There's a new Vitus on STW for £110

6th July this year. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-2024-north-york-moors-300-individual-time-trial-tickets-850362937437?utm_source=eventbrite&utm_medium=email&utm_content=follow_notification&utm_campaign=following_published_event&utm_term=The+2024+North+York+Moors+300+Individual+Ti...

https://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk ... teenagers/

Well done to these three teenagers for completing the route and camp, and to chief cheer leader/motivator Stu Taylor.

I imagine that the organisers liability insurance is demanding that riders have personal insurance. I know that in the past we've had to see proof that any supplier we use for events has there own cover to a certain £amount. British Cycling membership gives liability insurance (£24/year from memory)...

And its £125 plus tracker hire and registration what exactly are you getting, in a self supported ITT, that warrants that? From the site: The £125 entry fee includes: • GPX of the GBDIVIDE route [Cape Wrath variant] • A shared experience as part of a special community of riders • Unlimited access t...

Ooh, that's a long way. Not sure you'll manage that in a 'oner'

I was in an orange jacket with a Kendal CC logo on the back. Should be asking on the WJ thread, but was it you riding with Jamie Hyppy? Moving conversation from the BAM thread: Nah, I rode solo. I saw Jamie early on in Ambleside then in the ODG in the evening, but not Sunday. Ah, so maybe it was yo...

I was in an orange jacket with a Kendal CC logo on the back. Should be asking on the WJ thread, but was it you riding with Jamie Hyppy? Moving conversation from the BAM thread: Nah, I rode solo. I saw Jamie early on in Ambleside then in the ODG in the evening, but not Sunday. Ah, so maybe it was yo...

I was in an orange jacket with a Kendal CC logo on the back.

Should be asking on the WJ thread, but was it you riding with Jamie Hyppy?

The bath, you say?

Well done with seeing that out, our trio reached the checkpoint at the end of the coach road and then stayed on the road back to Staveley..went home after grub at Hawkshead Brewery and got in bed :-bd Sun was out today, and no rain. Good to bump into you again, and I remembered the other time we'd ...

I should be there 8 to 8.30.

oh, who am I kidding: Don't forget your mudguards! Yellow warning for rain from the Met Office At least it's not a warning of yellow rain Looks like the heavier rain will be in the evening/night and then ease off again for Sunday. It's very mild though, so lighter bag and less warm clothing has mad...

fatbikephil wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2024 6:40 pm Glad to hear. I wonder where up here?

Galloway and the Borders have a long history of rally sport - I'm guessing near Craic/Eskdalemuir?

Well reading this has changed our holiday plans. The 5 of us are now getting the ferry to Amsterdam, on bikes, and doing a leisurely 250Km loop using eco rated hostels and BnB's. We'll buy local etc and hope the kids don't hate it too much :lol: It was always an option to be honest, but this was a t...

Currently Wifedom ... about Orwell's invisible wife Eileen .. How was it? Assassinatory. Orwell was patently a complex man with significant issues, and I for one don't think he was without massive flaws in his character and behaviour towards women. But Funder does a cracking job of highlighting the...

Currently Wifedom ... about Orwell's invisible wife Eileen .. How was it? 'The Lighthouse of Stalingrad' by Iain MacGregor- a fairly concise and readable account of the Battle for the city, based on many witness accounts and released war records. The numbers are mind boggling and it lays bare the m...

No, but a mate has a coupleof pairs from Silt wheels and they've impressed, including a crash replacement rim.
https://siltmtb.com/products/xc-carbon-29-1-272g

Some Joy Division oven gloves?

need 64 15mm by 4.5mm neodymium magnets

Not very random then

Tuesday evening, Ford 6 - River Petteril, Southwaite "30 feet wide and 3 feet deep" (which only confirms my suspicions that Shaf is trying to facilitate my 'accidental' death by drowning.......) I rest my case https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53513930655_ae4eddaf27_m.jpg 1000009254-01 b...

I'd planned to go for this Saturday, when the sun was out a bit, but a last minute announcement of family and social engagements scuppered it, so Sunday was my last chance for February. I couldn't fit in an overnighter, so was travelling light. Shaf (Redefined_cycles) had sent me 7 locations, all fo...

fatbikephil wrote: ↑Mon Feb 05, 2024 3:53 pm Oddly I found none tubeless WTB's don't weep sealant out the sidewalls and tubeless ones do... Split tube is a good way of making none tubeless tyres work tubeless.

Are you not then losing some of the benefits - adding weight and losing 'suppleness'?

Also reading Raw Spirit by Iain Banks, great fun though I confess to skipping the ample petrolhead discursions.

I dipped in and out of it, and have now lost/lent out my copy. As a massive Iain Banks fan, it felt like it was under edited, and that he was given free reign.

Sainsbury have Laphroaig Oak Select for £26 (Nectar price). Not sure it's nectar, but it's like a smooth, flowy, trail centre descent of an Islay malt.