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hawkinspeter – why on earth
hawkinspeter – why on earth is this a stock photo? Who commissioned it? I have two theories. Either (a) you own alamy and can bend it to your squirrelly will; or (b) your squirrel photo searches are driving trends in stock photo companies. “Right team, we’re seeing unprecedented demand for pictures of squirrels right now. Squirrels in berets, squirrels in the maillot jaune, squirrels who look like Alaphilippe or Pinot. Just bring me squirrels! You, the one who normally does tedious shots of office stationery and co-workers deep in discussion – you’re reassigned to squirrels!”
I take the point, but I feel
I take the point, but I feel that answering drivers’ prejudices / criticisms with “I’m a driver too” sort of panders to them and misses the point. It’s immaterial whether or not a cyclist actually pays for the privilege of using their chosen method of transport on the road and whether they have been trained to use it, because law / policy makers have decided the harm they cause doesn’t warrant mandatory licensing and taxation. Instead, drivers of motor vehicles are supposed to be trained to show care for vulnerable road users.
Anyway, to answer the question, just the standard car test, held for 18 years without points (though not without some stupid moments in my earlier driving years). I consider myself a “petrolhead” and have driven a couple of nice cars, but only recently bought my first (very sensible) car and am now sort of reconciled that my teenage vision of owning a sports car or three is unlikely to happen – it now just feels a bit socially irresponsible, not to mention financially crippling when I don’t actually need a car for day to day life. Maybe a hot hatch or Lotus Elise someday before they ban them.
We (me, wife and child) were out on a popular cycle path probably averaging literally about 8-10 mph as my lad is a small 8 and still only on a MTB with 20″ wheels. He had a helmet, me and the wife didn’t as I really didn’t think doing 10mph on a car free path warranted it as I mostly just arsing about trying to pull wheelies and the like.Ironically, probably the circumstances where a helmet is likely to be of most use!
Mungecrundle wrote:
Is there any restriction on publishing the full statement in the national press. Even if it has to be re-written word for word as a non court document?Exactly what I was thinking
I have a Definition ‘1’ (the
I have a Definition ‘1’ (the main difference from Definition 2 being that the rear has a QR rather than thru-axle, and the rear caliper is not flat mount) with old 105, and it’s been great.
The Definition and the Strael are definitely intended more as year-round bikes – they will score a bit less well than the CAAD12, Canyon and Ribble on your “lightweight” criterion (but still perfectly respectable – the Def is quoted at 8.3kg for a size 54; the Canyon is 8.1 (size unknown)), but better on things like maximum tyre size (somewhere in the 30 – 32mm area) and ability to mount ‘proper’ mudguards and a rack, should you want to. I don’t think the Canyon for example has full mudguard mounts (there’s no chainstay bridge, so you would need to use something like Raceblades.
BTBS, I don’t think Dave’s
BTBS, I don’t think Dave’s suggesting he couldn’t operate other brakes properly on an audax, just that the benefits of hydraulic discs (less effort at the lever, better modulation) are all the more apparent / appreciated when fatigued, and indeed may help in staving off some of that fatigue.
Can anyone point me to the
Can anyone point me to the original article (not the road.cc item)? Can’t find it on the Prettys website
On the “is a noisy hub more /
On the “is a noisy hub more / less efficient” question, there’s an interesting GCN interview with Chris King which discusses this at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgPLJSTWuV4 – starts at 11 mins 25 secs. I’m not particularly mechanically minded, but apparently his hubs were originally intended to be silent, but they were going to have to add grease (and thus drag) to achieve it, and other silent hubs which use a roller clutch similarly have drag ‘built in’ to achieve silence.
Surprised that people find Hunt 4 Seasons loud – mine seem positively restrained compared to my Ksyrium Elites!
You could always try riding
You could always try riding with Islington CC (www.islington.cc) – they have a number of rides on midweek evenings (30 – 40 miles) and weekends.
It used to be the case that,
It used to be the case that, if you used the scheme, you had to end up with a complete bike (e.g. you couldn’t use it to buy a frame only). My understanding is that HMRC changed the underlying rules in the last couple of years so that people who already had a bike could use the scheme to buy equipment only. However, as I understand it the ‘equipment only’ option can only be used to buy cyclists’ safety equipment.This is how it’s explained in the FAQs on the Halfords C2W page (http://www.cycle2work.info/siteemployeefaqs#a12) :
“In addition to selecting a bike, the cycle2work scheme also allows employees to select cycling safety equipment… Items such as frames and forks are cycle components, not safety equipment: safety equipment is something you add to the cycle or the cyclist to make cycling safer. If an employee were to access cycle components through the scheme, that Employer’s cycle2work scheme would be non-compliant.”
