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- Thu Apr 04, 2024 6:50 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: packable fleece?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1255
Re: packable fleece?
Another Griffon user here. Not ultra warm in the way that a lightweight down jacket is but fine nethertheless. Fleece is somewhat resistant to being compressed just by the core material and how it's made. Most quality polyester fleece is made by just a couple of companies so you'll find that there's...
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 7:28 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: New Bike Gear Out And Due Out...
- Replies: 983
- Views: 131499
Re: New Bike Gear Out And Due Out...
Never heard of him but, seems a decent chap and a nice review too :-bd Where the hell is he riding? Absolutely stunning scenery and the road looks vaguely exciting He's an ex BBC local news presenter (Newcastle IIRC, I do remember seeing him on Nationwide way back in the day) and from other videos ...
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 3:26 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: new bike/ frame
- Replies: 6
- Views: 487
Re: new bike/ frame
You don't say what sort of terrain you wish to ride - looking at the Trek 920 I'd say more towards the gravel, forest road, farm tracks type of terrain rather than anything uber-technical. Yay/nay? Given that the Trek is sub 13kg *with a pannier rack* I'd say that's not too shabby, my Genesis Croix ...
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 2:51 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Is this 'bikepacking'?
- Replies: 84
- Views: 5969
Re: Is this 'bikepacking'?
The notion that panniers are Taboo is strange coming from the opening post. To me its gone full circle with Tailfin Ortlieb and OMM latest offerings. Never got the high up weight on most bikepacking setups. How many spend day after day on singletrack weaving in-between the trees? Its perfect for th...
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 1:04 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Is this 'bikepacking'?
- Replies: 84
- Views: 5969
Re: Is this 'bikepacking'?
Riding a bike? Check
Enjoying themselves? Check
Not causing trouble for other cyclists? Check
I think that covers it.
Enjoying themselves? Check
Not causing trouble for other cyclists? Check
I think that covers it.
- Tue Apr 02, 2024 9:07 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Is this 'bikepacking'?
- Replies: 84
- Views: 5969
Re: Is this 'bikepacking'?
It's nowt to do with the type of luggage you use or where you stay but a mindset IMO. I saw a post on FB the other day with the usual soft luggage v panniers type stuff and one chap said, " why would you not use panniers, you can fit loads more in them" ... this bloke does not have a bike...
- Mon Apr 01, 2024 11:39 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Trans cambrian way improvements.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 534
Re: Trans cambrian way improvements.
The puns seem to be coming in ones and twos
I wonder which first world loo that one in the woods is twinned with?
I wonder which first world loo that one in the woods is twinned with?
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 1:47 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
- Replies: 3992
- Views: 520556
Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Reg will be pleased to know that I’ve finally finished the wall I was building when we had our ride around the South Lakes. Not that I have been working on it every day - the weather this winter has seen to that (I only managed two days in December for instance) Just another several kilometres to go 🤣
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 5:43 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Monks trod - wtf
- Replies: 30
- Views: 2936
Re: Monks trod - wtf
Given the "state" of the RoW as often mentioned on here, it does seem somewhat odd to spend so much money on improving it to any useful/usable state. Actually to do it to a usable state is likely to cost a lot more than a million. Reminds me a bit of Derbyshire Council's repairing of Rushu...
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 9:23 am
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Todays ride
- Replies: 3323
- Views: 649265
Re: Todays ride
Just like the portion of the ride before you met him then
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 2:58 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Off Topic - siezed, rusted, possibly double threaded, sheared bolt extraction advice!
- Replies: 109
- Views: 5592
Re: Off Topic - siezed, rusted, possibly double threaded, sheared bolt extraction advice!
80nm?
Is that Nnnnnnnneugh! or maybe up to getthatoffyoubuggers in British Standard engineering terms?
Is that Nnnnnnnneugh! or maybe up to getthatoffyoubuggers in British Standard engineering terms?
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 10:59 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: I am weak
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1275
Re: I am weak
Update In the end I got a 42t Microshift cassette and a Shimano GRX 2x111 (RX810) derailleur off of the CRC close down sale. Fitted them today and shifting is nice and smooth. Although the maximum cassette for that mech is meant to be up to 40t, the 42t is no problem and didn't require a goatlink o...
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 1:12 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Barkley Marathons chitchat
- Replies: 50
- Views: 4586
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 10:24 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Barkley Marathons chitchat
- Replies: 50
- Views: 4586
Re: Barkley Marathons chitchat
Crikey that were a close hobbling thing! I think she's the first Brit to finish it - the early years on the spreadsheet don't have nationality so can't be sure.
