Plympton based here,
ride tues/thurs evenings from 1930 & sun mornings 0830 (ish) with a small group, your more than welcome to join us..

as an aside the yogi’s are a good bunch, the tuesday nite ride starts around 6pm from B&Q plympton and is a fairly quick paced affair of around 2-3hrs, the thursday ride is gentler but they have a wierd way of sorting it out, they drive to yelverton then decide where to ride then drive off to where they have decided then ride..i cba with that, I’d rather just ride from the house.

I’m sometimes free during the days mon/tues too so always worth mailing me if you fancy some company, we can share some local knowledge!
same applies to anyone else really drop me a mail if you fancy some company…

EDIT..and by company i obviously mean someone to cycle with!

we start from bicknoller village most of the time so we can finish on weacombe descent…always works for us (also from south devon!)

+1 wot he said^^^

montane every time!

As an aside, has anyone compared the maxle rear end to the qr version, currently have no problems with the qr version just curious to know if you (honestly) notice any difference..?

bikebouy ..proper fail that fella!

currently using hans dampf on 355’s <crosses fingers> never had a problem inflating with a track pump or sealing etc etc

oh and fwiw on a recent pb article, roval wheels recommend gorilla tape…
i have used in the past stans strips…useless as when you change tyres the strip peels back meaning more faff putting back on
bonty rim strips..hard plastic but do the job beautifully
good ol stans yellow tape…seems to do just fine too..

interesting you should say that ctm, I had a go on a mates alpine (small 16″ iirc) & the toptube felt really small, it was that ride that made me see that i needed the 17″ five, as previously all my bikes were on the small side for funability…
horses for courses.

good bikes though

oh the shame, I’ve got a pair of nike 6.0 flip flops… how will i show my choice of footwear off at the beach now!
err actually I couldn’t give a flying fek.

5’10 here, had a med heckler ’06 and the tt was pretty short cracking fun bike though.
the 5 seems just right (for me) reach is very comfy and climbing steep climbs the front doesn’t wander, descends like a mini dh.

minions all day.. ace tyre. (dh not on my trail bike)

mines a 17″

+1 for kaesae top guy to deal with.

+1 strava

as a serial screen smasher, i get mine (yes multiple!) from ebay and fix them myself, many come with the tiny screwdrivers needed, and youtube is your friend for instructions…takes 5mins costs ~£10.

hth

+1 carrera blast, awesome bike for the money, really well built.
my boy loves it.

i haven’t tried them yet!

mud x /thread

agree with that also!! we call that one sheeps head trail on account of the 1st time we rode it a sheeps head was there…ace trail..!!
interesting you come up frog combe from there…we always try to go down that one…

yes agree with that , we found it by accident when climbing up from holford, stopped to have a chat with some chaps coming down and spotted the trail head, had a go and what a gem to find!! road climb out is easy too…all good.
doesn’t help me with the screen grab though!!

I’ve not explored around that area of the tox much but there seems to be loads around there to play on, will be heading up there again very soon, for some combe bashing…
i have a strava route of what we did but can’t work out how to post up the screen grab..!

cheers all, we did find it, slightly underwhelmed by it tbh, much preferred the descent down bin combe…that twisty/flowy singletrack is awesome!!

yes, ~2 years in now and no punctures (and I used to puncture a lot!)
no more faff changing tyres than with a tube IME, tyre on, inflate, put goo in re inflate , jobs a good un.
Can’t think why you would want to use tubes, useless things!

Quantocks on sunday 🙂

if its anything like cann was this evening it’ll be slidetastic mudfest!
enjoy, i love haldon cheeky…

afaik highly cheeky atm

@ Iainc, a few of my clients have had it done, some a success some not. it depends on what you expect from the surgery really.
what problems are you experiencing from said naughty toe?

hearth is riven slate, custom cut to fit the odd corner, I think about £300 😯 the hearth for the insert is polished granite but cost loads so didn’t do that for the freestanding one.
we did look at a glass one but fitter (friend) advised against as all manner of stuff collects around on in and under it esp dog hair/fluff etc and we didn’t want to seal it as the sealant do3es look tired after a while and would discolour etc
we (sorry , she) can just stick the hoover under the free edge of this one and dirt is gone.

both of mine one is in the middle of being installed the other is an insert stove..

poor mobile pics.

they give out some terrific heat and are fairly good on logs, i find mine lying around, chop them, then season in a log store ive built. its only big enough for a few ton nothing on the mcmoonter scale!!

ah tyres why didn’t i think of thAT!!

I have some old dh tyres i can use.

/thread.

cheers. i’ll let him sort that ratio stuff out

what crikey says, box and polystyrene packing every time for me.
on a trip to alps this year a mate had a evoc one i was very surprised how little protection it offered compared to the (free)cardboard one i had!

yes looks good, I dunno how i mssed that going on? i remember a thread with you guys musing it over but missed the date ! sounds like a good un…may well be tempted to do that on my next dry day off..

@burchy, did you lot ever do that plymouth to exeter ride?
if you did (as i missed it) then any chance of a route?

deposit is yours.

mmm that’ll be why i can’t see any super’s for sale then!

what are the minions like tubeless ‘not lust’ any good?

i love this site, I haven’t even mentioned ‘fit’ in my post simply asked if anyone had one and their experience of said helmet, ie “it was rubbish it fell apart in 3 days” or “really well made with a clever easy to adjust retention system etc etc” or “i’d avoid as it gave me rotational injuries i’d still be alive if only I’d listened to teej”
i didn’t ask how well will either of these two helmets fit my head.

chris db thanks for your reply.

so with ref to my post above and my question, any experience of either?

edit: found them for £53. nice one!

Hans damph coming in at 83euro for a pair on that site thats around £67 i think.