I was in an orange jacket with a Kendal CC logo on the back.

Should be asking on the WJ thread, but was it you riding with Jamie Hyppy?

The bath, you say?

Well done with seeing that out, our trio reached the checkpoint at the end of the coach road and then stayed on the road back to Staveley..went home after grub at Hawkshead Brewery and got in bed :-bd Sun was out today, and no rain. Good to bump into you again, and I remembered the other time we'd ...

I should be there 8 to 8.30.

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...

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?

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...

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...

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...

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

Some Joy Division oven gloves?

need 64 15mm by 4.5mm neodymium magnets

Not very random then

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...

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...

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'?

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.

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.

ton wrote: ↑Wed Jan 31, 2024 11:19 pm british weather conditions are now something i no long worry about.................

How was it? Chilly?

Oh, those rollers.
I was going to gently suggest that you probably didn't have enough hair.

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...

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...

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

EDIT: confirmed that I'm on work related training that weekend, so no go for me.

'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.

Pair of Clarks M3 brakes with rotors (160mm) for £35
https://www.chainreactioncycles.com/p/c ... -brake-set

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