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by Cheddar Man
Sun Dec 06, 2020 10:35 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Anyone paddled the Wye?
Replies: 13
Views: 1582

Re: Anyone paddled the Wye?

I have paddled Symonds Yat to Redbrook a few times, it's a really pleasant day out, but may be a long ride back. In a car it is a complex game of leave one here, go back there, paddle, get back in, drive back there! Paddle to Redbrook, enjoy the pub overlooking the river, sleep out, ride back. If yo...
by Cheddar Man
Sun Dec 06, 2020 12:47 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Where is everyone?
Replies: 71
Views: 5273

Re: Where is everyone?

Chedar Man - That's not what I've observed. BB is a very welcoming forum, similar to YACF for audaxing. I note a few YACF stalwarts have appeared on BB during the past 2-3 years, have thrived and become part of the - ahem :roll: - "nuevo-establishment" :lol: :-bd , possibly just as a natu...
by Cheddar Man
Sun Dec 06, 2020 11:47 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Where is everyone?
Replies: 71
Views: 5273

Re: Where is everyone?

Just to add, that isn't a criticism, just an observation. It happens all the time on smaller forums.
by Cheddar Man
Sun Dec 06, 2020 11:39 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Where is everyone?
Replies: 71
Views: 5273

Re: Where is everyone?

I've noticed over the last few days a sharp decline in 'users on-line'. Where's everyone gone? Are they all out Christmas shopping? Getting a final trip in or finally had enough and headed for pastures new ... obviously, I'm not expecting any answers because those missing won't see this :wink: It's...
by Cheddar Man
Sat Dec 05, 2020 5:50 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Can we talk about jockey wheels?
Replies: 22
Views: 1685

Re: Can we talk about jockey wheels?

numplumz wrote: Thu Dec 03, 2020 4:27 pm I'm a fan of the cheap and cheerful ones. cheap enough to replace often and carry a spare,, and I go through many. Easy to lube the bush and won't size on you like a bearing.
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by Cheddar Man
Sat Dec 05, 2020 1:01 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: xmas gifts for a cycling wife............ help!
Replies: 25
Views: 2967

Re: xmas gifts for a cycling wife............ help!

Al wrote: Sat Dec 05, 2020 12:43 pm Work out which bit of your cycling kit gets borrowed the most and get her that.
Was continually refitting stem cells to my bike when I needed them did it for me.
Careful with that one, it may appear that you are pi55ed off with her nicking your kit and just want to make your life easier!
by Cheddar Man
Sat Dec 05, 2020 12:32 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Hacks & Bodges
Replies: 14
Views: 1646

Re: Hacks & Bodges

There is a chap who often cycles the Bristol to Bath railway path and he has tri bars clipped to (and you have to imagine this) the bottom of sort of backwards pointed butterfly bars. The effect is that his arms are effectively through the butterfly bars, and his face is inches away from them. I oft...
by Cheddar Man
Fri Dec 04, 2020 7:42 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: xmas gifts for a cycling wife............ help!
Replies: 25
Views: 2967

Re: xmas gifts for a cycling wife............ help!

Or scrap the cycling theme and give her a lovely pearl necklace instead?
by Cheddar Man
Fri Dec 04, 2020 10:29 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Ti bolts as (Hollowtech) crank arm pinch bolts!
Replies: 28
Views: 1673

Re: Ti bolts as (Hollowtech) crank arm pinch bolts!

Oh... btw. The ti bolts are £15 but at leaat they're available.. I went out with a girl from Wakefiled for a while. She was a mental health nurse too, Lynne her name was, blimey she was fun :wink: Wakefield or Wake filed . what's a wake an would you file it? That might make them a bit rough in Wake...
by Cheddar Man
Fri Dec 04, 2020 1:23 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: xmas gifts for a cycling wife............ help!
Replies: 25
Views: 2967

Re: xmas gifts for a cycling wife............ help!

I know cycling lady. She is very open, and has told us several times that cycling on her period can be uncomfortable. So she uses a Mooncup, get yourself some new man points and get her one.

https://www.mooncup.co.uk/

All I would say is be very careful choosing the size :lol:
by Cheddar Man
Fri Dec 04, 2020 1:17 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Ti bolts as (Hollowtech) crank arm pinch bolts!
Replies: 28
Views: 1673

Re: Ti bolts as (Hollowtech) crank arm pinch bolts!

https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/chainsets/shimano-duraace-fc7800-clamp-bolt-m6-x-15mm-1e5-1210/ Wow, the identical thing is 9p from the bolt shop in Wakefield. In fact in this circumstance, Shaf needed something 18mm long, and they have those too . Not a criticism of what you have posted, just a commen...
by Cheddar Man
Thu Dec 03, 2020 7:22 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Ti bolts as (Hollowtech) crank arm pinch bolts!
Replies: 28
Views: 1673

Re: Ti bolts as (Hollowtech) crank arm pinch bolts!

