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Nice, did you get any of the two titanium Mawis bikes?

Faaaaaaaaaaaade

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I have it included in my insurance, full Euro breakdown with the RAC. I wasn't cheap but I go away every year so consider it a must. I've also broken down in France in the past and apart from rolling to a stop outside a remote pub I do not want a repeat of bullshit phone arguing that followed.

And if you're a ponse like me, get a sat nav. It's fucking great for finding inner city hotels, petrol stations, hidden campsites etc. Still use a map but can't fault it once you're actually rolling.

Just thought of one more thing too, if you have a spare set of keys leave them with someone who is prepared to overnight fed-ex them to you! Again, not saying how this one sticks in my mind cough cough

I'm also off to France soon, for the last nine days of May. A loop from Calais to Reims, Dijon, Clermont Ferrand, La Rochelle, St Nazaire, Brest, St Malo to home. Mainly spending time in the Massif Central doing canyon roads and white water rafting.

My tips: legal requirement to carry spare bulbs. I take a waterproof pouch with v5, mot, insurance cover note (inc euro breakdown numbers), E111 card (these are free and better to have than not imo).

Last year we did many more countries on our trip but it was the petrol stations in France that gave the most grief. Quite a few are unmanned and wouldn't accept any of our credit/debit cards. I've also had many a friend who've had cloning issues after using their's too. Beware. It's common sense but if you're riding with someone with a smaller fuel tank never be tempted to skip topping up your own tank (or vice versa), otherwise you may have to be doing twice the number of fuel stops or even worse a bit of syphoning - although this was only on scooter trips to be honest, the bandit has a good 40+ miles on reserve.

Are you camping or B&B'ing?

Outside my work all day, called the bloke out and his reply was "it only cost me £450 secondhand".

Well that's ok then.

Thanks for advice, I found I had to fiddle with the spanner icon within the course itself not the spanner icon in general settings. Clear as mud.

On a ride recently I was comparing the directions given on my edge 800 with osm
Vs an Edge touring. We both downloaded the same .tcx file (I think) but while I was struggling to follow a faint pink line they had big helpful direction prompts and arrows and stuff. I want what they have, is it just user error on my part?

Rest in peace fellow cyclist.

Tim, have you ever considered rearranging your barnet into a more aero shape a la sperm helmet?

Any rain breaks must be observed in a pub, the law!

I passed my test 9 years ago but I still think this advice is still vaguely current. A CBT will allow you to ride any scooter/moped/motorbike up to 125cc with L-plates, no pillion allowed. Obviously if you do it on a twist-&-go scooter and then buy a motorbike you're a tit but it's permitted. I did my A2 full test on a Vespa (which reverts to an unrestricted license after two years) then four years later bought an unseen motorbike on eBay in the midlands. I just had to get it off the guys drive without crashing and by the time I got back to London I'd pretty much got the hang of it :S

/csb

Someone be a darling and make a .gpx of the route.

PM sent re closure of Albyn road.

Aw balls, I did a sneaky reccy yesterday and thought Foxhill a suitable lung ripper. There were a couple of road closures I found so I'll have a quick look at the 2014 route and see if they coincide.

Yep all up to date. I will learn to live with it, it's just every time I charge it the battery comes up as a % and I think whyyyyyy?!?

This is very anal but is there a way to display the battery life remaining as a % rather than the vague battery graphic (on an edge 800)? I know there's the option on the touring model but I can't waste anymoar time in the depths of the garmin operating system. Ta

Gins in my local, look pretty, haven't tasted yet.

You can complete your full (but restricted to < 33bhp) A2 motorcycle license on a Vespa T5. After two years it reverts to a full unrestricted license.

Edit: looks like it's possibly changed since I did this, googling is proving inconclusive.

Replied and repped. Cheers

Yes please I would love to officially participate.

Also ride with a bit extra care for the first 50 miles, fresh tyres can have a coat of something that makes them a bit slippy. I learned that lesson the hard way.

Oil cooler on my triumph. Gubbed beyond repair or get out the pick set and attempt to polish a turd?

Why you always picking on me Robin?

Crime never rests.

Thought I'd bump this as a progress report for others. So I went to the physio and they measured my tendons flexibility and listened to the snap, crackle and pops as I walked and jumped. I was given the simple task of stretching like the pic below 3-5 times a day with moderate cycling permitted. A couple of weeks later and there was a marked improvement at which point I got lazy and stopped stretching and the problem began to resurface so now I stretch religiously and have started taking regular yoga classes again which I'd stopped 6 months ago when moving house.

I also think this problem arose because of the cheap winter overshoes (too small and tight) I'd been wearing had been pinching the tendon and causing it to rub. Lesson learned.