Superstar Components rings are good value and well made.

I’ve an oval ring on one Rohloff bike and round on another. Can’t say that I notice any difference really.

Having more or less recovered from a bout of COVID I took my opportunity to bag my March BAM 3/3 on Thursday evening. A pretty simple affair really - after work, road riding to a known spot not far from home for some kip under the stars and back in time for beakfast. I used the (heavy as hell) Winte...

Are you doing this because you can’t cycle far/much at the moment? Because riding more is going to be the best way to get better at cycling. Anyway, as I’ve said before, you don’t need to get better at cycling to bag a Black Badge,you just need to get better at stopping less :-bd Hope you get back t...

ScotRoutes wrote: ↑Fri Mar 25, 2022 11:03 pm

lune ranger wrote: ↑Fri Mar 25, 2022 3:11 pm if you discount the day I was eating icing sugar out of the bag with a spoon

My teeth itch just thinking about it!

There was no chocolate - what can I say.

yourguitarhero wrote: ↑Fri Mar 25, 2022 6:28 pm #trowel

#helpful

01.01.22 - 86.7kg 18.02.22 - 79.7kg 25.02.22 - 78.7kg 04.03.22 - 77.9kg 11.03.22 - 78.2kg 18.03.22 - 78.5kg 25.03.22 - 78.4kg A mostly sensible week if you discount the day I was eating icing sugar out of the bag with a spoon :shock: I’d say I was back to >90% health wise after COVID, and managed so...

Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Wed Mar 23, 2022 3:30 pm I was thinking about this earlier and wondered whether a frame bag with an external bladder pocket (down one side?) might make more sense?

Maybe, but it could end up pretty wide - one for the bow legged cowboy types…. unless a custom thin bladder is employed that is.
Best sticking to bottles.

There is that option Sean, well spotted. It’s my preferred method too having tried various bladder in frame bag set ups. I mostly use half frame bags and can carry at least 1L of water on all my bikes. If I slung a bottle under the down tube and used the fork legs I could double or triple that if I ...

Unless you have a frame bag with a section you could dedicate to the bladder you would be better off with a traditional style - long/thin - bladder that can sit on top of the rest of the bag contents imo. Also, having owned an Apidura bladder for a short time, I would say that most other bladders I’...

How feasible would it be, to remove the bite valve, and refill through the hose? Very easy I would say, although the air needs to be able to escape somewhere as you pump water in. So maybe not as the inlet is at the bottom of the bladder If you don’t pump any air in, it doesn’t need to escape. The ...

I guess it depends on how you intend to fill it. I have a Camelbak adapter for a Katadyn filter. It uses uses quick release connectors to mate the Camelbak drinking tube and the filter outlet tube. Click to together then pump away. I used it a few times to fill a bladder in a framebag, it worked ver...

I believe the consensus is that you can run a Kramp well enough on normal size 29er tyres. You loose a bit of BB height so need to be aware of increased risk of pedal strike. Tyres that narrow on a Rabbit Hole rim are going to be pretty squared out and may not ride too well. On the other hand you mi...

01.01.22 - 86.7kg

18.02.22 - 79.7kg
25.02.22 - 78.7kg
04.03.22 - 77.9kg
11.03.22 - 78.2kg
18.03.22 - 78.5kg

Had a week off again. Sick with COVID still at the start of the week but have managed some light exercise in the past last couple of days.

Any modern bike is going to be hard to get spares for in large parts of the world. However, riding a fat bike is going to make it harder by an order of magnitude.
It’s all very well relying on getting spares posted in but you may be waiting a very long time on parts of the route this dude is riding.

Alpinum wrote: ↑Sun Mar 13, 2022 10:36 pm Lets not forget that well done organisation of an event can change some minds and lead to acceptance

It’s not going to change a footpath into a bridleway though is it?

Shame to penalise the responsible as well as the irresponsible, but it's the right thing to do. I'm sure it was a disposable bbq (or rather it's owners) that caused the fire on the moor behind Ramshaw edge the other year. Good riddance to them. The things are totally bone anyway, even if people are...

There is one section of trail that IS down as a footpath on OS maps and on Ride With GPS but its 100% a lost green way and, as it sits between two other bridleways in the same valley and forms one long continuous trail, i have selected it as part of the CDT. When I've been on it I've meet horse rid...

Tucked away in the depths of my Apple News today: Waitrose and Aldi scrap disposable BBQs. Supermarkets Waitrose and Aldi are to stop selling disposable BBQs because of their impact on the natural environment and wildlife. Aldi added that the ban would also lead to the removal of approximately 35 to...

01.01.22 - 86.7kg 18.02.22 - 79.7kg 25.02.22 - 78.7kg 04.03.22 - 77.9kg 11.03.22 - 78.2kg No surprises there. This week I’ve been off the programme since Sunday - child no.2 got COVID so I couldn’t go to work and do my 3 fasting days. Then child no.1 got it and then me. Typically I’ve managed 2 year...

At that price! Bargain of the year.

I’m going to do the traditional thing and suggest (one of) the bike(s) I use… You could do a lot worse than a Salsa Fargo for your needs. I have one and it’s my most used bike and it can be tweaked for lots of uses - a superb do it all utility bike. If drop bars aren’t your thing then you could look...

google Dutch M90 NATO issue Olive Green "Gore-tex" Military Bivvy. Has a top side diagonal opening with studs and velcro that might do. Long zips are common on military bivi bags - for getting out in a hurry - but as said above they tend to be heavier than most folk want for bike packing.

Good work everyone.

What do your 'partial fasting days' look like? I've been messing about with the whole 18:6 ratio malarkey but not seen any results yet. Nothing fancy. I choose the 3 days I’m at work. Keeping busy stops me wanting to graze and I often find it difficult to take proper breaks anyway. I’ve extended my...