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by jameso
Sun Dec 17, 2023 6:58 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Tour de France 2023: Injuries, disaster bivies, failure to complete the ride - a great time all round
Replies: 21
Views: 1759

Tour de France 2023: Injuries, disaster bivies, failure to complete the ride - a great time all round

A long post but it's got pictures to help you through if you can face it : ) This July I made it out to the Alps again after 4 years. I just missed the mountains. It felt so good to be back on French roads, simple solo road touring again. It's not epic, it's not hardcore and it's barely worth report...
by jameso
Sun Dec 17, 2023 1:58 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: How to insert pictures
Replies: 249
Views: 143421

Re: How to insert pictures

Image

(just checking)
by jameso
Thu Dec 14, 2023 3:53 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: New Bike Gear Out And Due Out...
Replies: 952
Views: 115595

Re: New Bike Gear Out And Due Out...

^ 'El Camino' .. Very good.
by jameso
Thu Dec 14, 2023 12:06 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: East Devon Trail
Replies: 13
Views: 628

Re: East Devon Trail

A "third way" is something I really enjoy - looking out for suitable old buildings. I've kipped in old barns (supremely comfy in the hay!), caves, churches, doorways, disused caravans, hen houses, industrial buildings, anything with a roof. Or part of a roof. We each have our own "mo...
by jameso
Thu Dec 14, 2023 9:31 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Bikepacking / ITT specific coaching.
Replies: 35
Views: 11576

Re: Bikepacking / ITT specific coaching.

it also looks utterly f*****g miserable, as do most of the competitors :shock: Big difference between 'tired' and 'miserable' .. though they might look pretty similar! Lael Wilcox in particular always amazes me by how happy she is out there. Good luck with it all Sam. Must be a fascinating line of ...
by jameso
Sat Dec 09, 2023 12:04 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Bikepacking / ITT specific coaching.
Replies: 35
Views: 11576

Re: Bikepacking / ITT specific coaching.

It's a good website too.
Good luck to the lad.
+1 :-bd
by jameso
Sat Dec 09, 2023 9:48 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Bikepacking / ITT specific coaching.
Replies: 35
Views: 11576

Re: Bikepacking / ITT specific coaching.

'it's just like riding a bike'.. so we tend to just learn and improve as we go. Most sports or activities involve some coaching to get better though. Fitness coaching should boost mental strength in an event if only because you're able to cope better physically, which helps mentally? If the training...
by jameso
Thu Dec 07, 2023 2:19 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: For the cyclist who has everything else?
Replies: 19
Views: 10345

Re: For the cyclist who has everything else?

This was never a problem when we had bar ends... "when we had ..." ? Some of us still have :lol: This was never a problem when we all had bar ends... :grin: I sort of still do - loop or H-bars. I had Scott AT4s BITD. It was a close call really, almost developed a liking for aerobars. You ...
by jameso
Thu Dec 07, 2023 11:04 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: For the cyclist who has everything else?
Replies: 19
Views: 10345

Re: For the cyclist who has everything else?

This was never a problem when we had bar ends...
by jameso
Wed Dec 06, 2023 1:43 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: 2023 Highlights
Replies: 13
Views: 6342

Re: 2023 Highlights

Nice idea. -Inspiration of the year (media/person/object etc)* - Can I mention a place, a very general one, as well as a person? The English lanes in autumn. Since being back in the Cotswolds and finding my way round again I've had sunny autumn days on the bike that just make me feel inspired and fu...
by jameso
Sat Dec 02, 2023 8:21 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Films to watch while isolating
Replies: 291
Views: 60854

Re: Films to watch while isolating

Sheesh .. Kanye Lemmy-Tempwest, that's the chap, you know who I mean right?
by jameso
Fri Dec 01, 2023 12:07 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Films to watch while isolating
Replies: 291
Views: 60854

Re: Films to watch while isolating

Wasn't a big fan going back a few years, but anyone with that level of creativity and life story is interesting.
by jameso
Fri Dec 01, 2023 11:13 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Films to watch while isolating
Replies: 291
Views: 60854

Re: Films to watch while isolating

Haha yes sorry - Life of Kai .. Kai Lemmy the surfer

A quick google and I see.. Kae Tempest docu will be worth watching. Personal and artistic change since I was aware of their work last. Thanks!
by jameso
Fri Dec 01, 2023 9:37 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Films to watch while isolating
Replies: 291
Views: 60854

Re: Films to watch while isolating

Verena wrote: Fri Dec 01, 2023 9:15 am It was one of you on here (who are you?) who brought Kae Tempest to my attention a couple of years ago.

