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- Mon Feb 19, 2024 8:34 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Todays ride
- Replies: 3323
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Re: Todays ride
Velo orange ones. 58mm for 650b. They're a great and solid design, highly recommended! Lots of widths and styles available. Once they're set up the first time, they go on and off easily and quickly
- Mon Feb 19, 2024 12:25 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Todays ride
- Replies: 3323
- Views: 625891
- Mon Feb 19, 2024 12:16 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
- Replies: 502
- Views: 22704
Re: Bivvy a Month 2024
Ooh, I can hear some teeth-sucking on the compliance and ethics committee (think the Verderer's court for ditch sleeping https://www.verderers.org.uk/verderers-court/)
- Mon Feb 19, 2024 12:05 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Bike Abuse, Am I bad?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 384
Re: Bike Abuse, Am I bad?
I'm a bit fussy so I like to hose down the bike and wipe the chain as a minimum - just a quickly...
- Thu Feb 15, 2024 11:46 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Trailmech hubs
- Replies: 15
- Views: 412
Re: Trailmech hubs
Can't remember if it's SIlt or Hunt, but one of them has a freehub body with an anti- cassette bite thing. That's worthwhile as all these generic hubs have alloy freehubs to get a good headline weight. I've got a couple of sets of novatech hubs and they're fine, but they all succumb to cassette bite...
- Thu Feb 08, 2024 7:38 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: New Bike Gear Out And Due Out...
- Replies: 983
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Re: New Bike Gear Out And Due Out...
I think this is intended as the budget version, so won't really be troubling the Mason or Fairlight. More like a Kona Unit. Think it'll do well but it'll be hefty with those dropouts and all the mounts, not that it'll matter too much... certainly looks good
- Thu Feb 08, 2024 11:42 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What are you reading now?
- Replies: 404
- Views: 45128
Re: What are you reading now?
I'm guilty of reading multiple books at once, so as well as the others mentioned, i've just started reading Alisdair Gray's 'Poor Things', based on reading a bit about the film release. So far it's a really interesting take/homage to the Frankenstein theme. It's also got an interesting structure in ...
- Thu Feb 08, 2024 10:57 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Wildlife
- Replies: 695
- Views: 137853
Re: Wildlife
Don’t think trees come quite under wildlife but ventured out today to see an old tree… Question is (I’m either being daft or over thinking it) does it mean the tree is 3500 years old or I’m reading it as it’s a cut off from an older tree, planted there and taken well Think it's just that someone to...
- Mon Feb 05, 2024 7:50 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: BeSpoked 2024 - Manchester
- Replies: 10
- Views: 533
Re: BeSpoked 2024 - Manchester
I also went to a Bristol one quite a few years ago and it was great. Really interesting and picked up some good freebie stickers too
- Mon Feb 05, 2024 11:07 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Woods Rat Run
- Replies: 14
- Views: 832
Re: Woods Rat Run
Worth noting that in summer the cycling ban is from 10-am each morning, so if you get your timing right you can still use it. But in summer it will still be busy from fairly early with dog walkers, people setting up camp in beach huts, and various vehicles cleaning up the seafront, lifeguards, land ...
- Fri Feb 02, 2024 2:03 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What you done t' your bike today
- Replies: 1543
- Views: 257102
Re: What you done t' your bike today
New bike now built. New chainset did improve chainline. XL Titus el Viajero, meant as my XC-biased ATB. Weighs 25.4lbs as is, which i'm happy with as it's mostly a swap for what was on the Unit and it's not a weight-weenie. Not had a proper test ride yet. But it'll be versatile and I can use the 120...
- Fri Feb 02, 2024 10:27 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What is the ultimate shelter
- Replies: 10
- Views: 516
Re: What is the ultimate shelter
Aside from the joys of canvas (or very thin plastic as it now is), I like the thought of basic 'found' shelter that meets all your needs. Impromptu stuff abounds in the UK with barns and derelict buildings etc. But nothing beats the Scandi system of wilderness shelters in the woods. Like a basic Fin...
