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      <title>[VV Discussion] Re: Securing your trike/bike on tour</title>
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      <author>Borntoolate</author>
      <description><![CDATA[The ground anchore are really good, and I had forgotten about them. 
Littlelerch, you tour on a fixie? Thighs of titanium, mate!
Befriending shopkeepers is a good idea. In towns, thats fine, or the local police station, but out of town, the risk diminishes with the population, but its the luggage that's vulnerable. I suppose the only answer is to take things of value or importance with you in a carry-bag (I use a handlebar bag from Gilles Berthoud, with lots of little pockets). If thieves rifle your panniers and find only smelly laundry (good to put that on top!), they shouldnt be too keen on taking them home!]]></description>
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      <title>[VV Discussion] Re: Ten bike things I love.</title>
      <link>http://www.velovision.co.uk/forum-new/read.php?3,6451,6698#msg-6698</link>
      <author>Borntoolate</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Sheltering from showers in church porches, and thus discovering wonders and treasures you never would have stopped for in a car, or been able to on a bus or train.
I was followed by a barn owl on Monday, for the second time this winter!]]></description>
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      <title>[VV Discussion] Re: Trike ride ; Rutland Water , 28th of March.</title>
      <link>http://www.velovision.co.uk/forum-new/read.php?3,6695,6697#msg-6697</link>
      <author>marc-Triker</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Where are we all ment to be meeting up and starting from? 

Spud]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:06:15 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>[VV Discussion] Re: Spring! Hooray!</title>
      <link>http://www.velovision.co.uk/forum-new/read.php?3,6639,6696#msg-6696</link>
      <author>Steveindenmark</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Well done guys.

Bend in a small road.

There is my young lady on the left, just past that giant piece of ice.

Most of the snow is gone now but more is threatened for the weekend.

Now we can see the earth we have snowdrops and hundreds more bulbs in the garden.

That means when we start clearing the garden for the summer, I will get more slapped wrists than usual for standing on everything.

Steve]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:08:33 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>[VV Discussion] Trike ride ; Rutland Water , 28th of March.</title>
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      <author>n-ick</author>
      <description><![CDATA[maybe get out and see some new faces and machines;

http://www.cyclechat.net/forums/showthread.php?t=54146]]></description>
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      <title>[VV Discussion] Re: Cycling ;Room 101</title>
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      <author>RobH</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Arch Wrote:
&gt; I've never seen a horse in trousers...
No, any fule knows horses wear curtains.
Just watch any medaevel jousting tournament!]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:10:32 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>[VV Discussion] Re: Spring! Hooray!</title>
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      <author>Arch</author>
      <description><![CDATA[According to a random online translator, it's 'bend narrow way' - kurve will be bend, smal will be small or narrow and when you know that j is pronounced i, the last word is vei, or way... I think.

So basically, it's a narrow bendy road.

Which someone seems to have dredged over-liberally with icing sugar.]]></description>
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      <title>[VV Discussion] Re: Cycling ;Room 101</title>
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      <author>Arch</author>
      <description><![CDATA[I had riding lessons a couple of years ago, finally fulfilling a childhood dream, and the least stressful bit was riding the bike back home - suddenly I was properly in control again!  I gave up when the money, and courage, ran out. Still, I'm glad I did it.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:53:30 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>[VV Discussion] Re: Spring! Hooray!</title>
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      <author>n-ick</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Nice ! We're complaining that the daffodils are 3 weeks late.

 Any clue to the translation, looks like ; curve small vegetables ?]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:33:43 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>[VV Discussion] Re: Cycling ;Room 101</title>
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      <author>Geoff</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Well that's an admission to make in a public place! I here they can't touch you for it if it's with a horse.]]></description>
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      <title>[VV Discussion] Re: Cycling ;Room 101</title>
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      <author>Arch</author>
      <description><![CDATA[No, they wear the trunks under the trousers, for when they go swimming...

I know about horses, me, I've equested in my time...  I prefer bikes though they generally go where you tell 'em to.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:45:46 +0000</pubDate>
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      <author>Geoff</author>
      <description><![CDATA[I wish Arch would stick to her expertise. I.E. Elephants! 


