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The missing few hundred quid in your bank account if you buy this rather than a Planet-X or Van Nicholas? Even an American-built Lynskey Sportive could probably be had for less.

Plus integrated headsets on titanium bikes are just plain wrong.

It's going to get you a queue of cars lined up behind you, chewing their steering wheels in sheer boiling hatred for you, unable to overtake safely because they cannot see past your light. Eventually, one of them will risk it, and "to teach you a lesson" will side-swipe you off the road.

I'm the last person to put appeasing motorists over cyclists' safety, but this is just dumb. Why not zip-tie frickin' laser beams on your seatpost if you want to get yourself seen from miles away? And it is such an incredible rip-off. You can get something verging on annoyingly bright, quite enough to be seen from half a mile away, for a tenth the price. Still, I'm sure there are lumentards out there who are willing to pay 165 quid so they can brag on club runs that their rear light emits more light than many people's front lights.

And who will pay for the mandatory inspections to ensure the heavy solar panel roof wont fall on someone when the supports start rusting? They will probably have to do inspections on the glass too if people are walking/riding on it so its already exepensive.

I think a far easier idea would be to install all these panels onto the side of the dykes, angled already for best use of the sun, wasted space where nothing is using it (save livestock) and should be cheaper to maintain and install as it wouldnt have to supoprt peoples weight.

I said it last time and I'll say it again.......UCI...bunch of t*ss*rs

I favour covering cars with two or three centimetres of polystyrene and a thin layer poly carbonate. That should provide complete protection to my whole body and not just my head. After all a bit of polystyrene is obviously all that is required to overcome the physics of a two ton body colliding with a 75kg body?

Any discount for those on means tested benefits?

Just wondering if Mr Ramsey has taken a look at his website lately Seems like the general public has other ideas...

Will it be against the law to not wear a helmet when on cycle tracks or in forest parks or just the roads? Bearing in mind that most off-road cyclists will wear full face helmets; sportives and clubs require the wearing of helmets to take part. All this legislation will do is put off the casual cyclist whose only interest is to pedal a couple of miles a week or drags their machine out for the summer holiday and do not want to go to the expense of buying a bit of polystyrene to perch on their bonce

Maybe we could all pick a time slot on the next contador story and the person with the elfstone posting time gets a tee

I'm waiting to see if he drops another letter next time, just to keep us on our toes.

I'd echo those comments: it's a really good computer and Garmin's uploading and training management tools are the best there is right now. But it doesn't really do mapping.

http://road.cc/content/review/17933-garmin-edge-500

I think they're TRP R970s. They're certainly from TRP.

http://road.cc/content/review/12666-trp-r970sl-brake-callipers

Good brakes, and very light indeed. Not for you if the recession has hit round your way though...

I use it as an advanced HRM cycle computer. Works well. Reliable, not prone to interference (as I find Polar to be), easy interface to upload your activities on web and probably the best feature is an incredibly versatile and customisable display.

I wouldn't use it as a mapping tool though. Handy to know where you've been but not where you're going.