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I usually wear Bell helmets because they fit my large head better than any other brand. I have several examples I can recount of when I concider that wearing a helmet saved my life or saved me from serious injury over the last 20 years of cycling, without cycling carelessly in any way. My...

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We still have the right to smoke tobacco. Many people who smoke get to live to a ripe old age but this doesn't mean it's safe. You cannot deny the overwhelming evidence that smoking is dangerous to your health and many people who smoke get to die an unpleasant death. Luck is luck, and 63...

I never used to wear a helmet until I got married and my wife made my life miserable nagging that I should wear one. Several times over the years since then I have been glad that I was wearing one. I would not be posting on this forum had I not been wearing a cycle helmet four years ago when I...

Going back to your original subject Rod, assembling the wheel usually isn't the hardest bit as you just have to be logical and methodical. Getting it tight, true and centred in my opinion is far harder. Once you have worked out how to do this then as a bonus, re-trueing your wheels becomes an...

Thanks, Aldby, That's pretty much how I solved the problem, except I used some two core bell wire that I had to hand. I ran some of that along the inside of the mudguard and connected it to the copper rivets so it's pretty much invisible. It does look better without wires running along the...

I was recently showing my Agattu off to a friend and as I watched him cycle away from me the rear light went off. When I got the bike back I found that it cut out every time the bike reached a slow walking pace but came back on when the bike stopped. Investigations with a multimeter revealed...

There are other reasons for people to ride assisted bikes, other than below average cycling ability. I use my Agattu so that I don't get to work hot and sweaty. I wouldn't classify myself as having below average cycling ability, and I can actually do my commuting trip quicker on my...

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GPS systems are future in this area, I'm sure. I used to cycle with a Garmin GPS 40, mainly for navigation but it also gave a useful speed display to check my speedo calibration. The picture attached is of the setup I used on a C2C trip a few years back. Modern GPS units are far smaller than...

I find a hard thump with a fist or foot to the side of a car that gets too close always gets attention.

A bit of bad news here: Electric bike man in fatal crash http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/dorset/7760328.stm Hope this isn't one of our friends from this forum.

The means to charge batteries from a 12v supply (making solar charging easier) would be nice. Also, 0-60 in 4 seconds and 250 miles range? :) YouTube - Lotus Tesla Electric Car

She goes in the trailer for now, with a fluorescent orange flag flying on a pole on the back of the trailer to make it as visible as possible. I pick my routes carefully so that we aren't on main roads, just quiet urban roads, cycle paths, and bridleways. I will also use a footpath if it's...

I have an old retired (!) slimed inner tube hanging up in the garage with over 20 successful patches in it. The only reason I retired it is that I was doing a coast-to-coast ride and with many long steep descents (i.e. The Walna Scar road into Coniston) I had heard that heat generated by...

For me it does exactly what is says on the tin and I wouldn't be without it. Where I live the Hawthorn hedge cuttings are lethal and in my pre-slime days it wouldn't be unusual to have 5 or 6 punctures in quick succession. Now I seldom if ever have to repair a puncture. When I do get a flat...

I hope they dont take the french chalk out! I use it every time I mend a puncture. I just scrape it with a pocket knife I carry as part of my travelling tool kit and wipe the powder over the repair. It stops the uncovered glue sticking to the inside of the tyre.

I have a Hamax Sleepy rear bike seat, an old Burley Solo trailer and a Tagalong. I have three shildren and the two oldest have now progressed through these three options to independant bikes. My youngest is now 4 and she is now a little heavy for me to feel safe with her on the bike seat when...

I thought I should pass the advice on that I got from Mark at 50cycles, in case someone runs into problems. In his words "you dont need to do anything but remove the inner cable and then strip the offending split cable but cutting a small amount of the cable and refit the shroud. any good bike...