Lezyne L-Caddy Seatpack

A minor dooring went just behind my saddle and hit the pannier rack. Bending it and the back wheel, also knocking me off causing grazes and ripped clothes. It was a young woman who was parking up outside work - a car sales garage. Her manager came out and was very good at calming the situation and offered to cover my losses. I was quite annoyed that the trousers I had bought only about a month before were then not in stock.

I use my Boost in day and night. In daytime, I have it on Day Bright flash and, at night, I have it on constant. If I needed more than the 12 or 2 hours respectively, I would choose a different light altogether. I can't really think of a use case, other than an emergency, for the lower power modes, and certainly don't need to use them regularly so the fact that they are more difficult to access is a plus. I would find cycling through all six modes much less convenient.

What! It's a game? Ugh, I've been cycling seriously :(

Clearly. That said, I have had the pre-migraine aura before (I don't get the actual migraine, or at least if there's something going wrong in my brain it doesn't generate any horrible symptoms). It's triggered by bright light - sunlight reflecting off something - and I definitely wouldn't drive whilst it's happening. I don't know whether an LED headlight would do it.

then Emily doesn’t really know what a migraine is I suspect she doesn't - the best guess from the information we have is that her migraines are headaches which may or may not be triggered by oncoming headlights. It's similar to people who claim they have 'flu when it's really some form of 'cold'- such false claims led to the frequent assertion by nutters during the active pandemic that Covid was 'just like 'flu', meaning nothing at all to worry about. I think we're now at the stage where 'flu is presently a greater public health hazard than Covid.

You don't get to tell the government how to spend their money, you just have an option to try to kick them out every few years if you don't like what they did.

Halfords/ Boardman appears to favour carbon wheels at the higher end- the more costly gravels offer the Banzai! hookless Zipp 303S

A sprinters' festival makes for low TV ratings until 15 minutes before the end of the race. Unless crosswinds blow, then everything can happen.

I had a dream - the UCI asked Evenepoel, Swenson, Vinegegaard and other pros who got injured while out training to take part in a global campaign to promote safe cycling and raise all road users' (including pedestrians) awareness about the vulnerability of people who travel and commute on two wheels. It's about time to make cycling really SafeR, isn't it?

For a packable rain jacket, I prefer no pockets.