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- Fri Feb 23, 2024 11:12 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Which chain lube?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 780
Re: Which chain lube?
Ah, good. Not just me then (the MucOff experience).
- Fri Feb 23, 2024 11:10 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
- Replies: 4022
- Views: 536082
Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
[...] Aren't bikes brilliant. Indeed! :-bd Was on a nice long ride with loads of new off and on road bits. Crispy cold up top (with fresh snow), warm lover down. Sunny, but not the boring - all blue - kind of sunny. Lovely clouds out and body felt fantastic :-bd After 10 months of tests, scans and ...
- Mon Feb 19, 2024 10:49 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Which chain lube?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 780
Re: Which chain lube?
After nearly 30 years with different lubes, starting off as a teenager with the "universal chain lube" from the hardware shop, I went full circle and have been using it again for the last couple of years. I don't find the bike specific stuff to be any better, just much more expensive. Wors...
- Mon Feb 19, 2024 10:17 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: One for Reg - The Slate of Tintergel
- Replies: 11
- Views: 556
Re: One for Reg - The Slate of Tintergel
Clearly Ballachulish
Was impressed by the age and state of the tomb stones on Eilean Munde - the isle of the dead - when visited during a stormy kayaking trip, from which Loch Leven gave a bit of a shelter.
- Thu Feb 15, 2024 6:39 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: End of an era - perhaps. UPDATE
- Replies: 88
- Views: 7096
Re: End of an era - perhaps. UPDATE
Aww, chuffing grand :-bd So happy for you (both) and dog and owl (anything else?). If you had to move, I'm sure you'd have found some other lovely place and took it with your irrepressible positive attitude towards challenges. But of course glad you didn't have to. To a future at Ceulan as long as y...
- Fri Feb 09, 2024 5:27 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What to do about this tubeless sealant
- Replies: 7
- Views: 480
Re: What to do about this tubeless sealant
I'd probably just ride and keep the pressure in check. I guess after a couple of days the sealant may dry a little on the inside, covering the tyre and sealing it for good.
- Fri Feb 09, 2024 5:22 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Lowest useable gear
- Replies: 38
- Views: 1496
Re: Lowest useable gear
So along with this ... does anyone else zig-zag up steep climbs [...] When ssp'ing certainly. When I start to struggle with traction when hanging over the bars and pushing & pulling the hell out of the cranks on wide enough off road tracks switchbacking often does the trick. Also roads but just...
- Thu Feb 08, 2024 10:37 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: How much water do you carry? (inline tricycle content)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 267
Re: How much water do you carry? (inline tricycle content)
Thanks for sharing. I should try to get hold of his book. It never fails to amaze me seeing people wander off, or ride in this case, often driven by pure lust for adventure and trying to do what most find impossible. It never fails to amaze me what willpower, determination and a bicycle can do. Ther...
- Thu Feb 08, 2024 9:05 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Lowest useable gear
- Replies: 38
- Views: 1496
Re: Lowest useable gear
I really like to be able to read out my speed at a given cadence (I just tend to count revolutions per a certain time frame - only a rough estimate, but works well in practise) to figure how slow/fast I can go with certain gears. https://www.bikecalc.com/archives/speeds-at-cadence.html For those who...
- Thu Feb 08, 2024 8:51 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Lowest useable gear
- Replies: 38
- Views: 1496
Re: Lowest useable gear
Possibly up the Dylife valley... I usually head up the track out the back of BBTowers but have come down the Dylife descent... I'd definitely be walking up that. Or it could be the grassy climb heading out the back of the Towers then up towards NYA.. Or pretty much any other direction from the Towe...
- Thu Feb 08, 2024 1:56 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Lowest useable gear
- Replies: 38
- Views: 1496
Re: Lowest useable gear
Also depends if multiday or one day. If one day 'happy' to red line at walking pace multi day I am off and walking to conserve energy. same here Like you say, everyone is different. One person's sit and spin is another person's get off and walk, depends how big your lungs and legs are. Me, I like a...
- Sat Jan 27, 2024 7:45 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
- Replies: 4022
- Views: 536082
Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
He looks like someone's just confiscated his last bit of cake or something. So does the owl come to that. :wink: :lol: Great portrait of both :-bd Got a new job. News came in last Thursday. By chance had meant to meet me Mum on Friday and Dad today anyways, so was nice to celebrate :grin: Away from...
- Fri Jan 19, 2024 1:31 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: The magic roundabout ...
- Replies: 32
- Views: 1742
Re: The magic roundabout ...
massive investment, massive worries that has left me not ever wanting to own a expensive fancy bike. Forget what I said about the Jones then :lol: It'd work but I'm fussy and I don't like the idea/look of the extended axles, though I'm sure it'd be ok - SON do things well The hubs's not the problem...
- Fri Jan 19, 2024 8:25 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: The magic roundabout ...
