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- Tue May 28, 2024 2:33 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Brakes; mechanical or hydraulic?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 503
Re: Brakes; mechanical or hydraulic?
As for the original question, I've had issues with my Hopes where the pistons stick/jamb in the bores and the pads drag (X2 and E4) which seems to occur when the pads get low. I was considering swapping to cable brakes for this reason but don't go away enough to justify the expense. Do you clean an...
- Tue May 28, 2024 10:27 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Brakes; mechanical or hydraulic?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 503
Re: Brakes; mechanical or hydraulic?
Has anyone tried both i.e those Juin tech brakes that have a cable actuated hydraulic caliper? My (drop bar) TRP's are getting a bit dicky and new ones cost a fortune so I was thinking of giving the Juin techs a whirl. I think Hope road brakes are like this: hydraulic caliper with cable lever - htt...
- Tue May 28, 2024 10:03 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: HT550 - 2024
- Replies: 120
- Views: 13945
Re: HT550 - 2024
Whats the current 'record' & what time does Alex M have to finish by to beat it? Amazing stuff, maybe riding the route with minimum kit is the way things are going to be at the pointy end now... 3 days 7 hours 15 minutes by Angus Young last year. So with an 0830 start time Angus would have fini...
- Mon May 27, 2024 9:51 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: HT550 - 2024
- Replies: 120
- Views: 13945
Re: HT550 - 2024
Less than one hundred miles to go :shock: Looks like he slowed down (a lot) on the climb out of Glen Lichd and over to Glen Affric. I had memories of a section that was lifting the bike over my head to make progress. I'd warned Cath about it around 18mths ago when we did a loop in the area it turne...
- Mon May 27, 2024 1:34 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: anyone experienced/owning the new Garmin solar units?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 189
Re: anyone experienced/owning the new Garmin solar units?
It's downloading of maps that used to get me (and my brain). But for road I guess I'm good and maybe just use the Wahoo for the off roading rudes... Pretty easy on the 530/540 as you just plug the unit into your computer and drag and drop the file over. There is a restriction (at least on the 530) ...
- Mon May 27, 2024 1:13 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: HT550 - 2024
- Replies: 120
- Views: 13945
Re: HT550 - 2024
Pace seems generally high - lots of people have cleared the northern loop whereas previously you see the most traffic about now. Looks like Alex did stop for 3hrs at Shenevall bothy, but even with that he took just 10 1/2 hours from Inverbroom to Poolewe! Took me 8 1/2 none stop :???: Anyone know w...
- Mon May 27, 2024 12:51 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: anyone experienced/owning the new Garmin solar units?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 189
Re: anyone experienced/owning the new Garmin solar units?
Cath got the 540 recently after her ten(?) year old 800 decided it wasn't really wanting to play anymore. Seems to have pretty good battery life.
- Mon May 27, 2024 9:35 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: HT550 - 2024
- Replies: 120
- Views: 13945
Re: HT550 - 2024
Imight be wrong but I don't think the Drumbeg stores did the dot watching, open early/late until 2016 or 2017 but definitely a comfort if you aren't quite going to get there by the usual closing time. Yeah I know it wasn't the case in early days, so is a bonus now. What's the welcome like at OBH no...
- Mon May 27, 2024 7:03 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: HT550 - 2024
- Replies: 120
- Views: 13945
Re: HT550 - 2024
You'd have to look on the Highland Trail website Shaf but I think the only required kit are helmet and SPOT - nothing required, nothing forbidden. Most ITTs follow the standard set of rules but some, like the TDR, deviate slightly. The TDR lets riders use motorised transport away fro and back to the...
- Sun May 26, 2024 7:18 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: HT550 - 2024
- Replies: 120
- Views: 13945
Re: HT550 - 2024
Just catching up. Alex M did the northern bit in 3 1/2 hours after going all through the night so that's pretty good going. I suspect he'll stop tonight for a bit... His speed will run him into thunder storms through Fisherfield tomorrow! Bob, Tom Bruce has the fastest time on the Ledmore traverse ...
- Sun May 26, 2024 6:39 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: HT550 - 2024
- Replies: 120
- Views: 13945
Re: HT550 - 2024
2017 Neil Beltchenko - 3d10h22 an 8% improvement I think that was the first year where the leaders didn't stop on the first night. I remember Chris Hope hinting before hand that he was going to ride for 36 hours, as he'd done it on numerous adventure races. In 2015 the chat was about getting far en...
- Sun May 26, 2024 2:48 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: HT550 - 2024
- Replies: 120
- Views: 13945
Re: HT550 - 2024
There's a bit of difference between an event that's had a century of attempts by lots of athletes and one that's only been going for ten years and attempted by a handful of riders at the pointy end. The marathon record has only progressed by "seconds" in the last ten years or so https://en...
