I haven't worn 'em in anger yet (weather's been too warm!) but I got these "Crane" bike trousers from Aldi's last week - £59.99 down to £12.99, bargain! They had 3 pairs left, in the clearance section - the knee and hip pads are probably worth more than what I paid for the trousers :) Pant...

I had one of those blue supports for my right wrist 18 months ago when I fractured it again, it was OK for driving a car but I couldn't get on with it on a bike; but I didn't remove the metal strip. I found that one of the "wraparound" ones, I think it was from Sports Direct or somewhere, ...

What size are the trousers mate?

Good call, Andy! I was fine about it at the time, just thought about it later at home and it wound me up

I've had the odd pedestrian step out in front of me over the years, never felt the urge to run 'em over to bloody-well show 'em!

You're spot on about the car driver rants I'll bet

Not saying the OP did this + the silly cow's actions were outrageous, but when is filtering reasonable and when is it just "pushing in"? Clearly it's legal and reasonable to filter if there is space to pass safely and space to fit into when pulling back in the lane, but what about when th...

Thanks for the replies Guys! I was on a bit of a rant, but like a lot of folks have posted, you mostly have to be philosophical and just take it as it comes... Thinking about it now, the left turn off of the mini roundabout leads back through some residential roads to where the drivers in my lane ha...

Thought about this now I'm at home and switched off, now I'm fucking fuming again! Cut a long story short, I ride to work through my town, 12 or so miles each way and there's temp traffic lights about in the first mile and a half of my ride, that lead up to a mini-roundabout where you can go straigh...

At Flixton Aviation Museum after the Copdock Classic Charidee Fun Run today

Nigel wrote:

vacant_space wrote:Ride over to Shotley Marina, nice to know my bike can hold up a boat

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Holding it up or being used as an anchor?, I will get my coat :whistle:

Actually, I did wonder what Cap'n Birds Eye was doing with that long chain... :silly:

Ride over to Shotley Marina, nice to know my bike can hold up a boat