- Thu Feb 01, 2024 9:50 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What you done t' your bike today
- Replies: 1543
- Views: 257102
Re: What you done t' your bike today
Lots of stuff. Sold the Unit frameset, transferred most bits to the new Ti frame. As ever, always some additional faff, and in this case the cable routing meant none of the cables or hoses was long enough to the rear. Also, my cherished old M660 SLX chainset had very tight clearance for the chainrin...
- Wed Jan 31, 2024 9:21 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What you done t' your bike today
- Replies: 1543
- Views: 257102
Re: What you done t' your bike today
Have you thought about a dual mount which holds wahoo and light on one bracket, with the light underneath inverted? Have too but then it'd be in the way of the front harness. Used to have dual mount on the MTB lights light and worked well. Only not with a front harness/bag. Problem with the harness...
- Wed Jan 31, 2024 7:28 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What you done t' your bike today
- Replies: 1543
- Views: 257102
Re: What you done t' your bike today
Have you thought about a dual mount which holds wahoo and light on one bracket, with the light underneath inverted?
- Fri Jan 26, 2024 10:08 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What are you reading now?
- Replies: 404
- Views: 45128
Re: What are you reading now?
Isn't Chris Townsend a long time tester/writer in TGO magazine? Been pleased to be getting a decent amount of reading done recently. Recently finished and enjoyed: Ridgeline by Micheal Punke. Historical fiction/western about the frontier Fort Phil Kearney in what would become Wyoming. Very good and ...
- Wed Jan 24, 2024 12:47 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Coed y brenin and Nant yr Arian to close?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 450
Re: Coed y brenin and Nant yr Arian to close?
It does feel like a touch of miscommunication. The wording is about visitor centres at these locations, and how they might be used in future, and not surprisingly all are at risk. But, it's taking a leap to suggest the trail centres themselves would be closed, pretty sure that activity can happen wi...
- Wed Jan 24, 2024 12:35 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Have tarps lost their popularity?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 1729
Re: Have tarps lost their popularity?
Dare I say this is clickbait for ye original dirtbaggers and their Masonic tarplore?
I can't comment as I get by with the worst/best of both worlds: the cursed hooped bivvy
I can't comment as I get by with the worst/best of both worlds: the cursed hooped bivvy
- Tue Jan 23, 2024 3:54 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What's your single best item you own for camping?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1999
Re: What's your single best item you own for camping?
Hmm, difficult one. Probably a merino buff. Always pack one no matter what time of year, and useful on and off the bike...pretty much wear one every day in the winter anyway.
- Fri Jan 19, 2024 1:08 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: The post man's been ...
- Replies: 11450
- Views: 1928885
Re: The post man's been ...
Some bargain price (£15) Ti headset spacers from Gone Biking Mad. Not bad for a pack of 3, and there's no logo on them unlike the product photo, which is a bonus!
Also a nos USE Sumo seatpost for £15 from USE's factory outlet, so a decent bargain too, though i'm a bit sceptical of the clamp.
Also a nos USE Sumo seatpost for £15 from USE's factory outlet, so a decent bargain too, though i'm a bit sceptical of the clamp.
- Thu Jan 18, 2024 4:28 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Woods Rat Run
- Replies: 14
- Views: 832
Re: Woods Rat Run
It is a nice route, and the quieter end is Cranborne chase and North Dorset, which is easy to overlook but worthwhile for a bivvy. As Dyffers said, outside of the villages, should be fine to find a spot and it's a cracking area. Aside from Swyre Head, you can get down to Chapman's pool area if you w...
- Wed Jan 17, 2024 5:37 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: The magic roundabout ...
- Replies: 32
- Views: 1580
Re: The magic roundabout ...
The Jones sounds like such a lovely classic though, and you could make it 2x12 if you wanted mammoth gear range, i guess it wouldn't be plus at the back though? You're then refreshing it with nice wheels and new drivetrain. The Broken Road (pinion or otherwise) is a decent option for sure, and can b...
- Wed Jan 17, 2024 2:27 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: A wee whisky appreciation thread.
- Replies: 38
- Views: 1620
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: 122274
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: 122274
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!