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Faster Motorway Speeds: Who Cares?

A Government announcement last week (Thursday 29 September 2011) to consult on raising the UK's motorway speed limit from 70mph to 80mph had various people revving their metaphorical engines. Radio 5 Live coverage included car veteran Quentin ... (more)

Gadget Show Broadband Speed Test - Not Good Enough!

How ironic. As part of their 'Gadget Show Truth' campaign, the Gadget Show on Five ran a piece this evening (20:45, 12 November 2007) on how badly ISP speed ratings seemed to compare to the 8Mbps we may be able to get (in theory at least). ... (more)

Fastest bike speeds in England

This set of high-speed descents is compiled by Dave from the University of Leicester. If you know of any others, please let me know! The fastest road in England is also the highest (630m), dropping to around 300m in about two miles. It ... (more)

Use Speedtest.net For Broadband Speed

To see what broadband speed you're getting, go to www.speedtest.net and click "Begin Test" to check your connection's latency (network delay), download and upload speeds. Here are my results from 2011, using the fantastic Zen Internet ... (more)

Higher Uplink Speeds

It's not just download speeds that are increasing... it's now possible to get over 800kbps upload speeds! For most people (just doing web browsing and simple email) this wouldn't be noticeable, but if you're on a VPN or doing filesharing then ... (more)

Norfolk Cycling Events Q1 2011

Here are a variety of cycling events in Norfolk and surrounding areas. Saturday 29 January City of Norwich Triathlon and Cycling Club AGM Norwich High School for Girls, Newmarket Road, Norwich, NR2 2HU, start at 7pm with formal club ... (more)

SOLVED: Pair a speed sensor to a Garmin 310XT

Garmin has a really neat ANT+ speed-sensing device, which fits to the hub and does away with the need for a spoke-mounted magnet. It can also be bought in conjunction with a magnet-less cadence sensor, and if you don't want the cadence sensor ... (more)

Changes to Speed Camera rules

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)

All time trial events

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Are speed-limiter devices the answer?

The European Commission today announced its intention to bring in mandatory speed-limiting devices for all new cars, from 2022. For road safety advocates this sounds like a great idea in principle, but is it really the correct approach? ... (more)

Norfolk

Cycling in Norfolk When it comes to cycling events, Norfolk is in the Eastern region. If you are interested in time trialling, then the East District Cycling Association (EDCA) is the best place to start; you will also want to look at the ... (more)

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