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by Lazarus
Tue May 02, 2023 5:29 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: WRT stories
Replies: 33
Views: 4464

Re: WRT stories

The Garmin Touring GPS really doesn't like it when you go off route and will quite happily navigate you along big sections of trail only to tell you to do a u-turn once it thinks you've rejoined the route. So does a 530 if you ignore it's advice as to how to get back on the trail even when back to ...
by Lazarus
Tue May 02, 2023 4:49 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Come on, own up ...
Replies: 11
Views: 821

Re: Come on, own up ...

IQ , it's a generous guess :lol:
by Lazarus
Tue May 02, 2023 3:43 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: E-bikes - Bad for your health
Replies: 57
Views: 4130

Re: E-bikes - Bad for your health

Could well have been them and my error
by Lazarus
Tue May 02, 2023 3:07 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: E-bikes - Bad for your health
Replies: 57
Views: 4130

Re: E-bikes - Bad for your health

remember when li ion batteries started and we were all advised to charge then in tins and fireproof bags
I wonder how many bikes were modded?
by Lazarus
Mon May 01, 2023 10:45 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Carbon frame Push fit extraction
Replies: 3
Views: 261

Carbon frame Push fit extraction

God bless the absence of standards but finally having to do a PF BB 4,000 road miles with possibly 500 cX miles of use [ and more by previous owner] So , as the frame is carbon [ salsa warbird so well made] do I 1. Hammer and drift - dont have anything proper to do this but can improvise 2.use the p...
by Lazarus
Sun Apr 30, 2023 11:14 am
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Lakeland 200 Writeup
Replies: 10
Views: 1201

Re: Lakeland 200 Writeup

Did garburn a few weeks ago and it looked more weathered rather than resurfaced.
by Lazarus
Sun Apr 30, 2023 9:56 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Random post thread!
Replies: 8
Views: 415

Re: Random post thread!

Next (big) ride planned for the 3rd and it would be wise to take some headlights.
Better to take your climbing legs :lol:

I am only taking an exposure joystick and not expecting to be out in the dark.
by Lazarus
Sun Apr 30, 2023 9:53 am
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Lakeland 200 Writeup
Replies: 10
Views: 1201

Re: Lakeland 200 Writeup

https://www.ribblecycles.co.uk/shimano- ... 5mm-46-30/

Lower gearing crank for £30
You finished, had an adventure and learnt a lot but yes you need tougher tyres.
by Lazarus
Fri Apr 28, 2023 3:20 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: This year's set-up
Replies: 11
Views: 803

Re: This year's set-up

Dont think I carry that much in winter and yes vary it for the trip ranging from I will probably not die with what I have [Sleeping bag , air mat, bivvy bag tools.] all the way through to I could survive sub zero temperature and a day without a supply stop. I genuinely love the way we all do the sam...
by Lazarus
Thu Apr 27, 2023 6:11 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a month 2023.
Replies: 1037
Views: 183240

Re: Bivvy a month 2023.

They really were not but they were super friendly and polite considering their state. I thought they would go at first but they did not know anywhere else to camp so took about 10 minutes to pluck up the courage to ask to camp next to me sending connor...as he approached I said , before he even spok...
by Lazarus
Thu Apr 27, 2023 12:54 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Bargain Alert Thread
Replies: 4900
Views: 1191469

Re: Bargain Alert Thread

Warbird owner and I love mine , good for road and 44 mm tyres ( with mudguards ) . Also never tried a cutthroat
by Lazarus
Thu Apr 27, 2023 8:34 am
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a month 2023.
Replies: 1037
Views: 183240

Re: Bivvy a month 2023.

well that was eventful Local quick one as time crunched again and about 12 ish i was " discovered" by 4 youths off their head on mushrooms who had just been to asda to buy a tent and had brought their duvets with them- i dont think it was a well thought out plan on their part. I explained ...
by Lazarus
Wed Apr 26, 2023 9:00 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a month 2023.
Replies: 1037
Views: 183240

Re: Bivvy a month 2023.

