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by whitestone
Mon Mar 25, 2024 5:43 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Monks trod - wtf
Replies: 30
Views: 861

Re: Monks trod - wtf

Given the "state" of the RoW as often mentioned on here, it does seem somewhat odd to spend so much money on improving it to any useful/usable state. Actually to do it to a usable state is likely to cost a lot more than a million. Reminds me a bit of Derbyshire Council's repairing of Rushu...
by whitestone
Mon Mar 25, 2024 9:23 am
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Todays ride
Replies: 3322
Views: 609184

Re: Todays ride

Dave Barter wrote: Mon Mar 25, 2024 9:16 am
The rest of the ride was just me muttering “FFS”
Just like the portion of the ride before you met him then :lol:
by whitestone
Sun Mar 24, 2024 2:58 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Off Topic - siezed, rusted, possibly double threaded, sheared bolt extraction advice!
Replies: 106
Views: 1836

Re: Off Topic - siezed, rusted, possibly double threaded, sheared bolt extraction advice!

80nm?

Is that Nnnnnnnneugh! or maybe up to getthatoffyoubuggers in British Standard engineering terms?
by whitestone
Sun Mar 24, 2024 10:59 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: I am weak
Replies: 8
Views: 750

Re: I am weak

Update In the end I got a 42t Microshift cassette and a Shimano GRX 2x111 (RX810) derailleur off of the CRC close down sale. Fitted them today and shifting is nice and smooth. Although the maximum cassette for that mech is meant to be up to 40t, the 42t is no problem and didn't require a goatlink o...
by whitestone
Fri Mar 22, 2024 10:24 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Barkley Marathons chitchat
Replies: 48
Views: 2589

Re: Barkley Marathons chitchat

Crikey that were a close hobbling thing! I think she's the first Brit to finish it - the early years on the spreadsheet don't have nationality so can't be sure.

Largest ever number of finishers despite “That new section is brutal. You are a bad man.”
by whitestone
Fri Mar 22, 2024 9:46 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Barkley Marathons chitchat
Replies: 48
Views: 2589

Re: Barkley Marathons chitchat

GregMay wrote: Fri Mar 22, 2024 9:40 pm Damo Hall in - but scratch.
That's gotta hurt! "Damian Hall came in from the wrong direction after not completing loop five of the #BM100."
by whitestone
Fri Mar 22, 2024 9:26 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Barkley Marathons chitchat
Replies: 48
Views: 2589

Re: Barkley Marathons chitchat

We have a winner!

At time of writing (20:24) there are about 52mins left until entrants are timed out. Could be close for some. (dit dit daaa)
by whitestone
Fri Mar 22, 2024 10:46 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Barkley Marathons chitchat
Replies: 48
Views: 2589

Re: Barkley Marathons chitchat

Looks like there are seven runners(?) out on the last lap. First time that there's been this many left at this stage. The seventh made it out onto the final lap with just three minutes to spare!
by whitestone
Wed Mar 20, 2024 9:36 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Barkley Marathons chitchat
Replies: 48
Views: 2589

Re: Barkley Marathons chitchat

This comment had me laughing...
We are hoping there is no intervention from the Tennessee state legislature, as we currently have seven runners in transition
by whitestone
Wed Mar 20, 2024 11:15 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Off Topic - siezed, rusted, possibly double threaded, sheared bolt extraction advice!
Replies: 106
Views: 1836

Re: Off Topic - siezed, rusted, possibly double threaded, sheared bolt extraction advice!

£100 an hour for skilled labour We live in very different worlds if you think £100 an hour is a reasonable hourly wage for any human beimg to earn. ( shaf is a nurse and is nowhere near that for example nor is a teacher etc or indeed almost anyone working. Remember that this isn't a full time rate,...
by whitestone
Wed Mar 20, 2024 10:39 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Off Topic - siezed, rusted, possibly double threaded, sheared bolt extraction advice!
Replies: 106
Views: 1836

Re: Off Topic - siezed, rusted, possibly double threaded, sheared bolt extraction advice!

As Dave says, the guy is also taking the risk that he doesn't wreck the surrounding material. If the guy is good then that's unlikely but he still has to factor it in to his pricing. I just did a search for "uk bike shop labour charges" and got figures from £40/hr up to £65/hr (that was in...
by whitestone
Wed Mar 20, 2024 10:21 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Off Topic - siezed, rusted, possibly double threaded, sheared bolt extraction advice!
Replies: 106
Views: 1836

Re: Off Topic - siezed, rusted, possibly double threaded, sheared bolt extraction advice!

One way to look at the cost is how many hours at *your* pay rate would you spend on it. A rough estimate is your annual salary in thousands divided by 20 so £30k = £15/hr. Of course you need to factor in whether you can do the job in the first place or if you want to do it - there are jobs I can do ...
by whitestone
Fri Mar 15, 2024 4:00 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Replies: 3943
Views: 483088

Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.

