I'm happy to say that in the 11 months since I started this thread, it's had over 5,000 views. In that time, many more cyclists have joined this forum, and I hope that these two things are partly related. This means that there is now much more cycling information scattered all over this forum, and this thread was getting out of date.

I've been trying to rectify this during the past couple of weeks by updating the information in the initial posts in this thread. You may notice that there are now many more links to threads on the forum, and a few new sections added. If you think I've missed something, then please say so.