I really like the Quadlock system, i have Garmin but leave the quadlock mount on bike in case i get lost or want to use Google Maps or Komoot. I haven't used it for full on off-road (living in Norfolk) but have clattered along many a bridleway with phone on bars and bar-bag nudging it. Stays on bike...

I simply went for Stans Crest on Hope hubs, tried and tested formula, but gives the 40c gravel tyres a really nice wide profile and the hubs i know i can swap between standards and place on mountain bike if needed.

Here in North Norfolk, i often use footpaths and field boundaries to link up the bridleways, as above, just don' be a dick, if the path is muddy, don't chew it up. Don't use it if it has a lot of pedestrians etc. The only place i've ever been told off was right on the coast where all the Londoners a...

They definitely seem to have aimed that at the plaid shirt, mug-dangling, front rack sporting, craft beer drinking part of our brethren...

I used to run 5 week tours round Morocco for a living (by truck not bike), I think it is a safe place and the people are friendly, they can be inquisitive but are welcoming and by bike is a great place to meet people. The one place i'd avoid is Tangiers, many of the horror stories come from those th...

A "bimble" of bikepackers?

With Planet X i'd just be worried about service if anything goes wrong. Last 3 frames from them have all been defective in one way or another, and they denied i'd ever posted back to them a Reverb seat post for 3 months, even when i gave them the name of the person who signed for it. Then when i mad...

if you ever fancy heading to Norfolk, i'm more than happy to show you around!

Lots of great quiet roads and lots of flattish trails and bridleways, can easily out together 100 mile days where you'll be lucky to see 10 cars.

(Yes i am aware it is not very exotic!!)

Large Apidura half frame bag, same as the one in the link below, good nick and, no rips or stains, £40 posted. https://www.apidura.com/product/backcountry-frame-pack/ Pair of the Salsa Anything Cages, the older metal type, hardly used so in good condition, £25 posted. Can send pics on request. paulj...

@scattamah. I have literally just bought a new slinky turbo, and have been beasting myself with the Sufferfest 2 hour climbing vid, that and a diet of squats and leg presses, and can see some improvement, plus i tend to ride a singlespeed CX bike most of the time, and have over winter increased the ...

Hi Ton We have just come back from riding the 140 mile Tour of Flanders route and it being a stag do so we did a bit too much beer'n'bikes...... We stayed near Antwerp for ride then spent 2 nights in Bruges, which is a brilliant place for beers, really good to visit the De Halve Moon brewery where i...

It's hard training for 20000m of climbing when you live in Norfolk... going for a boxers training schedule, train fat, then lose all the wright just before event by riding around in a foil shell-suit arrangement!

Really looking forward to this..

Since playing rugby at 18 i've used contacts, i have Focus Daily disposables, can be brought at tesco for £18 for the month for 30 pairs, and of course you don't have to wear them daily. I am lucky i have always got on with them, i know some don't like them but i find them comfortable for 8-9 hours ...

Jameso, i'm up for that, i will definitely be "touring pace" and will be sampling the culinary delights of the area as i go along!

@Pistonbroke, seems to be that the spacing between the rings is further apart than the standard rings, so the inner ring is positioned further back, pain as they are clearly aimed at the "gravel/adventure" market and i wanted the bike to work as a road bike too, so didn't really want large...

Well i've run into my first problem, hugely expensive Absolute Black 46/30 front rings don't actually have clearance in frame, building a lovely Reilly Gradient but inner rings fouls the chainstay, Spoke to Absolute Black, they state put in 2mm spacer, but then axle through is too short......bugger!...

I’m in, dorm room booked at Tomato hostel too.

Currently building bike ready, going for 46/30 Absolute Black chainrings at front and 11-36 rear!

Hi mate
Yes they are, yours if you’d like them

Paul

I think she is a very driven athlete, her results speak for themselves, i presume with sponsorship now it is full time for her and she must know her body, know when to rest and have the nutrition to support it. In 2016 i did 9500 miles in a year, and that was purely commuting to and from work either...

Pair of Maxxis Chronicles 29+, one has about 25% wear and the other about 50% but may be of use to someone as summer tyres - £40 posted. one 29 x 2.35 Hans Dampf tyre, top end one, not Performance range, used for one ride in Norfolk, so little wear, can send pics later, £20 posted pauljwhitlock at g...

Brand new Exposure dynamo hub for quick release, built on to lightly used Stans Crest 29" rim with new DT Swiss spokes.

Wheel has no been used as built for Fargo which has been replaced with new bike with 12mm thru-axles.

£100.00 posted (front wheel only)

pauljwhitlock at gmail.com

We went to the start of Tour of Britain stage when it started near me at Fakenham race course in Norfolk. We were mooching amongst the team buses and watching them warm up, when all of a sudden my friend Dean shouted "what the bloody hell....." as a lady of mature years behind him was stro...

Hi James If you could forward your queries over to me i may be able to help and if i can't then should know someone who can, i work as UK handling agent for foreign insurers, so essentially i deal with claims whether either people from UK have been injured by foreign drivers and deal with the foreig...

Second the Nano, went up really easy tubeless, happily hold 15-16mph on road without too much effort and surprisingly good off road, had them on singlespeed CX bike all winter and they have dealt with mud from beet-lorries, potholes and other detritus on road really well, whilst dealing with most th...

i like the Taylors ones, they are quite weak compared to the actual loose coffee, but good flavour and better than those Nescafe instant sachets things, top tip though if ever stopping at services is the milk sachets they always put out on the counter at Burger King.. quite a few have found there wa...