Oh... btw. The ti bolts are £15 but at leaat they're available.. M6 20mm bolts are 6p each from Kayfast in Wakefield. You could push the boat out and go stainless, but they are 9p each :shock: So a cost saving of £14.82 and a weight difference of next to nothing. I went out with a girl from Wakefil...
by Cheddar Man
Thu Dec 03, 2020 1:22 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Is it only ducks?
Replies: 15
Views: 1217

Re: Is it only ducks?

Cows are all registered at slaughter as they need to be traceable in case of disease, mad cow etc. But I don't think they get a death certificate as such.
by Cheddar Man
Thu Dec 03, 2020 1:14 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: GPS Tracker Thread - Spot Content and In reach
Replies: 42
Views: 4115

Re: GPS Tracker Thread - Spot Content and In reach

To the people that have recommended using Whatsapp and Googlemaps - doesn't this need a phone signal? Yup, absolutely. I just mentioned it as an addition to the "if where you're going has phone coverage" side-discussion. No, I don't think it does. It would need a data signal, but not nece...
by Cheddar Man
Thu Dec 03, 2020 11:24 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: All rounder bike for a friend
Replies: 6
Views: 862

Re: All rounder bike for a friend

https://singletrackworld.com/2019/09/re ... l-bouncer/

Here you go, size large. £750 with a pump for the suspension. It has barely been used to be honest.
by Cheddar Man
Wed Dec 02, 2020 6:01 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Overnight stays still banned?
Replies: 56
Views: 5155

Re: Overnight stays still banned?

Thought my question might be appropriate here if that's ok. Q being, that, if I'm in Tier 3. So being in West Yorkshire... Would it be perfectly legit (won't use the term 'reasonable' as I reckon it is) to head out on the 160 miler West Yorkshire Cycle Route. Obviously it'd include a stay/sleep mid...
by Cheddar Man
Wed Dec 02, 2020 1:49 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: GPS Tracker Thread - Spot Content and In reach
Replies: 42
Views: 4115

Re: GPS Tracker Thread - Spot Content and In reach

You can also live stream your position on WhatsApp, and it is surprisingly accurate.
by Cheddar Man
Wed Dec 02, 2020 12:42 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: All rounder bike for a friend
Replies: 6
Views: 862

Re: All rounder bike for a friend

Does he definitely want a hardtail?

I am selling a Jamis full-sus bike that hasn't had much use, it will be well under his budget too, I am 6' tall
by Cheddar Man
Tue Dec 01, 2020 6:59 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: GPS Tracker Thread - Spot Content and In reach
Replies: 42
Views: 4115

Re: GPS Tracker Thread - Spot Content and In reach

Dear all I, sorry they, basically want me to be tracked , and send an I am not dead message. * Ok I have been told I am getting one whether I like it or not Have you checked, do they have your best interests at heart and lovingly want you to be safe.......... or do they just want to check you are m...
by Cheddar Man
Tue Dec 01, 2020 3:10 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Favourite bike of 'all time'?
Replies: 74
Views: 13889

Re: Favourite bike of 'all time'?

My Dawes Galaxy, racing green, bar end shifters, leather saddle......... and 00,000s of miles. JOGLE, weeks in France, cycling to see mates who lived miles away just for a laugh, towing the kids cycle trailer, then their tag a-long, then carry the stuff on family cycle tours. It really has done ever...
by Cheddar Man
Mon Nov 30, 2020 4:54 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Reccommend my mum a headtorch.
Replies: 15
Views: 1938

Re: Reccommend my mum a headtorch.

What will she do with it? Put the bins out and see if the cat is there? https://www.decathlon.co.uk/p/onnight-fishing-head-torch-100-uv/_/R-p-192711 Walk her dog in woods and fields? https://www.decathlon.co.uk/p/onnight-100-80-lumens-battery-operated-trekking-head-lamp/_/R-p-128225 or https://alpki...
by Cheddar Man
Mon Nov 30, 2020 2:52 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: What are you listening to now?
Replies: 1122
Views: 181449

Re: What are you listening to now?

A work webinar that is both terrifying and dull at the same time :shock:
by Cheddar Man
Mon Nov 30, 2020 12:46 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Cheapest/lightest option to add warmth
Replies: 20
Views: 1317

Re: Cheapest/lightest option to add warmth

Buy a down jacket and down trousers. They can be worn out of the bag in the evening, and then in the bag for an added warming factor.
2 birds, one feathery stone.
by Cheddar Man
Mon Nov 30, 2020 12:42 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Trenching anyone ?
Replies: 10
Views: 1300

Re: Trenching anyone ?

Did he ride up 92 times as well?