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- Mon Jan 22, 2024 8:45 pm
- Forum: Anyone playing out?
- Topic: Winter Jennride
- Replies: 59
- Views: 8106
Re: Winter Jennride
makes sense. Booked
- Sat Jan 20, 2024 11:32 pm
- Forum: Anyone playing out?
- Topic: Not Another Winter Event (approx Feb, 2024)
- Replies: 50
- Views: 7950
Re: Not Another Winter Event (approx Feb, 2024)
Start Cockermouth. Not too much above 400m. Off road, road, whatever. Don't go too large - I'd forgotten I'm doing winter Jennride, but will try to shoehorn this in.
- Sat Jan 20, 2024 10:46 pm
- Forum: Anyone playing out?
- Topic: Not Another Winter Event (approx Feb, 2024)
- Replies: 50
- Views: 7950
Re: Not Another Winter Event (approx Feb, 2024)
Messaged you Shaf.
All (nearly) rideable on 25mm slicks. Shorter than you suggested (depending on route choice). 8 points sound OK? Looking back over previous threads, one suggests 10 and another 6.lets see how kind he is
- Fri Jan 19, 2024 11:28 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What are you drinking now?
- Replies: 705
- Views: 73333
Re: What are you drinking now?
Timmy Taylor's? Nice. It's a 'happy memory' beer from my youth, along with Theakston's XB and Coniston Bluebird.
- Fri Jan 19, 2024 5:42 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Exposure Joystuck
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1378
Re: Exposure Joystuck
I've had a similar issue with a Shimano Di2 junction box. Water ingress due to me not replacing a blanking plug in a spare port. I'd say, annoying as it is, the half price deal is a pretty good one. I guess the warranty has to take into account those who will buy one and use it twice a day all year,...
- Wed Jan 17, 2024 1:11 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: A wee whisky appreciation thread.
- Replies: 38
- Views: 1692
Re: A wee whisky appreciation thread.
One that I've had recommended to me is Dalwhinnie. Yep, enjoyed in the past. I remember it as being somewhere between a Speyside and Talisker style Highland, which I guess makes sense geographically. Sainsbury's own TTD brand Highland single malt isn't far off a standard Talisker to be fair. The Sa...
- Wed Jan 17, 2024 12:06 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Torino-Nice Rally logistics - tips?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 794
Re: Torino-Nice Rally logistics - tips?
Sorting the bike for a flight from Nice is easy. Ride to the airport along the seafront cycleways. Head for the furthest terminal building and you can buy a flat pack box for £30ish. A rip off for cardboard, I know, but they give you tape with it, so you can ride in, and have your bike packed in an ...
- Tue Jan 16, 2024 11:57 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: New Map Time
- Replies: 25
- Views: 4407
Re: New Map Time
PM me a location near you and I’ll make you a sample. I’m debating not putting all the ITT routes on as in some places they look really crap due to overlap. I may even leave them off altogether I found them distracting previously, and routes get altered. I'd leave them off, as folk generally import...
- Tue Jan 16, 2024 11:36 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: A wee whisky appreciation thread.
- Replies: 38
- Views: 1692
Re: A wee whisky appreciation thread.
I was looking at Ledaig tonight - 60% though .
Bowmore - good call. Never had a bottle, but have enjoyed samples.
The variety and subtleties of different ages/finishes is intriguing. It's a bit like cheese 《wanders off to the fridge》
Bowmore - good call. Never had a bottle, but have enjoyed samples.
The variety and subtleties of different ages/finishes is intriguing. It's a bit like cheese 《wanders off to the fridge》
- Tue Jan 16, 2024 11:33 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Dales Divide whilst fasting!!
- Replies: 14
- Views: 944
Re: Dales Divide whilst fasting!!
The only way I could see it working would be to wake at 4am and eat, start day 1 and ride 'til you fall, sleep 'til dark and then eat and go until you flop. This would cause a few problems: You'd be trying to sleep during daylight You'd be at your post feed freshest while it's dark and harder to rid...
- Tue Jan 16, 2024 10:54 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: A wee whisky appreciation thread.
- Replies: 38
- Views: 1692
A wee whisky appreciation thread.
Christmas was good to me on the whisky front and it's awakened my appreciation of the wicked spirit. I'm not aware of a whisky thread, so thought I'd cast about for fellow dram drinkers opinions. Santa brought me three bottles, bless him: Old Pulteney 12yr, Bunnahabhain 12 yr and a Hearach (first bo...
