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- Sun May 19, 2024 9:44 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What back up frame?
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Re: What back up frame?
Quick ten miles before breakfast on tracks rough enough to indicate any problems and all good, apart from a slight dull clicking but I think that's the non drive side bottom bracket bearing, which was feeling rough. New one on order and fingers crossed all will be well. https://i.postimg.cc/Hk7JF3wg...
- Sat May 18, 2024 10:32 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What back up frame?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 262
Re: What back up frame?
New frame hopefully not needed. Will find out for sure tomorrow. After stripping it all back, epoxy-ed in a section of broom handle to fill in the gap. https://i.postimg.cc/RCdWgdSH/PXL-20240515-200820781.jpg Added some epoxy filler to smooth the transitions. https://i.postimg.cc/mDNPfN7K/PXL-202405...
- Tue May 14, 2024 10:24 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What back up frame?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 262
Re: What back up frame?
Crude but effective, with luck. It was fine for ages, until the cf tube de-bonded from the bamboo socket that was the remains of the cracked down tube, resulting in flex while pedalling. I reckon it'll polish out with a combination of epoxy and fibrefix (now fiberweld).
- Tue May 14, 2024 9:52 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What back up frame?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 262
Re: What back up frame?
Good shouts all. Used to have a Genesis Day Zero as a commuter that was a lovely ride, if/because a bit flexy.
- Tue May 14, 2024 7:17 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What back up frame?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 262
What back up frame?
The bamboo bike is in bits, or more accurately something like the hundred thousand rivets flying in close formation that was the Avro Shackleton. Long story short, the bottom bracket junction has had to be completely stripped and while I'm reasonably confident I can build it up again in time for the...
- Mon May 06, 2024 9:46 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Trossachs daughter/dad ride and camp
- Replies: 5
- Views: 348
Re: Trossachs daughter/dad ride and camp
That's brilliant! Well done E, and well done you sir.
- Sun Apr 28, 2024 5:48 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
- Replies: 549
- Views: 47271
- Sun Apr 28, 2024 4:17 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
- Replies: 549
- Views: 47271
Re: Bivvy a Month 2024
Glad to hear you're on the mend Jimmy. I keep forgetting you're East Lothian - fancy a joint bivvi in May? You can show me round a bit.
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 1:39 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
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- Sun Apr 21, 2024 9:53 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
- Replies: 549
- Views: 47271
Re: Bivvy a Month 2024
Thanks Pete.
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 2:15 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
- Replies: 549
- Views: 47271
Re: Bivvy a Month 2024
https://i.postimg.cc/RVCxyHyQ/PXL-20240420-211845507-2.jpg A quick overnighter to a spot I camped at with a mate for his birthday last year. He sadly died at the start of this month after a fall in the hills near Crianlarich. The funeral is on Friday, so I took the tent to work on his eulogy. So ma...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 4:21 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
- Replies: 549
- Views: 47271
- Sun Apr 07, 2024 4:12 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What you done t' your bike today
- Replies: 1547
- Views: 275084
Re: What you done t' your bike today
Got meself a slug plug repair kit which will hopefully deal with most issues. If it comes to popping in an inner tube, that's a problem for future me. Will be sure to let you know how it goes.
- Sun Apr 07, 2024 12:20 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What you done t' your bike today
- Replies: 1547
- Views: 275084
Re: What you done t' your bike today
Thanks Shaf, good advice. I've been avoiding tubeless for years and got away with it, but four punctures in as many months decided me.
Presumably you have to give the bike a run/tyres a spin regularly?
Presumably you have to give the bike a run/tyres a spin regularly?
- Sun Apr 07, 2024 10:36 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What you done t' your bike today
- Replies: 1547
- Views: 275084
- Sun Mar 31, 2024 9:37 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
- Replies: 549
- Views: 47271
Re: Bivvy a Month 2024
Nice one Jimmy. I was at the Museum of Flight today for the first time, getting my ear bent about Concorde. Beautiful plane. I've been looking at hillforts and castles around there so might poach a night in your manor soon. Sorry to hear you're out of it Dave - shame the night in the YHA doesn't cou...
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 9:58 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
- Replies: 549
- Views: 47271
Re: Bivvy a Month 2024
Fuly expecting you to have spotted dogs on the next one.
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 11:53 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Supertramp 2024: A Challenge
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3120
Re: Supertramp 2024: A Challenge
Talk about upping the ante; I'm still counting hours, not days. Maybe once the kids are a bit older - not even sure I could get away with two nights at this point. Loving the concept though and sounds like a few are well on the way there already.
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 4:11 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
- Replies: 549
- Views: 47271
Re: Bivvy a Month 2024
One hundred! Well played sir, and marked in style.
- Sat Mar 16, 2024 11:19 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
- Replies: 4022
- Views: 536230
Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
I learned a new word today - sapid.
Definitions from Oxford Languages
adjective
having a strong, pleasant taste.
"sapid nut bread"
(of talk or writing) pleasant or interesting.
Which was nice.
Definitions from Oxford Languages
adjective
having a strong, pleasant taste.
"sapid nut bread"
(of talk or writing) pleasant or interesting.
Which was nice.
- Tue Mar 12, 2024 10:27 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: How long does it take for your mat to lose pressure?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 507
Re: How long does it take for your mat to lose pressure?
Might try that. Over 8 hours the other night the mat needed reinflating 3 times. Patched a small hole before but either it didn't work or there's another. Grr.
- Tue Mar 12, 2024 7:24 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
- Replies: 549
- Views: 47271
Re: Bivvy a Month 2024
Tasty
- Mon Mar 11, 2024 5:16 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
- Replies: 549
- Views: 47271
Re: Bivvy a Month 2024
Brilliant. Liking the early morning bridge pic in particular.
- Mon Mar 11, 2024 1:27 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
- Replies: 549
- Views: 47271
Re: Bivvy a Month 2024
Is that the subway at the back of Edinburgh park? I vaguely recall trying to get into that years ago when I lived in South gyle but it was firmly barriered off.... Nope, but will keep that in mind. This was under the slip road where the A68 peels off the bypass. Underpass kipping - another original...
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 8:45 am
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
- Replies: 549
- Views: 47271
Re: Bivvy a Month 2024
Couple of busy weekends coming up so snuck out last night for an easy one half an hour from home that was guaranteed to be dry, and flat. https://i.postimg.cc/J7ZntMgC/PXL-20240309-224518925-NIGHT.jpg Found a way under the bypass last year and noted at the time how quiet it was. There was a buzzing ...