General Lighting (and other bikers) Quick biking question if you have a sec, do you follow this advice from the CTC;
"How far out you should cycle will depend on the conditions but you should not be less than 1 metre from the kerb and should be further out if it is not safe for a vehicle to pass at that point (i.e. round a blind corner)."
Just seems very counter intuitive (although I understand its better as you have more presence on the road) and I would worry that it will annoy car drivers etc
Also noticed this;
"The Highway Code specifically allows cyclists to ride two abreast"
Never knew that!
Cameroon making sure his new bike is safe now he’s PM.. Two metpol trojan (armed) officers? I though the new government was supposed to be cutting security costs of politicians..
he's got a new bike since becoming PM, its different from the silver Scott hybrid he used to ride...
Tesco get stung by £1 million push bikes don't they have a check and limit on their outgoing BACS payment tape? :you_crazy I work as a finance / technology manager and normally all payments have to be cleared via the directors, would have thought Tesco's would be the last to be caught out this way.. :laugh_at:
Supermarkets are known for buying the cheapest bikes they can get their hands on – often at the expense of comfort and reliability – and them selling them on in bulk for a tidy profit.
But not British retail giant Tesco – according to legal papers filed at the High Court in London, the company shelled out £984,000 for just six Muddy Fox mountain bikes in August.
Since the accounting error was discovered – the full-suspension bikes should have cost just £984 – the company has done its best to reclaim the money from Essex-based Universal Cycles, according to a report in the Daily Telegraph.
World's Most Expensive Supermarket Bikes - BikeRadar
UK : New mum? On your bike! I don't have kids but it seems like a good idea to me, if more kids cycle to school it will make the roads safer for them (due to safety in numbers), they will be fitter and it will be better for the environment...
A campaign to recruit more than 1,000 cycling instructors has been launched, focusing on mothers returning to work.
Olympic gold medallist Denise Lewis is backing the scheme, launched by Cycling England and implemented by cycling proficiency group Bikeability.
The instructors are being recruited to help train 500,000 children to ride a bike safely by 2012.
BBC NEWS | UK | Cycling plan targets new mothers
WANTED: Ice-Cream Bike want something like this...
Business On Wheels
So i can turn it into a portable soundsystem, turn the front box into a speaker, then pull a trailer with another one and another canopy on the back. Any ideas where i can get one please let me know. the ones ive found on the net are 2 grand!
Importing Bikes from Thailand or Abroad just wondering if anybody has any ideas about how to go about doing it?
want to get something like this..
Thai ice cream / hot food bike ice on eBay
Any advice would be great
Thanks :love:
US : Watch for bikes The American traffic authorities wanted to warn motorists to be aware of those on their bicycles, particularly if they are forced to swerve out of a cycle lane due to an obstruction.
What better way to warn the road users, than a large sign?
I’m getting a motorbike, Any Advise? Im going to be going for my CBT first of all but im looking for a 125 to get me started, ive been looking at the honda CG and so far it all looks peachy, but obviously im new to this and things can be made to look like something they are not...and does anyone have a good site to advise me on road tax and insurance as well? ... advise?
Bikes on trains, and whats a "class number"? OK I want to get my bike on the train if I go to certain places up North Norfolk (as they are 5-6 miles walk from the stations)
a while back I asked some people and they said you could do it but your bike had to go in a certain part of the train depending on the "class number" and you would have sometimes to pre-book it with One/NX
I think it was something to do with whether it was an electric train or those diesel ones, (other than that they all look the same to me), but what should I look for? any trainspotters in the house lol? :laugh_at:
Bike thieves are scum! How am i a cunt? what would you do earlier hours of the morning, pissed/kd up, 6 miless away from home, im actually selling one of the bikes, fucking nice one n all, £20 if ya interested????123
Bike thieves are scum! Someone stole the bolt that holds the back of my bike's frame together and keeps the saddle in place last night. It's weird they didn't take the saddle so I can't see the point of it. ANNOYED!123
