Ok, I'll bite... Woke up most of the way up the Colle delle Colombardo, over the top and into Condove for coffee and pastry. Now having a 3 course lunch

Its amazing how quickly you can go off people

You jammy so and so

Very different from my effort that summer when there was a drought.

The broken road , from the dam, was horrible down in the dry ( rode to knighton) never mind up in poor weather.
Good effortm

Also usingbstandard cassettes amd ratio.( after hyppy mentiomed them) I put a pull adapter on a 12 speed xx1 mech.to.give me 11 speed I run a double 42 rear and 50/34 I use a bar end friction shifter for trim Its an effective solution IMHO As a double i dont think you could go any bigger (.total.dif...

That's very kind of you Laz, consider that a provisional booking

No worries and duly noted

That would be a good excuse to go down to that part of the world. I've never made it to SSUK since I did the one up here in '19.... Time to start ruminating on travel options! I can share a lift with you ( me driving) from just north of manchester. If you want a rest overnight i am.happy to recomme...

Pedalos tend to be single speeds dont they

See you there ..i was one of the ones who declined the swim for a surly but my mate took my place .....and lost

Cracking grass root event

Disappointingly no use of a spoon

I still can't find a reason to own a Brompton whilst living in a rural town with little public transport.

Try harder

Yes agreed if I used busses and trains it would be ace otherwise its an ornament

Long distance so bound too be variety .
Keep going and enjoy

faustus wrote: ↑Mon Sep 16, 2024 10:50 am eh?...is is April already?

Well at about 1 min on the video it also says its quite stylish so I am going with either a joke or bat poo crazy

But bit it folds flat phil so faster Agreed i have a flat one youbput together and only really jse it ehen i am more camping / touring than riding . They work pretty well to be fair. But you do have to wait a while.for it to cool down to take apart . Folding might be quicker but where you putting yo...

Here in the uk you’d have to wilfully avoid resupply to justify carrying multiple days food

This vegan strongly disagrees with that but its better than it was . Pubs usually have a meal local shops and garages are still pretty much useless ( biscuits generally )

I just use an air gun with the nozzle jammed in the valve (core removed, obviously)

I have one of those and tbat is such an obvious solution its embarassing i never thought of it

Cheers

I have a 9 litre tank compressor (£45 iirc).and two issues 1.air flow is not great but its a dirt cheap tube and inflater, a better quality may remedy this. 2. All inflaters are schrader not presta so you need a solution there. I just use it to inflate a 9 litere fire extinguisher and dump from ther...

Being unaware of the different q factor i have just compared sram descent mtb Sram rival 2x (road) Uktegra 2 x ( road) Seems longer spindle to me as all non drive crank arms were ending up in the same/ are the same shape The rivals have a 10 mm shorter spindle 100 mm thebother twonarw 110mm( rough m...

Yku can stop google tracking you( not sure whow that works if using their maps but I ssume it just does not keep.a record ) but you would need to search online how to do it Inise memory map.and its an app with maps downloaded to the device ( needs internet to do this) so works off line You can pay a...

I tbi k they have always done annula but my 20 yesr old version ocassionally has new estates* on roads but off road its still fine. Not really sure how memory map could deprive me of my lifetime copy. Its not like they can remove the files from my phones/ lqptop or the app ( memory map have ne er so...

I still.dont know.why people dont just get memory map as it uses OS mapping and it just works

I think qr were centrlock internal/ casette tool then it changed to accomodate bolt through, but not 100% certain.

That’s not the tool needed though

Last two centrelock rotors i bought did not come with a lockring so its not 100% definite what its locked with ( and either would work )
based on what the tech doc says.( more likely poasibly, vut certain , no.)

BridlewayBimbler wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2024 9:55 pm It's an external spline lockring

We mean does the.tool grip the outside( bb tool) or inside of the lockring (.caseete tool but not all.fit IME)

I have a casette tool that does not fit so had to buy another to do this ( has a centre pin on new one)
Newer rotors use the bb size outside/ external but are much bigger than the casette type ( internal ) and does look pretty much like a casetter bolt and sounds like what you have.

Cheap chinese brand ( were on ebay for years ) selling all sorts of bike tst (lights, bags, chainrings discs etc ). Very cheap but seem OK HOWEVER i bought a frame back 5 years ago ( possibly longer)amd the zip broke pretty quickly( weeks/months) on it. They.stupidly sent me 2 when i bought one and ...

Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Fri Aug 09, 2024 8:54 am Yes, Co2 is the draw by all accounts, so obviously learning to hold your breath for long periods of time is the only viable answer

And wee on yourself so they cannot get in during your comfort break...its bikepacking there is no comfort