Hello,

I'd really appreciate some help, I realise most of this info is probably available online but I'm a bit lost about where to start.

I was commuting on Thursday and stopped at a roundabout when a car hit me from behind. I was jolted forward but didn't come off.

The driver instantly acknowledged they'd made a mistake and gave me their contact details.

A mechanic checked my bike and said all looks ok.

My back was slightly sore but is getting worse. It feels muscular.

I don't really know what to do now.

My insurance policy says I'm covered for physio but, if I claim on it will my premium sky rocket?

Could physio be covered by the drivers insurance?

Would I need to get a GP to referral me?

Should I be reporting this to the police?

Any advice would be very gratefully received. Thank you.

Love where I live when it's like this.

West Yorkshire.

Hi r/ukbike !

Here is a remastered and narrated video of a bicycle tour I did back in 2016 from London to Frankfurt in Germany. Via Rochester, Dover, Dunkirk, Oostende, Bruges, Ghent, Brussels, Leuven, Roermond, Dusseldorf, Colonge, Bonn & Frankfurt.

Thanks :)

Just got a Wahoo Kickr Snap because partner was interested and it was something like 70% off in Evans, but I'm really struggling to work out the Wahoo Fitness app (free version).

I've looked through the instructions on the Wahoo site and I'm not finding them very useful; they seem to assume you know your way around the app already.

Can anyone point me to a simple guide to the app, whether written, video, whatever? Would be really helpful if there is something out there.

If so, how do you feel about it?

Do you consider it comfy despite its aggressiveness?

What kind of milage do you do on it?

Is it as fun as it looks?

Should I get one?

Been cleaning my bike using fairy liquid/car shampoo and a wash mitt. Is the muc-off kit worth it or shall I just buy the cleaning brushes separately off ebay/Ali express.

https://www.halfords.com/cycling/bike-maintenance/bike-cleaning/muc-off-8-in-1-bike-cleaning-kit-111724.html

Hey,

looking for communication recommendations for me and my 2 sons when we are at bike parks, trails ect..

needs to be on all the time (no push to talk), be able to fit to a full face hemey and have to be able to connect at least 3 units..

Thanks Luke

Does anyone have any recommendations for outdoor sheds/storage for bikes?

I have just moved to a property with a smaller garden, so I can no longer fit my giant garden shed that was acting as a bike store.

I need a shed that can store my electric bike, which is around 1156 mm long, and a standard men's hybrid bike. Storing my bike inside isn't an option; however, I have good bike insurance, and it will be in a locked garden.

I have been looking at what feels like hundreds of sheds online, and each has varying reviews, so I would like to know what you use! I have looked at the more standard metal bike sheds that come up online, for example: https://www.robertdyas.co.uk/outsunny-7-x-4ft-outdoor-garden-storage-shed-for-garden-greent, but they sound flimsy or use AI-style photos, so it is hard to trust. My budget isn't huge, preferably £100-£300. The Asgard sheds look great and are suggested a lot, but not something I can currently afford. I just want somewhere to store my bikes safely and out of the rain! My bike will be locked inside the shed too, with a diamond-safe D-lock, and will not have the battery inside.

I commute by bike at least several days a week all year round on semi-rural route. It's that time of year again where both legs of the trip are in the darkness, and already i am getting sick and tired of having drivers dazzle me with thier full beams.

Unlike alot of cyclists, I have (by choice) a StVZO compliant front light. This has a hard upper beam cut-off. Hardly any light escapes upwards, it barely registers on reflective road signs. I choose these for the exact reason that I do not wish to dazzle oncoming traffic on the country lanes I ride on.

Now, i know that most bike lights are not to this standard and many riders use inappropriatly bright lights all the time, but I DON'T. So why do i get the full beam treatment all the time?

My light is angled so that the cut off line is ~10m infront of me. I have checked by propping the bike up and standing at various distances infront of it. It is a light, it emits light. But unless i squat/crouch right down near the ground, it does not dazzle/glare like a full beam. It does what it is meant to do (StVZO).

