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No longer required
No longer required - thanks all for advice
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Major Rail Disruption After High Speed Hitachi 800 Trains Pulled From Service
Anyone travelling inter city in the coming week needs to check if their trains are still running as the high speed Hitachi 800 trains have been removed from service for checks after cracks found in the suspension. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-57036247
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Monthly Off Peak Return Rail Fares Do Prices Remain The Same?
I am looking at booking an off peak return for an outward journey 2 weeks today ( May 18th. ) I am still not 100% sure I will make the journey so I would like to wait as long as I can before buying the ticket but I don't want to pay more than the price it is showing at the moment. So will the price remain the same?
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Chain lube for bicycle & decent cycling forum?
I've asked a few technical questions in here in the past 12 months so on that note, do any of you frequent a good cycling forum that you could recommend in case anything further comes to mind? I've been looking at giving the bike a good clean lately. Bought in various bits & bobs for the job and done a bit of reading on…
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Split tickets rail
Just purchased some split tickets for long rail journey. There are about 6. It’s in 3 weeks time. Any idea what happens if they change train times after 15 may covid rules change?
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Advanced train tickets
Hi, Does anyone know anything about whether you can get cheaper advance train tickets at the moment? In particular, I'm looking for Sheffield-Birmingham-Porthmadog and neither legs have any. Thanks, Gareth
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£50 bike repair Government voucher
Hi looking for some help/info i received a voucher to get my bike repaired, cycling helps with my mental health problems, i phoned a supplier, who said he could do the repairs, but in order to redeem the voucher i needed a passport or drivers licence , i have neither, surely the Energy trust, could accept other forms of…
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Lost confidence cycling due to the pandemic
Hi, not been out on the bike for "ages" so lost the therapeutic affects of this. Plus the neighbourhoods, inescapable, long hours of excessive noise, heard in the garden and the house nearly everyday means none at home too. Have an indoor bike but am now missing the outdoor one, so how are other cyclists managing? Are you…
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Fix my bike voucher - How do I know if there will be an additional charge?
Got 2 vouchers last month and went to Halfords (yeah, I know but LBS were too busy) with my commuter bike and sons pinnacle. They did their assessment, sons bike had a puncture and they say needs wheel truing. I said, we would like a real mud guard or basic one too if they could include that. My commuter bike they said was…
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vanmoof s3 - do you like?
I dont like the way the gear automatically changes; does cause quite a shock to the system when it happens and sometimes throws me off -_-
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Student travel card
Hi,is there such a thing as a joint bus and train travel card in the south east? My daughter is starting college soon and has the optionof bus or train for part of her trip. Someone told me there was a joint travelcard which could be used on both bus and train but I've been unable to find anything like that. I think I will…
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toll charges
Afternoon all can anyone advise me on this,my place of work pays travel expenses to all. my query is i have had to start paying toll charges 3 years ago to get to and from work this is costing me approximately £850 per year can i claim this back as my colegues who do not have to pay toll charges get the same expenses as me…
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TFL NHS refund scheme
Hi Everyone I hope I am in the right place, I’m looking for help in claiming back congestion charge payments made for travel to hospital taking my Dad for cancer treatment. The system based on TFL rules is really onerous and is set up to fail. It hasn’t been adjusted to take In the effects of the pandemic and they have a…
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Can Arriva do this?
Today, my wife had to travel by bus and, as her bus-pass had expired tendered £2 for the £1.70 fare. To her surprise, she was issued with a ticket for the correct amount, but no change. The bus driver explained to my wife that change was no longer given, and this had been company policy for about a year now. Surely, even…
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MSE News: Free £50 'Fix Your Bike' vouchers available again - but go quick as they're likely to run
Cyclists in England can once more get their hands on free 'Fix Your Bike' vouchers worth £50 as the Government has today released a third tranche under the scheme... Read the full story: 'Free £50 'Fix Your Bike' vouchers available again - but go quick as they're likely to run out fast If you haven’t already, join the…
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Migraines after cycling
If I cycle more than about two hours I'm more or less guaranteed to end up with a migraine which I can't shift. I'm pretty sure that it's all to do with my neck which is generally quite tense anyway. I regularly move my head position during the ride, looking up, down, left & right to try to mitigate the stress. I've asked…
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Convincing myself the cycle commute is worth it
Hello all. Today I commuted on my electric assisted bicycle, 24 miles each way. I’m writing this to try and convince myself this greener and moneysaving commute is better. I’ll be making this journey 3 x per week. It took 1hr 15, as opposed to 25 minutes in the car, along B roads, single track through fields and forest,…
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16-25 railcard travelling before 10am miniumum £12
Hi, wonder if someone can help me understand. My daughter's 16/17 rail saver card is about to expire and I'm looking into getting her the 16-25 card to use or what remains of her sixth form college course. The 16-25 card can't be use before 10am and she needs to get to college earlier than that. I see the terms and…
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Walkers when you're out cycling & also filtering during busy traffic.
I'll tackle 2 questions in the one rather than do 2 threads. 1) I'm pretty sure i'm going to be in the minority on this one. Wouldn't surprise me if i was in the minority of 1 either but i'll go with it. Does anyone else reading this get a bit annoyed by walkers walking against flow?I suppose someone somewhere decided it…
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Cycle 2 work scheme Hire Agreement
I agreed to a salary sacrifice for the cycle to work scheme but shortly after, I was offered a job with a new employer and resigned before I signed the C2W Hire Agreement. I’ve already had 3 months of deductions from my payroll but haven’t redeemed my Letter of Collection and as I say, haven’t signed the Hire Agreement. My…
