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- Wed Dec 06, 2023 1:43 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: 2023 Highlights
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7002
Re: 2023 Highlights
Nice idea. -Inspiration of the year (media/person/object etc)* - Can I mention a place, a very general one, as well as a person? The English lanes in autumn. Since being back in the Cotswolds and finding my way round again I've had sunny autumn days on the bike that just make me feel inspired and fu...
- Sat Dec 02, 2023 8:21 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Films to watch while isolating
- Replies: 291
- Views: 63338
Re: Films to watch while isolating
Sheesh .. Kanye Lemmy-Tempwest, that's the chap, you know who I mean right?
- Fri Dec 01, 2023 12:07 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Films to watch while isolating
- Replies: 291
- Views: 63338
Re: Films to watch while isolating
Wasn't a big fan going back a few years, but anyone with that level of creativity and life story is interesting.
- Fri Dec 01, 2023 11:13 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Films to watch while isolating
- Replies: 291
- Views: 63338
Re: Films to watch while isolating
Haha yes sorry - Life of Kai .. Kai Lemmy the surfer
A quick google and I see.. Kae Tempest docu will be worth watching. Personal and artistic change since I was aware of their work last. Thanks!
A quick google and I see.. Kae Tempest docu will be worth watching. Personal and artistic change since I was aware of their work last. Thanks!
- Fri Dec 01, 2023 9:37 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Films to watch while isolating
- Replies: 291
- Views: 63338
Re: Films to watch while isolating
I saw that on Red Bull TV a while back, incredible surfing footage. The wave at Nazare is jaw-dropping.
- Tue Nov 28, 2023 1:54 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Pls keep an eye on your carbon forks/frames/bars!
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4765
Re: Pls keep an eye on your carbon forks/frames/bars!
Even the Cannondale CAAD 12 and beyond (lightes alloy frame on the market I think) frames are probably on the higher probability stakes of failure due to the ultra thin walls of the alloy used. Just a reminder to keep em checked over. 1 thing worth remembering generally is how metal bike parts tend...
- Tue Nov 28, 2023 11:56 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: The man who cycled the Americans
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2487
Re: The man who cycled the Americans
It is, despite my typo in the title!
- Tue Nov 28, 2023 9:24 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Pls keep an eye on your carbon forks/frames/bars!
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4765
Re: Pls keep an eye on your carbon forks/frames/bars!
To be fair to Planet X they source from suppliers who make frames and forks for a lot of brands. But yeah, inspect stuff from time to time. The topic came up on STW and there's people saying essentially 'anything can break' and it reminded me that in the summer I found a 2″ crack on the bend of an A...
- Mon Nov 27, 2023 9:11 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: The man who cycled the Americans
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2487
The man who cycled the Americans
On BBC iPlayer now. Think it's quite an old documentary but I'd not seen it, enjoying it.
- Sat Nov 25, 2023 7:10 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: made possible by advent of ‘fatbikes’
- Replies: 46
- Views: 7735
Re: made possible by advent of ‘fatbikes’
*insert another facepalm gif*
- Mon Nov 20, 2023 8:33 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Bargain Alert Thread
- Replies: 4932
- Views: 1211401
Re: Bargain Alert Thread
the discount was only taken off the bar bag
Ah well, thanks for the psa anyway. It didn't work on the bar bag either when I tried it at first.
- Sun Nov 19, 2023 1:08 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Bargain Alert Thread
- Replies: 4932
- Views: 1211401
Re: Bargain Alert Thread
Ah well.. saves me buying something I don't really need. I wanted the Roadrunner Jammer bag that they seem to have based the bar pack on but that's £160.
- Sun Nov 19, 2023 11:44 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Bargain Alert Thread
- Replies: 4932
- Views: 1211401
Re: Bargain Alert Thread
Hmm. Not working here - tried on a couple of barbags at checkout. Anyone else?
- Sun Nov 19, 2023 10:24 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Press fit help?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1851
Re: Press fit help?
