Verena wrote: ↑Fri Dec 01, 2023 3:11 pm

Boab wrote: ↑Fri Dec 01, 2023 2:30 pm ... and I'm out. Could barely stand-up last night, so thought it was a bit much to attempt to ride a bike.
Roll on next year.

O Noooooooo!!!! Such a shame!! But yes roll on many more months to come.... and most importantly, get better soon!!

Yeah, ditto this - get well soon!

Spotted on my way to lunch.*

*The pub.

Happy Friday everyone.
This has just been making me chuckle:
https://jonn.substack.com/p/the-swedish ... -christmas

Top 3!

My spine is weeping just looking at that saddle to bar drop.

Looks lovely, that. Can feel the chill from the pics though!

...and you're a bit early for December?

If you don't need waterproof, these are fine: https://www.decathlon.co.uk/p/men-s-wate­r-repellent-mountain-bike-cycling-trouse­rs/_/R-p-309674 The arse and shin areas are water repellent (at best). The half length fly zip reduces bunching. Does mean you need to pull the waistband down a bit if you ...

I can confirm I made it out of the pub. Despite this place's tendency for threads to drift (or indeed veer wildly) off-topic, there are Standards To Be Upheld, and if it had just been a trip t'pub, I'd have kept it in the "What are you drinking?" thread. Also, my antisocial streak means I'...

A badger, a fox, and lots of sheep this evening.

I've made it out! And it's not the last or even penultimate day of the month! And the pub is warm!

Carefully scheduled to align with full moons and other celestial phenomena?

Oh, snap.

jameso wrote: ↑Fri Nov 17, 2023 9:00 am Hoping Restrap have a bar bag offer coming up - quite keen to try the bar pack

Code SECRETBARBAG just landed in my inbox. 40% off until the 21st.

New Restrap offer, 40% off seatpacks for the next 3 days using code SECRETSADDLE

Restrap are offering 50% off their stem bags for the next 3 days using code SECRETSTEM
It's "exclusively for [their] newsletter audience", but may work even if you're not subscribed?
Looks like it'll expire at the end of the 15th.

Not 100% sure which bits of Türkiye they've travelled, but if you're on Instagram, try @tmdub and @a__dyson

Do the male parts of the bolts thread directly into the chainring?

The photo is the visitor's log at Nant Rhys, but yes I do take a little notebook. I find it nice to take a break and jot down notes, thoughts, wildlife sightings etc.

Thanks all, glad you like it.

Sounds like a great trip at the ideal pace.

It ended up about 80km/50 miles a day, with only the first day involving much riding in the dark.

They were from Brum IIRC. More hippy than luvvy.

I took the steep and direct line up onto the Long Mynd. The stiff tailwind had me in two minds: grateful for its assistance as it pushed me up the steep slope, but also wary of the black clouds that were pursuing me on its currents. Along the top was gorgeous. The gliding club didn't seem to be flyi...

https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/111/369/482/097/666/229/original/20309ee5f57ad8ca.jpeg Day 4. A gentle blanket of cloud lay over the valleys, so no spectacular sunrise, but a pale glow stole gently across the landscape as I climbed up to the Kerry Ridgeway. It was as beautiful...

Another oh-fuck hill or two, and some primo grav guided me into Clun, where I arrived to nightfall and welcoming lights shining from the windows of the White Horse Inn. Clun Brewery's Citadel ale is a cracker, but unfortunately its presence at the inn was not matched by the chef. I grabbed some past...