- Replies: 32
- Views: 1742
Re: The magic roundabout ...
The SON 150 mm hub, suitable for Jones' Truss has a wider flange than the 135 mm option. No funky spacing needed for the rotor, unless the Truss is even more funky. I'd personally spend some money on the Jones,you've already admitted its the best bike you've ridden.. I'd do the same. Pick your favou...
- Thu Dec 07, 2023 10:29 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: For the cyclist who has everything else?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 11547
Re: For the cyclist who has everything else?
The thing I wonder is, why the heck do places like Bikerumor even report on drivel like this (or am I being too harsh). Surely Pink Bike wouldn't bother or maybe they would. I've only seen the pics but it looks like it'd be in the way the rest of the time. What a load of :sad: Because it's funny an...
- Fri Dec 01, 2023 12:31 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Winter bivvy....... without a tent ?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5528
Re: Winter bivvy....... without a tent ?
Definitely fine Tony, although you do need to be a bit more organised with kit. Most things will have frozen in a tent anyway, but it's worse in a bivy bag - shoes, bottles, water filter, electronics and breakfast all need to be inside or under the bivy bag so they don't freeze Stuff only freezes w...
- Fri Dec 01, 2023 12:23 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Winter bivvy....... without a tent ?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5528
Re: Winter bivvy....... without a tent ?
No need for a bivy bag in below freezing. Snow won't melt on the bag's fabric. Been doing it like that for 20+ years. Any snow will just slide or brush off. For the temperatures, well it depends. One may guess you're asking for a trip in England. But if you're going to Yakutia/Sakha, you'll suffer b...
- Sun Nov 12, 2023 9:48 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Recommend me a GPS
- Replies: 24
- Views: 9739
Re: Recommend me a GPS
I'm a Garmin Edge 8XX user for many years for bikepacking. Now on the 830 and it does what I ask from it. Eg. battery save mode, screen lock (helps in the wet) and connectivity that lets me sketch route(alternatives) on the go from smartphone apps and easily load them to the Edge. It never struggled...
- Tue Nov 07, 2023 6:36 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: New Bike Gear Out And Due Out...
- Replies: 983
- Views: 135523
Re: New Bike Gear Out And Due Out...
Just wait and see what kind of saddle bag designs this will trigger. Next to triggering many other things supposedly.firestarter wrote: ↑Tue Nov 07, 2023 5:59 pm It's not April is it ?
https://road.cc/content/tech-news/saddl ... est-304951
- Fri Nov 03, 2023 11:11 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What are you listening to now?
- Replies: 1138
- Views: 209566
Re: What are you listening to now?
The Machine.
(The Dutch band)
Been listening them for the last 10 days. All of it. Constantly. Still not bored.
Feels like I've listened to them for 20 years.
Waiting to become fed up of it.
Not happening?
(The Dutch band)
Been listening them for the last 10 days. All of it. Constantly. Still not bored.
Feels like I've listened to them for 20 years.
Waiting to become fed up of it.
Not happening?
- Tue Oct 31, 2023 11:09 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Has anyome used any stuff from Haglofs?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2039
Re: Has anyome used any stuff from Haglofs?
Yep, quality stuffvoodoo_simon wrote: ↑Mon Oct 30, 2023 7:13 pm I’d say it’s very good stuff, slim fitting (or at least the male side is), got a couple of pieces and they’ve lasted really well. Would happily buy their stuff again
Use some garments for hiking and really like them.
- Sun Oct 22, 2023 6:41 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Dropper post curious
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2820
Re: Dropper post curious
Have ridden on Kindshock, OneUp, Reverb, Crankbrothers and Fox dropper post the last... 15 or so years and find the Fox Transfer posts to be by far the best working and most reliable posts. Mate's have been on Bontrager, Cube, Bikeyoke and PROs and they had issues I never experienced with the Fox. I...
- Sat Oct 21, 2023 10:57 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Visiting all the bothies (on foot) - Juls Stodel
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1836
Visiting all the bothies (on foot) - Juls Stodel
Just came across this
and thought it may be of interest for some (and many will surely have followed her progress) on here.
- Sat Oct 21, 2023 10:52 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: BB200 - a few thoughts.
- Replies: 82
- Views: 14352
Re: BB200 - a few thoughts.
I'm also not sure which group might feel excluded by someone wearing one . Possibly those with a lack of context and different sense of humour. Perhaps a person who got caught w*nking by his/her parents and never got over it..? I have no clue but am regularly surprised by what people become offende...
- Sat Oct 21, 2023 4:50 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: BB200 - a few thoughts.
- Replies: 82
- Views: 14352
Re: BB200 - a few thoughts.
[...] I've not seen those negative attitudes on here and I've no doubt it wouldn't be stood for - I'm not criticising BB here. Some will take even different viewpoints personally. You seem not to. Me neither. But from experience with other humans I know many do. I do sometimes read things on here t...