Attitude towards the route is definitely a big part.
Ground conditions/ surface as well
How many ‘hard’ BB200 have run in the wet vs ‘easy’ ones run in the dry. My wet 2018 experience was much harder than my dry 2021.
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- Mon Jun 06, 2022 5:01 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Difficulty of a ride
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1744
- Mon Jun 06, 2022 4:37 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Difficulty of a ride
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1744
Re: Difficulty of a ride
Fwiw the current Geoid model used for GPS is the snappily named GEOID18 afaik.
We covered GPS vs barometric elevation on Friday
We covered GPS vs barometric elevation on Friday
- Sun Jun 05, 2022 7:17 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Lael Wilcox AZT FKT controversy.
- Replies: 81
- Views: 5045
Re: Lael Wilcox AZT FKT controversy.
Sounds pretty close to heresy - burn them all.
- Sun Jun 05, 2022 4:37 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: 650B Gravel tyres
- Replies: 9
- Views: 636
Re: 650B Gravel tyres
I'd forgotten about Schwalbe. The G One All-round looks like what I'm after, more road bias but that's where I ride the bike most of the time, good call :-bd I have these 40mmx 700 on my ‘comfy road bike’ Great All-Round tyre (go figure!) Fast on the road and surprisingly capable off road too - jus...
- Sun Jun 05, 2022 2:46 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Anyone made a dropper-specific bag yet?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 1865
Re: Anyone made a dropper-specific bag yet?
Shag! Classic
Overthinking? How can you say such a thing?
Next you’ll be accusing the poor man of being hard to please…
Overthinking? How can you say such a thing?
Next you’ll be accusing the poor man of being hard to please…
- Sun Jun 05, 2022 8:21 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Lael Wilcox AZT FKT controversy.
- Replies: 81
- Views: 5045
Re: Lael Wilcox AZT FKT controversy.
johnnystorm wrote: ↑Sat Jun 04, 2022 11:48 pm
That time she rode from Alaska to do the TD and then rode it again straight afterwards means she's got plenty of cred. Also, as above does she really care what the "die hards" think?
Anyone who can chug half and half by the quart has all the cred they’ll ever need imo
- Sun Jun 05, 2022 8:19 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Lael Wilcox AZT FKT controversy.
- Replies: 81
- Views: 5045
- Sun Jun 05, 2022 6:43 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: New hardtail MTB
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1981
Re: New hardtail MTB
Big Rohloff fan here.
My oldest is more than 20years old and still running faultlessly. Wouldn’t want to run anything else on a bikepacking bike.
My oldest is more than 20years old and still running faultlessly. Wouldn’t want to run anything else on a bikepacking bike.
- Sat Jun 04, 2022 11:10 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Lael Wilcox AZT FKT controversy.
- Replies: 81
- Views: 5045
Re: Lael Wilcox AZT FKT controversy.
Might be worth seeing if Micheal Buerk would like to cover this in an episode of the Moral Maze…
- Sat Jun 04, 2022 10:07 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Aero gravel?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 1588
Re: Aero gravel?
I was thinking about this whilst riding home from my night shift on my ‘comfy road bike’ - I definitely like that description, I always try to steer away from calling it a gravel bike because I don’t view it or use it that way. Is there any UCI rule, such as tyre size that is stopping a pro roadie r...
- Fri Jun 03, 2022 2:29 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Difficulty of a ride
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1744
Re: Difficulty of a ride
We’re both saying the same thing. If your GPS unit contains a barometric altimeter it tends to use that data - Edge 1000 does this. Some of the discrepancy comes from sampling interval - how many data points your unit adds to the file. The more data points added the more accurate the representation ...
- Fri Jun 03, 2022 12:52 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Difficulty of a ride
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1744
Re: Difficulty of a ride
GPS elevation data is calculated by triangulation from the satellites the same as the position data is. Some GPS units preferentially use barometric altitude data if they also contain a barometric altimeter.
- Fri Jun 03, 2022 12:39 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Aero gravel?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 1588
Re: Aero gravel?
Very true. That’s what I use my gravel bike for - that and the 75/25 type of rides you mention.
If I do a ‘gravel’ ride, like the East Devon Trail published recently on Bikepacking.com I’ll ride my Fargo with 2.2’s
If I do a ‘gravel’ ride, like the East Devon Trail published recently on Bikepacking.com I’ll ride my Fargo with 2.2’s
- Fri Jun 03, 2022 12:21 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Aero gravel?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 1588
Re: Aero gravel?
The marketing makes perfect sense. People are buying lots of gravel bikes :wink: Gravel bikes such as that one make no sense in the UK though, we lack the hundreds of miles of gravel backroads that are designed for. UK gravel is really just mixed surface riding where you will encounter all sorts of ...
- Thu Jun 02, 2022 11:28 pm
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: Wtd: good quality but worn half frame bag?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 712
Re: Wtd: good quality but worn half frame bag?
