Started and finished with No 4, excellent winter stout

I know Dahz and Dunc are going to the puffer whom else is going so I can cheer them on from the comfort of mine armchair ??

2168 miles (3489Km) after todays ride
219,642 ft (66,946m) after todays ride
Should mix and match and use kilometres for distance and feet for altitude gain.

Looking at the stats it’s interesting who uses Km and metres to those using miles and feet, I use miles and feet and born in the mid fifties, wonder how many born after the seventies when we went metric use Km and metres, luckily we never went metric for days and hours

I have asked and been refused, I also asked when signing up to life membership still refused, all sorts of spurious reasons given, just rarely bother posting out these days

64 soon, hoping to do the Jennride again (well most of it) next year, even the odd MNPR, started riding again 10 years ago after a 30 year layoff, usual reasons work, marriage an kids.

John Helliwell. Supertramp

Manuel and the music of the mountains. Geoff Love

And 2 Nobel prize winners

Just used mine today to rinse off the caravan after washing brilliant piece of kit

I was dropping into Hebden Bridge yesterday, and the air ambulance was looking for a place to land near one of the steepest road decents around, not your good self was it ? Get well soon.

Hora, one Monday night though he claimed to be Binners 😂😂😂

<span style=”text-align: left; color: #222222; text-transform: none; line-height: 22.4px; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: ‘Open Sans’; font-size: 16px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; float: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent;”>@flyingmonkeycorps looks good! I didn’t want to run a saddle bag so I could still drop the seat, whether I’d do the same again in the future I’m not sure.</span>

I used the Arkel saddlebag, which has a frame attached to the seat rails to hold it in place and does not attach to the seat post and I found I could drop the post and use most of the suspension, just kept it a bit firmer. Worked a treat for me.

The problems I had were the stem cells affecting the steering, so I have now got SKS anywhere bottle mounts and used stainless jubilee clips to fasten them securely to my pikes, 3 to each leg and fastened Salsa anything cage with Alpkit XL stem cells. I also used this system to attach a bottle cage to the down tube, similar to you, but the jubilee clips held them firmly in place, this also get some of the mass lower down which helps the bikes stability.

My setup for the 2017 Jennride, had some different ideas for the 2018 but unfortunately Mrs B broke her collar bone 3 days before so had to cancel

Thanks for the replies, decided to go with the debonair and seal head upgrade.

Bring a map and compass, can’t see the Shepherd’s let alone Gaddings or Stoodley, Oh and a cattle prod could be useful, should be there unless tempted out by a sunny afternoon.

Emm if set off at 8 you’ll catch me up at Gaddings, (I’ve no e-bike) new decent “intrigued” the path that crosses the penny steps? Are you coming to Shropshire via the dillusional track, went across there yesterday herd of cows, horses and sheep, path was like a zoo.

What’s the route you’re planning could be tempted, I assume up to Gaddings first.

Even worse than I thought 🤔

Stoodley pike down the front where HtS broke his finger !

Tempted, as not got out today, looking after Mrs B and her broken collarbone, Dazh’s extra and hike a bike is worrying, can’t have two cripples in the house

Just a bit of fun Rich

Caravan ready, caravan site booked and bike ready, same can’t be said of me, 6 weeks to get ready, finished work again to train up

For me I did not use the insert/edit image box just simply just copy and paste either the URL (in the top address bar in the browser) or copy and paste the BBcode into this text box, it doesn’t show an image in the preview, but after hitting the submit button the image is in the forum pane, for me nothing like it used to be or is advised on the forum help page

Thanks everyone appreciate everyone’s time, just not using the BBcode with the Insert image function seems to work, Scotroutes I tried the BBcode app on my IPhone it didn’t work for me.

Think I’ve got it

SAM_1562 by Kevin Brennan[/url], on Flickr

SAM_1565 by Kevin Brennan[/url], on Flickr

Above is the BBcode

Above is the url as advised above

tried to post photo but didn’t work

I got one from Cotic to replace the original RP23 on my 26” Rocket as there are no spares for this shock now and it has been excellent easy to set up, no regrets.

How are some of you above loading photos from Flickr, was OK before, just get a square box now as Chapaking above, I’m using BB code ? Any pointers gratefully received.

I’ve just been informed the Fitbit watch does show you the No of steps taken on a daily basis automatically and heart rate, but little else.

Hi HtS I got Susan a Fitbit for Xmas and it has to be used with an app of some sort, we use it through an iPad, she’s not very computer literate but says its straight forward to use. You could buy an iPad and put a picture of the dog as the screen saver instead of a framed portrait. 😊

Whalley Warm and Dry provide an excellent service for Altberg for Nortwest / Lancashire.

Agree Altberg after trying a lot of the others mentioned above these have been the best.

63 in March, in training for Jennride, mightily impressed by anyone doing the Strathpuffer this weekend especially if over 60 and double for over 70.

In, going to follow Dazh’s shortcuts this time, not following Ton though :-)

I’m not particularly fond of whiskey, but my lad was based at Lossiemouth, the Linkwood distillery was behind his house, so tried a bottle and found it quite pleasant, usually get a bottle for Christmas now.

Ah Dark Island I witnessed a 9 gall barrel last 55 mins at the Fox and Goose in Hebden Bridge, had 2 pints of it, lovely stuff not seen it on draught for a while