White rabbit huh? Did the hookah smokin' caterpillar give you the call...

I've been following this thread wondering whether to post or not so here goes. I was first responder at a lightening strike once. Camp site on the Welsh Borders near Hay on Wye, end of August and thunderstorms had been circling all afternoon/evening. About 1.00 in the morning I was woken by unusual ...

Who actually came up with the term "gravel bike" in the first place? I mean, those repack boys were riding gravel before they introduced the "mountain bike". Anyway, I'm just off out to drive a couple of hundred miles to my nearest mountain. Guess which bike I'm taking...? :lol: ...

Mmmm...? Where does an Audax (Randonnée, Brévet) bike fit in? Or my Monstercross bike? Or indeed my Light Tourer bike? Life was so simple before Gravel bikes...
What was that term (I think it was) Colin from Scotland came up with? Gradventure Bike if I remember rightly

a Reg.AI plug in Now that is the scariest thing I've heard all week :smile: . Especially scary if AI = Artificial Insemination .... :shock: :wink: The double click start / finish method gets you started whatever; either as an actual route or as a line to divert away from and back to along the way. ...

Those plates to enable your spuds to be moved back ??

Opened this thread up half expecting to see some kind of surgical truss designed for saddle comfort...

You'll have no trouble V, you've got a lot of experience under your belt now

spaß haben

On a similar theme to Stu's Martens, some time ago a couple of beavers were introduced to the Forest of Dean but unfortunately last year the female disappeared, presumed dead. A new female was brought in during January this year. They obviously got on well almost immediately because recently they ha...

Loving the 'dogpacker' set up. Custom ti Pinion gearbox. We need to meet Mira !

You're an inspiration Frog - the Frog that thinks outside the box

Good write-up that Hyppy, I was actually wincing with your pain!
Roll on next year's group start, eh?!

On the BBC today. A woman gets 3 years for the death of a cyclist. Watching the video clip, I really can't see why. Although obviously, if she wasn't there, it wouldn't have happened. And the council still can't confirm if it is a shared ped/cycle path. Very clear that it isn't. Something dodgy the...

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I went to a little place just under the flanks of the Black mountains called Craswell for a meal at the Bull with a friend on Sunday , afterwards we went for a walk to recover . I had seen Craswell Priory on the OS map so went there via a stunning BW the only trouble was the gates presented a varie...

Great ride V :-bd Some of the cycle trails in South Wales are very worthwhile, I've ridden out from Pembrey to Mumbles on 4 along the coast before now too. Port Talbot..... charming..... we'll give you the benefit of the doubt this time :smile: . I spent many a happy, sunny afternoon on Aberavon bea...

Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Wed May 10, 2023 9:04 am I once met Ronnie Corbett on a track near Nant y Moch.

The interesting thing is, when he relates the tale of meeting you he settles down in his chair and spends about half an hour doing so...

Judging by the number of Boners we met going the opposite way to us it would appear that our anti-clockwise loop was less popular than a clockwise loop. Of course, at the speed I travel we were never going to catch anyone up but to be fair we were only overtaken once or twice.... Riding with Kevin (...

135 odd km ridden and 2700m climbed Remarkable coincidence (or maybe not :grin: ) but we did 135km and 2916m climbed. Also a lot of pushing, or lifting and even dragging in some places. I think we saw more sunshine than you by the sounds of it :cool: Will put together a write-up when time permits.

:-bd Any other route between Monmouth and Abergavenny is seriously hilly, and there don't seem to be ANY bridleways at all until you get to the Skirrid. Were you going to tell James to stop for lunch at the Red Door in Mitchel Troy too? Yes, there are a lot of little lanes but very few bridleways i...

I'd do this - all on tarmac: cycle lane through Gloucester and west to the A48 / A40 which can be followed to Highnam and you could then head for Tibberton and follow quieter lanes to Huntley and on through Blaisdon, Flaxley, Then Cinderford - Cannop - Coleford - Redbrook - Monmouth Then NW through...

... I don't see many good E-W routes if you're passing through between the main cycle route along the Glos-Sharpness canal and the Abergavenny-Crickhowel area. From Glos-Sharpness canal are you talking going north through Gloucester or south over the Severn Bridge? I'm guessing via Gloucester? From...

I always reckon you can knock 2 or 3 degrees off the general forecast temperatures if you're going up into the hills for the night.
And another 1 or 2 if you camp by a stream in a shallow valley.
High possibility of condensation this weekend given the conditions?

On the rewilding subject, I saw a short film a few months ago that detailed what had happened after wolves were reintroduced to one of the national parks in the US ... it turned out that pretty much all flora and fauna had benefited in some way and the park was much healthier than it had been previ...

Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Fri Apr 21, 2023 8:37 am Me, I'm going paying my mortgage off this morning.

Ha! That's what you think... you think your bank will let you

Seriously though, it's a nice place to be when you're mortgage free