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A random choice across the wide bit of Englandandwalesland ?

Folding bike touring. Both 1998 Bromptons.

BBC Scotland report on here,

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland- ... l-45663082

We were at Berwick on Tweed station yesterday. In the 75 minutes we sat waiting for a train we had prebooked I saw about a dozen touring cyclists, chatting to a few of them. The station ticket office had shut early and the ticket vending machine had failed. Several cyclists who had expected to turn ...

I don't think anyone has mentioned this option. Reuse a pop bottle a few times over a few days and then chuck it in the recycling. Rinse it out between uses. My favorite bottle costs 69p at the COOP and comes with 500ml of lemonade, free. If you use an adjustable cage, they can hold bottles between ...

Cyril Haearn » 6 Sep 2018, 10:16am Anybody else had a similar experience? My boys are in their 20's now,but they did a fair bit of touring when they were younger. Here's a picture that I have posted on here before which illustrates the sort of set up we had. Scan.jpeg We were subjected to quite a f...

Back to my original post. Average speed cameras have reduced traffic speeding offences on the urban stretch of Dalkieth Road, Edinburgh, from 15,000 a day to 2. Not 2,000,you will notice, but 2 . Serious injuries have dropped from about 3 per year to zero. That is now, today, with current technology.

Here's a news report from Edinburgh

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-ed ... e-45399286

Impressed

AtoB magazine of May 2018 had a two page report of ebike safety analysis by the German Insurers Accident Research Unit (the UDV). You would have to pay AtoB 99 pence for a read of the whole article, but the bottom line is there is a roughly 10% increased actuarial risk for over 65’s taking up ebikei...

Welcome to the ”fold” of Brompton tourers. Whether a Brompton is a good choice depends on the style of your touring. If you like all day in the saddle and high milages (HDAU, I believe is the acronym) then you would be much better off with a traditional tourer. If, on the other hand, you like potter...

Who is Geraint Thomas’s helmet sponsor ? How much is he paid by them to promote their goods ?

I carry one of these. http://oceansignal.com/products/plb1/ It really is last ditch use only. You still have to be conscious enough to switch it on. Response depends on the local government's agencies, but every government is treaty bound to respond somehow. Help might take some time coming, but som...

Since nobody else has pitched in here’s my worthless opinion. Prevailing wind direction ? Yep, that is from the south west, but your route involves a bit of a haul back west to get back to Inversneck; in summer it shouldn’t be a game changer decision. Wild camping is legal but is some times physical...

This year was my spouse’s first visit. The first observation she made, a few minutes after arrival, was “I hadn’t realised just how very eccentric all this was”. The summary at the end of the weekend was “you couldn’t call this exciting, but it is all very, very, amiable.” If you don’t live in an ar...