There's something good about running in terrible conditions with an overly cheerful persona
I've rested my achilles for a few weeks now and my knee seems to be better after last week's road accident so I'm going to try an easy run next week.
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- Fri Oct 13, 2023 6:44 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Today's Run
- Replies: 902
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- Tue Oct 10, 2023 2:57 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Sept with Sean (and Andy, and also Reg, Verena, Hux and Ralph)
- Replies: 37
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Re: Sept with Sean (and Andy, and also Reg, Verena, Hux and Ralph)
Ace that. Nice report and pix. One more thrilling installment to go? Spoiler alert, we could have stayed out for another night but we did make it back to Mike's the next day. Aptly, I think that's a monkey puzzle tree. We have one in the park on our estate that's a left over from the Victorian era ...
- Tue Oct 10, 2023 1:47 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Sept with Sean (and Andy, and also Reg, Verena, Hux and Ralph)
- Replies: 37
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Re: Sept with Sean (and Andy, and also Reg, Verena, Hux and Ralph)
DAY 6 HAY BLUF TO CROFT WOOD – BACK INTO ENGLAND This bivi was 1700 feet higher than the previous night and the weather and temperature had been markedly different to the night before. The thermometer showed it had dropped to 8 degrees overnight and Mike complained of having been cold. I’d put my do...
- Sat Oct 07, 2023 2:47 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Gravel forks , anything mounts or not
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Re: Gravel forks , anything mounts or not
I'd assume the forks are identical and the question is whether having holes in them for the mounts has weakened them?
Are there any weights for the forks to see if extra material has been added to the ones with the mounts?
Are there any weights for the forks to see if extra material has been added to the ones with the mounts?
- Fri Oct 06, 2023 7:13 am
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a month 2023.
- Replies: 1037
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Re: Bivvy a month 2023.
...I was knocked off by a car on the way home... Gah. No significant harm done I hope? The bike looks ok so that's the important thing :grin: I've ripped open my knee, the one that had just healed from my crash on the trip with Mike, a graze and bruises but I was lucky. She pulled out as I was cros...
- Thu Oct 05, 2023 9:43 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a month 2023.
- Replies: 1037
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Re: Bivvy a month 2023.
... so as not to break the steak That'll be the gourmet camp food bivvy, yes? :lol: should have gone to Specsavers In my defense I was knocked off by a car on the way home so I'll say it was that which has affected my vision, or was it the driver with the bad eyesight? Apparently they didn't see me...
- Thu Oct 05, 2023 8:27 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a month 2023.
- Replies: 1037
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Re: Bivvy a month 2023.
Hello and welcome to the lunacy
You can start any month you want so if you start now you'll have done a year by next September's bivi
By then you'll have 12 months in a row and will want to keep going so as not to break the steak Good luck.
You can start any month you want so if you start now you'll have done a year by next September's bivi
By then you'll have 12 months in a row and will want to keep going so as not to break the steak Good luck.
- Wed Oct 04, 2023 9:58 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: The post man's been ...
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Re: The post man's been ...
GXP BB cup bearings and tool to suit. Was hoping the BB would come with a wavy washer that the setup requires but got short changed by Sram :roll: (was a boxed part too!). Oh well, got a wavy washer on its way now, hopefully it will arrive at the weekend… I've found the wavy washer usually comes wi...
- Wed Oct 04, 2023 2:11 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Sept with Sean (and Andy, and also Reg, Verena, Hux and Ralph)
- Replies: 37
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Re: Sept with Sean (and Andy, and also Reg, Verena, Hux and Ralph)
DAY 5 – CALDICOT TO HAY BLUF We woke to an overcast morning but the forecast rain had been early and only light. Last night’s issue with finding a bivi spot, and having to ride on later to find one, had actually resulted in a first class location. We were in agreement that this was the best spot yet...
- Tue Oct 03, 2023 8:12 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a month 2023.
- Replies: 1037
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Re: Bivvy a month 2023.
Chapeau Boab
You know the 200 in BB200 stands for 200 km? You rode 55 km more on Saturday and only 20 km less on the Sunday, so no need for BB200 anxiety
You know the 200 in BB200 stands for 200 km? You rode 55 km more on Saturday and only 20 km less on the Sunday, so no need for BB200 anxiety
- Tue Oct 03, 2023 5:57 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: The BB200 Tyre Anxiety Thread
- Replies: 14
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Re: The BB200 Tyre Anxiety Thread
I ran Barzo front and Mezcal rear for both of my BB300s, seemed to be ok.
There's not really the mud we get down south. As long as they're durable with some tread you'll be fine.
There's not really the mud we get down south. As long as they're durable with some tread you'll be fine.
- Sat Sep 30, 2023 6:38 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a month 2023.
- Replies: 1037
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Re: Bivvy a month 2023.
Mine was on my big trip with Mike (see report) but there's 6 nights to choose from and the one I'm counting* is in the next installment which I'll not get round to posting until Monday.
* Chosen out of the 6 as it was the highest
* Chosen out of the 6 as it was the highest
- Fri Sep 29, 2023 8:18 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Dub bottom.brackets are they rubbish?
- Replies: 17
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Re: Dub bottom.brackets are they rubbish?
I think (by my friend's experience of them) that Dub are just rubbish, sorry. You'll need new cranks to get away from them. The longest lasting BB I've ever had came on my Planet X London Road, it's done 3500 road miles and 1500 mixed miles when I put gravel tyres on it, that's over 7 years and stil...
