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i reckon i might do one next year. I have no idea on my mileage mind, probably around 1000. Nice to hear it went well. re woods valve adaptors i got mine from my lbs, they had them behind the counter and they are very nice folk. Some of the online folks will waive postage for a small item if...

I feel safer on the bike that way i can quickly avoid the morons on the road who dont know how to drive in cold condtions ~90% of drivers in the South!

me! me! me! :D Besides , i sit at a desk all day and if i dont ride in i feel cold all day.:(

Glad those pedals work for you. I have to say i went for clips and straps and then clipless, but i think i took a lot less painless route. I had nice plastic clips and soft straps (never had a problem), then sensible one sided shimano m324 clipless (which allow your feet to move), again no...

Norwhich union do good household based bike cover. ~ approx £30 and covers anywhere in Uk anytime as long as its locked, no approved locks, no stupid exceptions). Regardless i've left expensive bikes all over the place for very long periods and never had one stolen. In my cycling lifetime ~25...

Interesting observation, i;ve never heard it before. My first thought is that shining a light down the garden isnt the same as going 30mph on a bike. At 30mph you have no time at all to absorb whats happening, so you need a lot of light to confirm observations vs the garden, where you can stand...

eek ok re the gears its either very simple or very bad. It could be your gear cable has stretched. You just need to re-align it. Very simple with nexus hubs. Check 50 cycles website for how to do this. Its under the contact us tab.. Or Your hub gear is broken. I've just had to send my...

hahhahahahahahahahaha!:D

i can remember being kind of scared by bikes wizzing from behind me when in Holland, walk through a town at rush hour and you are swamped by em. PS They go slower but they are heavy so the momentums probably about the same! Seriously though, every now and then i'll try the wide tarmacced...

I'm scared when i cycle on pavement or cyclepaths too! Bloody dangerous! I stick to the road.

i have this on and off all the time, drives me nuts because i'd be very happy with that being my sole rear light, but i cant trust it. It seems to be working now. One poster mentioned shorting and wiggling the mudguard helped the current flow. Another mentioned water issues. Sealing the...

I reckon youve not priced in: health benefits (can you gym offset?) taxi\car\lift offsetting (for when buses dont meet yr needs) time savings (for when buses dont meet yr needs) clothing (no cost in clothing for bus commute?) Also you havent costed interest for initial yr 1 outlay.

Hi All, My Agattus started doing something odd with the gears. Gears 1 to 5 are fine. When i go to 6 it feels like i've changed down (to 4or 3)? Going to 7 feels like i've changed down again (to 3 or2?). The changes are smooth theres no chain rattling etc. The little yellow marks are...

We did a ford crossing once that was very high. My wife and i took our shoes and socks off and tied them onto the back of the bike. I went through first, hit it at speed then pedalled through it. Cool My wife takes the same line. Gets through. Gets of bike to put shoes back on and cant...

yeah they replaced mine when it broke.

10 barriers in a 100 yds Ouch!

me too! .

Your right. They mentioned it, but did you look at the photos of good practice? No way you'd get one through there.

This for me is it. I'm comfortable with a trailer for cyclepaths and quiet sunday rides. For going through peak time traffic at all hours of the day i want the child seat. The story about kids getting body parts trapped\damaged applies equally to both a trailer and a seat. There are well...

Its mostly pretty encouraging. The lane design stuff was very good, although some of the mandatory lanes looked a bit scary. My only quibbles were: -Traffic barriers, no mention of trailer users and some of the images were definetly not trailer friendly -Cycle parking no mention of trailers...