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- Mon Apr 15, 2024 7:46 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: The post man's been ...
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Re: The post man's been ...
Not really the postie, but my mate Dave. Delivered a beautiful 2010 Triumph Speed Triple. Wanted one for years
- Fri Apr 12, 2024 10:05 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: It burns !!! It burns!!!
- Replies: 7
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Re: It burns !!! It burns!!!
Mostly grey and windy in the Pennines but my MTB commute was happily extended to 50 lumpy miles. Shorts and tee throughout, although it's raining again now
- Fri Apr 12, 2024 12:54 pm
- Forum: Anyone playing out?
- Topic: Yorkshire Divide - Source to Sea Trail 909km
- Replies: 5
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Re: Yorkshire Divide - Source to Sea Trail 909km
Nice one! I'm really, really hoping its stopped raining by then
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 9:00 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: The post man's been ...
- Replies: 11457
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Re: The post man's been ...
I loved my old Simpson. For reasons I can't recall, I was wearing a different one and had the Simpson in a helmet bag over my shoulder when riding home one night. The string snapped at speed and the lid bounced down the road
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 6:45 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: New Bike Gear Out And Due Out...
- Replies: 983
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Re: New Bike Gear Out And Due Out...
I really like the look of these but feel like I shouldn'tvoodoo_simon wrote: ↑Wed Apr 03, 2024 6:26 pm New redshift bars
https://bikepacking.com/news/redshift-t ... bar-intro/
- Tue Apr 02, 2024 6:40 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
- Replies: 549
- Views: 47011
Re: Bivvy a Month 2024
… caught the sunrise in the Forest of Bowland and arrived in Morecambe at 7am. Top effort, John! Coincidentlly, I was taking in the sunrise in the Forest of Bowland too, en route to family for Easter. That looks marvellous :grin: Oh WOW John Allen, amazing riding and stunning pictures!!! Cheers V! ...
- Mon Apr 01, 2024 10:05 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
- Replies: 549
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Re: Bivvy a Month 2024
Original plan was Dales Divide (for the fourth time). However, I really didn't fancy all the mud! I had a backup plan though. Home-2-coast-2-coast 2 home. Almost completely on minor roads, cycleways and NCN routes, whilst crisscrossing the Dales Divide route in places so I could marvel at the mud an...
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 11:02 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Barkley Marathons chitchat
- Replies: 50
- Views: 6155
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 4:39 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Supertramp 2024: A Challenge
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3115
Re: Supertramp 2024: A Challenge
Sounds ace but I doubt I'll get 6 nights out in a row without taking early retirement. A Super Randonneur seems easy compared to Supertramp, with a 600km fitting comfortably inside 2 days.
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 10:56 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Todays ride
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Re: Todays ride
Delightful Dales 200km Audax today. Hilly, intermittently wet and with an unhelpful headwind for much of the ride. Good to get out though, and it's a belting route if you like a pissing about on roadbikes. Warm enough to just let the castelli perfetto do it's thing and not bother with a proper water...
- Sat Mar 16, 2024 5:12 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Todays ride
- Replies: 3325
- Views: 662179
Re: Todays ride
Nothing wild but the sun was shining and the wind wasn't howling!! Shorts and tee shirt for the first time since before the 14-year winter took hold. The feeling of sunshine and fresh air lifted my mood no end. Even stopped for a magnum :cool: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53591363373_20067137...
- Fri Mar 15, 2024 2:23 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Bargain Alert Thread
- Replies: 4945
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Re: Bargain Alert Thread
Interesting bar from Cannondale Interesting because the crossbar stiffens it makes it less comfy while also being too thin for mounting things to? : ) I suppose it'd be useful for stabilising a bar bag strap. And £15 is a good price. I've got a similarly interesting Stooge Junker bar. It's in a box...
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 9:56 pm
- Forum: Anyone playing out?
- Topic: North York Moors 300
- Replies: 23
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Re: North York Moors 300
It looks like a fantastic route and event. I've only ridden in the area once, is the 300km route something people aim to do in one go? (Like BB200) or it requires a good 2 days? On paper it looks ideal for a gravel bike. Last years NYM300 was easier going than the BB rides and much easier than YD30...
