I'm sure his name is out there on the interwebs somewhere, but we still laugh at the bloke who attempted to beat (at the time) Paul Teirney's record for running the Wainwrights, and was fuelling this on protein cookies alone. If I recall correctly, he lost his waterproofs in a gale and called it off...

riderdown wrote: ↑Sun Mar 03, 2024 10:59 pm …  with nothing for that community.

Not nothing: We got ~400 metres of pavement through the village in exchange for the local wind farm.

One for the other weekend's Winter Jennriders. Here's what you could have won … 

Kinda knew that this was on its way but bigger than I thought it was gonna be: All the Salsa bargains at Lyon: https://www.lyonequipment.com/bikes

I'm a bit of a wind farm enthusiast, taking in our two local ones—stuck between the Lakes and the Dales—regularly on rides, but understand they're divisive. I also think we're kinda lucky in that they're small farms of only 5 and 6 turbines respectively so perhaps not as overwhelming to the landscap...

redefined_cycles wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2024 11:32 pm I think my maximum immersion is a copd shower for a few mins.

My almost 80 y/o mother gets annoyed with herself if she's in the shower long enough for the hot water to reach the showerhead. I've no idea if this makes her quicker on her omafiets, mind.

Shaff, a blatant plug for a book 'Mrs Hyppy' commissioned/published but this may be of interest: https://www.adventurebooks.com/products/the-cold-fix (Also on AMZ obv. but better for all concerned, save for Bezos, buying direct!)

They always seem to have some sale on but particularly good savings on socks, including waterproof (£13) and merino (from £5), at Banana Industries at the mo.

JohnClimber wrote: ↑Sun Feb 25, 2024 6:35 pm No ride is complete without a SPAR stop

What was the event/occasion, John? That's my semi-regular fat biking 'hood.

The less fancy solid fuel ones always seemed quite slow to heat baked beans, which is all I remember using them for, when we used them as scouts like 40 or so years back, but things may have moved on since then.

Alpine Trek seem to stock quite a range of them at some decent prices.

Boab wrote: ↑Sat Feb 24, 2024 4:54 pm Is this the most prostate-friendly saddle out there?

Depends whether 'friendly' includes giving the examination too? If not, then the Spur Saddle may trump it.

Got around to trying to sort out the side wall puncture picked up as I hit the road ~3km from the end of last weekend's Jennride and nursed back to the Mill Yard from there It's an annoying one as there's no real obvious hole there but it just won't seal. It's at the top of the / between 622 and 29....

https://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/24136532.hundred-mile-lake-district-route-tackled-three-teenagers/ Well done to these three teenagers for completing the route and camp, and to chief cheer leader/motivator Stu Taylor. :-bd Good stuff! They had skillz too, managing to ride a fair bit of ...

There are a couple of open access areas on the Island where rights of way go past the boundaries but there is no way (that I have found) in to them There are a few areas like that round here. I had a run in, albeit a very civil one, with a farmer a little while back when I had parked on a track at ...

Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Fri Feb 23, 2024 4:16 pm On this years BB200, all riders will be required to send in a postcard from the furthest point on route. Nice scenic ones will be encouraged.

Not the deepest water?

We'll see - the entry questionnaire still required you to have an instagram account, even though it doesn't get used for tracking. So I just put a gobbildigook name in and I think I got some of the questions wrong... That's a hard no from me then. Shouldn't have to tell someone why they shouldn't b...

Just noticed where you are Faustus. I lived down that way until a handful of years back and would have recommended T4 Cameras in Newbury, the now-closed odd 50/50 Camera/Whisky shop. I bought (and exchanged) a few bodies and lenses from them, and they still have branches in Swindon and Witney too, b...

No specific recommendations, but I've found it very hard to adapt to using any camera other than a Canon DLSR, as that's what I used for years when I took it up seriously again (ie. went I finally went digital having done film photography back in the day). I've tried Fuji compacts and have a Panason...

King Cage do one in SS or Ti. I use the opposite version to lower rather than raise.

Boab wrote: ↑Wed Feb 21, 2024 7:30 pm PSA if you're thinking or ordering from Wiggle / CRC:

https://road.cc/content/news/mike-ashle ... ion-306867

Inevitable, eh? The Ashlification of retail goes on.

I am considering changing.over to tubeless and had a query regarding my rims which are WTB ST I23 TCS tubeless ready. Does anyone know if these have tubeless valves fitted, or do I have to buy them separately? As far as I know they are already taped. Quite by chance I converted a set of exactly the...

I'm not sure it's the 'done thing' to comment upon the packing of a gentleman's front roll Dave...... It's funny how quickly memories of sunshine, dry gloves and free ale have replaced Saturday's meteorological misery. As Bob wrote and everyone thought - lucky it wasn't 5 deg cooler. Maybe not, but...

I was in an orange jacket with a Kendal CC logo on the back. Should be asking on the WJ thread, but was it you riding with Jamie Hyppy? Moving conversation from the BAM thread: Nah, I rode solo. I saw Jamie early on in Ambleside then in the ODG in the evening, but not Sunday. Ah, so maybe it was yo...

boxelder wrote: ↑Mon Feb 19, 2024 9:05 pm

I was in an orange jacket with a Kendal CC logo on the back.

Should be asking on the WJ thread, but was it you riding with Jamie Hyppy?

Moving conversation from the BAM thread: Nah, I rode solo. I saw Jamie early on in Ambleside then in the ODG in the evening, but not Sunday.

RIP wrote: ↑Mon Feb 19, 2024 10:46 am

Hyppy wrote: ↑Mon Feb 19, 2024 10:34 am Have there ever been Bear Bones stickers?

Uh-oh. Yeah, loads. How many do you want? .

If Stu is reading, any chance of a reprint and being added to the shop?