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A few nuts & bolts in oversized packaging*. But it protected the unexpected stickers & spoggs**. Fizzers any one? https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AIL4fc-sBQ7l2rlI16rHhvfofXGDXtJqT2EMHJAvUedk_ReX3Dylq-TPcOpoFkaIXO07Ok8eRoWZfFkueZrBAXvWu8S0Mu2bG7McuEkGylqGoCCzfStJl5c=w960-h540 * so overpa...

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ledburner wrote: ↑Fri Sep 01, 2023 7:40 am Hi DM finally sent,thought I had , must have been the UTI last week

Glad the audax went ok, did you PM those crank pictures or could you not bend down to do it?

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RIP wrote: ↑Sun Sep 03, 2023 8:50 am Just popping in for a moment.

Caption Contest:

Smile if you've got a bit of a boner..

Sorry a bit late to the party...

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Oh... and in case Bob (Boab) is looking at that bare roadie rim. I've removed the grommets in the spoke holes and cut myself some Tesa tape thin. Gonna attempt another go at making it tubeless and will use the olive sealant (cafelatex). Will report back if it doesn't work! That was the first thing ...

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Yep, all very true. I didn't weigh myself this week cos I was pushed to get somewhere on time. I think I'd have put on weight though. My aim this week is to cut out bread during the week, along with trying to limit snacking. We'll see how it goes. I try & eat sourdough or pumpernickel rye bread...

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We've clear that up (not), maybe some truth in it. Or just my wiki fail?

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Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Sat Sep 02, 2023 1:04 pm
Whats the difference between the Great Divide & the Tour Divide??
Great Divide doesn't include Canada. It's also a 'true' ITT in the purist sense... you can carry a mobile but it must remain sealed and unused.

Between us we've cleared that up then....wiki fail on my part ...

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Whats the difference between the Great Divide & the Tour Divide?? I can see that they follow a similar route & finish at the same place(?), but they're a different overall distance? different organisers promoting it ? I thought one us only. Maybe wrong... [Edit :] Kinda different organisers...

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I also like the Crane's approach in Journey to the Centre of the Earth, they used shops and local generosity for food so they could travel super-light. Cranes now sold out he has a full BBC crew with him & co-presenters.... His longitude walk was interesting...walk north to sth down a 2km corri...

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Funny how incidents like that make words like 'sanglier' stick in your mind.

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We were warned about walking off well known paths......

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Yesterday my head's in a good place. Returned to work. After a crappy week. A UTI & chronic constipationand attending our of hours surgery had us on the wrong bus on the way home. Which is why it took forever to come up with a fare, not a simple "this is the wrong bus". :roll: Whilst d...

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Special moment in retrospect.
I hear wildboar can be ferocious if threated.
There were lots in the woodlands of Burgundy, wher my old dad had a cottage....

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Special moment in retrospect.
I hear wildboar can be ferocious if threated.
There were lots in the woodlands of Burgundy, wher my oldad had a cottage....

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Don't beat yourself up, we are only human. I think it is all about small changes in life style and a steady long term declined : :-bd : ..but old habit creep in occasionally. :???: The worst culprit is processed food.. ready sauces, white flour etc.... : ...That beer or cake you scoffed in your twen...

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ledburner wrote: ↑Fri Sep 01, 2023 4:44 pm
Boab wrote: ↑Thu Aug 31, 2023 5:55 pm 51 tooth cassette...
Just very odd
I just get my coat ......

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CivvJNiHNnw&ab_channel=BlackDiamondEquipment Looks like wonderful scenary. Then there's the madness of ther Barkley Marathon. They are surprised if anyone actually finishes! "Not my run, but if anything could convince me to race 52km, with 4200m of ascent, a...

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Boab wrote: ↑Thu Aug 31, 2023 5:55 pm In the worst kept secret of the year - Shimano GRX 12-speed; will evidently clear a 10-51 tooth cassette...

I remember when chain-ring rings were 48tooth...

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RIP wrote: ↑Fri Sep 01, 2023 9:24 am
ledburner wrote: ↑Fri Sep 01, 2023 8:47 am Also Trespass sizing
Were you prosecuted... or persecuted... ?

I pleaded innocent as just lost in their sizing.

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I've woke up Hungry 2 morning on the trot., (It hasn't been like that for years). I think I've kick started a higher metabolic rate :-bd I've also lost a 1.5kg. In 3days. Constipation was a Pain i.t.A'se. It must have been the general anaesthetic a few weeks ago. Also Trespass sizing, trouser large,...

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RIP wrote: ↑Sat Aug 26, 2023 8:29 am Don't forget to attach your lightning conductor to your tarp pole!

Phil ... dig a ditch, (not a titch-ditch)..
And a rubber insulated bivvy mat?

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02/07/21 76.5kg 31/12/21 77.6 kg 01/01/22 78.2Kg 08/04/22 73.3kg 10/03/23 77.9kg. Going the wrong way 17/03/23 77.6kg. 24/03/23 77.5kg. better but I'm back January again :???: :sad: 24/03/23 77.1kg. 31/03/23 76.9kg : 07/04/23 77.3 kg. Late heavy tea last night. 14/04/23 78.3 kg. 21/04/23 78.1 . Crap...

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.... .... reading cheap sci fi compilations from ... Now on Conan the Barbarian which is a must read for all Terry Pratchett fans as this is just the stuff he used to take the pi*s out of. Some it is actually a good read! That reminds me a climbing route up steep sea cliff at Pen Zawn Gogarth, Angl...

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Hi DM finally sent,thought I had , must have been the UTI last week

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02/07/21 76.5kg 31/12/21 77.6 kg 01/01/22 78.2Kg 08/04/22 73.3kg 10/03/23 77.9kg. Going the wrong way 17/03/23 77.6kg. 24/03/23 77.5kg. better but I'm back January again :???: :sad: 24/03/23 77.1kg. 31/03/23 76.9kg : 07/04/23 77.3 kg. Late heavy tea last night. 14/04/23 78.3 kg. 21/04/23 78.1 . Crap...

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Verena wrote: ↑Tue Aug 22, 2023 7:53 pm Mussels!!!!

That is taking the competitive gourmet bikepacking cuisine to next level Jeff!!

Surely that's
Glam-packing?

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