Does anyone have an advance for deciding on the dropper length. I think I can fit a 170 but I am not 100%

Am I right in assuming that a dropper post that is too tall basically not useable?

But to answers your question, long distance Bridleways are few and far between. You’ll find most long distance bridleways in more mountain/hilly areas which are often passes between two valleys.

Most public rights of way in rural areas where created to allow people/farmers to get access to churches/mills/places of work which is why lots run through the middle of farm yards. They weren’t originally created for leisure use.

I imagine most bridleways these days are tracks which never got upgraded to roads for motor vehicles.

Where’s the path is also useful for exploring new areas and unknown paths/tracks…

https://wtp2.appspot.com/wheresthepath.htm

There where some issues with the leap second affecting DNS lookups… but they should have been solved by now. Should.

https://www.cloudflarestatus.com/incidents/1fczgjmknplp

Matt has quite a few interesting posts, it’s definitely worth checking out the rest of his blog.

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/gearandmountains.wordpress.com/2014/10/30/help-my-waterproof-leaks/amp/

Fairly interesting blog for any gear geeks…

Even on a busy service I’ve seen more the 2 bikes per train. Wouldn’t worry about it for local services.

The longer distance trains run by Virgin require you to book your bike onto the train before boarding

Make sure it’s dry.

Definitely got a good atmosphere and feels like an adventure, but as a poster above said, most of the Singletrack isn’t descending. I did it as a two dayer and stopped at the Mosedale cottage – a bothy in the eastern lakes.

The trails to the bothy aren’t brilliant to be honest!

Worth saying that for some train operators (Virgin definitely) you have to book your bike on in advance. Your bike gets it’s own ticket and it’s free.

Definitely enjoy using trains when bike packing as you get to do linear routes

Why is most BBQ paint black? Is it because most BBQs are black or because heat resistant paint originally only came in black? And hence most BBQs are black?

Todmorden or Hebden Bridge for Calderdale Calderfornia?

Cane Creek 40. Changed after 14 months, although probably should have changed at 10. Light cleaning with a hose, the odd spray of wd40. Both top and bottom bearing rusty and gone. Just spend some money on the stainless steel 110 versions. Hopefully they last longer.

Interestingly couldn’t see any markings on bearings when I took them out. Definitely got Cane Creek on the new ones though.

The loneliest cyclist I’ve seen was riding a tandem with a kids trail gator on but only himself riding it. Your children are probably a young for that setup but it’s a possibility in the future

Does it really matter who it’s aimed at? Either you like it and buy it or you don’t.

Stayed in a Yurt at Marthrown of Mabie and that was very nice. Also they have an outdoor log fired hot tub. Didn’t stay in the hostel area but it didn’t look amazing. Glad I stayed in a Yurt as that weekend some sort rave/party had booked all the beds in the hostel. A few turned up early and there was some pretty loud music, plenty of incense, and even more weed. Plus a few alternatives who didn’t come across as the friendliest bunch.

I can also recommend the Gatliff trust hostels[/url] for the Outer Hebrides. Basic but in lovely areas. First 2 we stayed at we didn’t see anyone, just an honesty box for the fees. Third one we met the second person to complete all the Marilyns which was pretty interesting and he got me into bothying.

Finally if you’re in Stornoway then go to the Heb Hostel and ask if the owner’s son in-laws tree house is available. Not connected to the hostel as such but pretty awesome to stay in.

Yeah I agree with cougar.

Also I got mixed up with what you wanted to change. The adapter I posted will work but you might have to hack at the bottom of the charger to get the connector that actual plugs into the clippers. Unless I’ve misunderstood you again?

But is the base just an AC/DC converter, or does it have a proper charging circuit inside? Just floating a battery on a 5v charger without a charging circuit before hand could be interesting. I’d try to take it apart to find out first.

I guess the labelling would suggest it is just an AC/DC converter. But if you can confirm it’s just a converter then I’d buy something like this and chop the end of the cable off. Then I’d chop the other cable off and solder the two together and individually heatshrink the joints before sealing the whole lot up with some glue lined heatshrink.

Make sure you check the polarity of that plug end before connecting it up. And be particularly careful around water with the cable.

Thought the programme was good however it is very similar to the film below which I found more thought provoking:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b065ylyy

My parents in-law continually power down their router which results in a really slow connection. Make sure it’s left on all the time and in the master socket. ADSL speed does alter over time depending on drop outs etc.

Charging cables often get warm but shouldn’t be hot. Does your friend know what size cables he used when making the wiring? Using the gauge of the wire (AWG or something similar) you can look up the max current capabilities. Be aware that there is a difference between AC current carrying capability and DC. Typically AC current carrying capabilities of a wire are more than DC. Also if you’re thinking of fusing it then get DC fuses too. The blade types you find in cars/motorbikes are the easiest to get hold of.

You could do what happens in India; women and girls on their periods are banished to the outskirts of the village: http://gu.com/p/4efkn
Pretty shocking!

Sure you’ll find other ways to enjoy yourselves 😉

A few videos of Lee Quarry:

https://youtube.com/results?search_query=lee+quarry+flood

Wonder how ‘secure’ other bits of the trails are.

