Nazis are members of the National Socialist German Workers’ Party. This organization no longer exist. The term “Nazis” is now used as a slur to denigrate people we don’t like.

Well I for one hope we can soon be told how “they were socialists actually, its literally in their name bro. Do your research”

Cambridgeshire Highways love a gnarpoon

without having yet read through all of the replies, so apologies if someone else has mentioned it but many years ago as a law student I relied on a House of Lords finding from about 1901 that someone pushing a bike on a footpath was entirely lawful and that ‘the bicycle was merely an appendage to the pedestrian’ (or somesuch)

I’ll see if I can dig it out if not already provided by anyone else…..

Weeksy – I don’t think I’ll have had anything easier than a 39/27, so 36/36 certainly won’t be a problem.

I’m fairly sure for organised rides they take you down a ‘new’ tarmac road as coming down the steeper side (from the Angel down passed the ossuary) in the wet and with a couple of side roads once you’re flat out can be on the hairy side

Tonyg – in fairness, I don’t think many at that end of the Flanders Wall have; Cassel being the only one that springs to mind?

tonyg2003
Full Member
No cobbles to speak of on the G/Wev. The only real challenge is getting up the Kemmelberg and even then it’s not cobbled so it isn’t like the Flanders climb

not cobbled?…..have I been riding a different Kemmelberg?

csb
Full Member
Cambridge to London cycle would likely take you on some pretty scary roads, certainly until the Lea Valley path starting around Hertford

I ride to / from London throughout the year from my corner of Cambs, and as long as you have no desire to go the same route you would in a car there are plenty of routes that see you on lanes and minor roads well into town (and onto the TFL routes) and thats not including riding down the Lea Valley path from Ware

That said, I’d not be rushing to take anyone not that confident with me anytime soon

466 done; an off-road metric ton, a couple of mostly-on-road imperials and a Boxing Day 10 on fixed.

Will be doing no more than the bare minimum to get over the line tomorrow.

Not sure if my current fitness or more to do with weather and winter set-up on bikes, but very noticeably 5 or 6kmph slower than normal

grum
Full Member

Liverpool Leicester game is well worth a watch on the highlights btw – great comeback from Liverpool and some cracking goals including an absolute screamer from James Madison.

Refs seems to have totally given up on stopping goalies come off the line before a penalty kick is taken though. There were a few saves in the shootout that looked well dodgy to me.

I was stood immediately to the side of the goalpost (with the lino), it would also seem that the penalty-taker not stop / start stuttering their run-up is also perfectly fine…..

desperatebicycle
Free Member
OMG! Cars can carry the infection?!

my mistake; we’ve definitely not been told for months to wash hands etc

It sounds like the loopy old git would deserve anything coming his way, but surprised that line of mitigation wasn’t at least given some very serious thought if not used

did his defence try to make anything of the cyclist spitting? I would have thought ‘being in fear of a deadly pandemic as such vulnerable old people’ etc would have been an open goal for a jury

the crossover between fundamentalist Christians and the Q conspiracy might make GK Chesterton turn in his grave sufficiently to want to re-think his “When men choose not to believe in God, they do not thereafter believe in nothing, they then become capable of believing in anything”

you want to watch that shoelace; you could trip and do yourself a mischief

ps – linky no worky

tu es Parisien et je réclame mes cinq euros

jambourgie
If I had my way, all cars in cities would have to be tiny hatchbacks with massive bumpers. And you’re not allowed to claim from other people for twatty little knocks and scratches. That should be seen as part of the consequences of using your personal possessions in the street.

interesting read, but still can’t see anyone came up with an answer to the ‘how does the camera know not just to flash anything going over 50mph in case thats the limit for that vehicle” rather than anything doing over whatever the speed limit for the road is?

I don’t recall ever being flashed by a camera at over 50mph in my car ‘just in case’ I wasn’t allowed to drive at up to the 60 or 70mph speed limit of the road??

stevextc
Free Member
FB-ATB

May be a silly q, but if blazinsaddles has “2 identical Peugeot Boxers… my work van… speed limit 60, .. a camper conversion … allowed to do 70 as reclassified as motor caravan” how does a camera know which is which when it takes a photo?
Is it linked to ANPR- sees it’s the work van doing 65 (ignoring “tolerance” for egs sake) so takes a photo, rather than takes a photo of everything doing more than 70 on a motorway?

Not stupid at all.
For all the discussion it’s really simple. It has little or nothing to do with making roads safer per-se and everything to do with what can be automated.

Hence why stickers on the back and undisclosed why one van potentially carrying a bomb or one carrying school kids can do 70 whilst a lighter van with the same suspension and brakes is only safe to do 60. Adding the stickers just makes it easier to automate.

Anything else is just over thinking it

in related news, everywhere I went in Belgium last week was not only able to accept a UK Covid passport in-lieu of their own ‘Safe Ticket’ but were also happy to take a BC / UCI Race Licence as proof of identity

also, nobody shot me or set fire to my bike

Chair of Govs of a village primary; move to a new site a couple of years ago saw us make provision for covered secure bike and scooter parking (with cctv) for every pupil.

