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- Mon Jan 01, 2024 6:30 pm
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: Wtd: Turbo trainer
- Replies: 8
- Views: 565
Re: Wtd: Turbo trainer
Older tacx flow, powered brake to simulate load, gives power numbers, not smart
- Mon Jan 01, 2024 10:01 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Happy New Year, and plans for 2024
- Replies: 52
- Views: 2649
Re: Happy New Year, and plans for 2024
An event a month
Winter event
Winter Jenn Ride
Dales Divide if I get in
April tbc
Valerio's Tor of the peak
Etc
Winter event
Winter Jenn Ride
Dales Divide if I get in
April tbc
Valerio's Tor of the peak
Etc
- Mon Jan 01, 2024 9:50 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Anyone ride exclusively singlespeed?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 989
Re: Anyone ride exclusively singlespeed?
I'm running 120mm, have a 150mm fork but thought it would be too muchAlso have a Quarterhorse, also running it SS as my occasional "big" fun bike with a 140 fork
- Mon Jan 01, 2024 9:39 am
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: R4pha500
- Replies: 29
- Views: 3432
Re: R4pha500
feel it forces more weight onto the arms. But each to their own Peak Torque has a theory that the slight tilt down was to put him a better position for the long climbs as it reduced pressure on the front of the saddle. Hand pressure would be different as they have a very low front anyway Copying TD...
- Sat Dec 30, 2023 12:25 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Anyone ride exclusively singlespeed?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 989
Re: Anyone ride exclusively singlespeed?
, I don't ride enough to stay strong enough for SS in Calder Valley Just walk, every singlespeeder does eventually.......... So excellent bike pushing training for BB200/300! ;) :grin: :-bd I have had an MTB (have two track bikes) one since Swynertons flogged off the purple rigs at a ridiculously c...
- Sun Dec 24, 2023 8:52 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Winter Event entries now open.
- Replies: 67
- Views: 15711
Re: Winter Event entries now open.
Far too much scrolling down the map to find that oneAnd no I'm not going anywhere near "how could we not?"
- Sun Dec 24, 2023 8:51 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Winter Event entries now open.
- Replies: 67
- Views: 15711
Re: Winter Event entries now open.
I'd be surprised, I'm going to be doing it my way, the "haven't a clue" way, I wouldn't be surprised if we end up being a long line of 80 Boners doing exactly the same route.
- Sun Dec 24, 2023 12:39 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: R4pha500
- Replies: 29
- Views: 3432
Re: R4pha500
It suits Pogacar as wellThanks Dave. I always run it slightly nose down. One of Mike Hall vids explaining how he sets up and keeps nose down.
- Wed Dec 20, 2023 6:25 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What was the problem with 29+
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1318
Re: What was the problem with 29+
The industry certainly does not want you to have a set up that never needs upgrading I would swap "changing" for upgrading. The constant development of incompatible standards that shorten the timeline to "obsolescence" seems more and more cynical to me Whether 29+ was killed by ...
- Tue Dec 19, 2023 6:50 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What was the problem with 29+
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1318
Re: What was the problem with 29+
Not 29+ but 27+ I bought a cheap on-one tik-tik (original sick bikes Marino frame) to try 27+ as it would also run a 29er tyre to try I liken it to a series 3 land rover, gets over pretty much anything but just slowly. The big advantage for me is that with the 3.0 tyres don't sink in the east Lancas...
- Mon Dec 18, 2023 1:36 pm
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: WTD ergo grips for mtb
- Replies: 3
- Views: 258
Re: WTD ergo grips for mtb
Thanks Ton, good spot
Northwind, I'll give them a go
Northwind, I'll give them a go
- Mon Dec 18, 2023 10:01 am
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: WTD ergo grips for mtb
- Replies: 3
- Views: 258
WTD ergo grips for mtb
Need to get a more comfortable position but don't want to pay a fortune finding what works
So sell me your failed grip experiments!
So sell me your failed grip experiments!
- Sun Dec 17, 2023 7:07 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Wheel building
- Replies: 8
- Views: 613
Re: Wheel building
I use Rogers book
- Tue Dec 12, 2023 7:54 pm
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: WTD: High n Wide bars?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6153
Re: WTD: High n Wide bars?
I'm interested in these, pics, price?Spank spike race? 800mm wide 50mm high but 'normal' sweep i.e. not very much
- Mon Dec 11, 2023 7:16 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Bikepacking / ITT specific coaching.
- Replies: 35
- Views: 12819
Re: Bikepacking / ITT specific coaching.
In the dark, by yourselfYes and it also culminated in the Strata Florida
- Sun Dec 10, 2023 9:22 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What you done t' your bike today
- Replies: 1547
- Views: 268074
Re: What you done t' your bike today
Mytholmroydis it from Hebden Bridge up to a reservoir ? Drove up it a couple of years ago....
- Fri Dec 08, 2023 7:46 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Bikepacking / ITT specific coaching.
- Replies: 35
- Views: 12819
Re: Bikepacking / ITT specific coaching.
Yes, HM Armed forces specialise in this, obviously plenty come with it already as do many who never see a uniform, I was wondering if it's possible to be taught the mental resilience or even stubbornness that's often required
- Thu Dec 07, 2023 12:01 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Bargain Alert Thread
- Replies: 4933
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- Fri Dec 01, 2023 10:28 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: The post man's been ...
- Replies: 11453
- Views: 1965910
Re: The post man's been ...
some designs are switchable, worth checking before you postalthough I made the mistake of getting the same side entry. One to be returned and exchanged
- Fri Dec 01, 2023 10:24 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: BB200 2023
- Replies: 588
- Views: 77178
Re: BB200 2023
2022 had a lot less paddlingWith hindsight it was a blessing I couldn't take part as my bike at the time was a cx bike. I really did not fully appreciate what I was signing up to
- Sun Nov 19, 2023 11:21 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a month 2023.
- Replies: 1037
- Views: 201692
Re: Bivvy a month 2023.
When I was packing up, I discovered that canals do in fact have a little bit of a flow after all.... I The flow is constrained to allow ducks and wildfowl to swim against the current. CRT tried to develop their assets to act as water supply transfers over 20 years ago. The potential Vyrnwy transfer...
- Sun Nov 19, 2023 8:26 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: The great British train scandal
- Replies: 37
- Views: 4206
Re: The great British train scandal
Might be people booking the space and not turning up?
- Sat Nov 18, 2023 8:53 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What you done t' your bike today
- Replies: 1547
- Views: 268074
Re: What you done t' your bike today
Alex rode it through Strata Florida, the seal would have been under muddy water for extended periods with the fork being activeAlex thats a shocking amount of wear for one ride, wet or no
I'd be checking the brake fluid as well
- Sun Nov 12, 2023 10:12 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: BB200 2023
- Replies: 588
- Views: 77178
Re: BB200 2023
I always felt he was contacted by a "lost ways" team that wanted a path to show on the ground where one didn't exist beforeWhat could be worse is Stu sending us on multiple loops of a short course so that the OS green dashed lines actually have a marked route on the ground
- Sun Nov 12, 2023 5:34 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: BB200 2023
- Replies: 588
- Views: 77178
Re: BB200 2023
Laps of Strata Florida in the darkMy worry is that as it's invite only, and we all know what to expect, Stu will try even harder to exceed our expectations