Yep, I’m in.

Gonna try and hit 120 miles on crimbo eve. Then 30 Christmas day. I’ll see how my legs feel after that and wing it!

2000 ish on a GX eagle set up. 1x snapped chain. I’m in my 3rd set of jockey wheels as the bearings die quickly.

My chain needs changing asap

It’s 44mm 2H. Ordered one of.those superstar ones. £23!!! Cheers buddy, bargain!

Think it’s 1 1/8 internal top and 44mm internal bottom. I’ll go and check.

Cheers though, I’ll have a look at superstar

I didn’t get this until last year when I rode my nice XC bike and only road bike all through the winter (about 10 hours per week) to train for the Fred.

I killed every bearing on both bikes and wore out cassettes/chains/multiple sets of jockey wheels.

Was very expensive- it made me understand the single speed movement for winter

The current school system is only going to make this work.

It’s easier for a teacher to perform in a school with more affluent catchment (I’m talking non-private schooling here).

This means a lot of schools that start “failing” are in poorer areas. The better teachers leave these schools seeking an easier workload driven by working with more able (better supported at home) students. This means a migration of teaching talent from schools in poor areas to schools with affluent surroundings.

This is also having a knock on effect on house prices in those areas as the house prices of “outstanding school” catchments become desirable.

I’m afraid H.G Wells “time machine” may eventually become reality

Thanks for the responses. I’m afraid they’ve gone over my head though!

Can anyone tell me if this is do-able?

It’s the selected print area etc that makes me unsure?

Cheers guys,

I can use a mail merge, however I would really like this in a macro on a spreadsheet. There’s lots of editing of the sheets that goes on and I want to be able to just edit sheets and re-print without going to a word document and editing it.

Last time I mail merged for this type of work, sending the colour of the boxes was a massive pain in the backside too (they rate between green at 100% and red at 0%).

Thanks for the input.

I’ve got a similar macro that is used but in a horizontal plane, but I can’t edit it properly to do what I want with vertical hiding of columns.

Your name is “ton” it’s clearly your destiny!

Do it!

P.s.

Not in January

I’d agree with Tom Howard,

I was thinking about 1000ft+ per 10 miles.

That’s pretty much what the Fred Whitton has (little bit more 12,500ft in 113miles) so about 110ft per mile.

Cheers for the input gents.

Guess I’ll find out. I peaked at the start of June this year then almost stopped. Have thrown in a few really short rides and a few runs but I was riding 10hrs a week before that.

I’ve been eating and drinking like the world is about to end for 5 months and gained about 7kg.

Terry, I’m watching your running with interest!

Thanks nedrapier, I do love a grammar pedant!

I think you mean “had it before”

Best bit is a video of Rob Warner telling a funny story!

Worth going to, but don’t expect to be blown away

Anyone got an inner tube for sale in the Portes du Solail?

Could go for a ride first too?

Lol I know that. 100km including the lifts.

Not just you. Myself and another lad from one of the groups I ride with both have had chain issues on GX.

One thing though… I think they have an initial stretch they do quite quickly and then slow down. I get through about one every 1000 miles.

I’m considering trying one of the more pricey 12 speed chains off of the xx1 Eagle.

I’d pop a heart rate monitor on and have a look at how hard you are working.

Have a read about polarized traning. I’d make two of your rides nice and easy and then one of them hard.

You are probably trying to do 3 x threshold efforts a week with virtually no base. And then you get ill and have to start over.

I’ve had the same thing in the past.

I’ve got a fair few.

Best two and ones I only really use are

Vango ForceTen spindrift – ex military jobbie, bought it used for £60 off a mate. Bargain of the century, they are normally £900 rrp! Full geodesiv design that’s good in 60mph winds.

Also got a Berghaus Air 6- amazing bit of kit that pitches so fast for a big tent. Think that was about £450

Have you had a look at their “Spindrift”?

I’ve got a Force Ten Spindrift 300 and sleep in it regularly with wife and 2 year old daughter when we go away for just 1 or 2 nights. Good nights sleep even in 40mph winds, amazing bit of kit and a lot lighter than the traditional canvas Force Tens.

Thanks so much for all the helpful suggestions so far folks.

I’ll look at all the options mentioned.

Are there any areas that side of the city I should definitely avoid?

