csb – thanks – have googled around and that looks interesting – will try and find the full version

bertmason – yeah will deffo check that out – was only on it a couple of weeks ago on the Liverpool – Carlisle route :)

Thanks to all replies – this really is a good place :)

CraigW- yeah that’s the one – superb and excellent- thanks v much – much appreciated:)

Yes I have one and thinks it’s superb – syncs fine with my android phone – and s/w is easy to use – decent battery life and screen easy to read in daylight (as compared to using my phone)

Will get a sneaky ride in tomorrow AM after presents and pre meal on the SS CX. Will then no doubt drink too much wine and end up going for my (now) traditional death walk to sober up.

Mason ISO

Flippin’eck that’s nice – as in GCN “SuperNice” :)

“haven” … that just completely describes this site – cue nice warm feeling inside.

Fat bikes are actually, quite ace
Trail centres are boring
I miss getting properly lost now we have GPS / digi mapping
Mudguards are for the weak
Ditto for using a turbo trainer
Stems that are angled up make any bike look totally ****
That Steve Jones fella does my head in
Anodising is still totally cool (but with a certain amount of discretion)
Land access or rather lack of it is just wrong – we need an uprising

And deffo agrees on bar-ends – esp those Cane Creek ones

Does ACF-50 have a detrimental effect ? Started my fat bike on the beach and use ACF-50 after washing to help keep any corrosion at bay on the Hope hubs.

Ah damn – working away on the 17th

Yes that was ace !

I use mine for mild off-road local training ride – goes well enough – fairly comfy ( due to steel I guess) – run 35c WTB CrossBoss – single speed means very little maintenance and good for fitness.

I’ve got a 2016 ish Day One Disk 52cm – I’m 5’9″ with out a 30″ inseam and it fits me nice :)

Great bike btw – cant go far wrong with it.

Yep I’ll be there – looking forward to it :)

Been using the DHB winter gloves recently and they’re great

https://www.wiggle.co.uk/dhb-extreme-winter-gloves/

Not used in the wet though…

Yep 3/10 at best.
What I wanted: Edwardian Steam Punk military ( dreadnoughts / big field guns etc) v Martian mechanised tripods.
What I got: Some romantic wishy washy crap with soap opera production values.

I use Google Mesh from my Virgin router and works well around the house

I guess its either Fuji Instax or Polaroid Originals – and yeah the film is pretty pricey.

Your other choice would be getting an original Polaroid, say SX-70 and getting new film for that from Polaroid Originals. Problem is that they have a tendency to die – my Spectra did after a handful of goes.

Before moving to winter boots I used thin neoprene socks so getting wet feet wasn’t much of a problem.

@paulo – yeah that’s the stuff and although it does say burns hotter deffo doesn’t seem to work for me – in a closed Morso burner

@ElShalimo – yeah a good point – but I guess burning less bad stuff is still worse than burning more of the good stuff? hmm..not sure.

Ah yes good point – I’ve tried smokeless, and some blended “coal” which is half smokeless / half some other renewable stuff

I use the USE on gravel bike – tis great. I also use the Redshift suspension stem which is really good.

Yes – planning to go to Formby as well :)

Added a Vir Fortis early summer to the collection – totally love it.

Well…I bloody love it…

Not bike related but ElectroBoom makes me properly laugh:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ0-OtVpF0wOKEqT2Z1HEtA

Purple on the fat bike, red on the gravel :)

I have the Dirtlej classic – superb – love it !

Totally love my VirFortis

Sonder Vir Fortis

They will take 4.8’s

Pashley Guvnor – sorted.

Yes…this…Hambini is ace :)

I was on a train from Oslo to Bodo (going to Lofoten Islands), after a couple of hours tickets gets checked – guard then checks teenager guy next to us – no ticket – heated discussion follows – next thing the train stops as some kind of halt, not a station by any means, just a place to stop, genuinely in the middle of nowhere, and the teenager gets lobbed off into the wilderness – jeepers , those guys take it seriously

I use metal cigarette cases.

I’m kinda with @bikebuoy – there must be some circumstances where its the least worst option.

Yes Yes that Manitou FRS – Marin did a copy I think for their pro team – was super gorgeous
…and almost forgot…that Pace square tubed frame – also very nice

I used the Revoloop ones (look very similar) on my fat bike before going tubeless. I also had an issue with one of them where air was slowly leaking out the valve – bit of grease sorted that – disappointing though considering the price – but they are WAY WAY lighter –

ha – just got to bar in the hotel and saw the title, with 7 replies, and thought, jeez how cool is STW, a number of peeps have that Fairlight synth from the early 80’s, imagine my disappoint :) STW is still cool though …

Clearly not just waterproof shorts but I totally love my Dirtlej DirtSuit