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  1. therealvicz

    Putting e-bike to bed for the duration of C-virus.

    Yes much easier to do my daily hour on the nearly empty roads than dodging dog walkers and phone zombies milling about on our cycle tracks...
  2. therealvicz

    Modifications

    “‘A pint of water weighs a pound and a quarter, a gallon weighs 10 pounds” pounded into me in primary school many years ago. It’s also why there are twenty fluid ounces in a pint. All UK measurements of course, USA gallons are different. 1 litre of water weighs exactly 1kg. Rounding errors in...
  3. therealvicz

    more of this please

    Yep, phone zombies, dogs, mobility scooters, prams and push chairs all seem to pass for cycles where I live. Not forgetting tree-root humps, potholes, brambles and nettles that add spice to the ride...
  4. therealvicz

    electric scooter/skateboard laws

    This is a good explanation of UK law https://www.micro-scooters.co.uk/community/2019/01/electric-scooters-adults-kids-legal/
  5. therealvicz

    Thinking of purchasing a Bosch Nyon for maps & change motor setting

    I chose to buy the COBI bike unit for my haibike instead. I’ve had it for about 3 months and I’m very pleased with it so far. The Satnav seems pretty good though I don’t use it often. It does integrate with Komoot for mapping as well as Strava for fitness.
  6. therealvicz

    Drivers could face minimum distance for overtaking cyclists

    Yes but those pointless islands in the middle of the road are deadly - they should at least have a separate passing point for bikes.
  7. therealvicz

    Tyre help.. pretty please

    If you go the website of the wheel manufacturer they usually show the range of tyre widths that are suitable for each of their models.