"Falcon" by Helen Macdonald. I've got "H is for Hawk" to go at once I've finished it.

I'm stealing that one.

Not on this forum, but I used to play bike polo with Tom Williams. He's on Instagram as @dusty_books

I've got one. I suspect the limits of its usefulness are dictated by my ability to put it up (or not) rather than its quality (which seems fine and dandy).

As someone with very nesh hands, I could be interested. Any idea which model they are?

The classic combination of crap weather and life getting in the way meant that I needed the leap day to fit in a last gasp dash for a night outdoors. It was already dark when I left home, and the blue skies of earlier in the day had been chased away by Jorge, who brought squally showers with him. Un...

If you undo it a bit, it'll probably start leaking air (and reducing the the pressure) before it's unscrewed enough to achieve missile status.

A Scottish friend assured me that drinking a whole bottle of whisky deals with the problem.

redefined_cycles wrote: ↑Fri Feb 28, 2020 12:02 am Will I die?

Yes. It comes to us all.

A draft response to the consultation has now been produced by the Ramblers Association. Anyone wishing to respond may find it helpful (and may wish to replace any mentions of "walkers" with "cyclists" or "persons"...). https://www.ramblers.org.uk/policy/england/access/t...

There are badges?

Oof.

^^ Gotcha, ta again.

Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Sat Feb 22, 2020 5:08 pm Have you attached lines to all the pegging points? Doing so (no matter if they're short) rather than pegging any point directly to the ground, will make any pitch more stable.

Please can you explain why this is? Ta.

Lovely writing that Ben.

I've ridden 8 speed Alfines on two different bikes. One was utterly neglected. The chain was so worn it kept falling off (even though the tension seemed good), and the cable so corroded that the return spring in the system wasn't strong enough to allow shifting into lower gears. At every uphill, I h...

A couple of days early, but this raised a chortle:
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/p ... a-21534016

I hope Stu's getting some royalties...

What sort of brake?
Off the top of my head, I've not seen owt that light, but sure you could tick all the other boxes.

Feels a bit like the asylum in the Hitchhiker's Guide series, the mad ones are on the outside...

https://twitter.com/thisisgrace/status/ ... 9880654849
"Sofiane hasn't slept yet. I repeat, Sofiane hasn't slept yet! This is not a drill! #AMR2020"

Bonkers.

Might try a filter, never used one in all my years! I used one (MSR Trailshot) for the first time last month. It worked very well, was little faff, and meant I could do ride out, brew, porridge and ride home with just one bottle. I was pleasantly surprised (as much at my own lack of ineptitude as t...

ctznsmith wrote: ↑Thu Feb 13, 2020 9:19 pm They're a bugger to get the wheel in and out of though especially when you have a disc caliper trying to stop the disc moving side to side.

This is the bit I was fearful of.

Good luck riders!

What's the axle on the front wheel, and how nicely does it play with the through axle dropouts?