Clearing out a few bits from the man cave. Sram Eagle SX shifter, rear mech, and PG1210 11-50 cassette and SX chain, brand new off bike, never used. £75 - SOLD Thompson Stem 10deg x 100 £35 Surly Nate 26x3.8 tyres 120tpi versions £125 pair Sonder Frontier V2 Grey in small Rigid forks Sram SX groupse...

I managed to get an all clear from my GP, I have had three years away from cycling, just the odd ride here n there. I suffer from high blood pressure, which I have struggled to control, the doc does not know why. So I am starting at a staggering 144kg, not proud of it but there we go, I want to be s...

Rohloff A12 is not a true bolt through, it uses spacers and bolts going into the hub axle, you get no benefits from using it over the normal TS (nutted) or CC system, you also do not have to go to all the faff of measuring all the drop outs using the kit from Rohloff, you could if you were custom bu...

At the moment I don't see a change to the situation, if anything I see it getting worse and as such my only plan is to do what I had hoped to in 2020 and cycle down to see the start of the Trans Continental Race in Brest with a friend, being late July I am hoping that things may be changing for the ...

I have done in the past once up to speed is was pretty good on tarmac, I do miss my old Genesis Caribou, these days I just use a 27 plus, I can see full fat happening again in the future.

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I picked up my Honda CB125R two years ago now, buying and running it was cheaper than the monthly season ticket for the train commute I was doing at the time, not to mention something to show for the £180 a month I was spending, since getting it I admit I thoroughly enjoy it, although I wish it had ...

a great write up, bring on the next one.

The weather and this year, started off with an eye infection, then a back injury, throw the weather into the mix and I have hardly ridden. it is starting to impact on my head space.

Sure it was not sweat? Just throwing the idea into the hat, warm n toasty has it's downside.

it is huge in the US, got to love that old cold war paranoia, from my understanding they are prepping for the end of the world scenarios or natural disasters.


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Finally given the all clear to ride regular again so count me in.

140kg, aiming for 125 by July, a big ask.

I hope everyone had a great weekend, managed to get out on Friday before the worst of the weather came in so I am now 2/12 and looking good. The plan was to head up to a local area / Iron age fort, it had been nearly a year since my last visit here and what should have been an easy route to the top ...

Nice to see another Somerset dweller, we are off out this Friday after work.

Nice one, let me know how you get on, I am hoping to enter the race as my 50th birthday treat, the whole area is lovely to ride around, I have not been over Rennes way yet but there are a couple of routes that can be merged. https://en.francevelotourisme.com/cycling-destinations/brittany-by-bike I h...

I am not a fan of the angles the rear mech is working through, the slightest knock and the gears go out of kilter, plus the look of the huge cassette is ugly as. My biggest concern is the rear derailleur it's self, being mostly composite I am reminded of the older X9 derailleur's I used to break for...

The PG1210 cassette allows eagle on a non XD driver hub so swapping back will not be a issue, for me 10 speed is super reliable, I am not a fan of huge cassettes.

Hi all, a bit of a strange once, I recently picked up my new bike which has Eagle SX 12spd, while it is nice I am not really a fan, I am thinking of staying 1x, mostly because the frame does not have front mech routing and using a 10 speed set up for reliability and cost, a 28 or 30T with 11-42 cass...

Managed to get one on the 2020 scoreboard, a cheeky run out after work last Friday to my favourite canal side retreat and my first time out on the Sonder with an almost full load. I have been struggling to get back on the bike after nearly two years off, loving the new bike, the Frontier is pretty s...

I have two over the last few years, a really nice bike to ride, handles well, the only real downside, the reach was not really long enough for me, I wish it shared the geometry of the Genesis Croix de Fer, plus anything cage mounts on the fork, it really could use them.

I got an e-mail from Relive, since Strava and them broke up they are now working with Garmin connect and a few other companies, I will give the feature a try

My old On one inbred, loved that bike, and my Surly Troll, I really wish I had kept the Surly.

Next year is getting married for me, my biggest adventure yet. But I have permission from the other half to have a week away on the bike, with a few friends I am planning on riding down to see the start of the Transcontinental in Brest, but use part of the route from the Gravel Tro Breizeh event to ...

Normal Gear outer will do, Rohloffs are built up using special 1.1mm gear cables, fibrax and Sram do them. The official Rohloff cable are 5mm like brake cables.

Actually arrived last Thursday but this is the first time I could get behind my laptop.

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Hi, selling my 2018 Genesis Vagabond Small. https://www.genesisbikes.co.uk/bike/vagabond for sizing and colour There are a couple of changes from stock, it has a Salsa Cowchipper handlebar 44cm wide with Purple Lizard skins tape and a Specialized Pizza Rack. The bike has only done about 6-700 miles ...