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- Thu Jul 08, 2021 8:27 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Bear kills cyclist in the US
- Replies: 31
- Views: 3420
Re: Bear kills cyclist in the US
Absolutely dreadful. That was in Ovando which is on the Tour Divide route and notorious because of the friendly shopkeeper who takes and upoads photos of pretty much all the racers who come through.
- Fri Jun 18, 2021 12:54 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: TD 2021
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1130
Re: TD 2021
So far Brendan has had more sleeping time but has been moving a bit faster. Jay's stopped time is 1d 21h 4m vs Brendan's 2d 3h 11m. So Brendan has covered the same distance in 6 hours less riding time. I don't know anything about Brendan's ability to keep up that kind of sleep pattern. Jay is certai...
- Thu Jun 03, 2021 1:48 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Q for parents- finding time to ride
- Replies: 30
- Views: 3200
Re: Q for parents- finding time to ride
Calzzak definitely making the rest of us look bad - finishing 2nd in the HT550 with two young kids! :shock: Like most of the rest of you I struggle to get out as much as I would like. I've got an almost 3 year old who was diagnosed with leukaemia last summer and a 5 month old. It's fair to say that ...
- Wed Jun 02, 2021 12:58 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: From Sea to Mountain - Locations?
- Replies: 37
- Views: 3892
Re: From Sea to Mountain - Locations?
Finale Ligure is pretty good if you like Italian food. You can swim in the Adriatic and mountain bike or rock climb in the hills around. There are companies who will shuttle you up to the summits of the mountains (1,000m+) if that's your kind of thing. I prefer to ride up and back down again.
- Tue May 25, 2021 6:52 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: HT550 2021
- Replies: 637
- Views: 70143
Re: HT550 2021
Yes route changes slightly every year, but the name has been HT550 since 2013. It is never exactly 550 miles!
- Mon May 24, 2021 6:36 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: HT550 2021
- Replies: 637
- Views: 70143
Re: HT550 2021
Dammit I think I need to get an Instagram account if that's where all the cool kids are hanging out. Also need to log in to Twitter which only gets used for following this race. What other social media do I need? Any HT550 content on tik tok?
- Mon May 24, 2021 3:41 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: HT550 2021
- Replies: 637
- Views: 70143
Re: HT550 2021
Josh's tracker has woken up again - the 3 in the chase group are very close together!
- Mon May 24, 2021 2:09 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: HT550 2021
- Replies: 637
- Views: 70143
Re: HT550 2021
Good to see Andrew Hutcheson doing well. I rode with him a bit on the 2014 edition and he finished 2nd ahead of me. As far as I know he hasn't been back since he scratched in 2015 (if I remember correctly with back problems).
- Fri May 21, 2021 12:41 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: 'The China effect'
- Replies: 82
- Views: 7501
Re: 'The China effect'
Username checks out...lune ranger wrote: ↑Fri May 21, 2021 10:14 am Totally. Why ruin only one planet then there’s a whole universe to be exploited
- Wed May 05, 2021 9:01 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: HT550 2021
- Replies: 637
- Views: 70143
Re: HT550 2021
Brrr!
Gutted I'm not going to be there. Looks like the practicalities of getting there from France would have been a bit of a headache this year anyway even if I didn't have other reasons for not being able to make it.
Gutted I'm not going to be there. Looks like the practicalities of getting there from France would have been a bit of a headache this year anyway even if I didn't have other reasons for not being able to make it.
- Mon Apr 26, 2021 3:58 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Middle aged shout out on BBC Radio 6
- Replies: 23
- Views: 2139
Re: Middle aged shout out on BBC Radio 6
Not been listening for long enough?Perhaps odd that I'm not a woman and am no fan of cricket.
- Fri Mar 19, 2021 1:55 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Topical Article By A Woman Who Bothies Alone
- Replies: 73
- Views: 8179
Re: Topical Article By A Woman Who Bothies Alone
For me the article is missing a bit of nuance. For example "Yet as I stand and look at the mountain shelter I’m headed to, a small part of me... knows that no matter what I overcome to make it there, once inside the four walls, not all the potential hazards will be left at the door. And the rea...
