Slugwash – I'm glad Dawn's food didn't got to waste.

Anna – Glad you liked the pics & how could I not remember one of the STW ladeez 😉

Walla24 – ygm

More fantastic shots guys well done.

Here are a few I'm proud of all shot on a point & shoot Casio not top quality but I'm happy with them

Crikey, I only went past it last Sunday on our ride to Lustleigh Cleave & back.

I'll miss it cos it always surprises the new guys riding with us who don't know it's there. A sad day indeed & I hope it reappears somewhere else tho.

The view down the valley ……..

is that yet another white Marin rider?

You might have to change the name of the Wednesday evening ride if it is…

Carpe Diem

We start at the car park just past Pentwyn Reservoir & to the left of Torpantau. The last time we also did the Dolygaer extension as HughStew above alluded to, a great descent after a tough long climb tho.

Done it twice & riding South to North is IMHO the better way round with a great 4km decent the other side … see pic

Head round towards Talybont village & great food in the Star Inn pub or the Royal Oak pub at Pencelli.

Have fun 😆

Geetee takes to the hills on the look out for Dave 😛

Meanwhile Dave decides it's time to ride in the opposite direction on his recently resprayed Orange 5 ….

That Princetown loop is pretty tame just right for a SS with 1.3 CX tyres on 😉

My Innovations Second Wind pump is a dual CO2 & mini pump & fantastic value for money IMHO. I have two of them, one for each bike & they do both Schrader & Presta valves.

One 16g cart will normally pump a 26" x 2.1 tyre to approx. 35psi-ish, it depends on the tyre tho some are narrow & the pressure can be higher, others are maybe wider & the pressure is slightly less. I tend to test them with my thumb, too soft pump more air in, too hard let some out. I can't be ar$ed to carry a gauge with me.

I don't run tubeless so I can't answer that question, however I've been using a CO2 cartridge system to pump up tyres/tubes for the last 3 years & I'll never go back to a hand pump again. You clip it on to the valve, press the button & Hey Presto it's inflated job done 2 secs.

I got my Innovations second wind CO2 pump & my cartridges from Tyre Inflators they are the cheapest place I can find to get spare carts.

Quantocks?

On the money for me too, size 8

ygm 🙂

bung us your email addy – mines in my profile & I'll pop a Dartmoor 16 miler back to you & your gang – should be a good warm up for the main event.

Thanks once again Knottie for letting me ride with your Wednesday crew, it was a great Q's ride yet again despite the rain.

Will try to persuade Mrs CB that we 'erm need to visit Taunton again on a Wednesday 😉

Scraprider – it's a 6ish meet @ the Crowcombe Car park, which was the starting point on the big STW Q's ride last year. I got back to Exeter in about 50mins tonight.

Turn that upside down and it's the Devonshire way!

Hey I'm from Cornwall so no chance of that happening is there 😆

Yer Tiz Capt'n ………… the proper (Cornish) way to have a scone, jam & clotted cream.

Out on Dartmoor at the weekend with some guys from London

Thanks tthew.

It does have the same 4 bolt holes so I think that it might actually fit. I'll speak to the LBS about it.

I'm a wimp & run a 34T rear cassette, that being said it is noticeable when I ride my other bike with a 22T inner ring that the hills are much easier, a 26T inner could be even harder on the hills.

Joe blow – I've had mine for 5 years & it's still going strong.

ygm

lovely pics ……… are you sure it wasn't SFB taking them ? 😉

I've not ventured that far north on Dartmoor but I think Snaps knows a few routes if you can get hold of him.

I went to Abbeyford Woods [/url] north of Okehampton once but there wasn't a lot of decent XC trails in there, I did however find some seriously scary northshore tho.

Assuming you are starting in Cornwall, Lands End by any chance? then the Eden Project would be a good place to go although you need to go for at least half a day to do it justice.

In Devon then driving through Dartmoor would be good, if the weather is OK, the scenery is fantastic.

a racing ralph maybe ? 😉

The bikewash Chaz Woods Cornwall

Getting airborne on Groundhog Day on Dartmoor

Certini bike shop in Saltash near Plymuff. Great service as always from the staff & lots of banter.

We chewed the fat over a ride I guided the week before for the guys & they gave me some advice on a small problem on my bike. For once I managed not to buy anything which is very hard as it's also a Specialized Concept Store & full of very shiny lovely biking stuff 😆

I have always found them very helpful & they are the only bikeshop I would trust with my bikes.

gaffa tape & some MTFU 😉

I had a stonkin commute too today both in to work & back home again crossing the Devon & Cornwall border via the Tamar Bridge.

It was dry, sunny & very warm rather than wet. I did my PB for the year a total time of 1hr 49mins for the 30 miles 😆

Dave

YGM

Les

Quantocks ? 😉

all taken on a Sony Ericsson K610i

The Gap on the Brecon Beacons

I hope you get back on your bike again very soon 🙂

walking round my local loop trying to find my helmet visor that fell off in the week…………… didn't find it – Grrrr.

Off for a pootle on Dartmoor tomorrow tho – without my visor.

me & a few mates are starting from The Warren House Inn Sunday morning heading over to Hound Tor / Bowerman's Nose / Manaton & back, maybe see you out & about then 😀

Thanks TM that sounds a great idea, sadly my mate is doing the Mega-avalanche & wants to get a few miles under his lycra so it'll be another long & hard ride then 😕

Hi xc-steve I'll be sure to say hello as you go past me 😆

I ride a Silver Stumpjumper HT &/or a red & white Rocky Mountain FS – both slowly 😉

I'm running one on the rear & it's great on the dry trails. Not ridden in the wet/muddy conditions as I've got really mud tyres for that.