Given the gales I've swapped dry stone walling for some database normalisation. As you do :roll:
by whitestone
Sun Mar 10, 2024 11:07 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: 1400 metre climb over 100km ??
Replies: 16
Views: 552

Re: 1400 metre climb over 100km ??

Tony, you could do a good loop from close to your door:

Head to Mytholmroyd, up Cragg Vale, down to Rippondon, up Oldham road over the M62 to Denshaw, road back over Buckstones and down to Huddersfield.

Three long steady climbs, the first and last are quite alpine like.
by whitestone
Sat Mar 09, 2024 11:39 am
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
Replies: 406
Views: 19437

Re: Bivvy a Month 2024

The number of times I've woken up with a start thinking someone is shinning a torch in my face only to realise the clouds have cleared and it's the moon :lol: Unless you sleep outside you don't realise just how light it is on a full moon, but it needs to be otherwise how would the werewolves see wh...
by whitestone
Mon Mar 04, 2024 6:06 pm
Forum: Anyone playing out?
Topic: North York Moors 300
Replies: 23
Views: 640

Re: North York Moors 300

It's longer than feared https://ridewithgps.com/routes/45752621?fbclid=IwAR3Bcf39yHtaZBWBS4ueBj_q1-NXJR8nW3raXT3eeT17m2JzuintYO5poT8 He's a naughty boy. For those on FB https://www.facebook.com/share/p/ASRKat84arWhpB9C/ Start Skipton, reverse YD300 to Pately Bridge, nip across to Thirsk and ride NY...
by whitestone
Sun Mar 03, 2024 10:09 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: 1400 metre climb over 100km ??
Replies: 16
Views: 552

Re: 1400 metre climb over 100km ??

Tony, 14m per km is pretty flat for the Pennines/Dales. I've a local loop of 30km, half of it's along the canal and that has 490m of climbing (not the canal bit!), here's a Strava link https://www.strava.com/activities/10687539854 . This one is just riding up the valley to Kettlewell and back - http...
by whitestone
Sat Mar 02, 2024 9:22 am
Forum: Anyone playing out?
Topic: North York Moors 300
Replies: 23
Views: 640

Re: North York Moors 300

I had a chat with Stuart a couple of months ago. He said that everyone was so fast last year he was thinking of making things a little more "interesting" to slow people down a bit :wink:
by whitestone
Fri Mar 01, 2024 5:42 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Narrow-wide chainrings
Replies: 9
Views: 360

Re: Narrow-wide chainrings

I'm pretty sure that I've not engaged the clutch on my derailleur for several years, the NW works well enough.
by whitestone
Fri Mar 01, 2024 3:25 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Proposed Wind Farm near Glaslyn
Replies: 101
Views: 2732

Re: Proposed Wind Farm near Glaslyn

There are various "alternative" battery technologies being developed/in use - gravity and sand are two that spring to mind. Sand batteries basically work by taking the electricity and converting it to heat and heating a big f-off heap of sand to around 600C. We're talking 50 tonnes and upw...
by whitestone
Fri Mar 01, 2024 2:52 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Proposed Wind Farm near Glaslyn
Replies: 101
Views: 2732

Re: Proposed Wind Farm near Glaslyn

Living by the sea and witnessing day in day out the power of the tides that are ALWAYS flowing, unlike wind, I find it amazing that we've not properly invested in harnessing this free power that surely could be done in a much less obtrusive manner. There have been long term tests in the Pentland Fi...
by whitestone
Fri Mar 01, 2024 1:57 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Narrow-wide chainrings
Replies: 9
Views: 360

Narrow-wide chainrings

This popped up on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZXzXH4gBfs about the "revolution" that NW chainrings enabled. As he admits, his testing isn't "scientific" and has a small sample size regarding runs, etc., but it's interesting nonetheless. One point he doesn't mention...
by whitestone
Wed Feb 28, 2024 11:06 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Proposed Wind Farm near Glaslyn
Replies: 101
Views: 2732

Re: Proposed Wind Farm near Glaslyn

I've seen talk of reinstating the site once the masts/turbines reach the end of their life but as Paul notes, surely once the base infrastructure is in place then the topside stuff can all be replaced/upgraded? There was discussion on Countryfile about wind farms - turns out that so far "they&q...
by whitestone
Wed Feb 28, 2024 10:14 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Proposed Wind Farm near Glaslyn
Replies: 101
Views: 2732

Re: Proposed Wind Farm near Glaslyn

However, just where is the energy we all need going to come from if no-one wants the production facilities (of whatever nature) on their doorstep? The community where my sister-in-law and her husband live campaigned against a small (4 masts) wind farm. They then approved a floodlit football pitch! ...