Cycling thread

Need some advice please.

I want to take my bike with a couple of mates and cycle somewhere in Europe, probably next spring now. The problem is, I cannot work out how to get your bike there and back. I presume you use a bike box on the plane but where do you leave it when you are actually cycling? Am I missing something? (other than a bike box).
 
bol-uk said:
Need some advice please.

I want to take my bike with a couple of mates and cycle somewhere in Europe, probably next spring now. The problem is, I cannot work out how to get your bike there and back. I presume you use a bike box on the plane but where do you leave it when you are actually cycling? Am I missing something? (other than a bike box).
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Whenever I've done it I've got an old cardboard bike box from the local bike shop and made sure it's well padded with bubblewrap/kit and clothes etc. Then the box goes with you onto the plane, and then to your hotel/accommodation. If you're camping or something then I'm not sure. Most bike shops will have the boxes as they're what new bikes tend to come in, and they usually go straight in the bin, so they're happy for you to take it off their hands, so if you're near a shop the other end then you could bin your arrival box and pick up a new one for your return.
 
Bruce Wayne said:
Whenever I've done it I've got an old cardboard bike box from the local bike shop and made sure it's well padded with bubblewrap/kit and clothes etc. Then the box goes with you onto the plane, and then to your hotel/accommodation. If you're camping or something then I'm not sure. Most bike shops will have the boxes as they're what new bikes tend to come in, and they usually go straight in the bin, so they're happy for you to take it off their hands, so if you're near a shop the other end then you could bin your arrival box and pick up a new one for your return.
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OK, this is kind of what I had thought. I get them from my local bike shop often enough.
Thanks!
 


You have to be a bit of an idiot to upload that. Cyclists can get speeding fines, if the police can identify them. If you're relatively famous and you put that on instagram it's quite simple.
 
Bruce Wayne said:
I don't know about mainland Europe, but I was always under the impression that as there is not a failsafe method of checking speed on a bike, that they are largely exempt from speed limits. Think that's the case here.
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Over here it depends, a policeman can always fine you for excessive speed - even without knowing your exact speed. They rarely do this.

Correct most cameras aren't reliable. It's changing now though. Above is in Ghent, entire town has a 30 km/h speed limit. So they invested in new ones. One in the picture costs 130 000 euro and is reliable. There are cheaper ones now though. The main issue is identification. One of the reasons they decided that electric bikes that go faster need a licence plate.
 
Armel said:
Over here it depends, a policeman can always fine you for excessive speed - even without knowing your exact speed. They rarely do this.

Correct most cameras aren't reliable. It's changing now though. Above is in Ghent, entire town has a 30 km/h speed limit. So they invested in new ones. One in the picture costs 130 000 euro and is reliable. There are cheaper ones now though. The main issue is identification. One of the reasons they decided that electric bikes that go faster need a licence plate.
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I was actually referring to the speedometers on the bikes themselves. Obviously all cars have them, so there's no excuse for drivers not knowing how fast they're going, but I believe the logic was that there's no guarantee that a cyclist will have a means of telling their speed, so they can't be prosecuted for exceeding the speed limit. Or something to that effect.

So the specific legislation about speeding only covers motor vehicles, although I think the cops can ping you for riding recklessly or something like that instead.
 
Bruce Wayne said:
I was actually referring to the speedometers on the bikes themselves. Obviously all cars have them, so there's no excuse for drivers not knowing how fast they're going, but I believe the logic was that there's no guarantee that a cyclist will have a means of telling their speed, so they can't be prosecuted for exceeding the speed limit. Or something to that effect.

So the specific legislation about speeding only covers motor vehicles, although I think the cops can ping you for riding recklessly or something like that instead.
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Not going to stop Queensland cops, big purge on speeding cyclists been announced.
How effective and for how long is yet to be seen, but the gist was just because you're on a bike, traffic lights and speed limits still apply.
 
Bruce Wayne said:
I was actually referring to the speedometers on the bikes themselves. Obviously all cars have them, so there's no excuse for drivers not knowing how fast they're going, but I believe the logic was that there's no guarantee that a cyclist will have a means of telling their speed, so they can't be prosecuted for exceeding the speed limit. Or something to that effect.

So the specific legislation about speeding only covers motor vehicles, although I think the cops can ping you for riding recklessly or something like that instead.
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Sorry misread, using cellphone. I thought they were reliable as long as you put in the correct diameter of the wheel. I doubt a lot of cyclists need one though, 30 K is quite fast for a lot of ppl.
 
Armel said:
Over here it depends, a policeman can always fine you for excessive speed - even without knowing your exact speed. They rarely do this.

Correct most cameras aren't reliable. It's changing now though. Above is in Ghent, entire town has a 30 km/h speed limit. So they invested in new ones. One in the picture costs 130 000 euro and is reliable. There are cheaper ones now though. The main issue is identification. One of the reasons they decided that electric bikes that go faster need a licence plate.
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Armel what would you say is the best bet for watching the cyclocross this season - seems like we have to have a eurosport subscription or some Teds called Flobikes are streaming it at £30 a month. Do you know if it is on the Belgian national channel VRT as I heard someone saying it was and we could get it?
 
Black Belt Jones said:
Armel what would you say is the best bet for watching the cyclocross this season - seems like we have to have a eurosport subscription or some Teds called Flobikes are streaming it at £30 a month. Do you know if it is on the Belgian national channel VRT as I heard someone saying it was and we could get it?
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This is a list of all the cyclocross races for the entire season (including the broadcaster- you'll notice that the rights got scattered):

http://www.veldritkalender.be/

Sporza (VRT), VTM (free commercial Belgian channel, if you live in Belgium) and Telenet (something similar to Sky Sports, so you have to pay). I take it you guys have the free VRT channels, seeing that we have all of the BBC channels for free.

There's a Dutch speaking site that streams them all, in Flemish/Dutch though.
 

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