Road Cycling
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Giro Foray is £45ish retail but currently going a bit cheaper in most places. Halfords have the red/black for £20. I've got two and find it comfortable enough.
Bikmo? I'd look carefully at the policies for if they cover the bike while it's in the airline hands. After mine went missing I looked into cases for it quite a bit and it seemed generally people struggle to get more than 30% of the bike value back and insurance that covers it is rare.
Also, do any cover moped muggings? :/
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Decent helmet. Tried one on as a replacement for my savant and it was comfortable and had a more modern/aero shape to it.
Always a good option on a miserable day like today - providing your other bike has guards!
Easiest solution to dilemma - fix puncture in 10 minutes while dinner cooks.
Mega ride & time mate, well done! Always fun to see the guys on TT bikes hounded by a roadie! Good conditions for it!?
My day to day Specialized Echelon II was £50 around 3-4 years ago and has been superb. The £160 Kask Infinity has no better build quality, the fit is far worse (making it more uncomfortable) and the only redeeming feature is the aero vent. I should've bought a Specialized Evade...
Pedal Cover, friends just had 808 and Super 9 Replaced as well as frame repair to his Scott Plasma. He went for his whole home insurance and 3 or 4 expensive bikes for about £300 all in...
That seems suspiciously cheap!
Home insurance (is that contents or building?) and bike insurance for multiple bikes for £300pa?
Some of us don't live in crime ridden hotspots prolific with the scum of society!
Although I'll admit mine is more than that (not a huge amount more though)... All our bikes, home & away with any accessories (& clothing up to a combined value of £3000) are covered under the home insurance with a £65 pa addition to our usual premium... The only clause is them needing to be locked or in a locked 'room' (when enquired, the quality of the lock doesn't even need to be a certain rating, ours are all Gold/Silver anyway).
Some of us don't live in crime ridden hotspots prolific with the scum of society!
Although I'll admit mine is more than that (not a huge amount more though)... All our bikes, home & away with any accessories (& clothing up to a combined value of £3000) are covered under the home insurance with a £65 pa addition to our usual premium... The only clause is them needing to be locked or in a locked 'room' (when enquired, the quality of the lock doesn't even need to be a certain rating, ours are all Gold/Silver anyway).
You live in Hereford. I would retract your first statement
I don't recall mentioning eastern europeans or yokels?
Big industrial plastic processing place went out of business yesterday, nearly 200 jobs gone and with the fruit/apple season over there's talk of the place being full of homeless people next year! We've got several fancy industrial estates pretty much empty of business...
Big industrial plastic processing place went out of business yesterday, nearly 200 jobs gone and with the fruit/apple season over there's talk of the place being full of homeless people next year! We've got several fancy industrial estates pretty much empty of business...
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Bikmo have served me well so far, good value premiums and paid out really quick when I wrote my frame off overseas. You will need to marry that up with a travel insurance provider if you want medical cover though (and check the policy exclusions carefully).
Everything. I was also shocked at the cost. He is old so maybe that helps. I've just requested a quote so will let you know how I get on.
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Mega ride & time mate, well done! Always fun to see the guys on TT bikes hounded by a roadie! Good conditions for it!?
I'd say they weren't the best but it balanced out. Cross wind out and up a climb, cross wind down the descent, head wind on the long lumpy straight bit, cross wind along a main road, tail wind down a long straight but a 180 at a roundabout into a headwind then a roll down a hill(overtook a learner driver shhhh) to the finish.
Sounds perfect for some pretty-much-closed road social smashingBig industrial plastic processing place went out of business yesterday, nearly 200 jobs gone and with the fruit/apple season over there's talk of the place being full of homeless people next year! We've got several fancy industrial estates pretty much empty of business...
There is an insurance thread
Thanks, didn't see that.
I've requested a quote for Pedalcover. Contents + bike insurance in one sounds convenient!
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I just moved to Directline and pay £286 for building, contents and any bike up to 1k outwith the house and two named bikes covered for 3k each. This is the cheapest method I have found to cover multiple bikes.
Legs are feeling sluggish again, similar to the last couple of weeks where I've generally jumped on the turbo to thrash myself and then felt better later in the week so will probably do the same again tonight.
Have picked up more saddle sores the last month than ever before, without any real increase in mileage and riding time. Really weird as none of my kit/position/saddle has changed. The only link I can think of is now not taking a rest day mid-week and driving as the other half is using the car...? If anything my mileage has dropped a little since mid-summer. Got some of the Assos skin repair gel last week and applying it over the weekend and so far this week has soothed things but still not totally sorted. I may have to take a weekend off (when the weather suits!) to get 2 days of saddle rest. Boo!
Have picked up more saddle sores the last month than ever before, without any real increase in mileage and riding time. Really weird as none of my kit/position/saddle has changed. The only link I can think of is now not taking a rest day mid-week and driving as the other half is using the car...? If anything my mileage has dropped a little since mid-summer. Got some of the Assos skin repair gel last week and applying it over the weekend and so far this week has soothed things but still not totally sorted. I may have to take a weekend off (when the weather suits!) to get 2 days of saddle rest. Boo!
If only they where large enough, or even a loop, most are pretty useless unless you could knock a few fences through to link the car parks or something!Sounds perfect for some pretty-much-closed road social smashing
PedalCover won't quote me because of a silly little stream about 60 meters away down a 15ft bank
need to write to the EA because if that is a flood-risk then we are all doomed...A friend was insured with them and claimed succesfully but I don't think he was overly impressed. I'm with Bikmo again this year which also covers racing, my bike box, accessories, includes travel insurance and isn't a named bike/component policy. Cost the same as my car insurance mind
but the level of cover @ home & @ away will influence this largely.