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by boxelder
Fri Feb 16, 2024 12:40 pm
Forum: Anyone playing out?
Topic: Winter Jennride
Replies: 59
Views: 7160

Re: Winter Jennride

oh, who am I kidding: Don't forget your mudguards! Yellow warning for rain from the Met Office At least it's not a warning of yellow rain Looks like the heavier rain will be in the evening/night and then ease off again for Sunday. It's very mild though, so lighter bag and less warm clothing has mad...
by boxelder
Thu Feb 15, 2024 8:36 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: End of an era - perhaps. UPDATE
Replies: 88
Views: 5505

Re: End of an era - perhaps. UPDATE

fatbikephil wrote: Thu Feb 15, 2024 6:40 pm Glad to hear. I wonder where up here?
Galloway and the Borders have a long history of rally sport - I'm guessing near Craic/Eskdalemuir?
by boxelder
Thu Feb 15, 2024 2:38 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Who'd have thunk it, an interesting article on Road.cc?
Replies: 65
Views: 1758

Re: Who'd have thunk it, an interesting article on Road.cc?

Well reading this has changed our holiday plans. The 5 of us are now getting the ferry to Amsterdam, on bikes, and doing a leisurely 250Km loop using eco rated hostels and BnB's. We'll buy local etc and hope the kids don't hate it too much :lol: It was always an option to be honest, but this was a t...
by boxelder
Thu Feb 15, 2024 2:20 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: What are you reading now?
Replies: 398
Views: 42344

Re: What are you reading now?

Currently Wifedom ... about Orwell's invisible wife Eileen .. How was it? Assassinatory. Orwell was patently a complex man with significant issues, and I for one don't think he was without massive flaws in his character and behaviour towards women. But Funder does a cracking job of highlighting the...
by boxelder
Thu Feb 15, 2024 10:44 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: What are you reading now?
Replies: 398
Views: 42344

Re: What are you reading now?

Currently Wifedom ... about Orwell's invisible wife Eileen .. How was it? 'The Lighthouse of Stalingrad' by Iain MacGregor- a fairly concise and readable account of the Battle for the city, based on many witness accounts and released war records. The numbers are mind boggling and it lays bare the m...
by boxelder
Tue Feb 13, 2024 11:53 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Trailmech hubs
Replies: 15
Views: 404

Re: Trailmech hubs

No, but a mate has a coupleof pairs from Silt wheels and they've impressed, including a crash replacement rim.
https://siltmtb.com/products/xc-carbon-29-1-272g
by boxelder
Tue Feb 13, 2024 11:16 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Hot 1: hat 0 - what lightweight oven mitt?
Replies: 33
Views: 809

Re: Hot 1: hat 0 - what lightweight oven mitt?

Some Joy Division oven gloves?
by boxelder
Mon Feb 12, 2024 6:01 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Random cheap magnets
Replies: 3
Views: 213

Re: Random cheap magnets

need 64 15mm by 4.5mm neodymium magnets
Not very random then :lol:
by boxelder
Wed Feb 07, 2024 8:46 am
Forum: Anyone playing out?
Topic: Not Another Winter Event (approx Feb, 2024)
Replies: 50
Views: 7142

Re: Not Another Winter Event (approx Feb, 2024)

Tuesday evening, Ford 6 - River Petteril, Southwaite "30 feet wide and 3 feet deep" (which only confirms my suspicions that Shaf is trying to facilitate my 'accidental' death by drowning.......) I rest my case https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53513930655_ae4eddaf27_m.jpg 1000009254-01 b...
by boxelder
Mon Feb 05, 2024 8:17 pm
Forum: Anyone playing out?
Topic: Not Another Winter Event (approx Feb, 2024)
Replies: 50
Views: 7142

Re: Not Another Winter Event (approx Feb, 2024)

I'd planned to go for this Saturday, when the sun was out a bit, but a last minute announcement of family and social engagements scuppered it, so Sunday was my last chance for February. I couldn't fit in an overnighter, so was travelling light. Shaf (Redefined_cycles) had sent me 7 locations, all fo...
by boxelder
Mon Feb 05, 2024 7:23 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: What you done t' your bike today
Replies: 1521
Views: 247090

Re: What you done t' your bike today

fatbikephil wrote: Mon Feb 05, 2024 3:53 pm Oddly I found none tubeless WTB's don't weep sealant out the sidewalls and tubeless ones do... Split tube is a good way of making none tubeless tyres work tubeless.
Are you not then losing some of the benefits - adding weight and losing 'suppleness'?
by boxelder
Sat Feb 03, 2024 1:03 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: A wee whisky appreciation thread.
Replies: 38
Views: 1570

Re: A wee whisky appreciation thread.

Also reading Raw Spirit by Iain Banks, great fun though I confess to skipping the ample petrolhead discursions.
I dipped in and out of it, and have now lost/lent out my copy. As a massive Iain Banks fan, it felt like it was under edited, and that he was given free reign.
by boxelder
Fri Feb 02, 2024 9:43 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: A wee whisky appreciation thread.
Replies: 38
Views: 1570

Re: A wee whisky appreciation thread.

