FFS we all exhale CO2 so no animal is neutral BUT a bike is clearly way better than a car ( even at just a single production cost analysis never mind per mile used once maderead a criticism of cycling once, saying it wasn't green because we all eat more food so we have more impact
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- Tue Feb 13, 2024 12:33 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Who'd have thunk it, an interesting article on Road.cc?
- Replies: 65
- Views: 1758
Re: Who'd have thunk it, an interesting article on Road.cc?
- Tue Feb 13, 2024 9:51 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Hot 1: hat 0 - what lightweight oven mitt?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 809
- Mon Feb 12, 2024 12:50 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Who'd have thunk it, an interesting article on Road.cc?
- Replies: 65
- Views: 1758
Re: Who'd have thunk it, an interesting article on Road.cc?
We only have one planet, and it's definetly finite, and everyone can create an excuse/ reason/ justification for their choices. Basically we have to change how we live* or we seriously damage our home, all of us can justify why we don't do anything/ enough/ go all in.( Even this non flying vegan who...
- Sat Feb 10, 2024 10:02 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
- Replies: 407
- Views: 19461
Re: Bivvy a Month 2024
Amen to that (. I get there a whole 6 weeks earlier than you)
- Sat Feb 10, 2024 9:03 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
- Replies: 407
- Views: 19461
Re: Bivvy a Month 2024
Happy birthday Phil.
- Sat Feb 10, 2024 7:42 pm
- Forum: Anyone playing out?
- Topic: Not Another Winter Event (approx Feb, 2024)
- Replies: 50
- Views: 7142
Re: Not Another Winter Event (approx Feb, 2024)
I am glad he was kinder to me than you were to him ( hate water crossings in summer never mind winter)
Next week for me ( just swapped out the commuting wheels for my proper road ones) weather looks like standard winter bit damp but not horrible.
Next week for me ( just swapped out the commuting wheels for my proper road ones) weather looks like standard winter bit damp but not horrible.
- Fri Feb 09, 2024 5:36 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Lowest useable gear
- Replies: 38
- Views: 1013
Re: Lowest useable gear
I forget the stage but I have seen pro road riders doing it to get up steep stuff.
- Fri Feb 09, 2024 5:33 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What to do about this tubeless sealant
- Replies: 7
- Views: 289
Re: What to do about this tubeless sealant
Ride and top up till it stops weeping/ going down and seals ( and be grateful its not tan sidewall so won't show mould where it seeped)
- Thu Feb 08, 2024 9:07 pm
- Forum: MYOG
- Topic: Frame bag number 2
- Replies: 9
- Views: 379
Re: Frame bag number 2
Nice effort and looks perfect: wish I had the skills ( or eyesight) to be able to make my own.
- Thu Feb 08, 2024 8:06 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: New Bike Gear Out And Due Out...
- Replies: 952
- Views: 115520
Re: New Bike Gear Out And Due Out...
Absolutely love my Ti one and the steel is very cheap ( about same price as frame alone) .
- Thu Feb 08, 2024 10:14 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Lowest useable gear
- Replies: 38
- Views: 1013
Re: Lowest useable gear
32 x 51 mtb ( 29+) 34 x 46 cross ( loaded) Also depends if multiday or one day. If one day 'happy' to red line at walking pace multi day I am off and walking to conserve energy. Its all personal if you want lower get them as we are not all equally strong or indeed enjoy low cadence torque spinning (...
- Wed Feb 07, 2024 2:06 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: QR bolt through axle?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 131
Re: QR bolt through axle?
Make sure you know the actual length required and thread pitch or it won't work. The dt Swiss are good but their only real advantage over another is the Allen key is attached ( which comes at a weight and price cost) but is very convenient and easy to use. ( end " handle" can be pulled up ...
- Mon Feb 05, 2024 8:10 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: BeSpoked 2024 - Manchester
- Replies: 8
- Views: 403
Re: BeSpoked 2024 - Manchester
Close enough for me to get there as well.
- Mon Feb 05, 2024 7:14 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What you done t' your bike today
- Replies: 1521
- Views: 247081
Re: What you done t' your bike today
I think tubeless are just rubberised to be air tight and tubeless are not. I don't think the tyre is structurally significantly different ( though that assumptions a total guess so happy to be corrected) Did about 3000 miles on my commuter ( non tubeless used tubeless ) without issue. I forget how l...
- Mon Feb 05, 2024 2:57 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What you done t' your bike today
- Replies: 1521
- Views: 247081
Re: What you done t' your bike today
I have used plenty of tubeless tyres without issue. sealant will eventually make them tubeless
Bargain bike though, would have had one but the sizes were all too big for me
Bargain bike though, would have had one but the sizes were all too big for me
- Mon Feb 05, 2024 2:16 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
- Replies: 407
- Views: 19461
Re: Bivvy a Month 2024
My somewhat belated write up for the 30/01/24 Finally got the weather window between storm and freezing and just got freezing and after all the talk about bivvies i dragged mine out -its ok if its not wet [and it was not ] as I dont have a tarp Headed out to local spot at about 6 miles away and not ...
- Sun Feb 04, 2024 4:40 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: 8g meths stove help
- Replies: 33
- Views: 2628
- Sun Feb 04, 2024 3:58 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: 8g meths stove help
- Replies: 33
- Views: 2628
Re: 8g meths stove help
You can also drill the windshield at the sides and push cut spokes through it, and the cup rests on them.
- Fri Feb 02, 2024 5:14 pm
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: Wtd, flat bars, and disc cable flat bar levers.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 173
Re: Wtd, flat bars, and disc cable flat bar levers.
Got some flat bars generic alloy something or other. Free to you if needed
- Fri Feb 02, 2024 9:38 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: The post man's been ...
- Replies: 11421
- Views: 1906429
Re: The post man's been ...
Did the same, prices were too good to resist and you are welcome for the PSASome 5.10s that I didn’t need but think of the money I saved…
Oh well, great PSA
- Thu Feb 01, 2024 2:07 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
- Replies: 407
- Views: 19461
Re: Bivvy a Month 2024
I find that despite the fact I wake 4 or 5 times a night and sometimes cannot get back to sleep I am never tired the day after.. No idea why the disturbed sleep does not affect meI've found it's the disturbed sleep that does it. Like having a mid-week night shift
- Thu Feb 01, 2024 11:58 am
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
- Replies: 407
- Views: 19461
Re: Bivvy a Month 2024
Exactly what I do but managed 13 miles total ( and kipped at top of lead mines clogh). Will do a proper rude report tonight
- Wed Jan 31, 2024 4:02 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Have tarps lost their popularity?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 1714
Re: Have tarps lost their popularity?
Phil you are literally describing a tentmuch less susceptible to condensation but best of all a huge space under which you can get out of your wet kit,
- Wed Jan 31, 2024 3:59 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
- Replies: 407
- Views: 19461
Re: Bivvy a Month 2024
Stolen from Phil or someone else on here ( not minenoriginally but it really works)great tip, forever thanking Jon/Lazarus for it)
My Garmin said zero at about 930 pm but it did not seem that cold to me.
- Wed Jan 31, 2024 12:29 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
- Replies: 407
- Views: 19461
Re: Bivvy a Month 2024
Shaf was out as well last night but must not be home yet to report. Not quite a Johnallan but a fair distance done.