frogatthefarriers wrote: ↑Fri Feb 09, 2024 4:36 pm [...]So, Group Mind, what’s best to do? [...]

I'd probably just ride and keep the pressure in check. I guess after a couple of days the sealant may dry a little on the inside, covering the tyre and sealing it for good.

So along with this ... does anyone else zig-zag up steep climbs [...] When ssp'ing certainly. When I start to struggle with traction when hanging over the bars and pushing & pulling the hell out of the cranks on wide enough off road tracks switchbacking often does the trick. Also roads but just...

Thanks for sharing. I should try to get hold of his book. It never fails to amaze me seeing people wander off, or ride in this case, often driven by pure lust for adventure and trying to do what most find impossible. It never fails to amaze me what willpower, determination and a bicycle can do. Ther...

I really like to be able to read out my speed at a given cadence (I just tend to count revolutions per a certain time frame - only a rough estimate, but works well in practise) to figure how slow/fast I can go with certain gears. https://www.bikecalc.com/archives/speeds-at-cadence.html For those who...

Possibly up the Dylife valley... I usually head up the track out the back of BBTowers but have come down the Dylife descent... I'd definitely be walking up that. Or it could be the grassy climb heading out the back of the Towers then up towards NYA.. Or pretty much any other direction from the Towe...

Also depends if multiday or one day. If one day 'happy' to red line at walking pace multi day I am off and walking to conserve energy. same here Like you say, everyone is different. One person's sit and spin is another person's get off and walk, depends how big your lungs and legs are. Me, I like a...

He looks like someone's just confiscated his last bit of cake or something. So does the owl come to that. :wink: :lol: Great portrait of both :-bd Got a new job. News came in last Thursday. By chance had meant to meet me Mum on Friday and Dad today anyways, so was nice to celebrate :grin: Away from...

massive investment, massive worries that has left me not ever wanting to own a expensive fancy bike. Forget what I said about the Jones then :lol: It'd work but I'm fussy and I don't like the idea/look of the extended axles, though I'm sure it'd be ok - SON do things well The hubs's not the problem...

The SON 150 mm hub, suitable for Jones' Truss has a wider flange than the 135 mm option. No funky spacing needed for the rotor, unless the Truss is even more funky. I'd personally spend some money on the Jones,you've already admitted its the best bike you've ridden.. I'd do the same. Pick your favou...

The thing I wonder is, why the heck do places like Bikerumor even report on drivel like this (or am I being too harsh). Surely Pink Bike wouldn't bother or maybe they would. I've only seen the pics but it looks like it'd be in the way the rest of the time. What a load of :sad: Because it's funny an...

Definitely fine Tony, although you do need to be a bit more organised with kit. Most things will have frozen in a tent anyway, but it's worse in a bivy bag - shoes, bottles, water filter, electronics and breakfast all need to be inside or under the bivy bag so they don't freeze Stuff only freezes w...

No need for a bivy bag in below freezing. Snow won't melt on the bag's fabric. Been doing it like that for 20+ years. Any snow will just slide or brush off. For the temperatures, well it depends. One may guess you're asking for a trip in England. But if you're going to Yakutia/Sakha, you'll suffer b...

I'm a Garmin Edge 8XX user for many years for bikepacking. Now on the 830 and it does what I ask from it. Eg. battery save mode, screen lock (helps in the wet) and connectivity that lets me sketch route(alternatives) on the go from smartphone apps and easily load them to the Edge. It never struggled...

firestarter wrote: ↑Tue Nov 07, 2023 5:59 pm It's not April is it ?

https://road.cc/content/tech-news/saddl ... est-304951

Just wait and see what kind of saddle bag designs this will trigger. Next to triggering many other things supposedly.

The Machine.
(The Dutch band)
Been listening them for the last 10 days. All of it. Constantly. Still not bored.
Feels like I've listened to them for 20 years.
Waiting to become fed up of it.
Not happening?

voodoo_simon wrote: ↑Mon Oct 30, 2023 7:13 pm I’d say it’s very good stuff, slim fitting (or at least the male side is), got a couple of pieces and they’ve lasted really well. Would happily buy their stuff again

Yep, quality stuff
Use some garments for hiking and really like them.

Have ridden on Kindshock, OneUp, Reverb, Crankbrothers and Fox dropper post the last... 15 or so years and find the Fox Transfer posts to be by far the best working and most reliable posts. Mate's have been on Bontrager, Cube, Bikeyoke and PROs and they had issues I never experienced with the Fox. I...

Just came across this

https://explorersweb.com/bothy-walk-completed/

and thought it may be of interest for some (and many will surely have followed her progress) on here.

I'm also not sure which group might feel excluded by someone wearing one . Possibly those with a lack of context and different sense of humour. Perhaps a person who got caught w*nking by his/her parents and never got over it..? I have no clue but am regularly surprised by what people become offende...

[...] I've not seen those negative attitudes on here and I've no doubt it wouldn't be stood for - I'm not criticising BB here. Some will take even different viewpoints personally. You seem not to. Me neither. But from experience with other humans I know many do. I do sometimes read things on here t...

Rich, if it's an Airlok, it'll be made of Fabric: 320D Taslan Nylon Coating: PU TPU itself is no warrant for higher abrasion resistency. You may want to look into 400D Nylon with either PU or TPU coating for example. Most heavier denier Nylon seem to come with TPU (anyways) and will have bonded seam...

Me again, peg time now :-) I guess I'll need 12 pegs for soft ground and 12 pegs for hard ground? I was looking at these for soft ground: https://vampireoutdoorgear.com/products/torsion-tent-stake and these https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32714391928.html in 200 or 240mm for hard ground? The larges...

* how would I check frame ? Full set of bike tools and decent general tools ? That said bb threads on fine and cranks go in easily enough so seems true Flat surface (ideally a jig) and angle protractor. Find out if the face of the BB tube is cut properly on both sides with angle protractor. Once th...

Indeed a cheery one.
Too many good things happened to me the last fortnight to put it to words. I feel spoilt by life. I wish more people could feel like this.
Have a good one dear fellow cyclists

Well.as title had three ( all new sram ones ) and had no more than 500 miles out them and the last one was about 4 rides/ few hundred miles. The bearing seize / become very hard to turn. [...] Could it be the frame? Or installation? Not a fan of DUB, but a distance worth of a Highlandtrail seems ve...