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I always get mine to the side and it is discourteous to do otherwise on a crowded platform but I wouldn't think this would generate complaints at the noise level to change policy.

I'm trying Twitter first. We all have to travel across London!

I would not be able to do this but I don't think I travel on these trains. Do they have trolleys? I could always bring the Bike Hod of course! Dont they realise that Brompton seems to be the only British owned vehicle manufacturing company left in London and probably the whole south east? This is wh...

Thanks Spark always useful to know about bikes like this especially when new riders come out and want to try a road bike but not splash out. Some Decathalon offers can be hard to track down but this looks to be readily available.

I've just been visiting family in New England and riding around on a Specialized Secteur Sport triple with 9 speed Sora. My generous son in law bought it for me to ride. I thought it was a fabulous bike and very good value for money (I found this thread when checking UK prices on my return). I reall...

The controversy about this MP's language and attitude to the police which looks to be appalling and doesn't help cyclists' reputation. Is there a policy issue linked to his behaviour while cycling away from No 10? Should he be dismounting a push through the pedestrian gate (always authority's prefer...

I had rear derailleur STI cable go at nipple end after 4 years on "best" bike. I now know it was going a bit the week before probably frayed because indexing wasn't quite right. Campag Ergo cables lasted until respray 10+years. I really ought to get into a maintenance/replacement schedule.

I had a Smart rear light that I was using for emergency back up. At top of Col de Madelaine caugh in fog and rain so on it went. Failed long before I was off the mountain. Then it came back on in the Valley and I couldn't turn it off. Water had got in the rather feeble little switch. Not having mudg...

I am coming round to Pete75's view and its back to the future where I started. It's just that a saddle bag does look a bit like an air brake for a bike where a rack bag looks more streamlined. I had the same dilemma and stop using a cantilevered bag, attractive though it was, when I switched to carb...

I'm very pleased with some Gore ones (they aren't goretex) they are warm and stay up. Third season of using them and they are wearing well with new club short sleeve jerseys and more versatile than my previous habit of long sleeve jerseys with sleeves getting pulled up as the ride progressed.

I dont know these models but a friend has a Dolan carbon road bike which he is pleased with. I'd regard them as a very respected manufacturer of racing (including track) frames. Sore a restored steel one in a classy retro shop in Vienna. Fred Williams stocks them locally (Wolverhampton) and builds b...

[quote="thirdcrank"]It's common for the back of a tandem to be sized smaller than the front, although I've never seen it the other way round. I often pilot a Longstaff made to measure tandem owned by the stoker. Cranks are the same length of course but the front top tube is dipped a bit to...

Thanks Simon, it was a great weekend and there were c100 riders on the Sunday rides. Well done Sheffield CTC.

BE1 you are right. The Guardian supplement is good, better than the similar one in the Times a week or so ago. I'm convinced these London journalists all live together and nick ideas off each other's laptops. Sky have a lot of money (look at their last financial results) and seem determind to buy cy...

just pleasing to see the power of big media... and the attention it can focus also shows that The Times knows how to run a campaign and get in public eye Agreed . - the CTC should learn from them (that is me speaking as a member as well). Rootes - I am sure we could and it would be great to have th...