..............day of British summer time ! That means that its now time for the single speeds to be used by Steve ,John and myself through out the winter. As usual we ended summer time by riding the Princetown loop and finishing in the pub for lunch. It was a bit blowy to start with but the sun did come out and warm us. Boy was it wet. Comments ?
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erm...why just use them when it's not summer any more? very odd...
Because of all the mess of winter wrecks your running gear.
Single speed -less cleaning/wear.
I'm still using my gears as I grumble when cleaning my bike 😉
Nice action in dodgy weather pic!
aware of that thanks. it's the not using them in summer bit which is bewildering...
Andyp
It just something we do.Not odd really.I ride mine all year round but john rides his old shonky dogs bo**ox just for the winter. We ride the same routes we do on geared bikes just walk abit more.
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the pub grub was good .
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Bloody singlespeeding, my legs ache. Was nice not to have to bother with cleaning the bike after though.
Dartmoor was showing it's contrary nature today, bleak and freezing one minute, beautiful under the sunshine the next. Glad we got out.
(Knottie: no chance of me doing my photo's yet as B is 'defragging' her computer whatever that means)
In glad we made the effort too. I seem to ache everywhere .
AndyP - Member
aware of that thanks. it's the not using them in summer bit which is bewildering...
See your point! (I have a pal who ss in summer too till his knees ache and jumps on the geared bike).
Maybe it's part of the natural hibernation process!
Do people really put certain bikes away for the winter?
Whats the name of the pub - grub looks good?
coogan - Member
Do people really put certain bikes away for the winter?
I believe some people do, however in a cycling circle of up to 20 odd folk I don't know anyone that actually does.
However, I can see the benefits of not having to replace bearings every year (especially owning 2 consecutive Spesh's), but singlespeeds are retarded to me.
I find that pretty sad as the past few summers were wetter than the winters.
Do people really put certain bikes away for the winter?
My Epic goes into semi-hibernation but still gets brought out occasionally. Mostly stick to the hardtails.
The fish&chips look nice but that banger and mash looks like someone jut defecated on a plate.
Whats the name of the pub - grub looks good?
Plume of Feathers in Princetown?
twas indeed the Plume.
I thought I recognised that fire place!
dog eggs mash and peas how much 😆 uuuuuuuuuggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhh
Looks like a nice rufty tufty day out. Stoke MTB Falling Leaves 50 miler tomorrow and your pics are a real inspiration as I was feeling a bit maybe I won't go cos I've got a cold coming on.
Nice Roberts DB! Good to see an original Crud rear guard. IMHO much better than all the seat post mounted variants.
Do i need to put gears on my summer bike then?
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Do people really put certain bikes away for the winter?
Nope. I just ride ss more in the winter. Geared bike is getting an airing tomorrow.
singlespeeds are retarded to me
'retard': to delay or slow down the progress, speed, or development of something. - you may have a point there. especially the speed bit.
looks like a missed a good 'un !
it's been nice here since dinnertime .but my "problem" seems to be easing so i made the right decision.
reading the singlespeed observations does this mean i'll replace back problems with ****ered knees ?
1st pic: fwoor! & so happy too :o)
I've got a ****ered knee, ss has made it stronger and not ****ered it further, maybe my standing up style of riding doesn't put as much pressure on the knee joint when it's in the bent position..
Hey knottie - that's the Dartmoor I remember! Atmospheric 🙄
From memory, the Plume of Feathers served massive portions of good food 🙂
In fact, some of those trails look familiar. Must get back there!
good thing you picked a nice sheltered spot on the edge of the moor. no-one in their right mind would drive all the way to [s]roysten vasey[/s] princetown to ride all the exposed bits in this weather 😛
Knottie: Not so much fish and chips as 'Shoal and chips'!!!!
looks like you earnt it!
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