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saw this accident too, on the way to work. Bike on its side on the road was a silver road bike, coudn't see what make, not sure if this was the accident victims or a helpers as it was quite far away from the main scene. Fingers crossed that the person pulls through and is ok!

And take care on the roads today everyone, its one of those days where drivers are acting crazy.

Hi Guys,
There were murmurings of a ladies ride to Cambridge within the Brighton thread. did this ride happen? or is it going to happen?

I found the increase in cyclists on the roads this summer caused me to create a new word to decribe it : noddulance - nodder annoyance, which may or may not require an ambulance at some point.
generally I use it in the context: 'f**k me, had to deal with severe noddulance on the way home tonight'
or ' man, it was a total noddulance nightmare out there'

To cope with noddulance I whistle my 'happy song'... which essentially controls my breathing to calm me and stops me from screaming ' what the f**k are you doing you stupid cnut!do you have death wish?' at people on a daily basis. Anyone else find themselves doing something similar?

Hi, has anyone tried charging their Legend Hcx using a small travel solar panel device? I'm thinking of getting a GPS device for my europe trip and already have a solar panel thing for my camera. Was wondering if anyone knows if it would work for the GPS too.

I was also chatting with a few of the ladies about maybe a Ladies Brighton run, for those who want something a little longer, faster.
I'd personally wouldn't do it fixed so it will have to wait until i have my surly crosscheck built (a month tops) but I really want to get some miles in before Dunwich this year.

I'm thinking an ok pace, but nothing to strenuous to be honest - it's all about the ride, not how quick I'm going to get there for me. Maybe a pub stop halfway (or maybe not) Then chips and beer on the beach. Those wanting to ride home can, the rest of us can get the train back.

If there is enough interest I'll start another thread .

Ladies Brighton Ride (Date TBA but prob in June)

1.Clefty

1. Spokey-dokes
   
2. Megoid
   
   

Count Megoid and me in, sounds like fun! plus we need all the training we can get before our Barcelona - Nice touring trip in July...

Megoid and I are still in, just quickly fitting our rear mudguards back onto our bikes :(

Hi,
Anyone know anything about an accident in Holborn, across the road from Cycle Surgery in the big Bus Stop area?
Rode past at about 9pm last night, road blocked off, loads of cops plus a fire truck (never a good sign) and ambulance parked around a bus close to the stops. Have seen many very close calls between cyclists and buses in that spot and am very worried. Have my all my fingers and toes crossed it didn't involcve anyone dying. The roads have been way too fatal already this year!
Does anyone know anything more about it?

R.I.P cyclist...
Always horrible to hear news of an accident like this, or any accident in fact.

I really don't understand the attitude of a lot of lorry drivers towards cyclists. My experience this morning is a prime example (see below).

RIP. Very sad.

I saw an articluated JCB mover turning left this morning at the lights.

Lady cyclist also taking corner. I'm thinking

She faultered and put a foot down.

I started to shout.

The lorry driver realised.

Slammed on brakes and hooted.

I wonder if that was the same JCB mover that came close to taking me out on the roundabout at the top of old kent rd this morning?

I was quite a distance ahead of him on the roundabout, coming towards the left turn up to Borough. Knowing he was there I had moved to the middle of the lane as a deterent to him trying to get past... unfortunately its two lanes wide leading into the turn and he was an aggressive idiot.

He basically put his foot down and tried to get past me as we approached the (quite tight) corner. I pulled over and slowed to let him go past, watching as he stretched the trailer over the entire width of the corner. Had I not take aversive action I would have been at the apex of the corner as this occured and then very quickly under a rear wheel. Even now, i'm still questioning why someone would do something so needless and dangerous?

^+1

ps. has the motocycle issue increased lately? or is it just my paranoia?

horrible news. RIP

That's terrible. RIP.

we also have to keep in mind that its not only parked cars that can be a problem. I narrowly avoided getting doored while pulling up to a red light as a car of people in front decided to re-arrange thier seating positions while waiting at the lights... they basically pushed me into oncoming traffic as i came past!

to be honest, its the male on the right who seems to be screaming in this particular instance (not surprising really)... miss lady fox is just hanging her head in shame ;)

+1

Some more routes here.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EuroVelo

I think all of these routes are pretty well way marked from what I understand so it can be useful to incorperate them into your trip.

cheers for that! route 8 does look good, especially the sections through spain, france and also croatia. also like the look of the bottom section of route 7, from Florence southwards. will have to start planning properly now...

FAIL: shagging foxes in garden the other morning. they tried to do a runner on being disturbed, only to discover they couldn't 'disengage'... had to go to work but apparently they were stuck for almost 30 min like this

Cheers Hanson. will keep that in mind for a future trip, although for this one i was thinking somewhere genuinely warm.

So far i've started to check out France, Italy, Spain and Portugal as options. Has anyone done a costal tour recently in these areas? any info or tips on road/path conditions and terrain would be great!

At this point i was thinking i would use trains to get down to the coast (eurostar etc), 1-2 weeks of riding along a sunny coast line and then get the train back. This would potentially give me time for a multi-country trip (eg. France-Italy or Spain-Portugal) but i do want the pace to be quite relaxed, as its a holiday after all!

really? is that where they keep beaches these days?....

Hi,
I've been thinking about doing a cycle tour this summer. Have a serious craving for sunny beaches so was thinking some kind of coastal cycle tour on the mainland would be in order. I need to keep it as cheap as possible as i'm pretty broke. Anyone got any suggestions of potential destinations/routes?

North side of river, in that mess of a junction by the bus stop (outside the pub on the corner). If facing the river it would be the left side of the road (ie. bridge approach side rather than exit).

I recommend Glenfiddich Gran Reserva 21 yrs. Well worth a try, matured in rum casks so has silky smooth caramel tones.
For a bit of international flavour 17yr Suntory from Japan. Quite a different taste to it as its matured in Sake casks, but apparently the original whiskey is distilled in Scotland. Don't know if that counts as cheating or not? tastes good anyway.
Also, went to the states recently and had quite a lot of fun trying bourbon from a load of small distilleries (NO not Jack's or Jim!!). Very good indeed, plenty to rival Scottish malts (and much better value for money) . Have a bottle of Woodford Reserve at the moment.

no, have been looking in the local news (various web and papers) but nothing has been mentioned.

Anyone else know anything? or know if there are other avenues to find out? To be perfectly honest, its been haunting me a bit as I cycle past there every day, going to and from work.

about 20 minutes ago. don't have much information as large group already formed around accident site as I came past, but no emergency services were present so must have just occurred. Looked like a collision between motorcycle and cyclist as both were on the ground. Hopefully it wasn't too serious.

is this a newly formed epidemic? had my back brake blocks stolen friday last week... thankfully the kind soul had the forethought to cut my brake cable into several peices to alert me to the problem...

dibs the Var wheel dishing tool. will try to get to herne hill to collect.

Can your rotate the cleats in your shoes? If so, you could try rotating the left cleat slightly so that it's pointing more towards your big toe of your left foot, meaning you'll have to rotate your foot slightly less to unclip. This shouldn't have too much effect on general use as they have loads of float anyway...

yeah, thought of that only my shoes don't allow much rotation :( ...

however, if someone knows how to get the sliding bolt plate out of my shoe so i can split it in half then I could get the rotation needed to improve things... any suggestions?

Hi, i have a spare emergency hanger if you can't get to sbr. It uses a seperate bolt rather than the quick-release skewer, but i'm sure it would work either way. Anyway, im in New Cross (SE14) if you want it.