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- Tue Dec 10, 2019 3:00 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: The post man's been ...
- Replies: 7691
- Views: 799940
Re: The post man's been ...
And dropped a nifty little pro bike tools mini ratchet
- Sat Dec 07, 2019 8:38 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What you doing next year?
- Replies: 60
- Views: 1322
Re: What you doing next year?
My only planned event is the WRT but I’ve got a vague plan of a leisurely 3 days in June on some route in either the lakes or wales
- Fri Nov 29, 2019 12:54 pm
- Forum: Routes
- Topic: Cannock Gravel Route?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 233
Re: Cannock Gravel Route?
The blue route is a good start for a gravel loop and there's lots of ways to extend it. Note though that the chase is quite soggy this time of year so mudguards would be useful https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49096906437_c644bb0507_z.jpg Walking advertisement for mudguards by Paul Bravey , on Fl...
- Fri Nov 29, 2019 12:37 pm
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: Singular Swift (Medium)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 385
Re: Singular Swift (Medium)
I'm not allowed to buy a bike until this time next year or I'd have been interested. Not that helps you 

- Mon Nov 25, 2019 10:41 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: London PSA - TCR08 evening tonight (23rd) at Look Mum No Hands
- Replies: 7
- Views: 427
Re: London PSA - TCR08 evening tonight (23rd) at Look Mum No Hands
I still work in Brum, and I don't even want to go in during the week 

- Sun Nov 24, 2019 8:30 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: That film is available
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1266
Re: That film is available
I’ve not seen the Josh Ibbett / Hunt film popup on you tube yet, just a teaser snippet and a bike check video 4 months ago
- Thu Nov 21, 2019 1:02 pm
- Forum: Anyone playing out?
- Topic: Winter Bivi ,Salop,peaks or anywhere
- Replies: 76
- Views: 2585
Re: Winter Bivi ,Salop,peaks or anywhere
What time were people thinking of meeting on the Saturday? SWMBO has informed me that she forgot that she's busy on Saturday afternoon so I need to work out if it's feasible for me to come.
- Sun Nov 17, 2019 10:34 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Todays ride
- Replies: 1492
- Views: 221407
Re: Todays ride
Today’s ride was 3 very soggy hours of going nowhere fast. I need to invest in some mudguards!
- Tue Nov 12, 2019 11:13 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Veloviewer map - explorer tiles
- Replies: 330
- Views: 40463
Re: Veloviewer map - explorer tiles
What's in that one spot below the second E of Leeds that you don't have?
- Mon Nov 11, 2019 12:40 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Broken finger - rehab
- Replies: 15
- Views: 490
Re: Broken finger - rehab
I used my little finger to block a poleaxe once, not something I recommend. That took about a year before it was completely usable albeit a bit mishapen.
- Mon Nov 04, 2019 12:59 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Guardian article re bikes on trains
- Replies: 27
- Views: 842
Re: Guardian article re bikes on trains
This is why I take my bike to the train station and don't bother taking it on the train for the mile / mile and a half walk at the other end. The cross-country train that has theoretical room for 3 vertically hanging bikes that in reality either have luggage in, a person in or in the case of the com...
- Sun Oct 27, 2019 7:21 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: New deore
- Replies: 8
- Views: 501
Re: New deore
Thanks for all the options, there’s one more local shop to ask about doing a pedal tap and then a 34-24 sounds like a good choice. The only time I’ve used the top gear was two WRTs ago when stevemorg went for it on a main road and everyone else was cruising in his slipstream 

- Sun Oct 27, 2019 7:11 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Anyone tried a Rockbros illuminated helmet?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 580
Re: Anyone tried a Rockbros illuminated helmet?
Blackburn have a just announced some sidelights that sounded interesting for commuting:
https://www.blackburndesign.com/p/grid- ... -light-set
https://www.blackburndesign.com/p/grid- ... -light-set
- Fri Oct 25, 2019 5:06 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Todays ride
- Replies: 1492
- Views: 221407
Re: Todays ride
I finally got a bike back in action so went out for a pootle out to the chase for lunch just in time for it to start raining. I wasn’t wearing enough wet weather gear and the gravel bike probably wasn’t the best bike to take on a slippery root infested trail but it was good to be out of the house an...
- Thu Oct 24, 2019 5:59 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: New deore
- Replies: 8
- Views: 501
- Thu Oct 24, 2019 5:58 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: New deore
- Replies: 8
- Views: 501
Re: New deore
How stripped is it? Could you rescue the situation tapping it out - you can get pedal thread taps for non silly money. https://live.staticflickr.com/5581/29652955244_a116c502a8_b.jpg 283 (08-10-2016) by Chris Reeves , on Flickr That's one I did earlier. Failing that, you can helicoil it. See: https...
- Thu Oct 24, 2019 4:22 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Scot rail and their new carriages
- Replies: 7
- Views: 422
Re: Scot rail and their new carriages
Lucky you lot up there :smile: . Got a linkypoo to some info? Will they have Dutch-style bike dangly hook thingies or horizontal as usual? I well remember proper guard's vans with room for millions of bikes, and mailbags to lounge around on. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-...
- Thu Oct 24, 2019 4:09 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: New deore
- Replies: 8
- Views: 501
New deore
My pedal fell out of my crankset recently and stripped half the thread off. Not sure if I failed to tighten it up enough or what but it looks like I need a new crankset on the mtb since it was the drive side arm. The existing crankset is a 38-24 but my lbs wasn’t sure if it could source an exact rep...
- Tue Oct 22, 2019 7:02 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: WTD: Woman
- Replies: 73
- Views: 2622
Re: WTD: Woman
The LHC is already a good option for introverts. Too many vegan introverts in one place might reach critical mass due to the reaction between a vegan’s innate need to tell everyone that they’re vegan and an introvert’s innate reticence to do so.
- Sun Oct 20, 2019 8:14 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What you done t' your bike today
- Replies: 293
- Views: 16202
Re: What you done t' your bike today
I actually did something vaguely mechanical on my bike without it going wrong - took the valves out and topped up with sealant. I also noticed that my fork was moving in the head tube after I’d flipped my stem up the other day - just as well I’d not had a chance to ride it since. Looked up how to fi...
- Fri Oct 18, 2019 9:29 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: WTD: Woman
- Replies: 73
- Views: 2622
Re: WTD: Woman
#WRT and its variants is all over instagram for a few days either side of the event, just not in any official capacity.
- Thu Oct 17, 2019 1:27 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: WTD: Woman
- Replies: 73
- Views: 2622
- Tue Oct 15, 2019 3:01 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Food and Drink intake - what's yours like?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 800
Re: Food and Drink intake - what's yours like?
The faster I go, the less I remember to eat and drink unfortunately. On a social ride I'll be pretty much munching continuously whereas if I'm trying to get somewhere in a time limit I've a tendency to forget to have anything until it's too late.
- Tue Oct 15, 2019 11:04 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Padded shorts: yay, or nay?
- Replies: 37
- Views: 1319
Re: Padded shorts: yay, or nay?
I've got some endura liner bibs that are pretty indecent if worn without baggies - the legs are pretty much just a translucent mesh with a modesty panel front and back. About the only time they've been even mildly uncomfortable was after 10 hours of rain last October but by that point everything was...
- Thu Oct 10, 2019 2:04 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Diary of a Randonneur
- Replies: 43
- Views: 2515
Re: Diary of a Randonneur
I find the rules and points system of Audax incredibly confusing. How is randonee different? Wikepedia has the answer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audax_(cycling) TL;DR: In most countries the terms are used interchangeably to mean Randonneuring. In some countries they differentiate between a grou...