- Sun May 26, 2024 9:54 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: HT550 - 2024
- Replies: 120
- Views: 13945
Re: HT550 - 2024
Apart from the bit around Ben Alder, the outward part of the route is easy riding. There's the peat hags getting to the climb up to Bealach Horn but they are frustrating rather than hard and are downhill. At his current pace it will be around twelve hours at a guess before he gets to the hard stuff ...
- Sun May 26, 2024 9:06 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: HT550 - 2024
- Replies: 120
- Views: 13945
Re: HT550 - 2024
Chuffin' hell!
24 1/2hrs in and he's at Lone, in about 15mins he'll have finished the outward GPX file and start on the homeward one
For reference, he's now at the point where Ian Fitz bivvied for his second night in 2016 when Ian finished in 4d 2hr.
24 1/2hrs in and he's at Lone, in about 15mins he'll have finished the outward GPX file and start on the homeward one
For reference, he's now at the point where Ian Fitz bivvied for his second night in 2016 when Ian finished in 4d 2hr.
- Sat May 25, 2024 9:03 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: HT550 - 2024
- Replies: 120
- Views: 13945
Re: HT550 - 2024
Pretty much my thoughts Sean. I think we've similar finishing times and from memory I think I got to Contin around 11am on the second day so yeah, he's 12hrs up on my/our time. Depending on how strong he is (I suspect very) there's only the steep climb just ahead that *might* cause a bit of bike pus...
- Sat May 25, 2024 1:52 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: HT550 - 2024
- Replies: 120
- Views: 13945
Re: HT550 - 2024
Not sure if the leaders are quick as other years or not - the current leader is at Culra bothy as I type, then there's a large group on the section between Benalder Cottage and the Bealach Dubh.
- Sat May 25, 2024 9:34 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Brakes; mechanical or hydraulic?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 503
Re: Brakes; mechanical or hydraulic?
I've BB7s on the fat bike, TRP Spyres on the Genesis CdF and Hopes on the Solaris and Spearfish. Out of the three I'd say the Spyres are least inspyring (sorry). Even though I've got good quality outers they seem to go soft really quickly. They take the "standard" Shimano brake pads so you...
- Fri May 24, 2024 12:57 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: HT550 - 2024
- Replies: 120
- Views: 13945
Re: HT550 - 2024
Looks like the only differences from last year's route are: back to the northern shore of Loch Lyon the diversion to avoid the collapsed/risky bridge before Loch Rannoch - a bit of a frustrating loop after that as you are on the road, back up into the hills to rejoin the original route only to drop ...
- Thu May 23, 2024 7:30 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Has anyone rode these?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 438
- Mon May 20, 2024 6:57 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Bargain Alert Thread
- Replies: 4949
- Views: 1261345
Re: Bargain Alert Thread
This is a bargain but ul get stung import I assume.. Gate wood capes on smd website for £77 I love mine it’s ace, not as good as the lunar as no net built it but super lightweight Slight problem Mike. Big banner on their site: Due to Brexit, we no longer ship directly to individuals in the UK. To p...
- Tue May 14, 2024 8:57 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Trangia kit - too bulky for bikepacking?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 331
Re: Trangia kit - too bulky for bikepacking?
The actual burner in a Trangia is just a meths burner that you can extinguish using the cap. The pan and windshield are the things that take up all the room but they aren't necessary for the burner to work.
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- Tue May 14, 2024 1:18 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Rigs of the 2024....TOR Divide
- Replies: 39
- Views: 1312
Re: Rigs of the 2024....TOR Divide
Hang on, I was expecting this but there's not a single one in that lot :wink: https://media.hswstatic.com/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJjb250ZW50Lmhzd3N0YXRpYy5jb20iLCJrZXkiOiJnaWZcL2dldHR5aW1hZ2VzLWVjMjg3OS0wMDIuanBnIiwiZWRpdHMiOnsicmVzaXplIjp7IndpZHRoIjo4Mjh9fX0= Surely there’s an opportunity for a manufacturer...
- Sat May 11, 2024 10:13 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
- Replies: 4036
- Views: 541371
Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
They were from Rovaniemi - the main square in town is named after them!fatbikephil wrote: ↑Sat May 11, 2024 9:51 pm Was OK that year the Finnish death metal band won, but otherwise and load of utter pish
- Fri May 10, 2024 5:04 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Lakeland 200 ITT
- Replies: 31
- Views: 4287
Re: Lakeland 200 ITT
Not sure when it is coming/has come into effect but there's parking restrictions in the Wheelbase/Wilf's yard. They were due to be in place for the winter JennRide but weren't - Rich might know better.
- Fri May 10, 2024 10:21 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: All Weather Tarp Setups/Photos
- Replies: 10
- Views: 510
Re: All Weather Tarp Setups/Photos
I'l need to measure it but it's one that Stu made up for me. Got a feeling it's 110cm or so, might be a bit longer.thenorthwind wrote: ↑Fri May 10, 2024 9:49 am Can I ask what length pole you're using please? I often feel the stock SMD one could do with being a few inches longer.