Hello, I saw a few weeks ago people saying that the old Guardian thread was getting difficult to find as it was more than 2 years old or similar. I suggested starting a new one.

So.. Here is a new thread for this year (and maybe even 2027 too). 'Hope nobody minds too much.

Anyway, without further delay, here is the quiz. Enjoy!:

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeand..uiz-general-knowledge-topical-news-trivia-229

A very modest 9/15 for me..

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[Admin edit: Continued from Tea? (Part 5) - https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/tea-part-5.173257/]

Fubar said:

Meats? MEATS?

No, absolutely nothing wrong with that.

Click to expand..

Maybe

A little game that was recommended to me over the festive break: https://www.powerlanguage.co.uk/wordle/
I’m quite enjoying the daily word puzzle.

I will start the ball rolling.

Lily, our ginger long hair. (She has currently got 3 male cats after her one jet black, one pale ginger, and one black and white. The black and white one hass actually been inside the house).

Forgive me, I've loads of questions.
Going to treat myself with an expensive(to me) & probably my final bike purchase.
I'm at an age where I want comfort firstly and speed secondly. I probably want a comfortable bike I can ride fast when I feel like it.

So criteria is, decent tyre width, mounts for mudguards, under 10kg, 105 mechanical preferred

Material: steel, carbon, titanium. (Not aluminium, every bike I've owned was ali)

Bikes I've browsed include the Defy, Roubaix, Domane and..

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Just been looking at renewing my Discovery+ sub to see / catch up with races Down Under etc.
Only two plans now available: Basic @ £3.99/month (includes v little) & Premium (includes everything) @ £30.99/month - ouch!
No Standard @ £6.99 / month

£6.99 was OK to see cycling & tennis (only two we're willing to pay for), but not £30+.

So, what are y'all doing out there? Is there an alternative?
I've looked at Eurosport, but just get directed to Discovery - as expected.

I've greatly..

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[Part 3 of the thread originally started by Mondobongo - http://www.cyclechat..ciation-part-1/ + http://www.cyclechat..ciation.39458/ ]

If you listen to Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie of an evening then you will already know what this is all about. For those that don't you start with a song another song is then linked to the previous could be as simple as same/similar words artist in a different band or you could really go off on a tangent. All the songs..

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Years ago l used to do a little bit of motorcycle touring and camping. Now despite me saying many times never again, l'm now looking at doing some cycle touring and camping again....l'll never learn!

But of course l now need to upgrade my tent and sleeping matt to smaller and lighter equipment.

The sleeping mat l've sorted now with a Big Agnes Rapide SL Regular Wide.

But as for the tent, l'm really struggling to fine one that ticks all of my boxes:-

1) Two man (l've got to have some..

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My Skoda is out of action (starter motor) and the suspension is getting really noisy.

I've seen a 2009 x trail 2.0dci for little money and wondered if they were ok?

Who has one?




If you have a BKool TT then the group is Cyclechat BKool on the BKool website.

Happy mother's day to all the mum's on cycle chat and everywhere else.

Ok we have all seen cyclist jump the lights, but this guy in his late 50’s gave a real bad name to cyclists around my area in Surrey.
Sat as a passenger four cars back from this disgusting excuse of a cyclist. He jumped the lights and as he did a young lady waiting at the lights tapped her horn once, very quickly. The guy on the bike gave her the finger as he went through. The lights changed and he Rode dead centre to prevent the young lady from overtaking and started giving her the W-anchor..

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Hi all, has anybody on this forum had solar panels fitted and are generating there own electricity. I am currently thinking about it, and am trying to look at the pros & cons.
At the moment i am paying £ 65 per month for gas and electric, so i am thinking of having solar panels installed to generate our electricity. Also i am thinking that we should be quids in, as we use so little power as there is only two of us.

Gone to join Lemmy and Philthy Animal Taylor at the big gig in the sky.

We, well most of us, keep spare tyre patches on the bike or at least in the home toolkit.
Depending on the frequency of how often one gets punctures, said patches may sit unused for quite some time.
So how long does the 'stickiness' of these patches remain effective I wonder; months, years - ?

(What is PTP? This thread, all welcome to join in at any point)

Back again for the 84th time, the race to the sun.

Route (www.paris-nice.fr):

Stage profiles - PCS
Startlist - Also PCS

Past winners
2025 JORGENSON Matteo2024 JORGENSON Matteo2023 POGAČAR Tadej2022 ROGLIČ Primož2021 SCHACHMANN Maximilian2020 SCHACHMANN Maximilian2019 BERNAL Egan2018 SOLER Marc2017 HENAO SergioScore spreadsheet will be updated..

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Bent the front mudguard on my commuter bike recently so just fitted a new one using the fixings from the old one which had already been bent around to suit the disc brake.

This was achieved using:

Tool kitKitchen as workshopMug of teaRock and roll on the stereoMinimum swearing

London's Burning actor John Alford dies in prison

So I actually didn't know he was in prison, and nearly didn't post this because it for sexual assault but here we are...

John Alford is someone that is either a bit famous to a certain age of person, or you have never heard of him. He was in Grange Hill and graduated to London's Burning and was very popular in both. He actually had a singing career (the 1990s being of the 'lets make a soap star a singer' times) though it was only..

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I still have a triple on my old hybrid bike with a lowest gear ratio of

22. Front. 32 rear

After I swapped the front chain ring to a MTB one.

After two years messing about with it, the Enterprise is finished..yaaay!. Great kit, first I've built since I was about 14. I've got to work out where to display it now.

Beer for them as wants it. Who wants what?

Hi guys,
I have a road bike and two mtb bikes. The reason for riding mtb bikes, is to get myself off the road as much as possible, especially during the winter months.
I also have a smart trainer that I absolutely love as it’s as near to real life cycling as you can get. I’m on the fence with going back on the road this year ( except charity rides) with the cars and abuse we often have to suffer, just for enjoying a morning out. Although they say cycling is declining, I’m thinking, maybe..

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