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Down under rules vary a bit from State to State and I was looking up something on age rules for my daughter about driving in New South Wales and was surprised to find that elderly drivers can keep their license as long as it is marked up with something like “only going to local shops”……85 and older
When you reach 85 years old, you’ll need to have a medical review every year, to keep your licence. See Are you fit to drive? for more information.
You also have the choice of taking out a modified licence, or keeping your unrestricted licence. If you wish to keep your unrestricted licence, you’ll need to successfully pass a practical driving assessment, every second year.
Modified licence
A modified licence lets you keep driving under certain circumstances. These circumstances are added to your licence as conditions, which are printed on the back of the card. You must comply with the conditions on your licence when driving.
If you choose a modified licence, you do not need to attempt a practical driving assessment.
For example, you may choose to drive only within a certain distance of your home, or only at certain times of the day. You should discuss your options with your doctor, who can help you work out ways to keep you safe on the road.
…..thats one way of dealing with an elderly car dependent population – come Brexit I guess England, Essex, Cornwall, Wales, NI, The Northern Powerhouse, The EU republic of Ecosse etc could all seperately elect to have some equally bizarre local legislation
taken from:
http://www.rms.nsw.gov.au/roads/licence/older-drivers/index.html
You need to catch up with current devolved powers for Scotland. An obvious example is the different difference on the alcohol driving limit. Lower in Scotland than the rest of the UK.
Given the UKs government poor stance on road user legislation I am not sure why any part of the UK sevolved administration would do a poorer job.
There is no shortage of T2 fans on here and the T3 is supposed to be 200gm lighter.Amusingly true – every winter bike thread turns into a Kinesis T2 love-in sooner or later.
I am a fan of my T2. I would look for discs for a replacement winter bikes, but you won’t go wrong with a T3.
Presumably pros riding XC racing could go SingleSpeed if they wanted? Any rule against it?No rule against it, but you’ll never win against geared riders unless the condition favoured it, i.e. conditions so bad that gears simply fail to work.
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So your comments about going faster don’t apply to Pros, but they do apply to you?
I do accept there is some merit in some of your arguments, but I won’t be joining you anytime soon.
The answer to can you build a MTB with SS is of course you can, but as Sniffer says, you would be silly to do so.Give me one reason why and I’ll give you ten good reasons why I’m quicker than you on my SS MTB
Hills?
On the trails I ride I don’t use the front mech much (and could do without it) and I use the rear cassette plenty.
MTB for completely flat areas did sound a bit silly to me. If it has hills then changing gear keeps a sensible cadence and I would expect it to be faster.
I look forward to be educated on the 10 reasons why I am wrong.
A single speed MTB, or a bike
A single speed MTB, or a bike with a single chainring?
A single speed sounds a bit silly. 1x for MTBs, plenty of those.
Sometimes you can read the
Sometimes you can read the first part of a new thread and know it will kick off quick.
I am glad it didn’t disappoint.
I picked Dennis too.
I picked Dennis too. Sometimes you just get it wrong and have to suck it up. It is up to us to predict what happens and that sometimes is difficult.
Now on Saturday I meant to pick Miguel Angel Lopez. I thought I had loads of points as he rode to second. Unfortunately for reasons I can’t explain I had clicked on Luis Leon Sanchez. A fine rider I am sure, but not likely to score many points at this stage of the Vuelta. Not only did I miss out on 37 points, it cost me another transfer to fix it. I was very pissed off, but I have nobody to blame, but myself.
This is an excellent example
This is an excellent example of why countries with a ‘Right to Roam’ are much better places than those without.
BEWARE! I bought a pair of these and they cut off circulation to my fingers so completely that they all fell off. Now I can’t operate the brakes and gears on my bike anymore.But you need fingers for those bells.
I think that will change the
I think that will change the stage winner.
After a difficult Vuelta last nights two breakaway punts came good.
Join BC or CTC.
Join BC or CTC. Automatically provides 3rd party insurance.
All this excitement is not
All this excitement is not helping my fantasy scores though. My current performance is technically called ‘pants’.
At least I have not picked TJ though.
Some good deals on Kinesis T2 at the moment (frameset £250ish or complete bike with 4600 Tiagra from £500 – £700).I have the full Tiagra version as my winter bike and I’ve been impressed. 28mm tyres fit under the mudguards that came with it without rubbing (just). Geometry is fairly racy (not as much so as your Cannondale though).
I have a Kinesis T2 at the moment as my winter / crap weather bike. I have done 6,500 miles on it over the last couple of years. I would recommend it. I bought the Tiagra full bike mentioned earlier, although when my summer bike needed a replacement (cracked frame) I moved a groupset and wheels to the winter option. I have done light touring, commuting, club runs and general riding (I call it training, but that is only in my head).
If you can get a full bike for £700 or less it is great value (I did C2W too). If I was buying now, I would be tempted by a move to discs which would mean I would look at a Kinesis 4S. There are not many options for racey geometry, discs and mudgaurd mounts that I have seen.
For the record my summer bike is also a Supersix and I live in central Scotland so I know the weather too.
There is a review on this site for the T2.
I suspect the tweet wa wrong
I suspect the tweet was wrong and then other sources picked it up. You have got to go on something and the Tour of Poland website seems a reasonable decision.
[/quote]No, we stopped the media review for Leopard Pro after the two low score ratings. It costs a lot for a startup like SpeedX, so we decided to stop the review for Leopard.
[/quote]Says everything doesn’t it.
