I think I last did 100k in a day in 2005 or 2006 but do fancy doing an audax - just need to find a fairly flat one for my first.

I always assumed that mosque came about for the same sort of reasons that Jerez became known as Sherry - something got mangled in the translation.

There's a joke in there somewhere about the fact that the Americans have already misappropriated our language enough already so we don't really care if they do it again.

Selling off my ortlieb bikepacking gear since I prefer a holster / drybag setup: 15L bar bag, original version, well used with 4 intact spacers and a couple of ones held together with duct tape. £50 4L accessory bag, versatile bit of kit where I've used it with the bar bag, on its own on the bars an...

The only running I'm getting to do this week is up and down the stairs while the missus has taken the youngest off for a week so that sounds blissful

There's a cyclist gardener that I often see doing maintenance on road verges when I'm going for a run around town - he's normally got a rake, broom and strimmer attached to his bike along with panniers with shears and other tools.

riderdown wrote: ↑Tue Jul 18, 2023 4:16 pm Do we need to check their social media history for pictures bike packing and open fires....

The pitchforks and somewhat ironic burning at the stake can applied retrospectively

RIP wrote: ↑Fri Jul 14, 2023 6:01 pm

PaulB2 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 14, 2023 5:41 pm Chocolate Old Peculier? Now I need to find some of that.

Easy - The Globe in Dunstable

125 miles is a fair old distance to nip out for a pint

Chocolate Old Peculier? Now I need to find some of that.

I used to get shin splints all the time up until a few years ago. What fixed it for me was just following the bbc c25k podcast pretty religiously for a 9 week program instead of my usual haphazard and intermittent run around like a headless chicken until I get tired. I didn't suffer from them at all...

To badly paraphrase the late great terry pratchett, don't run around on a granite surface waving a big lump of metal while yelling "All gods are bastards!". His example was a sword but a bike would probably be just as effective.

Yep canals are tedious, though also my best way to get to the real off-road trails.

The most I've had in a single run is 350m of climbing, lumpy indeed.

Slowly getting back up to distances again, it's been hard work getting back into the habit of getting out the door on a lunchtime, especially while it's been so warm.

Anker Power banks are all on sale on Amazon for Prime day

Mt Tam of Repack fame is only 780m or so.

I more thought it was just that they couldn’t be arsed with UK distribution

I think it was Gradventourer. I don't think ScotRoutes has commented in a long while, not sure where he got to.

I just use a classic cateye omni 5 on my seat stay - not usb rechargeable but lasts long enough it's never mattered.

I wonder how many ring doughnuts I can attach to my bike with a voile strap.

Phew, I've been watching Gary Imlach going greyer year by year for longer than I can remember.

Thanks you lot :grin: BB200/300... yes I knew that was coming around, but hadn't twigged that it's tomorrow. Well, let's get one stupid thing out of the way first, and see. It's also the start of the Tour de France tomorrow, which I realise may split the room, but I'm a bit partial, Eurosport havin...

Congratulations. There's nothing quite like a 20 mile fell race for a honeymoon

I think it's all about the max 3% gradient, it's low enough that you're not really aware of it one way of the other until you coast. The Newport Greenway is exactly the same near me - it's a 1% climb almost all the way to Gnosall and then a 1% descent at the end into the village.

Ironically, that makes me think about plotting a route on Komoot, even though you've planned your route precisely, you never know how much you'll have to adapt when you get there.