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- Thu Dec 03, 2020 11:12 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Global Fat Bike Day 2020
- Replies: 38
- Views: 972
Re: Global Fat Bike Day 2020
It snowed 15cm here on Monday and it's forecast to snow another 30 on Friday night, so could be an interesting Global Fat Bike Day ride on Saturday!
- Fri Nov 20, 2020 1:02 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Merino Socks
- Replies: 12
- Views: 455
Re: Merino Socks
Thanks for the recommendation of Darn Tough. I have ordered some and will see how they go!
- Thu Nov 12, 2020 1:28 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Highland Trail 550 -2021
- Replies: 19
- Views: 893
Re: Highland Trail 550 -2021
Sadly I'm out.
We should have a 5 month old child by then, and we also have a 2 year old who is currently being treated for leukaemia. Don't think it would be fair to leave the wife with those two for a week.
We should have a 5 month old child by then, and we also have a 2 year old who is currently being treated for leukaemia. Don't think it would be fair to leave the wife with those two for a week.
- Thu Oct 22, 2020 2:38 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: os Maps and rights of way
- Replies: 8
- Views: 274
Re: os Maps and rights of way
I would say that the route in the photo with green diamonds is not a right of way. It is on Access Land though, so there is a right to roam (but not with a bike) and hence the walkers on the Dales High Way can legitimately walk there.
- Sun Aug 23, 2020 8:35 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What Going On With The Track Taken From The Highlands;
- Replies: 22
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Re: What Going On With The Track Taken From The Highlands;
I can confirm, having fished loch Dionard (from a boat) that there are no tracks around it.
The Gualin estate who own it also used to be funny about bikes using the track that goes up the strath to the loch. Don't know if that's still the case or if they now understand how land access laws work!
The Gualin estate who own it also used to be funny about bikes using the track that goes up the strath to the loch. Don't know if that's still the case or if they now understand how land access laws work!
- Tue Jul 07, 2020 1:20 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: My Book’s Kickstarter goes live 7 July.
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1185
- Wed Jun 17, 2020 2:58 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: ESI 6.75” grips
- Replies: 12
- Views: 500
Re: ESI 6.75” grips
As Pistonbroke, I use air, but don't have a compressor, so use a high volume track pump hooked up to a bar bung with an old presta valve through it.
- Tue Jun 16, 2020 9:18 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Who Owns England?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 1216
Re: Who Owns England?
Stripping the land of natural tree cover is one of the reasons we get these massive floods. Flooding has been getting worse in the last 20+ years, and that's not due to any change in natural tree cover or digging drainage ditches (that mostly happened hundreds of years ago in the UK and has started...
- Mon Jun 15, 2020 4:09 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Who Owns England?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 1216
Re: Who Owns England?
What alternative use are folks proposing for grouse moors? Most of them have sheep grazing on them already (albeit at low densities so they don't get rid of all the heather).
Surely the reason they ended up being grouse moors is because they're bugger all use for anything else?
Surely the reason they ended up being grouse moors is because they're bugger all use for anything else?
- Mon May 04, 2020 12:01 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: TDR bike suitability
- Replies: 33
- Views: 2291
Re: TDR bike suitability
I'd go for the Signal.
I did ride a rigid bike and like Rich my hands were numb for months.
I did ride a rigid bike and like Rich my hands were numb for months.
- Thu Mar 26, 2020 12:20 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Has 5G just been launched
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1253
Re: Has 5G just been launched
There's a big difference between "keeping an open mind" and entertaining batshit crazy stuff like this for more than a couple of seconds.
- Fri Mar 13, 2020 1:57 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Oldest bit of kit you own - and still use.
- Replies: 44
- Views: 2873
Re: Oldest bit of kit you own - and still use.
I've got a baselayer that I've had since the mid 1990's and still use now and again. It has a hole in the shoulder, and my shoulder has a matching scar underneath from where I got hit by a sharp rock that fell onto me while I was ice climbing in Canada in 2007. Sort of feel like I have a bond with i...
- Mon Mar 02, 2020 2:23 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Total brake failure
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1377
Re: Total brake failure
Could the hose have been kinked at some point during installation or use? Just after it coming out of the bar tape could be a risk point for getting folded. You say "no evidence of any external damage" but how can you be sure of that with the hose looking like it does in your photos? Seems very weir...
