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- Fri Dec 27, 2019 9:50 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Tell me about budget turbo trainers.
- Replies: 22
- Views: 4976
Re: Tell me about budget turbo trainers.
My 2p. The minoura magnetic resistance trainers, hypermag etc mostly share the same resistance units, just with different weight flywheels. And mostly have the same 1- 7 or L-1......5-H resistance levels so will work with trainerroad or sufferfest where you put it in one level and change resistance ...
- Fri Dec 27, 2019 7:05 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Ethical and Environmental Options
- Replies: 32
- Views: 5836
Re: Ethical and Environmental Options
Worth bearing in mind that the environmental impact of a bag made in china from petrochemicals, waste products washed into the watercourse and the bag shipped most of the way arround the world. Is dwarfed by say driving a car to Wales to ride a bike. The entire carbon footprint of a carbon fibre bik...
- Tue Dec 24, 2019 7:18 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Washing goretex techniques
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1602
Re: Washing goretex techniques
I presume he meant the distinction between the 2/2.5/3 layer membrane waterproof fabrics which have a breathable PTFE membrane on a woven outet (and maybe/not an inner layer).All Goretex waterproof fabrics are of a laminate construction.
And the DWR treated fabrics?
- Sat Dec 21, 2019 4:04 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Have we done these bars?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1559
Re: Have we done these bars?
500g seems reasnoble if it means you can omit having a bag holder and just strap it on? Not sure what the point of the "aero" designation is, the guy who won the national road bike tt title reckons if you can hold the position on the hoods its very marginal compared to a full on tt bike po...
- Fri Dec 20, 2019 5:21 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: WTF (Perhaps NSFW) Tenuous link to cycling.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2243
Re: WTF (Perhaps NSFW) Tenuous link to cycling.
Two things spring to mind: Google gives you different search results depending on who you are, i just get a lot of "toe straps" to deal with corns, bunnions and broken toes. Clearly I need to spend more time at Torture Garden. If you search for that image it comes back as a $380 pair of vi...
- Fri Dec 20, 2019 11:42 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What you doing next year?
- Replies: 69
- Views: 13326
Re: What you doing next year?
Why not a 600km audax, and then you should have a Super Randonneur award to your name. No good answer to that. The actual plan is to do the Mille Pennine, but I'm avoiding saying it out loud as that involves commitment! Kinda figure that once you've done two ludicrous days and sleep deprivation has...
- Thu Dec 19, 2019 4:37 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What you doing next year?
- Replies: 69
- Views: 13326
Re: What you doing next year?
Planning to buildup to a 500km audax in 2020, then enter the bearbones 200.
Not sure whats more optimistic, actually completing them or potentially having them to close together for the 'type 2' to wear off the fun part!
Not sure whats more optimistic, actually completing them or potentially having them to close together for the 'type 2' to wear off the fun part!
- Tue Dec 17, 2019 3:33 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: On One Whippet
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1853
Re: On One Whippet
£999 for a full bike when the frame is £599 is either a bargain bike or an expensive frame! Partially I suspect it's to make the full bike look like good value. Which then sells more full bikes to people who were never really going to buy a frame only anyway. Same as Specialized frequently sell the...
- Tue Dec 10, 2019 4:17 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: So, those cheap On-One helmets
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2909
Re: So, those cheap On-One helmets
Could be worse, the only helemets that ever fit me are bell/661/giro -63cm versions, nothing else gets even halfway over my head!
I'm forever paranoid that that they will change the mould.
I'm forever paranoid that that they will change the mould.
- Thu Dec 05, 2019 8:36 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Brake, rattle and roll
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1301
Re: Brake, rattle and roll
What Sean said, the pad is pushed against the lip at the front of the calliper under braking, the pin is just there to stop them falling out. The pads are always a bit undersize, feels a bit like a loose headset or worn fork bushings when you rock backwards and forwards with the brake on.
- Wed Dec 04, 2019 12:57 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Bar mounted accessories setup
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3848
Re: Bar mounted accessories setup
Off center isnt a problem unless your bars taper or bend quickly out of the clamp.
My OH has a bar bag strapped to one of those accessory mounts to keep it forward of all the cables (and its an e-bike so has an extra computer screen).
My OH has a bar bag strapped to one of those accessory mounts to keep it forward of all the cables (and its an e-bike so has an extra computer screen).
- Tue Dec 03, 2019 9:43 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Bar mounted accessories setup
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3848
Re: Bar mounted accessories setup
On the subject of quadlock, i found someone on ebay selling knock off garmin mounts with vhb backing for £4 including a topcap mount! The things putting me off quadlock were the price and the fact it was yet another mount, but this solved both! Just combined it with a cheap phone case. https://rover...