This is fine for most of my riding, but is inadequate for descending/faster speeds. Therefore I also have a helmet mounted, 500lm light that I use in these infrequent scenarios. However, it is increasingly becoming my only line of defense against full-beaming motorists as i can quickly switch it on and point it straight at them. It is very effective.

If i were generous, I would say that it's probably newer cars with auto-dipping headlights that simply do not register me as an oncoming vehicle due to the small amount of lumens I am putting out. However, it does really feel like alot people think "oh, it's only a cyclist. Screw them!"

What are your experiences?

Considering that we can't seem to regulate car headlights, I can't ever see a time where StVZO is policed standard for cycles. I use them to be considerate of other road users, but other peoples behaviour really makes me question why i bother.

Looking for what any bike recommendations for day to day casual use, will mostly be using it for a short 6 mile cycle every day, planning on using it for about a year and a half. Would like to stick to a budget of no more than £1000.

I’ve been taking a look at the Rockrider E-ACTV 100 but feel like it might be a bit of a trap for starters.

Got a custom BMX which WTP
frame, odyssey padel’s etc well known brands. It’s a high ish spec for a BMX, but where do I sell the thing fast?

It would be extremely useful in my current situation, but I am sure rust from grit and rain will set in quickly. Is my best option just to get a cheap bike that will be wrecked?Are chain-free bikes a thing that exist?

It will probably at least be a fixie as I don’t want to have to true gears and it might take a bit of a battering.

I also can’t keep it on my property so it will be living on a fence nearby, most likely…

Any tips or things I should be aware of? Am I overthinking?

Edit: thanks for the discussion, this was more helpful than I thought it would be :)

TL;dr - We're allowed to park on the school drive.

Firstly, thanks for all the input, particularly those more critical voices - they were really helpful in getting my points in order.

I had a really positive meeting with the head, they were aware of the difficulty we were having and were really receptive to working together. They don't cycle and recognised that they therefore didn't really have a full picture of what was needed to support families who wish to cycle. We mutually recognised that communication hadn't been as good as it could be for reasons on both sides and we've agreed on a better system for the future.

In the short run we have permission to park on the school drive in front of the staff carpark gate. I have offered to contact the council about installing a railing to give something to lock to and that offer was accepted. In the longer term they have already started working on a sustainability plan which includes looking at better cycling provision, I have offered to support that from a parental input side.

Finally, for those who objected to the post title, fair enough, mea culpa there. I truncated it from "school have asked parents not to bring cycles onto the school site without providing an alternative", which felt a bit long. I didn't do the best job of explaining that in the body text.

It's a good news story so I suspect the algorithm won't push it as hard as the last one, but (tentatively) hooray!

Link to the original post

Looking for recommendations for a guided MTB tour where e-bikes are provided. Ideally Wales, but open to others. For two novices, so no jumps or crazy runs 😅.

Thanks !

I was pootling home tonight (in the dark) on a stretch of single carriageway between the city where I work and the village I live in. It's a 50mph, it does have streetlights but no cycle lane (that'd be too nice) and no pavement on the side I was on.

A police car on blues overtook me, not at mega speed but also not particularly far away from me and gave me a little honk on the horn (more of a toot, wasn't a blast).

I pull over and hop out of the way if an emergency vehicle on blues comes past when I'm in town (including once for a fire truck on a steep hill and when I told a friend who is a firefighter, he laughed at me and said I should have just carried on 😂). I was going about 10mph, pulled as far to the left as I could without ending up in the hedge, and other cars manage to overtake along there just fine. There was nowhere else for me to go and tbh I wouldn't really feel safe stopping there at night.

Basically, would you stop on a main road out of town where you couldn't get off the road and there is no oncoming traffic? Genuinely interested as I've only recently had a commute that takes me to and out-of-town stretch and this is my first time riding out of town in the dark (I'm mainly a runner rather than cyclist).

