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- Tue Dec 12, 2023 11:02 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: HT550 - 2024
- Replies: 37
- Views: 10703
Re: HT550 - 2024
160 male entrants for 35 places I hadn't heard that. Not great odds at all in that case, either from the off or via any reserve list. That also makes for 120 latent ITT attempts, assuming the group start wasn't the be-all and end-all. If I'm not the only one now thinking of going down that route ne...
- Tue Dec 12, 2023 10:54 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: HT550 - 2024
- Replies: 37
- Views: 10703
Re: HT550 - 2024
50:50 gender split - that's a great effort and hopefully a little bit of pay back for all the 'under the radar' efforts Alan puts in.
Good luck with the prep folks.
Good luck with the prep folks.
- Sat Dec 09, 2023 6:07 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Bargain Alert Thread
- Replies: 4932
- Views: 1212311
Re: Bargain Alert Thread
My old Bontrager dropper gave up recently, so ordered a Fox Transfer job from Wiggle, as it was about the cheapest option around. £109 and came with a trigger!
- Sat Dec 09, 2023 9:07 am
- Forum: Anyone playing out?
- Topic: Scottish Winter Bivvy 9th/10th December
- Replies: 39
- Views: 28095
Re: Scottish Winter Bivvy 9th/10th December
Sat here looking at the weather, I'm selfishly feeling less gutted about not being able to join you
Have fun chaps. I'll join you in spirit, with a dram or two by our stove (and if I need the loo, I'll be sure to go outside and hover over the compost heap)
Have fun chaps. I'll join you in spirit, with a dram or two by our stove (and if I need the loo, I'll be sure to go outside and hover over the compost heap)
- Sat Dec 09, 2023 8:13 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Bikepacking / ITT specific coaching.
- Replies: 35
- Views: 12736
Re: Bikepacking / ITT specific coaching.
Some people gain a lot from being tutored for stuff. Paying someone to impart knowledge is a big part of their preparation and building the 'mental strength' to achieve/overcome. Knowing you can do it is a world away from hoping you can do it, and having someone assure you of that, alongside all the...
- Fri Dec 08, 2023 12:17 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Wildlife
- Replies: 695
- Views: 137351
Re: Wildlife
Yep, everyone's favourite nocturnal flying mammal. It was obviously dark at the time, so we didn't notice.
- Thu Dec 07, 2023 7:31 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: For the cyclist who has everything else?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 11438
Re: For the cyclist who has everything else?
I think it just points to the fact that you're a cyclist, who has it all
- Thu Dec 07, 2023 2:49 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Wildlife
- Replies: 695
- Views: 137351
Re: Wildlife
About this time last year, myself and a mate had an overnighter at Kershopehead. Pedalling in from Newcastleton, we had a poke around an old outdoor ed centre. The pic below was me posing in the kitchen and my mate sent it to me today to point out the wildlife we'd not seen at the time. Can you spot...
- Thu Dec 07, 2023 2:27 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: For the cyclist who has everything else?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 11438
Re: For the cyclist who has everything else?
Just rest your bars on your gloves, which you've taken off to work on the bike. Stops your gloves blowing away too
- Wed Dec 06, 2023 8:22 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: For the cyclist who has everything else?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 11438
- Wed Dec 06, 2023 4:18 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: HT550 - 2024
- Replies: 37
- Views: 10703
- Sun Dec 03, 2023 7:43 pm
- Forum: Anyone playing out?
- Topic: Scottish Winter Bivvy 9th/10th December
- Replies: 39
- Views: 28095
Re: Scottish Winter Bivvy 9th/10th December
I've busted some ribs today on black ice, so won't be joining in 🤕. Walking through town to post a parcel 😥 Shall I visit you as well on my way to Carlisle?😉 Heal quick fella. Ha - I'd walked across the road to check an old fella who'd fallen over, with a couple of others stood about not sure what ...
- Sun Dec 03, 2023 6:33 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Winter bikepacking trousers
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6722
Re: Winter bikepacking trousers
RAB Cinder, but they ain't cheap.
- Sun Dec 03, 2023 6:30 pm
- Forum: Anyone playing out?