I appreciate we were lucky both regarding available space and opportunity, but ‘build it and they will come’ and all that

Thick end of £5M new school site project now has cycle path and shelters……..oh, and classrooms & other stuff too pic.twitter.com/TLVIX3L3A4

— Simon.Rhino No.5 (@RhinoFive) September 27, 2018

I’m carrying a broken wrist from a CX race mishap so confined to turbo for a while

riding ‘no hands’ to avoid any accidental bar-interface I was feeling well-pro as I plucked mozzies out of the air with my good hand without breaking cadence …….until I gave the garage ceiling a Bruce Lee style one finger punch. Fortunately just a black nail today rather than another trip to A&E

thanks; I think they wanted to wait until they’d had him for a week of treatment & observation before they made a diagnosis. Sadly it seems as though not a short-term Wernicke episode but the full blown Korsakoff Syndrome, and he’s not any more coherent / less befuddled than when he went in.

Will see what they say in coming days, but happy to benefit from any experiences (good or bad) anyone might be able to share

Northwind

You’re scheming on a thing that’s a mirage
I’m trying to tell you now, it’s cabotage

I can’t stand it, I know you planned it……

Cabbotage

I’ve had the opposite; broke a finger opening a bottle of wine and was happy not to correct anyone who assumed I’d done on a bike

not only isn’t there a day that couldn’t be improved by this but can also play without fear of the kids hearing any potty mouthing……

desperatebicycle
Free Member
OOchy! I have sat on a nut before in the act of jumping back on the saddle. That’s pretty painful!

…..welcome to the world of Vets CX racing

Cougar
Full Member
I never understood the point of leaf blowers. They don’t remove anything, they just redistribute shit. They’re the gardening equivalent of Izal toilet paper

“Tory Gardening” – just ****s the problem off onto those without the resources to blow them back in your direction

isn’t there a difference between ‘responsibility of maintenance’ between footpath and bridleway?….I’m sure this was recently given as a reason why a landowner opposed the proposed ‘upgrading’ of a footpath to b’way

EDIT: quick bit of googling suggests that may be nonsense as per LB Enfield info below:

The Council is responsible for protecting and asserting the rights of the public to use rights of
way, including footpaths and bridleways. Responsibility for keeping footpaths clear of
obstructions rests with the landowner as does the requirement to cut back vegetation and
maintain gates and stiles.

The Council is not required to maintain footpaths and bridleways to a defined standard (i.e.
to provide a hard surface or ensure the surface is not broken) but must ensure that the ways
are safe and, as established by legal precedent, “reasonably passable for the ordinary traffic
of the neighbourhood in all seasons of the year”. Government advice on the matter states
that “footpaths and bridleways should harmonise with the general appearance and character
of the surroundings”. This is particularly relevant on bridleways and those footpaths outside
of the urban areas of the borough. It should be noted that some footpaths and bridleways
are not maintainable by the Council at all, including those created after 1949 that have not
subsequently been adopted by the Council.

Side Gallery http://www.amber-online.com/side-gallery/ &

The Laing https://laingartgallery.org.uk/ are my favourites

cracking views from the Baltic but recent trips haven’t had anything on show I was particularly taken by

me, every day: Audiolab 8300CD & amp

……so my Garmin has just uploaded the ride when I turned it on this evening. no idea but panic over

thanks all; ride definitely ‘in there’ as shows on ‘all rides’ function with all ride info, map etc

have tried all the cleaning, poking, twanging of USB pins so looks like the PCB route is the way to go unless someone can give me very idiotproof instructions on a ‘forced upload’ from ‘all ride’ route

cheers

definitely not showing on Connect; have tried uploading from the garmin and tying to catch in unawares with a synch from Connect but no joy…….

I’ve since uploaded subsequent ‘rides’ but it will not upload the one where it ran out of juice before being able to save it

all the data is in there, just need to find a way of getting it out……..

it’ll upload rides if I’ve pressed stop and asked it to save, but it seems that if this wasn’t done (because it shut itself down when running out of power) that the file doesn’t have the magic ingredient for an upload to Connect

yep, tried a combination of leads and also pc & laptop so pretty sure it the USB on the garmin that has the problem

might try sticking a pin in and seeing if that does anything…….

….nope, still ‘device not recognised’

Monty Skips The Pellet?

knowing nothing a stranger can say will make it all better, but hopefully it helps to know there are a lot of people wishing you well

I was pleased with myself a couple of summers ago when one of a group of bobblehats standing around on a trail (defo a bridleway) told me I couldn’t ride my bike here; I reminded her that not only could I, but that she had just seen me do so and left her to her confusion

he’s a Real Gone Rat

I’ve got no time for people who can’t use a lawnmower safely……

….I’m lacks toes intolerant

tthew
Full Member
Our local newspaper ran a story about local residents in one part of the town being up in arms about their properties being tagged with chalk marks by criminal gangs DEFINITELY planning theft, murder, drugs networks, you name it…

Turns out it was a local running club marking out hashing routes for which they apologised in the following weeks paper. 🤣

we had something similar with a Hare & Hounds route being marked by little piles of flour……..or ‘clear evidence of an ISIS Anthrax attack on the village’ as the great minds of facebook had it

tthew
Full Member

When my missis car was broken into, (long time ago) the tape player was nicked, (see – long time!) but they ejected and left the Take That cassette that was in the slot at the time! Harsh.

rust bucket Datsun stolen many a year ago with the Cramps cassette from the stereo left on the kerb.

I say stolen, it might have just crumbled into dust and blown away overnight

I’m guessing its all too late now for a Demi Lovato / Danny DeVito zinger