And Ta from the Team. :-bd :-bd :-bd This was my ninth consecutive WRT and I don't want to imagine a May bank holiday without one. It's a major highlight of my year and my son Michael, who has come with me (as minder) for the last 3, has already asked if I'll be doing the next one. So, Ta! :grin: :g...

Not a BaM but a "Todays Ride" because Aprils BaM is a biggie and I want to make a bit more of an effort for that one> In short - afternoon train to Church Stretton, ride (push) up Carding Mill Valley, up over Pole Bank https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52819049925_b36d867c6c.jpg Find a h...

Here's one from last month. 'S not very good, but an unusual one... https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52785519011_d2675f5be9.jpg A white pheasant! It's a bit far away in this shot but I know it's a pheasant because when I first saw it it was standing on the top rail of a gate beside the lane. By t...

Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Tue Apr 04, 2023 1:46 pm

here is one in the sea (at high tide) but it is reachable off the beach as the tide goes out

I believe areas such as that are quite often and commonly referred to as 'beach'.

There’re a lot of beaches in Wales called “Traeth Beach”

Just come home from a leaving do for someone I’ve worked with for 30 years. It occurred to me, as I sat on the end of a table of 15 people, that I’ve really like working with all of them for many years.

BaM March 2023... I was short of time (again) so another dash-n-crash local Left home after shopping, at about 4:30, heading to a spot near Llangollen that I'd scoped out a couple of years ago. En route, I would take the canal towpath to Llangollen, find something to eat then go the extra six miles ...

In Gales Wine Bar in Llangollen on the way to my March BaM. A pint of Auric from the Salopian Brewery. Just the sort of beer I like -an IPA, light, not too strong at 4%, with a nice citrus flavour. I think I might have another before I decamp to the Dee Pizza shop for a chicken kebab wrap before som...

If it all turns to freezing, wet sh1te at this point ... we know who to blame, don't we? :wink: Give this a go and the "freezing" bit of your description will be least of your worries :smile: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/science-environment-65091803 You’d have to take some sticky pads fo...

Put pads in the oven, 20 mins @ 180c - et voila, perfectly functioning brakes again! I’ve been having foghorn brakes front and back for some time, along with poor braking. Like you, I tried all the usual things from tinternet with no improvement. You idea of putting the pads in the oven at least go...

... and delivered some books. https://media.bobarnott.com/gravel/2023-03-28-reading.jpeg I’m reading “Full Tilt” too. Got it from our local library. I’ve read it before (also borrowed from the library) but I seem to remember that in the older version, 35 or 40 years ago, there were a few photos. I ...

Verena wrote: ↑Tue Mar 21, 2023 11:23 pm …. so I did a Hansel and Gretel job and laid myself a trail of the equivalent of breadcrumbs…

If only I’d thought of that last month in Macclesfield - it would have saved me wandering around the town for three hours looking for my car…

Lazarus wrote: ↑Wed Mar 22, 2023 6:13 pm
Olden days they all lived in a boatsmans cabin...god knows how.

Given that the whole family lived in that tiny space, I’ve often wondered how the family ever grew beyond that first child. Think of having to do “it” with all those ears listening…

pistonbroke wrote: ↑Mon Mar 06, 2023 7:30 pm

All is well! Eventually. :-bd It took me three goes to get the lacing-up right. Followed the instructions from the Wheel-Pro book but hit snags and didn’t have the knowledge to see where I’d gone wrong so it was easier just to strip and start again. Truing up in the bike frame was easy by comparison...

So I now have a new rim and can start swapping over, but, a couple of things have made it a bit harder. a) The new rim is not quite the same. For one, it’s got more of a curve in the cross-section so the ERD is smaller and 2) the spoke holes are slightly staggered. I’m probably over-thinking this an...

Thanks for all the tip/helpful advice chaps. Just waiting for my new rim before I embark on my new rite-of-passage that will make me less of a frog at the farriers.

Right then Mr Frog... This was the exciting news I mentioned earlier... https://i.imgur.com/I9JJE5L.jpeg If of any interest and the price is right (all money will go straight to the Syria/Turkey Earthquake relief effort) then I could part with these beauties... Only reason the front is unlaced is c...

Thanks for the replies chaps. All I've got to do now is learn how to lace a wheel. This could end badly. It might be easier and safer to look for a complete wheel. Align the new rim on top of the wheel and tape them together. Remove one spoke at a time from the wheel and place it into the appropria...

Lu kindly invited me to partake of breakfast in his luxury accommodation, although we both declined to consume any of the stash of porridge or baked beans (although Lu carried the Pringles round for the rest of the weekend! Once you pop.....) I did carry the pringles the rest of the way. In fact, I...

Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Tue Feb 21, 2023 2:57 pm No, it won't really make any difference Lu.

Thanks for the replies chaps. All I've got to do now is learn how to lace a wheel. This could end badly. It might be easier and safer to look for a complete wheel.

40mm rim here, 32 hole https://www.chainreactioncycles.com/wtb-kom-tough-i40-tcs-rim/rp-prod175848 Am I missing something here? I'd assumed that the i45 rims were 45mm, but if that’s not the case it opens up the options. Realistically speaking, I don’t s'pose 2.5 mm each side wouldn’t make that muc...

For my recent trip to the Peaks with RIP and Raggedstone, my bike of choice was the Ramin but I found that it’s got cracks in the rear wheel rim - around the spokes. I had to use the fattie instead. The wheel is the WTB Scraper i45 650b+ that came with the bike. I can’t find one. Not even just the r...

What a fab weekend, thanks Lu, although I woke up yesterday feeling like I'd spent two days tumbling inside a washing machine :roll: :-bd . Still, can't be all bad, am 64 as of 30 seconds ago but as we said on our ride we all still feel about 10 years old... bikin', dens, ripped trousers, grazed kn...

I was hoping RIP or Raggedstone would get going on our trip-in-the-peaks report, but nothing happening so... I drove up to Macclesfield on Friday night to meet Reg and Kev at the station for the start. It would have cost £15 to park for two days on the station car park so I opted for a cheaper (free...

thenorthwind wrote: ↑Sat Feb 18, 2023 10:59 pm I expect much fun will be had

'T was...