"Being Kae Tempest" is on BBC iPlayer now, have just started watching it.
I saw that on Red Bull TV a while back, incredible surfing footage. The wave at Nazare is jaw-dropping.
by jameso
Tue Nov 28, 2023 1:54 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Pls keep an eye on your carbon forks/frames/bars!
Replies: 8
Views: 4276

Re: Pls keep an eye on your carbon forks/frames/bars!

Even the Cannondale CAAD 12 and beyond (lightes alloy frame on the market I think) frames are probably on the higher probability stakes of failure due to the ultra thin walls of the alloy used. Just a reminder to keep em checked over. 1 thing worth remembering generally is how metal bike parts tend...
by jameso
Tue Nov 28, 2023 11:56 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: The man who cycled the Americans
Replies: 4
Views: 2239

Re: The man who cycled the Americans

It is, despite my typo in the title! :grin:
by jameso
Tue Nov 28, 2023 9:24 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Pls keep an eye on your carbon forks/frames/bars!
Replies: 8
Views: 4276

Re: Pls keep an eye on your carbon forks/frames/bars!

To be fair to Planet X they source from suppliers who make frames and forks for a lot of brands. But yeah, inspect stuff from time to time. The topic came up on STW and there's people saying essentially 'anything can break' and it reminded me that in the summer I found a 2″ crack on the bend of an A...
by jameso
Mon Nov 27, 2023 9:11 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: The man who cycled the Americans
Replies: 4
Views: 2239

The man who cycled the Americans

On BBC iPlayer now. Think it's quite an old documentary but I'd not seen it, enjoying it.
by jameso
Sat Nov 25, 2023 7:10 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: made possible by advent of ‘fatbikes’
Replies: 46
Views: 7108

Re: made possible by advent of ‘fatbikes’

*insert another facepalm gif*
by jameso
Mon Nov 20, 2023 8:33 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Bargain Alert Thread
Replies: 4900
Views: 1191585

Re: Bargain Alert Thread

the discount was only taken off the bar bag
:|
Ah well, thanks for the psa anyway. It didn't work on the bar bag either when I tried it at first.
by jameso
Sun Nov 19, 2023 1:08 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Bargain Alert Thread
Replies: 4900
Views: 1191585

Re: Bargain Alert Thread

Ah well.. saves me buying something I don't really need. I wanted the Roadrunner Jammer bag that they seem to have based the bar pack on but that's £160.
by jameso
Sun Nov 19, 2023 11:44 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Bargain Alert Thread
Replies: 4900
Views: 1191585

Re: Bargain Alert Thread

Hmm. Not working here - tried on a couple of barbags at checkout. Anyone else?
by jameso
Sun Nov 19, 2023 10:24 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Press fit help?
Replies: 4
Views: 1703

Re: Press fit help?

Instructions say use grease unless there is a possibility of creaking, then use a Loctite bearing compound.
What bike, out of interest?
by jameso
Sat Nov 18, 2023 4:25 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Bargain Alert Thread
Replies: 4900
Views: 1191585

Re: Bargain Alert Thread

PaulB2 wrote: Sat Nov 18, 2023 2:59 pm Sigma sports have them for 97 in olive. I’m waiting for a black one to go on sale
Thanks Paul. Likewise, I'm after the black one ideally.
by jameso
Sat Nov 18, 2023 4:16 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Are you analogue?
Replies: 42
Views: 19805

Re: Are you analogue?

I must admit I quite like a touch of artistic embellishment to enhance the pleasure, maybe a bit of scrolling or something.
Ooh yes. Nice lug work or shaping, Rivendell style, always works for me.