been in Decathlon, trying winter coats and waterproofs on. it is pretty cold.

i am looking forward to some gravel specific beer drinking apparel............

my kitchen wall is a full collage of maps from fave tours.
lofoten, brittany, hebrides,lakes, Nym,holland and belgium.
just normal OS type maps with the border cut off, the applied with wallpaper paste. it is vaguely exciting.

i dont think there is a 'best' option myself. i thought there was, so i bought it. a Ti Fargo. turns out a steel on with some suspension forks would have been more suitable. currently on a surly krampus. which works fine but no better or worse than the fargo. horses for courses i reckon. one bike is...

anyone please ?

looking for a set of riser bars for my krampus.
i need rise and backsweep. but i dont want any forward sweep on em,so kyotes or mary or jones type bars are out.

possibly 40mm rise and 15 degree sweep.

any ideas please.

and various on AliExpress.

Genetic Drisers. Funn G wide. one is from Tiawan other is UK.

think i am ill fated to possibly never complete this ride.

both myself and my grandson have now got chicken pox.
covered in blotchy itchy spots, banging head ache and achey joints ( more achey than normal).

aces

43 years cycling......... never worn padded cycling shorts. my current fave set up for distance riding is primark cotton trunk underpants, which are longish in the leg bit, mated with some Altura all road gravel shorts. which are light, stretchy and not too baggy.https://www.tredz.co.uk/.Altura-All-...

keep your new fangled usb charged mini air pumps............ i am still lusting after something like this for my tourer.

https://silca.cc/en-gb/products/impero- ... lYit6jAEIy

looking for a standard 100mm 135mm qr tubeless wheelset. 700c or 29''.
anyone please.

cracking that. ace report and photos. fancy a go at that.

think i will be ok for this. away in france for a few weeks prior but should be backmid week before.
hope so anyway..... missed the winter event.

What rims? Some do OK when converted, some are just a waste of time or a guarantee of faff and may be better off with slime tubes combined with relatively light tyres.

the rims are Exal. from Spa.

i will have a go with the front one tomorrow. if it fails slime it is............

Shaf.... yes please mate.

Thoss20@hotmail.co.uk

Anyone got this year's route yet?

I think email went out yesterday. I am on the list but looks like I can't come in....

looking for a foolproof way of setting my non tubeless wheels up tubeless.

is there one ?

tyres are tubeless version. i have tubeless tape, i have gorilla tape and tubeless valves.

books telling you how to retire ?? i for one couldnt be arsed with that.

simple maths works wonders.

Got a fizik thar saddle in ok condition.
Don't suit me. £15 + carriage.

regents park to milton keynes is easy. grand union most of the way, then other waterways. and home down to nottingham looks easy to put together via tpt and clumber park and sherwood pines. midshires way from leicester to northampton. easy to put this together mainly off road. wont be technical but ...

surly ecr forks on my krampus. loads of cage mounts.

4 years in for us, and not got into the daytime telly routine yet.
to be honest, not enough time. no idea where we found the time to work...........

got a set of geoff bars in ok condition.
yours for the price of postage. or FOC if you want to collect em.

any tried surly corner bars ?

if you are can i ask, when fitted with mtb shifters and brake levers, can you get a position for your hands, like riding on the hoods on drop bars ??