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by riderdown
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
by riderdown
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
by riderdown
Mon Jan 01, 2024 9:50 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Anyone ride exclusively singlespeed?
Replies: 14
Views: 989

Re: Anyone ride exclusively singlespeed?

Also have a Quarterhorse, also running it SS as my occasional "big" fun bike with a 140 fork
I'm running 120mm, have a 150mm fork but thought it would be too much
by riderdown
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...
by riderdown
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...
by riderdown
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.

And no I'm not going anywhere near "how could we not?"
Far too much scrolling down the map to find that one
by riderdown
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 wouldn't be surprised if we end up being a long line of 80 Boners doing exactly the same route.
I'd be surprised, I'm going to be doing it my way, the "haven't a clue" way
by riderdown
Sun Dec 24, 2023 12:39 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: R4pha500
Replies: 29
Views: 3432

Re: R4pha500

Thanks Dave. I always run it slightly nose down. One of Mike Hall vids explaining how he sets up and keeps nose down.
It suits Pogacar as well
by riderdown
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 ...
by riderdown
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...
by riderdown
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
by riderdown
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!
by riderdown
Sun Dec 17, 2023 7:07 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Wheel building
Replies: 8
Views: 613

Re: Wheel building

I use Rogers book
by riderdown
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?

Spank spike race? 800mm wide 50mm high but 'normal' sweep i.e. not very much
I'm interested in these, pics, price?
by riderdown
Mon Dec 11, 2023 7:16 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Bikepacking / ITT specific coaching.
Replies: 35
Views: 12819

Re: Bikepacking / ITT specific coaching.

Yes and it also culminated in the Strata Florida
In the dark, by yourself
by riderdown
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

is it from Hebden Bridge up to a reservoir ? Drove up it a couple of years ago....
Mytholmroyd
by riderdown
Fri Dec 08, 2023 7:46 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Bikepacking / ITT specific coaching.
Replies: 35
Views: 12819

Re: Bikepacking / ITT specific coaching.

, I was wondering if it's possible to be taught the mental resilience or even stubbornness that's often required
Yes, HM Armed forces specialise in this, obviously plenty come with it already as do many who never see a uniform
by riderdown
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 ...

although I made the mistake of getting the same side entry. One to be returned and exchanged
some designs are switchable, worth checking before you post
by riderdown
Fri Dec 01, 2023 10:24 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: BB200 2023
Replies: 588
Views: 77178

Re: BB200 2023

With 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
2022 had a lot less paddling
by riderdown
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...
by riderdown
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?
by riderdown
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 thats a shocking amount of wear for one ride, wet or no
Alex rode it through Strata Florida, the seal would have been under muddy water for extended periods with the fork being active

I'd be checking the brake fluid as well
by riderdown
Sun Nov 12, 2023 10:12 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: BB200 2023
Replies: 588
Views: 77178

Re: BB200 2023

What 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
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 before
by riderdown
Sun Nov 12, 2023 5:34 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: BB200 2023
Replies: 588
Views: 77178

Re: BB200 2023

My worry is that as it's invite only, and we all know what to expect, Stu will try even harder to exceed our expectations
Laps of Strata Florida in the dark