gecko76 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 02, 2024 9:22 pm Regrets not speccing a tapered headtube. Ah well.

I've a straight steerer carbon fork going spare if you are interested Gecko

Sean, I'm swearing by Superstar rings - got one on the Straggler (surly cog and connex 8 speed chain) and it's lasted for ages - 2 years and a good chunk of miles in all weather (2 chains though). I also use a 26T one on the fatty and it too seems to be lasting for yonks. £30

Bloody hell, one of the things I like about that route last year was that it wasn't a complete mission (a la BB300 ) I see he has missed the railway line of headwind doom out and added the inclined plain. I think he was also going to try and remove some of the road riding in the forest.

Select the picture and hit the edit button at the top of the page (microsh*te in the doc / pic viewer) and it opens in paint. The resize button then allows you to reduce it to whatever you want. Sorry that's probably not a great description, doubtless you tube will have a better one...

As for 220m turbines on-shore, it's bonkers, the civil engineering in the base is going to be huge I'm interested to learn more about that to increase my knowledge. At the moment we have the highest one in England just outside our town at 147m. Apparently it's also the most powerful, generating 4.1...

I've found using a NW ring without a clutch mech works fine, no issues with chain dropping. Also used a normal ring (full profile teeth, no ramps or pins) with a clutch mech and it needed a chain guide Funnily enough when I ran a triple, the chain regularly dropped of the granny ring. You always spa...

I thought it was pretty constructive discussion with an acceptable modicum of personal opinions...
Oh well back to riding bikes with bags on folks....

this idealised vision of farm maids wandering through an orchard feeding chickens and then collecting their eggs in a trugg* :roll: I thought that was your job, Bob :grin: The issue with windfarms is that they don't generate much electricity for a very large environmental impact - the access roads,...

A range of mileages being bashed out this winter, very large and very small is good :-bd Mrs Polisherman, try using https://imgbb.com/ Free to register, you don't get spammed to death and unlike most of the other free photo hosting sites, it stays free. Upload a pic (low ish res) by dragging and dro...

oof, Overburys. I remember seeing an odd one at a couple of the early days MTB races, quite the things. I subsequently used to see one round Edinburgh, usually locked to a lamppost and looking rather battered Remember this ad? https://i.ibb.co/wyDTZZG/overbury-pioneer-188.jpg The stepped top tube / ...

One of (many) things that annoys me about wind farm developments is the way they go about developments - put in for a large number of large turbines and if you get planning it's a bonus, otherwise at some point you agree to reduce the size and number, everyone heaves a sigh of relief and you get pla...

They always seem to have some sale on but particularly good savings on socks, including waterproof (£13) and merino (from £5), at Banana Industries at the mo. The waterproof socks look quite interesting (note subtle dig at seal skins!) and my current ones are all now leaking so will see how these p...

My latest Deschutes pitching experiments have led me to do it like the flat tarp in an A config - peg out the two rear corners, in with the pole and peg out the pole guy, peg the rest out - works every time!

Didn't know you had one of them Hyppy, looks even more battered than mine

I then dismounted my bike in the usual style of flinging my leg over the back, forgetting I had kit back there and ended up landing on the ground. We have all done it. :oops:... Haven't we? Without the tail pack - I'm perfectly capable of catching my size 11's on the seat or rear wheel and ending u...

Yes, I was out for a paddle today....https://bearbonesbikepacking.co.uk/phpB ... 3&start=25

In. Really enjoyed it last year and nice to do a 300 which isn't a total mission

Good BB200 practice!
A gravel bike is probably your best bet for that kind of stuff, in terms of it being fairly light to carry / push / drag...
Was just thinking I should have done my ride this weekend instead of last. However earlier I was floating over one of my GR's briefly

A bit of packraft action today, first time walking and boating on Lower and Upper Glen Devon Reservoir so good practice inflating and deflating boat. A lovely clear and fairly still day made for some very pleasant paddling (i.e. sitting in a boat in the middle of a pond watching the view) https://i....

Looks like Jeff has some culinary competition!

That looks hideous - do any of these designers ever try these things out? i.e for more than a hour or so....

Yup, or sawyer equiv, or MSR trailshot which lifts water out of a puddle effectively!

I've the current route GPX and I didn't see anything that wasn't legal - will be looking closely at the route if I get that far! It's the section off Rochdale Road at Fecit Lane/ Coal Road and the run along the wind turbines. There's a locked gate because it's footpath only. After a short run on th...

"The water is lovely, come on in. Wish you were here!"

And if you win you must use your Instagram account (and all the new followers you'll have) to promote flying all over the world and riding :wink: And if I win, I'll bore all of you lot to death banging on about it (spoiler alert, I won't win) *sigh* My enthusiasm for this event is exponentially nos...