@redboyjan Hi, that would've been cool but I don't think I'll be free then, sorry! Let me know if you make any group ride plans though, just in case!

I'd be up for that. I'm still terrible on the OW but it'd be fun to be terrible in company rather than terrible on my own!

I'm in York. Got a v1 and had it a couple of years but still not getting out often enough on it to be any good really. Be nice to meet some other riders though - I feel like we're few and far between in the UK.

I only just saw this post - been a bit out of the loop with the forum. This is fantastic though - thanks for sharing, @jeff8v7! We have A3 laminating pouches at work (I think), so I might try and use those, and laminate myself a Mattel hoverboard fender!

Coincidentally, I was about to post my semi-improvised handles and ask if anyone else would want one (let me know if you object to me hijacking the thread and I'll create a new one).

I was too cheap to splash out on the nice ones that @thegreck has been crafting, so I butchered some roll bar straps. They're not pretty and it's a little fiddly at first to loop the straps through, but it's pretty sturdy and better than carrying it without a strap.

If anyone else is interested, I have a spare and I could make more. I'm based in the UK but I'll post them wherever, provided people are willing to pay international shipping. Let me know what everyone thinks would be a fair price for them?

Those shoulder straps are great! Any chance you'd consider making/selling them to those of us too lazy to make them ourselves?

I've not been out for a few months, but generally I was only on footpaths or pavement. @Zen-Potatoes is correct, there's no such thing as Road Tax. I think it's an emissions tax which is why car owners pay it but not cyclists. It's as @Pogson6 says, certain types of drivers are just angry about sharing the road with anyone else and use the idea of paying road tax as a way to justify it.

I'm interested.

@thegreck Any news on this? It's been a while...