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- Sat Oct 23, 2021 9:31 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
- Replies: 3998
- Views: 524949
Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Well this week's turned out sh1te :sad: Got stung by by a bee on the inside of my lip on Sunday, most of the week I've had a puffed up face. Last weekend a friend had a cardiac arrest whilst out riding his bike and passed away. This morning I rang a friend to make some arrangements only for her to ...
- Fri Oct 01, 2021 10:08 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: UCI adopt Gravel?!
- Replies: 32
- Views: 2944
Re: UCI adopt Gravel?!
We did once run a winter event where all the GR were Spar. I actually find the Coop more dangerous as they usually have a greater choice ... I once came out with a full cooked chicken, 4 muffins, a big block of cheese, 2 pints of milk and a box of cereal :-bd Wow! This is proper snacking. I did onc...
- Fri Sep 10, 2021 7:46 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: The story behind your BB name (and whats your usual form of address)
- Replies: 206
- Views: 32317
Re: The story behind your BB name (and whats your usual form of address)
Username chosen by me partly for its intrinsic comedy value and a slight dig at some of the cheesier/pretentious marketing descriptions rife on the internet.
Also, I like the colour orange.
Also, I like the colour orange.
- Sat Sep 04, 2021 7:18 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: The post man's been ...
- Replies: 11456
- Views: 1972379
Re: The post man's been ...
Are you building a cafe racer?
- Wed Sep 01, 2021 1:42 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Does it feel like winter everywhere?
- Replies: 34
- Views: 2419
Re: Does it feel like winter everywhere?
Early Autumn here in Brittany.
23C
Sunny
Trails still dusty.
Dark at 21.30.
Hopefully it will stay pleasant until late October.
23C
Sunny
Trails still dusty.
Dark at 21.30.
Hopefully it will stay pleasant until late October.
- Wed Sep 01, 2021 1:32 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2021
- Replies: 973
- Views: 113080
Re: Bivvy a Month 2021
Due to plan scuppering moderna reaction.
That's two trips to the coast thwarted now.
Grr.
- Fri Aug 06, 2021 9:26 am
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2021
- Replies: 973
- Views: 113080
Re: Bivvy a Month 2021
July done. Had a last minute change of plans due to weather and work sucking all of the life out of me. Bivvied a few miles away in the woods instead. IMG_20210731_090017_328.jpg Was nice to get on the MTB instead of the gravelw@nkermobile for a change. Linked up a few trails and made it to the camp...
- Thu Jul 15, 2021 11:46 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Bespoke frame - anyone done it?
- Replies: 46
- Views: 4715
Re: Bespoke frame - anyone done it?
Yes
853 wavelgranker
No toe rub!
High front end
No excess frame nipples
Grx810
Chose a lovely green colour. No one else has a pale pastel green bike right?
Rides lovely
Mmm
853 wavelgranker
No toe rub!
High front end
No excess frame nipples
Grx810
Chose a lovely green colour. No one else has a pale pastel green bike right?
Rides lovely
Mmm
- Wed Jul 07, 2021 9:37 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2021
- Replies: 973
- Views: 113080
Re: Bivvy a Month 2021
Oh, forgot to post solstice-ish Bivvy.
Rode to Redon down the GR38 and then back to Josselin on the GR347.
Luckily, the forecast rain never actually arrived.
Some lovely memorable rocky bits of single-track above Rochefort-en-terre.
Rode to Redon down the GR38 and then back to Josselin on the GR347.
Luckily, the forecast rain never actually arrived.
Some lovely memorable rocky bits of single-track above Rochefort-en-terre.
- Thu Jun 17, 2021 10:26 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Vee Tyre Co Trax Fatty
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1380
Re: Vee Tyre Co Trax Fatty
Not tried trax fatty
Have tried
Chronicle, great in dry conditions
Fat b nimble a bit fragile, not tubeless specific and narrower than stated
Nobby NICs 2.6 on arch rims. Liked these a lot.
Want to try DHF 3.0 on the Hugos.
They look a bit grr.
Have tried
Chronicle, great in dry conditions
Fat b nimble a bit fragile, not tubeless specific and narrower than stated
Nobby NICs 2.6 on arch rims. Liked these a lot.
Want to try DHF 3.0 on the Hugos.
They look a bit grr.
- Thu Jun 17, 2021 10:04 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What are you listening to now?
- Replies: 1129
- Views: 205879
Re: What are you listening to now?
Buena vista social club
Pixies Doolittle
Jahtari riddim force
And bucket loads of cheesy sci-fi audio books.
Pixies Doolittle
Jahtari riddim force
And bucket loads of cheesy sci-fi audio books.
- Tue Jun 01, 2021 8:53 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Dartmoor200: in the making!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1422
Re: Dartmoor200: in the making!
