Anyone been handed a FPN for riding “cheeky” trails? Did you ride at night? How did you feel about it – fair cop guv or miserable plod? Did you have a Surly hip flask? Did you have the latest TROUT Photon Torpedoes? 😉

As it happens, I’ll be looking to down-size the Mongdeo estate in the next couple of months. Looking at the usual STW, estate, culprits –
A4
Octavia
Also considering –
Golf Estate
Yeti (?!!)
Any other suggestions?
The main thing is that it’ll have to tow a c***van. 8)

(/thread-hijack)

Mrs K hates carpet, and stormed off to bed at 8pm last night when I suggested it…

Ah, still remembers the carpet burns, then…. 😉

No doubt that he was in the wrong …………..but what should be asked here is, was the police action “reasonable”?
In the crcumstances, I’d say a good bollocking would have sufficed –

It was 11pm at night. Light traffic and no pedestrians.He was riding on the pavement

A caution and a fixed penalty notice is pretty heavy handed/quota filling, IMHO.

FORD!!!?? How the mighty have fallen! 😉

VRS estate?

Both. Wide, open vistas punctuated by Z-74 speeder blasts through the forests of Endor…………………..or something. 8)

Nice 45 mile road ride from West into North Yorkshire and back again. Started out misty but the sun came out by 09.30. 8)

Thanks to all who’ve contributed, here. My daughter has found your comments and suggestions very helpful. She’s plumped for the Sefton Park/Lark Lane area and is popping over, from Leeds, on Monday for a number of viewings.

Ta, once again.

Depends what she likes doing really. Give us a clue.

She’s a runner and is considering a bike.

matt_outandabout – Member

Yes, here is a nice place if you need to get to Liverpool.

Yeah, well that’s where Mrs Sox and I are looking ATM. 🙂

Any opinions on the Sefton Park area?

The £15.99 merino base layers are pretty decent for the money.
I called in on the way home from work, this morning and it was getting a bit tetchy, with people shoving and pushing.

Nobby – Member

That the place in Ireland? If so I have been

Nope, the Wyre Forest. Oh, and somewhere on the Chase, another in the Peaks and a few random possibilities elsewhere in the Midlands.

😀 😀 😀
*listens for ice bullets being fired*

^^ that looks, erm, “robust”,Rorschach, What sort of weight is it?

Unbelievable. 😐

RRR – I’m 6’2″ and have, ahem, a couple of 58cm roadbikes with 110mm stems………your frame seems a wee bit big, tbh. I had Lugano’s on both bikes, initially and found them OKish. (23’s on the CAAD 10 and 25’s on the alloy Synapse). The CAAD now has Pro 4’s and the Synapse has just had Conti GP’s (Black Chilli) slapped on for winter.
These look good value –
http://www.merlincycles.com/bike-shop/tyres-tubes/road-tyres-tubes/continental-road-tyres/continental-gatorskin-special-edition-25mm-twin-pack.html

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Pick the bones out of the above…

…………….something else to stress about, eh? 😉 From your description I really can’t see much to worry about.

scotroutes – Member

Meh – I’m not even a cyclist, just someone that rides a bike.

And that’s whether or not I’m on a road bike.

+1 x 100000000000. Spot on, that. Enjoy the ride, wherever. 🙂

6 Music for, erm, music…..although I reckon it’s time Keaveny was shown the door.
5 Live for news/sport – not so keen on the “debate” shows like Victoria Derbyshire (shudders).

Crash Callers
Team MAJAX
Flatliners

Ran my MTB commuter with 48/34 front and a 11-26 cassette. Perfect.
Also had a slightly longer stem (105mm from 90), flat bar and bar ends, Exotic carbon fork, 2″ Big Apple tyre on the front and a 1.5″ Marathon on the rear.

My only experience of them is as OEM tyres…………..scarier than Conti Explorers on sheet ice. 😐

These –

Name down to be a “Tour Maker”…

My middle child is “strawberry blonde”. Cross her at your peril. 😐

Brilliant! 😆

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Had Pro 4’s on for a week – awesome tyres!
Here – http://www.merlincycles.com/bike-shop/tyres-tubes/road-tyres-tubes/michelin-road-tyres/pair-michelin-pro-4-service-course-folding-tyres.html

Do it now.

6’2″
90kg
As a result, I’m not that quick up the hills. 😐

Outer top pocket (of rucksack)
House keys
Bike lock keys
Lip balm
Spare sunnies
Work ID
Work swipe card
Pen
Inner top pocket
Witch Stick
Gym swipe card
Tube of Berocca tablets
Wallet
Phone
Left pocket
2 x bike lock
Mini pump
Lock knife
Right pocket
Puncture repair kit
Tyre levers
Multi tool
1 x 26″ inner tube
1 x 700c inner tube
Lightweight waterproof shell
Main compartment
Overshoes
Waterproof 3/4 shorts
Lunchbox (containing breakfast and erm, lunch)
A4 file
First aid kit
Dry bag containing –
Shirt + tie
Undercrackers
Socks
Spare cycling socks
…………..bloody hell, no wonder it’s heavy.

This –

– is nice.

+1 for Big Apples/Marathons – run a 2.0 BA front and a 1.5 Marathon rear, currently.

This –

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For the money, it’s a cracker. (with some half decent speakers)

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=24629
The 1.5’s.