- Wed Mar 13, 2024 6:50 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Older school gravel cx options?
- Replies: 12
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Re: Older school gravel cx options?
54cm according to Spa, although I've not measured it personally.
- Tue Mar 12, 2024 10:29 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Older school gravel cx options?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 715
Re: Older school gravel cx options?
I've got a medium Spa Elan 725 frameset for sale if interested. Black, brand new frame and lightly used full carbon fork. QR and post mounts at each end.
Open to reasonable offers
Open to reasonable offers
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 10:42 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: The post man's been ...
- Replies: 11457
- Views: 1984413
Re: The post man's been ...
Booked tickets yesterday to see GLC in Huddersfield in Novembervoodoo_simon wrote: ↑Sat Mar 09, 2024 10:58 am Poor Taylor being used as a swear filter word…
Anyways, just become a (DHB knockoff) dry robe wan…
NSFW
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDgBBWOlFsY
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 10:32 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: New (carbon?) wheels
- Replies: 24
- Views: 834
Re: New (carbon?) wheels
For my money (which it isn't) I'd buy a set of Hope Fortus, probably 23's, and just enjoy a simple, reliable wheelset and a few hundred quid spare to spend on beer/coffee/cake
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 6:43 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What you done t' your bike today
- Replies: 1547
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Re: What you done t' your bike today
I just wish I could find a Goldilocks saddle to ease discomfort at the other end... The search continues Have you looked at the SQ Lab ones...? You can get most of the range from Tweeks Cycles. https://www.sq-lab.com/en/products/saddles/sqlab-saddle-611-ergowave-active-2-1.html I've looked but they...
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 11:49 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What you done t' your bike today
- Replies: 1547
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Re: What you done t' your bike today
Fit and wrapped the new-to-me Jones H-bar on the Fairlight Holt. It feels so much nicer already on a couple of laps around the block.
Thats all 3 MTBs now fitted with loops. I just wish I could find a Goldilocks saddle to ease discomfort at the other end... The search continues
Thats all 3 MTBs now fitted with loops. I just wish I could find a Goldilocks saddle to ease discomfort at the other end... The search continues
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 7:39 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: The post man's been ...
- Replies: 11457
- Views: 1984413
Re: The post man's been ...
He delivered a Jones H-bar shaped package from the BB Classifieds. Cheers Mark
Apparently the Fairlight Holt is 'unashamedly XC'. My wrists would rather it be something else.
Apparently the Fairlight Holt is 'unashamedly XC'. My wrists would rather it be something else.
- Mon Mar 04, 2024 1:23 pm
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: Jones loop bar for sale
- Replies: 2
- Views: 287
Re: Jones loop bar for sale
Ay, go on then.
DM payment details etc
DM payment details etc
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 9:48 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: 1400 metre climb over 100km ??
- Replies: 16
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Re: 1400 metre climb over 100km ??
Spring into the Dales 100km Audax in a few weeks. Bonus 1000m extra climbing
https://www.audax.uk/event-details/1112 ... _the_dales
https://www.audax.uk/event-details/1112 ... _the_dales
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 6:49 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Proposed Wind Farm near Glaslyn
- Replies: 101
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Re: Proposed Wind Farm near Glaslyn
I don't have anything useful to add, other than I really enjoy this forum
- Wed Feb 28, 2024 6:14 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: OT: Cheapest way to (entering) a trail half marathon!?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 1224
Re: OT: Cheapest way to (entering) a trail half marathon!?
I've ran the Yorkshireman several times, it's a great race!
Helpfully, the organisers run guided recces in the weeks leading up to the race. I'd recommend you join them if possible. The navigation isn't difficult but it's easier if you already know the route.
Enjoy!
Helpfully, the organisers run guided recces in the weeks leading up to the race. I'd recommend you join them if possible. The navigation isn't difficult but it's easier if you already know the route.
Enjoy!
- Tue Feb 27, 2024 10:58 am
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
- Replies: 549
- Views: 47011
Re: Bivvy a Month 2024
It's easy to forget sometimes that most folk will never experience this simple pleasure. Admittedly, most folk probably wouldn't want to