I recall doing a 5000m day on the YD300 back in '16 and thinking 'that was a lot of climbing....' The same day was the TDF 'Queen stage' which had 4500m (on skinny placcy roadie bikes with all your kit in a car - pah!)

Hows about 2000m of climbing and 5000m of descending per day?

Got 200 miles on trp full hydros and they are really good so far. Good solid stopper and were fairly easy to set up

The official route goes up glen lochy to miss some a road bashing. Ben lawyers road is shorter and no less climby so better if you ain't set on sticking to the 'official ' route

How accurate/dependable is the data for the Midgie forecast on this site? https://www.smidgeup.com/midge-forecast/ The midges are brutal at the mo and SW Scotland is a particular hotspot so it will just be a case of putting up with them..... If haven't already, get some smidge! Also try and bivvy i...

Hard lines buddy, hope you can sort somat else out.
Pretty cheery for me, first weeks holiday since March and off up north on the Straggler. Nowt special just a couple of days riding up to pals in Speyside, drink some of the local water then spend a couple of days riding back again

Well I've been running 36/18 SS on my grovel bike recently (just bunged the gears back on in prep for a tour) and I was surprised what I could get up. So you'll be fine Shaff, just practice your single speed gurn on the steeper climbs

I added a plastic disk to ensure the string doesn't slip down the pole but its not needed. Further away from the tarp the pole is, the lower the pitch

Drop bar risers... Isn't that going a bit too far :grin: I'll let you know! :lol: I've got Surly Truck stop bars on the Straggler (30mm rise) and they are ace! Flats now about 20mm higher than the seat level. Anyway, tonights marathon involved the straggs XT rear hub. The freewheel was sounding a b...

I very much hope Boardman gets the " tsar" job to over see this but i suspect he is both too knowledgable and too independent for this government and they will give it to a supporter who is loyal but not an expert Reading between the lines of another announcement last week, I think that t...

Show her this, she may change her mind

Direct route from Lone to Gobernuisgach lodge is a much easier prospect

In the last 4 months I've noticed an awful lot of old school racing bikes out on the road (including a few really nice ones) ridden by people who have the look of "I've just dragged this out of my / my parents shed and I'm out riding it as there is nowt else to do" So hopefully they will t...

RIP wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 2020 9:19 am Conversely (of course!), heard on R4 this morning that as part of Govt 'anti-obesity drive' (drive??? ) we're going to get 'thousands of miles of dedicated cycleways'. Thousands eh.

Hmm colour me cynical..... Maybe they are going to pull the plug on HS2 to fund it....

Looks a good route, I've done a few jaunts around Galloway and there is some nice cycling to be had.
One minor thing - the old railway line past Loch Skerrow is a swamp - I'd cut off it on the fire road just back from the loch - this joins the raiders road at Craigdoon.

Aye didn't look very nice today - much better tomorrow and Wednesday though

Different start locations? I know it kind of defeats the object of the group ride but mebbes better than not having it at all...

Sandwood bay as its amazing, no road access and a rock stack.
Kervaig up towards Cape Wrath as its also not got public road access, is also amazing (nice view to Iceland!) and has a nearby bothy if / when the weather is horrible.

Cane creek s5c levers Trp mini vee brakes Used, all round good condition. The set jumbled into a jiffy bag and posted £25 https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50019591287_fb72397413_c.jpg Edit: doesn't matter. These won't have enough cable pull for my MTB BB5s And I bought them anyway :lol:

If you decide to go for somat new - pretty god price on a Straggler frame..... https://www.spacycles.co.uk/m11b0s143p4 ... -and-Forks
60cm's available which is XL for these things as they are quite long

At least she is in a hospital well used to dealing with numerous sports related injuries.... Hope all turns out well

I don't get people. How can they even consider this is slightly acceptable. Anywhere. They don't want it to be acceptable, they want to leave this destruction and upset others. Any consequences won't affect them as they are already acting outside the law. Maybe they feel so disconnected from 'norma...

Good yarn as always Ben. Quality picture of you in the bracken

I don't think stuff like that will harm our goings on. Its so gratuitously wrong that our LNT bivvies will never get associated with it. Its the more insidious stuff like people who have fires and leave litter in remote spots, cause damage and bother but don't actually go as far as trashing a car in...

...with a box full of 29+ boots. Ordered yesterday direct from bontrager, arrived today post free. I was on their site the other week and they didn't seem to be listing any 29 x 3's. However a direct search for XR2 29 x 3 took me straight to their site :???: XR2's now £65 ea (my first pair were 85)....

slarge wrote: ↑Fri Jul 24, 2020 11:38 am I want to do the 300, but not sure if I'm up to it so a nice road ride might be the other option. Will probably decide on the Thurs night! I'll be there Mike for a beer though

Have you seen the average YD road climb Steve?!