BigFoot MBC are apparently a very friendly club, I’m not a member but have heard only good things about them

Worth watching ITV Highlights just for Imlach and it is a better highlights package

However 10pm is too late so have watched Eurosports instead, just wish they were on for 1 hour not 1hr 30

Strange decision by the tourists to elect to bat

Anyone know how the recce went?

Anyone know of any races in the Gloucestershire area? Moved here recently and it seems to be devoid of any regular action.

There were some Mean and Dirty events last year but its not clear what they’re doing in 2018

Go out for a ride instead.

Bloody good idea. Can I count on you to babysit until the other half comes home from work?

Sorry I should have mentioned its a road bike. The current BB is a Shimano BB-71 which I think makes it a BB-86 which I thought was a PF30 type. But it seems BB-86 and PF30 are different standards altogether. Confusing stuff.

Wanted to use my current cranks which are Shimano FC-R565. As far as I can tell they are Hollowtech II which means they should be fine. But to me it seems that the bottom bracket shell plus the extra width of the bearing cups would be too wide for the crank spindle.

Another Gator hater here. Lethal in the wet. No more puncture resistance than a GP4000 which is a far superior tyre in every way.

Whats the best way of pre-stretching a tyre?

Will they stretch once on? Don’t fancy my chances on a frosty morning should I need to insert an emergency tube with cold numb hands

Already got tubeless tape 😡

Anyone?

Maybe I’m unlucky but every time I go for a ride with the CX instead of the MTB I end up with tyre issues, normally gashed side walls

When you’re ready to sell the spyres let me know

£300 lol?

You’re both right. Defo not flat mount. Cheapest post mount brakeset is 385 by the looks of it. Bit of a showstopper for now

Its a 2016 Tcx SLR 2

Rear wheel lock up with one finger and really nice modulation

That is what I am missing

Does your bike take a flat mount calliper…?

Yes I believe so

What’s wrong with the Spyres?

Having ridden hydraulics on the MTB for years of forgotten how much better than mechanivals they are. No where near the same stopping power.

Just wasn’t quite expecting the cost of a new brakeset. Annoying because the 2017 version of my bike comes with hydros

Just another pointless invention. File along with mullet hairdos, Tamigochis and 650b

I’m in

Just had mine returned from Mojo. Very happy, they even managed to get some of the internals replaced under warranty which given that the forks were 2nd hand to me is very pleasing

Cleeve Hill overlooking Cheltenham

Very well done Stig 😀

I’ll try mine agin:

The forks are knackered and currently with Mojo. Other than that it’s all the bike i need and want

anyone guess the location?

forks currently with Mojo due to no damping 🙁

Yeah tried that. The BB is just too loose in the frame.

Spoken to LBS who happens to a be Giant dealer who in turn spoke to Giant UK and this part is not stocked as a replaceable part. Only hope is finding an old broken frame and taking it out

Went for the “ghetto” approach to removing a BB ie. hammer and screwdriver. The metal inner has a small lip on it which I was hitting thinking it was the BB itself. Eventually the BB came out along with the inner.

Could be an expensive lesson learnt.

No warranty. Bike bougfht 2nd hand (off here as it happens)

I’ve entered but have just informed by management at home that we have a wedding that weekend.

Do the organisers do refunds?

Got this for sale:

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=152343633592&alt=web

Can do £350 Inc postage

Lycra all round nowadays. Can’t be bothered to keep two lots of kit.

Also baggies just seem uncomfortable and unnecessary now I’m used to lycra.

Looks like Longslade is not immune to tree felling

http://woburnbiketrails.co.uk/woburn-bike-trails/urgent-update-regards-tree-thinningfelling/

The one I’m thinking of use to go up a concrete path to a gate. But before the gate you take a 90 degree turn left. After 100 meters or so it splits either straight on or right. Going right was a twisty single track section that end up by the gate on the other side of the road just up from the Birch. If you took the straight on way you ended up in the same place at the bottom but no where nears as fun.

I always used to like this section, but it’s very overgrown now, must get down there with some shears

https://www.strava.com/segments/10857842 — Runway single

Wel done Graham, very much appreciated

How noisy are these Tacx Flows?

Marin for me. Degla was a bit meh for me

Fair comment.

The music was really loud and energetic though and there were loads of fast cuts

Spelling mistake?

Definitely lack of use. I can think of 3 or 4 sections of trail that used to feature on all my rides that are now lost

Thorn trail is barely passable now. That’s the downside to having a waymarked route, every else becomes neglected 🙁