Watching with interest.

I asked the same here a few years ago and got nowhere. GP let me test an inhaler but it made no difference. It’s not gone anywhere despite my fitness improving.

I think mine is better described as a throat issue. Peak flow meter reads off the scale under nomral cirumstances, but it feels like I lose muscle condition in my throat when I push hard and I can’t get enough air in. I end up doing a very loud wheezing, and my voice goes entirely for a while afterwards. Legs feel like they could go on if they weren’t starved of oxygen.

I’m mid 30s, no pro athlete but no slouch despite half a stone of chub that could go easy enough.

Didn’t use a dropper for years. Couldn’t really see the point of them, particularly when they seemed to fail constantly. So I stuck with my trusty Thomspon Elite. After all, slamming a saddle at the top of a downhill is hardly difficult with a quick release seat collar.

Then I got a new bike that came with a remote dropper. 5 minutes into my first ride on that new bike, dropper posts had become as important to my riding as oxygen.

If you’re moving to the Peak, and you have that budget, I’d suggest buying whatever Santa Cruz works best for you, and more importantly, buying it from 18 Bikes in Hope. Their service is second to none, they look after their customers very well, and they’re slap bang in the middle of all the good riding.

Are with a poster above – they are a total theft magnet.

Easy to strip, easy to steal, with a healthy parts market.

They had one of mine.

Not had one for about 10 years now. Noisy, unreliable, leaky, uncomfortable things.

Still miss it.

Few bike companies as divisive, I know, but linkage fork fans should all quite like Moulton’s forks. Not the coil sprung leading link types, but the ones with flexitors. The pivots, springing, damping and bearings all done in one. Lovely satisfying bits of kit.

I’m having this issue too. Sealant bubbling out of probably 30 or so small holes in each sidewall. Tyre staying up.

WTB something or others. Never had it on any other tyre.

I asked this a week or two back, thread here.

Me
I run a medium, I’m 5’8″.

It’s awesome.

To expand on this:

I have the 20, so I’ve got a bit of squash on the front.

I run as short a stem as possible without shelling out $$$ for P Dent. Well, that was my brief to the bike shop. It’s very short. I bought it at the same time as the bike.

Still running whatever non remote dropper post it came with, so it’s probably a layback. Can’t remind myself at the minute as I’m in the office.

I’m not that sensitive to bike set up. I tend to get comfortable on most things after a short while. But I will say this about the Tarn.

It does initially feel cumbersome. However, once you get the hang of manhandling it around it feels really planted and you can push it quite hard before it starts coming unstuck.

Commitment is key, I think. If you know what you’re going to do with a particular bit of terrain and then just do it, it serves you well. If you’re a bit on the nervous or indecisive side, it can work against you a bit.

I use mine for all sorts, from manicured rollercoaster nonsense to proper natural trails, fast and flowing, slow and technical. It does it all. But on those occasions where I hit a bit of unfamiliar trail and I’m not committed enough, I tend to find it’s not very forgiving to late changes of plan. It’s too long, you’re too far forward and the wheels are too heavy for it to be nimble enough for that.

If you decide what you’re going to do, then do it, the Tarn will cope.

I run a medium, I’m 5’8″.

It’s awesome.

The Aquaspheres look spot on.

I’ll get some ordered when I get home.

Anything to avoid that hideousness linked by nedrapier…

Thanks for the advice.

I’m sure road bikes can and do wheelie, but I’d be careful trying. Unlike mountain bikes and BMXs, they aren’t designed to thud too regularly back down to earth. I wouldn’t like to ride a road bike that’s spent a lot of time with the front wheel in the air…

I have a TSR. One of the Pashley built ones. It’s a fantastic bit of design and rides as well as I expected it to. Very versatile, comfortable, practical, fast and in it’s own way makes standard double diamond bikes seem a bit daft.

The componentry specs on the full builds are bonkers, and I’ve had a couple of build quality niggles, but the fundamental design is fantastic and I respect it immensely.

It is the assertion that you definitely will drop your first bike that annoys me. I heard it time and again from people and it seems to be one of these things that has attained mythical status almost the same as the loud exhausts save lives rubbish.

I always trot out the “you WILL drop it” trope. I think because it’s humbling, and being humble seems like a good trait for a motorcyclist.

We used it as tenants, worked fine.

The locals would have you shot for that kind of mistake

Lol. I’m Hillsborough born & bred, it’s Hillsborough enough for me.

It does require some self restraint not to head up the hill when passing through Wharny. The best thing is to do the loop clockwise, so head out via Rivelin and come back the TPT way. Then when you’re on the bottom fire track in Wharny passing all the DH run-offs you can decide if you’ve still got the legs for it.

Last time I did that loop I very much didn’t…

For an alternative, head out of Hillsborough through Beeley Woods and get onto the Transpennine Trail through Wharncliffe Woods. Follow it up to Hazlehead, then nip over the hill to Langsett reservoir and the start of Cut Gate.

You can get from the Sainsbury’s at Hillsborough to Fairholmes cafe at Ladybower with no more than about 5 or ten minutes exposed to (very light) traffic.

Or you can combine with the above suggestions to make it into a loop.

Cut Gate is one to leave until summer though.

Yes, one for the crosser, and one for full mudguards too. Trust me.

Vauxhall Maloo?

Once you’ve had a helpless little beautiful creature […] then you appreciate what being important and doing something worthwhile really means.

