I goes from Wakefield to Kettlewell every Sunday until the end of October, 08:05 from Leeds Station, stops in Headingley, Otley, Ilkley, Bolton Abbey, Burnsall, Grassington, Kettlewell. Its a normal SWB bus with a custom built trailer that can carry up to 24 bikes. Fare from Leeds to Kettlewell is £3.70 + £1 for the bike. A day rover is only £4.50 - bargain. Unfortunately the bus driver told me today that Arriva are not going to operate it next year, I think they have pulled out of the Dales routes altogether as they are short of drivers, the bus driver is bitter about it as he much prefers tootling around the Dales on a Sunday with passengers who are there for a day out rather than doing urban routes in West Yorkshire. The bike bus is sunsidised by the National Park so perhaps if a new company takes over the NP will persuade them to run it next summer.
There were 6 bikes on today and all seats were taken by cyclists and 'normal' passengers.
His argument there assumes that you have a front brake powerful enough to lift the rear wheel by itself under heavy braking. Probably I've never ridden good enough bikes with good enough brakes, but I've never been able to do that. My Raleigh Pioneer, with clean rims and nicely adjusted brakes, stops much more quickly if I use the back brake as well.
Are you sure? Or is it just that you are subconsciously nervous about doing an endo so find yourself unwilling to apply full welly to the front brake?
Not worried about it at all - I've never even vaguely gone near over the handlebars, on any bike, ever. As for not trying hard enough, the last time I was experimenting with very hard braking I snapped the brake cable.
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The last bike I had that absolutely could not lift the back wheel was an old Raleigh with pressed steel sidepulls. OK, that's not quite true - I haven't managed to lift the rear wheel on the recumbent. Maybe the Dark Side is calling? ;-)
It is, absolutely. My next bike will be a recumbent. Probably this one:
Interesting town; presumably once a staging town for those going West. Good sausages? Yesterday was the first time I'd been there. I usually head towards Salisbury. My favourite part of the ride is the stretch between Kings Somborne and Pitt. But it's all good -- so little traffic.
On 10/10/04 8:05 pm, in article [email hidden], "D.M.
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As for not trying hard enough, the last time I was experimenting with very hard braking I snapped the brake cable.
I managed to break both once.. whilst travelling through Hillingdon and trying to stop for a zebra crossing. I eventually came to a halt having made use of the secondary brake much beloved of the local neds.. the heel jammed against the rear tyre..
Amateur.. All real net geeks only use fixed width fonts and 80 column terminals..
That's a shame. Sans-serif fonts are so much easier to read than fixed width. Can't they upgrade? ;-)
I'm using a fixed-width sans-serif font. I can get three 80-column xterms lined up side-by-side on my 15" screen.
I haven't found any font on Windoze that lets me get two, let alone three, windows side by side with legible text. I guess that's down to the differences between systems that can or can't realistically multitask.
I haven't managed to lift the rear wheel on the recumbent.
I have. A kid was pushed in front of me by one of his "mates". I stopped with my feet on the floor, rear wheel high in the air and his bag strap wrapped round one of my cranks, but I didn't hit him.
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Interesting town; presumably once a staging town for those going West.
but now the wide street is dominated by the mass of cars parked 90deg to the road from end to end with oities seeking out the antiquey shops.
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Good sausages?
Excellent. Worth riding miles for. Robinsons is a *real* butcher and a prolific winner of awards for their sausages. Their profile was also raised when they defied the ban on sale of British beef on the bone in the late 80s. You still have to order at the meat counter and pay at a hatch.
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Yesterday was the first time I'd been there. I usually head towards Salisbury. My favourite part of the ride is the stretch between Kings Somborne and Pitt. But it's all good -- so little traffic.
I know the roads well. Farley Mount is a favourite area.
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Yep - I look out my window at it every day :-)
Lucky b'stard. Where are you then?
A few miles up the Test, north of Stockbridge. Follow the river. The Test is only about 200 yards away from my front door, but to be fair there are a few houses in the way.
Just zis Guy, you know? [email hidden] opined the following...
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The last bike I had that absolutely could not lift the back wheel was an old Raleigh with pressed steel sidepulls. OK, that's not quite true - I haven't managed to lift the rear wheel on the recumbent. Maybe the Dark Side is calling? ;-)
Pah, you need better brakes... I can do that on mine.
In message <[email hidden]>, Simon Brooke <[email hidden]> writes
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[email hidden] (Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/ .::;===r==\ / /___||___\____ //==\- ||- | /__\( MS Windows IS an operating environment. //____\__||___|_// \|: C++ IS an object oriented programming language. \__/ ~~~~~~~~~ \__/ Citroen 2cv6 IS a four door family saloon.
Viewed on my screen with Arial, regular, 10pt, it looks either like your car has crashed - or MS Windows has.
Amateur.. All real net geeks only use fixed width fonts and 80 column terminals..
Backwards compatible all the way to the jaquard loom..
On 10/10/04 11:35 pm, in article [email hidden], "Simon Brooke"
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in message <[email hidden]>, David Martin
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On 10/10/04 5:49 pm, in article [email hidden],
congokid said:
In message <[email hidden]>, Simon Brooke <[email hidden]> writes > [email hidden] (Simon Brooke) > http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/ > .::;===r==\ > / /___||___\____ > //==\- ||- | /__\( MS Windows IS an operating environment. > //____\__||___|_// \|: C++ IS an object oriented programming > language. > \__/ ~~~~~~~~~ \__/ Citroen 2cv6 IS a four door family saloon.
Viewed on my screen with Arial, regular, 10pt, it looks either like your car has crashed - or MS Windows has.
Amateur.. All real net geeks only use fixed width fonts and 80 column terminals..
Backwards compatible all the way to the jaquard loom..
Amateur.. All real net geeks only use fixed width fonts and 80 column terminals..
That's a shame. Sans-serif fonts are so much easier to read than fixed width. Can't they upgrade? ;-)
You can have fixed width sans serif fonts.
One reason for using fixed width for text only media (like usenet) is that you can reliably get things to line up in columns. In general this doesn't work if people use proportionally spaced fonts.
met up with members of "the other forum" at 10.00. Then small lanes to Marlow, then Christmas Common (had to walk up that hill) then down to Benson for lunch. Then very small country lanes (never knew about the "quiet roads" scheme in the Chilterns, now I'm a great believer) back over the Ridgeway (more walking) and a slow slow slog into the headwind all the way back to Windsor. 81 miles, and the legs only gave up at the 70 mile mark, if you don't count the walking up hills.
Managed to ruin my brand new overshoes by said walking. Aching all over today - something not right with bike fit, but don't know what.
All told a pretty miserable one today. Road out towards Buxton from Manchester. The first 10miles or so is along the A6 and is virtually ALL uphill. Today there was a strong headwind the whole way. Turned off the A6 at High Lane up 2 massive hills, again with a fierce headwind. The first major decent crosses over an A road (Possible the A6 again) and as such I am always wary on the brakes. The rear brake block failed the test and disintegrated miserably. I didn't fancy riding around with only front brakes so I bailed and rode home. To make matters worse, I had misadjusted the saddle and didnt have the correct tools with me and so suffered some rather unpleasent chafage. Hopefully next week will be more fun. 🙁
Any rides in London? During the week?😎 Los Angeles racer girl wants to know.
