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Here are a few reasons from my limited experience: - cycle lanes aren't always the most direct route. Sticking to the road is often quicker. - cycle lanes running parallel to the main road and crossing each minor road / junction off it can mean giving way to turning traffic every 500m (or...

A lot of bikes are designed for 120Kg plus 15Kg luggage, so you don't necessarily have to get a chunky bike if you're not carrying anything other than yourself. I say that as a 19st bloke (121Kg) who bought an Orbea Gain, which you might think is a bit delicate from the images. Not so. (The one...

Re: the Netherlands - rather than the Dutch Reach technique you're going to need Dutch courage for that junction.

Roundabout exits are slightly different to normal junctions as the exits don't have broken white lines, only the roundabout's entrances have them, so maybe they count as an intrinsic part of the roundabout and not a junction as such. However, that subtlety is not going to be at the forefront of...

Try it and see. If you're still alive, let us know how it went.* *Disclaimer: this is a joke

Or Boudicca 1.5m celtic sword wheels. Guaranteed to repel all (space) invaders, and look pretty damn cool.

Quite right. If it was purely a set of laws, it would be called the Highway Laws. :rolleyes: 'Code' suggests a code of conduct on the highway.

More like one rule for selfish people, one for the rest of us. 'Tosser' immediately comes to mind when I see those vehicles. If everyone shows blue lights they stop being effective.

Lots of relevant info & links here: http://www.ukemergency.co.uk/blue-light-use/ The blue light regulations applying to emergency vehicles used to be just for motor vehicles. In 2005 the rules were changed to cover all vehicles, including cycles. This reflects the increased use of cycles to...

A good read, thanks. Agreed it's a shared problem for small vehicles, but there's a difference between motorbikes and bicycles - good motorcyclists can actively take avoiding actions because they're generally moving about the same speed as other powered vehicles, i.e. moving to the centre of...

Spot on. Rule 126, first line: Stopping distances. Drive at a speed that will allow you to stop well within the distance you can see to be clear. Horns (and bells and shouting) are for letting other road users know you're there, not 'Get out of the way' or 'I'm very short-tempered and more...

Just popping in to break the monotony of pasted articles from the same person. Without the occasional alternative post from somebody else there's a risk of epilepsy if scrolling down the page too fast.

I've also had a Suntour SP12 NCX post for 12 months and it's excellent for taking the 'whack' out of big bumps, and generally smoothing the ride over smaller ones. Only one minor criticism (which will also be true of the Kinekt post), there is no rebound damping, so you get a smaller boing...

Good question: polarised sunglasses won't improve over any other sunglasses for direct light. The light intensity will still decrease just because the shaded glass decreases all transmission, but it's not selective - everything gets darker. My point was that the problem of low sun is that it's...

As above, your solution to reflected light is polarised sunglasses, not plain ones. A quick video demo of reflected light bouncing off a desk/bench being blocked:

Yeah, but what do you do about the sunshine? :D

Not true. Watch and be impressed: 2.5 angle grinder discs with a mains grinder, not battery. And he's huffing a bit from the effort. And words if you don't like vids...

I would think you could manage both. Squinting at the Mercury images there seem to be mounting points on the stays below the saddle and also down at the rear dropouts. Those top mounting points are for a rack (a mudguard won't need them) and down the bottom at the rear dropouts the rack and...

Polaroid (i.e. polarised) sunglasses will greatly decrease the intensity of reflected light, so that will help a lot on the current wet shiny salty roads. > Ride out west in the morning, ride back east in the afternoon. :D Like it. However, it's others not seeing you that is the greatest...

On a more general note, larger wheels will give you a more stable ride because of the additional gyroscopic force they give. The gyroscopic motion acts to keep the bike in line once you're rolling. However, 25" is reasonably large anyway.