A top local to us Slievenamon in Tipperary , i cycled up it late last year , then took the wife for a walk up it late march when we had the last few flakes of snow .A fine ride but a long walk down that was slow in comparison to my bike descent.

Perchypanther i feel your pain .

A butcher for 20 odd years private n supermarkets, i criticize meat counters look at faults much to my other half’s annoyance.

Whats the fattest tyres n rims folks have managed. Mine will be 27.5 s. on Anthem 3 2017 model medium frame

Awaiting my voucher from bike to work scheme Anthem 3 on hold plus dropper post .

Should be 26 th accounts tell me .WAITING.!!!!!!!!!!!!

Goldigger any dealings with these raw frames?

Just spotted 27.5 carbon frame for 139. euro……

Is AXE throwing in the scout training now officially ?

They used to show Yellow Submarine every Christmas on TV when i was a kid.

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The Blue Meanies are a fictional army of fierce, if buffoonish, music-hating creatures in the surreal 1968 Beatles film Yellow Submarine. They allegorically represent all the bad people in the world.

Is taking your photo without your permission not an infringement of privacy laws or rights.

Snapped a chain here on my Canondale 29er. New chain was skipping beyond rideable, so new cassette was next .
Still not riding right ,closer inspection revealed rear mech cage was also bent and as slack as h–s draws.
So new mech and all is good .
Except the wallet !

A swing that leaves tyre marks ! MMmm

Mountain warehouse branded stuff is good value i find.I also use it as work wear ,working in social care can at times be quite demanding on clothing and it holds up well.

Plus one for Halfords too.

Brought their cheapo plain black plastic job ,must be 7 years ago ,still going strong was only £10.00 if i remember correctly.

I built one up from spares ,tatty old ali frame n forks from the ark and made of pig iron.Old chain set.
Trouble is i’ve not seen it as my 17 year old son has claimed it despite having his own rockhopper down the shed .

Contemplating turning my Cannondale 29er into SS for next winter, then i’ll lock it away from others when not in use.

Local reared pork from my friends farm is the key ingredient.
Tamworth cross.

PORK Made from ” Wait For It ” Real PIGS !

Their in the Fridge chilling so the pastry can Relax a bit .

Got myself a complete set of shimano’s from bike discount ,when i unpacked the levers were wrong sided for my liking so changed over calipers without the need to bleed .
After a week needed bleeding so got myself an irrigation syringe from work used that to do pressure bleed ,by putting syringe in top ,open bleed nipple,tube to jar to catch fluid ,plunge syringe then lock off nipple and PRESTO no air left in system.
Basically same as pressure bleeding car brakes with a compressor full of fluid .

How about mapping away from UK where Ordnance survey maps don’t cover.

Looking for a mapping system for republic ireland , use google maps at present or just zoom in in strava segments.

Had two from same via adds on local classifieds.

A Sonia Merith from belgium ,apparently there are no bikes in brussels !

A Mr Van Bowel whom i told the bike pre dated the stone age and i bought it from Barney rubble and he still wanted it for an extra price.

Aldi did an adapter and cartridges a while back plus refill pack seperate Bound to come around again or Lidl

Trust the police on the car as well /as bike .

Hang EM high when caught .

Now living and working in Ireland “NO”
The big festival here is “Electric Picnic” sold out in 30 mins without even a play list !
Then talking with folks at work they don’t even know what Glastonbury is or Pilton for that matter .

Had a Claud Butler majestic back in early 80s as my 1 bike used for general duties,touring and rough stuff as it was then .
Used to go away weekends with RSF group of local ctc Bristol branch with a chap I think his name was Rob Porter remember doing the “Wayfarers path” up in snowdonia .
I couldn’t make start of day so joined them late sat night after i’d driven up after work ,parked the car then rode up in darkness to try and find them , gave up around midnight and pitched my tent then in morning realized i was a stones throw from them over the brow . ( no mobiles then and pretty dim torches too)

531 tubing was where it was at . The bike cost me best part of £400.00 which was over 10 wks wages as an apprentice butcher ,my pride n joy.
Not for getting my old Brookes B17 saddle which dad had from a friend at work at the time .

Renewed my shed roof with Box profile sheets,breathable felt underneath it to stop condensation as it opens into conservatory.
Google local agri roofing suppliers.

Found some on Ebay (Bikeaider) ordered a couple £12.99 sterling so come in at 15. euro there abouts for me

Nothing local to me, wil be trying LBS later when i’m out have to take the car for NCT so will have bit time to kill.

Just been searching Flea Bay too.

Diazepan was prescibed by my doctor,could barely crawl up the stairs at one stage, That floaty feeling is not nice thou.
I now use an osteopath about once a year , as mine stems from previous injury of neck after doing an over the bars badly .He puts movement back into the seized joints ,then rotations of the hips and upper body and arms keep me mobile when i feel things starting to tighten up.

I ended up doing a walk that went slowly from a car park into the woods, hung round for a bit and then quicker back to the car and called it ‘Burying the Body’

That’s No joke over in the Dublin Mountains ,dig em up quite regular.

Nant YR Arian has a shiny new pump track now according to the press.

May have to take a trip back over the water some time this spring accompanied by the bike.

Still toying with An Orbea Loki ,have yet to arrange a long demo off road with the LBS.Got the forms from work for the cycle to work scheme /on line application so just got to top up the rest once march pay day comes.

Got side tracked by buying upgrade brakes for the Cannondale 29er ,Damm those e-mails from the German discount shop :

Doing lots of night shifts this month too so that provides the income but impacts ride time. Ahh well such is life …

Somewhere One Day this guy will cross the Wrong person and end up where he deserves Which is 6ft under .

In the mean time people have to be “Buyer Beware “.

LandRovers are so easy to cover up all manner of sins as basically a giant Mechano kit as those that have owned them know.

I’ve had several over the years, from Series to Discovery

Many years ago i hired a car in York from a national firm then drove home to Bath dropped car at depot out of hours so posted keys through letter box as agreed.
I called them following morning to check they had keys and request my deposit back which i had paid in cash at the time in York.
3 days later cheque arrived in post for deposit,cashed it. End of business.
A month later another cheque arrived in the post for my deposit again , i held it for a month then paid it into my bank but kept the money aside for 3 months ,no requests were ever recieved for the double refund.

So my trip from York to Bath cost me next to nothing .
Their mistake not mine. over 30 years ago now.

Valentines day has become a capitalist commercial venture op, do somethimg nice at any other tome of the year not when the telly box tells you.

Totally agree, over commercialized. We just had steak for tea which i cooked as usual as she says i cook it better then she went to work at 18.30 for the night,so a night ride round the lanes for me,then watched n recorded Endeavor. then bed.

Excellent film , brought back many a fond memory of my younger days n trips past with parents n friends some passed on now to hills beyond.
Enjoyed with a Bishops Finger or two ,Thanks to Sheppard Neame.

Had a set of forks posted royal mail ,then an-post to me via the parcel pal service in Eire n no bother .

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Irish Buff !! farmers calander when searching for buffs.

Does running Tubeless really save that much weight relative to speed gain ?

If you bored of Uk trail centre’s ,then hop over the irish sea,few good ones over here and more being developed with funding from colite,(FC) equiv .
Then we have Wicklow,Dublin mountains, then Galtees,Comerargh to name but a few.

Excellent magazine well worth the money, i live in eire so limited choice of UK mags anyway then overpriced by conversion to Euro, so this n cranked by subscription is my best value.
Awaiting the next issue, good read for my night shifts.