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Psamathe wrote: ↑4 Jun 2024, 6:29pm

simonhill wrote: ↑4 Jun 2024, 6:21pm Probably said upthread but don't forget the doors to the car decks are locked once ferry is underway. Also probably CCTV to monitor the vehicles in case of fire or moving.

Not a big risk but passengers can get to cars unattended during the crossing. When I used to cross (Brittany Ferries Portsmouth/Caen route) every crossing I'd always go to my car once mid-crossing unsupervised.

Ian

mattheus wrote: ↑22 May 2024, 11:42am What's happening in The Archers this week? My radio is broken

MrsHJ wrote: ↑19 May 2024, 4:39pm
So, back to my question- where do other people see it in their Garmin connect account? I was thinking it might be in my inbox or in my routes,

MrsHJ wrote: ↑19 May 2024, 3:45pm Idiot question - where does the file land when I click on “send to Garmin connect”. I’m borrowing him indoors very old laptop as it’s the only functional computer with the right connections for my old Garmin so it could be taking some time. Can someone point me toward a “how to” section on it on cycle.travel- I’m sure it’s somewhere in there.

Riley26 wrote: ↑18 May 2024, 10:37pm I tried a large road bike and that felt small. Hence why thought XL road bike.

Pinhead wrote: ↑18 May 2024, 7:31pm

rareposter wrote: ↑18 May 2024, 6:20pm Can I add a couple more questions?

How old are the brakes/how long have you had them?
What (if any) servicing have they had and when? (so bleeding, change of pads etc)
And as others have mentioned, what's the feel of the brakes? Are the levers pulling back to the bar?

Cheers!

Pads changed last month

NOT spongy just effort needed

mattheus wrote: ↑13 May 2024, 9:31am

slowster wrote: ↑13 May 2024, 8:52am

Nicholas wrote: ↑13 May 2024, 8:25am The women in your life must be thrilled to hear that they've been allowed to go at their pace and ride in a way that suits them.

I read 'let them go...' as the common use of 'let' to introduce a third person imperative, not the use of 'let' meaning to allow.

A quick google suggests the main example of this is:
Let them eat cake!

Is that the form you mean? I know that didn't end well for the speaker [a woman as I recall] ... :-/

simonineaston wrote: ↑1 May 2024, 9:19pm The funny thing about my b2c jobbie is that while (I eventually find out) it does give the user control of many of the parameters that affect the product, they're - all of them - without any scale to refer to readily. Some quite fundamental parameters aren't even listed very clearly on the instructions! So while it turns out that I can alter both the water temp. / amount and the coffee grind / amount, you're flying blind as the controls have nothing but arbitrary markings.
Those who really care, who don't include myself among their numbers, take to removing the coffee puck as well as weighing the resulting shot in order to note the effect of changes and to calculate the all-important "yield ratio"... however in my view, life is just too short for such shenanigans.
And I appreciate too why the machine is what it is. To up the ante and include controls accurate enough to calibrate & measure reliably would require standards of manufacture that would propel the price waaaaay above what most folk would pay for what is marketed as a convenience product. Indeed, I was mildly amused to note that models like mine are often considered likely to be bought by the less discerning of the two coffee drinkers making up a typical couple (no gender assumptions here...) the more discriminatory individual being more likely to invest in "proper" equipment.

simonhill wrote: ↑10 Apr 2024, 8:03pm They used to do a good breakfast in the Station Buffet at Manningtree station.

Opens at 05.00, about 18 Kms from Harwich ferry if heading that way.

They also sell good beer.

Audax67 wrote: ↑30 Mar 2024, 2:54pm People using of instead of have, as in "I would of done it...".

Why haven't we got a vomit emoji?

531colin wrote: ↑26 Mar 2024, 1:52pm Unless I made it up, wasn’t there an episode years back when a particular type or make of chain used to get cracks in the sideplates radiating out from the rivet?
Wrong sort of steel or hardening process?

Richard Fairhurst wrote: ↑26 Mar 2024, 4:05pm

richardfm wrote: ↑25 Mar 2024, 6:39pm I just asked cycle.travel (using Edge on an Android phone) for a route from Lancaster to Grange-Over-Sands but it told me that it can't plot a route over the sea

Just to check - are you sure that you're selecting "Lancaster, Lancashire" from the autocomplete, and not "Lancaster, Pennsylvania"? cycle.travel might not know what country your IP address is in, and if it doesn't, it might put the American one at the top of the list.

Airsporter1st wrote: ↑25 Mar 2024, 3:15pm Fixing it yourself is relatively easy, but that’s curing the symptoms and not necessarily the disease. You need to know why it snapped and take steps to ensure it doesn’t happen again.