What bike, out of interest?Instructions say use grease unless there is a possibility of creaking, then use a Loctite bearing compound.
- Sat Nov 18, 2023 4:25 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Bargain Alert Thread
- Replies: 4932
- Views: 1211401
- Sat Nov 18, 2023 4:16 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Are you analogue?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 21801
Re: Are you analogue?
Ooh yes. Nice lug work or shaping, Rivendell style, always works for me.I must admit I quite like a touch of artistic embellishment to enhance the pleasure, maybe a bit of scrolling or something.
- Sat Nov 18, 2023 11:47 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Are you analogue?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 21801
Re: Are you analogue?
That's the quote. True. I stopped owning suspension not because of the service needs, they were generally easy to work on - I just didn't like seeing exposed stanchions covered in crap and water, just seemed like a system designed to be needy and guaranteed to deteriorate and get looser through wear...
- Sat Nov 18, 2023 10:56 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Are you analogue?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 21801
Re: Are you analogue?
Relatively yes, but though I think not shying away from some work/effort is a good thing, working efficiently is also good. Certainly when it comes to riding I'm fairly low tech. I've never used Strava or anything like that but I love mapping and route creation maps on the laptop. I like my GPS bit ...
- Fri Nov 17, 2023 9:00 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Bargain Alert Thread
- Replies: 4932
- Views: 1211401
Re: Bargain Alert Thread
Hoping Restrap have a bar bag offer coming up - quite keen to try the bar pack
- Thu Nov 16, 2023 3:22 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Do you like choice?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5524
Re: Do you like choice?
the core principle behind modern capitalism - "You need to persuade people that their wants are really needs". And the core principle of advertising - make people feel inadequate then offer them a solution :roll: Choice is great if you know what you want, +/- a bit. And there's 'opportuni...
- Tue Nov 14, 2023 11:13 am
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: WTD 29 x 2.4 tyres
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2323
Re: WTD 29 x 2.4 tyres
https://www.certini.co.uk/components/tyres-tubes/specialized-purgatory-grid-2bliss-ready-tyre--black__65747? or https://www.specialized.com/gb/en/purgatory-grid-2bliss-ready-t7/p/173593? ~£20 each? Great tyres imo. OK in the mud for a big tyre, good mixed conditions all-rounders that roll pretty wel...
- Fri Nov 03, 2023 8:44 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Bargain Alert Thread
- Replies: 4932
- Views: 1211401
Re: Bargain Alert Thread
https://www.spacycles.co.uk/m21b0s29p49 ... arbon-Fork
£265 Spa carbon MTB bikepacking fork? Found while browsing for steel road forks. Seems pretty good for a fork like that, no idea who makes it though.
£265 Spa carbon MTB bikepacking fork? Found while browsing for steel road forks. Seems pretty good for a fork like that, no idea who makes it though.
- Wed Nov 01, 2023 9:49 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: New Bike Gear Out And Due Out...
- Replies: 983
- Views: 121511
Re: New Bike Gear Out And Due Out...
That's an e-bike?
But... ..nah forget it
But... ..nah forget it
- Mon Oct 30, 2023 6:21 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: New Bike Gear Out And Due Out...
- Replies: 983
- Views: 121511
Re: New Bike Gear Out And Due Out...
You dont need a cache bank as you can just plug your garmin straight into a sinewave* even if the light is on, that said everyone is carrying a battery bank** anyway so its not additional weight Maybe it's my older Garmin Edge, but if there's no cache battery it powers down when the current stops. ...
- Mon Oct 30, 2023 5:37 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: New Bike Gear Out And Due Out...
- Replies: 983
- Views: 121511
Re: New Bike Gear Out And Due Out...
I think the power out charge cable connection is shown on a display bar, I assumed it was their OE version of the magnetic connections available on ebay. Not replacing the dropout connection. But now you mention it.. a bike with the contact dropout connectors and this system would be so good. Those ...