket .
I suppose slightly different to the missed connection issue which sweep raised but wouldn’t have happened pre privatisation!

Navrig wrote: ↑1 Nov 2024, 7:56am

Sweep wrote: ↑31 Oct 2024, 6:48pm

Blondie wrote: ↑31 Oct 2024, 6:29pm You can use ticket on next available train. Whether there is space available for your bike is the issue. Though I believe you can book bike spaces at very short notice, via the TOC twitter accounts now.

am not on twatter.
Have no intention of joining it I am afraid.
Suppose I'll just have to throw myself on the mercy of humans.

I had that attitude when stuck in Bahrain in 2020 but for Instagram. BA was only responding to comms via Instagram so I had no choice but to sign up. It sorted my problem (eventually).

So be careful not to cut off your nose to spite your face.

You can install an app and set it up in a way that it i not intrusive. That way you use it the way you want/need to.

PH wrote: ↑31 Oct 2024, 6:31pm If your journey is standard, as in you could buy it at a ticket office by asking for a train from A to B, it makes no difference where you bought tickets, how many segments... non of that matters. Your experience should be similar to what Navrig has detailed above, There's several places where the operators obligations are spelled out, I like this one:
https://www.railfuture.org.uk/When-thin ... le%20train.

If it's a minor incident and there's an alternative from the same operator, you'll be directed to use that, if it's a split ticket you still have to use a train that stops at the split station. If it's a longer delay, such restrictions are lifted, the train staff have no official discretion, it has to be declared a big enough event, though you might find some sympathetic railway staff who turn a blind eye. The train operator has an obligation to the passenger, however they have no obligation to the bike, this is the case on any train journey. I got stuck at Doncaster once, a week after a very wet York Rally, the staff offered me a shared taxi and to lock my bike in the property office and give me a rail pass to collect it, I declined and rode home.
If it's isn't a standard journey, that is part of it is a special (Not on the timetable), or it's a non permitted route, or you've left less time for the connection than the booking office would, then the different legs are likely to be considered separate journeys and it's your responsibility. That's the case when I travel London > Birmingham > Derby.

It was a bit chaotic when I arrived at Derby station this afternoon, after a day in Matlock. Two incidents - Sadly someone walked onto the line and a HGV had hit a bridge. Some cancellations, delays of unknown length, but plenty of staff about answering questions, offering alternatives, explaining scenarios, whatever anyone thinks of the railways, my experience is staff tend to do an excellent job.

Blondie wrote: ↑31 Oct 2024, 6:29pm You can use ticket on next available train. Whether there is space available for your bike is the issue. Though I believe you can book bike spaces at very short notice, via the TOC twitter accounts now.

Bmblbzzz wrote: ↑31 Oct 2024, 6:14pm Potatoes should not be eaten raw other than in minute quantities. Neither should pasta, but at least it's not toxic.

Bmblbzzz wrote: ↑31 Oct 2024, 6:08pm Spaghetti is probably the most troublesome form of pasta. Potatoes of course have the advantage they can also be fried. Or baked in the embers of a camp fire....

Navrig wrote: ↑31 Oct 2024, 5:46pm No worries.

Personally I prefer to have more time (I always arrive early for appointments, flights etc - it's just less stressful) and you are right to say whilst 30 minutes is enough for any decent train company if I was going on a big trip involving taking a bike on a train, I'd always want more than 30 minutes and not have to rely on a decent company.

Bmblbzzz wrote: ↑31 Oct 2024, 5:34pm Spaghetti is an awkward shape to transport unless you keep it in the packet it came in. Well, I suppose you could put it in a large peg bag! But it does have an advantage over potatoes in that you can boil it till it's half done, then just leave it in its own hot water – use a pot cosy. This doesn't seem to work for potatoes, presumably because potatoes cook by heat and pasta cooks by both heat and water absorption.