I don’t think you can compare Spanish Flu timelines and suggest that’s how Covid will pan out.

Even with troop movements I’ve not seen anything to suggest the number of movements across borders is comparable. Globally we saw 4.5 Billion individuals taking flights last year for example.

Thanks folks, great info as always :-bd And Piemonster, if things work out with your Travers I wouldn’t mind giving those Chinese forks a try. I might get an idea and could pass them on if I buy something else. I’ll do some more reading over the weekend and see what’s involved Forks now available i...

Nice to have a supply of reading material laid down for when the flag goes up again, so on return from hols it was good to find Mike Carter's 'One Man On His Bike' on the back door step. Also a parcel from a very fine gentleman on the Isle of Wight - 'Long Standing Ambition' relating Jono Dunnett's...

Transition bag; a fancy backpack that has a compartment for a wet wetsuit, a nice soft-lined pocket for goggles and various other pockets. Handy for keeping all the kit together when walking to and from swimming spots. Consider it an upgrade from my current IKEA bag :lol: Uh oh, are you venturing i...

Just to be clear as I think this is new to me. Chain A - ride 500km then fit chain B Chain B - ride 500km then fit chain C Chain C - ride 500km then fit chain A That/\/\ ? Coz I don’t see the advantage over just regular cleaning/oiling/putoline and changing when worn? Intrigued to understand the thi...

Yeh, planning for an event is quite often well over a year. E.g. Early bird discounts etc, and if you’re doing that you need to know you can run the event to sell tickets for. Then there’s sponsors, exhibitors, acts and the like that all need to be on the bill and marketing guff if that’s the sort o...

The rumour is that they're expecting to start rolling out a vaccine to NHS frontline workers around Christmas time. That info was almost certainly deliberately leaked by the government so no clue how true it is but it will be months before it'll be generally available. Friends have been told they’l...

Would have been improved by a Conti Vert Pro tbh

Next spring is a write off. Next year not so much, from personal experience I’d suggest it’s as much a case of not being able to secure event cancellation insurance as anything else. That’s being reasonably optimistic with the efficacy and delivery of a vaccine. We have shares in AstraZeneca so that...

Ah well, depends what you mean by “do it all” doesn’t it. I’ve lived in a couple of places where a GW bike would genuinely fit the Do It All Bill. And I’d say the majority of cyclists I’ve know they’d also be a Do It All bike. But then, those same cyclists don’t really venture beyond fairly timid br...

Most of us are Gravel Wankers I’d have thought

Pretty much my default bike

Well, I googled it and got a result from Viz magazine

Really need to get my sub standard in a sock and make it happen, I've not really ridden at all this year..

ScotRoutes wrote: ↑Mon Oct 26, 2020 11:03 am I'm sure it would be possible to set up a trainer with minimum resistance and then just have an electric drill attachment turning the wheel/axle.

You’re under thinking what’s possible

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2540973049500385

I know next to nothing about Zwift, but this confirms to me that it's absolutely nothing like riding a bike :lol: Imagine being in a fast Sportive in perfect weather and perfect roads and you’ll have an idea for the virtual pace. It’s been incredibly useful to me in the past, injuries, time pressur...

One thing I’ll say about deep section rims is they are a bit annoying in windy conditions.

You do get used to it but I never stopped noticing the wind catching them. That was on a road bike mind you.

Surely it's the other way round. Plonking your arse on a trainer requires little imagination but devising a route or routes outside does. I mean, the imagination that lets you engage with something like a computer game for 20-24hrs :grin: I'd need to be dosed up like a Timothy Leary experiment. I’v...

I’d vote for somewhere round Snowshill of that map, maybe Belas Nap

A steel Kleen kanteen does the job fine. Wide neck version is especially good for use as a heating vessel. A standard pot grab works well on the rim. This won’t work. As he’s aged Colin has developed an almost pathological aversion to any metal that isn’t Titanium. I’m just waiting for him to try a...

Yeh you can have them all going well with the Travers.

Will message in a few weeks

Or hang on for a month or so and have these for postage costs. Need to make sure I’m happy with the Travers Prongs first. https://i.postimg.cc/6qRJrQWK/EBA9-D35-B-9-CE1-4-ABC-AF4-C-F83-DB213-BC49.jpg Chinese EBay Carbon so I’m not ‘selling’ as such. Can’t recall the A2C off hand but I know I checked...

That carboncycles fork isn’t boost Is it? The OP will need boost forks most likely for a broken road?

Axle will come with your forks Just use the same headset, I just swap the crown race over if I change forks. A cutting guide for steerers is a worthwhile investment. I don’t think you really need anything, maybe a star fanged nut but that’s about it. (I’ve Rebas I use with a Broken Road btw and have...

Dropper post out, Titanium Post fitted

Carbon bars off, Jones Bars on

Rebas removed, Travers Prongs added (gosh they’re lovely)

Maxxis High Roller off, Maxxis Ardent on

XT pedals off, Flats on

Fitted a steerer top cap mount for the Wahoo as well

Colin not Colin

Superb, thank you.