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Yes, I did understand from the outset that what I was suggesting would require some work to be completed in translating the design to the necessary template for a cap.

I do understand now that there's no interest in undertaking that work which is what my post was trying to ascertain.

Fair enough. I thought that piggybacking on the jersey order might mean less work and a price point of 10-15 thus making the question worth asking.

As one of the more frequent resurrectors of the thread you linked to, that was the latent demand I was referrencing.

Given that we have a) a basis of a design (the jersey design) and b) are placing an order with a company that produces caps, the required work would be lower. Hence why I raised the question, to see if there was appetite to undertake that remaining piece of work to get the caps made.

I'm interested but seems like a name on the list isn't required anymore.

However, I'm just wondering as, now that we have a new jersey design, would it be possible to work a similar design in for a cap? Milltag make caps and I would be prepared to pay a Milltagesque price for a replacement for my now very old and forlorn original cap. Seems like a good opportunity to capitalise on a potential 100+ cap order latent in the forum.

Bran Spark

The Fixies

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Feeling motivated by such a horrendous event to seek change in the situation and circumstances that led to it happening is admirable. However, as you suggest, this thread isn't the appropriate place to raise it. However, there are many other suitable threads about action and campaigning that you could use. Take a look in the General forum to begin with.

Prices are surpressed because Uber wants to be able to corner a market share through price. At the moment the company as a whole is literally billions in the hole as far as operating costs are concerned.

At a point, market share will stabilise, development will tail off and it will increase its prices and margins accordingly and be able to recoup its initial losses with a minimal decline in drivership. Occasionally it will indulge in price surges because it knows that the revenues that it will generate at those times won't have an impact on it's core customer base but that is by no means enough to cover much of the losses.

In the licensing authority that I work for (names to be changed to protect the indolent) drivers predominantly BME across both private hire and hackney (actually the same thing for us). Without doing a full count, I don't think I'd be out of line saying that it's upward of 70% combined Asian.

There's a lot of context in this though if you look at taxi/private hire driving as work opportunities among post war immigrant populations.

I'm not saying that it can't be done, just that it is highly unlikely that they would wish to do it.

I assume that your breast pocket strains under the weight of all of the essays, books and texts that you carry to support every single ideal and moral principle that you subscribe to?

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TfL is the licensing authority and therefore it would be very difficult for it to do this without either creating a huge conflict of interest or being in breach of licensing legislation.

40,000 criminals about to lose their jobs.

I'm interested to know where this "all Uber drivers are criminals" things comes from. I suspect it originates from the established private hire and hackney industry which feel threatened by a new business model and are looking to taint its credibility. Worryingly, the great British public have had no qualms about accepting this narrative as gospel truth. It definitely isn't.

As someone who issues licenses to hackney and private hire drivers I look at a lot of DBS certificates for people applying for new driver badges and badge renewals. For the vast majority, they're clear. Anecdotally I'd suggest that Uber drivers are less likely to have a conviction than those working for other operators. I doubt any serious analysis would show them being worse.

I guess that's a good thing because if 40000 (minus those for whom it is a second job) are about to receive their P45s, there's a lower risk of a correlating increase in criminality stemming from sudden end to legitimate livelihoods.

There's an important and necessary distinction between Uber and its drivers and too many people are eager to taint both with the same brush.

I thought that there was a national standard which was described by the outcomes of the Bikeability training.

Anything beyond that would worry me because it leads to that slippery towards a licensing structure. We already have cases where driver liability has been mitigated because riders have not been wearing helmets or high visibility clothing or have ridden within an area describable as "the door zone". Further mitigation of that liability would, in my view, inherently increase risk to riders.

There is a principle at play here that any person is allowed to access public roads and carriageways by means of a bicycle without licence or training obligation in the unfettered way that they can on foot.

You state an advantage to drivers and instructors but I think this is erroneous because it raises an expectation. Continuing that parallel with pedestrians, there is no great expectation of trained behaviour. While almost all of us undergo some variation of the Green Cross Code style training as children, it's commonly understood that this behavioural model doesn't last long and that mass predictability cannot be attributed to pedestrians. Each driver - pedestrian relationship has to be negotiated individually. That should also apply to driver - rider relationships and should be taught to drivers at the point of their training.

I'm not that bothered about the new rules as I can't see that they're going to affect me unduly. While I think they are a bit misguided, I class them as organisers prerogative and leave it at that. It's entirely possible that, as an organiser, he is being compelled to include these requirements in order to meet some kind of liability needs.

Frank's right about it potentially being safer to keep moving in order to reach supplies or good shelter and, to be fair to the environment, the lack of high mountains on an Atlantic facing coast doesn't really reduce the risk a lot. Chances are its going to compel riders to look to take breaks ahead of sections and periods that might make them travel more slowly. Whether that ends up being safer is a long discussion.

I have also entered this as my first race.

A "saddle fitting" might not be of much use. They work on measuring your skeletal architecture and how your pedalling action puts pressure through your arse onto the saddle. Depending on your friends shape and where he's carrying fat deposits it could be quite hard to make an assessment as things will likely shift during the course of the ride and then return when he's not in the saddle.

Also, if he does loose weight quickly then skeletal architecture and pressure points are likely to change fairly quickly making any investment in the "right"saddle redundant quite soon after purchase and the cost of the fitting is a bit of a waste.

Padded shorts, if they can be found in his size, might also be a bit of a poor choice of purchase at the moment when he should be planning on relatively rapid change.

I think looking at the biggest saddle possible is a good start along with keeping rides up on the limit of comfort as often as possible. While he's still quite large and heavy, it might be worth investigating making homemade custom padded inserts for his existing underwear until his weight gets to a more stable point. If his local health service has a weight loss assistance service then he may be able to get some practical assistance with this.

Just finished after 9 days of riding mostly the long route. Still amazing 2nd time around.

Arse quite battered by some of the gravel. Pictures to follow when I get home.

People who wish they'd not picked their child from the discount basket first time round.

Just doing my last bit of packing for this.

Will be there at the start in LFGSS colours so if you see me, come and say hi. I'll be out the back shortly after starting.

I'm trying to work out what the hell Yodel are up to now. I've come home to find they've left my package in my shed.

We've got a permanent note up asking for deliveries to be left in the shed and... well.. it's there, in the shed.

Do I have to take it to their depot myself so I can collect it or do you think I can just keep it now?

Yebbut, it's Mandela Day and Cummings is in a break.

Could today be a good Cummings day?