Chin up old-boy it might have been a terrible nightmare of a job working with idiots. You can never tell.
Perhaps the next one will be superb. We all have crap going on, most of the time, concentrate on the good, however small then go for a ride and let it all drift away.

Tues – Yeoford to ivybridge 50 miles offroad
Wed – 10 mile run along SWCP 6-700m climbing
Thurs – Blown out legs so a day of recovery
Fri – 4 hours playing round the forest
Sat – Another long ride round haldon followed by fettling and repairs
Sun – Usual ride with gang at haldon

Not a bad week.

I love these threads.

well done!

How’s the hound Luke?

Bubbles, 1/2 way across Dartmoor;

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@mackem.. LOL!

It was brilliant on Dartmoor. The guy I was with was on a Karate Monkey with 2.4 tyres, and he was having to pedal to keep up with me when I freewheeled on downhills

It climbs really well, I’ve got a 36 on the front and an 11-34 cassette. The only problem I’ve had is with a really slow, technical uphill when the wheel size made it oversteer a bit. The grip on loose climbs is phenomenal. I’ve made it up stuff that I’ve never done on other bikes.

No magic weight reduction in the wheels! The rims are surprisingly light due to the cutouts and I’ve got the 120 tpi tyres, so a bit lighter than the standard 27 tpi ones..

I was stunned by how fast it rolls.
In comparison my alfine karate monkey is about the same weight, with smaller tyres and it was simply no match when it came to ease of pedalling, the Krampus out-rolled me on every descent, both on and off-road.
There were also bits of moor I was really struggling on that tom on the Krampus just seemed to to roll over with minimal fuss.

If I could get one, I would.

What ARE the differences between the 319 and 719?

About 30 grammes and a little bit of strength. Personally I’d go for the heavier 719s

is that throwing star off your bike? ;)

you could try this; Yeoford to Ivybridge

Yeoford has a lovely station and library:

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Tom and the Krampus on top of Sittaford tor:

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Bubbles;

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I was just about to post about this – Cheers ajantom for a superb ride. One of the best ever and certainly the best ever day on the moor. The Krampus was storming and Bubbles (my alfine karate monkey) both performed admirably, which is more than can be said for their owners. I still can’t find others stupid amazing enough to try it. Perhaps a register should be set-up…
Pics to follow…

I really get on with the Vivo neo trails

Chunky monkey

Salsa do a nice one

The inland pack track just south of greymouth.

Karate monkey, troll, ogre etc

Hey George, nice to meet you the other day.

I didn’t really know what to say, surely it’s worse for them than me? I don’t want to make it into a competition, but it feels weird that everyone seems to be worrying about me.

Don’t feel bad or worry, you probably knew him at least as well as his family – you chose each others company after all. People worry about you because they care. Helping you might be healing for the family and yourself. We all grieve and deal with things differently and need a range of approaches, don’t just try to bottle up and tough it out. It takes time & does improve.

Feel free to get in touch if you want to talk to a random almost stranger, perhaps over a spin on haldon?
Joe

The new version of the km has lost all the useful little braze-ons and the v mounts…

If only mike would make another few alpines with ebb…

I love my karate monkey fwiw

Does anyone else feel woefully inadequate on the man point scale? Think I need to go play with some tools.

Just poor.

Lustleigh cleave
even on the OS maps

a 20inch uni is good for starting with.

yes and yes, plenty of riding around.

Charlie – you’re a gentleman and a scholar. Bravo!

For me there’s too much fork movement when climbing. YMMV, though

that’s where u-turn and lockouts come into their own.

anyone know what bag he is using with the map window on it?

beer

Following it down the trails on a 26 rigid was interesting, you definitely had traction when I didn’t!

Love my sanderson soloist

you can polish a turd, or you can buy a moulton spaceframe. :wink:

29 is what you want although “in my day” 24×3 was what you needed. I checked and I did ride that one I’m afraid

I would never do such an irresponsible thing.

It even looks good in the flesh as it were.

Zebra – Horse
Impala – Venison
Springbok – Very, very gamey venison
Reindeer – horse-venison hybrid

North of Exeter is all Scotland isn’t it?

Anyone tried the tyres in a KM yet. Not that I’ve got a particular interest you understand, purely hypothetical…