Following this discussion with great interest, but can someone (Ian ?) clear up one thing: When you move the cleats back 13-15mm are you drilling a further/extended hole in your shoe ? Or just going as far back as the shoe allows ? On my shoes I've moved the cleats back as far as they will go, but r...

I did most of the Lakeland 200 last Weds,Thursday,Friday and thought the pushing/heaving/wrestling with the bike up Mosedale and over the Blacksail Pass was horrendous ! On my Scott Genius 26" wheels, I was constantly thinking that a 29er would be just that easier not just for riding and rollin...

home made bridges are a bit rough on the teeth !
(I don't think I've recovered yet... their bread is absolutely amazing,)

Just done another 'leisure' trip... most of the Lakeland Loop, carried tent and all the gear but didn't need to use it ! (I'm in the FRCC and had my hut key, so stayed in the Wasdale hut Wednesday night and the one near Patterdale Thursday night.) I started from Langdale and did about 3.5 miles to g...

FLV, thanks for the tip(s). It's a Garmin Edge 800. I've reversed it so hopefully it works.. probably won't know till I next do the MTL...(it's the gates you know... better to do it with at least two people, last Thursday two of us started, but after 3 miles my mate was on all fours vomiting (not at...

Cannondale Flash Another thing about the Cannondale Flash is that the bottom bracket is low, so you do catch the ground/rocks quite a bit. That doesn't happen on my Scott Genius. Probably also a full sus will ride the rocks a lot better than a hard-tail, you can control where the bike wants to go wh...

I did the Mary Towneley Loop last Thursday and Garmin was saying "Off-route" until I stopped the course. I think the GPX route was going anti-clockwise, and I was going clockwise. Anybody have any good ideas regarding reversing a GPX route ? (tried the Google stuff but mainly people who do...

I tried Anquet maps, including for the iPhone. Nothing but problems, so I ditched it and bought Memory Map which I used to have... cost I think about £60 - the iPhone app is very cheap. Once you buy Memory Map you can load it onto 5 devices - and on the iPhone it is brilliant.

Cannondale Flash with Lefty fork: its main advantage is its lightness, weighing 20lbs. However the Lefty fork was a bit 'twitchy' on a lot of this stuff, and on some of the rocky descents such as Coire Lair I decided to treat it very gently - that said a full sus bike such as a Scott Genius I have, ...

In other words the HT430, but with this year's changes... I did it over 12 days from May 20th, and it did seem to go on and on. The weather was not good on some days with a constant wind wearing you away, but I'm really glad I got round it, as I have such fond memories of the Highlands, walking, cli...

My tuppence worth from a bit further north, which is a disadvantage because of time...
Mary Townely Loop - it's about 47 miles, quite a bit of climbing - I'm doing it this Thursday hopefully with a road friend of mine...
Good riding apart from all those gates north of Waterfoot...

I did get working on it ! This morning but stopped for lunch etc.

whereupon it logged me out and I lost everything !

I didn't choose to save the draft because as I understand it you have to put the pictures in again..

Ah well, I tried

Thanks for that...

I'll get working on it

https://flic.kr/p/nQjzeE

works but takes you to Flickr

how to show it on this site ?

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Yawn yawn !

I could do this before but now they appear to have changed things.

How to get a picture in via Flickr ?

Tried sharing, and using HTML code, doesn't work

Want to do a bit of a write up of my recent rip

Bad news and very very frustrating... I thought I should do a reply to say that in all this rehab/waiting don't forget to keep using the knees. Obviously you will have to decide how light and gentle you go - very gently I would say, but the thing is (unless there is a physical tear or something) gen...

Thanks Yorlin
just ordered a Nalgene one

I'm setting off for Scotland as soon as the Atlantic Depressions go somewhere else...
Be nice to have a tot of whisky in the evening... especially if they return...
Does anybody carry anything lighter than a stainless steel hip flask ?

Tick-dick ! After 3 days in the Cairngorms last September I got back home tick-free ! On the Sunday got all my gear out (tent, sleeping bag etc.) at home, in the living room to dry/air out... so far so good... then a bit later felt an itch on my willy ! Glasses on and armed with my magnifying glass ...

I'm about to set off on the HT560 in a week or so (not doing the event, I want to take in the scenery and so on)... nearly got everything organised but had my sleeping bag in a bin liner, which is no good because it's too weak. Wondering what you experts use ? (don't want to increase my weight very ...

Can somebody enlighten me please:

Is this the weight of the bike + kit, including rucksac/bumbag etc. ?

Sorry they were MT43 and cost £56

Last year I bought some Shimano MT51 MTB shoes - light in weight, cheap at about £55, a good sole which is suitable for walking in (I mean when pushing the bike) - (I use Eggbeaters) They are fine for summer. I just tried putting a link in to Chain Reaction so you can take a look, but their site (wh...

Thanks all for your very useful advice. I was using a Karrimat which is 7mm thick, full length. I probably do sleep cold... not much fat on me, 10st weight... I did have a Klymit but I've sent it back because it has leaks (not holes that I have caused, but I think manufacturing faults).. I like the ...