It’s antibacterial, though whether that’s in any sort of useful, practical manner or not I don’t know.

There is a small amount of evidence that honey is a useful antibacterial, but there is even less evidence that manuka honey is any better than normal honey.

If they were “secretish”, then they probably shouldn’t have done a press release on them:

http://www.caerphillyobserver.co.uk/news/470780/mountain-bikers-sign-deal-for-caerphilly-dirt-track/

http://dirt.mpora.com/news/van-trails-group-secure-10-year-agreement-forestry-commission.html

I bought from the same company (although a different eBay id, but they seem to have several), ordered three, £16.50 each at the time. They arrived from China in a week and a half, with no customs charges. Came with two pin chargers, but with UK adapters.

They work fine, very bright, but a bit spotty, so I ordered 3 of the ‘orange peel’ reflectors and one wide angle lens from Action LED in the US. The reflectors make the light pattern a lot more usable, and the wide angle lens gives a good flood for the bars. I use two bar mounted, one flood and one spot, and one spot on the helmet. One on the helmet would probably be ok most of the time, but having two lights, one on the helmet and one on the bars does help with depth perception.

Congestion charge zone is about 3 miles north of Brixton, so if you come in from the south you’d be fine. There is a map on TFL website, it’s easy to avoid it, and it stops at 6 anyway.

You can get there by car, if that’s what you mean by accessible? Pretty sure the Academy doesn’t have parking, but there are a few council car parks in Brixton. Or most on street parking in London seems to be free after 6 or 7. Check the council parking website (Lambeth).

http://www.roaduserdirect.co.uk/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=1207

In the UK i believe it just means a bike.

That one coming from China would be a PITA if it went wrong, plus import duties / taxes could come into play, no?

The £17.30 one linked to does in theory have a 6 month manufacturers warranty, but yes, by the time you’d sent it back you probably might as well just buy a new one.

It’s worth noting that the C&B Seen UK lights only have a 1 month warranty, so that’s hardly brilliant either.

No import duties/taxes on the chinese one because it’s below the threshold.

Cats bury it don’t they? Only ever had problems with dog poo on lawns.

My mum did one, crashed the next day.

It is fairly standard. Think its 600mm deep, 900mm high (top of worktop), units are generally 450/600/1200 wide.

This is worth a look:

http://www.gooutdoors.co.uk/oregon-450-with-full-country-p155099

They also beat any price by 10%, and I’m pretty sure you could find it cheaper elsewhere…

I can understand wanting to order from somewhere in the UK to get backup, but I can’t understand this:

You shouldn’t buy that light because this:

http://dx.com/p/t6-waterproof-xml-t6-3-mode-1200-lumen-white-led-bike-light-with-battery-pack-set-82510

Took about a week and a half to arrive. £30. Job done

When it’s £17.30 from here:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/170876182742

And took about a week and a half to arrive.

pleaderwilliams – what bike is that your running?

Trance X with Sektor U-Turns.

I got the Chinese lights for £16.50 each. eBay seller was tomtop_game I think.

Edit: From here: http://bit.ly/VwxOoW

Came in 1 1/2 weeks, work ok. I bought orange peel reflectors for them too, which makes them a bit less spotty.

Yeah, he sells replacement decals. Just send them an email.

Cy probably does…

A debate about dogs paying taxes/using public services – brilliant!

I think we can probably close the rest of the Chat Forum now.

If I had one MTB (which I do), it would be 125mm and 120/140mm (which it is). If I had two, the second would be a hardtail with 100/120mm, and if I had three, the third would be 160mm and 160/180mm.

If he shoots your dog on a right of way on his land then he can be charged with criminal damage, unless your dog is worrying livestock, in which case it is generally seen as justified. If your dog is off the path after he asks/has asked you to keep it on the path, then you are trespassing.

If he has said that he may be forced to shoot if dogs are worrying livestock, then that is probably a fair warning. If he has said that he will shoot if dogs are just on his land, then that isn’t. He can only take to court for that, he has no right to shoot the dog. If he is making general threats to shoot people/dogs then that should be reported to the police.

