Cycling UK Forum

I've never had a problem with cateye but wrapping the computer unit with cling film prevents ingress of rainwater and therefore shorting across the contacts.

With the CTC as just a membership organisation it was stagnating as the membership became older and couldn't attract enough new and younger members. If such a situation had been allowed to continue then eventually the CTC would have ceased to exist. The CTC in recent years widened it's scope to attr...

About 8 years ago I was on a fairly busy and wide maion road where everyone was giving me plenty of room when a car came past as close as he could. two young men and two young women in the car and they looked back to see if they had scared me. I memorised the registration number and about 1/2 an hou...

I usually have a cheap sram chain which I change every 1,000 miles or so for the longevity of the cassette. However, I've obviously overdone it this time as I changed the chain and the new chain jumped and not just on the mid-range sprockets. So I have put the old chain back on. The chainrings are h...

I am considering getting a tow bar fitted rack and I am inclined to go for one where the wheels sit secured in the rack rather than one with top tube clamping.

Does anyone know of the pros and cons of each type which I may not have thought of?

I once did a 70-odd mile ride over remote fells, inadvertently without tools, puncture repair kit or spare tube and got away with it, (this is the exception that proves the rule!) Also, years ago during the autumn hedge cutting season, I had 5 punctures in one day and ran out of patches so, thinking...

As I understand it 3 in 1 is a vegetable oil and it is better to use a mineral oil.
I use tf2 in summer and in the winter whatever goes in the car engine.
I use the cheapest srqam chains and change them after 1,000 miles. This way a cassette lasts a long time.

Until quite recently most of my bikes have been kept in the house. Now most are in the garage which is a lock-up and it's damp in there in the winter. I've sprayed the nuts and bolts with white grease which forms an effective barrier against moisture (it sticks like the proverbial to a blanket!) But...

2) Is a bit harsh - especially as you may legally but not morally be the sole owner (I can't register our family car in joint names...) Besides a sale would raise some revenue for the victim up front (of course you can buy your own vehicle back at a fair market rate... The life of the cyclist and t...

On Sunday I was out at dusk for the first time this season and so I put my lights on and to a man all following drivers gave me loads of room, much more than in broad daylight with no lights and it wasn't actually dark. I have noticed this in the past but is it common nationwide or does it vary in d...

I've already tried that and drawn a blank, there are rides reports and meeting minutes but Sections were obviuosly not as keen on membership lists as HQ are today.Perhaps they were all out cycling.......

You don't need to employ an accountant, HMRC are very helpful and they run courses to help peopel complete their tax returns and they tell you what expenses you can claim and how to work out the proportion of business use.

Let us know how you get on.

The membership department person told me that they had records going back to the 1940's but presumably that must be for people with continuous membership. It does seem inequitable that those with a gap in their membership are treated differently.

Having reached a certain age and being fairly confident that I'm going to be cycling for many more years last week I enquired about life membership. I was given a qoute based on having been a member since 1989. However, I was also a member between 1971 and 1979 when I lived at my parents address. Lo...