A5 is basically a major route from burmingham to north wales/ Ferry @ holyhead.
.Years since i drove it but its not on my cycling to do list ( Dont know any of the area well enough to help)
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- Tue Apr 09, 2024 10:11 am
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Anyone local to these areas able to review (sections of) my route pls?
- Replies: 38
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- Sun Apr 07, 2024 10:34 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Garmin Screen Protector, do you still bother?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 288
Re: Garmin Screen Protector, do you still bother?
Yes glass one on a 530
Do I need to ?.dont kmow but it was about a fiver for two screens so not that expensive for another layer of protection.
Do I need to ?.dont kmow but it was about a fiver for two screens so not that expensive for another layer of protection.
- Sun Apr 07, 2024 8:17 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Cranktank 3 vs cages on fork + smartwater bottles
- Replies: 20
- Views: 491
Re: Cranktank 3 vs cages on fork + smartwater bottles
Church ones are outside usually round the back. Any with tended graves/gardens will have a tap. Some really old churches with really old graves dont have them.So is it common for churches and graveyards to have taps to refill? good to know
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 8:21 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Aeroe rear rack thoughts
- Replies: 29
- Views: 795
Re: Aeroe rear rack thoughts
Steerers are designed for clamping, as is the seat post/ collar but a chainstay is not.
Its not worth the risk
Its not worth the risk
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 8:14 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Cranktank 3 vs cages on fork + smartwater bottles
- Replies: 20
- Views: 491
Re: Cranktank 3 vs cages on fork + smartwater bottles
Two 500 ml.bottles.one normal.ome.a.filter bottle. Geneslly inly use the later late at night. 3 litres.of water is 3 kg and the.uk is pretty wet so off road there are always rivers and on the road there are always churches / graveyards and also peoples houses. Only.a desert would make me.consider.3 ...
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 1:57 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Aeroe rear rack thoughts
- Replies: 29
- Views: 795
Re: Aeroe rear rack thoughts
Its clearly.a bad idea to inflict clamping forces on a carbon tube and almost certain to end in disaster ( esp if you give it enough time )
The racks do look pretty bomproof though
The racks do look pretty bomproof though
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 9:37 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
- Replies: 3990
- Views: 507608
Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Seen them live as well and an interview hereBob Vylan
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/ ... -hypocrisy
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 10:40 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Is this 'bikepacking'?
- Replies: 84
- Views: 2312
Re: Is this 'bikepacking'?
No camping is just not bike packing.its litterally a portmanteau of bike and camping. 1. Yes , just 2.no just a long bike ride 3.correct its not 4.still bikepacking you are allowed a shower at domenpoint and every 10 days seems reasonable to still be a tramp :wink: 5. Still bikepacking ( even the re...
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 9:13 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Is this 'bikepacking'?
- Replies: 84
- Views: 2312
Re: Is this 'bikepacking'?
Nothing living is self supported it all needs to take in energy or oxygen or water or food or it dies.
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 12:01 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Is this 'bikepacking'?
- Replies: 84
- Views: 2312
Re: Is this 'bikepacking'?
I think if you travel by bike from place to place carrying all the stuff you need for that journey then it's bikepacking. It's not what most of us do but why not? I think you need to carry your camping equipment. With your definition i could carry tools and an inner tube and turn up at hotels and s...
- Mon Apr 01, 2024 10:10 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Trans cambrian way improvements.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 346
Re: Trans cambrian way improvements.
So bears really can poo in the woods no
- Sun Mar 31, 2024 10:23 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Washing a tent inner?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 204
Re: Washing a tent inner?
IME it does not remove mould /stains but it does not smell/get worse
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 9:09 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Bargain Alert Thread
- Replies: 4932
- Views: 1221122
Re: Bargain Alert Thread
Daily Mail man?(I don’t read the Telegraph..)
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 1:55 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: So this is who lights fires ...
- Replies: 150
- Views: 16507
Re: So this is who lights fires ...
They thought the fire, in a fire pit, had gone out but it reignited and spread
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 7:19 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Tarmacs Route Planner?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 920
Re: Tarmacs Route Planner?
Looks like one decided up and over garburn was the best way... Its not the way i would goI've just added a blog post to collate these:
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 7:46 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Monks trod - wtf
- Replies: 30
- Views: 1961
Re: Monks trod - wtf
Genuinely laughed at this and agree with what you said. Ebikers with their choices are making everything unrideable even when it dries out its ruttted terribly.you could say what you wanted as a fast walking pace would outrun it
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 4:29 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Monks trod - wtf
- Replies: 30
- Views: 1961
Re: Monks trod - wtf
The BOAT (byways open to all traffic) There is a walkers website somewhere explaimg why bridleways dont apply to bikes as bikes did not exist whem the routes were created etc. I support everyone having access to the countryside. Access law re not just rubbish for cyclist's I don't think you can rea...
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 12:42 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Monks trod - wtf
- Replies: 30
- Views: 1961
Re: Monks trod - wtf
Seems a weird thing to do, and the article /councillor was unclear about whether its for 4x4 or a bike route. I also fear we (cyclists) are in danger of beimgn ike walker forums about cycling routes with 4x4 its like there is a pecking order of coutryside users /groups to despise Every group should ...
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 7:56 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Off Topic - siezed, rusted, possibly double threaded, sheared bolt extraction advice!
- Replies: 109
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Re: Off Topic - siezed, rusted, possibly double threaded, sheared bolt extraction advice!
Weld them on.... I have just the chap
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 6:47 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Off Topic - siezed, rusted, possibly double threaded, sheared bolt extraction advice!
- Replies: 109
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Re: Off Topic - siezed, rusted, possibly double threaded, sheared bolt extraction advice!
Above avarage mechanic and not just for commitment
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 6:33 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Off Topic - siezed, rusted, possibly double threaded, sheared bolt extraction advice!
- Replies: 109
- Views: 4013
Re: Off Topic - siezed, rusted, possibly double threaded, sheared bolt extraction advice!
takes his boring vehicle to a proper garage and tries not to wince when they present the bill Despite being an ex mechanic, with access to a ramp and full tools at weekends, I often do the same as sometimes an easy job ends up like what Shaf experienced Well done for seeing it through Shaf to a goo...
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 2:51 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: This chap has turned up at our local gravel ride
- Replies: 15
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- Fri Mar 22, 2024 4:09 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
- Replies: 3990
- Views: 507608
Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
No, it's my midwinter bike? My mate (not on here) has 160, 140, 120 and a 100 mm rear travel suspension bike( and 3 hardtails) but even he wod not have a mid winter bike I just bought an earlt 80s drop bar as its almoat the same as my fir st proper road bike. Handles terribly so glass houses. My ex...
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 2:29 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
- Replies: 3990
- Views: 507608
Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Think of all the charachter you just built.Unfortunately, today was also the day I left that bag in the garage
I had to walk 4 mikes receny due to no multitool..... Beginers mistake and the problem with having multiple bikes ( and disliking camelbaks)
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 1:52 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Off Topic - siezed, rusted, possibly double threaded, sheared bolt extraction advice!
- Replies: 109
- Views: 4013
Re: Off Topic - siezed, rusted, possibly double threaded, sheared bolt extraction advice!
Reasonable point and i am certainly getting close to it (IMHO others may think i have passed it allready) so will shut up now and bow out the threadinternet flaming and stating things are a rip off is all too common when we haven't used a service.