Public transport & cycling

Archives for July 2017

Seat cover?
Any good foam/gel seat covers for a bike?
Advice on new bike purchase please
I'm looking to get in to cycling for a few reasons. An activity i can do with my wife as she recently got a bike for her birthday and is enjoying it but also as a means of exercise since i cancelled my gym membership (& with my bad knees the bike was about the only cardio machine that was ok). I wont be cycling to work. To…
Abus U lock issue
I've mounted an Abus Granit X-Plus https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00H3T773O/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 on the frame of a Cube SL Road Pro. It's a sturdy lock and mount but it rattles where the shackle slots in to the crossbar of the lock. There doesn't seem to be a fix for this. Is this normal? Has…
Nightmare train journey - rights?
Hi, I'm having major surgery in Birmingham next week and was due to have my preop today. I live in London, so got on the train at Euston. I'm trying to keep costs down so I bought advanced slow train tickets for £11 return on a London Midland service. About an hour and a half into my journey, there was a lot of commotion…
MSE News: More train firms to sell cheap advance tickets as little as 10 mins...
Passengers will now be able to buy cheaper advance train tickets up to 10 minutes before they travel on many routes...Read the full story: 'More train firms to sell cheap advance tickets as little as 10 mins before you travel' Click reply below to discuss. If you haven’t already, join the forum to reply.
Getting a train to Newcastle?
Hi all, I'm having to go to Newcastle for a wedding in a few weeks and am looking at my various options. I thought I could go up on Friday 21st July and stay over for a few days, with the wedding on Sunday 23rd July. I live about 40 mins outside London or 1hr 30mins away from Birmingham. (By train) I thought I'd check out…
Refused train ticket.
Hi I was refused a train ticket by a stations ticket office. I had enough money; a bank note and some small change and was keen to pay. The ticket office person told me to go to the local shops and get correct change for him. But I had less than 6 minutes before the train arrived. I was desperate because I had an…
MSE News:Automatic compensation for 15+ min delays now offered for some passengers
Commuters who use Thameslink and Great Northern trains can now get automatic compensation for delays of 15+ minutes, as part of a scheme soon to be rolled out to Southern and Gatwick Express passengers too...Read the full story: ’Automatic compensation for 15+ min delays now offered to Thameslink and Great Northern…
Virgin Trains (WC) Seat Sale 06/07 - 11/07
Details below: https://www.virgintrains.co.uk/about/media-room#/pressreleases/over-one-million-seats-up-for-grabs-in-the-virgin-trains-west-coast-summer-seat-sale-2050536
Cheap tickets to Hull
I am going to Hull in the next month - can anyone recommend the best and cheapest way to get there from London?
Virgin Train cancellation
I was booked on a virgin train, it was cancelled, reinstated and then cancelled again whilst we sat on it waiting to depart. It was announced that 25 minutes after the due departure that the service was cancelled. The next train was an hour later which we caught, Virgin are telling me that as we caught the next service…
London tube travel
Hi, was looking for advice, my teenage son is travelling to London early on Thursday and was going to use his contactless card for travelling on the tube, his card was swallowed by a hole in the wall last night (great timing I know) and on phoning today they have said it can take 3-5 days for new card to be delivered. So…
Best Train tickets traveling from Nottingham to Sheringham
Hi, looking at travelling from Nottingham to Sheringham 29th July return 5th Aug, for two adults,tried Martins app but it couldn't find my journey, anyone get any other ideas of where to look, thank you
What hybrid for £270 budget? Thx for any help
Hello all. I have been looking for over a week now and I have got a few in mind if anyone could give me some advise please? I have seen this one in halfords today on a 22" frame. But I am 180cm tall and I think the 22" was a little big as the bar was touching my man bits when standing over it lol. Carrera Subway 1 Mens…

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