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• LFGSS and Microcosm shutting down 16th March 2025 (the day before the Online Safety Act is enforced)

  in Forums • 5 days, 16 hours

  

  I'm not really a regular poster, but "fuck".

  I'm still at the denial phase, but glibbly, as I'm not the one at personal risk, there must be something to be done?

  Does this Act mean that 'small' or independent forums, websites or whatever will no longer be able to operate without a compliance team behind them?

  I suspect though that whilst actually managing the risk would be achievable, litigation risk would mean the forum becomes too financially bursensome? One solution might be to stick lufguss into a ltd co, giving at least a little bit of personal protection to the owner/directors, but I get that you might not want to give up control.

  I say again, "fuck".

• Patriotic Mercian and a Peugeot 531C frameset

  in Complete bikes and frame & forks • 1 week, 1 day

  

  @keepit Messaged about the Peugeot

• Bad traders

  in Classifieds • 1 month, 3 weeks

  

  Not that anyone asked for my opinion, but is this a case of 2014 lufguss versus 2024 lufguss? Not in terms of posters, but general attitude? Lots of us have moved out of London, done other things and there isn't QUITE the same sense of community? Maybe? I don't know.

  (Obviously I'm not a prolific poster, mainly because of social anxiety, so probably not worth tarring all less frequent posters with the same brush - lfgss is genuinely one of my main go-tos online).

• G Plan display and drinks cabinet including internal lighting all working. £100 > £50

  in Miscellany • 1 month, 3 weeks

  

  2nd dibs if @brownpaper decides against, please!

• Generic Touring Thread

  in Cycle Touring and Bikepacking • 1 month, 3 weeks

  

  Thanks all!

• GPS tech (Garmin, Hammerhead, Wahoo, RWGPS, etc)

  in Bikes & Bits • 1 month, 3 weeks

  

  Many, many thanks. Exactly what I needed!

• Generic Touring Thread

  in Cycle Touring and Bikepacking • 1 month, 3 weeks

  

  Thank you! I'll give it a try!

• Generic Touring Thread

  in Cycle Touring and Bikepacking • 1 month, 3 weeks

  

  I asked this on the GPS thread, which was probably wrong, so copying below for any thoughts...

  Is anyone riding consistently with navigation via smartphone only? If so, RWGPS? Anything else out there? I've been dabbling with Osmand, but not sure it records rides? I have a wahoo, which is great, but for lazy touring where I'd like to see more POIs (shops, mainly) on a bigger/better screen, I wonder if a quadlock and an app is the way to go?

  If so, I presume a power bank and airplane mode is the way to go?

  (Obviously I could just experiment myself but (a) phone mounts are the expensive and (b) I'm lazy.)

• GPS tech (Garmin, Hammerhead, Wahoo, RWGPS, etc)

  in Bikes & Bits • 1 month, 4 weeks

  

  Is anyone riding consistently with navigation via smartphone only? If so, RWGPS? Anything else out there? I have a wahoo, which is great, but for lazy touring where I'd like to see more POIs (shops, mainly) on a bigger/better screen, I wonder if a quadlock and an app is the way to go?

  If so, I presume a power bank and airplane mode is the way to go?

  (Obviously I could just experiment myself but (a) phone mounts are the expensive and (b) I'm lazy.)

• Any question answered...

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 2 months

  

  This will no doubt have been answered before, but...

  I stopped using Zwift ago because of their extortionate pricing. It's now dark(er) and cold(er), so reluctantly will be getting back on the turbo.

  I have an Elemnt head unit. Where can I find free workouts that I can then load on to the head unit so that I can control the trainer from the unit?

  I've looked at Trainer Road and Training Days, but the functionality seems limited unless you pay. I basically want a repository of workout files, nothing more, but not sure if that exists?