Sainsbury have Laphroaig Oak Select for £26 (Nectar price). Not sure it's nectar, but it's like a smooth, flowy, trail centre descent of an Islay malt.
by boxelder
Wed Jan 31, 2024 11:27 pm
Forum: Anyone playing out?
Topic: Winter Jennride
Replies: 59
Views: 7160

Re: Winter Jennride

ton wrote: Wed Jan 31, 2024 11:19 pm british weather conditions are now something i no long worry about................. :wink:
How was it? Chilly?
by boxelder
Wed Jan 31, 2024 9:42 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Rollers
Replies: 2
Views: 216

Re: Rollers

Oh, those rollers.
I was going to gently suggest that you probably didn't have enough hair.
by boxelder
Wed Jan 31, 2024 4:36 pm
Forum: Anyone playing out?
Topic: Winter Jennride
Replies: 59
Views: 7160

Re: Winter Jennride

Not sure I'm welcoming this mid range forecast: Bitter weather conditions will spread from the north of Scotland to the south of England, with 10cm of snowfall per hour forecast for Saturday, February 10. The Met Office also suggests snowfall during this period in its long-range forecast, saying the...
by boxelder
Tue Jan 30, 2024 8:55 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Flttingford bothy
Replies: 16
Views: 606

Re: Flttingford bothy

There was a low level signpost to it off the fireroad when I was last there 3 or 4 years ago. EDIT: as shown in pic in whitestone's BAM write up. The immediate area had been clear felled, so can't see it will have changed much since. I approached very laboriously along the (increasingly non-existent...
by boxelder
Mon Jan 29, 2024 9:22 pm
Forum: Anyone playing out?
Topic: Cancelled,: South West Lakes Spring Break, 23-24 March 2024
Replies: 7
Views: 674

Re: South West Lakes Spring Break, 23-24 March 2024

Looks like I'm working this weekend now, and don't have an alternative free. I'll confirm when I know for certain. :sad:

EDIT: confirmed that I'm on work related training that weekend, so no go for me.
by boxelder
Fri Jan 26, 2024 11:56 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: What are you reading now?
Replies: 398
Views: 42344

Re: What are you reading now?

'The Sea Kingdoms - The history of Celtic Britain and Ireland' by Alistair Moffat.
I always felt something linked Cumbrians, Wales, Gallovidians and the Cornish. Some enlightening stuff about Wales and Hen Ogledd (not the band). Feeding my 'I don't really feel English' sentiments quite nicely.
by boxelder
Tue Jan 23, 2024 9:49 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Bargain Alert Thread
Replies: 4900
Views: 1191381

Re: Bargain Alert Thread

Pair of Clarks M3 brakes with rotors (160mm) for £35
https://www.chainreactioncycles.com/p/c ... -brake-set
by boxelder
Tue Jan 23, 2024 9:24 am
Forum: Anyone playing out?
Topic: Not Another Winter Event (approx Feb, 2024)
Replies: 50
Views: 7142

Re: Not Another Winter Event (approx Feb, 2024)

168Km and gravel bike for me I reckon. Involves fords though, so water levels will need to drop to avoid some extreme pack raft type shenanigans.
Cheers Shaf
by boxelder
Mon Jan 22, 2024 8:45 pm
Forum: Anyone playing out?
Topic: Winter Jennride
Replies: 59
Views: 7160

Re: Winter Jennride

makes sense. Booked :-bd
by boxelder
Sat Jan 20, 2024 11:32 pm
Forum: Anyone playing out?
Topic: Not Another Winter Event (approx Feb, 2024)
Replies: 50
Views: 7142

Re: Not Another Winter Event (approx Feb, 2024)

Start Cockermouth. Not too much above 400m. Off road, road, whatever. Don't go too large - I'd forgotten I'm doing winter Jennride, but will try to shoehorn this in.
by boxelder
Sat Jan 20, 2024 10:46 pm
Forum: Anyone playing out?
Topic: Not Another Winter Event (approx Feb, 2024)
Replies: 50
Views: 7142

Re: Not Another Winter Event (approx Feb, 2024)

Messaged you Shaf.
lets see how kind he is
All (nearly) rideable on 25mm slicks. Shorter than you suggested (depending on route choice). 8 points sound OK? Looking back over previous threads, one suggests 10 and another 6.
by boxelder
Fri Jan 19, 2024 11:28 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: What are you drinking now?
Replies: 704
Views: 69678

Re: What are you drinking now?

Dave Barter wrote: Fri Jan 19, 2024 12:29 am My local had “Landlord” on tap tonight


Marvellous
Timmy Taylor's? Nice. It's a 'happy memory' beer from my youth, along with Theakston's XB and Coniston Bluebird.