General Road racing on closed circuits only (tarmac circuits isolated from ordinary road traffic, not real roads) Helmets and two working brakes (front and back) required BC membership or day license required (insurance) Gearing ... (more)
Performance Programme My plan and diary for keeping fit in 2023 will continue to focus on audaxes (long-distance rides) throughout the year. I'm still undecided about riding Paris-Brest-Paris in August, as it does seem to be a bit of a faff ... (more)
Apparently the justification for installation of a speed camera will not have to be dependent on death/serious injury having taken place. Councils will be allowed to position them based on safety concerns. A spokesperson from BRAKE spoke ... (more)
Has the Government backed down on its feed-in tariff cut? On 29 December 2011 it published a report (for the benefit of the EU) entitled "First Progress Report on the Promotion and Use of Energy from Renewable Sources for the United Kingdom ... (more)
In response to a petition, submitted in June with over 6000 signatures and calling for an end to IE6 use within Government departments, the Government is happy to continue using IE6 because it thinks it is suitably patched: There is no evidence ... (more)
Look after your bike and keep it dry! If you don't have anywhere to store your bike then you really need to use some sort of bike cover. I have found two that look quite promising: Oxford Aquatex Bike Cover, around £28 depending on ... (more)
DataDoctor.org offers a file recovery program to recover lost files from a memory card. It offers a free trial download of its Memory card data recovery Software, but doesn't state what doesn't work compared to the paid version. On running ... (more)
Colchester Rovers did a fantastic job with the classic Furze Hill course at Mistley. It was still run anti-clockwise, with the start running into a sharp U-turn and narrow tree-lined section, but was much more flowing than in previous years ... (more)
Do you know anyone who struggles to find a large sum of money when their heating oil tank runs low? Maybe it's you. If so, that's not a surprise, as over 20% of the UK's heating oil consumers spending over 10% of their income on heating ... (more)
National Energy Action is championing Fuel Poverty Awareness Day, on 11 February 2011, and it aims to raise public awareness of households who spend a significant proportion of their income on keeping warm. It is all very well talking about ... (more)
FAMILY HISTORY: This is a list of who I could productively keep hunting for, and who is already well-being hotly pursued by distant cousins. Truth is I'm pretty rubbish at family history research, so it makes sense for me to leave the better ... (more)