I think this probably belongs here - I picked up a wire flux mig from Lidl today for those outdoor, upside down and hard to reach jobs and it's surprisingly good. WF mig sometimes gets a bad press but that's mainly because it's not exactly like a normal mig and you need to adjust a few things. Anyw...

Just ordered a 38/28 Deore crankset , 11-42 cassette, a shadow plus rear derailleur, and some micro shift bar end shifters ,so I can start using my cdf around places it should be being used, think the whole set up came to £235 ,probably looking at put some Hayley brakes on it so I haven’t got the gr...

Al wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 15, 2020 6:39 pm

Blimey that’s just down the road. I shall see you there.
Not massively happy about having to join strava to do it though...

Same here al , deleted account early last year now had to open one , anyhow it’ll be good to catch up with you

Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 15, 2020 5:10 pm

Just dusted the disc trucker off

Top man , I’ll see you in March ( but I’ll see you in a couple of weeks also)

It happens rich been here nigh on 15 years without any issues so I don’t think it’s too bad a ratio , can’t let the b@stards get to you

Only taking the# bike as the others got nicked befor Christmas rich and I still haven’t replaced them ,well replaced the boys but 130mm travel is a touch much for these rides me thinks ,

Signed up to March looks like there’s another couple off here going too , can’t beat a plod through the salop /welsh boarderlands
Now to swap the gearing out on the croix de fer so my fat arse can get up those bleedin hills

Reg I was feeling all sorry for myself with a poorly ankle till I saw your photos and read the write up , think I’m pretty glad I was invalided for this , virtually every trip last year was in biblical weather for at least one day so hopefully from next month it’s blue skies and crisp frosts till su...

Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 13, 2020 11:03 am

Sounds like a plan

Just working out the costings , waiting for son in law to be’s uncle on a price on building up some i45 and i35 scrapers on a son dynamo and hope rear ,

Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 13, 2020 10:34 am

Stu, Andy is only on Oswestry, get in touch and i'm sure he's be happy for you to pop up and see him.

Was thinking of doing that towards end of month mate then if your about I’ll pop over and drop that kit off to you

Anybody got one ? How do they ride with that fork ?, looking at getting one over the next few weeks but the wheel looks just too far forward, I maybe wrong and I know I shouldn’t judge by looks

Started to realise the other day Steve , that I should wear mine when I couldn’t read the numbers on the wiring loom and then had to take a picture on my phone of the wiring diagram and supersize it

RIP wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 07, 2020 9:20 pm

Nope. But I saw the 50mph winds one

How about a little extra effort and get to the visitors center again reg

Looks like it’s gonna be a mad race for some to either Rhys or syddion (hope you like getting cosy if your heading to rhys

If anyone wants they can have mine as wifey pointed out the 4th is my daughters birthday , I can go but she’d prefer I didn’t , don’t want the entrance fee back just added to the donation you make on the just giving page

Teelings small batch single

Primus do a stove the same as the kraku they ar £23.99 in decathlon got one myself last weekend (sorry stu I may have put a step onto the dark side)

In , ,just me this year , 100 mile is a bit much for the young fella

Cheers Shaf, no doubt 'twil happen. Keep up? You're a BB200 man; I'm just a B2 man, possibly BB20 with a tailwind. Nah, MaM, SteveM and meself are competing for the position of slowcoach of t'forum. May as well just chuck the bike in the hedge to be honest - quicker to walk. I think our average spe...

Reg you’ve missed March 2 outdoor classroom over the chase , no rain involved for once

Not committing this year , due to work and family commitments, missed November and December last year due to work , plan is to get out every few months but for 2 or 3 nights at a time , best of luck to everyone attempting this year , and hopefully see most of you next weekend

Not on beta blockers but on a shed load of blood pressure tablets , have a healthy heart according to my numerous ecg’s and a resting heart rate of 55 , I find that with everything I do it’s all a bit slower , noticed it first at work that jobs were taking me longer than a couple of years ago and th...

I’d take them off the cooker though shaf

Since the bikes got nicked and the insurance check is now in my hand I too am in a dither really fancy a oiz but also fancy a new stooge , so I shall now wait until my dithering has subsided ( really could do with a bit of bounce the old bones and injuries are starting to ache a little after a coupl...