Anyone know much about Totley?

Thanks for suggestions so far folks

Cheers for all the suggestions gents. I’ll have a gander!

Lol STW trolls appear again. I’m calling you out Rob… spotted your two troll accounts straight off, nice touch making one of them a paid up member.

In terms of logistics I’ll have the wife and 2 other family members with me to pass her around and keep her happy.

Any actual suggestions of family friendly pubs out there?

I crossed over from Southerndownhill/Ride.io forum as it slowly died, plenty of others seem to have done the same and even kept the same profile name.

Thanks for responses so far..

So what really good non-electric coolbox could I buy in budget? Any brands to look out for?

The thing I don’t get is how they have evolved to have such painful bites

They haven’t “evolved” that, it’s a reaction to the saliva by you. Evolution doesn’t work to make a fly’s bite less painful because it doesn’t need to. The fly reproduces: ergo its as evolved as it needs to be.

I don’t mean they have evolved to have a painful bite, I mean how is it they haven’t evolved to have a painless one really. I swotted 3 yesterday, that’s three that dies as a result of me feeling them bite.

Surely nature would have favoured the painless bite as they live to reproduce?

The thing I don’t get is how they have evolved to have such painful bites!!!

I squashed three yesterday whilst out walking, felt them bite my legs and my hand on three separate occasions and then slapped it with my pathfinder walkbook in my hand. Made a right mess!

Much easier to hit than a house fly which are like ninjas

Surely evolution would have favoured the insects that can bite you without you realising?

Cheers for the responses folks. Not just me then!

It’s been mostly when walking with the toddler on my back out in the peak that I’ve been bitten. I ride with a few groups where you wait for other slower riders too and I think it’s the standing around time when it happens.

I’ll try that Xpel, cheers.

Anyone else tried any different repellents?

Trouble with using horsepower to compare cars is it is a peak figure.

You realty want the area under the curve rather than that peak figure to assess outright potential (that’s energy delivered across an entire pull through the revs).

Transition Vanquish

Take a Piraton as above and use some antihistamine cream.

Piraton after this on a night ride is great about an hour before bedtime too… knocks you out good and proper!

Yes they are!!!

I’m almost considering stopping riding for a bit. I swell up horrendously from them and had legs like the Michelin man recently.

I got one on my forehead this weekend too and its swollen up above my right eye.

I’ve never had this many in the UK in such a short space of time.

Flipping nightmare!

Hi, thanks for that. yes my air is exactly the same.

The bearings sit in the carbon mould directly. That tells me the bearings aren’t changeable for a different type so I need a race to fit that bearing.

I know Niner website list one, but they wont ship to the UK.

So basically, I’m asking does anyone know where I can buy a crown race that fits that type of bearing in the UK?

The niner headset is integrated in the frames in the RDO so I can’t.

I just need a race that is the right spec for that bearing.

Thanks, page 40 shows it but doesn’t help with where to source a suitable race from over here…

Can anyone help with that at all?

What headset is it in the stumpy? Thanks

2086 miles

138hours

96,617ft

I don’t strava my commutes anymore though so it’s a bit more than that.

FTP up to about 325 watts and weight down to 77kg (that reminds me I need to update project 5w/kg thread).

That’s exactly what I wanted to hear. I’ll give it a bash! Thanks, worst case I’ll have to send it back.

It’s really interesting when you look at the physics of it.

There are three parts to an equation governing the speed of a bike and rider.

1st part is rolling resistance/drivetrain losses (these are pretty negligible if bike is set up well and tyres pumped up properly).

2nd is air resistance which is squared with velocity and above 15mph becomes the governing factor exponentially

3rd is working against gravity, which on the flat is non existant.

All three elements get added together.

As a result-

Bigger power output generally goes fastest on flat (although different riders in different positions can have slight different drag co-efficients, hence why tt bikes are quicker at speeds) but as a rule, more power output = fastest rider on flat.

When going uphill the steeper it gets the more the gravitational part becomes the governing factor and power to weight becomes way more important than outright power.

I personally like climbs where you sit at about 16mph, it seems to be where my outright power and power to weight work best against other riders as I’m not a racing whippet but am reasonably light and have some power, but not as much as the big guys, slight air resistance getting involved as well as power to weight.