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- Sun Apr 28, 2024 10:01 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Bike maintenance book recommendations
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1444
Re: Bike maintenance book recommendations
The Leonard zinn ones have always served me well. Heard good things about the park tools book too, but no personal experience of that
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 10:39 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Sub 1k hardtail
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3500
Re: Sub 1k hardtail
Specialized are off loading a lot of their 2024 models at 50% off through dealers. Not sure whether there's anything that fits the bill, but worth a look?
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 6:38 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Well I did it london marathon
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2108
Re: Well I did it london marathon
Well done! I've had brushes with the London Marathon and the ben fund too - great work. Some dosh incoming...
- Mon Oct 23, 2023 11:34 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Baselayer recommendations?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 5186
Re: Baselayer recommendations?
I know you're understandably opposed to the brynje vests on sartorial grounds, but speaking as another big, extremely sweaty (albeit reasonably hairless) unit, they really can't be beat. They're the only things I've worn that don't go cold and clammy when sodden and seem to do a pretty good job of m...
- Thu Oct 12, 2023 9:52 pm
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: Wanted - hope pf41 bb
- Replies: 2
- Views: 205
Re: Wanted - hope pf41 bb
Ah, curses! Thank you very much for checking.
- Thu Oct 12, 2023 7:04 pm
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: Wanted - hope pf41 bb
- Replies: 2
- Views: 205
Wanted - hope pf41 bb
The most extreme of extreme long shots, but before I pull the extortionate trigger on a new one of these, I just thought I'd ask on here first.... Needs to be of the 41mm variety and accomodating a 24mm axle. Ta!
- Tue Oct 03, 2023 7:33 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Wahoo Elemnt Roam V1?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 520
Re: Wahoo Elemnt Roam V1?
+1 for the v1. Maybe I've just been lucky, but I've done several 24hr plus rides and mine was fine. Great battery life and very intuitive to use.
- Tue Sep 12, 2023 1:14 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Custom Frame Bags
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1305
Re: Custom Frame Bags
I got one here: https://bike-bag.co.uk/ Not particularly fancy (i.e. just plain black) but lovely bloke to deal with, quick turnaround and costs the same as or less than an off the peg one. I think I was about £55 for a full frame one? +1 on bike-bag. Mine has been brilliant +2 for bike-bag. Spot on
- Thu Aug 31, 2023 1:15 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: PBP - anyone planning on entering?
- Replies: 116
- Views: 7674
Re: PBP - anyone planning on entering?
What made it utterly unforgettable for me is the support and encouragement along the way - not just the big crowds at the controls like Villaines but the ones and twos by the roadside in the middle of nowhere, the kids offering to refill your water bottles, people cooking crepes in their front yard...
- Thu Aug 24, 2023 8:41 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: PBP - anyone planning on entering?
- Replies: 116
- Views: 7674
Re: PBP - anyone planning on entering?
Sorry, bit pissed and full of myself on the ferry home. Should also have said a huge congrats to my fellow boner finishers - kudos, as they say.
- Thu Aug 24, 2023 8:34 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: PBP - anyone planning on entering?
- Replies: 116
- Views: 7674
Re: PBP - anyone planning on entering?
That was pretty amazing! I had probably my best ever day on the bike on the first day and snuck off to get 4hrs blissful hours sleep at a retired mates house near Brest. Then started to feel progressively worse as I succumbed to the heat. Grabbed another 3hrs kip on a sports hall floor 300k from hom...
- Tue Aug 22, 2023 10:45 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: PBP - anyone planning on entering?
- Replies: 116
- Views: 7674
Re: PBP - anyone planning on entering?
Well, I've made it to Brest! Bonkers event and everything I was told it would be. Hope you're all getting on ok. Alors, a Paris!
- Sun Aug 13, 2023 9:46 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: PBP - anyone planning on entering?
- Replies: 116
- Views: 7674
Re: PBP - anyone planning on entering?
Good shout fellas. I guess I'll take the Rab jacket and some leg warmers, and I've got an emergency bivvy bag thing.
