@davieg
I have a spoon on one road bike, and 2 MTBs if they are comfy for you use it.If you want a road specific saddle then the Charge Knife is just as good s the Spoon

globalti – Member

I will be needing some new tyres in a month or so
Are they that much better ?
How do the 25s come up size wise against a Pro 4 as I have tight clearance on my Addict. ?

As a MTB rider and roadie, I find road riding easy, as I’m comfortable with a bike moving around under me.
I dont use the drops, unless battling into a head wind or TTing
I use Michelin Pro 4s The best FACT
Just ride like your on a MTB Even is this weather descending is a buzz :-) :-) got a PB on Monday on a 1.5 mile descent 70th out of 5,000 next time KOM :-)
Oh and if I can do it as a pensioner so can you

Converted T5 and change of vehicle type with DVLA easy to do just need photos to send to them, but make sure the bed is the recommended size.

2gether is the insurance company we use its £250
or a few years ago we used Adrian Flux

Sorry not been on for a while been busy fettlng the stove.

granny_ring – Member

Like that finish what stone is that and which stove are you getting?

The stone is an Indian Sandstone, its very hard reckon its been subjected to a lot of heat and pressure. The stove I went for was a Firefox, a Chinese job which was damaged reduced from £560 to £250 which to be honest havingtaen it apart is all its worth.
WARNING TO ANYBODY BUYING A FIREFOX “DONT” UNLESS YOU GET IT CHEAP. THE QUALITY CONTROL IS NON-EXISTENT

cruzcampo – Member

Looks supurb Dalesrider, that Morso was in great nick for its age too!

I have had the first 2 days of running the stove had a local steel workshop make a plate which is fixed to the chimney using unistrut, 4 allen bolts to undue and the plate is out. I stuck a piece of fire proof cement board in first over the steel work to give it some protection from the heat, probably not needed.

boxelder – Member

@dales rider – did you put the glass in the cupboard doors? Similar built in cupboard here.
Yes I glazed them myself, easy to do just take the panels out from the inside and use a small bead to hold the glass in.

On an interesting note along the lines of the MP’s daughter. My old next door neighbour asked me to have a look at her washing machine as she was getting “Slight tingles” off it.
I spent a while trying to find out why there was 240 volts between the tap and the case of the washing machine, which if you would have grabbed both a severe shock would have occurred.
Turns out her husband had recently added a bit of work surface and drilled and plugged the wall for support. The screw had gone straight through the twin and earth of the spur to the socket supplying the washing machine. It had cut the earth wire in two and the screw was touching the socket side of the earth wire and also the phase.
Must happen often ?

If you dont know what you are looking for how will you know if you have found it ?

thetallman – Member

Fixed a couple of screw in hooks into the wall, then rested a 2″ diameter steel aerial mast in the hooks and attached the bike hooks onto stainless steel rings. This allows me to slide bikes out of the way of each other.
Oooo I do like this solution, wish I had thought of it as getting bikes out is a pain with them as close as I have them.

Awesome

Just gone through same process, from this

A 30 year old stove, to this

Just waiting on a stove

Ha best of luck with socks, dont go far or fast with them they are Sh*t*

On beginning of December, I can now go out without fear of getting stuck if it snows. They really do work, enables you to drive on stuff like this at fairly normal speeds.

Ilkley CC do a once a month MTB meet, and others on an ad hoc basis, mostly a road club.
Other groups in the are to ride with are
Ilkley Cycles Tuesday from the shop contact them and ask.
Oldfield Electrical in Skipton on a Thursday night.
A few good trails above Silsden around Holden TV Mast With a cheeky route on to Ilkley moor crossing the wall where its shown as a footpath, avoid going on to Burley moor, game keepers are arsey.

46 is as low as it goes 170 on a climb, mind only 60

digga – Member

felixdamouse – Member
think i’ll side step the mudguard idea but thanks anyway

I read “DH” in the OP, it’s funny how people who don’t ride DH have no idea why we don’t all fit rear mudguards. (The answer is that there’s precious enough clearance between tyre and seat tube on a big landing as it is – 200mm of travel has to go somewhere.)
But I red trail and DH which is different to DH.
Most DH riders are not really DH riders at all as for skipping a mudguard your loss.

