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Any recommendations for booking PCR test for visiting parents? I've used Testing for All in the past but they're not opening booking period for when they arrive (22nd December) and not responding to requests via email or Twitter..

If you've got a niche font, you'll typically end up using it in a banner and providing alt text to describe what is in for those people using plain text email.

Interested in hearing suggestions on best place to get sharper on Google Analytics/Google Tag Manager. I know my way around pulling basic site stats but need to sharpen up on goals and tagging content. Recommendations gratefully received

I am potentially interested if more along the lines of UK size 10

Winter boots and merino socks for me means my feet go white and I lose all sensation. Winter boots plus merino socks and the heaters- I still have blood in my feet.

Before I started using them during winter I’d permanently have two (or more) toes that were entirely chilblain.

So, for me, I’d say not wasteful. YMMV depending on your circulation.

Reading this, you get the impression that the Democrats face similar challenges in the US

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/08/opinion/democrats-david-shor-education-polarization.html?utm_source=pocket&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pockethits

Poo shovel for those moments where toilet isnt in reach...

I guess I have mixed feelings about cycle lanes from a personal level but see them as important for those people who are less confident (eg children) and less able (eg parents with two children in child seats).

Majority of people on this forum are fit and able but my view is that I want cycle infrastructure aimed more at people who cycle rather than cyclists. This way I'm more likely to have friends who don't cycle come out with me on two wheeled adventures.

I know there is the case to be made for the less confident and less able using ebikes but the cost of these bikes puts them out of reach of the less wealthy.

I don't see why a 45km/h bike shouldn't be allowed to use a cycle lane, that's not any faster than a lot of people ride anyway. Yes the brakes need to be maintained well (I heard in the UK it is mandatory for L1e-B vehicle to have a MOT lol) and I agree that riders should have some kind of mandatory training.

I think key matter when it comes to safety is your speed vis-a-vis that of other traffic. At 45kmh, your speed is much closer to that of motorised traffic rather than other pedal users (which potentially include children in cycle lanes).

Whilst it may take a fair bit of effort currently to get up to 45kmh on an ebike, if thats where you set the regulatory ceiling, youll find that manufacturers aim for that in due course (tech is moving fast in this sector)

Israel Startup Nation cements its role as retirement home with the signing of Fuglsang

https://cyclingtips.com/2021/10/israel-start-up-nation-signs-fuglsang-and-houle/

I've got some tent poles that need to be delivered to US for repair. I've tried Shiply and Parcelhero for quotes which include quotes from Parcel Force but anywhere else I should be trying?

The impression I was getting from TheVerge and this T3 piece was that the journalists saw these as something that could run in cycle lanes away fron the nasty traffic rather than on the road with cars...I am all for them acting as an alternative to cars and motorbikes (less pollution, less noise, less waste) but dont want to see this come at the expense of human powered vehicles

n't think it's that crazy of van moof. They see the huge gap in the market for replacing two stroke engined mopeds, if you look at Chinese cities no one is riding a two stroke anymore.

Interesting to see VanMoof reducing a bike and pushing for liberalising speed restrictions on ebikes. I definitely see a place for ebikes in transport infrastructure but concerned that liberalising laws will make pedal powered bikes feel marginalised in a space that was originally designed for them

https://www.theverge.com/22722099/vanmoof-v-electric-bike-price-specs-date-preorder

Did the ride mid week cycling from North London down to Tilbury and then north largely following National Cycle Route 13 (or Komoot's reinterpretation of it). A fair bit of the route was cycle path alongside dual carriageway up until near Colchester way, the exception being around Tilbury which had an interesting section on a tidal coastal path. Beyond Colchester things got a lot more beautiful and satisfying

This is pretty much the route taken

I did 160 kms first day and 120kms the second day. Having done not much riding in the last month, I was pretty spent by the time i reached Norwich mid afternoon

Thanks for the tips @Norfolkbound

Interested in any recommended routes for London > Norwich.

Will be in no hurry and likely to be doing it over two days. There's National Route 13 but definitely open to other suggestions

https://www.sustrans.org.uk/find-a-route-on-the-national-cycle-network/route-13

Also interested in better areas for wild camping in the points in between

Enjoying watching ,Stephen Fitzgeralds Instagram Stories of trip in Armenia

https://www.instagram.com/stevetheintern/

Dick Johnson is Dead definitely get thumbs up. Watched with my Mum and Dad which initially had me wondering whether I'd made the right choice but it handles the issue of ageing really well and with humour...the final scene had me choking back the tears

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfTmT6C5DnM

I have. I really didn't want to be one of those Brits who lives in another country and hangs out only with other immigrants, but all my early attempts at building friendships with locals failed. I talked to a Swiss colleague about this and he made it very clear that he thought most Swiss people don't befriend foreign workers as they won't stay long. Which seems a very insular approach.

I think this could equally be said of many Brits...I've found it much easier to meet and befriend other expats (am British born but my accent marks me as a Kiwi). Many of my British friends have foreign partners and do feel that Britons natural inclination is to orientate themselves towards school/university friends.

White Men Cant Jump has still got it ....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvllSqnMR9g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djM8JC-2b98

Thanks, very much appreciated

I picked up a second hand 2014 Giant TCX Cyclocross a few years ago to leave at my parents to save me lugging a bike down to theres every time i visit. Ive enjoyed riding it around but the relatively hilly geography and the high gearing has put this out of the question.

Be interested to hear what the easiest options are for me to provide lower gearing without upsetting other parts? Theres obviously changing the chainrings and the cassettes but interested in whats likely to be easiest particularly for someone not particularly apt when it comes to derailleur adjustment and also keen to hear about any things to avoid given the current parts. Presuming its got factory spec although cant be sure as its in my parents attic and they arent athletic enough to get up there.

Standard spec

Bike in its current state

Jean Dubuffet

Photos from trip

https://photos.app.goo.gl/oJxQ4oiMJUnWGd2j7

Route from London to Colchester/Fingringhoe
https://www.komoot.com/tour/453745251

Colchester/Fingringhoe to Orford Ness
https://www.komoot.com/tour/454920912

Route is largely tarmac although section leading to Butley River Ferry and the other side which is gravel/sandy road. I was on gravel style bike so had no problem, likely to be more difficult (albeit not impossible) on a road bike