Now they must have trousers, what else do they put into their trunks.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:24:01 +0000</pubDate>
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      <author>Arch</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Geoff Wrote:
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&gt;Otherwise, with trousers on the
&gt; horses are not frightened.

But I expect they are a bit hindered in their movements, with trousers on. I've never seen a horse in trousers...]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:15:35 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>[VV Discussion] Re: Strange repairs</title>
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      <author>Arch</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Now, the next thing you can do is start collecting those walking stick 'headbadges' you can buy, usually at tourist attractions.  I reckon they'd stick round frame tubes nicely!

It's always amused me that some people who need walking sticks then go and add extra weight to them - and who thought up that idea in the first place!?

And I like the idea of a shop that had 3 sizes of walking stick foot AND the right washers.  Sounds as useful as the string emporium in Malton!]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:13:42 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>[VV Discussion] Re: Tested Blackburn Mars 4.0</title>
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      <author>Geoff</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Sadly it's attached to my Kettwiesel and I'll be on the QNT.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>[VV Discussion] Re: Tested Blackburn Mars 4.0</title>
      <link>http://www.velovision.co.uk/forum-new/read.php?3,6667,6684#msg-6684</link>
      <author>Pedalabit</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Dark Dormes at Longridge no more]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:47:37 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>[VV Discussion] Re: Yearly Mileage ?</title>
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      <author>Geoff</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Well in the last year I've seen three other recumbent trikes within 30  miles of home. Plus two recumbent bikes, I knew one of the bike riders but the other just went by me in the opposite direction flipping a hand in acknowledgement. So in my area there are at least 6 of us, although as i ride two different ones does that make 7? In the same period I've spotted a tandem and no DF trikes. Although there is a DF trike owner around and I used to see him quite often, but not recently.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue,  9 Mar 2010 21:14:54 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>[VV Discussion] Re: Yearly Mileage ?</title>
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      <author>hercule</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Geoff Wrote:
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&gt; Is this a sign that recumbent trikes are becoming
&gt; mainstream?
&gt; 
&gt; There are a lot more on the roads, nearly every
&gt; DFer who stops to chat tells me he's seen at least
&gt; one other on his rides. Given the numbers produced
&gt; world wide we're a long way from becoming a
&gt; significant minority but maybe there is not too
&gt; far to go before there are more recumbent trikes
&gt; than tandems in use. I suspect we have already
&gt; passed the number of DF trikes in regular use.

I see lots of cyclists and pedestrians who tell me that they've seen another recumbent triker in the area.  On closer enquiry it turns out to be me.  Clearly they don't think the same person is likely to be seen in areas 40 miles apart!]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue,  9 Mar 2010 20:49:24 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>[VV Discussion] Re: Strange repairs</title>
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      <author>John Turvey</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Arch is nearly right, as is Seamus - just another tube - the post for the front gear mech - I got home one day in January and the plastic cap on the top was gone - it had not (as far as I know) been loose - must have been the extreme cold - this has been the coldest winter since 2004 when I the XXL - I was in a shop a week later looking for some big washewrs for my gate hinges (the gate was sticking on the ground- frost heave) when I saw these rubber feet for walking sticks - available in 3 sizea - the largest just fits over the tube (and the shop had the right size of washers too).

John Turvey]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue,  9 Mar 2010 20:19:23 +0000</pubDate>
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      <author>Geoff</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Not now!!!!  :-)


Be afraid, be very afraid, for your retinas!]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue,  9 Mar 2010 19:36:19 +0000</pubDate>
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      <author>Steveindenmark</author>
      <description><![CDATA[This is the longest winter I can remember. I have been in Denmark for 7 years and it is usually similar to the UK. 

But having the snow around has not been all bad. It has been a lot brighter than other winters which are very wet, windy and cold. We have had lots of snow but it has been quite mild in comparison and we have had a few bright days as well.



