All gone!

There's this one:

https://www.apidura.com/bikepacking-events/

Did a ride out to Essex on the road bike yesterday and passed the place where one of my two carbon bottle cages broke. I made a quick repair with a loop of duct tape. That was three years ago. I really must get a new bottle cage!

1) Cannondale 1fg. The perfect ss. Light scandium frame, headshock, EBB. Rides and climbs brilliantly. 2) Kona A. Built this up with a Fox talas 80-125 fork. Not as light as the 1fg, but riding singletrack on a full suss singlespeed always brings a smile to my face. 3) Commencal Meta. Don't ride thi...

[quote=PaulB2 post_id=185844 time=1561131195 user_id=4388 I'm only allowed 3 bikes by matrimonial decree so still pondering how to squeeze my more ideal bikepacking bike into the collection. [/quote] That's easy. You dismantle your least used bike, and hey presto, it's now a frame. You now have only...

Mart wrote: ↑Tue Jun 18, 2019 9:19 am So Riders in positions 5-9 are in the same place overnighting in Butte
Wonder whats going on in Josh's head as he was up there with the leaders, but has slipped back to be caught up by the chasing pack

Josh is on the move again!

Alexandera Houchin is a phenominal rider......Also first singlespeeder overall running 36/19 gearing. Wow, that's a higher gear than I run on my unloaded bike, on the Isle of Wight :shock: I have done a hilly off-road century on it but I wouldn't be able to do it day after day for 2700 miles even w...

Alpkit. Guildford. I blame Brexit (well, everyone else does)

BobCatMax wrote: ↑Mon Jun 17, 2019 7:50 am Looks like Sofiane is finally getting some sleep!

Meanwhile, Lael is on the move!

Lael appears to be giving the boys a good run for their money Wouldn't suprise me if she ends up doing more than that after a week to 10 days. When the real long-distance conditioning kicks in, she may have as good as if not better form than anyone there. Lael is riding to win and I hope she does i...

metalheart wrote: ↑Wed Jun 12, 2019 2:58 pm Rigs and steeds, ye gods.

I've just checked and the article is definitely titled rigs, no mention of bikes or even steeds

As usual the Cutthroat is the most popular bike, this year accounting for more than 25%.

There appears to be more running Lauf forks this year.

The rigs and riders list is out and there's even a special mention about a carbon toothbrush!

https://bikepacking.com/bikes/tour-divide-rigs-2019/

Going on a cycling tour next week, and will be riding through Italy and Switzerland. Just heard that Switzerland use a different plug standard to the rest of Europe. Will a standard EU plug work, or we I have to find an adapter from somewhere? Standard European adaptors work fine. Some sockets are ...

jameso wrote: ↑Mon Jun 10, 2019 6:55 am

jay91 wrote: ↑Mon Jun 10, 2019 5:43 am Looks like the ebb is a winner on the poll.

..Which suprises me actually, I thought adjustable dropouts would be more popular / EBBs still had a mixed rep. Maybe the bad ones are behind us.

I never had any problems with mine, has always done the job perfectly.

I have an EBB on the Cannondale 1fg, and horizontal dropouts on the Kona A. Much prefer the EBB.

More info here:

https://www.onbike.co.uk/wp-content/upl ... ummary.pdf

Quote from Green Commute Initiative website: "The maximum limit is £10,000 but employers can set internal limits for employees which could be calculated as an actual amount or a multiple of a month’s gross salary. Sound judgement should be made when considering if an employee can actually affor...

The £1K limit is nothing to do with the C2W and similar schemes but is a restriction under the Financial Services Act (or somesuch) - basically the £1K is a loan and to lend greater amounts you must be registered with the FSA (Financial Services Authority) as a lender and that's a lot of hassle. So...

Has anyone used this to buy a bike through cycle to work scheme?

Just went into my lbs and the young guy said someone came in with a £10k voucher. I assumed the limit was £1k, but apparently not.

I have the Madison ones with the zip off legs o you get shorts as well. Wore them for the BB300 and they were as good as you could reasonably expect them to be! I have the same ones and totally agree. I don't think any waterproof trousers are ever comfortable, but these are much better than I expec...

htrider wrote: ↑Sat Jun 01, 2019 7:36 pm Got mine today, will be perusing this week

Ooh, I’m away for a long weekend, so something to look forward to when I get back.

https://nordestcycles.com/en/product/britango-frame Nordest have just released the Britango too, looks great. Frame only though Looks very nice, but definitely decided to go for a complete bike. Currently, head says Sonder Broken Road GX Eagle. It’s a lot of bike for the money. Heart says Bombtrack...

whitestone wrote: ↑Tue May 28, 2019 6:38 pm Dunno- we’re away ATM. Got an email last week saying they were being posted from Berlin

Thanks. Upon checking, I have an email too, but somehow missed reading it.

Anyone received it yet?