Certainly. But I'd be mightily annoyed if I was expected to do any of that after paying for the carriage of a 'fully assembled bicycle'.
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- 8 Dec 2023, 6:19pm
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: When will Eurostar recommence carrying bikes?
- Replies: 198
- Views: 26741
- 7 Dec 2023, 4:32pm
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: When will Eurostar recommence carrying bikes?
- Replies: 198
- Views: 26741
Re: When will Eurostar recommence carrying bikes?
Not many bikes would comply with the 36cm maximum width!! Does it still count as ‘fully assembled’ if you’ve had to turn the handlebars? (Which not everyone would know to do.)
- 7 Dec 2023, 4:27pm
- Forum: Does anyone know … ?
- Topic: Why my new bike creaks.
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2872
Re: Why my new bike creaks.
The Sale of Goods Act was replaced in 2015 by the Consumer Rights Act - it always helps to get the terminology right. The provisions are different, and you can read about it here -
https://www.which.co.uk/consumer-rights ... fvv5x8SaYa
- 4 Dec 2023, 8:55pm
- Forum: Does anyone know … ?
- Topic: What should I do with this frame?
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- 29 Nov 2023, 4:07pm
- Forum: Does anyone know … ?
- Topic: Kilometers or Miles?
- Replies: 311
- Views: 22724
Re: Kilometers or Miles?
As I recall, the first series of the 1:50000 maps used the existing contour lines at fifty-foot spacing, but changed the numbers on them to metres.Bmblbzzz wrote: ↑29 Nov 2023, 9:57am Interestingly, OS maps adopted metric grid before metric contours. Maps I had as a child in the 70s were like that. Presumably this was because a grid can simply be superimposed, whereas contours require re-surveying (spot heights of course can simply be converted).
- 26 Nov 2023, 1:25pm
- Forum: Does anyone know … ?
- Topic: Abandoned bike locks
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2390
Re: Abandoned bike locks
I'm an inveterate loser of keys, so I only ever use combination bike locks. I'm an inveterate forgetter of number sequences, so I use alphabetical combination bike locks.Tangled Metal wrote: ↑26 Nov 2023, 12:08pm On one of my earliest days at my new job I made a lame joke about hoping I still had my lock key. She said it doesn't matter, they'll have several ways to open it for you. A heavy engineering site, I sure they'd have no issues removing any lock. In fact they'd probably make it a learning experience for the apprentices. It made me smile anyway, not least because losing my bike lock key when it's locked up is one of my very minor stresses.
- 24 Nov 2023, 5:24pm
- Forum: Does anyone know … ?
- Topic: Kilometers or Miles?
- Replies: 311
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Re: Kilometers or Miles?
Splitting hairs, but I'd have thought the sine would more useful, to give the actual distance pedalled. Though how steep would it have to be to make a difference?
- 21 Nov 2023, 10:45am
- Forum: Does anyone know … ?
- Topic: Kilometers or Miles?
- Replies: 311
- Views: 22724
- 19 Nov 2023, 11:02am
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: Cycling using trains (in UK and EU)
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Re: travelling with your bike on the continent
Yes, I used Interrail to get to Italy and back last year, and touring in France this year. I only used local/regional trains, not TGVs, which I understand require reservations and charge a supplement. All straightforward and problem-free. Practically paid for itself on just the UK legs, getting from Leeds to Dover and back
- 12 Nov 2023, 5:46pm
- Forum: Does anyone know … ?
- Topic: Cycle Retail In Meltdown.
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- 27 Oct 2023, 12:57pm
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: Group bike transport
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3719
Re: Group bike transport
European Bike Express have a coach with a purpose-built trailer for bikes. Not in use currently I imagine, as I think their season is over. I wonder if it would be worth contacting them about a one-off hire?
https://www.bike-express.co.uk/Corporate_Events
https://www.bike-express.co.uk/Corporate_Events
- 23 Oct 2023, 4:16pm
- Forum: Does anyone know … ?
- Topic: Being 'Equipped to Free Bikes'
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4611
- 13 Oct 2023, 10:12pm
- Forum: Does anyone know … ?
- Topic: Train from Nice to St Malo
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Re: Train from Nice to St Malo
Just one small detail to add: Deutsche Bahn thinks that you can’t take bikes on the TER to Calais Ville. But you can. I have.
- 9 Oct 2023, 10:03pm
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: Col de Larche
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3486
Re: Col de Larche
Many thanks for that - very helpful. The Tourist Office, though, seems to contradict itself: “The ascent of the pass by bike can be done … from Barcelonnette” but “the first 5 kilometers are prohibited for pedestrians, tractors and bicycles due to the risk of landslides.”
Or am I missing something?
Or am I missing something?
- 9 Oct 2023, 5:37pm
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: Col de Larche
- Replies: 3
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Col de Larche
It’s a lovely steady, scenic ride from France to Italy that I did ten or fifteen years ago, and looks like a re-visit might fit nicely into next year’s plan, but - I’ve read that although the French side is open to motor traffic, it’s closed to cyclists and pedestrians due to “risk of landslides”.
Personally, if it’s safe enough for cars and vans, I’d be inclined to file that risk under elf-n-safety-gorn-mad, and take my chances. Anybody know if this prohibition is real? And to what extent, if any, it is enforced?
Personally, if it’s safe enough for cars and vans, I’d be inclined to file that risk under elf-n-safety-gorn-mad, and take my chances. Anybody know if this prohibition is real? And to what extent, if any, it is enforced?