Riders who are sponsored by redbull and evoc?

Seeing Red Bull on his helmet peak I couldn’t care about; it’s the contrived shots I can’t stand – needless “foot to floor” action so Five Ten get a look in, or rowing in an Evoc pack.

Riding with all that gear on is fine because that’s his deal, but the Director (no doubt under sponsor obligation) is putting in pointless shots to try to make them part of the story and (IMO) failing. It’s like a skiing vid from 5 years ago.
Sponsor creds at the start, end and anything “genuine” that falls in to a shot that’s there for impact rather than product placement.
Whilst the vistas on this one are superb, it’s just too corporate and polished for my tastes.

I went for a road bike fit recently. I was v impressed as he spent a large chunk of it checking me over for any kind of biomechanical “vagaries”, range of movement etc.

My bike was pretty close to ideal for me already (maybe more luck than judgement) so no changes at all beyond cleat position and shims; but with these kind of problems it can give you a bit of an “MOT” bio-mechanically as well as helping get your bike set up to accommodate it or help address it.

Good luck

Hmm, I vaguely remember one covered in cling film and one covered in wood chip wallpaper.

For a 600k build and fit that was depressingly bad. Not just the building itself but where the heck did 600k go? (I missed the first half)

Last week’s “100k” one with the containers was great, but I do wish they’d normalise the costs across all the builds. In that case the land and his professional time as an architect / PM.

That is the work of genius, and someone with a lot of time on their hands.

I’m waiting for UKIP or Labour to broadcast it.

Headset, BB. Then tinker generally. I love building / stripping bikes.

Really enjoyed that and I’m not a paddler. Beautiful place and a Nicely produced video as well.

We’ve stayed at Trawsfynydd ^^ which was nice and Llys Endowain bunk house just up the road which is cheap & clean.

If you want really cheap and don’t mind a drive you could stay at Eric’s barns in Tremadog. (not sure if he’s still open though)

Heard good things about Cae Gwyn as well (and it’s a shorter ride back :) )

Is it just me but saying each rider is ‘out of’ wherever they live is really annoying.

There’s a lot more being said that falls in to that category than just that!

Hucking and hoping!

A “Liger”, a “Wedda” – It’s like watching the really wild show or Johnny Morris.

Safe dirt. Nice. Just like cake mix.

Thankyou Chase trails for the reminder!

I went to Pamporovo for my first skiing hol, but that was 21 years ago. My lasting memory was that the hotel was full of prostitutes, and the skiing was “developing”.

Bulgaria, Andorra & Sierra Nevada normally come up cheap.

Nielsen have just sent me an email with some deals; £280 for a week half board in Borovets seems to be the cheapest they’re offering.

Definitely worth doing lessons as you’ll meet some people while you’re there.

edit: On booking last minute – you take your chances. I’ve had two “last minute” half term holidays in the last two years. Both booked the day before we flew. One saved a small amount, the other turned out to be pretty expensive as there was nothing at all available with the tour operators (minimum of £1800 / PP for flights & accom). We did a DIY hol instead but I was sorting transfers out from the airport. Outside of the half term weeks (European Hols included) it’s a lot less risky.

Edit…Result! You can ignore the rest of this.

I’ve got 2 x Qnaps; an old 209 and a new 269.

1) They aren’t cheap.
2) Qnap’s support isn’t great though the forums are! Check out the forums for their lamentable ability to fix some blaring holes in the linux build they use. Synology are much better at this.
3) They build in lots of little “features” in their linux build that stop you doing things though that’s only an issue if you want to start tweaking things outside the UI,

Having said all that, they are really simple, and they pack in lots of features (which you may or may not need). They’re basically mini web and applications servers.

RAID 1 – This will halve your available storage and will protect you if one of the disks goes bang in the NAS. If you look for a single disk NAS, this isn’t and issue (you need at least 2 drives). The chances are that if you have Data on a source PC that you then back up to the NAS, you might decide it’s OK to lose the NAS and still recover all your data from the PC. (It’s a choice, and usually down to budget).

The best thing you can do is take a snapshot of the NAS data and move it “offsite” In the event of something catastrophic like a fire you can’t rely on a NAS for “backup”. If it’s got all your family photos on use a portable drive or something similar and leave it somewhere. (not at the side of the road though :) ).

Great thread, and great pics as ever; though particularly as we’re off to Gairloch in October – with the GF1 and the bikes :)

It clearly doesn’t feel like a good thing but it is (well we all seem to think so). Your employer has given you some good additional redundancy terms. You’ll probably find that after about 4 to 6 months they will be looking for contract staff so look on it as a large cash windfall and the opportunity to take stock of what you want to do. Whether you want to go back may be an entirely different question.

