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- Sun Feb 21, 2016 5:28 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Bargain Alert Thread
- Replies: 4945
- Views: 1255933
Re: Bargain Alert Thread
Some on here may be interested in a cheap road bike wheel upgrade https://www.cycledivision.co.uk/cero-ar24-alloy-road-wheelset-bundle Cero AR24 clinchers - great reviews in the mags, 1545gm (ie not far of Mavic Ksyrium Elites). Reduced from £175 to £135 plus you get Free Continental Grandsport Race...
- Sun Feb 21, 2016 5:22 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Do you know the weight of your bike and kit?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 5646
Re: Do you know the weight of your bike and kit?
Agree that losing weight is the way to go, but it's nowhere near as much fun. I have access to DEXA, bod pod, etc. From DEXA, at 68kg, I'm 7.2% body fat. I'm currently 71.2kg. I know I feel much better on the bike sub 70kg, but keep my weight down in my job (utterly sedentary) means watching the cal...
- Sat Jan 02, 2016 12:10 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Cumulus quilt question
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1264
Re: Cumulus quilt question
They'll make it a bit longer if you ask. I had 16cm added to a Quilt 150 for 28 euro.Pirahna wrote:At 6 feet tall and 13 stone will a Cumulus be too small?
- Wed Dec 30, 2015 12:12 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Hebden Bridge - Calderdale riding update
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2513
Re: Hebden Bridge - Calderdale riding update
Not on the same scale, but the poor sods down by the river in Otley are having a sub standard time. Flooded in November, then again on Boxing day. We're on an amber for flooding tomorrow. The flood plain that carried it all in to the park was up for sale for housing development only last year :roll:...
- Sun Nov 29, 2015 11:21 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: The post man's been ...
- Replies: 11457
- Views: 1985097
Re: The post man's been ...
Tacx Smart Vortex to play Zwift on
Northwave Tech CX boots
A card from DHL in lieu of a Cumulus quilt, despite me taking a day off to wait in
Northwave Tech CX boots
A card from DHL in lieu of a Cumulus quilt, despite me taking a day off to wait in
- Fri Nov 20, 2015 6:15 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Trek Farley
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1360
Re: Trek Farley
I really like the carbon 9.x 2016 Farley frame, but 27.5 Fat? There's only one tyre. Maybe Trek are so big it doesn't matter, and I guess you can always put 26 x 5 in instead. I'd just feel like a hostage to Trek's whims, and I'm already caught by buying a Stache, albeit at least there's a bunch of ...
- Thu Nov 19, 2015 3:18 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: The post man's been ...
- Replies: 11457
- Views: 1985097
Re: The post man's been ...
I was reading about those on the bikepacking.net site, you can get them in the UK for roughly the same price. Be interesting to hear how you get on with it, It sound like it would be worth it for "race mode" Just check the sizing, I've heard some people say that it's not big enough to fit...
- Wed Nov 18, 2015 6:13 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Map/Route planning tool, call for input
- Replies: 24
- Views: 2613
Re: Map/Route planning tool, call for input
my favourite is http://www.gpxeditor.co.uk/ 1. lots of maps 2. good routing options 3. waypoints for direct routing plus routing as per mapsource 4. handles undo without going bonkers wishlist 1. include elevation in routing as an option - ie go hilly / don't go hilly 2. include popularity in routin...
- Sun Nov 08, 2015 4:44 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Todays ride
- Replies: 3325
- Views: 662516
Re: Todays ride
Plotted a dreadful 40km loop late last night. The first 10km was and exercise in sneaking through farmyards I probably shouldn't have been in before 6am, followed by a lengthy trudge through knee deep heather and boggy moorland, before I finally found some real trail, and then realised I had to head...
- Tue Nov 03, 2015 4:53 pm
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: FS: Bontrager Rhythm Pro carbon bars - 9 deg sweep
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1245
Re: FS: Bontrager Rhythm Pro carbon bars - 9 deg sweep
Yes - sure are.
- Tue Nov 03, 2015 1:19 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: E-Bike Threat
- Replies: 95
- Views: 14639
Re: E-Bike Threat
10,000w 2wd ebike.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64KjPxjwQog
And a fat version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKk3i4CmLlg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64KjPxjwQog
And a fat version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKk3i4CmLlg
- Sun Nov 01, 2015 5:20 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Fat B Nimble. distorted?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1825
- Tue Oct 27, 2015 8:10 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Bulk
- Replies: 46
- Views: 5504
Re: Bulk
I also got a Sawyer Mini filter thinking it would be less bulk and weight, but I find it very difficult to get water in the 16oz 'bladder', which would also be prone to damage/splitting. Try blowing the bladder up first, I find it makes filing much easier. I will also behave like a camel and drink ...
- Mon Oct 26, 2015 2:44 pm
- Forum: Anyone playing out?
