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If you want to stay offline but have some stats for your own consumption, then an old school cycle computer like a Mity Cateye will give you speed, distance, etc. > I’m also curious—do you think tools like these add to the cycling experience, or do they sometimes take away from the simplicity and joy of just being out on the road? They take away from the experience, but I suspect it's different if you're riding primarily for excercise, not pleasure.

If you have home insurance then you may already have cover, or you may be able to add it relatively cheaply. Here's what mine says (Halifax): Loss of or damage, including accidental damage, to pedal cycles (including electrically assisted pedal cycles that cannot be solely propelled by the electric motor more than 15.5mph) and their accessories belonging to you or your family or for which you or your family are legally responsible. And the exclusions: • Theft of a pedal cycle from an unlocked outbuilding, or in the open when it is not securely locked to a permanently fixed structure. • Theft of a pedal cycle left unattended in a public place or communal areas when it is not securely locked to a permanently fixed structure. • Damage caused by domestic pets. Loss of or damage: • To a pedal cycle when being used for racing, pace making or trials The limit is £500 for an unnamed bike (i.e. you didn't supply details upfront), or up to £5k for a specified bike.

Just to note: you don't need to wait for the patch to dry, but you do need to wait for the glue to get tacky before applying the patch. A thin layer of glue takes 2-3 mins tops to dry, and if it doesn't look quite evenly spread (quite likely, I find) then add another thin layer, and another 2-3 mins. Then press the patch on nice and firmly. And chalk - nothing wrong with dust from the road or similar. It's just to stop the patch/glue sticking to the inside of the tyre, which might then wrench the patch off when pumping up/riding.

Exploded - I see what you did there. However, those figures are percentages, not absolute figures, so they're still valid. And it was the hybrid figures I was pointing out, not pure electric.

Some real world observations here: you would notice 1 in 100 cars burning at some point in your travels. From thinking back over say 10 years, I've probably seen one or two tops. I am pretty sure this figure is incorrect. [EDIT: > The number of cars likely to catch fire per 100,000 sales by type (Statistics for 2021): So the 3474 is per 100,000 or 3 in 100. Even more unlikely. Carry on Lenny. Oh, you have.

Yup, living proof, Lenny. Thanks for confirming.

Seriously? Nothing even remotely to do with 'Cycling. Health. Covid. Diet.' The same goes for the 'Bananas Don’t Taste Like They Used To'. Rather than post inane links with no added value, try commenting on why they're of interest to Pedelecs. That might cause you to think about your posts.

Is this just a dummy thread to try and capture all the crap that would otherwise pollute the rest of the forum? Asking for a friend. [Who thinks it's a wonderful idea.]

The title is the catchy conclusion (as evidenced by the Mail, Record and Men's Health being quoted as opposed to the actual paper). The paper only says it 'might' help. The stronger conclusion is a no-nose saddle is better than standing every 10 minutes. And 10 minutes wasn't scienticifally proven - it's just a guess. Nonetheless the recommendations are worth noting, and standing once in a while is easy to do. Here's the Results & Conclusions from the paper [my highlight in italics]: Results Out of 2217 screened studies, 22 met our inclusion criteria, and 6 qualified for meta-analysis. The strategies included various designs of saddles, changes in the cycling position, seat shock absorber, shorts with different padding, using the recumbent bike. Using the no-nose saddle and recumbent bike resulted in a significant reduction of perineal pressure and higher penile oxygen pressure compared with a standard saddle. Indirect evidence supports the protective effect of standing on the pedals every few minutes during cycling. More evidence is needed to support—or dismiss—other strategies. Conclusions Current evidence supports the use of no-nose saddles as a mean to reduce the negative impact of cycling on the perineum in healthy males at the cost of worse stability and increase of posterior seat pressure. Standing on the pedals every ten minutes might be an effective and potentially widely applicable strategy. The use of a recumbent bike appears to protect the perineum, but several concerns prevent its widespread use.

Re: the Russell Brand video: contrary to popular opinion, the UK government has always reported on COVID adverse reaction rates from very early on, i.e. Dec 2020 when the vaccine was first used. It's just that the average person wouldn't know where to look for it, but everyone can find Russell Brand on YouTube. Have a read and balance out his scaremongering with some solid facts: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-vaccine-adverse-reactions Here are some snippets about adverse reactions and related deaths: As of 22 February 2023, for the UK, 4,096 Yellow Cards [reported adverse reactions] have been reported for the bivalent COVID-19 Vaccine Pfizer/BioNTech, 5,108 for the bivalent COVID-19 Vaccine Moderna, 57 for the COVID-19 Vaccine Novavax and 2,319 have been reported where the brand of the vaccine was not specified The MHRA has received 30 UK reports of suspected ADRs [adverse drug reactions] with a fatal outcome to the bivalent COVID-19 Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine and 42 reports of suspected ADRs with a fatal outcome for the bivalent COVID-19 vaccine Moderna. The MHRA has received no UK reports with a fatal outcome for COVID-19 Vaccine Novavax. And in contrast, the deaths from COVID: Over the course of the pandemic over 178,407 people across the UK have died within 28 days of a positive test for coronavirus. It has been estimated that up to 26 September 2021, the UK vaccination programme prevented between 23.9 and 24.3 million infections and between 123,600 and 131,300 deaths. So that's 30+42 suspected deaths versus an estimated 123k-131k lives saved. Let's get back to potholes.

After 11 pages of comments it's descended into a fight over sticky tape. Welcome to the internet.

It's a well-known problem in the motorcycle world. Here's the solution * 4: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/314722055023

Oxford Products are usually very good quality, but I can't personally vouch for this specific item: https://www.sportsbikeshop.co.uk/motorcycle_parts/content_prod/710816

Be careful not to generalise too much (BSB British Junior Supersport class):

Skimming the YouTube vid, it took until about 6m 30s before it was ridden. For about 15 seconds. Very slowly - a bit like an unpowered bike. I didn't listen tbh. 'Software-defined biking' means we have the freedom to re-use a software term here - eBike vapourware.