- Mon Dec 02, 2019 8:15 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Bar mounted accessories setup
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3848
Re: Bar mounted accessories setup
I got one of those out front bar mount things from china, basicly two aluminium legs that clamp the bars and a stub of carbon bar out the front. Swapped the bar for a bit of plastic pipe that was longer. https://www.dhresource.com/600x600/f2/albu/g8/M01/62/D9/rBVaV1yUVlaAOXwjAAJ0Hq1wWc0286.jpg Then ...
- Wed Nov 27, 2019 12:36 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: UK ITTs - the state of the art
- Replies: 33
- Views: 5381
Re: UK ITTs - the state of the art
What about GBduro? I know it’s a slightly different animal (with more road than the others, for a start) but should it be in the list? The route could be an ITT, but the event isn't, it's 4ITT's back to back with the clock stopping in between and an overall 10 day limit. Different in that those at ...
- Tue Nov 26, 2019 10:56 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Budget sleeping pad?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3480
Re: Budget sleeping pad?
Similar but lighter and only £48 for black friday? Not a recommendation, but someone might be able to say yay or nay as Im looking to replace my vango compact mat (which is heavier, only 3/4 length and 3cm thick and not all that compact when rolled up). Inactually find short mats fine with a pillow ...
- Mon Nov 11, 2019 12:33 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Attaching stuff to non-round carbon forks
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1493
Re: Attaching stuff to non-round carbon forks
Decathlon do a rubber bottle boss mount for about £3. I use them on my downtube to hold an extra cage underneath. Just add a wrap of electrical tape arround the middle to prevent it slipping.
- Wed Nov 06, 2019 5:34 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Cooking stove recommendations
- Replies: 28
- Views: 5685
Re: Cooking stove recommendations
As others said, Stu's 8g stove on summer overnight trips. Gas (firemaple Ti something or other, same as the alpkit kraku) for multi day trips and winter. Reason being on an overnight I'll happily eat rubbish and wait 10 minutes for tea. Over 3 days I want 3 meals a day and lots of tea, and the faff ...
- Wed Nov 06, 2019 5:30 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Fully Enclosed Bivi Bag
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2563
Re: Fully Enclosed Bivi Bag
Something like an OR Helium bag to give it some volume for the air to circulate? I've got a Rab Strom which zips up to leave a mesh gap, but it's really humid when zipped up, only really an improvement it's it's reverentially raining. Normally I just flop the top flap over and tuck the bottom flap i...
- Tue Nov 05, 2019 6:57 pm
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: WTD - M785 XT 2x10 outer ring, 40T. Or similar.
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1089
Re: WTD - M785 XT 2x10 outer ring, 40T. Or similar.
Ive got a brand new set of 26/38 double XT rings. Think I intended to put them on the vagabond which I then sold. Those of any use?
- Mon Oct 21, 2019 4:16 pm
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: Wanted Large Single Speedable Frame & Fork
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1103
Re: Wanted Large Single Speedable Frame & Fork
Have a scroll down for my charge cooker SS.
Ive had a mk1 swift and 2013 el mariachi before, id say its very close to the swift.
£180 for the full bike
Ive had a mk1 swift and 2013 el mariachi before, id say its very close to the swift.
£180 for the full bike
- Tue Oct 15, 2019 5:28 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Food and Drink intake - what's yours like?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 4305
Re: Food and Drink intake - what's yours like?
Done it a few times, one resulted in me questioning why i was being heckled as i climbed up sandsend riding north from whitby. After a while i realised i was shouting at myself. I was about 80 miles into a ride and had only eaten a couple of bags of jelly babies all day (and was unfit having not rid...
- Tue Oct 15, 2019 1:12 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Washing a down bag
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2040
Re: Washing a down bag
Ive always diy'd it. Washed it in the machine, in the bath, in a bucket, with normal non bio, down wash, dried it on the line, on the shower rail, in the tumble dryer, with and without tennis balls. It still seems to survive inspite of my not having a clue. Store it under the bed not in a bag for a ...
- Tue Oct 15, 2019 12:58 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Food and Drink intake - what's yours like?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 4305
Re: Food and Drink intake - what's yours like?
Not BB300 levels but my maths is: 700 calories an hour, divide by two to assume that half comes from body fat (carrying plenty of that) and thats how many carbs i need. 350calories is about 80g of carbs. Fat from food then doesnt count (probably a different story if youre skinny). Seems to keep me g...
- Sat Oct 05, 2019 11:12 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What you done t' your bike today
- Replies: 1543
- Views: 255186
Re: What you done t' your bike today
Finally got arround to changing the sealent on my road bikes tyres. Given up on OKO and splashed out on stans race and so far its so much better! Putolined all my chains too. Still to do: Re tension the cross bikes wheels Change sealent in the mtb's Fit new cross tyres Buy fat bike fork and build th...
- Sat Oct 05, 2019 11:08 pm
- Forum: MYOG
- Topic: Packable Rucksack
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4463
Re: Packable Rucksack
Yipdo you mean this one?