With some hesitation..... the 'rules' say that you might? Removal of 'rule' to stay at home means in theory you could travel to Lands End, do a bit of riding, pop in at any shops and cafes, stop where you liked, but you'd have to be home by bedtime. End of stay 'at' home isn't the same as end of not...

Score draw there I believe

Yes, I must admit that many of my posts are indeed aimed at the more discerning reader .

Repaired Joystick. As has been said many times, good service. The whole back pulled out of the body when I extracted the charging cable. Mk14. There and back in a few days. Warranty. Well done folks.

Tussocktastic! Had to contort round the lumps or managed to slot yourself in somehow? Fun to have a view of the city bright lights too.

Just shows how much time he spends on here :lol: Maybe there should be a "how many words" people post - I think Reg and Shaf would be streets ahead on that one Remember I'm from the letter writing generation Steve, we're incapable of using shorthand and emojis :grin: (damn), and twitter i...

Agreed. Plus some useful links at the bottom with kitlists etc (including from our very own JamesO).

All the bikes and gear (and riders!) in the photos look strangely clean though it must be said . Obviously not taken on any routes I've ever been on then .

Congrats Stu on 20,000 posts! Without those 20,000 posts This Place would just be a load of bike riders gently bickering about bikes and camping and stuff. WITH those 20,000 posts This Place is ...... oh, err..... well, anyway :-bd I've learned shedloads on Here from the BBB Family over 6 years and ...

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Fair enough .

Monsal Digression: a Society of which I'm on the committee had AGMs. One year I thought we should hold it outside. On Monsal Head viaduct. In December. For no fathomable reason. Also for no reason I convinced the other guys to take along some domestic items to help us feel at home.... table, chairs...

https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MMauYARunXY/YDuD6duTk4I/AAAAAAAAEwc/cAKZM-zpYRM0xWqfXzcWyp0dg8bFhBHGgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1920/DSCF2630.JPG Aye, cliche it may be but one never gets tired of Monsal! Although I'm slightly traumatised by seeing that nasty nasty trail down from Putwell Hill at the top left :wink:

Good stories there Tim . Aye, take us back.. sigh!

I'm still amused by having seen the Workington Working Men's Club of your family history fame .

Nice one Lu. Noted the "rare" beaked-tarp configuration there. I use that sometimes if it's very rainy but I'm sure we'd get labelled as "pretend tent" users in some circles - with more than a little justification (also the cause of the internal frost that you suffered?) :smile: ...

( actually a bit jealous, you really caught the weather there ).

See, you did it .

GET ON WITH IT MAN!

Hmm!

HECK YESSSSSSSS!!!!! All the grins. :grin: :grin: :grin: Great stuff. It was a pleasure to watch those slim-tubed machines being put through their paces. It caused me to reflect on how workmanlike and understated a lovely slim-tubed MTB looks as well (such as, oh, erm, well yes, my own P7 funnily e...

Started off having a doo-wop day. Marcels ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP8O_UwVjFs ) etc, then took in a bit of Ronettes ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RUOp6Qjn9U ) - they all look like they're having a whale of a time. In fact I'm a sucker for 60s girls ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0d...

How long did that take you with a bucket and sponge JC?

Or, did you drive it round the corner to those blokes who do it for seven quid at the garage including air-blowing the mirrors?

Looks like one of the motors from Mad Max

XT 9-speed chain, along with some hen's teeth and a Conti Light tube.

Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Fri Feb 26, 2021 11:00 am He did reasonably well to emerge unscathed, although I recall a percentage of tw@t tax was levied on his bill.

To be fair, this is all well confusing :roll: : I had a perfectly good what I called hybrid bike. I decided I wanted to do some what I called bike touring, so I bought a pannier rack and bag for that; then I discover something called bikepacking, which seemed to be defined by having fancy seat pack...