I've just re-read most of this thread. And it's a tragedy we never finished it. Ianfitz in particular had done a monumental job of stringing it together.

I must say that I'm starting to become quite confused by all the new routes popping up. I can handle the number of routes. It's the number of routes calling themselves "Divide" that bothers me. Yes, I know that given the title of this thread that makes me a hypocrite, but when I started t...

I confess that I'm just bitter I didn't get there first. Looking at the Great British Divide route vs the catchment map above, it's actually not too far off at all. It's been noted before (not just by me) that the Severn Catchment is a total b'stard to work around. And it seems that the route setter...

ScotRoutes wrote: ↑Sun Mar 08, 2020 8:52 pm Can't we just drop the Divide moniker for routes that aren't approximating the watershed?

I would get right behind this. It's a geographic term, not a fecking sales pitch.

Also, the GB divide route (with the exception of the Wales bit) is actually pretty close.

No, that's not the true divide. However it makes little odds. There's already a UK Divide (which is a version of LEJOG) and now a Great Britian Divide. The actual divide (such as it is) will be lost in the chatter (and the mis-use of the already overused "divide" term). I have plotted the ...

https://greatbritishdivide.com/ Goddamnit. I was FAR too slow, and (possibly) stupid to put this route idea on a public forum (though maybe that's a little too paranoid). Annoying as I'd just (last week) finished putting my version together after coming back from the AMR2020. I had even roped in som...

PM'd you.

Gari,

Apologies for not getting back you sooner, I've been out of the country.

£150 plus postage and they're yours. PM me if you're still keen as I'll get an alert for that.

Camping out on a beach near to Helford Passage, I woke up to find myself absolutely covered in sand flies. Inside the bivi bag, in my nose and ears. Totally freaked me out. Another time, foolishly camping next to Aber Falls before a winter attempt at the Welsh 3000s. The foolish part is how loud wat...

As it happens I had to slap one into my bike a couple of weeks ago after the front tyre parted company with the rest of the bike in the middle of nowhere. There didn't seem to be any adverse effects from the sealant for the next 2-3 days, after which I stripped the wheel down anyway when I got home....

Maybe it's a health and safety thing?

ootini wrote:

Catbaiter wrote:

ootini wrote:How much for the wheels plus rotors posted ?

£120?

I won't fit the rotors unless it's essential, as they're easily bent in transit.

Just double checking they're qr front and 135mm qr rear?

That's right, yes.

ootini wrote:How much for the wheels plus rotors posted ?

£120?

I won't fit the rotors unless it's essential, as they're easily bent in transit.

Chas Roberts D.O.G.S.B.O.L.X

Forks of beauty.

NOTE: This was 20 years ago

I've got a set of these you can have for a tenner + postage. http://www.wiggle.co.uk/shimano-pd-a520-touring-pedals/?lang=en&curr=GBP&dest=1&sku=5360223990&kpid=5360223990&utm_source=google&utm_term&utm_campaign=UK_PLA_Components&utm_medium=base&utm_content=mckv%7...

jam bo wrote:makes us sound way cooler than we were.... .

Family motto: Never let the truth get in the way of a good story

Cheeky Monkey wrote:PM'd you about the mech/shifter/cassette.

Happy to discuss

Replied. Thanks.

ianfitz wrote:Are the slx brakes the more recent ones? Ill take the front and rear if so.

M675 (i think)

Edit - I've checked the photos and will take them ta.

PM me some payment details - to include slow postage ta

PM sent. Thanks

What size is the frame Tom and do you have a ballpark figure in mind? It's a large which equates to about a 19". Someone has overly eulogised the Ti version here http://www.culturecycles.com/2013/11/budnitz-no-2-titanium-650b-mountain-bike-review/ but between the fawning there are some facts. ...

Not sure if this is against the rules, but I'm hawking a single ring crankset (32t) and BB here: http://bearbonesbikepacking.co.uk/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=10940 Mods: Feel free to reprimand me if I've done a bad thing. p.s. I've heard that having a bike on the kitchen table can really tie a r...

I have a whole load of things to sell (funding a new bike), all listed below. Images in the link at the bottom. I'm based in Stroud and Bristol if you want to collect, otherwise postage is excluded and I'll leave it up to you if you want it next day or via a three legged asthmatic donkey (but I'll c...

Oh yeah, thanks also to everyone who helped with the route (especially ScotRoutes). We got some excellent advice cheers.

Alpinium - That's some really useful advice and very much appreciated thanks. It reinforces the conclusion I was coming to. I test rode a few FS Whyte, Orbea, Spesh, Scott, Orange and Cube bikes over the past few days (basically whatever I could get my hands on). They were nice, but a bit 'meh' and ...

Highland and Island 200 It’s been a long while since I did any decent cycling, so the idea of spending 3 days riding around the West Coast of Scotland was both exciting and just a little daunting. I had no idea if my fitness was up to it, and if a host of injuries which had plagued me for 18months ...