I've just cleaned two cassettes, and have started riding on a turbo. It's the end times...

I'm just grumpy because I've resorted to riding a turbo.

Screenshot, and bung it on Twitter. Let popular opinion sit in judgement...

Asposium wrote: ↑Sat Apr 11, 2020 9:54 am [What seems like standard amount of faff for setting up a tubeless tyre]

No problems with sealant leaking through the sidewalls or losing pressure once you'd got th set then? Sounds good.

Asposium wrote: ↑Fri Apr 10, 2020 5:50 pm Conti AT Ride
Would be pretty much perfect if they were natively tubeless compatible and slightly wider.

Did you manage to get them set up tubeless, and if so, what was the trick?

Resolutes for looser conditions. I also found them surprisingly good on tarmac. First ride I did on them was 80 miles of nearly all road, and while obviously not the ideal tool for the job, it wasn't a miserable experience.

I changed jobs, and my old team had a bit of a whip-around resulting in some vouchers for Blacks. I got a load of OS maps, started to pore over them, and we all got told to stay home. Dang it.

Definitely some delays, but I'm not aware of owt having vanished yet.

RIP wrote: ↑Sun Apr 05, 2020 9:39 pmAn abomination I tell ya, an abomination.

Absolutely with you on this, comrade.

Happy birthday! I hope it's full of cake and good stuff.

Well, today brought two beer deliveries, and a hose adapter for the outside tap, which should bode well for virtual BAM.
Unfortunately, it also brought a sprained (hopefully) foot for Mrs Landslide, which may bode ill for VBAM. We'll see...

Does that mean we need to engage our swear filters?

Seems like everything's getting a bit quieter, and it's allowing us to hear what's previously been drowned out.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00965-x

See also: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGSKrC7dGcY

This is bound to end in a fireball of doom, isn't it?

Excellent. Thank you all. I've even managed to find my recently-bought pack of Park patches.

I'm not sure merely observing the "stay home" rule will absolve me of *all* my sins!

^ Very much this.

Boo! I've got a hole in my Exped mat.
Hurrah! I've found the hole, and am ready to repair it! I've even read the instructions!
Boo! My little tube of glue has dried up (despite having never opened it).

Are there any easily obtainable substitutes (e.g. puncture kit vulcanising solution)?

10km yesterday, all within a 2km radius of my house. I made a little film of it.

Part 1: https://www.instagram.com/p/B-VdyGCl5tc/

Part 2: https://www.instagram.com/p/B-WgQjJFbKI/

March done. Not one of my more epic bivvies, but plenty of plus points: *Flat ground *Cosy *Easy access to drinking water (more bivvy spots should have an outside tap) *WiFi *The obliviousness of nextdoor's milkman as he wandered past without noticing me *Acting as a deterrent to the neighbourhood c...

Best wishes for a full and speedy recovery!

BAM in progress. A short ride to get where I need to be, stopping off halfway to have a brew. Now enjoying the hospitality at the local hostelry (ahem). Tarp is pitched (very accommodating landlady). Just have make sure I chase the local big cat* out before bedding down... *Think Bodmin, but fluffier.

TheBrownDog wrote: ↑Sun Mar 29, 2020 10:49 am We're aiming for Saturday 4 April, so next weekend. Hope that works for folks.

Hmm, seems to clash with my hair appointment, and we're off on holiday early Sunday morning...