- Tue Jan 16, 2024 8:09 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Bargain Alert Thread
- Replies: 4932
- Views: 1221082
Re: Bargain Alert Thread
Postie just delivered a £7.50 helmet from CRC. Bought for work, but it's surprisingly well made and comfy.
https://www.chainreactioncycles.com/p/b ... ing-helmet
https://www.chainreactioncycles.com/p/b ... ing-helmet
- Sat Jan 13, 2024 2:01 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: How much grief can I expect?
- Replies: 43
- Views: 2146
- Mon Jan 08, 2024 7:14 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: How much grief can I expect?
- Replies: 43
- Views: 2146
Re: How much grief can I expect?
I've had two Transporters: 2009-2017 was a 2.5 130BHP 6 speed which was lovely to drive, but had (now) known faults with engine and oil/water pumps. It cost me probably £2.5K in fixes, but I covered over 100K miles in it and loved it. 2017-now is a T6, but very early with EU5 engine, 5 speed 102BHP....
- Mon Jan 08, 2024 6:57 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Bargain Alert Thread
- Replies: 4932
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- Sun Dec 31, 2023 6:07 pm
- Forum: Anyone playing out?
- Topic: Veneto Trail 2023 anyone else!
- Replies: 21
- Views: 7644
Re: Veneto Trail 2023 anyone else!
That's really useful, Ta.
- Sun Dec 31, 2023 1:06 pm
- Forum: Anyone playing out?
- Topic: Cancelled,: South West Lakes Spring Break, 23-24 March 2024
- Replies: 7
- Views: 852
Re: South West Lakes Spring Break, 23-24 March 2024
........Bunnymen?
- Sat Dec 30, 2023 9:54 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Find yourself a Fogou.
- Replies: 10
- Views: 796
Re: Find yourself a Fogou.
The word isn't too dissimilar to the Welsh for cave (ogofâu) is it? Both Celtic/Brythonic whatever languages. I was just reading about the rapid decline in the Cornish language, after the Prayer Book Rebellion in 16th century. Bloomin religious zealots..... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prayer_Boo...
- Sat Dec 30, 2023 7:19 pm
- Forum: Anyone playing out?
- Topic: Veneto Trail 2023 anyone else!
- Replies: 21
- Views: 7644
Re: Veneto Trail 2023 anyone else!
How did you travel there Rich - flight to Venice? And how many days riding?
Valerio - have you started looking at logistics? Looks like flight or train to Venice Treviso is then rideable to start/finish would work?
Valerio - have you started looking at logistics? Looks like flight or train to Venice Treviso is then rideable to start/finish would work?
- Sat Dec 30, 2023 6:08 pm
- Forum: Anyone playing out?
- Topic: Cancelled,: South West Lakes Spring Break, 23-24 March 2024
- Replies: 7
- Views: 852
- Sat Dec 30, 2023 3:50 pm
- Forum: Anyone playing out?
- Topic: Cancelled,: South West Lakes Spring Break, 23-24 March 2024
- Replies: 7
- Views: 852
Cancelled,: South West Lakes Spring Break, 23-24 March 2024
Now working that weekend
- Thu Dec 28, 2023 2:15 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: All day comfortable, do-it-all waterproof trousers?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1033
- Thu Dec 21, 2023 3:07 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Pilgrimage for a Pint
- Replies: 10
- Views: 757
Re: Pilgrimage for a Pint
I like to follow https://www.facebook.com/minchadventures and hope, one day, to get a boat in for a while hill bagging and riding. And Old Forge patronising......
- Sat Dec 16, 2023 6:55 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Photos you have taken in the last month of which you like.
- Replies: 1458
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- Sat Dec 16, 2023 1:34 pm
- Forum: Anyone playing out?
- Topic: Not Another Winter Event (approx Feb, 2024)
- Replies: 50
- Views: 7950
Re: Not Another Winter Event (approx Feb, 2024)
I'm up for a go Shaf, though broken ribs just now mean it'll be a few weeks yet. Cockermouth, Cumbria. Nice1 Boxelder. I always think the more issues we have to tackle (broken ribs, ice, being soft etc etc), then the less we have to ride to get the same 'comeuppance' (I think it fits). I'm just so ...