Moor trails are sodden in Todmorden. Harder tracks not so bad.

Ever been to Lee and Cragg quarry trail centre? Bit different to your normal trail centre, however with the forecast it will pretty wild up there. Cragg isn’t fun into a head wind.

Could take the pennine bridleway over to Widdop from Cliviger? Not a great return route without using the roads though.

Everywhere is soaking wet and the forecast isn’t great for Snowdon (snow), Peaks doesn’t look great either…

http://www.mwis.org.uk/english-welsh-forecast/SD/

You want something with a ‘hard’ trail and not grassy/boggy moorland, and something that is reasonably sheltered from the wind. Unless someone can suggest a route meeting the criteria then a trail centre seems ideal for the current conditions and weather forecasts…

I had a short day out round Calderdale today on mainly harder pack trails, anything which was wet was very squelchy… And the tops were quite windy too…

I guess it depends on how much of an ‘epic’ mountain day out you want!

This guide lists the tools, and how to do it:

https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/iPhone+5s+Battery+Replacement/19239

Make sure your order parts from the European version of the store to save import charges.

Ifixit is probably a good source…
https://eustore.ifixit.com/en/Parts/iPhone-Parts/iPhone-5S/iPhone-5s-Replacement-Battery.html

They also provide guides (and tools) to fix it yourself…

Also I’ve found insurance is more influenced by your postcode. I was paying less as a teenager living at parents than I do now, I’ve got loads more NCBs too! Stupid Oldham postcode…

Always commuted by motorbike and the best thing I did was getting a bike I was happy to never clean and would be easy to fix up if/when I drop it. No longer passionate about bikes, literally just a utility now, but I wouldn’t have a car. Never thought I’d have this view 10 years ago when I started!

Bikes aren’t like modern cars, they need maintenance fairly often. Very few belt driven bikes unfortunately, and shaft drives are for larger bikes then you’ll want.

Currently got a Yamaha XT660z Tenere.

If you want to commute all year then for the distance you’re doing you you’ll want some pretty decent gear. Got to remember when it’s -3C outside and your doing 70mph it is -15C with wind chill. It also isn’t like cycling, you sitting still so don’t generate much warmth. I suffer with cold hands and get cold easily, in the depths of winter I was using, a mid layer down jacket, large thick fleece and then a insulated motorbike jacket, with muffs and heated handle bar grips. Now got a heated vest, which has replaced the down jacket. Much warmer. Muffs and heated grips are the best though.

Prices quoted in other posts seem about right. You definitely want gore-tex boots and gloves. Assumig you commute through the winter you’ll also need more than one set of gloves, unless you get muffs and heated grips.

What sort of roads are on your commute?

I’ve accidentally/on purpose ridden out on my own on the moors at night. Great ride but could have done with more light than the Cat Eye Nima provided. Saw a group descending from Stoodley Pike in Todmorden a couple of weeks ago. The lights where really bright – I saw them from the other side of the valley. Looked great fun!! You could clearly see the 2 different descents and even a rider who must have fallen off

I’ve got a couple more bridleways I want to ride at night but I need to go through a farm yard and don’t really want to disturb/scare/distress the owner. How do you night riders approach this? Just dim the lights and go as quietly as possible? Or just go about your business and sod the owners?

Thanks.

Seems pretty obvious now… I’ll give it a try on my next ride.

Tough one really… I’ve only done it once and it was my first ride in the Peak District. Guess it depends on how much you like pushing up hill??

Ascent
I imagine going South to North you have got 2 climbs that aren’t great: Howden reservoir to Margery Hill and Marsden up Marsden moor. You’ll probably end up pushing up some of these. Going North to South there are 2 long lung buster climbs (at least for me): Piethorne reservoir to the a672 and the Kirklees way up Wesden Moor.

Descent
Going South to North there would be a couple of uninteresting descents that would be mainly gravel tracks: down Wesden Moor and down to Piethorne reservoir. However going down cut gate to Langsett would be awesome and I think down to Ramsden reservoir especially if you find the cheeky tracks in the woods.
Going North to South you have the pleasure of dropping down to Marsden, I really enjoyed that descent when I did it. I was too tired to enjoy the descent down the Howden reservoir. The descent into Holmbridge isn’t great and I took the Bridleways round Bradshaw.

Also the bridleway from Marsden up via Wessenden is marked as public foot path on my 1:50K but is a bridleway on my 1:25K??

Not much help really! I only went North to south because I was meeting friends in Hathersage so started from my house in Todmorden. I think the thought of doing cut-gate south to north might swing it in your intended direction if I am honest!

I recently did part of your planned route (although in reverse).

I left the pennine bridleway above Marsden and dropped down into Marsden before going over to Holmbridg. Then over to Winscar Reservoir (taking in part of route 68) before down the transpennine trail and across over to Langsett and over Cut Gate.

It worked quite well and most is off road. Some of my ascents would make easy but uninteresting descents. Dropping down into Holmbridge would be a good descent and it looked like there where some sneaky tracks in the woods down to Brownhill Reservoir. The climb on the bridleway out of Marsden would be a killer though. Great descent for me though!

Also first post after lurking for ~6months 🙂