People never see the irony of sitting in a traffic jam whilst complaining about traffic jams holding them up.... Once suggested to a member of staff who kept using “I was stuck in traffic…” for being late that perhaps “they were traffic!” Got rather blank look back :lol: Horses for courses... somet...

I do the tube swap for them … You're doing it wrong. We're all doing it wrong. I've just ̶s̶p̶e̶n̶t̶ wasted 12 minutes of my life watching this and don't know where to begin with it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grnmMPnnhq4 That’s why I fixed the tube, I was the only one with acetone :lol:

https://youtu.be/-_4GZnGl55c?si=R5icuMrmETT3Ki-E

Interesting video on driver/cyclist/pedestrian culture

Warning - It may be triggering though

Happy Friday :-bd Alright, it’s not Friday but I’ve got the next three days off* No plans yet, hopefully the weather stays nice. Might have to see the new minions film, thankfully I have a 10 year old voodoo that I can take along :lol: *quiet you retired people Edit - nice story from last week. Cycl...

Nice looking bike

Welcome to the forum

Aeroe rear rack?

Up front, basket that is mounted through the axle if it’s more road/gravel than mountain biking.

Yeah, I don’t like the term flat bar gravel (nor do I like rigid mountain bike :lol: ). Let’s settle on ‘bike…’ :-bd It’s got bigger tyres my El Mariachi and Procaliber has and is class them as mountain bikes. I’ve been tempted to put rigid forks in the Procaliber but that would match my other bikes...

Years ago I worked in a TNF store, these were always solid as a rock

https://www.thenorthface.co.uk/shop/en- ... kpack-52se

Not sure what the modern one is like but a good starting point Has the YKK zippers too

This looks vaguely exciting

Will PM you about the Restrap bag

Mine is in the inside of where the big ring was

If it’s the SRAM X5 crank, then yes, just take both chainrings off and replace with a decent narrow/wide one (don’t get a cheapo off Amazon as they don’t fit - ask me how). I’ve used a race face one

Actually, embarrassingly, I just remembered I own a salsa Mukluk Although that does prove my point of wider tyres bringing the comfort*

*Yeah yeah, geometry also helps

.....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...

boxelder wrote: ↑Sun Jul 14, 2024 3:23 pm Cheers Bob, I don't follow GCN, so probably wouldn't have seen this.

I naively assumed GCN died when the subscription to the channel disappeared last December

RIP wrote: ↑Thu Jul 11, 2024 12:40 pm On the plus side, it's said that us cyclists on average have an additional ten years. So you're not even half way yet

Yeah but I’m just worried what I’ll do with the extra ten years. Soup through a straw or coke n hookers ?!

Recently read that we only have (on average) 80 summers in our life

Quite depressing if this summer is counting as one of them…

Makes you sort of think though (I’m just hitting my 40th summer)

Great for those who didn’t eat the greens when growing up

https://www.sportsshoes.com/product/rab ... ght-jacket

New cassette and chain fitted, worked like a dream on the ‘stand :-bd First pedal stroke on the driveway and the chain bounced off :shock: Refiited the chain the right way :oops: and it still bouncing off :cry: New chainring and jockey wheels ordered, will find out later this week if this solves it…

Must have been a long build, that grass has grown long

Looks great, liking that

Something special about jumping onto a lightweight hardtail, feels like all the energy is going somewhere

Postponed to next year, August 2025

Yes see you then Dave. Went to find a place for Friday prayers, but got late (could've dome em at my local masjid but was doing the tubeless). Went to the next masjid down as I'd never reach that one in time. L Right, so then ended up in Halfords instead. Bought the chain which I realised might be ...

Surprised nobody's mentioned Wildcat Ocelot. Waterproof zip, mine's been fine for this Rain God. Also doubt you'll get a lighter one. Various sizes. https://wildcat.cc/products/ocelot-frame-bag Does anyone know what’s happening with Wildcat? I thought Stolen Goat had bought them out last year but n...

Revelate designs - bought mine second hand and was used quite abit before but mine is still going well after several years of weekly use. I’d certainly buy again. Got the small, can take a pump, repair kit, mars bar, wind shirt and 2 tubes and there’s still a tiny bit of space left Had a look at the...

Silly question perhaps but do schrader tubeless valves exist? I wondered that, turns out Stans make some. Every day's a school day :grin: I guess any bolt in Schrader valve would work? I'll have to rummage about in the workshop around the (car) tyre machine. Jones bikes brought some out last year h...