Stocky

Nantwich Vets

I've got a 62cm head as well and also wear Shoei. I have a Neotec flip front and a full face, and I ride some really long journeys and comfort is never an issue.

"> Maybe if your luggage is roomy enough you could get a Top Box Monkey?

Don't just do that in the wet, do it all the time. It will soon become second nature, just be careful to back off a bit if you're behind someone else that still insists on going the long way round, as otherwise it looks like you're trying to overtake them.

Good choice

Ride the bike.

Interphone Urban for me and Mrs S. Good quality sound at all speeds and battery lasts for ages. Wouldn't be without one now when 2 up, we're not constantly talking but they are great for junctions if nothing else. At a T junction she'll look one way and me the other, and she'll give me a running commentary about what's happening. If the road is clear she'll repeat, clear, clear, clear........ until I pull out.

I agree, that's the same as my bike entitlement and I've had a full bike licence since 1979. Edit - I then spotted that my licence has 01 in column 12 - turns out that's because I can see sod all without my glasses and so should be wearing them. (which I do all the time)

Good idea (says the person who's going to Scotland on holiday in August)

A few more whilst doing the Welsh National Rally. Shropshire Camping & Pods Brigands Inn Cross Foxes Conwy Valley Railway Whitewater Centre

Transporting blood, as in whole blood for transfusion, is only a very small part of what we do. We are an out of hours courier service for the NHS trusts in the area we cover. Two of the three trusts we serve, have a pair of major, general hospitals and then a number of satellite hospitals, most with just one ward. Common jobs are: Samples from smaller hospitals to the laboratories at the larger. Medication and equipment from the larger hospitals to the smaller. Samples to major hospitals out of our area, for tests not carried out at the local labs. However we will transport anything that the NHS wants, providing that it will fit in the panniers, or strap onto the rack, of our bikes.

As with my previous answer I can only reply for our group. We split the week into 2 shifts with the handover times being sometime before 19:00 on Wednesday and Saturday at 19:00. During the week the vast majority of the work is 19:00-23:00 so on a lot of duty nights you can still get 7 hours sleep. Occasionally you will get an 03:00 or so job and then you will be a bit jaded the following day, but it is always the rider's right to turn a job down if he/she thinks they won't be safe, in exactly the same way as if the weather is unsuitable in the middle of winter. The coordinator could be 40 miles away and have completely different weather. How often you commit to our rota is up to the individual but a lot of folks settle down to one duty, half a week, about once a month.

Yes I do for Severn Freewheelers the group just North of you, see one of our bikes featured in the first two photos posted for the 2017 UK Challenge 100. As others have said, the induction process varies from group to group and therefore I can't give you any detail about the Bristol lot. Just as an example we require all riders to be 30 years old (well the insurers do) have an advanced riding qualification passed a maximum of 3 years before, IAM, Rospa Silver or a police qualification. This also has to be retaken every 3 years. In addition all riders have an annual check ride taken on one of the marked up bikes. When riding you wear the charity high viz over your bike gear, and must wear a white crash helemt. Flip fronts are favourite so you don't have to take it off when going into the hospitals. Although a fair number of our members are retired I'm one who isn't and I have been doing it for over 6 years now. Another thing, often overlooked, is that you have to be OK with long rides at night, whilst raining and cold. For at least half the year the only time you will see daylight on the bloodbike is at weekends.

I know somebody that has, but then he is a [strikeout]bit[/strikeout] lot accident prone, I also know someone who's had an off while wearing one and he reckons that it worked really well in action.

A few from me over the last few days. The Highway Man Northampton Old Scouts St Margaret's Travelodge HQ Army Flying Billy's On The Road Epsom Fairground Craft Centre Fovant Badges Whiteways

https://www.prescottbikefestival.co.uk/ What else is there worth going to this Sunday?? No don't answer that, just get yourself and your steed along to THE season opener, a few miles North of Cheltenham. It's a great biking day out and as a bonus the proceeds go towards running the local bloodbike group AND the Nationwide Association of Blood Bikes.

The Big Pit Littledean Jail (which is in England) The Wheatsheaf

Ah The Rules. A wise man's guide and a fool's bible.

Sounds to me that the new levers aren't pulling as much cable as the originals

This place is brilliant, lots of massive discounts, heading there and the nearby bike shops tomorrow in fact That's a long trip from Cyprus

How about http://www.megamotorcyclestore.co.uk/ in Swindon.

Buy an ER650 instead, great little bike, I ran one for 2 years. Suited to the short of leg (me)

What's your routine when you set off? Do you get the bike out and start it and then put your lid on, do your jacket up, put your gloves on etc etc. If so try getting everything ready before you start the bike so you can ride off immediatley.

Open Google maps of the area you want to ride, type in the name of the pub you're after and choose from the results

4 more today, SWMBO is on half term, so took her out for a bimble around the North Cotswolds. Was planning to go out into Wales, but heavy rain forecast out there. RAIN? in Wales, how unusual Barley Mow Queen Vic Banbury Cross Cornerstone Coffee & Book Shop