Forum: UK
February 5th 09, 08:45 AM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Difficult driving conditions.
On 2 Feb, 19:19, Mike the unimaginative wrote:
Agreed!
I cycled my usual paltry 7km to work, arrived on time, but people who drive
from close to where I live weren't...
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Forum: UK
February 1st 09, 09:05 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 59
Views: 1,641
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Forum: UK
January 9th 09, 10:50 AM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 108
Views: 1,866
A Simple Question
On 8 Jan, 21:22, Nuxx Bar wrote:
So, you'd sooner admit that you were driving like an idiot (and
therefore putting lives at risk) than admit that there was...
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Forum: UK
January 9th 09, 10:45 AM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 42
Views: 1,516
cycling in icy conditions
I did my first sideways-drift whilst staying on the bike this am; took
it VERY gently after that. Chose to ride on the roads rather than the
untreated cycle tracks (another reason for not using them...
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Forum: UK
January 5th 09, 09:22 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 108
Views: 1,866
A Simple Question
On 3 Jan, 21:32, Nuxx Bar wrote:
*Along the route between A and B is a
stretch of road which was NSL until a few years ago, but now has a
30mph limit,
So it's...
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Forum: UK
December 24th 08, 08:29 AM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 62
Views: 1,511
Accident report (Edinburgh)
On 22 Dec, 17:46, "Just zis Guy, you know?"
wrote:
# String, string, string, string
* Everybody loves string!
Indeed; As Raymond Baxter pointed out at the time, it's...
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Forum: UK
December 24th 08, 08:25 AM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 110
Views: 1,210
Wait like the rest of us
On 23 Dec, 22:40, _ wrote:
failing to recognise their own failings, promoting the idea of riding
two abreast in the middle of a lane because "it doesn't allow faster
...
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Forum: UK
December 23rd 08, 04:40 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 122
Views: 1,766
Troll Drawings
On 23 Dec, 11:09, Rob Ward
wrote:
On Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:58:36 +0000, *wrote:
snip
That was the point I was making, but you seem to have...
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Forum: UK
December 23rd 08, 04:35 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 110
Views: 1,210
Wait like the rest of us
On 23 Dec, 15:27, _ wrote:
Peter Grange wrote:
On Tue, 23 Dec 2008 14:31:15 +0000, _ wrote:
Paul - xxx wrote:
_ wrote:
in the old...
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Forum: UK
December 21st 08, 09:54 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 26
Views: 566
Los Angeles introduces bicycle licenses
On 20 Dec, 16:28, kingdom wrote:
this seems to be quite sensible - it does annoy me when cyclists ride
in the middle of the car lanes.
What's a /car/ lane?
Peter.
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Forum: UK
December 16th 08, 12:08 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 35
Views: 2,083
Tips for cycling holiday in Bath area
On 15 Dec, 02:05, Jumpinjarhead Jumpinjarhead.3kg...@no-
mx.forums.travel.com wrote:
I am a Yank and want to take a cycling holiday in the Bath area. *I am
also retired Marine Colonel so I...
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Forum: UK
November 26th 08, 06:11 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 62
Views: 1,511
Accident report (Edinburgh)
On 26 Nov, 15:56, Chris Malcolm wrote:
Suggestions for more lessons to learn gratefully received :-)
--
Chris Malcolm
Firstly, commiserations; hope the bruises...
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Forum: UK
November 14th 08, 01:12 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 47
Views: 1,623
My Court Case
On 13 Nov, 16:37, Tom Crispin
wrote:
It couldn't have started any worse...
I started reading this fully expecting some verdict along the lines of
"well...
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Forum: UK
November 13th 08, 12:02 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 18
Views: 535
GPS fun.
On 13 Nov, 08:52, "Simon Mason" wrote:
"POHB" wrote in message
...
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Forum: UK
November 4th 08, 01:15 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 473
Views: 8,209
Cyclists Dismount Sign
On 4 Nov, 10:24, "Colin Reed" wrote:
I'm a driver! I have had my current car for 13 months and 1 day, and have
covered just over 42,000 miles in that...
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Forum: UK
November 4th 08, 12:23 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 11
Views: 385
Toodle Pip to everyone!
On 4 Nov, 11:34, "Simon Mason"
wrote:
Good luck Brian. Maybe when you come back, the UK's largest company will
have provided me with more than a few yards of...
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Forum: UK
November 3rd 08, 10:16 AM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,114
Motorist drives through brick wall.
On 3 Nov, 08:44, "wafflycat" wrote:
So let me get this right... Woolly-haired, petrol-headed, tosspot, drives a
truck into a wall at speed, decides it hurts a...
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Forum: UK
October 31st 08, 06:36 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 4
Views: 233
Might be OT- Irritating whine
On 30 Oct, 22:17, Peter Fox wrote:
It could be tyres and mudguards.
Hmm.. It only seems to happen when I'm looking at URC.... Maybe Marc
is on the right...
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Forum: UK
October 30th 08, 09:04 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 4
Views: 233
Might be OT- Irritating whine
I've just cured the grinding noise due to a chipped brake block
allowing metal to come into contact with the rim. But I now keep
hearing this constant irritating whine. It'll disappears for a...
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Forum: UK
October 29th 08, 09:55 AM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 72
Views: 2,014
Cycle lights with Torx fasteners?
On 28 Oct, 21:37, Ace wrote:
On Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:42:57 +0000, Mickey Mouse
wrote:
Forget that -http://sheldonbrown.com/wheelbuild.htmlis...
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Forum: UK
October 28th 08, 11:50 AM Posted to uk.rec.cycling,uk.transport
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Replies: 100
Views: 2,316
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Forum: UK
October 26th 08, 05:16 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 41
Views: 1,395
State of the art cheap battery LED?
On 25 Oct, 10:53, "Simon Mason" wrote:
It would be a poor driver who only looked out of a give way junction for the
length of time of a single flash of most...
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Forum: UK
October 20th 08, 01:00 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 50
Views: 773
Motormouth letter.
On 20 Oct, 11:45, judith wrote:
On Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:22:47 +0100, "PK" wrote:
"Simon Mason" wrote in message
...
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Forum: UK
October 20th 08, 12:41 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 50
Views: 773
Motormouth letter.
On 19 Oct, 12:39, "Simon Mason"
wrote:
I managed to "infiltrate" the motors section of our local paper with this
letter which was fortuitously perched next to...
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Forum: UK
October 15th 08, 10:08 PM Posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Replies: 24
Views: 1,399
Depressing Reading
On 10 Oct, 23:49, Tom Crispin
wrote:
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Yes, but to be fair the rest of Berkshire is OK. :-)
Peter.
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