Those without children are unimportant and worthless? Wow. This is genuinely the most condescending, self important thing I’ve read on here in years.

Sheldon Brown’s thoughts on the subject:

There is considerable disagreement as to which brake should be connected to which lever:

Some cyclists say it is best to have the stronger right hand (presuming a right-handed cyclist) operate the rear brake.

Motorcycles always have the right hand control the front brake, so cyclists who are also motorcyclists often prefer this setup. A moment of confusion in an emergency situation can be deadly. The left lever on a motorcycle operates the clutch, which will not stop you!

There are also observable national trends:

In countries where vehicles drive on the right, it is common to set the brakes up so that the front brake is operated by the left lever.
In countries where vehicles drive on the left, it is common to set the brakes up so that the front brake is operated by the right lever. The European Union has adopted this as a standard, even though only the United Kingdom and Ireland are left-side driving countries. The standard is not universally observed; a reader has written in to say that the left lever usually controls the front brake in Denmark.

The theory that seems most probable to me is that the national standards arose from a concern that the cyclist be able to make hand signals, and still be able to reach the primary brake. This logical idea is, unfortunately, accompanied by the incorrect premise that the rear brake is the primary brake.

For this reason, I set my own bikes up so that the right hand controls the front brake, which is not the norm in the U.S.

I also do this because I’m right-handed, and wish to have my more skillful hand operate the more critical brake.

Similar thread been done recently, FYI

Clicky

You can bus the whole way from the city centre on the 57, or Supertram then tram-link bus. It’s far from pain free though, either option. And it’s not a fun cycle. I’d hurry up with that car purchase!

I was actually quite surprised that it took me no time to adapt at all. I was worried about it before I started with motorbikes. But as mentioned above, I was very thankful that the front brake is consistent. The LBS once cabled my brakes Euro style without telling me. I made it about 3 meters down the road before crashing.

12.5 psi front, 13.5 rear for me. Hardtail. I think I’m about 12 stone.

To echo something mentioned above…

Cycle commuting between Oughtibridge and Stocksbridge looks simple enough on the map, but in reality it’s hideous. Towards Stocksbridge it’s one long steady climb along a busy, 60mph A-road with no escape route to your left besides a muddy, rocky, branch strewn bank.

Better to get something with knobbly tyres and mudguards and ride through Wharncliffe Woods.

Where is he based?

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My favourite Sheffield curry at the moment is Maveli, a South Indian restaurant on West Street/Glossop Road.

The op is right motorcyclists aren’t what they used to be

My dad’s motorcycle test consisted of riding round the block while a bloke stood at the side of the road with a clipboard. He then began his riding career on roads that were much quieter than they are today, in a time before every car had an interior comfier than the average living room and a touchscreen infotainment menu-fest glowing away in the middle of the dash, and before every driver had a mobile phone permanently welded to the side of their face.

Motorcyclists coming up through the ranks today are trained in far more depth than ever before, jumped through more hoops than ever before, have spent a hell of a lot more time and money getting there than ever before, and the environment in which they begin their riding careers is more inhospitable than it’s ever been.

No, riders aren’t what they used to be.

I’ve got one. The plan long term is to maybe look into getting a PDent setup, but that’s all a bit too expensive at the moment. In the meantime I’m running a 35mm stem.

It just rides like a mountain bike to be honest. Love it. It’s fun.

I’ve done it, works fine that way round.

Thanks for this folks, lots to go at. Much appreciated.

Jack

Genesis Tarn is available as frame only. Think with rigid forks.

Most, I’d say.

What’s with the weird bottoms on SAABS.?

Aircraft technology. You wouldn’t understand.

TSR rider here. Had it about five years. An inspired bit of design. Rides as well as they claim. Handles brilliantly. Fast and comfortable. Makes my regular road bike feel sluggish. Great for carrying luggage if you get the proper racks and bag. The optional frame split is a nice extra, but it’s not the reason to buy one. That said I’ve found the feature genuinely useful a handful of times when stuffing it in packed cars etc.

Cons? Limited dealer network. Limited tyre choice. Some odd specs on the full builds. Rim brakes only (thought I’d be okay with that but turns out it’s a biggy for me). Everyone asks you about it. All the time.

I work in Stocksbridge, and live fairly close.

It’s a small town, and it behaves like one. Two good butchers. No good pubs. Everyone knows everyone. The new retail identikit thing will likely tear the arse out of the high street. Things aren’t looking good for the already diminished steelworks. On paper the bus links to and from Sheffield are great. In practise it’s a soul destroying process. If a rail link happens before 2020 I’ll eat this post. If you drive into Sheffield at morning rush hour, be prepared to queue a lot. I’ve known traffic back up as far as Oughtibridge. It’s rare, but it can happen.

Cheap for a reason.

But it’s about priorities, innit. Wharncliffe is on your doorstep, Cut Gate is a few minutes up the Transpennine Trail, a National hill climb course starts right in the centre, you’re surrounded by great road cycling country…

A printer prints what you send. It’s not their job to make it look good.

Photo retouching is a job in itself, and takes a lot longer than the printing bit.

You require the services of a professional graphic designer.

If you have an RSPB reserve nearby, the visitors centre shops tend to have a good range of outdoorsy type scopes set up and available to have a play with.

Orgreave and Hillsborough.