Badger ?
If you see a dead badger at the side of the road stay well clear.

A stag horn priest whilst it looks nice is not very good to use as intended.

Too close to home and the camper van parked up en-route for me to make a valid attempt. also never done more than 56 miles in a day off road.
Any more excuses needed ?

Annoying, now if she was to run those nails down my back ………….

One of these is cheaper

Endura sinletrack shorts is all you need with one.

£50 is not enough to get a “Beginners kit” for fly tying.
2 alternatives send me the £50 and I will give an introductory lesson
or
a couple of These

He probably drives the same route the same time every day, revenge is a dish best served cold.

allthegear – Member

Moto-G. Best up to £200 I’d say.
Agree just said that on another post

Me I’d get a Moto G try one.

181 :-)

180

Friend Stu[/url] has some info on his site, he has an epic bivvy ride planned for next year get training

179 :-)

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There you go

Me ?
178 rides and managed 48.8 vertical miles :-)

Ideal solution

Learn this trick

Warms your feet and good athletes foot treatment.

crashtestmonkey – Member

Oh and another point is Streatly Hill a Hill ?

it features in “100 Greatest Cycling Climbs” and was used in a Tour of Britain, if that ticks enough boxes?

It must be then, mind so is Leith Hill I’d done it 3 times from different directions looking for a climb :wink:

cookeaa – Member

The answer is maybe to run the 52/36 chainset now available, when I upgrade the new bike its on the list with a 12-32

sparkingchains – Member

Dales rider – I’m not super duper fit and I’m not super strong but if you look at the current wisdom of hill climbing it ain’t coming from Jan Ullrich’s style.

As it goes Froome was testing out triple chainsets recently and you should see just how low the gearing they used for mountain stages in the Giro was.

Sparkchains,
I’m certainly not super duper fit either, I did run an Ultegra triple with a lowest gear of 30 front 25 rear which gave a gearing of 31.6 inches found it OK for around here [Yorkshire Dales]
An Upgrade to Dura Ace gave me 39f 25r and 41″ now whilst the gear jumps were very close, which I liked, there was quite a few hills stopped me. Usually as they approached the 20%.
So I changed to 30 rear giving me 34.2″
While lower than the 25 it was OK but as I get older finding to spin some of the steep hills around here hard so made the descision to go 50/34 with an 11-28 giving 31.9″ not much different to the triple and so far its good, I have upped my fitness and climbing ability that said I have been stopped twice on the same hill with a gradient of 25%.
Now I’d love to “smash it” but as I probably only see it once or twice a year changing cassette is not worth the effort.
Now as for comparing Alpine climbs with the UK they are totally different, Pro’s do run 27s on the rear but with a 39 front and I doubt very much they will ever use triples.

So –
Option 1 stick with your current set up and try and get fit
or
Option 2 Change to a 12-30 to give a 26.3 inch lowest gear, it does work with a short reach mech, I run it with both my Dura Ace and 105 which is fitted on my cross bike.

njee20 – Member

I find a standard 53/39 fine, are you really that unfit you need a compact and a 28t cassette?

So do I on one of the bikes.

sparkingchains – Member

I’ve a 10 speed 34/50 chainset with a Shimano 12 – 27 cassette and shimano 105 rear mech. I’m after some help smashing hills

I think was the question, now if it read I want to tow a trailer up Ben Nevis, but to “Smash Hills” going lower geared is not the way.
Should I now add IMHO

My idea of increasing fitness for hills as opposed to spending money for 1, Yes 1 extra gear makes sense.
Now if the OP said I’m running a 53/39 with a 12-25 and want to change gearing I’d reccommend going for a compact 52/36 with a 12-32. Non of this triple nonsense and as lower gears.

Mind he may be an old fecker like me and needing a lower gear, hence the reason I went to a compact and a 12-28 and it was a 60th birthday present.

Oh and another point is Streatly Hill a Hill ?

Why ? are you that unfit?
50/34 with an 11-28 its fine for the Dales although there are massive gaps in gearing.

will – Member

Dales Rider – I like that, loving the tyres

Now running 28c tyres (just)

Thanks will Nobby is right though yellow or green are cheaper. Did think of putting green on my summer bike but went for black in a 25 mm. They really smooth out the ride.