- Fri Feb 05, 2021 10:44 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: cycle insurance ?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 650
Re: cycle insurance ?
We were with Pedal Cover for home insurance too (until we moved out of the UK).
I had a claim after my commuting bike was stolen from outside a pub. No hassle.
I had a claim after my commuting bike was stolen from outside a pub. No hassle.
- Thu Dec 03, 2020 11:12 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Global Fat Bike Day 2020
- Replies: 38
- Views: 3273
Re: Global Fat Bike Day 2020
It snowed 15cm here on Monday and it's forecast to snow another 30 on Friday night, so could be an interesting Global Fat Bike Day ride on Saturday!
- Fri Nov 20, 2020 1:02 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Merino Socks
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1634
Re: Merino Socks
Thanks for the recommendation of Darn Tough. I have ordered some and will see how they go!
- Thu Nov 12, 2020 1:28 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Highland Trail 550 -2021
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2391
Re: Highland Trail 550 -2021
Sadly I'm out.
We should have a 5 month old child by then, and we also have a 2 year old who is currently being treated for leukaemia. Don't think it would be fair to leave the wife with those two for a week.
We should have a 5 month old child by then, and we also have a 2 year old who is currently being treated for leukaemia. Don't think it would be fair to leave the wife with those two for a week.
- Thu Oct 22, 2020 2:38 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: os Maps and rights of way
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1161
Re: os Maps and rights of way
I would say that the route in the photo with green diamonds is not a right of way. It is on Access Land though, so there is a right to roam (but not with a bike) and hence the walkers on the Dales High Way can legitimately walk there.
- Sun Aug 23, 2020 8:35 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What Going On With The Track Taken From The Highlands;
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2708
Re: What Going On With The Track Taken From The Highlands;
I can confirm, having fished loch Dionard (from a boat) that there are no tracks around it.
The Gualin estate who own it also used to be funny about bikes using the track that goes up the strath to the loch. Don't know if that's still the case or if they now understand how land access laws work!
The Gualin estate who own it also used to be funny about bikes using the track that goes up the strath to the loch. Don't know if that's still the case or if they now understand how land access laws work!
- Tue Jul 07, 2020 1:20 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: My Book’s Kickstarter goes live 7 July.
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3146
- Wed Jun 17, 2020 2:58 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: ESI 6.75” grips
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1627
Re: ESI 6.75” grips
As Pistonbroke, I use air, but don't have a compressor, so use a high volume track pump hooked up to a bar bung with an old presta valve through it.
- Tue Jun 16, 2020 9:18 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Who Owns England?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 4754
Re: Who Owns England?
Stripping the land of natural tree cover is one of the reasons we get these massive floods. Flooding has been getting worse in the last 20+ years, and that's not due to any change in natural tree cover or digging drainage ditches (that mostly happened hundreds of years ago in the UK and has started...
- Mon Jun 15, 2020 4:09 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Who Owns England?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 4754
Re: Who Owns England?
What alternative use are folks proposing for grouse moors? Most of them have sheep grazing on them already (albeit at low densities so they don't get rid of all the heather).
Surely the reason they ended up being grouse moors is because they're bugger all use for anything else?
Surely the reason they ended up being grouse moors is because they're bugger all use for anything else?
- Mon May 04, 2020 12:01 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: TDR bike suitability
- Replies: 33
- Views: 5750
Re: TDR bike suitability
I'd go for the Signal.
I did ride a rigid bike and like Rich my hands were numb for months.
I did ride a rigid bike and like Rich my hands were numb for months.
- Thu Mar 26, 2020 12:20 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Has 5G just been launched
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3070
Re: Has 5G just been launched
There's a big difference between "keeping an open mind" and entertaining batshit crazy stuff like this for more than a couple of seconds.
- Fri Mar 13, 2020 1:57 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Oldest bit of kit you own - and still use.
- Replies: 44
- Views: 7643
Re: Oldest bit of kit you own - and still use.
I've got a baselayer that I've had since the mid 1990's and still use now and again. It has a hole in the shoulder, and my shoulder has a matching scar underneath from where I got hit by a sharp rock that fell onto me while I was ice climbing in Canada in 2007. Sort of feel like I have a bond with i...