Dartmoor is lovely. Did my wettest ever overnighter on Dartmoor. Had to chase after a ti 750ml pot that got caught in a gust then finish the ride in a hub deep torrent. The rain was sheeting off the hills. It was like being at the bottom of a 360° waterfall. Very memorable.
- Mon May 31, 2021 9:55 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2021
- Replies: 973
- Views: 113080
Re: Bivvy a Month 2021
May BAM completed.
A surprisingly warm ride to the north coast. Apparently I snored, a lot.
Ho hum.
A surprisingly warm ride to the north coast. Apparently I snored, a lot.
Ho hum.
- Thu May 13, 2021 1:56 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Voile Strap Alternatives
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1389
Re: Voile Strap Alternatives
I have had a blue fixplus strap holding the air filter on my work lawnmower for the last year. Sun/rain/vibrations/heat/cold/petrol/wd40/tears of existential angst.
Still working fine.
Still working fine.
- Sun May 09, 2021 6:02 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Ti seatpost ?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1843
Re: Ti seatpost ?
Mmm yes
On my 2nd AliExpress one.
The 1st one became a bit creaky and clicky after 5 or 6 years so swapped it for a slightly sturdier layback one. Twin wedge expander clamp with carbon assembly paste. So far so good.
On my 2nd AliExpress one.
The 1st one became a bit creaky and clicky after 5 or 6 years so swapped it for a slightly sturdier layback one. Twin wedge expander clamp with carbon assembly paste. So far so good.
- Tue May 04, 2021 9:41 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2021
- Replies: 973
- Views: 113080
Re: Bivvy a Month 2021
Love that shadow-Jimmy g-checking out the bird hide shot.
- Tue May 04, 2021 6:55 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What are you listening to now?
- Replies: 1129
- Views: 205879
Re: What are you listening to now?
That unplugged album is one of the few that I go back to time and again.
Nirvana unplugged
Bjork Debut
Pixies Doolittle
Massive Attack Protection
Tom Paley Hard Luck Papa.
There are probably others that I won't remember until I press submit.
Nirvana unplugged
Bjork Debut
Pixies Doolittle
Massive Attack Protection
Tom Paley Hard Luck Papa.
There are probably others that I won't remember until I press submit.
- Tue May 04, 2021 1:50 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: It's the 2021 "What Gravel Tyre...?" Thread
- Replies: 25
- Views: 2790
Re: It's the 2021 "What Gravel Tyre...?" Thread
Humble opinion alert.
Gravel king SK. All the way.
Excellent value for money all rounder.
They do a gnarlier one. No idea what it's like.
Um
I'll get my coat.
Gravel king SK. All the way.
Excellent value for money all rounder.
They do a gnarlier one. No idea what it's like.
Um
I'll get my coat.
- Sat May 01, 2021 6:12 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2021
- Replies: 973
- Views: 113080
Re: Bivvy a Month 2021
4/4 done
All a bit last minute as per usual.
Quick ride to the edge of my local forest with a riding buddy.
A bit of single-track then beer glugging and ditch lurking.
Owls a go go in the middle of the night.
Woke to a light frost. Best nights sleep all week.
All a bit last minute as per usual.
Quick ride to the edge of my local forest with a riding buddy.
A bit of single-track then beer glugging and ditch lurking.
Owls a go go in the middle of the night.
Woke to a light frost. Best nights sleep all week.
- Sat Apr 24, 2021 10:35 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What are you reading now?
- Replies: 404
- Views: 48740
Re: What are you reading now?
Just reread the player of games by Iain m banks. It's my fave.
- Sat Apr 24, 2021 10:30 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Middle aged shout out on BBC Radio 6
- Replies: 23
- Views: 2133
Re: Middle aged shout out on BBC Radio 6
My radio only plays 4 and 6.
I bet there's some other good stuff out there. Any suggestions?
I did enjoy a couple of between the ears episodes off of bbcr3 that were linked via w.a.y.l.t.n?
Hundreds of internet radio stations...,
I bet there's some other good stuff out there. Any suggestions?
I did enjoy a couple of between the ears episodes off of bbcr3 that were linked via w.a.y.l.t.n?
Hundreds of internet radio stations...,
- Wed Apr 21, 2021 9:03 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Bamboo Tshirts
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1256
Re: Bamboo Tshirts
Got an Aldi one that's still going strong after 5 years.
- Tue Apr 20, 2021 8:44 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Helicopter on Mars.............. yeah right.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 807
Re: Helicopter on Mars.............. yeah right.
Makes you wonder about the battery/supercapacitor technology.
It's probably a bit nippy in that crater.
It's probably a bit nippy in that crater.
- Sun Apr 18, 2021 8:03 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What are you listening to now?
- Replies: 1129
- Views: 205879
- Fri Apr 16, 2021 9:17 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Wildlife
- Replies: 699
- Views: 148329
Re: Wildlife
Saw a large wild boar on last Sunday's ride. Also a Coypu and some Deer. Various birds of prey but I'm rubbish at identifying them.