Sneaking one in currently ...seems weird to camp in daylight just getting serenaded with the disk chorus
by Lazarus
Wed Apr 26, 2023 2:41 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: OMM Core - any experiences?
Replies: 9
Views: 637

Re: OMM Core - any experiences?

What you stopping for :wink:
by Lazarus
Wed Apr 26, 2023 11:49 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: What you done t' your bike today
Replies: 1521
Views: 247157

Re: What you done t' your bike today

Goat links do work and come in different lengths ( cheap eBay or Amazon ones tend to be longer )
by Lazarus
Mon Apr 24, 2023 8:34 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: What you done t' your bike today
Replies: 1521
Views: 247157

Re: What you done t' your bike today

New front mech for the drop bar after it broke yesterday ( a mere 4 miles into a century road ride ) .pinch bolt was slipping and snapped clean off when I tightened it...new issue for me that one. . Felt the climbing as I stupidly adjusted it for the big ring rather than remove it so I could heel ki...
by Lazarus
Mon Apr 24, 2023 10:30 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: An unusual Lunar Solo pitch.
Replies: 7
Views: 614

Re: An unusual Lunar Solo pitch.

what is the point of those platforms?
Is it some sort of all weather pitching option?
by Lazarus
Sat Apr 22, 2023 10:01 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a month 2023.
Replies: 1037
Views: 183240

Re: Bivvy a month 2023.

Where does the time go. I either do loads in one month or struggle and then panic near the end of the month....so going to have to do a bivvy and go to work either Tuesday or weds.
by Lazarus
Sat Apr 22, 2023 5:02 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: What you done t' your bike today
Replies: 1521
Views: 247157

Re: What you done t' your bike today

Bar end shifter to drop bar to get a friction shifter as too much rubbing on my oversize double mullet drive ( works perfectly) Replaced a dub BB under 1000 miles and non drive totally seized ...poor show. Had a spare so let's see how long that lasts. Replaced a crank on FS ( as I stole BB from that...
by Lazarus
Thu Apr 20, 2023 7:16 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Well OT: Cashlessness
Replies: 22
Views: 1592

Re: Well OT: Cashlessness

A £20 loan being backed by £20 of savings hasn't been the case for decades Way longer than that Minimum capital ration which is the percentage of cash a bank must physically keep. It's never more than 10% and think it's about 8% they actually physically have. You then get the velocity of money ( I ...
by Lazarus
Thu Apr 20, 2023 4:48 pm
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: WTD: 29+ suspension forks
Replies: 3
Views: 201

Re: WTD: 29+ suspension forks

I have the exact fork you requested - if not sorted feel free to DM me.... I dont really use them but dont really want to sell them [ this is not a haggling technique and they would be at a good price as I got them new from the wiggle ebay store and think I paid £160 for them]. Wont have done more t...
by Lazarus
Thu Apr 20, 2023 4:44 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Viz top tip
Replies: 31
Views: 1705

Re: Viz top tip

You'll be invoking Godwin's Law next or worrying about the children
steady on now,I have some limits
to imply they don't think it is a "big deal"
Reasonable point and I shall interpret it as such going fwd
by Lazarus
Wed Apr 19, 2023 6:52 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Things that have recently annoyed me
Replies: 74
Views: 3572

Re: Things that have recently annoyed me

Just taken the dynamo hub off and done the first commute on the proper road wheel

WHY IS THE DT SWISS LOGO ON THE FRONT WHEEL UPSIDE DOWN*

I forgot how much this annoyed me
* its a disc wheel so its not me
by Lazarus
Wed Apr 19, 2023 6:50 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Viz top tip
Replies: 31
Views: 1705

Re: Viz top tip

I just find the "worse things happens" something you can always say, to anything, unless its as extreme as the two things I stated. I could have used the zombie apocalypse and thermonuclear war but doubt that would have met with universal approval/understanding either [ and the two I menti...
by Lazarus
Wed Apr 19, 2023 3:16 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Viz top tip
Replies: 31
Views: 1705

Re: Viz top tip

There are bigger issues in the world to be concerned with!
You can say that about anything that is not a war or genocide including everyone on here having all their bikes stolen.
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