pwa wrote:I'm not vegan but I wouldn't snipe at anyone who takes the trouble to form an ethical way of living that they try to enact, so long as it doesn't harm other people.
fossala wrote:Put yourselves in the mindset of a vegan. Most, if not all vegans think that killing animals is wrong and a lot would argue that it's tantamount to murder. Now imagine if woke up one day and everyone was killing and eating humans, keeping them slaves, raping them, torturing them etc. How would you act, would you talk to people about how killing and rape is wrong, or would you not care, maybe you'd care but not enough to do anything.
To top this off, your strange ethics on not murdering and eating fellow humans is also shamed and belittled on forums as jokes when all you wanted to do was read about bicycles...
tell me moreMarcus Aurelius wrote:Disc brakes are a nightmare. I avoid them whenever possible.
So is a broken legWoodtourer wrote:Brake pads are overrated anyway!!
thirdcrank wrote:My experience of leather saddles is restricted to Brooks. If you trawl through the various threads we've had about them, the main consistent theme is that they are inconsistent. Unlike those made from synthetic materials, you cannot simply decide which model you like and then buy more assuming they will be the same. The best evidence I can give of this is that when leather saddles were the norm, riders switched their favourite saddle from bike-to-bike. In some cases, that was a sign of no cash / cyclists' traditional "thriftiness" but it applied to the top riders too.
If you have a model of saddle which you know is ok for you, I'd say stick with it, especially if you have problems eg prostate. The right leather saddle is the nearest thing to heaven on a bike, but it can take a lot of experimenting and luck to achieve it.
simonhill wrote:Just for info - the term "flasher" means something very specific in UK English. To quote wiki "A person who displays his or her body in a form of indecent exposure ".
boink wrote:Germ of a trip started last weekend over a beer with some old friends. We're based in West Midlands and are looking at a 60 miles a day camping tour in august. We're looking for something that's not too hilly, with campsites aplenty and interesting towns and villages along the way. I'm not a keen flyer but fine with overnight ferry or eurostar. Just wondering is anyone's either done or read about anything that might fit the bill or act as a good starting point for further planning.
Thanks in advance for any advice, blog links etc.
ossie wrote:Xilter wrote:Reading this fills me with despair. I’d LOVE to do a tour. But there is no way my wife would be remotely interested. So I don’t think it will ever happen.
I've been married for 30 years and have been touring for the 8.....alone
I try to encourage her to come along (no really) but the good lady refuses.
As for tours , I've done several tours of Southern / SW England. Two longish tours.
Spain back to the UK over the Pyrenees in 2011
Dorset - Harwich - Hook of Holland down the Rhine to Switzerland - back up Loire to Angers - St Malo -2400 km /1500 miles
Various tours of Northern France.
All fully loaded with a tent / cooking gear. Nothing this year as life got in the way. Although the longer tours were challenging in their own different ways I find a week or so in France gives me the same buzz without the hassle of being away from the family for extended periods.
Its a balancing act.
albal1 wrote:E2E
Gibraltar to JóG
Eurovelo 6
Nordkapp - tarifa
Transam
Southern Tier usa
British coast
Basque country tour
Vienna to cherbourg
Santander - Cherbourg
Cherbourg - Munich - Cherbourg
Across canada
A few other smaller rides. Single now but wasn't for many of that lot.
Will get round to ; porto-vladivostock at some point!
UK - china.
m-gineering wrote:djrikki wrote:Anyone else taking part in this popular bike ride in the Netherlands? Looks like it's going to be enormous fun; the pleasure of riding along the cycle infrastructure is going to be a joy that I am looking forward to with much anticipation.
https://www.fietselfstedentocht.frl
15000 participants with varying speeds and skills on narrow roads. I'd pick another day
Oldjohnw wrote:At a personal level, I quite see apple cores a bit differently: there is not much left, they are more of less invisible and they rot quickly.
NUKe wrote:durhambiker wrote:NUKe wrote:Someone mentioned bagged dog waste in trees.i occasionally do this, like many other dog owners. The idea is we can pick it up on the return journey.hangung it up keeps it off the ground. If we have gone the trouble to pick it up, it unlikely we would then just discard it as litter. some might though.
You cannotpossibly,,,ever,,be for real...So,you fling it 10ft up a tree,,(so no one steps in it,of course,,thankyou)...then you return,with a pair of steps,,collect the package and place it in the bin!!!Yeah,,,Right.
No I don’t fling it up a tree, I wouldn’t be able to reach it, I hang it on low branch slightly out of the way so I can pick it up on the way back.