Author: Matthew Cashmore

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TomTom Rider Review
ByMatthew Cashmore October 5, 2006March 14, 2012

I’ve lived with the Rider for a little under six months now. I’ve gone through using it in rain, hail, snow, wind… for short rides, for France, for get out a jail free card when I want to go ‘off route’… and I love it… I’ll say now it has one serious short-coming, but I’ll…

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College Courses

All stop, brakes on.
ByMatthew Cashmore October 5, 2006

Turns out I was right, Brakes are quite exciting. The disks that glow are made from Carbon Fibre and are REALLY expensive, the braided hoses are cheep but make a huge difference and it turns out my brakes are really bad and need replacing before I start scoring the disk 🙁 The course at Merton…

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College Courses

Excited about brakes
ByMatthew Cashmore October 4, 2006

Yes it’s true… I’ve got all excited about brakes. Tonight at my Motorbike Mechanics couse at Merton College we’re learning how to deal with brakes and it’s got me all turned on… there’s all kind of geeky things I didn’t know… like special kinds of lines that improve the performance, you can buy disks that…

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Touring

The Barge Inn Review
ByMatthew Cashmore October 4, 2006

I love this place, I really do. The beer was outstanding (Brains SA don’t ‘ya know) the people where friendly, the sun was out and I managed to pinch a plot right in the middle of an Ariel bike club meet.. couldn’t be much more perfect. The field is small, but will easily accommodate up…

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Touring

The Angel Inn Review
ByMatthew Cashmore October 4, 2006

Okay, I must admit I didn’t like this place much… but that’s not to say that it’s a bad place… just ‘clinical’. The day didn’t start well… I’d just ridden through the only place in England as beautiful as Wales (Wiltshire from the Barge Inn) into the most boring place on earth – Nofolk. The…

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Touring

Roundhill Review
ByMatthew Cashmore October 4, 2006

Roundhill is the only camp site in the New Forest that will accept Motorbikes – the coolest thing about the site is that the motorbike field is well away from the main family area so large groups will not disturb other people. The site is quite far away though and you have to be dedicated…

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General Ramblings

Thermals
ByMatthew Cashmore October 4, 2006

… I hate to admit it… but the thermal liners for my bike gear have come out this morning… not quite to the thermal underwear point.. but still, it’s rather depressing.

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General Ramblings

Central Lane
ByMatthew Cashmore October 3, 2006

Why is it car drivers don’t know what the inside lane is? I am sick to the back teeth of riding up the M1 and wondering why ALL the traffic is in the two outside lanes…. is the inside lane crap? Does it smell of poo? I find myself riding up the inside lane ‘overtaking’…

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General Ramblings

The inevitable welcome post
ByMatthew Cashmore October 3, 2006

First off chaps – this wasn’t my original choice of blog and I’m going to repost some old posts from my old one… won’t make much sense but then again I’m not expecting very many people to be reading this 🙂

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