Cant help much as I’m just heading out of th Uk for a week, I organised the recent Ilkley cyclocross so once back if there’s any areas you havent covered.
Easiest probably to go via BC

Try this east to west
Or as Missus and Myself did, a few years ago have a look at the area around semur en auxios using roads and the canal du bourgogne travelling west to Clamecy via the Morvan. Dont have to head all the way south

Close call there, hey its really addictive. Daren’t ride off on holiday Friday so need to stay in one piece 😀

Me I’m off to Tenerife on Friday, flights a tad over £200 for 2 From Manchester.

Its a strange situation, the 50 or so council houses in our village have some fairly well off people in them, I can think of 2/3 which have “poor” families in.
Yet the £400,000 house out the back is rented out to a family with 3 kids neither parents work and I believe the rent is £850 pcm paid for by housing benefit.
They have a better car than my wife who works, strange world !!!!
BTW I dont work but dont sign on, maybe I should and get into this benefits system, fair I suppose as in 42 years I’ve only had £123 in benefits.

Guess thats you pasing

Fell on the first lap, on the down from the sports centre. finished 12th out of 12 🙁

Thanks for that Potdog

Saw from the signing on sheet you were at York Benj was it you in the Orange Cycles top ?

Thanks for the heads up, only have 6 days there but will visit les canadas it sounds good.

Staying close to the gorge, so will aim to climb all the routes with cracks. Should up my grade considerabley

gwaelod – Member

everytime someone starts a canoe helmet thread a baby porpoise dies

Liar they wear helmets so ner

I might give it a go as I believe its a flatish course, I ride in an Ilkley top was white but after Ripley it may have changed colour, I’m in the vets 50+ (in fact probably be 60+ now)

Dot forget York on Sunday, never ridden there.

Makes you think, mind if I did wear a helmet it might make me take risks and try something like this 😉

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Enough rain to get a drink, if you stuck your tongue out.

You got the fine weather, and you chewed up the course 😉
Excellent venue though 🙂

Anyon not now wearing a helmet for MTBing ? If so would you lie to send it to me ?
I appear to have cracked it on the front when face planting.
On second thoughts dont bother the two small grazes above my eyes seem to have been caused by the helmet, bloody dangerous they are

Love to see that thread

Brave man putting your photos on here for critique. Thats all

pdw – Member

You can run same chain.

That’s really bad advice. If the old chain was cut just a little on the short side, you’ll be in trouble. We all know that you shouldn’t ride in big-big, but I wouldn’t want to ride a bike where the penalty for shifting into that gear was an expensive failure.

So what expensive failure, you just cant get it into big and big. Too long a chain and thats when the rear mech winds up in the rear cassette. Both gears a good cyclist would never use.
Likely thing for OP is the bike has never had its chain checked, came out of a shop with too long a chain.

You can run same chain. If you change gears correctly and dont cross your gears a shorter one is OK, mind if you run a 1×10 then it depends on what tensioner etc.
Technically the best chain length is when the chain is around the largest front chain ring and largest sprocket and add 2 links [without going through the mech]

Tried many makes over the years and Night Vision, Sealskinz to name but a few which havent been as goodas their blurb, but this years choice of the Endura Deluge has kept me warm and dry, impressed you bet 🙂

Balvenie double wood 12 YO is the latest acquisition £10 off at Booths today 🙂

Well KMC seems to be what I’ll stick with

Suppose I’ll have to guess 🙁

Bigghggg no no to turn up for clubs CG without them, club rides there are a few without but are usually pointed to the back

I run all sorts of front chainset/deraller combinations both MTB and road 10 speed chains with 9 speed rings and shifters, about to try a rear 9 speed mech with a 10 speed block and shfter. Shouldnt work but I’m curious 🙂

Stop pushing big gears to start with

I think its a good option, then add this
Dont want to be over wheeled 🙂 🙂

New wheels these 🙂

Have a look throughout the animal kingdom as to how off spring are kept in line, do you think you are any better ?

Small non-flammable gas cylinders, containing carbon dioxide or other suitable gas in Div 2.2. Up to 2 small cylinders fitted into a life jacket and up to 2 spare cylinders per person. Not more than 4 cylinders up to 50 mL water capacity for other devices. So from the forbidden items list the above are allowed in hand or hold, the pilot need not be informed however it does recommended contacting the carrier.

I’ve flown with Air France, Jet 2, Easy Jet, Monarch and CCM. Carried co2 cartridges, did have a problem once at Liverpool. That was down to the baggage handling staff who dont work for any airliner, 1 said I couldnt check them in hold but could take them in hand. Easy Jet said the opposite, however I siad I’ll just bin the cartridges so discharged the one in the pump. A baggage supervisor said “what are you doing they are allowed in hold luggage” so in hold they went.
FWIW difference in air pressure from sea level to 40,000 feet is only 15 Psi, every aircraft carries some 150 co2 cannisters in the cabins.
Check before you go with the carrier, if you dont feel confident on carrying them.

M’Lud some one has to work, soon be your turn not to 🙂

Pair of Mountain Kings tried killing me, they were returned to shop and swapped for Maxxis Advantages. As for road tyres they dont deserve the reputation they have just about every time our rides are held up with punctures a Continental is involved.

Ride
beer
carols
beer

So what wierd religion you into that you’ve had your Christmas ?

Interestingly I posted something today and was asked are yiou sending batteries, the answer was no which was a lie. Cant be arsed arguing the toss with a counter worker as to the fact that if in an electronic item / part of it its OK