No spoilers! When I researched The Year I found that riding the railway lines was common in the USA as it was a better choice than waggon trails. Many did it on penny farthings .. nuts In a moment of idle curiosity I was going to try and dig out a photo of railway lines in 1890s America to see what...

No spoilers!

When I researched The Year I found that riding the railway lines was common in the USA as it was a better choice than waggon trails. Many did it on penny farthings .. nuts

My race number for The Torbay 10k in two weeks time. Not pinned a running one on for 25 years .. what could go wrong?

I’m well into Round The World on a Wheel and am loving every page. Just got past the passage where they got off their bikes and fought Cossacks with pistols and fisticuffs. So much more entertaining than the modern social media friendly tales of endurance boredom. These guys rode on fumes for days, ...

riderdown wrote: ↑Mon Sep 16, 2024 3:06 pm It's being used on club 10m TTs within the month

Obree DQ'd for having his on backwards

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDozUXTGHHs

Don't let Jay Petervary see this (in Tour Divide joke)

Smells suspiciously of an AI generated site/idea/wind-up/scam

Googling the founders brings up not a lot for supposed industry experts. The Trustpilot reviews are fake.

RIP wrote: ↑Thu Sep 12, 2024 7:05 pm But what did you do with the arms? Bodywarmer for a python?

It’s helping me with my winter widdles

She may not hold it for long…

I stayed in the van at Tarbet in an excellent lay-by..but got midged in the night. Little fuckers got through my roof vents

Have we done this Ganesha stove?

https://www.ganeshacookstoveproject.com/

I can’t see anything that hasn’t been done before here yet good marketing has got them a sh11t tonne of backing. Maybe should turn our influencer hats on and get Stu funded for a new stove?

I’ve got a Big Agnes Fly Creek which I really rate. I used it hiking the Cape Wrath Trail in some horrific weather and it held up. Definitely needs the footprint as the base is way too flimsy and it has to be put up inner first which is pants in bad weather. Not enough to make me look elsewhere thou...

That's just gone to the top of my reading list.

"because we are more or less conceited" <- every influencer ever

Early bikepackers? fraser-1899.jpg So much to see here. 1) the hats, no straps so they were heading off at a leisurely pace 2) the pose of the guy in the middle, I suspect frilly knickers and maybe a corset I can't even work out how he is standing up? 3) racks AND framebags 4) no beards 5) could ar...

RIP wrote: ↑Tue Sep 03, 2024 9:03 am

Verena wrote: ↑Tue Sep 03, 2024 8:52 am Anyway, take no notice of me - have in my seat pack no camping gear but a pair of jeans, some knickers and a frock

Sounds perfect, I must try it sometime!

I'm afraid I don't believe that you haven't already.

2018 were wet. REALLY wet. There was no way you were getting round that one with any part of your clothing not being soaked. Surprisingly about 12hrs in, the weather cleared out. Of course by then it was dark so you needed to keep moving just to stay warm. That was the year of Mr Barter nearly depa...

My 1st week long tour in 1986 aged 14 with a mate was on a handbuilt steel road bike with 14 speed downtube shifters, a couple of pages torn out of an old road atlas, a cheap steel rack and even cheaper nylon panniers. Everything worked, nothing broke and I survived! Happy days 14 speed! You lucky ...

I almost did. I need the EU adaptor which I can’t find anywhere. Would be so grateful if you have that

There is a way by hacking the map style on the device. I really don’t recommend it as you need to know how the Garmin styles work. If you have a typ file on the Oregan then you can edit the style for the Route or Track line. It’s quite involved as typ is a weird format. I have never tried it myself

Parkrun was considerably faster at 19:31. Can’t work out why as I felt pretty destroyed in the last kilometre.

Well done the Rapideye kiddos. Happy Friday here after a few beers watching the sun go down over the harbour

The massive advantage of OSMAND is that you can add to the map if it is wrong/missing information by becoming an OSM map editor. It's a great app and is privacy focused whereas Google will use whatever workaround they can to get your data.

Tough week as I build volume and start working on intervals. Today was a pyramid session at 7am. Rest day tomorrow then Parkrun which I suspect will be slower this week

I ran my 5k PB yesterday at Parkrun so pleased to get 19:52. Now working up to the Torquay 10k next month

Cheery Friday here as I have both kids around this weekend (lol both over 25) and no plans apart from much blathering