Ocado still have them in stock, that’s a good yardstick

Plenty of mountains and then hills as you head South, which would give plenty of ride up / ride down stuff. Nothing that I can think of that is chair assisted. Would going into Italy be better if you want to go further, plenty in the Italian Alps for riding, chair assisted and otherwise.

Had one on a carbon Epic, and it was nothing but trouble. It was a Specialized branded one, made of swiss cheese and a big drain on my bike budget….it was the main reason i got rid.

@Kryton57, that’s exactly the same for me……minus the Zwift workout….grim.

I’m racing, and will be in the groupetto also…..but having fun. Echo all the above, and don’t go too fast from the gun however tempting it is.

I’m assuming its a job that requires occassional presentations, rather than your job to present all day, everyday ie a trainer? Assuming this, asking the question and handing the flipchart / responses to your audience as some sort of group exercise can also be very powerful.

Thanks for replies so far, open street map gives me some detail and GPS traces, but I can’t create a new GPX route/

@Bez, I don’t mind paying some ££’s to get a decent map but couldn’t see on the Website how to do this, mind you my french isn’t the best. Is the App better?

As has been said already, well pleased with my Fenix 5s plus – ticks all the boxes you have asked for plus a load more….

John, 32 rear and 19 front :-)

4 laps for me, in the 3hr grand get category – if I had gone a shade quicker on the 4 then could have possibly squeezed a 5th – doubtful really as I was stuffed. Over dressed in a softshell jacket, so next time will wear less. As others have said, great course, atmosphere, organisation and general friendly vibe – bring on rd3.

I’m 5’11” and gave a large. Saddle height from bb is 47cms, and whilst it is a longish, slack bike it’s also a good fit for me.

+2 for brasserie Zedel, we were there on NYE and paid £75 for 3 courses, 2 people, Inc drinks (no wine) and service chg. Food pretty good as well, plus awesome atmosphere.

Me to, if organising something. Happy to do a bit of route planning also if that helps – ridden bits of the list above, but not all and not as an epic loop.

I can’t get Alexa to play Spotify on grouped speakers via Sonos and it’s driving me insane. If Sonos is playing, it makes no difference…..

Plenty of organised trips / holidays that would be with groups, often ability based.

Have a look at Bardonnechia, plenty to do and good access from Turin or if you bad really clever, by rail.

Let’s get this right, you are on the sofa, your Mrs is on the sofa and she’s asking if you’d like a present…..and you are on this forum.

Shouldn’t you be somewhere else, fulfilling the present options….

I assume the auto-connect from Garmin to upload to Strava would default to last used?  Is it easy to edit an activity in Strava once complete?

Good tip on the laptop, I’ve been accessing via apps,, which may account for some of me going round the houses with it all

Wiping your manhood on the curtains after a “it” wasn’t appreciated.  Relationship advisor suggested taking things to a “new high” in the bedroom at the last session – apparently this was not what they meant.

Buy a brand new Carbon FS29’er with carbon wheels.  Wherever you are headed, you will bet there much quicker…….

Was there for 4 days last week (Mon – Thu) – not open

God, I wish it had been……

Where do you normally ride?  The trail, surface is generally “gnarlier” with quite a lot of rocks, so quite fatiguing.

It’s long – 30k, ish.  Some long fireroad sections going up, which are more towards the end, leaving you tired for the final sections.

It’s rocky, but more to do with the surface rather than rideability.

Was he on an e-bike as well?

Don’t worry, you will be able to get it in Asda soon enough

“It rather seems I need to be shoving substantially more protein into Mrs S than I am at the moment”

Phnarrrrrrrr……..phnarrrrrrrrrr

Plus another for the Morillion recommendation, in fact that whole ski area is ace

If it’s a Gore jacket, they will do the repair for you – had an old jacket repaired a while back, with new zip. Good price and speedy service.

Centrally I’ve not heard of anything, so maybe one of the bigger parks a bit further out….?

Galaxy Tab S3 around for a little bit more than you budget, comes with pen and quick operating system, expandable memory with micro SD card……

The Amazon tablets are OK if you don’t mind being tied into them.

Buy the iPad.

And be tied to all things ios and Apple…….

Thanks for the replies – I’m hoping the GPS will be part of the watch, rather than using the phone. I’m aware the fenix does, what about the other Garmin’s?

If it’s Crawley nd Winchester, and you stay love, to Southampton bike park  Lordswood just behind and there is a fair few trails there – you may need a love, to show you but you can’t go far wrong if you don’t cross a road and stay inside the woods.

If it’s Crawley, Sussex then ^^ am, applies

If you like peddling, It’s awesome – faster you go, better it is.  Remember, It’s in the south, there is nothing up or down of note.

Yates needs a new sunglasses sponsor now he’s more of a winner – those Oakleys don’t really do it for me.

Other than that, great result

Helmet Aids, definately- IANAD

Constantly happening using Chrome on a galaxy tab S3..??

Bump for the evening readers……

Cheers, will have a look.

Anyone else?

I had a custom  made, Pegoretti blue steel frame about 10 years ago that I look back on with fond memories…..

Don’t you just clean round the flange ad re-use assuming you have been inserting it in the right place?  If you have used it in an alternative way, it may need more specialist cleaning.  IMHO it’s better to clean where you are putting it before insertion.