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by gannet
Fri Oct 06, 2017 10:09 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Riding a bicycle without brakes
Replies: 76
Views: 67062

Re: Riding a bicycle without brakes

As a result of this thread, my comments, and subsequent replies - I've been extra vigilant this evening - and still failed to spot the pedestrian cutting a few yards off of their route to the crossing at the lights.... she was on her phone at the time just walking along the pavement, and stepped alo...
by gannet
Thu Oct 05, 2017 4:28 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Riding a bicycle without brakes
Replies: 76
Views: 67062

Re: Riding a bicycle without brakes

yup, that about sums it up...
by gannet
Thu Oct 05, 2017 3:45 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Riding a bicycle without brakes
Replies: 76
Views: 67062

Re: Riding a bicycle without brakes

... I think my bike is legal, but even so there are several near misses each week with pedestrians who just don't look to their right when approaching the middle of the road - or don't even look either way because facecrap is more important... Most times I've already spotted them walking between th...
by gannet
Thu Oct 05, 2017 3:21 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Riding a bicycle without brakes
Replies: 76
Views: 67062

Re: Riding a bicycle without brakes

I think my bike is legal, but even so there are several near misses each week with pedestrians who just don't look to their right when approaching the middle of the road - or don't even look either way because facecrap is more important... Most times I've already spotted them walking between the st...
by gannet
Thu Oct 05, 2017 3:06 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Riding a bicycle without brakes
Replies: 76
Views: 67062

Re: Riding a bicycle without brakes

On the subject of front vs rear brakes... I have disks at both ends... it is without doubt the front brake that stops you, but how come I go through rear pads a lot quicker than front ones :? You've got the levers on the wrong (for UK) bars?! :lol: LOL, been there done that, it hurt... More likely ...
by gannet
Thu Oct 05, 2017 2:43 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Flat bottomed steering wheels - why??
Replies: 66
Views: 63524

Re: Flat bottomed steering wheels - why??

my DS3 had one, never noticed it give any issues personally...
by gannet
Thu Oct 05, 2017 2:42 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Riding a bicycle without brakes
Replies: 76
Views: 67062

Re: Riding a bicycle without brakes

The incident that caused all this discussion in the first instance is of course a tragic one, the cyclist rightly being prosecuted accordingly. I wonder if he would have charged IF his bike had been legal though. I think my bike is legal, but even so there are several near misses each week with pede...
by gannet
Fri Jun 23, 2017 7:49 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: New or Used?
Replies: 14
Views: 14373

Re: New or Used?

dealer finance on used cars is always a rip-off - dealer wanted to charge me 10% interest. They seemed quite surprised I'd asked what the APR was...

I took out a personal loan in end - @ 2.9%... and I own the car. This was on a 9 month old car, which new would've been ~30k...
by gannet
Sat May 27, 2017 2:57 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Driving in the middle of London
Replies: 16
Views: 15759

Re: Driving in the middle of London

Traffic last night in the rush hour was frankly the worst I've seen it for looooooongg time - probably something to do with the bank holiday and nice weather.

Didn't slow me up too much though - 15.5 mph average :bike:
by gannet
Thu May 25, 2017 8:31 am
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Return to the road
Replies: 7
Views: 15185

Re: Return to the road

Welcome back and glad you are feeling better :D

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