I’ve an Alpkit Possum, either 47 or 52, don’t remember which off the top of my head. Hardly used. You could have it for £30 all in.
If you’re at all interested I’ll measure it for you.
If you’re at all interested I’ll measure it for you.
- Thu Jun 02, 2022 2:19 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Anyone made a dropper-specific bag yet?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 1865
Re: Anyone made a dropper-specific bag yet?
The Gondola is expensive and the lead times for custom gear from Rockgeist is loooong. The bag is totally solid though, no sway at all in my experience. The attachment is very simple indeed though, so I reckon you could convert any other small bag to work the same by sewing on an extra strap and buc...
- Wed Jun 01, 2022 10:13 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Dervla Murphy
- Replies: 6
- Views: 916
Re: Dervla Murphy
She definitely played a part in inspiring me to do my transcontinental rides.
- Wed Jun 01, 2022 10:10 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: 1x12 set up help. SRAM AXS content.
- Replies: 22
- Views: 985
Re: 1x12 set up help. SRAM AXS content.
I did say in the OP. So now we can add ZTTO to Campagnolo, SRAM and Sonder/Alpkit onto your hit list :lol: None of this is my doing. I’m just helping ‘my friend’. To be fair to him he didn’t purposely buy the cassette either, it came as a job lot with some Stans carbon wheels (Ardent tyres, tubeless...
- Tue May 31, 2022 9:31 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: 1x12 set up help. SRAM AXS content.
- Replies: 22
- Views: 985
Re: 1x12 set up help. SRAM AXS content.
I did something today I haven’t done in more than 30years - took a bike to a mechanic!
First impression was that the hanger is a little out of true but not much more than he would expect on a new bike.
He reckons most of the blame lies with the ZTTO cassette.
I’ve left it with him to make sure.
First impression was that the hanger is a little out of true but not much more than he would expect on a new bike.
He reckons most of the blame lies with the ZTTO cassette.
I’ve left it with him to make sure.
- Mon May 30, 2022 8:37 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: 1x12 set up help. SRAM AXS content.
- Replies: 22
- Views: 985
Re: 1x12 set up help. SRAM AXS content.
Not my bike so I’m not too bothered, and I’ll get a hanger alignment tool out of it.
Poor show from the Stooge QC if it really is the hanger.
Does anyone know if this is a common problem for bikes straight (bent?) out of the box?
Poor show from the Stooge QC if it really is the hanger.
Does anyone know if this is a common problem for bikes straight (bent?) out of the box?
- Sun May 29, 2022 9:59 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: 1x12 set up help. SRAM AXS content.
- Replies: 22
- Views: 985
Re: 1x12 set up help. SRAM AXS content.
Having just been out to the shed again I’m now pretty sure the hanger is out of alignment. With the chain off and a steel rule pressed against the sprockets the two jockey wheels must be 5mm out of plumb. If i’m right that’s pretty piss poor for a brand new bike, no? I’ll take the derailleur and han...
- Sun May 29, 2022 8:59 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: 1x12 set up help. SRAM AXS content.
- Replies: 22
- Views: 985
Re: 1x12 set up help. SRAM AXS content.
I used the chain gap tool that came in the box from SRAM to adjust the B screw. Chain is the correct length. I will recheck the position in relation to gear 2 again with the chain off and see. After that I think I’ll get a hanger alignment tool if necessary. I could also adjust the chainring chain l...
- Sun May 29, 2022 6:55 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: 1x12 set up help. SRAM AXS content.
- Replies: 22
- Views: 985
Re: 1x12 set up help. SRAM AXS content.
Thanks Shaf.
SRAM as well? Bloody hell. Maybe we need a thread for cycling equipment manufacturers that haven’t pissed you off
SRAM as well? Bloody hell. Maybe we need a thread for cycling equipment manufacturers that haven’t pissed you off
- Sun May 29, 2022 6:13 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: 1x12 set up help. SRAM AXS content.
- Replies: 22
- Views: 985
1x12 set up help. SRAM AXS content.
You know when you volunteer to do some thing and end up regretting it? This is currently me. ‘For a friend’ I’m building a Stooge Scrambler with SRAM 1x12 AXS electronic wizardry. It’s not working out so we’ll. It really doesn’t like shifting between gears 12 and 11 or 11 and 12, ie the problem is i...
- Sat May 28, 2022 11:19 pm
- Forum: Routes
- Topic: East Devon Trail - Anyone Done It?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 925
Re: East Devon Trail - Anyone Done It?
Not sure how long you are planning to take on route but you mention overnight gear in the op. Don’t camp on Woodbury Common - too much nighttime shenanigans from the Nods from CTCRM. No one wants a nighttime meeting with a juvenile commando. Stop late leave early ethos is especially relevant on the ...