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Hi Mike, the main reasons you give for trail braking are the ones most often quoted and emphasising to corner at a higher speed. It may be different for bikes but from the perspective of cars I would say the main reason for public road driving is to add an extra layer of safety rather than speed. Fo...

I drove my first DSG auto some years ago and since then driven a number of cars with it. Very impressed and now own a car with this box. My love of this system grows. The only thing I miss is heel n toe. However left foot braking is replacing this skill. I would always look for DSG in any car I purc...

vanman wrote:

Jonquirk wrote:My 2002 MR2 has a/c. Just sayin’

2000 Micra ditto

With the windows wound down, no doubt.

Do you avoid dual carriageways, without technology and refuge areas? Very good point, not sure how to answer that. :? Don't know why but drivers seem a bit more attentive on non motorways. Maybe because motorways have fewer hazards it instills a sense of safety so concentration drops. The expectati...

Best to avoid me thinks. Hate to break down with refuge places about a mile apart and no gantry signs in operation to warn traffic.

Some of this has already been in the HC but rarely followed by motorists. On a cycle I've been regularly cut up by cars turning, vehicles not observing ASL, cars passing much too close (on a number of occasions I've had an elbow clipped). Trouble is will people read the HC and follow the rules/guide...

I do hope it does not come to that. All the best for the operation.

A firm called Optilabs (https://www.optilabs.com) make up a variety of glasses for sports from a prescription. I used to get cycle glasses from them as I need varifocal as well. They are made up to your requirements so can be plain or tinted.I used to have a pair of each. The cycle glasses were curv...

vanman wrote:Considering the bike observers are the ONLY ones providing revenue via bike tests at the moment.

Very true. One wonders how they could have slipped up so badly.

What the IAM appear to have said is “ The return to on-road coaching will start with a two-week period of peer observed sessions and assessments for our observers from Monday. This will be followed by the restart of Associate in-car coaching from Monday 20 July. Tests will restart two weeks later M...