[IMG]http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w182/steveindenmark/IMG_2906.jpg[/IMG]

Steve]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue,  9 Mar 2010 19:29:58 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>[VV Discussion] Re: Cycling ;Room 101</title>
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      <author>Geoff</author>
      <description><![CDATA[I thought that only applied if you had forgotten your trouserings! Otherwise, with trousers on the horses are not frightened.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue,  9 Mar 2010 19:27:37 +0000</pubDate>
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      <author>n-ick</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Oy vey, enough. I thought that you never went out at night, as you were scared of the dark !]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue,  9 Mar 2010 19:23:57 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>[VV Discussion] Re: Cycling ;Room 101</title>
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      <author>n-ick</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Fear not ,our leader is ready with dog asbos, restraining orders and a whole air force of flying pigs.
I'm sure that the doberman who destroyed my mirror and front mudguard is now awaiting trial.

We passed 2 jolly county gents with a spare horse. First thing The Spud asked was if they'd lost someone. I followed this with the need to always have a spare, like an inner tube.
 Blank faces, including the riders.

My Edwardian guide to cycling advises that gentlemen remove their hats and face the wall, in order not to frighten the horses.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue,  9 Mar 2010 19:21:40 +0000</pubDate>
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      <author>Arch</author>
      <description><![CDATA[No, I know just what you mean - good guess!]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue,  9 Mar 2010 18:55:12 +0000</pubDate>
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      <author>Arch</author>
      <description><![CDATA[I discovered on the first run out on mine that it put my face at exactly the right height for a Border Collie to lick....

If I'm dawdling along a busy path, I'll let dogs have a good look at me - after all, they probably haven't seen one before.  Did the same for an oncoming horse on Sunday, pulled over, stood up, took the flag out, spoke to the horse as it passed - it looked a bit sideways at me, but hopefully it could see I was a human, not a lion.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue,  9 Mar 2010 18:52:28 +0000</pubDate>
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      <author>Seamus</author>
      <description><![CDATA[&gt;Rubber walking stick foot... Um... some sort of bar end plug? (on a recumbent? maybe not) 

On the seat. The tubes that support the coaver. that 2 an the front and 2 at the top.

this would be such much easier if i had a webpage that i could draw on.]]></description>
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      <author>Arch</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Trying to fit a mudguard to the new trike, I made a sort of bracket to fix the bottom edge of the mudguard to the back of the main tube. I needed some metal I could bend into the right shape, and put holes in.  I found a steel drinks can at work, and cut a bit out.

It worked, but it was ugly, and I suspect would have broken fairly soon.  Fortunately, the ever resourceful (and owner of much proper metalwork equipment) Mr Eland has since replaced it with a very neat piece of machined aluminium, and hopefully he'll bung a picture up soon....


Rubber walking stick foot... Um... some sort of bar end plug?  (on a recumbent?  maybe not)

Or have you gained a peg leg since I saw you last, and used it on that?]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue,  9 Mar 2010 18:20:55 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>[VV Discussion] Re: Yearly Mileage ?</title>
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      <author>Arch</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Steveindenmark Wrote:
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&gt; My head is just tuned to
&gt; trikes at the moment because that is what I am
&gt; getting but I need to remember the site is for all
&gt; recumbents.
&gt; 
&gt; Steve


I think Borntoolate's point is that it's not just recumbents, but all bikes, upright, recumbent.. even prone I suppose, if anyone has one...

I like coming up behind pedestrians on shared paths, slowly of course, and dinging my bell, and seeing their faces when they look round and don't see me until they look down and I'm at ankle height... ;-)

BTW, while we're on the subject of using up cloth and stuff, look out for hi-vis vests in poundshops (and assuming there is an equivalent overseas...).  The vest themselves are often very thin and low quality, but each one has over a metre of good retroreflective tape sewn on, which can easily be unpicked and sewn or stuck to other stuff like panniers, or to make cuff or ankle bands.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue,  9 Mar 2010 18:12:45 +0000</pubDate>
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      <author>Geoff</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Removing the seat might be enough too. For me the height of the Kettwiesel seat or the height of the QNT headrest would be the limiting factors in a lower roofed car. Length wise they both go in, albeit a bit on the tight side.]]></description>
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