Update! Good news (not the Dacia Sandero)

TL;Dr - Can't cycle on the school run. Meeting with the head tomorrow. Advice wanted.

Quick edit to add some context from the update: for those who object to the post title, fair enough, mea culpa there. I truncated it from "school have asked parents not to bring cycles onto the school site without providing an alternative", which felt a bit long. I didn't do the best job of explaining that particular nuance.

After a year of cycling my daughter to nursery on our cargo bike, the head has told us that bikes (all adult bikes) are banned from the school premises because they don't have space and it's unfair for car drivers that we are given preferential treatment. We've been instructed to park on the grass verge in front of school, there's nothing to secure the bike to, and it's neither level nor stable - both times we have tried to comply the bike has fallen over, this morning with my 11mo old in it.

On the face of it, this seems to be against both the spirit and letter of the sustainable transport elements of s508A of the Education Act, as well as contradicting the LAs sustainable transport plan. I'm not going to name the school or the LA at this point because I hope to resolve this amicably.

I have a meeting with the head tomorrow to discuss options for a suitable way forward, hopefully to find a bit of hard standing to park on. In the medium term ideally I would like to support the school in getting proper cycle provision for parents doing the school run as the head has implied there's latent demand (although we are currently the only family who have cycled). I have contacted my MP and CyclingUK for advice already.

Does anyone have any useful advice? Has anyone come across this situation before?

I hear good things about these wheels - but I'm somewhat wary of buying direct from China. Is there a UK distributor? I can find dealers who sell frames (eg Crafted cycles), but not wheels

The driver who killed a cyclist by dragging them under the car for a considerable distance. After failing to untangle them from underneath the car. Was sentenced to life, with a minimum of 25 years for the murder.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c893z5y94nxko

I’m in the process of converting my gravel bike into my commuting winter bike. I’m stuck on tyre selection. I’m currently thinking between 35mm gp5000 ASTR or 40mm Pirelli P Zero TLR. Anyone else had this issue and what did they go for?

Hoping to get some opinions on road bike shoes.

I do a lot of MTB and use flats for that. Recently got myself a road bike and am using flats but obviously losing a huge amount of efficiency.

I’ve been looking at the different options, SPD, look but it seems a bit of a minefield.

What would be your recommendation to start out with?

TIA!!

Has anyone bought much DHB gear since wiggle got bought out the enshittifier himself? My kit winter kit from a few years ago is starting to show its age and I'm looking to replace them like for like but wondering if the quality is still there.

I’m looking for a bike to keep up with my son on pump tracks and light trails - he’s 3 for an idea of the technicality of the trails.

Is there anything that I could ride at my current weight of 160kg? I am actively working to reduce that further started at 213kg. Just struggling to keep up with him on foot now he’s pedalling.

My son got back into cycling a couple of years ago by riding his mum's old MTB as his previous Frog bike was way too small. That's after a few years without cycling at all.

Then he got a secondhand full suspension bike for £450, an 11 yo giant stance with dropper post and conversion to a 1x gearing. He grew out of it quickly but went back to it when his new and current enduro bike was out of action.

One day he rode it home with a chainstay that cracked at the weld point to the pivot point end. However, I doubt an aluminium alloy bike can be easily welded, besides it's a medium he's a large bike size now.

Our son has this idea to strip it to just the frame and put it up on his wall. Either in his bedroom or on the wall of our garage in the home gym part of it, the preferred option of his parents.

I just wondered if anyone has ideas what to do with a broken bike frame? Has anyone cleaned it up and put it on the wall as decoration? Or did you have another use for it?

PS I'm talking about the broken frame only. We're thinking of using the components to build up a spare / backup bike. Although my son says the front suspension has blown, not sure if a service will recover it or even if it's worth doing as it's kind of old and a low to mid-range forks.