- Topic: Scottish Winter Bivvy 9th/10th December
- Replies: 39
- Views: 28095
Re: Scottish Winter Bivvy 9th/10th December
I've busted some ribs today on black ice, so won't be joining in . Walking through town to post a parcel
- Sat Dec 02, 2023 2:37 pm
- Forum: Anyone playing out?
- Topic: Scottish Winter Bivvy 9th/10th December
- Replies: 39
- Views: 28095
Re: Scottish Winter Bivvy 9th/10th December
Well, we know how you love a bit of HaBProbably going to head down to Moffat and go in via the Romans and Reivers route.
- Sat Dec 02, 2023 9:50 am
- Forum: Anyone playing out?
- Topic: Scottish Winter Bivvy 9th/10th December
- Replies: 39
- Views: 28095
Re: Scottish Winter Bivvy 9th/10th December
I'm hoping to clear the decks for this but up against dog duties, 'Dad's Party Bus' needs and a badminton match. For those who don't know the area around Greensykes, you'll probably pass Jamestown and the birthplace of Thomas Telford https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/t/thomastelford...
- Sat Dec 02, 2023 9:43 am
- Forum: Anyone playing out?
- Topic: Winter Bivvy?
- Replies: 53
- Views: 38547
Re: Winter Bivvy?
If you go to Greensykes, you'll probably pass Jamestown and the birthplace of Thomas Telford https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/t/thomastelford.html#google_vignette Loads of 'celtic' stuff around there (not hoops related) and the Buddhist monastery too. Just your average Borders back...
- Fri Dec 01, 2023 10:37 pm
- Forum: Anyone playing out?
- Topic: Winter Bivvy?
- Replies: 53
- Views: 38547
Re: Winter Bivvy?
Ooh, if I can sort the dog out, that would be doable. Some nice pedalling round there. And it has a toilet (or am I misremembering.....)
- Tue Nov 28, 2023 9:22 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Whats your trouser of choice?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 11100
Re: Whats your trouser of choice?
I've been really impressed with RAB Crank pants. Expensive, but can't fault them. Not waterproof, but just did a long weekend in the Cairngorms with bib longs underneath. Very comfy on their own when warmer.
- Tue Nov 21, 2023 8:49 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Easy / Shorter BP events
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2978
- Mon Nov 20, 2023 9:13 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a month 2023.
- Replies: 1037
- Views: 197324
Re: Bivvy a month 2023.
Edit: Think of the hammock as a U-shaped piece of fabric wrapped around you. The underquilt is a further 'U' wrapped around the outside of the hammock. The top-quilt is then like an 'n' on top of you. Yep, got it now. Sticking the ground, for the foreseeable though. canal bridge, another "firs...
- Sun Nov 19, 2023 5:04 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a month 2023.
- Replies: 1037
- Views: 197324
Re: Bivvy a month 2023.
I've only just realised why they are called under quilts I wondered how they gave any warmth when you lay on them
Can you not just attach them to the underside of the hammock? I've probably still misunderstood.
Can you not just attach them to the underside of the hammock? I've probably still misunderstood.
- Sat Nov 18, 2023 10:27 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Bargain Alert Thread
- Replies: 4932
- Views: 1212311
Re: Bargain Alert Thread
Sorry, forgot to post the link
https://www.wiggle.com/c/cycle/bike-par ... =Nukeproof
https://www.wiggle.com/c/cycle/bike-par ... =Nukeproof
- Sat Nov 18, 2023 8:27 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Bargain Alert Thread
- Replies: 4932
- Views: 1212311
Re: Bargain Alert Thread
Nukeproof bottom brackets - GXP @ £10 and DUB @ £15. I've found them pretty good and the bearings are easy to replace. The DUB at £15 is cheaper than the replacement bearings mind you.
- Sat Nov 18, 2023 9:30 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What you done t' your bike today
- Replies: 1543
- Views: 256386
Re: What you done t' your bike today
Fitted, and test ridden. Most likely threaded one of the bolts, as they appear to be made of cheese. Also looks like I need to service the clutch again after the repeated dunking on the BB200. https://media.bobarnott.com/gravel/2023-11-09-fitted.jpeg Is there still a hosepipe ban in place down your...