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- Mon Mar 09, 2020 3:52 pm
- Forum: Routes
- Topic: Uk Divide Route?
- Replies: 177
- Views: 49411
Re: Uk Divide Route?
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.
- Mon Mar 09, 2020 3:33 pm
- Forum: Routes
- Topic: Uk Divide Route?
- Replies: 177
- Views: 49411
Re: Uk Divide Route?
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...
- Mon Mar 09, 2020 3:11 pm
- Forum: Routes
- Topic: Uk Divide Route?
- Replies: 177
- Views: 49411
Re: Uk Divide Route?
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...
- Sun Mar 08, 2020 9:09 pm
- Forum: Routes
- Topic: Uk Divide Route?
- Replies: 177
- Views: 49411
Re: Uk Divide Route?
I would get right behind this. It's a geographic term, not a fecking sales pitch.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?
- Sun Mar 08, 2020 8:44 pm
- Forum: Routes
- Topic: Uk Divide Route?
- Replies: 177
- Views: 49411
Re: Uk Divide Route?
Also, the GB divide route (with the exception of the Wales bit) is actually pretty close.
- Sun Mar 08, 2020 8:43 pm
- Forum: Routes
- Topic: Uk Divide Route?
- Replies: 177
- Views: 49411
Re: Uk Divide Route?
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 ...
- Sun Mar 08, 2020 5:57 pm
- Forum: Routes
- Topic: Uk Divide Route?
- Replies: 177
- Views: 49411
Re: Uk Divide Route?
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...
- Tue Feb 26, 2019 12:53 pm
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: fs, surly moloko bars and bar bag.
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1123
Re: fs, surly moloko bars and bar bag.
PM'd you.
- Mon Oct 23, 2017 11:38 am
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: Clearout - Lots of Good Stuff
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4975
Re: Clearout - Lots of Good Stuff
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.
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.
- Tue Oct 17, 2017 8:29 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Fear?
- Replies: 47
- Views: 10999
Re: Fear?
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...
- Tue Oct 10, 2017 5:12 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Tubolito, ultra lightweight tubes
- Replies: 19
- Views: 6186
Re: Tubolito, ultra lightweight tubes
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....
- Tue Oct 10, 2017 3:03 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: this person needs a lesson in bike packing
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4261
Re: this person needs a lesson in bike packing
Maybe it's a health and safety thing?
- Sat Oct 07, 2017 11:58 am
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: Clearout - Lots of Good Stuff
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4975
Re: Clearout - Lots of Good Stuff
That's right, yes.ootini wrote:Just double checking they're qr front and 135mm qr rear?Catbaiter wrote:£120?ootini wrote:How much for the wheels plus rotors posted ?
I won't fit the rotors unless it's essential, as they're easily bent in transit.
- Sat Oct 07, 2017 7:25 am
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: Clearout - Lots of Good Stuff
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4975
Re: Clearout - Lots of Good Stuff
£120?ootini wrote:How much for the wheels plus rotors posted ?
I won't fit the rotors unless it's essential, as they're easily bent in transit.
- Fri Oct 06, 2017 4:08 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: So.. whats the best rigid fork you've ridden??
- Replies: 29
- Views: 9495
Re: So.. whats the best rigid fork you've ridden??
Chas Roberts D.O.G.S.B.O.L.X
Forks of beauty.
NOTE: This was 20 years ago
Forks of beauty.
NOTE: This was 20 years ago
- Thu Oct 05, 2017 5:13 pm
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: WTD: Pedals!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2627
Re: WTD: Pedals!
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...
- Thu Oct 05, 2017 3:49 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Scottish Loop
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5430
Re: Scottish Loop
Family motto: Never let the truth get in the way of a good storyjam bo wrote:makes us sound way cooler than we were.... .
- Thu Oct 05, 2017 3:44 pm
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: Clearout - Lots of Good Stuff
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4975
Re: Clearout - Lots of Good Stuff
Replied. Thanks.Cheeky Monkey wrote:PM'd you about the mech/shifter/cassette.
Happy to discuss
- Thu Oct 05, 2017 3:43 pm
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: Clearout - Lots of Good Stuff
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4975
Re: Clearout - Lots of Good Stuff
PM sent. Thanksianfitz 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
- Thu Oct 05, 2017 3:21 pm
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: Clearout - Lots of Good Stuff
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4975
Re: Clearout - Lots of Good Stuff
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. ...
- Thu Oct 05, 2017 2:34 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: How to go Single Speed
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2640
Re: How to go Single Speed
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...
- Thu Oct 05, 2017 1:36 pm
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: Clearout - Lots of Good Stuff
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4975
Clearout - Lots of Good Stuff
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...
- Thu Oct 05, 2017 12:48 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Scottish Loop
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5430
Re: Scottish Loop
Oh yeah, thanks also to everyone who helped with the route (especially ScotRoutes). We got some excellent advice cheers.
- Thu Oct 05, 2017 12:47 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Fully rigid bike
- Replies: 41
- Views: 12708
Re: Fully rigid bike
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 ...
- Wed Oct 04, 2017 5:11 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Scottish Loop
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5430
Re: Scottish Loop
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 ...