Screaming Mile is from the top of Hagg Farm/Lockerbrook, heading North and comes out at the hairpin and five bar gate just up from Fairholmes.

Back via Chapel and stop in Castelton?
Broken road, mam Nick, ‘toboggan run’, hollins cross, bridleway to Castelton (will be muddy, ends in rocks/stream)
Repeat Broken Road, then Cave Dale, which is always wet anyway!
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I’ve got an Ogio layover, looks like an older version of what’s out now. Lovely bag, great size for short trips but also expands. Brilliant wheels and very durable, lasted better than my Samsonite and easily identifiable on the carousel.

Bear in mind everything will get wrecked by the handlers at some point so don’t get a smart bag!

I’m getting mine from Twelve50 bikes in Frodsham.
18bikes in Hope also good builders, not sure if they stock DT but can build them.

Yes! Nowhere to go 8O

As I didn’t realise what happened until I was looking in the rear view mirror, it was over that quick so having nowhere to go was irrelevant! Slight right hand bend masked the approach from a distance.

Still go cold occasionally at the thought

Looks like Richie is on EX471s for the season opener

As above, not that it’s relevant to most of us really!
I’m giving the 481’s a go. I tend to hammer back wheels in the Peaks, only one way to find out…

[Quote]rim of my choice (xm471) [/quote]

EX471 or XM481.

EX471 is the ‘Gwin’ rim, very strong, 2 years old
XM481 is wider, brand new, marketed for trail riding

I’m going for the wider one, hope it’s strong enough.

M1, 3am, 80mph, middle lane
Oncoming car in our carriageway, fast lane.
Happened pretty quick and got a jolt from the air pressure. 6” right would not have been good…

I sold my 510 and got 520. I much prefer the 520, buttons are easier, maps surprisingly useful, texts on the unit are nice and it’s still supported where the 510 may not get the same level of firmware updates.

I chose the 520 over other mapping units as I follow gpxs but don’t need full routing.

That last sentence of mine re reads a bit blunt, sorry.
Please do drop me a mail, I’m not looking for anything in return.

I smashed 4 mech cages last year and am a hoarder.
Drop me a mail and I can probably dig out the bit you need and post it.
Only issue is I’m away with work this week so if you need a quick fix, try a shop.

I do some road. Beliece it or not, it’s all about the downhills too. Fast twisty Peak singletrack road at 40+mph. Fun!

No problem!
Making a tool even better than buying one…

Ah, nice. Cheers for the photo. I suspect he takes better lines than me, but hits them several times harder.

Top tip, cheers. I take it the rotor bolt fits into the rim eyelet OK?
I might get a fat screwdriver, chop the end off, drill and tap and fit a rotor bolt :)

Cheers OP! Good find. Just bought some for my Mrs, to replace her relatively heavy 650mm wide bars.

Now she can have her Maltesers and eat them. Anyone know the average content of a bag? How about a box?

With some Nukeproof pedals that’ll save almost 400g off her bike, for £75. Well ahead of the £1 per g rule.

The ebay seller is CRG. Same username and location.

Lights are great, very happy with mine at full price.

ISON are brilliant and warrantied mine.

Good luck!

Yup, I’ll be building it, cheers for the tip. Had thought about lacing then borrowing a jig, will plan to do it all in one.

I think I have some etorx bits but any excuse for a new tool!

Cheers Ben, sounds good! I’m giving the 481’s a bash. If they don’t cut it, they have the same ERD as the EX471 so I can always swap. I like the idea of trying wide though. Coming from a Flow EX, the 481 sounds a bit different.

Any more feedback on the XM481s?
Width sounds great over the EX471, and I’ve lined up a set for a 155/160mm travel bike, likely running 2.35 tyres mostly in the Peaks. Just wondering if anyone else has tried them.

Troy Lee Skyline. Perfect for me.

Just seen the new ones come with a liner. Shame. Don’t like integrated liner, fit is alwyas different to how I like my baggy shorts.

20 years ago it was rooty, rocky, bumpy, at least the top section to slippery stones on the north east side.

Recent years it’s been fully resurfaced and is a rough fireroad in most places. I happily take the kids trailer round there and often see CX bikes, families on fully rigid hyrids and all sorts. I’m sure you’d be fine, it’s a lot smoother than it was.

Doing a ‘P’ would minimise the off road, up the tarmac to Fairholmes and carry on to slippery stones, over the bridge and down the off road. If that’s too bumpy, cross under the dam and tarmac back out. If OK, go straight on to pick up more off road.

3 outputs – optical, coax, RCA
1 input – Analog RCA, as above, not phono stage:

With something connected to Line In, you then choose it as a source from the app – right at the bottom of this:

Play 5, Connect and Connect Amp all have line in inputs that allow a source to be chosen from the app and streamed over the Sonos network. All are current units. This means you’d put a record on, then choose ‘line in’ from the app and stream around the house. The only control you have if volume, of course.

Also worth noting the network port is two way, so you can connect a device to it and use the Sonos wireless network. For example my TV and Humax box are using my PlayBar as a wireless hub.

The only external input to a PlayBar is the optical in, but this upmixes into the 9 onboard speakers to make pseduo surround sound, so it wouldn’t work as a centre only. You can add rear Sonos speakers for wireless surround. Unobtrusive but expensive.

Davey – would you be adding other Sonos kit? For just one zone a Chromecast is a good alternative and vadtly cheaper. It will do multiroom now too and stream iPlayer, Spotify or Google Play from the app.

