best simple hint/tip

[Hip Priest]

Keep you legs moving, and your upper body still.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

photograph it before you dismantel it...

 

[Davehateshills]

Don't try and beat your record mileage after a night of heavy drinking.

 

[Deleted member 20519]

Don't crash.

 

[Richard Davis]

Commuters: Keep a spare set of dry riding kit at the office. Wear it home if the set you rode in wearing got drenched and hasn't dried.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Nothing says bike more than a red flashing light!

 

[kishin]

If you need to fix something and you're not sure what you're doing, look it up on youtube.

 

[cyberknight]

carry 2 inner tubes, you can put money on needing them if you only carry one.

 

[Dave 123]

Keep you legs moving, and your upper body still.

A lady I pass on my commute needs to hear this. One of these days I'll slow down and tell her. It's like she's at a Status Quo concert!

 

[Hip Priest]

A lady I pass on my commute needs to hear this. One of these days I'll slow down and tell her. It's like she's at a Status Quo concert!

I regularly see a bloke doing the same on my commute. He always tries to race me, head bobbing up and down, torso moving about wildly. I just cruise off spinning my legs, and I'm by no means fast.

 

[4F]

If you are easily offended don't post in commuting.

 

[gary in derby]

dont pee into the wind. well unless you want to get your own back. that is.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

When planning circular road loops, go anti-clockwise. Makes it much easier at junctions and roundabouts.

 

[ACS]

One colder days, when possible, always ride out into the wind.

 

[shouldbeinbed]

Nothing says bike more than a red flashing light!

apart from a diamond frame with 2 wheels and a set of handlebars (method of drive and gearing optional)

but more seriously pedal reflectors say it best of all, I've seen quite a few urban joggers and a couple of horses with flashing red lights.