Aside from all of that, and hoping to stir up the already rabid debate. I think dog owners (all pet owners in fact, although large dogs are among the worst), should have to pay a yearly pet tax to offset their substantial carbon footprint.

Do you mean bib shorts? Bib shorts/bib tights are both much better than their non-bibbed counterparts. Shorts or tights depends on the temperatures really. 10C and above shorts will be fine, maybe with some knee warmers. Much below that and you’ll probably want tights.

Addison Lee will do a prepaid booking, so you’ll know exactly what it’ll cost. You can do it on their website. Only issue is whether you have a moral problem with their CEOs stance on cyclists. I don’t know if any other minicab companies do the same thing? Black cab will definitely be a bit more expensive.

Tube is probably about a fiver? Or £2.50ish with an Oyster card. You can cross the road from Euston to Euston Square, then it’s straight down the H&C line, about 25 minutes.

Or if the claustrophobia is a problem then get the bus? Bus 205 goes from Euston to Whitechapel, takes about 45 minutes. Just remember to get a ticket before you get, or have exact change.

I know it’s not for his 50th, but there are quite a lot of good ideas here:

http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/50th-birthday-present-for-keen-cyclist-ideas-please-

This is quite interesting, Trump has a lot of previous on this kind of thing:

http://www.trippinguptrump.com/trump-developments

Site comes with an obvious bias, but there are all links to news articles for all those developments. The Ranchos Palos Verdes one is especially shocking.

I already knew quite a bit about this, but didn’t realise quite how bad it was. No respect or consideration of the locals or the landscape. Unfortunately that is Trump’s modus operandi, he’s done it all over the world, trampling over residents and the environment, or persuading local authorities to put loads of money into infrastructure for his resorts, only to cancel the project if every single aspect doesn’t go his way.

Garmin Etrex 20 would probably be the cheapest option to do that. If you’ve got a bit more money the Etrex 30 has an electronic compass and barometric altitude sensor, as well as working with heart rate monitors and cadence sensors. The Dakota 20 is very similar to the Etrex 30 but has a touchscreen.

Best way to buy is to do a Google shopping search and find the cheapest price online, and then get Go Outdoors to beat that price.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/prendas-ciclismo/m.html

Prendas normally have some cheap seconds caps floating about on ebay. I have a Molteni one, the printing is a bit light, but the cap is great.

Edinburgh, probably Morningside. Nice town/city, big enough to have all you could ever really need. Cycleable to the Pentlands, not too long a drive into the Highlands.

2007 Rockrider

“Yeti”

God, this is really embarrassing.

Note to self to never suggest bargains again.

Well, it was on ebay, and it had only just been listed. Two out of four ain’t bad.

Prize for whoever works out what it actually is?

Not a Yeti…

Although I’m no expert on old Yetis that was rather what I thought. Certainly doesn’t look like any Yeti from the last 6 or 7 years.

Not a bargain.

Just get a normal length Shimano skewer, and use the nut/cam/lever from that with the threaded rod from your existing skewer?

If you’ve got STIs you may want to stay off the bike until they’ve cleared up. All that sweaty Lycra can’t be good for them.

Do any decent headsets wear out in the life of the bike if fitted properly and greased occasionally? I’ve never spent more than £20 on a headset and never had one wear out. Got 10 year old FSAs still going strong.

Double post.

But a chance to make another point. It doesn’t matter if they did discriminate against unmarried couples, both gay and straight, that’s still discrimination and they shouldn’t be allowed to do it. It does sound from the evidence like they were far more concerned about the gays than the unmarried straight couples though.

Later in the review there is mention of “the room” and “the bed”, so unless she’s got terrible grammar, then yes, it sounds like they shared a room, and a bed.

THE B&B OWNERS TURNED AWAY ANY COUPLE WHO WEREN’T MARRIED, AS THAT WENT AGAINST THEIR BELIEFS

From a TripAdvisor review

My boyfriend & I stayed here…

Just order a TV from Amazon and see what turns up.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/48589971/DC_Man_Orders_TV_From_Amazon_Gets_Assault_Rifle_Instead