Are the holes in the sides where your dignity drains out

If you find a segment on your WRT ride, look at the leaderboard and see who rode it on the same date, click on their time and you can see their ride. Works best if you pick a segment that's obscure and likely to only be WRT riders (or even create one) to increase the chances of the people on the lea...

Mawonavelo wrote: ↑Fri May 13, 2022 10:07 am It’s as if the riding is actually the optional extra.

Forecast is for rain on Sunday so I'm guessing some may opt out of the riding on that day. Even £2k doesn't guarantee good weather

As an example of what people will pay, on The Island this weekend people are paying £2295 for 2 days of guided riding. https://www.leblanq.com/products/isle-of-wight I'll be on the same roads myself, but I will have to do my own navigation and cook my own dinner. On a serious note it does illustrate...

RIP wrote: ↑Thu May 12, 2022 7:21 pm .... my spot radar works in the dark anyway.

Says the man who once slept in a shed and didn't realise it was at the bottom of someone's garden until the light of the morning

I think the reason it comes up is self supported bikepacking events didn't used to cost anything to enter, and most don't, the organisers did all that for free. Once it started to become gravel-packing it seemed to cost money to enter. Maybe as the clientele are coming from the road and they're used...

I can't help with your dilemma V, but Ralph world like to point out he is focused on BAM and isn't distracted by other interests, and he's got an actual monkey brain and finds it quite offensive to refer to it like that

I could do indoors in the company of two rambunctious children which led to the massive money pit that is Lego but that's a different story. I've just had a eureka moment where I've realised who you are on Instagram, where I follow you. To be fair to your children it looks like you're the driving f...

Not WRT routes but these are all the BB200 routes from past years https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=1KyNI2k7WLleKo29lxJssw2-YSDa07w5l&ll=52.53455717819189%2C-3.524227384330949&z=9 I thought the request was for the best bits :lol: The aim is not to end up in a bog not be directed ...

I dunno Reg, Sean’s itinerary looked highly feasible! Not been to the IoW in nearly 50 years either so maybe due a visit! It's not changed much :lol: My suggestion is the flat way between those points, it follows the routes of the old railways. There's a line of Downs runs east to west (or west to ...

At a pub in the Peak's, I stayed at Andy's on my way back from the Cairngorm Loop and was going to go out on a bivi in the Peak's but 400 miles of Scotland (I rode the LTL after the CL300) had done me over, would have been September time. Of course it might have been someone completely different, I'...

Ah I see. There must be a friendly American boner on here who you could get to buy it and post it over? The actual shipping cost is usually a fraction of what they want to charge.

Looked amazing, and pretty good weather wise.

It took me a while to realise you're Bill and not Phil, which might be even more embarrassing as I think I went out for dinner with you and Pete (and Andy) in 2020?

When I was converting my Genesis to singlespeed (in 2017) I looked and couldn't find any over here. Are you trying to get spares for an existing frame or building a new one? In the end I bought a new BB shell from here https://www.ceeway.com/index.htm They also sell all sorts of dropouts although th...

benp1 wrote: ↑Wed May 04, 2022 10:31 am ....if you popped to the IOW

Hovercraft over.
Electric train Ryde to Smallbrook Junction
Steam train Smallbrook Junction to Wootton
Ride along the cycle path to Newport and then on to Cowes (pretty flat all the way)
Chain Ferrry to East Cowes
Bus back to Ryde
Fastcat ferry back to Portsmouth

It's about 6% harder, whether that's enough to be an issue depends on how you get on at the moment, are you right on the limit on the steeper climbs? It might just mean you have to get off an push that bit earlier. How is the rest of the drive-train? If the chain and cog are worn will you be changin...

Loved that, top work gents

Pub gardens in Wales are slightly less landscaped than on The Island That would be children's adventure playground or nearly trimmed bush over here.

lune ranger wrote: ↑Fri Apr 29, 2022 9:46 pm The Island is just a wee bit further away than I thought.

Tell me about it, I rode to yours to meet up for the winter bivi, into a headwind, took me a day and a half

How's your DIY coming on Sean 🤣 The bathroom is finished :grin: I think 1 room every 6 years is sufficient progress. Rumors that I only did the bathroom to get a bath to check for leaks in sleeping mats are entirely unfounded :lol: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52037513471_3cccbbe2df_c.jpg

Looking on the SMD website they have the pole at quite an angle. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52037435291_6601441886_c.jpg It's never let me down and pitched with the back into the wind any rain doesn't come under the front. It's always just puzzled me that mine never looks like other peoples...

Karl wrote: ↑Fri Apr 29, 2022 8:28 am I've just got an entry for the Iditarod Trail Invitational.

They've lowered their standards That's great news The DIY will definitely not get done now

Ah, that might explain it. When I see pictures of them the look like their closer to the ground at the front than mine but maybe it's just the angle the photo is taken from? I have a lawn like a pin cushion from trying to get it lower :lol: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52034617927_caede16d66_...

Yep that's me in a nutshell - so far not scalded myself just spilt 1/4 of a pint. I think that as they are quite 'floppy' I actually take a bit more care when using it which is probably why I've not had many mishaps. I use waldo cup as well and they are great, but a bit small for my tea capacity To...

Folly Inn, Whippingham Can you get to this without having to go down that godawful road through the caravan park yet? In the dry the cheeky footpath from Island Harbour is ok. The road is only just over half a mile long so not 'that' bad. It's not the Postman's Path or Coffin Road :grin: I'm assumi...