Recent content by Thirdway

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    Bicycle brakes

    Although I mainly do off road work I have had standard side pull/centre pull rim and mechanical disc brakes. Tried several V brakes but never owned them. I think I would struggle to return to rim mounted brakes because the hydraulic disc brakes are so good. I use Formula brakes which are very...
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    what? Why? Where? When? How?

    Thanks for those replies. In many senses it is great to know that pedalling to work with my present situation is not considered instantly desirable. There are times when I wondered if I was building up a pile of excuses to the idea of pedalling to work, so the fact that you also think that it's...
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    what? Why? Where? When? How?

    Obviously there will be many options and opinions so here goes. I am thinking of getting rid of one of our cars but this involves some really hard decisions and some effort in getting around problems. My daily commute is between two towns on really busy dual carriageway without any cycling...