On top of one of Sheffield's 7 hills

Having managed to break the suspension forks on both my mountain bikes at Strathpuffer, I thought I'd better do something about it... So I put the fat bike rigid front end onto my hardtail. Feels great! Except for forgetting to tighten the stem bolts and setting off to get the kids from school. A ta...

If you just want a little bag for day rides or don't like a lot of stuff on the bars I find the Alpkit Gnaro is excellent on a similar bike.

What a lot of s they look! Makes the general excessive lycra/mamil style look positively excellent!

My hip flasks are generally full of Laphroaig, although I've occasionally drifted into strangeness by having leftover cointreau of amaretto in one. Always a fan of something strong flavoured, so I'll not glug it all at once!

Brought me 4x enduroguards (2 for each bike) and 4 sets of brake pads... Stocking up for Strathpuffer. Enduroguards are 99p on chain reaction by the way...

Peanut butter wraps are even better if made 50/50 with Nutella... Snickers/Marathon wrap is great!

Mini pork & pickle pies are great too, and so are cheapo flavoured flapjacks from Aldi

I have the same problem, and solved it by taping a spare tube to the back of my seat post so it spaces the bag about 20mm back. Make sure that the bag's not rubbing on the tube though! Neat! Dual use, I like it. Only issue I can forsee is that because I run tubeless if I need the tube I then won't ...

I have the same problem, and solved it by taping a spare tube to the back of my seat post so it spaces the bag about 20mm back. Make sure that the bag's not rubbing on the tube though!

Mrs E and myself got each other a few days in Bergen next week. Kids got me some books and boots. Parents got me an Ice axe and in-laws got me edible stuff like fancy chilli sauces, beer and some orange Baileys??

Brought me a pair of 26" Ice spikers for strathpuffer, and 2 tour of Yorkshire jerseys from the bargain thread.

Now to decide between tubes and trying to bodge them tubelessly onto old Mavic 521 rims...

Another thanks for the Yorkshire jersey heads up, bought one for myself and another as a Christmas present for my dad

Main plan for the year is just to get out more, either short rides, overnights or whatever.

Events I'm doing start with Strathpuffer solo in January, and then I'm not sure. Hoping to do a Bob Graham round in June (24 hour running thing in the lakes) so some of the overnights may well be on foot.

Sadly not, I've mangled my ankle in today's fell race so will be off the hills for a few days.

Blimey, I was coming to post in here about getting to 10*10, as I realised that I was near a missing square yesterday so went for an explore.... But that feels rather insignificant compared to the map above! Well done Chew

There's a chance I can make it later on Sunday, depending on when my wife's paramedic shift finishes. If a route appears I'd try to ride out from Sheffield and meet up at some point!

Polaris merino socks are my favourite if it's fairly cold, and I tend to wear them all the non-summer months on and off the bike as they're super comfy and hard-wearing. If it's really cold then bridgedale wooly walking socks and possibly a set of gore Tex boot liners. Also got Belgian oversock thin...

Sadly not my size, but I'll second how great they are - I'm on my second pair (first ones lasted 12 years) and with tights or overtrousers I love them.

https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/finfoerdel ... -30335898/

Bendy plastic chopping boards, 2 for £1 at IKEA...

I've been tempted by lids like that for commuting, but am always worried about how they're going to behave in a crash. Maybe irrational, but I'm worried that the front light would push through the foam under a direct hit and end up in my forehead

I'll see what we've got, ta

What diameter filament does this use? I've a damaged 3d printer at school and if this will run on the leftover spools we have then I would be very interested.

Thanks folks - looks like I'll be getting a set for Christmas then! Now to decide on colour...

Hi, looking for a bit of advice on keeping my hands warm. Usually I just ride in lobster type mits in winter,but I'm doing Strathpuffer solo so figured I'd need more warmth. I've been looking at a pair of pogies for it - and from previous threads I think these got good feedback: https://www.hotpog.c...

Mud tyres onto the mountain bike just now.

Commuter/gravel/cx bike will hopefully be getting a clean, oil, sort the rattling internal cables and mudguard fitting later this weekend.

As Lazarus' post said, getting ready for winter!