Quick one from me because I'm about to go for the train. Finished work for the last time (well, that job) on Wednesday. Strange but exciting times. Off to get the train to the west coast of Cumbria to ride the classic Woodcock C2C route. A few days on the bike will hopefully help me decompress. Happ...

I agree. Its my opinion that a route should reflect its true nature, purpose or 'spirit'. The BB 200, the King Alfred Way and the Hebridean Way do reflect their purpose and a host of other long distance bikepacking routes do but many others are just marketing ploys. Ill not write a list of them as ...

Just to update with my (brief) experience of OS Maps... Bought a subscription at the end of Jan when they had the £14 deal on. Used it for planning a few routes, and navigating on a couple of rides. Didn't find it very user-friendly, and seemed very buggy. Used it to navigate and record a 60 mile ro...

Interesting route. Will bear the group start in mind, it would be nice to meet up with some of you locals.

Good to see the name "divide" being used in its true geographical sense, rather than a trendy name for "route"

Brick Lane Bikes Hobo bar. Bit more sweep that the Confucius, 15deg, but not crazy Jones style.

buried my guilt pangs today. just got back from a ace, windy snowy, rainy gust ride with the wife. 25 miles, with 15 miles of paths i have never ridden in my own city. bloody ace really. :-bd :-bd :-bd I've been suffering a bit from not riding recently, partly lack of motivation, along with some ot...

I'm unsurprised to learn that "trigpointing" is a thing, and it has it's own wesbite and forum. I wonder if there's a thread on it about discovering there are people who ride bikes in order to sleep in hedges (or vice versa). Turns out there's one about 200 yards from where I'm sat in my o...

Cheers Dave. The problem is that I know what the solution is - I've even paid a physio to tell me on the odd occasion - but making myself do it is another matter. I've managed to stick to various routines of yoga/stretching/HIIT, but it always falls by the wayside eventually. So I guess the problem...

Cheers Dave. The problem is that I know what the solution is - I've even paid a physio to tell me on the odd occasion - but making myself do it is another matter. I've managed to stick to various routines of yoga/stretching/HIIT, but it always falls by the wayside eventually. So I guess the problem...

RE knee pain ... I've had my knee go bang twice. Both times the pain was something else (I think Chew and Mike will vouch for that). However, the problem was with my glutes not my knees ... they were just a symptom. It's always the glutes. If they would only do their job, we'd all be knocking out c...

RE knee pain ... I've had my knee go bang twice. Both times the pain was something else (I think Chew and Mike will vouch for that). However, the problem was with my glutes not my knees ... they were just a symptom. It's always the glutes. If they would only do their job, we'd all be knocking out c...

I can't see that it's a good idea TBH. Cycling is very different from running. There's no impacts to absorb as such, and you benefit from stiff soles to help transfer power to the pedals, which would probably be disastrous for running, but is fine cycling. A 240 mile ride is always going to highligh...

Happy birthday Reg! I hope there's a vanilla stout in your near future

As long as you make bike noises and ignore people who ask what on earth you're doing, I'd say you're good.

Escape Goat wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 10:49 am Ooh I have a set of these not on a bike at the min. They feel nice holding them though.

Bet they'd feel at least 65% nicer with a bike attached

of course your know it the can't tap back through, pull the all the war through... Also if you sweep over with a broom, followed by a magnet, put a bag over. so they all drop in bin when you take magnet out of the bag. #nopunctures Cheers, sounds like you've spent way too much of your life banging ...

Haha, sadly, you're probably bang on the money.
Ta, "what really steep stem?" was probably going to be my next boring thread.

Gave in and bought some of these. Fitted them yesterday, but not ridden yet. Couple of pics: https://i.ibb.co/qmxcr8P/2022-02-18-15-47-56.jpg https://i.ibb.co/gwYSk9W/2022-02-18-15-53-43.jpg Direct comparison with the old Confucius in case it helps anyone: https://i.ibb.co/G9bhMYK/2022-02-18-15-41-1...

Good stuff. Intend to spend more time in the NYM having only had positive experiences there (in summer admittedly - wet/winter comments noted). Thanks for putting this out there.

Yesterday I scored a massive pile of tongue and groove cladding from a lady on Freecycle from an old flat with floor-to-ceiling wood panelling that she's renovating: https://i.ibb.co/tJq8dT0/2022-02-18-09-53-24.jpg Last year a I built a 12 foot square covered deck in the garden. The plan was always ...

I also received a handlebar this morning, but I've been somewhat trumped ^ That BLB Hobo bar I was prevaricating about has arrived. The Hermes man brought me a DHB merino base layer from Wiggle at the same time. I spent a while looking round some of the more upmarket clothing places for a pure non-m...

Since time is running out, I thought it was about time I stopped being in a huff and started seeing what I could salvage from my VR custom with OA. I think they gave me a year of Pro when they announced the switch, but I never used it because VR was still available. Today I went to try and access my...

You can get it via email and, IIRC, this saves them money so increases the proportion of subs going to projects. I kind of like the old school approach, but I might do that. Thing is, the email will just be one more thing to skim and delete, whereas a paper copy I'll actually read while having lunc...

...and brought my first copy of the MBA newsletter since I joined up

A pint (metric, approximate) of electrolyte drink. Regular club ride on local tracks last night. I love getting out for a couple of hours on a Monday night in the dregs of winter, and the chance of a pint after (one, imperial, Flying Gang Sabro and Galaxy NEIPA, 5.8%) but getting home at half 9, eat...