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- Wed Jan 17, 2024 2:27 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: A wee whisky appreciation thread.
- Replies: 38
- Views: 1893
Re: A wee whisky appreciation thread.
I lost my 'taste' for whiskey a couple of years ago, and i'm not sure why. I used to enjoy a very small tipple in the evening every now and then, but it got to the point that it just felt like reflux every time so I stopped. I used to like a Penderyn, Doublewood, Monkey Shoulder...single malts but n...
- Tue Jan 16, 2024 11:53 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: New Bike Gear Out And Due Out...
- Replies: 983
- Views: 133527
Re: New Bike Gear Out And Due Out...
Not that new really, and I personally wouldn't want canti's, but this does look really nice...Cinelli Hobootleg
- Tue Jan 09, 2024 10:28 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: New Bike Gear Out And Due Out...
- Replies: 983
- Views: 133527
Re: New Bike Gear Out And Due Out...
That Stooge looks really good, and good value too. I think he's going to need a second run of those!
- Fri Jan 05, 2024 11:55 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Sleep system configurations
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1007
Re: Sleep system configurations
I've got a jungle bag and I used it on a chilly night (about 5'C) wearing merino tip to toe, and it was good. That was inside a hooped bivi. Worth noting that snugpak temp rating are for inside a tent and it seems to be their own rating, not directly comparable to other brands who use the EN standar...
- Fri Jan 05, 2024 10:57 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Spare a thought for the EA...
- Replies: 4
- Views: 481
Spare a thought for the EA...
Don't work for them or anything, but they have a lot on their plate at the moment...300+ flood warnings and managing all of that operationally: https://i.ibb.co/jLGmMxV/Floods2024.jpg https://check-for-flooding.service.gov.uk/alerts-and-warnings?v=map&lyr=mv,ts,tw,ta&ext=-10.519467,49.93027,...
- Tue Jan 02, 2024 10:53 am
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: Purple Hope Seat clamp and ZS headset - REDUCED
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4925
Re: Purple Hope Seat clamp and ZS headset - REDUCED
Bump for price reduction...
- Wed Dec 20, 2023 11:14 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Recommended me a tyre :)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 992
Re: Recommended me a tyre :)
Hutchinson Tundra. They are tough, with bead-to-bead reinforcement, and a fairly knobbly tread that actually rolls well, but copes well with mud/general back lane crap very well. A real all-rounder and I love mine. The tread makes it look more uncompromising than it is, it has a fairly rounded profi...
- Wed Dec 20, 2023 11:08 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What was the problem with 29+
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1383
Re: What was the problem with 29+
I like the 29+ Klunker manifesto! :-bd (not sure what manus means though??) I agree that 29+ is very versatile, and can pretty much make the perfect rigid bike. They do also look fantastic! I'm less sure about a conspiracy, but it seems that B+ became the plus niche that was explored in a more mains...
- Sat Dec 16, 2023 1:44 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
- Replies: 4004
- Views: 531190
Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Glad your cat came back! Sounds a bit like it might have been poisoned or ate something very bad..
- Fri Dec 15, 2023 11:37 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Photos you have taken in the last month of which you like.
- Replies: 1461
- Views: 399932
- Thu Dec 07, 2023 10:34 am
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: Purple Hope Seat clamp and ZS headset - REDUCED
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4925
Purple Hope Seat clamp and ZS headset - REDUCED
Purple Hope from a recent frame purchase, not to my taste so moving on. (Phone pics make them look blueish, but they are purple!) Both items are in excellent condition and very slightly used. Only slight marks on inner surface of headset cups from install and removal. 1 X Hope bolt up seat clamp 34....
- Fri Dec 01, 2023 12:23 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
- Replies: 4004
- Views: 531190
Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Snow! That is all. Great picture thenorthwind! I'm happy today as it's the first time in at least 3 weeks when I've felt pretty much well. Had a stinker of a chest infection that wouldn't move until I got an our of hours doctor and a round of antibiotics last weekend. Not been on a ride in weeks, a...
- Thu Nov 30, 2023 7:39 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: The post man's been ...
- Replies: 11456
- Views: 1978205
Re: The post man's been ...
Cor, nice frame! Nice build too, though someone stole the tread on your tyres! Looks brill
- Tue Nov 28, 2023 9:58 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: New Bike Gear Out And Due Out...
