Flared you say?

Ragly luxy bars. They’re quite comical but ace.

buffalo (again)

it may not be the answer you were looking for but it’s the right one.

love my stooshie!

How about just be a bit more realistic and re-name it the ‘Tour of the lower half of the British mainland’.

except it misses the southwest…

ninfan – Member
bring back the proper wrights coal tar soap

The current stuff is terrible, actually makes me worse.

As the above have said.

For me, sunlight helps and the soap I use in the shower makes a huge difference. This stuff is great: http://mitchellswoolfatsoap.co.uk/

Alfine 8 was ok, the range is quite usable, easy to treat as a variable ratio singlespeed (ie, pedal harder). Trouble with that is I broke several of the roller clutches.
Always wanted to get a Rohloff and in the last year it has been everything i hoped and more. Now saving for a second one…

You get used to the weight distribution pretty quickly and ajust your riding to compensate. Its nothing like the big deal its made out to be.

Way ahead of you epicyclo…

I have a set of B&M lights and a USB Werk on our tandem coupled to a son deluxe. We’re able to keep two phones and a powerpack fully charged on tour and the lights are awesome for road riding.

The standlight function is great and the senso rear light with brakelight function is really neat.

On sale here: https://www.rosebikes.com/article/trelock-ls-820-duo-flat-signal-rear-brake-light/aid:642284

Just some idle thoughts over the mornibg coffee:
I might go a bit further and propose that professional players are actually quite bad for the everyman experience of sports such as mountain biking. If it hadn’t been for the lightweight “drillium” phase, driven by racing and marketing, we would have been riding full sus, larger tyred bikes long ago.
Likewise the plethora of big bikes that were produced in the josh bender phase.

As fas as i can see, for the majority of people (those without a fleet of bikes);
Pro riding breeds highly specalised machines to do best in the niche that contains money. Marketing and advertising then drives sales and the sport lurches toward that niche. Jo public sees ultra light racer or 40lbs sled and buys a cheap version. Cheap version is even more heavy/skittish/uncomfortable. Jo public gives up.

Currently we seem to be back to all-round bikes capable of long days pedaling toward the horizon. The proliferation of comfy, very forgiving bikes appears to correlate with a boom in MTB numbers.

Gentle Z1 only ride.

looks great kayla – can you do middleburn spline?

Betd might be up for it.

That singlespeed is “Rad”

Nice!

Tubeless clements mxp for most conditions in the sw.

I like riding with one other or solo most of all. That said it’s nice to ride with a small group sometimes. Big groups are usually a nightmare.

I’ll be riding if you want guiding.

Sams in kemptown was our fabourite…

up to yes tor and down? – where in NW dartmoor?

I have the purple one above and have used it 20 odd times. (Flint trails). It’s quick enough that i can fix the leak without losing any significant ammount of air. For me its not so much about saving time in a race but being quick enough to save some of the sealant for the rest of the long ride.

Message me lotto.

I suggeat you head to the doubke locks and abuse the regulars…

Wasp

Osprey talon 6 and a water bottle on the bike for long rides. I take some chlorine dioxide tablets for refilling bottles from streams etc.
Rode Plymouth-exeter (nearly) yesterday with it fine.

Nice bike – gopping colours. I’m oot

Rotring trio.

There’s a lot of ground there that’ll be roadwork unless you want to do about 350-400km…

I did it on an 80mm singlespeed hardtail. Fitted it with a thudbuster for the run though.

3.1 mounts to pins on the rack meaning a compatible rack has to be used

About 6 psi front and rear…

I thought I saw your name on the leaflet! Great little project!

I would get a set of levers with v brake pull ie. Mtb disc compatable and use a bar-end friction shifter.

My cousin rode hers to capetown and back from leeds…

OCB – I saw you as I was heading up the hill for my own loop of dartmoor. we should spin out together sometime!

Sailing race, 1am, febuary, 1998, blowing a gale somewhere in the middle of the north sea. I came up top, went forward to check the rigging and as I clipped on up front I was hit by a freak wave that took me overboard. Helmsman and other crew didnt see but i managed to get back on board.
Thank you survival suits. Never been so cold before or since.

yep. trail dog here.

Shand for me…