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NIGHT CYCLING 18 nevelbell 1 year
MediumDave :: post # 11... I have some modded thin gloves for winter cycling with Scotchlite stitched onto the bank of the hand. Makes signals a lot clearer. Dynamo lights are excellent as a backup (and with the right lights, for ...
Arellcat :: post # 8... e hard to get out of, in order to reach the main road that the bus uses.Buy a pair of Yaktrax, and hang them on your handlebars for when you're done with cycling.Put reflectives on things that move, and that suggest "bicycle" in the dark, and make your intentions obvious and understandable to others. Ankles will ...
MediumDave :: post # 11... I have some modded thin gloves for winter cycling with Scotchlite stitched onto the bank of the hand. Makes signals a lot clearer. Dynamo lights are excellent as a backup (and with the right lights, for ...
Audax and Sportives 2022 220 amir 1 year
Murun Buchstansangur :: post # 15... tube, and if it does, definitely don't break the valve head off getting it stuck in the pump and putting it out of action 10) St Andrews in the winter in cycling gear at night is amazingly cold 11) A working mobile is almost required to find a phone box these days 12) A working mobile is almost required to find a ...
Winterizing myself? 16 SRD 2 years
SRD :: post # 4... I only ever wear my cape in summer. Usually with shorts under. For winter bottoms I wear Lidl winter cycling tights. Somewhat water resistant and quick drying. ...
Post Covid World 4 crowriver 3 years
Murun Buchstansangur :: post # 2... Given that the same cohort reported walking and cycling less during the recent lockdown than pre-Covid, A hae ma doots, but I salute their courage/strength/indefatigability etc. I suppose it was winter... ...
Galibier cycling apparel worth a try 79 gembo 2 years
Greenroofer :: post # 10As a result of this thread, and as @bill commented today, I have bought a Galibier Mistral. It's excellent value: keeps me warm and dry (so far) even during last weekend's showers, and wearing just a Decathlon windproof baselayer (earlier version of this) underneath. The pockets are much better than on my previous Decathlon equivalent. At the same time I got some of their neoprene Artic overshoes, which are good: nice and long and with a good gripper at the top. They seem to keep the water out. I got some free socks. Best of all though, they sell cotton caps in XL sizes. I have a very large head, so most caps don't fit. I was so pleased to find one that does, to replace my worn out Vulpine one...
‘New housing development in Edinburgh could pave way for footbridge across WoL’ 31 Rosie 3 years
Rosie :: post # 31... Spokes supports the development in general because it is high-density and on a brownfield site, with good public transport and some connections to local cycling routes. The developers have proposed a footpath between the housing and the Water of Leith but are missing a trick by not including a foot/cycling bridge ...
Withdrawal symptoms 14 LaidBack 4 years
threefromleith :: post # 1... r again (though I was warned not to overdo it for at least another 2 months, when my next xray is due). However, he did pointedly ban me from running and cycling for at least 2 months - much to my chagrin. I've been working from home for the last 7 weeks, so have done zero exercise apart from using my one good han ...
Finlandic advice / suggestions please 21 I were right about that saddle 4 years
paddyirish :: post # 17@IWRATS, assume you read this and that is why Joensuu?
Washing gloves 18 unhurt 4 years
bill :: post # 15... Snot rockets as required mid-ride @IWARTS Some of us have not mastered this yet. Snotache is a semi-permanent feature of my winter cycling face. I start to feel ill towards the end of a week without washing them. I am with @cc.cc on that and wash them weekly (i suppose we won't we shaking ha ...
Do we need a coronavirus thread? 5710 chdot 1 year
chdot :: post # 3517... the start the fear that winter could be worse was quite prominent. It may or not turn out to be true, but we certainly don’t seem to be ready. As to cycling the Granites, it’s surely not about crossing artificial lines and whether that is ‘legal’ or ‘approved’. Previously the main reason (for not g ...
Today's rubbish being a human 66 MediumDave 1 year
fimm :: post # 21... ed to me. I did get a driver making pushing "move over" signals at me the other day, but that wasn't threatening. Is this something to do with where i'm cycling? Or am I just so used to stuff that I forget? I'm also not sure if I get different treatment when I'm dressed in clothes that signal clearly that I'm fem ...
IWARTS Goes Electric 74 I were right about that saddle 4 years
threefromleith :: post # 32... weight of the bike + drive system to 16kg (same as my old MTB), I knew the time was right. I got mine last month because I've had a pretty poor year for cycling, and with winter approaching I knew I wouldn't have much time left to do any as I normally stop for the year once it gets icy. However, the thought of ha ...
Paris Brest Paris - Roll of Honour 26 HankChief 4 years
DaveC :: post # 24... over 300kph. Certainly puts our old stock into the shade. Anyway I made the most of my DNF and visited Versailles and Paris, as well as having meals with cycling friends who were not riding PBP, but there for a holiday. ...