Chin up, enjoy the ride.

I was thinking about taking a look, but it looks like Wrightyson has beaten me to it!

I’ve used Recuva in the past. Worked well. I think they do a free trial

As my kids spend more time standing on them and using using them as a mobile platform to jump off, a wetsuit comes in handy :)

We don’t know whether the person they’re looking for is involved at all; before a lynch mob is formed, but I would like to see criminal conviction as a basis for refusal of entry in to the UK.

Although he’s a buddy, thank him for his time and compare what he’s offering with what you’ve identified. Then make your choice in your own time.

Metaphorical pat on the back for the lad.

There’s no simple answer. Insurance being the minefield it is you have to read the exclusions of the specific policy to know what’s excluded.

^^ simultaneous post frenzy

DrP Junior’s “lab” earlier.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder :)
They’re absolutely fine in the rain…as long as you’re going over 40.
Lots of them were tracked and modified. You could even buy “heated jackets” that plugged in to the 12 v socket if that was your thing.
As a Sunday car they’re nice, but it’s a bit of a weird one. Trying to be a stripped out racer, but the 7 is a better car in that respect. Nice for posing in but a (admittedly rare) 190 elise would be a better all-rounder.

This is the “updated” interpretation of the 340r – the 211; though not been in one of those.

Both could work together really well – families ride one way and then throw their bikes on the train for the journey back for example. My concern is if the train is the only option on a particular section; so to continue you have no choice.

It might be easy to pop back on the A6 (assuming there was access) at that point and rejoin further, but that’s not great for family cycling / walking.

Isn’t it the case that all the old tracks could be reincorporated in to the rail network, so is the section in question any more protected?

Another nice section of singletrack gone

Which doc is that in?

I’d voted in favour.
Re using Peak rail to link sections together; it would work for the tourists, but not really something for the locals using the trail to commute or as a link trail because of the likely infrequent timetable (and Peak rail isn’t cheap).

A Radio 1 “goody bag” for winning Bits and Pieces at the Ambleside roadshow.
A pair of socks (2nd prize).

…I think that’s it.

Having been out to Sweden and Finland many times and never seen it my alarm is set for 0330, but Aurora watch looks quiet.

It’s for charidee but that’s ridiculous. I like the frame though.

Edit… But clearly 44 others think it’s a great price 8O

The hope minis on my Whyte were, and still are crap.

I just swapped some mt6 s for xt. The Shimano’s are completely over engineered but so simple to set up (apart from you really need access to a vice to fit the pin).

Yet to ride them, but only heard good things. (Used various hope, avid, magura).

I don’t like navigating with the OS map. As above it’s too cluttered to glance at while riding. I use it as a backup, it’s loaded but usually set it to display OSM maps instead.At that price it’s a bargain

Just caught up with today’s stage. Brilliant ride by Froome. I thought Valverde and Purito would put one over on him but he proved his tempo riding works again. This is turning out to be a great attacking Vuelta. I did thing Alberto Clembutarol would drop AV and Purito after their respective attacks but its proving theyre all on their limit.

I felt like telling him so many times but resisted because nobody likes a smart arse.

… and you’ve avoided that :lol:
Hargroves Cycles guy, we salute you.

We do a beginners ride in our road club and we’ve had more than 30 each week turning up which is great.

Pointed out to one guy that his helmet was on back to front, and I adjusted some Barends which were back to front and pointing vertically (allegedly fitted by Halfords earlier).

We’ve spent a lot of time doing mobile repairs on bikes that haven’t seen the light of day in years but they all enjoy it. lBS sales must be through the roof because more and more are buying new bikes.

“Mice in the house”

FTFY, assuming you don’t have a cat that likes to bring you gifts

Never used a 32, but it would be incredibly twiddly on a compact. It really is a bail out gear, and most people could grind on a 28 or 29 up anything. I do think if you have the gear you’ll use it, like your mate found. I regularly try (and often fail; like going up Crowdecote a few days ago) the “forget you have a lower gear” game and try to ride in a bigger gear. On a sub 40 mile ride in the peaks its not a problem but as the distance ramps up or you do grippy route having a lower gear will get you home.

11 25 for long days in the peaks or rather lots of climbs over 10% is just too much for me. About to switch to a 12 27 which is what I have on my other bike.

11 28 will be fine for most riders.

The reason the vuelta riders were on such small gears was because they were hitting 20% ramps after 120 miles. Best answer is pick what you think you’ll be comfortable with given your fitness and usual terrain.

It would take a hell of a whack to move it out of a barfly. Much sturdier than the little garmin mount.