- Replies: 983
- Views: 133527
Re: New Bike Gear Out And Due Out...
After a good few years on a fairly sedate gravel bike, and with a wide range of tyre widths and two wheel sizes experimented with, I've concluded that there is an optimal tyre width cut off for a gravel bike. I have my own number, bits it's basically when the tyre width is too much for the frame des...
- Fri Nov 24, 2023 11:05 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Whats your trouser of choice?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 11254
Re: Whats your trouser of choice?
Tend to wear another variation of the Decathlon trouser. The cycling fit of the ones above are probably better, but these are lightweight and quick drying. https://www.decathlon.co.uk/p/men-s-hiking-trousers-mh500/_/R-p-325496 I just change what's underneath depending on the temperature. From just m...
- Tue Nov 21, 2023 11:14 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: The post man's been ...
- Replies: 11456
- Views: 1978205
Re: The post man's been ...
A rather nice, little-used, bargain-priced chunk of Titanium arrived. That means a Kona Unit X frameset will be on sale soon!
- Fri Nov 17, 2023 12:18 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: The post man's been ...
- Replies: 11456
- Views: 1978205
Re: The post man's been ...
Used some book vouchers to get these two bikepacking books. Also a nukeproof headset and spacers at a very good price for a new build. First flick through and the Wales book is really good, the Scotland one less so mainly because it is more gravel focussed with large proportion of tarmac. Anyway, lo...
- Fri Nov 17, 2023 9:59 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Bargain Alert Thread
- Replies: 4936
- Views: 1250267
Re: Bargain Alert Thread
Merlin still have lots of good deals on, now including a huge range of tyres in all sizes, at really good prices
- Fri Nov 17, 2023 9:57 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: The post man's been ...
- Replies: 11456
- Views: 1978205
Re: The post man's been ...
Like the custom map, and the subtitle 'a box ticking exercise', motivational!
- Thu Nov 16, 2023 2:32 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Do you like choice?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5581
Re: Do you like choice?
Being in the car with my dad when he's faced with parking choices, makes me twitch. The indecision is incredible!
There is no great urinal debate, furthest away as possible (assuming no blockages/flooding!), no chit chat. That's it.
There is no great urinal debate, furthest away as possible (assuming no blockages/flooding!), no chit chat. That's it.
- Thu Nov 16, 2023 12:10 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Do you like choice?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5581
Re: Do you like choice?
Consumer choice - have a very small limit for me mostly (not bikes of course!). I can't choose anything on Netflix without becoming mentally paralysed. Menus with too much choice, no thanks.
Social, lifestyle, health and freedom choices - very grateful for choices.
Social, lifestyle, health and freedom choices - very grateful for choices.
- Thu Nov 16, 2023 10:05 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Are you analogue?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 22127
Re: Are you analogue?
Fairly pragmatic about it really, more about economy of effort or what I feel comfortable with. Analogue default a lot of the time, like a push mower for the small lawn. Axe and saw wood, small handheld hoover for clearing up the post breakfast carnage when kids insist on eating DRY Weetabix! Analog...
- Wed Nov 15, 2023 11:48 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What are you listening to now?
- Replies: 1129
- Views: 207638
Re: What are you listening to now?
Recent purchases, Explosions in the Sky 'End' which is something of a return to form, and i'm a long standing fanboy. Plus Kieran Hebden and William Tyler collaboration, 'Darkness, Darkness' which is ace.
- Mon Nov 13, 2023 10:51 am
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Todays ride
- Replies: 3323
- Views: 658155
Re: Todays ride
Lots of vicarious enjoyment from reading and seeing pictures from summitoppler and Muddypete - great work!
- Thu Nov 09, 2023 1:20 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What you done t' your bike today
- Replies: 1547
- Views: 271555
Re: What you done t' your bike today
Up side is it's a lot easier to fit, no faffing with a chainring nut wrench/peg spanner
Shaf - indeed some of the newer shimano cranks have threads for chainring bolts (M7000/8000), but to compensate for that, they have the annoying assymetrical 96mm bcd.
Shaf - indeed some of the newer shimano cranks have threads for chainring bolts (M7000/8000), but to compensate for that, they have the annoying assymetrical 96mm bcd.