Tacx satori dumbo here with speed /cadence sensor and zwift in the shed with Spotify and I love it. Though I would love a direct drive & smart one but £££. Started years back with an amazon £40 one, head torch and mp3 player in the shed so the above is luxury! Without it I'd get far less exercise an...

Well after two crap years health wise next years my 50th and I'm trying to get back on track for it... Turra coo 300km audax, probably make it a double century. NE 250 around Aberdeenshire Ht550 variant to link in with Aberdeen and Scrabster Everesting attempt. Swim in 50 lochs 50km charity walk if ...

8c, no wind, bright and a great sunset in Shetland

Fitted a redshift shock stop stem (30degree one) to my genesis vapour in an attempt to manage my poor old wrists (osteoarthritis). 38mm gravel kings and new pads too.

Felt pretty good on a quick spin around the village and bits of rough track. Time will tell...

Cycled the Holy Island causeway there and back (odd that) with the family it was a bit of a PITA with traffic as we against the flow on the way back, but I wouldn't say dangerous. A9 north of Inverness is definitely in a different league in terms of anxiety, especially in poorer weather, but no actu...

Found this sort of thing...

https://www.thisiswhyimbroke.com/uk/fol ... k-bicycle/

Yeah, they often get as close to the line as possible for most drafting from passing vehicles. Each pass is worth a few seconds (can't remember exactly how much). A guy had his record time disqualified not so long ago if i remember right for being right on the right hand edge of the inside lane rath...

Anything (non-brompton due to cost ) that you can 'backpack' sensibly? I've been thinking of getting work to buy one. I ask as for work I have some long linear walks that I need to inspect from time to time. Sometimes I've took my standard bike and driven to leave it at the end then drove back to th...

I sweat like buggery and suffer badly in anything over mid teens degrees c. I drink loads and take electrolyte tabs and if possible do rides either early or late. Obviously no use on a trip. Living in Shetland suits me! Had a ride this am, but was getting too hot by the time I got home and swelterin...

I use it all the time to track activities for my own interest and see others stuff for some inspiration and motivation to explore and get out at times. Another major use when planning trips is the route builder and heat maps. I really have no interest in segments or KOM, largely as I'm not fast enou...

Low pressure with wider tyres on narrower rims and my lump sat on top has got those checkered patterns for me, but not tears like that. Took a while though.

Brooks C17 carved all weather fan here and the road and gravel bike. Before that I had a specialized romin 155mm saddle that was great. Done mixed terrain up to 100mile days with it with no issues

I have a wtb rocket on the MTB, but will be getting another c17 all weather carved when funds allow.

Well done, saw the fatty, so you too I assume, on a Francis Cade video of the event. He only made it into the second day.

Got to say I did think 'On a fatty?', but you showed, yes, on a fatty

Looks pretty good from Lachlan's footage...
https://youtu.be/e74xncSCoqw

I might try to persuade my mate to do it with me for a joint 50th trip, though at a slightly more leisurely pace
And we'd finish it properly in Shetland

I generally wear trail shoes for MTB (Salomon suit my feet) and have some 5.10 kestrels (got a sale bargain) for road/gravel bike which I really like. The kestrels are fine for not too extreme HAB. Just got some goretex Salomon mids for work and I think they'll be great for the MTB too. I'll wear go...

Good to hear you've got on top of your troubles and are back at it. A bit of inspiration there for me. :-bd A new knee last summer and then still unclear heart issues, heart medication side effects(and accompanying exercise ban) has taken its physical and mental toll on me. I'm trying to get going a...

I have a 10 speed 105 compact and a 12(?)-42t cassette on the back. all I needed to do was put a 9 speed mtb deore shadow derailleur on the back and a longer chain. You'll also need a barrel gear cable adjuster for the derailleur end if you can adjust at the shifter end

Ooft! That seemed like a pretty grim trial

All the best with the recovery and hope its a smooth one.

I have the Sol escape and I've put a zip in it so it can be used as a blanket under or over a summer bag as well as its intended emergency use. I'd say its good for up-rating a bag as a blanket, but not if you're wet and sweaty when you get in, or you'll wake up colder and wetter like I did once :cr...

Oops! Seems I'm getting a bit hard of reading/understanding in my old age. Ignore my ramblings

Not sure from write ups, but does that have a tapered steerer? One write up does, another seems to suggest it doesn't. Similarly I think in saw an article about it being used drop bar, but now can't find it or pics. Edit: found pic of it drop bar. See my thread on an alternative to a vagabond frame ...

Cheers Jameso.

Can only find S or XS older Fargo so far. Can get a Ti gryphon made, sadly I don't have £2k for a frame, lovely though it would be. Not sure I'll ever have £2k for a frame

Away for a week now so, will think again when I'm home....

I don't know, that's another reason I was asking for alternatives

Ooooo! I knew you could get an adapter to put a straight into a tapered head, but not the other way around.

I don't have the frame, but an additional £32 wouldn't break the bank

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The Shetland isles! Cheers for the info

Cheer's for the Fargo info. TBH I'd be more interested in a Fargo.