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.

mskinner wrote: ↑Sat Aug 31, 2024 12:59 pm ...bought as encouragement to lose weight, worn to to the bakery...

Made me laff.

I have a pair of Shimano 8spd STi shifters stashed in the bike parts maturation facility at home. Of interest to you?

I had a 5800 105 left 4iiii crank on my 785 right crank on my 73mm BB shell for a few weeks in 2021 when I was working abroad. It fits on the splines but the crank arm was narrower than the left 785 so I remember some kind of bodge I had to do where I added a BB spacer or two inboard of the left sid...

8-10 speed HG freehubs fit MTB 11spd cassettes as the sprocket can be inboard of the inner hub flange a little. I've got numerous 10spd wheels with 11spd Shimano/SRAM/Sunrace MTB cassettes on without issue. They changed the width of the free hub marginally to accommodate road 11spd cassettes, so any...

I bet everyone on here has v-brakes languishing in their parts box, right? So did I until about 5 years ago...now I need to buy some back. :roll: I'm after a set of Shimano ones to swap out the cantis on my tandem now my kids are approaching being tall enough to ride as stoker. I'm giving them the &...

https://youtu.be/R8GoL8UzIj0?si=UOOtu41UHs_bNyJG

I don't fancy descending Pen-y-Pass on 23s in the snow.

Shaf

I haven't done it but I think the 500 in a one-er route goes East-west from Bristol sort of along the M4 corridor, correct? If so, the A roads in mid and north Wales are a very different experience to the middle of England.

My palmares: I've ridden what I would describe as the 'classic' Chapman 600 5 or 6 times between 2007 and 2016 when Mark Rigby was running it, done Richie Tout's alternative finish (retracing the the first 100k for the last 100k, dull) in 2019 and done Mark Rigby's more recent 600 from Tewkesbury in...

Replaced my dented P35s with DT 481 which have been indestructible. Also have DT XC and road rims which are equally good. Would go with the 581 if I was rebuilding, and they come with nipples as standard.

Huwblut wrote: ↑Wed Jul 31, 2024 2:04 pm I've also got a set of hardly used 26" spiker pro's. They really are a specialist item with limited application here.

Maybe cheaper to build yourself a SS 26er ice bike for the 'puffer?!

No idea about 12 speed, but I have two bikes running ultegra 1x11 Di2 that work fine without a front derailleur. Before hydraulic brakes the Di2 shifters used to be cheap as chips as they were just micro switches. However, I would get the LH shifter anyway as you can program any switch to do any shi...

Today I have learnt that titanium lefty forks exist. Thank you.

redefined_cycles wrote: ↑Sun Jul 14, 2024 12:22 pm How about a Moulton XTB. I can't recall the Moulton I had briefly being extra heavy.

https://www.traditionalcycleshop.co.uk/cart

Lots of tubes = not light. Plus Moulton owners rip you a new one if you enquire about their folding bike. Moulton's separate for travel, not fold.

.....you wouldn't have thought there was that much demand for an SS-able gravel frame. 100% of the last 2 replies is quite a demand :grin: https://www.lyonequipment.com/bikes/bikes-frames/salsa-stormchaser-frameset__3194 Tempting.... Difficult to get excited about an alloy frame when you could have...

With a bit of fettling that will make a great car boot bike as it will fold in half and ride pretty well. You can usually retrofit 650b gravel width wheels/tyres to 26" bikes if that's your thing. For suitcase packing I've tried a 26" wheeled Ibis T26 (formally called something less pleasa...

PaulB2 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 09, 2024 5:33 pm Not gravel enough?
https://www.bananaindustries.co.uk/prod ... ab03&_ss=r

My size but not cheap enough for an impulse buy. Phew.

Lazarus wrote: ↑Tue Jul 09, 2024 2:36 pm Relieved or annoyed there is no OLSEN gravel frame ...not sure which i am

Ditto. Relieved I think.

Dyffers wrote: ↑Sun Jun 30, 2024 8:45 pm Not necessarily a bargain yet, but a Moloko bars cockpit setup on eBay (nothing to do with me):
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/126551823875

Flipping heck! Not a bargain at all.

...£50 500gr Highlander summer bag... No experience or advice about the bags you're looking at other than to say I have one of these Highlander bags, for which I paid about £25. I removed about 50g off the weight by chopping off all extraneous covers and fittings and I doubt I have spent more than ...

https://theradavist.com/2024-bespoked-uk-handmade-bicycle-show-part-01/ https://theradavist.com/2024-bespoked-uk-handmade-bicycle-show-part-02/ Hadn't realised it was at Victoria Baths! My mates had a flat directly opposite that in about 1997 when I was at Uni in Manchester and the Baths were just a...