- Mon Dec 30, 2019 2:28 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: handlebar question
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1045
Re: handlebar question
Whatever you're used to will feel right. If you stick with a wider bar it may start to feel good. I got a new bike at the start of 2018 with 780mm wide bars. It felt a bit wide to begin with but then I went back to my fat bike when winter came round and the 680mm bars felt awful! I bought some new 8...
- Tue Dec 17, 2019 9:09 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: HT550 2020 route GPX?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1493
Re: HT550 2020 route GPX?
Alan has already sent out the gpx to those on the 2020 group start, so I'm sure he'll be happy to send it to anyone planning an ITT.
- Tue Dec 10, 2019 3:53 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: like google maps, but better
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1616
Re: like google maps, but better
A Christmas lunch themed bike ride?cycling from Turkey to Hungry
- Sun Dec 08, 2019 12:15 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Revo/Redeye input/output brain fart
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1588
Re: Revo/Redeye input/output brain fart
My mate did it the evening before Paris Brest Paris this summer. Cost him 17 quid for the fix as above. It did result in a bit of mild panic as we were thinking he didn't have a rear light for the ride. Then we realised we could put the red eye on my bike and plug it into my Strada and put my rear l...
- Mon Dec 02, 2019 10:16 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: One for the HT550 connoisseur.
- Replies: 63
- Views: 5659
Re: One for the HT550 connoisseur.
Hope Rich is ok this morning. He's either having a long lie-in or he forgot to switch the tracker on this morning.
- Sun Dec 01, 2019 8:57 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: One for the HT550 connoisseur.
- Replies: 63
- Views: 5659
Re: One for the HT550 connoisseur.
Looks like he's nearly at Ben Alder Cottage for the first night.
- Thu Nov 28, 2019 9:00 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: One for the HT550 connoisseur.
- Replies: 63
- Views: 5659
Re: One for the HT550 connoisseur.
Fishing season is Feb to Sept there I think, so I don't think there would be any anglers. Hind stalking maybe?
- Thu Nov 28, 2019 5:13 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: One for the HT550 connoisseur.
- Replies: 63
- Views: 5659
Re: One for the HT550 connoisseur.
Interesting. That probably means that resupply is not much worse than in May!
All the sporting hotels in the north used to close for the winter, but it seems that more and more stay open now. Kind of surprised that somewhere like the OBH gets enough trade to make it worthwhile.
All the sporting hotels in the north used to close for the winter, but it seems that more and more stay open now. Kind of surprised that somewhere like the OBH gets enough trade to make it worthwhile.
- Thu Nov 28, 2019 1:46 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: One for the HT550 connoisseur.
- Replies: 63
- Views: 5659
Re: One for the HT550 connoisseur.
Good luck Rich, you're an eejit! It won't necessarily be any colder or wetter than May, but it will certainly be a lot darker! I'm guessing the main resupply points that will not exist for a winter attempt will be Oykel Bridge Hotel and Kylesku. That will mean setting off with plenty of food from Co...
- Sat Nov 23, 2019 10:37 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Highland Trail 550 - 2020
- Replies: 125
- Views: 10580
Re: Highland Trail 550 - 2020
Have sent my email to Alan. Hope I get to ride!
Feels like a long time since I last rode the Highland Trail.
Feels like a long time since I last rode the Highland Trail.
- Thu Oct 17, 2019 11:40 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Padded shorts: yay, or nay?
- Replies: 37
- Views: 3597
Re: Padded shorts: yay, or nay?
I always wear padded shorts for riding. Sometimes don't bother for commuting, and that is when I tend to get saddle sores.
If you're getting too sweaty then ditch the baggies over the top.
If you're getting too sweaty then ditch the baggies over the top.
- Mon Aug 12, 2019 12:49 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Road and Off Road light options
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1093
Re: Road and Off Road light options
I see Exposure has started making StVZO lights now to be compliant with the German law on bike lights not dazzling other road users.
https://exposurelights.com/products/bike/stvzo-lights
They all seem to be out of stock at the moment though.
https://exposurelights.com/products/bike/stvzo-lights
They all seem to be out of stock at the moment though.