Largest ever number of finishers despite “That new section is brutal. You are a bad man.”
Largest ever number of finishers despite “That new section is brutal. You are a bad man.”
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 9:46 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Barkley Marathons chitchat
- Replies: 50
- Views: 4586
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 9:26 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Barkley Marathons chitchat
- Replies: 50
- Views: 4586
Re: Barkley Marathons chitchat
We have a winner!
At time of writing (20:24) there are about 52mins left until entrants are timed out. Could be close for some. (dit dit daaa)
At time of writing (20:24) there are about 52mins left until entrants are timed out. Could be close for some. (dit dit daaa)
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 10:46 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Barkley Marathons chitchat
- Replies: 50
- Views: 4586
Re: Barkley Marathons chitchat
Looks like there are seven runners(?) out on the last lap. First time that there's been this many left at this stage. The seventh made it out onto the final lap with just three minutes to spare!
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 9:36 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Barkley Marathons chitchat
- Replies: 50
- Views: 4586
Re: Barkley Marathons chitchat
This comment had me laughing...
We are hoping there is no intervention from the Tennessee state legislature, as we currently have seven runners in transition
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 11:15 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Off Topic - siezed, rusted, possibly double threaded, sheared bolt extraction advice!
- Replies: 109
- Views: 5592
Re: Off Topic - siezed, rusted, possibly double threaded, sheared bolt extraction advice!
£100 an hour for skilled labour We live in very different worlds if you think £100 an hour is a reasonable hourly wage for any human beimg to earn. ( shaf is a nurse and is nowhere near that for example nor is a teacher etc or indeed almost anyone working. Remember that this isn't a full time rate,...
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 10:39 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Off Topic - siezed, rusted, possibly double threaded, sheared bolt extraction advice!
- Replies: 109
- Views: 5592
Re: Off Topic - siezed, rusted, possibly double threaded, sheared bolt extraction advice!
As Dave says, the guy is also taking the risk that he doesn't wreck the surrounding material. If the guy is good then that's unlikely but he still has to factor it in to his pricing. I just did a search for "uk bike shop labour charges" and got figures from £40/hr up to £65/hr (that was in...
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 10:21 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Off Topic - siezed, rusted, possibly double threaded, sheared bolt extraction advice!
- Replies: 109
- Views: 5592
Re: Off Topic - siezed, rusted, possibly double threaded, sheared bolt extraction advice!
One way to look at the cost is how many hours at *your* pay rate would you spend on it. A rough estimate is your annual salary in thousands divided by 20 so £30k = £15/hr. Of course you need to factor in whether you can do the job in the first place or if you want to do it - there are jobs I can do ...
- Fri Mar 15, 2024 4:00 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
- Replies: 3992
- Views: 520556
Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Given the gales I've swapped dry stone walling for some database normalisation. As you do
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 11:07 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: 1400 metre climb over 100km ??
- Replies: 16
- Views: 846
Re: 1400 metre climb over 100km ??
Tony, you could do a good loop from close to your door:
Head to Mytholmroyd, up Cragg Vale, down to Rippondon, up Oldham road over the M62 to Denshaw, road back over Buckstones and down to Huddersfield.
Three long steady climbs, the first and last are quite alpine like.
Head to Mytholmroyd, up Cragg Vale, down to Rippondon, up Oldham road over the M62 to Denshaw, road back over Buckstones and down to Huddersfield.
Three long steady climbs, the first and last are quite alpine like.
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 11:39 am
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
- Replies: 536
- Views: 34093
Re: Bivvy a Month 2024
The number of times I've woken up with a start thinking someone is shinning a torch in my face only to realise the clouds have cleared and it's the moon :lol: Unless you sleep outside you don't realise just how light it is on a full moon, but it needs to be otherwise how would the werewolves see wh...
- Mon Mar 04, 2024 6:06 pm
- Forum: Anyone playing out?
- Topic: North York Moors 300
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1815
Re: North York Moors 300
It's longer than feared https://ridewithgps.com/routes/45752621?fbclid=IwAR3Bcf39yHtaZBWBS4ueBj_q1-NXJR8nW3raXT3eeT17m2JzuintYO5poT8 He's a naughty boy. For those on FB https://www.facebook.com/share/p/ASRKat84arWhpB9C/ Start Skipton, reverse YD300 to Pately Bridge, nip across to Thirsk and ride NY...