- Topic: Hebden Love
- Replies: 48
- Views: 14531
Re: Hebden Love
I can't make this, but I'd like to get over that way soon. I'd love a copy of the gpx.
- Fri Oct 23, 2015 4:04 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Garmin Etrex Vista HCx
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1393
Re: Garmin Etrex Vista HCx
I have an Etrex 30 and a HCx Vista/Legend(whichever has the barometer and magnetic compass). Other than how quickly the 30 locks on, and that it can do ANT, I think the 30 and the HCx range are equal. That you can have night maps makes the HCx better in some respects. Some audaxers prefer the HCx ra...
- Mon Oct 19, 2015 12:09 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Microadventuring
- Replies: 37
- Views: 4056
Re: Microadventuring
I thought Stuart had added it to the swear filter? :???: I suppose Alastair Humphries uses it as a marketing term for his books/films/talks etc. To me it (microadventuring) is just "getting out" though I'm lucky in that we live on the edge of the Dales so local stuff would be uA (no key f...
- Mon Oct 19, 2015 11:54 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Entries for Bach to Bach are now closed.
- Replies: 79
- Views: 10666
Re: Entries for Bach to Bach are now open.
Done - I have to get a couple of hernia repaired over xmas, but the pre-assessment nurse reckons I'll be back on a bike in under a week.
This will give me something to look forward to.
This will give me something to look forward to.
- Sun Oct 18, 2015 8:21 pm
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: FS: Bontrager Rhythm Pro carbon bars - 9 deg sweep
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1245
FS: Bontrager Rhythm Pro carbon bars - 9 deg sweep
https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xlf1/v/t1.0-9/12140554_10101467349067870_4484519577501039671_n.jpg?oh=c8475d8e1441ff22b5892e8932302116&oe=56BF0C90&__gda__=1456058927_685ed742c7ed8e5c9966a6bc91b83c49 https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/v/t1.0-9/12140548_101014...
- Sun Oct 18, 2015 1:52 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: First GPS
- Replies: 45
- Views: 6183
Re: First GPS
The bump share thing can be a absolute godsend if you are in the middle of an event and realise you / your mate failed to sort out the messed up file the organiser supplied - I've transferred a fixed GPX to another rider at 4 in the morning in the middle of a 600 before. It's a really nice thing to ...
- Sat Oct 17, 2015 7:49 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: BB200 - GPS Failures?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 4144
Re: BB200 - GPS Failures?
Yes, so where I have an etrex 30, the file includes
creator="eTrex 30"
Changing that to
creator="eTrex 30 with Barometer"
makes Strava read the elevation data.
I edit in Notepad or Notepad++
creator="eTrex 30"
Changing that to
creator="eTrex 30 with Barometer"
makes Strava read the elevation data.
I edit in Notepad or Notepad++
- Sat Oct 17, 2015 6:39 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: The post man's been ...
- Replies: 11457
- Views: 1985097
Re: The post man's been ...
https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xtp1/v/t1.0-9/12088370_10101466131742400_2200275911799169600_n.jpg?oh=6ae3b2ca29f5e23fe0977f0571fdc0ac&oe=56D1125B&__gda__=1455526814_c0e1eaa5006b84d7c4888e31e5e702dc Folding Dirt Wizards Carbon On One OG bar (effort to resist purchasing a c...
- Thu Oct 15, 2015 2:25 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: BB200 Injuries list
- Replies: 37
- Views: 5726
Re: BB200 Injuries list
Bright pink to purple piss, and dark purple sub standard for three days afterZippy wrote:Increases oxygen carrying capability of your blood, raised VO2 max etc. Or so I heard.Yorlin wrote:What is the beetroot drinking thing?
- Thu Oct 15, 2015 2:22 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Sus forks for 29+
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1159
Re: Sus forks for 29+
DrMekon, I had the same issue with a set of forks in the Peak Dist years ago. Forks flex at the seal/bush area and if the dust seal opens up a tiny gap and lets a bit of grit in, that then scores the fork really fast. I think one ride with grit in the seal like this can cause some damage. It's a ra...
- Thu Oct 15, 2015 10:03 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Sus forks for 29+
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1159
Re: Sus forks for 29+
So my pair of these developed a 4cm vertical scratch on one stanchion whilst riding the Peak 200 in dry weather. IMO, and in the opinion of my LBS, this could only be from something getting stuck in the seal, and in that they were 3 months old (but admittedly 2000km), it was very disappointing. The ...
- Thu Oct 15, 2015 9:49 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: BB200 - GPS Failures?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 4144
Re: BB200 - GPS Failures?
BTW, for those of you who care about elevation on Strava, you can make strava read the barometer data from an Etrex by editing the gpx file - just find "Etrex", then change it to "Etrex with Barometer" and save it. Upload that and you've get the missing metres of climbing. That'...