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- Fri Mar 15, 2024 4:42 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
- Replies: 3990
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Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Just partaken of a pleasant luncheon. Chatted with my pal at the Council about how he's going to spend the £1m we managed to wangle for new cycleways and footpaths around the town, so that was nice. Based on the rates for HS2 I'd estimate that £1M will be enough to construct nearly 12m of new cycle...
- Fri Mar 15, 2024 4:40 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Bargain Alert Thread
- Replies: 4932
- Views: 1229323
Re: Bargain Alert Thread
DJ bar? Too narrow for me, if you are going to go for the full vintage scrambles bar , it needs to be at least 850mm wide a la Surly sunrise....voodoo_simon wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2024 10:59 pm Interesting bar from Cannondale
https://www.merlincycles.com/cannondale ... 04238.html
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 10:51 pm
- Forum: Anyone playing out?
- Topic: North York Moors 300
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1411
Re: North York Moors 300
The last descent was a bit lumpy....
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 10:50 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: How to insert pictures
- Replies: 249
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Re: How to insert pictures
Heading out of Strath Vaich over to Deanich lodge on last years HT perchance?
- Mon Mar 11, 2024 1:01 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
- Replies: 532
- Views: 29709
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....
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 11:26 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: They have finally arrived
- Replies: 8
- Views: 473
Re: They have finally arrived
I take it it's the lightweight stuff? Outdry Extreme, "external membrane combined with an inner layer of soft fabric"; sounds like the heavier version to me. That does look the same stuff as on the lightweight 'Titanium' version, currently available for £157. https://www.columbiasportswea...
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 10:58 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
- Replies: 3990
- Views: 512274
Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Hmm, hmm and thrice hmmmm.... Plus you don't have to fanny about taking it to a dealers to service... Anyone want to buy a Triumph tiger 800? Anyway, enough of all that, off oot West this eve for another weekend of drinking beer and woodland management. In a break with tradition the weather looks be...
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 11:23 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
- Replies: 3990
- Views: 512274
Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Hmmm. Once again I was idly contemplating spending 10 large on a new (motor)bike the other day but I've cooled again seeing something like that...
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 11:21 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: They have finally arrived
- Replies: 8
- Views: 473
Re: They have finally arrived
Hmmm also. I see they do a hat as well. Thinking about it though, green isn't a bad colour for overtrousers and once they have got sprayed with gunge they will look OK.
I take it it's the lightweight stuff?
I take it it's the lightweight stuff?
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 11:18 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Bikepacking race tips from a pro...
- Replies: 10
- Views: 544
Re: Bikepacking race tips from a pro...
:-bd Good single speed vibes too :mrgreen: I've eaten 4 energy bars in my life and that was 4 too many - they are all over priced crap. Powders and gels taste like something you use to clean the bathroom... A Pork pie on the other hand! (And with an apple and a lump of cheese makes a meal fit for an...
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 4:14 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: WRT entries CLOSE SATURDAY
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1753
Re: WRT entries open
Epic fail on the train front. I could just about stomach the £180 fair but there isn't a bike space on any service between here and there on either the Friday or the Tuesday. Sorry Stu, your event CO2 footprint just went up....
- Wed Mar 06, 2024 6:20 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
- Replies: 3990
- Views: 512274
Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
That looks a nice thing Stu and suitably analogue. Re the touch screen stuff - it's even appearing on modern motorbikes - give me a shoogly needle on a clock any day!
- Tue Mar 05, 2024 6:24 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: 1400 metre climb over 100km ??
- Replies: 16
- Views: 782
Re: 1400 metre climb over 100km ??
Perth to the summit of the Cairnwell? 65k and 660m of climbing, with a nice little sting in the tale?? Mostly long and steady as per Euro climbs though
- Tue Mar 05, 2024 6:20 pm
- Forum: Anyone playing out?
- Topic: GB Duro Entries open
- Replies: 39
- Views: 2122
Re: GB Duro Entries open
I've got a place if I pay up. Will give it some thought as in two minds now....
- Mon Mar 04, 2024 10:43 pm
- Forum: Anyone playing out?
- Topic: North York Moors 300
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1411
Re: North York Moors 300
I think I'll stick to the 300...
I'll see. If I can get a week off then mebbes I'll do the whole lot
I'll see. If I can get a week off then mebbes I'll do the whole lot
- Sun Mar 03, 2024 11:42 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Bargain Alert Thread
- Replies: 4932
- Views: 1229323
Re: Bargain Alert Thread
Ooh, tempting in that case. QR too. Let me think about it and I might make you an offer, unless someone else can use them. No rush, I did try selling them on here a wee while back but no takers. https://bearbonesbikepacking.co.uk/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?p=310936&hilit=fork#p310936 Price very negot...
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 11:19 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Bargain Alert Thread
- Replies: 4932
- Views: 1229323
Re: Bargain Alert Thread
No probs, they do have triple bottle mounts and mudguard mounts, but tyre clearance is limited to 40mm - https://www.genesisbikes.co.uk/genesis- ... -vargn1261
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 9:45 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: 1400 metre climb over 100km ??
- Replies: 16
- Views: 782
Re: 1400 metre climb over 100km ??
I was about to say any road ride in mid Wales or the Yorkshire Dales. 1400m climb per 100k is actually quite easy to achieve round here too.
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 9:43 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: The Quarries Thread
- Replies: 95
- Views: 17539
Re: The Quarries Thread
All Whinstone in Southern Scotland Shaff. Not been down that way for yonks - that is a nice road!
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 9:35 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Alternative Winter Ride Event Thing - Pentlands edition
- Replies: 14
- Views: 922
Re: Alternative Winter Ride Event Thing - Pentlands edition
None of my GR's were like that
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 9:31 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Proposed Wind Farm near Glaslyn
- Replies: 101
- Views: 3489
Re: Proposed Wind Farm near Glaslyn
A 20x20x6 slab = 5750 T and that's the size of the ones in my local hills. So 8000T probably about right for one in deep peat. Oh and concrete takes a load of CO2 to produce....
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 9:29 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Bargain Alert Thread
- Replies: 4932
- Views: 1229323
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 8:13 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Narrow-wide chainrings
- Replies: 9
- Views: 507
Re: Narrow-wide chainrings
Sean, I'm swearing by Superstar rings - got one on the Straggler (surly cog and connex 8 speed chain) and it's lasted for ages - 2 years and a good chunk of miles in all weather (2 chains though). I also use a 26T one on the fatty and it too seems to be lasting for yonks. £30
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 8:03 pm
- Forum: Anyone playing out?
- Topic: North York Moors 300
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1411
Re: North York Moors 300
Bloody hell, one of the things I like about that route last year was that it wasn't a complete mission (a la BB300 ) I see he has missed the railway line of headwind doom out and added the inclined plain. I think he was also going to try and remove some of the road riding in the forest.
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 7:59 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
- Replies: 532
- Views: 29709
Re: Bivvy a Month 2024
Select the picture and hit the edit button at the top of the page (microsh*te in the doc / pic viewer) and it opens in paint. The resize button then allows you to reduce it to whatever you want. Sorry that's probably not a great description, doubtless you tube will have a better one...