A steel band cover of Gary Numan’s Cars

Having tried a lot of coffee “bags” for hotels etc I can say these Raw Bean ones are by far the best I’ve tried.

Alpybus here as well

The display on the handlebars acts as the junction box – no need for another one if you’re only using one shifter.

I have a di2 set-up on a Medium Cotic Solaris.

I have the battery in the headtube using a battery grip and a bung at the bottom made from an old grip with a hole in the end. There is then a wire going to the display/control box on the bars. Then one lead to the shifter and one long lead following the gear cable routing down to the rear mech. I run it as 1×11 so no need for an extra junction box to run two shifters.

Works very well and about as neat as I could manage without routing cables internally.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kOqfop2VWw

Love it there! A little video from last weekend mixed in with a bit of BPW

SWIM is on the seafront, has a relaxed atmosphere and good food.

Hix Oyster House is more upmarket but great food and seaviews.

Tierra Kitchen – Vegetarian restaurant in town, very good.

Uprising Bakehouse in town by the mill – relaxed and very good for breakfast and lunch.

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British TT champion

Yes – my setup is:

Shifter to display

Battery to display (from steerer)

Single cable from display to rear mech

Commute is only three miles for me, one big tree down though.

Update:

Pulled shim out, cleaned it up thoroughly and the inside of the seattube. Liberal application of Araldite and has held up so far…

I’m running 1×11 XTR and have had no problems at all catching wires etc.

I have the battery in the steerer tube using the Shimano seatpost mount and a rubber plug at the bottom of the steerer where the cable pops out and goes to the junction box on the bars and then 1 single run of cable down to the rear mech.

It’s true there aren’t that many benefits on a 1×11 but you can always add the front mech later and it all just works and works and works no matter what slop you ride in.

I was at Hampton Court on the last corner when Wiggins won gold in 2012. The noise as he went past was unbelieveable… it died down slightly until 10 seconds or so later when he crossed the line to win and it erupted again, only louder!

Not the greatest sporting achievement ever, but the culmination of having won the Tour, then rung the bell at the opening ceremony and then this just seemed to make the whole crowd/country behind him.

We have 132, PM your address and I’ll put it in the post

We need 135 and 138!

We are after 15, 61, 83, 135, 138

We have LOADS to swap!

We have a few 57s, drop me an email with your address and I’ll put one in the post.

I know we need about 5 but don’t have the numbers to hand

@molgrips

We have 70! From what you have we need 93

Also need: 15,25,54,61,71,83,93,103,125,135,138

We have to swap a pile about 5cm high… need to check the numbers

I can recommend Rowan’s Creek for a £50 ish bottle – really really nice

Honestly? I just like the jersey.

I have a Dirty Disco as a Road/Commuter/CX bike and have found it to be great (no mudguard mounts though).

I originally had it set up with a flat bar but now have wide road drops with Shimano hydraulic discs. It was great with a narrow bar for commuting but now I do more road/cx the drops work well. Have run it with 28s but I expect you could go much bigger.

I switched a 2014 Lyrik from RC2DH to the Charger damper and was very happy with the difference it made.

Where the RC2DH was great in really rough stuff it was nowhere near as good as the Charger is on the smaller, quicker bumps and in the midstroke.

I think if all you did was ride rocky big hits then the RC2DH would be perfect. For more all round riding go with the Charger.

As a caveat to the above these were 170mm Lyriks, also fitted with a Pike top cap and tokens.

Thanks! Only 3 left now…

I’m in

I used a top-pull CX front mech to avoid using that pulley thing.

Joined

I use Ardent Race on the rear with DHF on the front in 3C compound. Works well for me through Spring/Summer/Autumn

Team YeahBro is mine

New logo just been announced

Agree with above. Best batter in my experience is weight of eggs plus equal weights in flour and milk. So:

2 eggs = 120g
Milk = 120ml
Flour = 120g

Cook the sausages in a heavy based tin for about 15-20 minutes, then up the temperature a little and add the batter.

Here’s mine!

Had great service as well – battery lead fixed free of charge with a very quick turnaround.

Alps for me too – great week, sunny every day.

Amazed to be top of the league and 129th overall!

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@John_Key that’s a real shame, was a great ride. Certainly no signs at the start of the Summer.

I did the same as Bob, singletrack nearly all the way then just a few miles on the road back into Champery

Yeah, Col De Coux – after a bit of a push-up!

Nice vid @BoardinBob

@chocolateteapot – our chalet slept 5 in own rooms and was €750 for a week. We flew with our bikes which was about £200. Lift pass £80ish. Definitely money well spent.

I bought one from probikeshop.fr yesterday for €40 ish