My dream bike made flesh.

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Here again.

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@stumpy01

http://www.matterhackers.com/articles/how-to-vapor-polishing

White brothers do a swish 20inch fork

The robot is a cute idea but very ugly. The pinion bike is just an eyesore.

I went for a Shand. It’s beautiful.

I think it would have to be some alcohol, a warm fire and Nadia Reid – Preservation

Rohloff make a chain tensioner which is probably king of the tensioner systems as it’s a proper little two pulley wheel job.

Coincidentally I’ve got one here I am not using…

“Best” in your situation is probably a white eno hub. The axle is offset to give you tensioning ability and they’re lovely bits of kit.

not the thread I was expecting…

E – Cheese, meat, biscuits

D – Otago Pino Noir
L – Will self’s bus journey

I have had at least one for the last 15 years. Currently riding ss less than ever as I’m down to twice a day commute and about once a fortnight off-road.

Thanks chaps. Any more thoughts oh STW populous?

The break is in the seatstay, about level with the belt. You can see better from the other side.

Good stuff Rich!

It’s not bad but the routes mostly skirt the best bits of trail. Depending on when/where I’d be happy to show you some Dartmoor stuff.

lab. A good one will do 20-40 km with you on the bike, will chill out the rest of the time and train themselves. If you have food, you can get them to do almost anything.

35km ish. Should have been 50-60 but cut short by snow. Been a while since my buffalo froze solid!

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A ride of fours today. 4 inches of showfall. -4 degrees.

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Pedal down the road to the ferry. Pedal down the coast of France. Return.

this would do:

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/27041671?privacy_code=WJy6AgH2ZawDj8sd

pashley APB became the Moulton TSR so back to the original question.

<span style=”font-size: 0.8rem;”>The point is that the Moulton is designed with suitable clearances and wayyy back in the day, was a viable mountain/rough stuff bike. If I recall correctly you can fit 1.6inch tyres with mudguards or 2inch without.</span>

I’ve only ridden one offroad once or twice and I would go for almost anything other than small wheels.

I wonder how important the folding is to the OP. I have a bike for trains, busses, taxis and the like. For this a brompton was the only choice as folding trumps all. I’ve ridden it on forest tracks in the dry and it’s ok. Better than not riding. Given you’re looking at moultons and other collapsible rather than folding bikes, have you looked at something like:

https://ritcheylogic.com/break-away-ascent-frameset

I can show you around if you like

Pedal more. Coast less…

what about a pashley APB – they are rated for off-road use.

nope, never. Not even if it had less weird geometry.

That said: I am happily not the target market, who presumably don’t care about the behaviour of a company they buy stuff from.

get the shand. just see if they have any of the other forks left. the new one is gopping (sorry guys)

@mickmcd – Easy there.

I thought it was an interesting development that shows one perspective on the debate. I’m not offering any comment. I am only suggesting that it’s an interesting read.

You might choose to read it and incorporate the information into the context of the debate on access. Or not.

Sat:

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Winding roads. Tall banks. #baaw #Devon lanes style…

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Sun:

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As the raven flies, straight through the clouds… #rohloff #cycling #vtt #mtb #jonesbar #shandcycles #singletrack #pedaldamnit #foggytrail

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TLDR:

Long. Still snow. Misty. Knackered my knee. New Jones bars are good.

I’m sure there must be something good there – no?

This is (roughly) the route I have:

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/27005182?privacy_code=8T7sTVVm6yFp7iLW

jimbo’s your man:

https://sussexmtb.southdownshosting.co.uk/

top chap with good skills and a trail memory second to none.

looks like tractor stuff to me…

Re-built an ancient bb7 (thanks @Del for the prompt). it’s now working perfectly.

590!

@colournoise – it was a nightmare even on the fat-bike. The thawing slush was unbelievably awful.