If you connect the deck via a Pre amp to line in on the Connect, as above, you can stream vinyl multiroom, which is cool.

How far can he manage?

Hunters Bar, Endcliffe Park, Porters Clough, road to Ringinglow, possible pub stop at Norfolk Arms then over Houndkirk and down Blacka. Road back through Dore to Hunters Bar – or up through the edge of Whirlowbrook, over Ringinglow Road and down through the parks again.

Reasonably well surfaced, drained, good views, Blacka will be fun for you, tech for him, filthy but on the homeward straight…

Start at Forge Dam to shorten the loop.

I always leave a few mm steerer above the stem. This gives maximum contact area for stem/steerer clamping and ensures maximum stiffness and grip.

Steerer bung does not affect it, I have a carbon steerer and acros headset, which has no bung or traditional topcap.

How do those of you with compressors inflate tubeless tyres?

Old car gun and a Topeak Super Chuck, was about £7. Cut the old head off and attach that, does tubeless with the core out.

With that setup and a good seal that small Stanley compressor works a treat, but you need a bigger tank for tricky tyres.

Fully extended, it is against an internal mechanical stop, I’d expect no issues whatsoever.

I leave mine hanging from the saddle nose on the workstand all the time.

It’s pulling up when extended, against the hydro circuit, that can cause issues.

Yes! The OWL rocks, loved that van, still miss it so good to hear! Hope you are enjoying it.

The T5 is great, different but great. Spending more time at airports than trailheads unfortunately. Still got plans to do all the bits to the T5 that the OWL had – missing the tailgate LED downlights!

Vitos galvanised since 2006. My old one had no visible rust. Nice van, RWD, pretty quick, a bit thirsty but fun to drive.

SWB is compact, shorter than T5, lower than T5 but a bit wider.

Newer T5s were hard to find in 2-3 year old and decent mileage and money.
The approved used are actually competitive due to the high 2nd hand value.
If you have time, look at a panel van and add windows and seats yourself, but most will be triple front seats and converting to twin is expensive.

Kombi is ace, big comfy front seats and removable rear, very flexible. Takes 5 bikes with front wheels off and 5 people.

VW ‘scene’ for converting is much stronger, Vito is a bit more ‘exec’ in the higher specs.

T5 expensive but very good resale.

Driving skills my arse. You don’t even need to be in a RWD BMW to make progress in the snow.

668

I don’t need Snow Tyres, or Winter Tyres, I’ve got a VOIP phone and an internet connection.

Do you stay home from Dec to March so you don’t get caught out when:

From no where started hammering down with snow.

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I’ve passed a few people with snow tyres struggling going up Norwood Edge

They must have crap tyres or be crap drivers, or both.
Winters took our car from spinning on the flat in slush to hauling up 14% gradient in 4″ of fresh with no spin.
And we can still steer ;)

It’s great to be still mobile. Sit out the traffic, let chaos clear and everyone dump their cars and we’re still mobile on the uncleared compacted hills round our way.

‘Skill’ helps, but at the end of the day you can’t create friction, and good winters are awesome. For years I’ve wanted to ski down the side of Winnats Pass but when there’s been snow, could never get there. Last year we used the BMW with Conti’s and were doing uplifts. 4x4s on summer tyres were stuck.

For Thule, bars are universal it’s the foot pack you change if you change car.

591s are good bike racks

I went with wing bars, very quiet

Read the linked review, one thing I noticed is it stopping logging mileage. My 510 did this when it was full. Could this have happened? Maps and lots of commutes could fill the memory then it simply stops recording. Delete old rides after successful sync.

Super impressed with my 520.
Map with no routing, so you can follow a course but know where you are and see turns etc.
Texts come up on the screen which is handy.
Uses live track so my Mrs knows when I’ll be back from a road ride and can put the kettle on.
Texts come up on the screen so I know if I need to head back or not.
Upload as soon as ride is finished.

For just logging and speed on MTB the 25 looks great, 520 is smallish, but crammed with bells and whistles if you want them.

Only £169 at duty free if you or anyone you know if flying soon.

Any off piste for you, or kids even?
Snowcard or MPI.
MPI were great last year when we had to claim.

Meet and Greet is yards from the terminal and works really well. Drive in, drop, walk to terminal. Take a non refundable pound for the trolley if you have lots of luggage.

Long stay is a short walk or 15 minute bus ride from the terminal. Not too bad.

On my own I walk, even carrying skis.
With the family it’s Meet and Greet every time. A few quid compared to the cost of your holiday and gets you off to a nice start. Easy when you get back home tired and fed up to leave holiday too. No wait to get to the car.

Massive guy, small loft hatch, tiny wife. He points at the hatch and says “I’ve never been up there”. No sheet! I have an enduring mental image of her on a stepladder trying to push him through the hatch.

Massively overgrown garden at another house. The guy hands his glass or red wine to his wife and walks into a bush. Shortly after, there’s a flush and he reappears. Fully working outside loo behind the undergrowth! Went ahead with the purchase on that one! Ideal for post ride pit stops.

Installing Google Now Launcher reduces the impact of touchwiz on home screens etc. if Samsung is an issue.

My work J5 is running the Now Launcher and Google keyboard, feels similar to my personal Nexus 5, if that helps.

Didn’t want to be too obvious ;)
Was at the Barrowlands gig. Awesome!
Stayed in the MacDonald after, times changed since the early 90s!