If someone wants to buy me a gift, I'd rather they chose it based on what they think I might like. Careful. My wife once got a headboard for her bed from her parents. She still rages about it 40 years later My family's version of this is the Morph bookends I got from the sister in law 20 years ago....

We now know which weekend a second November running of this year's BB200 would have been on.

One audax, two audaxes.

Your list of events seems complete except for a 200, 300, 400 and 600km.

Ditto have reused spokes loads of times. In fact, being able to rebuild weird stuff with random old spokes was why I taught myself to build wheels in the first place. I have a never-ridden WTB i30 32h 29er rim hanging in my garage...how about teaching yourself to build wheels by starting easy and do...

Valerio wrote: ↑Wed Nov 13, 2024 4:25 pm
Multi-day bikepacking on tricky terrain and with plenty of hike a bike though....Any advice?

Trail running shoes and flat pedals.

Won't cost you much time pedalling, but hugely better for hikeabike and general comfort, and also lots of wide foot options and sizes.

dlovett wrote: ↑Wed Nov 13, 2024 1:18 pm Mine has survived torrential rain and still works years later.

Ditto.

The Squares on Veloviewer might be good though I can't really seem to get it to work... do I need to be a paid up Strava member? I've paid the £10 for Veloviewer but can only see 25 squares. Not keen on forking out for Strava I'm not a paid up Strava user and Veloviewer works well for me - I normal...

I lost my mojo in January. After an unexpected 6 months of rebuilding the back of my house (still not finished) I've done 600 miles this year compared with 4000+ every previous year since 2006. I've spent years motivating myself to do the psychologically tough winter miles to stay on top of fitness ...

I can't get over the thought that if I have pockets on the side of my shorts I'm using energy to lift whatever is in them every pedal stroke. Jersey pockets for wallet, phone, jelly beans and bike bags for everything else.

Valerio wrote: ↑Mon Oct 14, 2024 12:54 pm Any issues experienced with the bib shorts + bib tights combo?

No, with the exception of access issues in certain scenarios as James alludes to.

Not necessarily during multiday rides as I tend to only do those between April and September, but I ride all winter, road and XC MTB, in bib shorts and whatever unpadded roubaix longs/biblongs I have over the top. However, this is almost entirely because I have quite a few pairs of Assos and R apha ...

Tailfin's new bar bag has dropped today. And I have already have it on order. Finally something that looks like it will work off the shelf for short asses, without having to resort to handlebar extenders and bungee to keepnet from bouncing off my front wheel (which is why I'm not concerned about th...

I've run Di2 cabled 11spd on my XC / Bear Bones bike for nearly four years (and road bikes for 6+ years) and have never had a water-related failure even with the push-connector fitting. For multiday rides I can add a LH shifter and set it up to shift the same as the RH one on a 1x setup, giving the ...

BridlewayBimbler wrote: ↑Mon Oct 07, 2024 8:53 pm Just as an aside, does anyone have any combos that work well with DT Swiss rims?

I have loads of DT rims and everything works fine. Running 2.25 Vittorias on the 25mm rims and 2.5/2.4 Maxxis on the 30mm rims, both went up tubeless with just the track pump and fitted with just fingers.

Valerio wrote: ↑Mon Sep 30, 2024 3:43 pm ok so shockingly, the 40 early bird tickets have sold out already....

Saw this an hour after you posted it. Made a note to mention it to the boss when I got home from work before I committed not expecting that would cost me an extra £20! I enjoyed my hobby more when it was unfashionable.

The teravails look good and come in 47.

The Pirellis looks a bit treaded for what I'm after. Any experience of the 'H' version?

For the last couple of years I've been very happy with 650x47 Byways for the 80/20 road/trail riding I tend to do locally. I'm considering a change to 700c wheels but the Byways only seem to come in narrower variants. Are the 700x40 or 44 similar character to the 650x47, or is there better "all...

Is that the 2014 trackless tussock yomp over to Coed Y Brenin I see, in the dark this time?

Edit: Just checked and no, it stays on the decent forestry track. You're getting too soft Stu.

Having gone to some effort to live where I could ride in the countryside straight out of my front door, I would have to ride my folding Dahon a reasonable distance to get to some public transport. :wink: Compton Abbas airfield isn't too far away though... Annoyingly, I keep looking back to the threa...

Another vote for the Alpkit Pipdream; I've had a 400 for 13 years and it's still fine, used sporadically for 3 seasons use at reasonable comfort for a cold sleeper. I can force it into a 3l drybag if I'm feeling strong but a 5l one is easier.

The 20" wheels would appeal to me, if I needed a folding bike :grin: A hint of the Moulton ATB there! A folding gravel bike? Quite niche. I need a travel gravel bike: https://bikepacking.com/bikes/bike-friday-all-packa-review/ https://bikepacking.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Bike-Friday-All-...

Found the article now..."The G Line is the first Brompton to ride like a full-size bike across multiple types of terrain". At least it has 20" wheels, gives it a bit more chance. £2400...buy a Bike Friday All Packa instead.

I've never ridden a Brompton, and i've never seriously considered one as i'm nearly 6'2" and i've no interest in skinny 16inch wheels. However, this looks pretty cool, and i can see it as a bit more versatile multi-terrain traveller. It looks pretty cool, and those discs are dinky! Expensive t...

In 2018 my chain snapped twice and I had to soft pedal the road back to the start after about 5 hours, a lucky escape! Not before a couple of bollock-deep river crossings (including Dave's swim location) and side wind so strong a land rover track wasn't wide enough to stay on. I can laff about it no...

I use a Cateye Wearable X on my courier bag when commuting.

It's survived going through the wash after I forgot it was clipped to my jersey pocket a year or two ago, which is a recommendation of sorts.

Quite expensive for what it is though.