Cycling UK Forum

I regularly do 52mph down a big steep hill round my way. But I only overtake the
Sunday pension book mob in their Honda Civics *)

I think you're better off with s fixed/freewheel option.
Trouble is a good one costs will over £500 and the cheap Raleighs ect are heavy and horrible!

I commute every day. I reckon less than 1% of cyclists I see RLJ.
And even then it's only to get themselves ahead of heavy traffic turning left

And that's on the TGV: 230mph. Journey time we'll under an hour.

Carlisle to Birmingham, 185 miles: £ 77 one way

Paris to Tours, 178 miles: €29 one way

Something very far wrong with train ticket prices in the UK

And three months out of a single set of AAA so far.

I use a pound shop five led rear light. It is very bright in flashing mode but not bright enough to blind.
Highly recommended, very waterproof and only £1!

+1 The naysayers probably threw their leg over a fixed 30 years ago do five minutes
And 'didn't like it'. More fool them!

Its rated about 1800lumens but I think this is definitely on the conservative side!

I've got a Cree T6 hesd torch and is far too bright for Road cycling.
Off road another matter it illuminates the path at least 400m in a very
Natural white light in front of me.

But I agreen anything over 6% gradient doesn't make for a happy but if cycling

I'm lucky and have a very quiet weekend cycle path on which to play on!

£29.99 and absolutely no issues to date.

I went touring in Spain this summer with a maplins flat solar bpanel in the map pocket of my front bag.
It could charge two devices via usb and four batteries simultaneously.

IMHO they look great too. Folding pedals...!