Crashing - break, bruise or bounce - & which bits 43 fimm 4 years
Arellcat :: post # 39... nee. In about 2003 I slid my mountain bike on a right-hand off-camber turn in the wintertime, pre-spiky tyres and just about pre-Kevlar tyres. I tore my cycling jacket and hit my head on the ground, but my Giro Ventoux took the impact (which wasn't much of an impact, but at least it didn't hurt). I think that wa ...
Getting an unreserved bike on the train 74 chdot 11 months
Yodhrin :: post # 53... er new topic: What's the general experience with trains that have "No designated spaces. Cycles permitted in vestibule at traincrew discretion" for their cycling info on the National Rail site? A distant cousin of mine has been making noises about offering to straight-swap my Edinburgh flat for his house in Bathga ...
Ar*e for elbow! 24 Bikecheat 4 years
Bikecheat :: post # 1... Hi, I'm a fairly new member who is newish to cycling. I've enjoyed reading the forum and appreciate the input others have made- I've learned a lot. I've always had a bike but dabbled in mountain biking an ...
“Cyclist Track Day“, Fife - 9th June 35 Kim 4 years
panyagua :: post # 16... Well my club (Dunfermline CC) has a regular weekly coaching slot at FCP which does indeed cater for a range of abilities (in a 'sport' road cycling context) - from group riding etiquette and bike handling, through to racing techniques - such as are required for crit racing. All involved think it's a ...
Today's most unsatisfactory and wholly rubbish bicycle maintenance 216 urchaidh 3 months
Greenroofer :: post # 74... I have one of these, not bought from here and not this brand, but undoubtedly from the same factory in China. Bbb Cycling Unisex's BTL-78 Easy Tire Tool for Bikes, One Size Yes I can wrestle a Marathon Winter onto a 16" Brompton wheel (or a Marathon Plus onto a 700C wheel) u ...
Today's rubbish germing 29 gembo 5 years
wingpig :: post # 2... I've a nagging suspicion it has appeared in the forum at some point, possibly in relation to stopping cycling to work in the winter and taking the germ-filled sneeze-ridden overheated public omnibus, possibly by @threefromleith or another winter mode-changing com ...
Audaxes + sportives 2019 249 panyagua 4 years
DaveC :: post # 43... n top of what you drink with meals. Don't over feed at stops, small meals and oftern will prevent you beeling bloated. Your body might not agree with you cycling and eating, but do try to keep eating little and oftern. REal food is way more preferable to gells and sugar. But keep something in reserve, I take eithe ...
Type of Bike for Edinburgh 44 gembo 5 years
Morningsider :: post # 2... Welcome! As ever, it depends on what type of cycling you plan on doing. Here are a few things you might want to consider for regular city riding/commuting: Gear range: Edinburgh is both hilly and windy. H ...
Garve Level Crossing 59 HankChief 9 months
HankChief :: post # 33... ons, if any are available to reduce the slip hazard resulting from the rails crossing the carriageway. It is important to remember that a prohibition of cycling exists at this Level Crossing requiring that cyclists dismount from their cycles and cross over the level crossing on foot. This regulation is in place ...
Cycling event cancelled due to potholes 5 wishicouldgofaster 6 years
amir :: post # 1... An annual cycling event featuring 550 riders has been postponed because the route is "peppered" with potholes, organisers said. The Boxford Tornado in south Suffolk was du ...
Edinburgh Tram Extension to Newhaven 319 CycleAlex 3 years
McD :: post # 27... council(lors) and get agreement on options to take forward into the Summer Autumn Consultation prior to Full Council decision in Winter 2018. For better cycling facilities, lots of people will need to try to influence councillors, community councils etc. as part of responding to consultation ...
life enhancing cycling news 3 gembo 6 years
chdot :: post # 2... "As chdot likes to say, "we" know that cycling can be life changing." Think I used to say it with the hope/belief that politicians/Govs/many more people would realise and do more to make it easier for ...
Soderberg numbers and relative car use 161 Arellcat 4 months
Arellcat :: post # 161... s. Both stats are well down on 2022, but winter 2022-23 was a very bad time for my MH, and as noted, I spent a lot of this summer motorbiking instead of cycling. So collectively, I actively travelled on 147 days, compared with 221 in 2022, so not my best performance ever. ...
Arellcat :: post # 161... s. Both stats are well down on 2022, but winter 2022-23 was a very bad time for my MH, and as noted, I spent a lot of this summer motorbiking instead of cycling. So collectively, I actively travelled on 147 days, compared with 221 in 2022, so not my best performance ever. ...
Dr. Bike @ Haymarket yesterday 8 fimm 6 years
chdot :: post # 1... “ The Bike Station (@TheBikeStation) 12/12/2017, 12:24 Winter cycling is hard on your bike. Show it some love by stopping at the free #drbike at Haymarket Station tomorrow, the13th December, from 8:00 to 10:00 and 16:00 to ...
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