- Fri Sep 29, 2023 6:36 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Sept with Sean (and Andy, and also Reg, Verena, Hux and Ralph)
- Replies: 37
- Views: 10162
Re: Sept with Sean (and Andy, and also Reg, Verena, Hux and Ralph)
We went a bit freestyle and off-piste at times as the signage was tricky to follow. I'm sure we went under a car park at one point, all concrete columns and graffiti. The closed section was somewhere out of town in the run down to the bridge, cutting through industrial estates. Looked like they were...
- Fri Sep 29, 2023 2:22 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
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Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
In the prison when Jane worked there they had to remove the hand sanitiser as the inmates were drinking it. Assuming yours is alcohol based as well then I'd recommenced that, plus you'll have fresh breath afterwards
- Fri Sep 29, 2023 2:20 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Sept with Sean (and Andy, and also Reg, Verena, Hux and Ralph)
- Replies: 37
- Views: 10162
Re: Sept with Sean (and Andy, and also Reg, Verena, Hux and Ralph)
DAY 4 – HONEY STREET TO CALDICOT Having had pizza for breakfast 1 there would be no rush to look for food this morning. The campsite was right next to the canal so once packed away we were straight back on route. We were now going to follow the Kennet and Avon canal through to Bath some 30 miles awa...
- Fri Sep 29, 2023 2:12 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Sept with Sean (and Andy, and also Reg, Verena, Hux and Ralph)
- Replies: 37
- Views: 10162
Re: Sept with Sean (and Andy, and also Reg, Verena, Hux and Ralph)
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- Thu Sep 28, 2023 10:05 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Sept with Sean (and Andy, and also Reg, Verena, Hux and Ralph)
- Replies: 37
- Views: 10162
Re: Sept with Sean (and Andy, and also Reg, Verena, Hux and Ralph)
I was worried I'd get a barrage of PM's from the lady's if they saw me in them but if you insist I'll chance it
- Thu Sep 28, 2023 2:29 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Sept with Sean (and Andy, and also Reg, Verena, Hux and Ralph)
- Replies: 37
- Views: 10162
Re: Sept with Sean (and Andy, and also Reg, Verena, Hux and Ralph)
DAY 3 – RIDGEWAY TO HONEY STREET (WEST OF DEVIZES) After a relatively incident second day, day three would provide much more content for the trip report! Away early but a slow coffee and slow packing up gave time for the first of the other trail users to pass. It was Sunday morning and we were right...
- Wed Sep 27, 2023 2:09 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Sept with Sean (and Andy, and also Reg, Verena, Hux and Ralph)
- Replies: 37
- Views: 10162
Re: Sept with Sean (and Andy, and also Reg, Verena, Hux and Ralph)
DAY 2 – SIDE OF A FIELD TO SOMEWHERE ON THE RIDGEWAY We were up early and after a quick coffee packed and away. Back on the canal which by now I had seen enough of. The vegetation and lack of width were particularly bad here. Unless some works are undertaken to these sections, they’ll be lost in the...
- Wed Sep 27, 2023 10:30 am
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Last Night's Bivvy
- Replies: 2
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Re: Last Night's Bivvy
Nowt wrong with a non-BaM bivvy thread, good idea in fact. Although "Last Night's" rather imposes a fairly brisk time limit on the report :wink: . Getting the reports in within that time limit might be an issue, but when have we worried about rules :wink: https://live.staticflickr.com/655...
- Tue Sep 26, 2023 1:31 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Sept with Sean (and Andy, and also Reg, Verena, Hux and Ralph)
- Replies: 37
- Views: 10162
Re: Sept with Sean (and Andy, and also Reg, Verena, Hux and Ralph)
Shaf, we were heading south, and I'm back home now, but that's for the offer. As for the injectors, the AA have a special van that does this, but it's not just VW's, it appears all makes of modern high pressure electronically controlled direct injection diesel engine are blessed with injector proble...
- Mon Sep 25, 2023 7:54 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Sept with Sean (and Andy, and also Reg, Verena, Hux and Ralph)
- Replies: 37
- Views: 10162
Re: Sept with Sean (and Andy, and also Reg, Verena, Hux and Ralph)
If I'm honest I've not much of an idea which canals we were on, they are quite 'samey' :lol: I'm relying on Strava to work it out. When I get to the final installment I'll put a map up but I'll save that to keep the excitement for now :wink: although the list of extras should give away some of the p...
- Mon Sep 25, 2023 2:57 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Sept with Sean (and Andy, and also Reg, Verena, Hux and Ralph)
- Replies: 37
- Views: 10162
Sept with Sean (and Andy, and also Reg, Verena, Hux and Ralph)
During lockdown Mike had planned this route but not had a chance to ride it. As he had a block of leave in September he asked me if I’d like to ride it with him, the title is the name of the GPX he sent me, not including the list of extras :grin: Andy (Chickenlegs) was also available to join us for ...
- Thu Sep 21, 2023 9:16 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Rechargable Lithium Batteries?
- Replies: 16
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Re: Rechargable Lithium Batteries?
I've got a Youshiko YC4000 which was recommended, maybe even on here all those years ago.
As well as charge it will do clever stuff like discharge before charging, variable charging current and test them. Charges 4 x AA or 4 x AAA or a mix as each battery has separate charging control.
As well as charge it will do clever stuff like discharge before charging, variable charging current and test them. Charges 4 x AA or 4 x AAA or a mix as each battery has separate charging control.