- Sun Aug 13, 2023 2:27 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: PBP - anyone planning on entering?
- Replies: 116
- Views: 7674
- Sun Aug 13, 2023 2:17 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: PBP - anyone planning on entering?
- Replies: 116
- Views: 7674
- Sat Aug 12, 2023 7:44 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: PBP - anyone planning on entering?
- Replies: 116
- Views: 7674
Re: PBP - anyone planning on entering?
No sleeping kit; there's plenty of other places to sleep than controls, and I know by Monday night I'll be struggling to stay awake not sleep. And it's summer so it'll be dry. :wink: ChrisN and I did the 5am start in 2011 and slept at Loudeac which worked well enough. It was just the lack of occasi...
- Sat Aug 12, 2023 6:43 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: PBP - anyone planning on entering?
- Replies: 116
- Views: 7674
Re: PBP - anyone planning on entering?
Are either of you taking bivvy bags?. I'm contemplating taking a hunka and a very light sleeping bag, just so I can do my own thing without relying on the beds at controls. I've struggled to sleep in rooms full of farting, snoring blokes in previous audaxes and I like the idea of being able to sleep...
- Fri Aug 11, 2023 11:33 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: PBP - anyone planning on entering?
- Replies: 116
- Views: 7674
Re: PBP - anyone planning on entering?
Ps I think there is an option to track people by the times they pass though the controls for anyone who's genuinely got nothing better on!
- Fri Aug 11, 2023 11:32 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: PBP - anyone planning on entering?
- Replies: 116
- Views: 7674
Re: PBP - anyone planning on entering?
Sorry to hear about your travails John and hope your luck returns next week. I'm feeling pretty good after a shitty cold and the bike seems alright. I'm getting a ferry from Newhaven on Saturday for a (hopefully) leisurely ride down and an 0545 start on Monday. What time are you guys starting?
- Thu Aug 10, 2023 12:19 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a month 2023.
- Replies: 1037
- Views: 205362
Re: Bivvy a month 2023.
Thanks!Verena wrote: ↑Wed Aug 09, 2023 10:51 pmOhhh, good luck!!Retiredtester wrote: ↑Wed Aug 09, 2023 10:45 pm Cheers all. Got PBP next week, so I've got a feeling there will be some ditch sleeping on the menu.
- Wed Aug 09, 2023 10:45 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a month 2023.
- Replies: 1037
- Views: 205362
Re: Bivvy a month 2023.
Cheers all. Got PBP next week, so I've got a feeling there will be some ditch sleeping on the menu.
- Wed Aug 09, 2023 9:06 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a month 2023.
- Replies: 1037
- Views: 205362
Re: Bivvy a month 2023.
Ah, that's great to hearI haven't ruled out a few more trips this year, but first I've got to school him in the art of packing his own f**king bike!
- Wed Aug 09, 2023 9:02 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Lake District guide coming soon
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1355
Re: Lake District guide coming soon
Copied from one of Ed's FB posts - *Hi there, sharing with admin approval! My name is Ed and I've written a new bikepacking guidebook for the lovely people at Cicerone Press. It's called Bikepacking in the Lake District, is suitable for mountain bikes and covers 8 challenging rides of 2-5 days, incl...
- Wed Aug 09, 2023 9:00 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Lake District guide coming soon
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1355
Re: Lake District guide coming soon
The bloke who wrote this is a very good mate of mine and I was lucky enough to accompany him on a scouting mission last year. I can't pretend to remember where we rode, but it was all very beautiful and ed promised to scrub some of the more mental boulder field/hike a bike sections from the finished...
- Wed Aug 09, 2023 6:51 am
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a month 2023.
- Replies: 1037
- Views: 205362
Re: Bivvy a month 2023.
Sadly, a failure to report for me and pip. A combination of work and family stuff meant we didn't get a chance to get out in July, so that's that. It doesn't sound that hard to achieve (especially after ticking off Jan and Feb!), but I found it takes a lot to keep on getting out - congrats to all wh...