Yesterday's ride but still... Built the 1x1 up ready for winter, popped over to Edale for 4-5 hours. Trails were crazy busy, not seen that many people there all summer! Bike was a blast to ride, had a massive grin the entire time, still smiling now! :-bd https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5641/222357558...

I aim to have it pointing where I'm looking, if it's too low you end up craning your neck to see ahead and if it's too high, all scruching up your neck and shoulders. Thankfully the Exposure mount has a fair bit of movement so you can adjust easily as you ride. Once set it's fine for looking at the ...

I have an etrex 20 and like it, used for plenty of audax riding and off road stuff. If I was going to buy again I might consider the 30 on the off-chance I want to measure my heart rate or something (think the 30 does that...) but for now I'm not convinced that's worth the extra ££ for me. I should ...

Overheard something similar but laughed it off as I'll be in Florida and it's currently 30c there... :grin: Metoffice UK forecast doesn't say anything of any use... UK Outlook for Monday 19 Oct 2015 to Wednesday 28 Oct 2015: High pressure looks likely to remain close to or just west of the UK with g...

First BB200 for me, huge thanks to Stu and Dee for putting on a great event! :-bd Thought the route was really good, nice balance of on- and off-road and off-bike stuff. The temptation of tea and breakfast made those last few road climbs bearable (especially when being passed by AlanG and Ian and fi...

Still weighing up entering the MP, been enjoying audax but not done anything near that distance yet... it is a bit of a challenge though and does tick a few boxes riding through the Lakes and up to Scotland etc. Will need to sit down and look at what else is going on next year and see if things migh...

Bearbonesnorm wrote:Could I be so bold as to suggest a trip to the Bear Bones Bivvy Gear shop.

http://www.bearbonesbikepacking.co.uk/s ... at=shelter

Wow, when did that all change?!

Tried the ultralight, super thin dyneema stuff and found it far too fiddly to use (imagine pitching a tarp with dental floss...). Think I'm using some regular 2 or 3mm cord at the moment, easy to work with but not too bulky. Might treat myself to some reflective stuff at some point...

my bike has road bb7 fitted with drops and sti levers/shifters, today i fitted some loops and avid sd7 mtb levers..............the brakes are now a shed load better. what is the differance if any? The arm length on the calipers are different so they require more or less cable to be pulled to operat...

Not sure if this has been posted already but sounds like it could be quite fun, cross between a brevet and alleycat, with the freedom to choose your route on or off-road...Being organised by Mike Hall, info in the links below with sign-up closing in a week or so. 24th October 2015 // Llangybi Villag...

Bearbonesnorm wrote:In reality, that means nowt.

It's also a lot of text to say "there are some French words because they have mountains, then it goes 1-5 and we've fiddled with 5 a bit because we could"

KBRPro wrote:My elevation says only 752m......distance is right @ 202.99km

Anyone else struggling to get the elevation working?

Hit resample on Bikehike comes out around 5500...

Eaten out of the back of John's camper a couple of times - the food is a highlight of those Macclesfield rides for me. Tend to do Andy Corless' rides more when I get a chance, partly for convenience, partly for his evil routing. Been meaning to give Andy C's routes a go. He's running a 1000km this ...

Teetosugars wrote:Cheers all!
So, how much longer stem do you need?

Assuming you're not using something super short already, probably the same length - http://blog.jonesbikes.com/h-bars-and-stem-length/

The Kelvin? It's insulated, not a good idea to put a flame under it...

Edit; just seen you meant the tea drinking thing...

I shall make it my quest to find you one. If I don't succeed, how about I send you a length of carbon that you can use as a stirrer? EDIT: beaten to it by Ian, top marks. Why not go full spoon? https://www.flickr.com/photos/8081788@N02/8686642980 Would embed but it makes my eyes hurt looking at it...

Ti Sake bottle?!

You forgot a ti cafetiere! (He says as the proud owner of one that's still not been used 8 months on...)

Half a ti-chopstick?

Take a Dremel to a regular ti spoon/spork?

Anyway, the website's now live with pictures and specs and stuff. They seem fairly light where weight is given, are tubeless compatible etc.

While these tyres look right up my street, the names have me worried... Cannon ball , lick skillet and spar wood .....and given they used an uber hipster tattoo chick for their teaser I think they took a leaf out of the "sex sells" marketing book.... They're all places on/near various fam...

One of the 27.5+ is named the Cumberland... Not sure if spirals are the new circles or they just mean it goes round and round and round and round and round and round...

It's amazing what you can do with a bit of URL guess work... although it turns out I did mis-read the article, the 27.5+ are being released in a few months. I guess these are all 700/29... http://bikepackersmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/TER_Galena_Web.jpg http://bikepackersmagazine.com/wp-...

The impression I got was this was just a teaser/trailer for the company, not advertising a specific product. They're building a bit of hype around the launch of their new company and trying to entice people to check in when they launch... not exactly a radical marketing concept... There was an "...

Cairngorms is the same weekend as usual, the may bank holiday's on the 2nd...

Interesting... any idea who's organising?