Genesis has an integrated mech hanger though - that puts me off slightly... Reducing the amount of materiel to make room for a replaceable mech hanger worked out well for Kinesis :lol: Touché :lol: Edit, is that a cast ally part that's failed? Looks like it. This frame has only been in action since...

Really liking the cotic and the genesis at the moment. Genesis has an integrated mech hanger though - that puts me off slightly...

Anyway, here you go, more snappy photos!

hmm - steel is half a kilo heavier than the crosslight - add in the forks and I'm adding a kilo which is not insignificant! (Although, I suspect they're a bit tougher, and I'd rather have a bit more weight as it's not like I race this bike...!) Keep the suggestions coming - I'm checking them all out...

Hmm, yeah, steel is real! I have a MIG welder too if it cracks

Not sure about Mike and Zippy? I didn't do the first 2, or whatever year it was where there was a huge attrition rate. Or last year because I couldn't get a place (and then cracked my ribs a week or 2 before anyway!). I've also turned down the place I got this year because my head's not quite in th...

So let’s follow up on this story… I had my original frame welded up (didn’t even lose a day commuting really!)…this was a short term measure but it kept me on the road for another month. Then it catastrophically failed riding into work around the bottom bracket area - work hardening I guess…fortunat...

Looks like tonight is make or break as I haven't done a September Bivvy yet...
Forecast is torrential rain

@zippy: I bivvyed up Glen Esk in August. Not being able to pick up a bbc code on my iPad I can’t manage to link a photo atm. Scotroutes photo shows my leg and his text covers my September bivvy :-bd So I’m 9/9 and 11 in a row. I haven't got a July jotted down for you either - did I miss that? https...

@zippy: I bivvyed up Glen Esk in August. Not being able to pick up a bbc code on my iPad I can’t manage to link a photo atm. Scotroutes photo shows my leg and his text covers my September bivvy :-bd So I’m 9/9 and 11 in a row. I haven't got a July jotted down for you either - did I miss that?

Zip... you missed mine :smile: Nope - not missed it - your september bivvy is jotted down. https://i.imgur.com/JdkDheV.jpg BAM in progress. Cut short the peaks200 cos of a fall and bottom of spine (used for dramatic effect)/top of bum whacked hard... Even tore my jacket slightly :-bd Spent since 20...

So I've just updated my spreadsheet. As of right now, I have the following still on for Bivvy a Month since the start of 2019: Escape Goat* ericrobo* JohnClimber* MuddyPete* ScotRoutes* sean_iow* Alan63 Borderer ChrisF crewlie darbreeze frogatthefarriers gallowayboy JimmyG JoseMcTavish Landslide mid...

Mine arrived yesterday. Good fit, nice and comfy. Cheer Stu

RIP wrote: ↑Wed Sep 11, 2019 3:10 pm So how are we all doing Zip with the scores on the door so far?

I'll get on it when I have a chance...

I'm still playing - need to catch up with the thread. Enjoyed your story about the escort Sean, good effort! The plan for August was to do the Lakeland 200 with a bivvy, main reason for the trip to the Lakes was to support my gf doing the Coniston chill swim (5.25 miles one end of the lake to the ot...

Ah I see your point! With bikes designed to such close tolerances these days, and I guess with CF you can design all the weave etc. to absolute optimums, any extra hole is gonna be a weak point, although a correctly drilled hole with a properly bonded rivnut I'd expect to work quite well - and certa...

Does the fact that the frame is carbon make any difference by the way? Very much so, don't do it... Just be careful which ones you select (e.g. https://www.gesipa.co.uk/products/blind_rivet_nut_technology/blind_rivet_nuts/blind_rivet_nuts_for_carbon_fibre_applications/) - I thought that's what they...

Rivnuts if you're feeling brave/certain.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Metric-Threade ... B075XRCDWL

Landslide wrote: ↑Thu Aug 01, 2019 10:35 am Until I was rudely awakened by the revving engine, aftermarket exhaust, and overactive dump valve of the local Fast and Furious fan club. They pulled into the car park, but seemed happy to stay in the car for a bit, before roaring back off into the night.

Oh, sozza about that

Carbon is also probably the worst material for abrasion resistance (for a bike frame). I wore through a carbon frame at a 12hour race (only pairs) - it put me right off carbon and small clearances (it was actually the chainring bolts against the frame by the bottom bracket - and all stock components...

Nice write up Reg. You were local to me too

I know what you mean about nothingness, which in itself has it's own different appeal (to a point!). I did a festive 500 (strava here) incorporating a few of those places you mentioned - it was also misty then!

Ordered

redefined_cycles wrote: ↑Mon Jul 22, 2019 12:03 pm Anyone able to spot the serious bodgeup

Zips run in opposite directions?

Mike wrote: ↑Thu Jul 18, 2019 8:35 am Is anyone else liking the look of it

Yes, I really am eyeing this up with interest.

HT550 to do first...and then work out if my flat bar cx bike is comfortable enough - otherwise it may require the use of a different bike .

Must be the time of year, I have a recent blackbird stuck in greenhouse story. I had a blackbird stuck in our greenhouse the other day. We leave the doors open a bit so the cat can get in and get at it's food (not my cat, I don't like cats). Turns out the blackbird had learnt there's food in there, ...

This is interesting, very interesting.

Also, Lachlan Morton is a big name in the cycling world!