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I once needed this in order to study the effect of temperature on clinical specimens en route to the laboratory. The Met Office gave us tabulated historical data by return.

Is that the sort of thing you need or is it ad hoc browsing?

Jonathan

No experience in this area, but I'd start by asking:
Blazing Saddles: https://blazingsaddles.co.uk
Sherwoods Yorkshire Cycle Transport: http://sherwoodsminibus.co.uk/yorkshire-cycle-transport/3646830.

Jonathan

SNAP!

Manufacturer's recommended pressures: https://www.continental-tires.com/bicycle/tires/race-tires/grand-prix-4-season.

Jonathan

As above.

But on a recent Tubus rack we've had problems with the vertical alignment of the dropped horizontal bar where the hooks go and the tubes below that.

https://www.ortlieb.com/uk/anchoring-hook-16-mm-bracket-and-screws
Thanks: I'm going to see if that might help.

Jonathan

Bikes on German trains etc from the Man in Seat 61:
https://www.seat61.com/bike-by-train.htm#Germany

Jonathan

Welcome.

We rode Oberalppass to Hook of Holland this summer. Two adults on tourers with camping gear. Starting and ending in Oxfordshire. We'd have done all the connections by train by choice. But after much research:

Outward
Rode to Oxford station.
Two trains to Portsmouth.
Overnight ferry to Le Havre.
Picked up a rented Espace and drove to Mulhouse and dropped it off. NB not crossing a border for the one-way route!
Slept in Mulhouse.
Rode to Basel.
Three trains up to Andermatt.
Slept in Andermatt.
Train to Oberalppass... and off.

Return
Rode to Hook of Holland ferry.
Overnight ferry to Harwich.
Picked up by Thrifty, driven to their office in Colchester, picked up Discovery and drove home and dropped it off in Oxford. (This was not a good experience but there don't seem to be any decent options, see recent discussion linked below.)
https://forum.cyclinguk.org/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=134831&p=1433112&hilit=harwich#p1433112

NB TTBOMK you can't now take bikes on the TGV from Paris to Basel.

Jonathan

nomm wrote:Another thumbs up for... B&M light set up (don't buy the light that charges things)...

Agreed both ways. I've now had two Luxus U IQ with USB output fail while touring and am still in dispute with the manufacturers. The others are all excellent.

Jonathan

Lots of interest in that area, including quiet canal towpaths, battle sites and muskrats. I wouldn't try to avoid it.

The European Parliament is worth visiting, even if only in regret. We had breakfast there.

Jonathan

RickH wrote:There is an interesting effect, named after someone who's name escapes me, whereby you can put your hand briefly into a flask of liquid nitrogen with no ill effect.

Leidenfrost: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leidenfrost_effect

Please don't try this unless you know what you're doing.

Jonathan

There's a write up in the February/March 2019 magazine of a family tour. I can't find a better way of getting there than this based on theirs:
London to Harwich (they did Hull to Rotterdam)
Harwich to Hook of Holland (overnight ferry)
Hook of Holland to Rotterdam
Rotterdam to Lübeck (trains)
Lübeck to Travemünde
Travemünde to Helsinki (overnight ferry)
Helsinki to Tallinn (ferry).

Jonathan

PH wrote:The idea that it's such a big deal someone would consider hiring a car to avoid it is beyond my comprehension.

Perhaps if you knew the details of the onward journey it would have helped you to understand.

Jonathan

pwa wrote:I suppose I may have concluded long ago that accidentally crayoning too close to the place the patch needs to go could prevent adhesion.

Me too. On both the tyre and the tube I mark alongside the valve on the upper side... and then don't turn the wheel over! On the tube I mark 4 points centred on the hole but at a distance larger than the patch. When the patch is on I then line them all up to tell me where to search for the cause.

Jonathan

I use the crayon to mark the tube and the tyre. Makes it much easier to explore the area of interest and avoid a repeat. The crayon's cut down of course, just like the toothbrush.

Jonathan

mjr wrote:Leaving Harwich... on the morning trains is not as easy due to the time restrictions and limited bike spaces.

Yes, no good options. Kill time at Harwich or hire a car? Thrifty will come and collect you, and we tried that last time. Not bad in theory but they were so inefficient that next time we'll probably hang around for the first train to London on which we're allowed the bikes.

Jonathan

We use a Pendle "Hang On" with two vertical bars rather than one with a floor. That has options for different types of hitch. The big advantage is that it comes apart and fits in the boot of small cars without taking up much space.

https://pendle-bike.co.uk/collections/t ... w-bar-rack

Jonathan