The plan was to ride 80 miles to kick-off 2014s Bivi a month and complete the Strava Gran Fondo challenge in one. I've been commuting on the Fargo so rather than strip off the semi-slicks & rattly mudguards I thought I'd give my SS Inbred it's first bikepacking outing. Everyone on time for a mid...

Hoping for a having a better go at it this year..... :roll: 1/1 with a damp & muddy 80 mile round trip on the bridleways & cheeky trails to Woodbridge. If it wasn't muddy it was blocked with fallen trees, quite often it was both! Lovely clear sky only to be greeted with rain just as we got u...

Chrome installed, normal service resumed. Cheers! :D

Chicken Legs wrote:Why don't Mavic UST's require sealant ?
What seals the enevitable puncture ?

Really thick rubber on USTs, the sealant is also there to seal up porous "normal" carcasses or provide puncture repairs for the thinner carcasses, iirc.

Ok, time to try chrome. :)

Just got back with a big thorn poking 15mm out of the sidewall. Pulled it out with the inevitable hiss. Stan's goop must have dried so I syringed a cup through the valve, inflated the 30 psi and spun it. Job done. :D

Famous last words. The Save option is highlighted but the resulting routes converted to tracks are all 0 bytes.

All working perfectly if I use my phone.....

Is it just me/windows8/internet explorer or is something up with bikehike.co.uk? I can create routes, and load them onto it but the save tab doesn't seem to get highlighted. I've used it before on this computer....

I'd only use tubes now if I couldn't get a wheel tubeless*. Tubes are the weak link. Push a thorn through a tyre and it sticks there and the tyre moulds round it. The same thorn just pops the tube as it's so thin. It's great when you eventually change a tyre and find it full of thorns you were bliss...

Pop some hydro fluid in the freezer and see what happens!

Not very helpful I know but I'm also curious. Cable discs seem to be touted as less of a problem but a decent set of hydros is largely fit and forget.

Oh dear. To add to the disappointment my Samsung Galaxy S4 Active (waterproof innit), arrived today and won't go further than the start up screen.

voodoo_simon wrote: A brown box...

...with Salsa printed on the side...

...and a Mukluk frameset inside....
:D

Stu will soon be getting
A brown box...

...with Salsa printed on the side...

...and a Raleigh Shopper inside...

Sella Italia XL stuff here ... I recal it's something like 4mm thick but has fluted edges so still goes on smoothly. I've not found it lacking in grip either. Only available in white or black though ;) EDIT: I quite fancy trying the ESI stuff but it's fairly expensive. 5mm! Decent price at PX too.....

Off I go to find a 7" Tablet holder for my bars then. I haven't tried following or recording a .gpx with it. Hopefully I can do that this weekend. :)

I like the Cinelli gel cork tape, if you overlap it load is lovely and cushiony Grippy to even when damp Wiggle has various hideous stripey tapes in it's sale. (and okay some normal looking ones too) You're not kidding. 200 miles staring at some that stuff would send my eyes screwy. The glow in the...

Salsa El Mariachi half price at £750 from Billys.co.uk (if they still have any) has to be worth a look for a versatile bike. If you are looking for something more "crosser" then the Giant Revolt looks like a cheaper alloy Fargo. Not quite the full drop-bar MTB it will fit 50mm tyres appare...

Has anyone tried "Back country navigator" on their Android phone? I'm giving my iphone the heave-ho for a Galaxy S4 Active and found this app while looking in the Play Store. It looks like it robs the OS tiles from Bing Maps and allows you to store them locally on the phone so no signal re...

Having pressed the Fargo into commuter duty the bar tape will be toast soon enough (why does riding into work make such a mess?) and I fancy something grippy & shock absorbing for the Gravel race extravaganza.

Anyone care to make a recommendation?

Knog Party Frank if I feel it necessary. All covered in silicone do it doesn't clank or dent anything and a handy wrist loop for the key. Not high security but enough to stop someone wheeling my bike off too easily.

Hmm, .net seems to be out of action. Www.aerocoat.co.uk works. :D

At the risk of getting emotionally involved in this project. Have a look at aerocoat.net they are just up the road from me and does coating for all sorts, including show car wheels for Lotus. He also did my sister's cast iron garden furniture bright pink with gold glitter.....

A pair of Biotex waterproof arm & leg warmers and load of tools from Planet X. The warmers for the commute and the tools to fill up the massive tool cabinet SWMBO got me for Christmas. :)

Charge Cooker Maxi has a 135mm rear end.

I've got an on one fatty and it's great but the mukluk with alternator dropouts will give you more options & it's got all the braze ons you might need.

Could you link to the Aliexpress supplier please?

/ponders v-braked option if it existed....