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- Fri Oct 06, 2017 10:09 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Riding a bicycle without brakes
- Replies: 76
- Views: 68654
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...
- Thu Oct 05, 2017 4:28 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Riding a bicycle without brakes
- Replies: 76
- Views: 68654
Re: Riding a bicycle without brakes
yup, that about sums it up...
- Thu Oct 05, 2017 3:45 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Riding a bicycle without brakes
- Replies: 76
- Views: 68654
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...
- Thu Oct 05, 2017 3:21 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Riding a bicycle without brakes
- Replies: 76
- Views: 68654
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...
- Thu Oct 05, 2017 3:06 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Riding a bicycle without brakes
- Replies: 76
- Views: 68654
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 ...
- Thu Oct 05, 2017 2:43 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Flat bottomed steering wheels - why??
- Replies: 66
- Views: 65695
Re: Flat bottomed steering wheels - why??
my DS3 had one, never noticed it give any issues personally...
- Thu Oct 05, 2017 2:42 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Riding a bicycle without brakes
- Replies: 76
- Views: 68654
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...
- Fri Jun 23, 2017 7:49 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: New or Used?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 14538
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...
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...
- Sat May 27, 2017 2:57 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Driving in the middle of London
- Replies: 16
- Views: 15902
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
Didn't slow me up too much though - 15.5 mph average
- Thu May 25, 2017 8:31 am
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Return to the road
- Replies: 7
- Views: 17799
Re: Return to the road
Welcome back and glad you are feeling better