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Bike Gadgets – Lights

Another Bike Gadgets post. A quick shout out to Serfas UK. I have used Serfas lights for 7 years now. I wrote in Nov 2011 abouth my Serfas ‘True 250’ . Alas, sadly the LBS is no longer there – It seems t’internet has taken over the world. In 2016 my True 250 it took a battering […]

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A crazy idea!

Five years ago this month, I posted about my ‘small on the outside, big on the inside’ local town shop.  Regrettably, ‘Cyclops’ in Syston are closing down this year – but the Serfas ‘True 250’ rechargeable bike light that I bought five years ago has been used week-daily through five winters, being used for ~2 hours a day, the […]

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Missed a birthday… 3250miles / 12mths.

It was two years ago, May 2011, that I purchased my Specialized Crosstrail Sport Disc 2011. Here’s an update on the bike’s needs so far… If you are commuting you really need to carry ‘stuff’, hence a multi-purpose the rack on the back for my two panniers. You also need decent mudguards if you want to […]

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Look local first!

After unsuccessfully visiting two larger city cycle shops this morning, I popped into the ‘small on the outside, big on the inside’ local town shop. I was after a quality chargeable front light for my bike – for commuting daily using unlit country lanes. It’s fine immersing yourself in the supposedly ‘this is what you need, ‘cos […]