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  1. Wicky

    Guy Martins new TV programme

    His next project is cycling around England, Scotland & Wales (4,800 miles) in 21 days before Crimbo http://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/guy-martin-s-record-breaking-attempt-to-cycle-around-uk-in-21-days-video/story-29962679-detail/story.html
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Looks like there are bargains being snapped up in Britain's Brexit closing down sale... https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/dec/06/chinese-firm-pub-david-cameron-xi-jinping-pint-plough-cadsden
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    Recommend me a new front light

    I got this Philips USB rechargeable front light after it was recommended here - It still works a treat after 2 years and since having it I haven't crashed into any hedges... https://www.rosebikes.co.uk/article/philips-saferide-80-led-bike-light-battery-front-light/aid:642257 Though it seems...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    If the Government's appeal is unsuccessful, would they take a further appeal to the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg....
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    ebike travel

    no chance http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations_destinations/cyclists.aspx easy when travelling locally on non intercity trains off peak - a bit more involved otherwise.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Ali G, Borat...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Before proportional representation Farage failed to get elected to the European Parliament. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_history_of_Nigel_Farage#Elections_to_the_European_Parliament and in other news... Hard Brexit 'could cost Tories next election' - MPs Pursuing a "hard" Brexit...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Since all the post BREXIT predictions of disaster have failed to materialised, and will continue to do so, I suppose this latest fabrication gives them a straw to clutch at. Tell that to the Tories who have chosen to implement Brexit and in doing so will make them unelectable in any general...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

  10. Wicky

    ebike snobbery

    The other day I used my motorbike and every bicycle I saw was a pedelec (4 in Colchester, 3 in Frinton and 1 inbetween).
  11. Wicky

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    "I said he (Hitler) had worked wonders" What Autobahns that were buit were merely nominal propoganda as funnily enough that other wonder project of Hitler's WW2 impeded further construction. They were pretty much useless as a way of moving miltary transport as road surface wasn't robust enough...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Flecc..Go and ask folk in Lithuania about them.loosing a whole generation of working people, firms unable to invest , even if they wished. The whole process is an experiment. Nobody really knows its outcome. Lithuania after regaining independance from Soviet control seems quite happy to choose...
  13. Wicky

    Is it worth trying hybrid tyres.

    I've used Big Apple Pluses for high Summer use and for the Autumn / Winter fitted Smart Sam Pluses allround tyres for road and trail use which they do well as centre tread is joined which is good for road but there is grip from knobblies either side for mucky conditions. Very puncture proof...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Good enough to get published by the Torygraph... Heck Farage is predicting a Revolution so can we expect him to depose the Queen and declaring himself as President of a new UK republic as surely it would rank in any poll as being highly unlikely...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    "But all of this is not nearly as funny as the remain supporters imagining that they occupy a kind of intellectually superior or culturally superior territory." No 'imagining' needed... Have you ever booked your holiday next year to Clacton-on-Sea, UKIP's only stronghold to mingle with your...
  16. Wicky

    NEW KEYS !!!!!

    Try Claud Butler Address: 35 Tameside Drive, Castle Bromwich, Birmingham, B35 7AG Email: support@claudbutler.co.uk
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    Protective wear for ebiking?

    Helmet, gloves, paddedd shorts and cricket box...
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    Punctures !!!!

    Likewise I was knobbled by a thorn in the side of a Schwalbe Smart Sam Plus. I only noticed the next day when I found the tyre was flat.
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    "I think from this we can take it that UKIP are significant from the warmth shown by Donald Trump towards Nigel Farage that they have a part to play in future US / UK relations." Sorry to see your hopes dashed...
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    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Doesn't seem NF was there as an elected MEP... Gerry Gunster Arron Banks Andy Wigmore Raheem Kassam (editor-in-chief of Breitbart News) interesting now that Trump has chosen Breitbart News boss Stephen Bannon to be his chief strategist. What an oddball world we now live in