Cycling UK Forum

pete75 wrote:If there are two of you you only need to out speed your companion not the dog.

This. Much cheaper as well.

Lights on approaching vehicles are a dangerous distraction from real hazards which can be closer to the cyclist. ..which is why it's now a legal requirement for all newly registered motorcycles to have a front light that is permanently on. I don't understand what you wrote. Unless I've read you wro...

Taken from the current issue of our beloved charity's magazine. I'm a bit perplexed over the meaning of this one... https://dl.dropbox.com/u/59045346/img007.jpg Wracking those brain cells that were last used nearly 30 years ago when I did my driving test the best I could come up with was no no cycli...

Cable locks are very easily defeated and should not be used. As another poster said use as small a U lock that will fit with as small an amount of gap as possible so the thieves can't burst the lock with a small bottle jack. 16 or 19mm D locks are a must. Bromptons are high priority targets in Londo...

You missed out world peace!

I attended an excellent first aid talk from a motorcycle trauma doctor who operates in Hampshire Anyway, As emergency service access is pretty much immediate in this country what the roadside 'first aider' needs to know is how to first of all call the emergency services, then 'secure' the accident a...

Batteries/charger Bivvy bag (for extra bag protection. It's Scotland, remember) Clothes (warm/wet Cook utensils (Bottle/tin opener, stove, fuel, collapsible cup, spork,etc) Dry bags Food (assorted dry food, tin etc, most to be bought on the way as needed. And tea bags/coffee sachets) GPS Insect rep...

The website 'they' (LOCOG) are promotion is Get Ahead Of The Games - http://www.getaheadofthegames.com/ Every second announcement on the trains etc seems to be selling this website. PGood Luck! and personally, I'd advise against cycling along an Olympic route with a rucksack on your back while weari...

Wear some really fluffy ear muffs to lessen the amount of turbulence across your ears. I saw some really funky ones in Camden Market today!

Ann Summers had some zip off trousers in the Westfield store in the sale.

Or so I heard.

The last time I did anything like that it was a bakery for breakfast, stop around 11am (before everything closes for lunch) to buy a picnic lunch then cycle a bit further to find a nice place to stop and actually have lunch. Dinner was in a restaurant or more usually the others in the campsites felt...

I saw a very good talk at a Horizons Unlimited meet (ok it was aimed at motorbikes, but the principle is the same) where the speaker talked about want vs need. He took a very lightweight bag, a tarp, a water bottle and ate cold food, so no need for a cooker/stove. One pair of clothes and one pair of...

Not true. I left my bike cable locked to a tree. When I came back, someone had tried to saw through the lock. The plastic was a mess but the metal inside was fine. If they had bolt cutters it would be gone but since they were ill equipped, all they did was cosmetic damage. They were amateurs and yo...

Personally, I'd get a lock that can't be cropped with hand tools. So you're looking at 16mm chain or a 16+mm U shackle. Cable locks are worthless.

And also the streamers on the ends of the handlebar, the reflectors on the spokes and the pink dolls carrier behind the seat! :D You forgot a peg clamped to the rear stay holding a bit of cardboard from the top of a cereal packet so you get that authentic 'clack' clack clack clack clack clack clack...