Yeah no worries…2 secs… :-)

I have a £5 off £50 spend code if that’s any use?

+2 for the Topeak

Built up a new Cotic Soul a few months ago, funded by inheritance after my grandad (last remaining grandparent) passed away. It was him who taught me how to ride a bike when I was a kid and my earliest biking memories are from weekends away with my grandparents. Felt like a fitting tribute to build up a decent hardtail-to-last and everytime I ride it, I think of him and my grandma.

It’s not old but it has sentimental value to me :-)

Pedal up to Lanhydrock as well if you get a chance, the blue grade trails are quite good when ridden fast plus it’s good for taking the family to for some beginner-type riding.

Check out Penwith MTB on Facebook as they ride that sort of area and will welcome showing you siome trails

I’ve looked at both recently, really fancied some Iron Cross rims so I could go tubeless easily, but 40psi max counts out putting on road tyres for my commute.

Ordered some Kinesis wheels yesterday so looking forward to getting them in a couple of days.

Wheelset. Ordered.

(Together with a nicely cheap XT cassette from CRC. Should shed a fair amount of weight off my current setup!)

:-)

What kind of riding has that been Buzzlightyear – road/commute or off-road etc?

Yeah, saw the ones in the classifieds but the newer ones sound a fair bit lighter…plus blue/black stickers would go nicely with my frame and those are destickered :wink:

I ordered a couple of tyres from one of the German stores and had a small currency conversion charge or something charged by Santander to my bank account. Not sure how common that is?

They’ve got a few mediums in stock at the moment, check the Stock Checker..

St Austell/Carclaze Eco Town in Cornwall…currently out for public consultation but likewise, not built yet

Well spotted Macavity, sounds like Silverfish. Not come across that one in my searches :-)

Thanks totalshell,gives me some info to think about..

Had looked into BT, but being colour blind likely puts me out. I haven’t considered whether it’s an issue for gas though :?

Not sure nationally choppersquad but definitely in Devon and Cornwall. Best check the web site.

This will be my 5th Dyfi in 6 years. Biggest ride this year so far has been 22 miles and about a 1/3 of the elevation so I’m expecting to struggle (again) this year!

Recently built up a new Cotic Soul and I’m torn between taking that to make the climbs a bit easier, or my trusty slightly heavier Five and have more fun on the downhills…or put the Crests from the Soul on the Five to make it a bit lighter…or put the Revs from the Five on the Soul to make it better for the descents…blah blah #1stworldproblems

Oi, watch what you’re saying you lot. I can have you done for discrimination now :lol:

elliott-20 – Member
Funny thing really, as pretty much all of the people I know and have met in Cornwall either have a second home there or have moved down from the home counties.

Hence us proper jobbers being given minority status…

(For what it’s worth, I’m Cornish and I don’t really care about this)

I’m in!… but seems to be repeat-live from the beginning :?

That’s the one I’m trying. Still nothing. :-(

Is Redbull TV working OK for everyone? Can only get the ‘title’ screen on both the Android app and the Web site, so missing it all :evil:

Hmmm, yeah you’re right Olly. 4.5 miles is a lot. I’ll be alright. :wink:

I’ll probably be near the back (as usual) too. Looking at my Strava history, I’ve only done 2x 20+ mile rides this year…and one of them was an ‘easy cx’ ride :?

I recently did this. Got a waterproof jacket, gilet, SPD shoes, shorts and riding trousers.

Bike parts are not possible, as it’s limited to clothing and safety accessories…basically the same accessories you’re allowed when you do the full bike C2W scheme.

Yo bro from another mo…just replaced my seized BB5 with a Shimano CX77 so will let you know how it compares.

Grogley Woods near Bodmin if you like steepish natural trails. Stevede on here is the man to speak to.

Poldice valley near Redruth is good for DH & jumps. The family friendly Coast to Coast route between Portreath and Devoran runs through here too and links up with the Mineral Tramways trails in the area too. Bit far from Polzeath maybe though.

There’s also a new family friendly signed trail around Caradon Hill – Local news link

Yeah… that was us :lol:

You know… when you’ve been tangoed Cornwall Freeridered

Cheers all. Will look at getting a new Bender Fender and get my scissors out :D

Nightmare runs for me too…no issues really on stage 1, just slow then stopping & stalling all over the shop on stage 2. Was feeling alright on stage 3 til towards the end when I came off once, maybe twice!

Ibjones – did you get the heckle treatment on the final sweeping left hander on Stage 3?! :wink:

Expansys are selling refurbished, as good as new 1st gen 32GB Nexus 7s for £115 + £6 p&p (3 month warranty)

linky

To be honest the organisers are pretty ‘laid back’ when it comes to event timings and sending info out. They’ll probably email everyone tomorrow.

As above, practice started at 10am for round 1, i think registration was from 8am. Race runs started from 12pm and in no particular order.

Am hoping they’ll actually get round to doing the prize draw afterwards this time!

I’ll be there. Did OK for the first round so hoping for a decent result this time too. Also hoping for less mud!

Cheers loddrik, some options there on O-O

sprocker – Member
Number 423 my first race since 1998 !!

It’s not a race :wink:

Euro – this might be a useful read – BFe or Soul

Not yet

Are those F1 style camera mounts on either side of the saddle, for forward and rear facing Go Pro’s? :wink:

27th place for me, which I was happy with :-)

Took me a while to get my legs going on Stage 1 and loved Stage 2. Stage 3 was good on the practice lap but I ballsed up the tight right-hand switchback towards the end and slid off down the bank. Needless to say, I wasn’t too gutted the Stage 3 times were discounted!

Anyone seen any pics anywhere, apart from mullet-something-or-other ones?

Will be back for Round 2 in March!

There was a study published a couple of months ago which looked at how cyclists’ appearance affected how closely drivers overtook them.

Available, at a price, here

Here’s the abstract:

Title: The influence of a bicycle commuter’s appearance on drivers’ overtaking proximities
Organisation: University of Bath
Date uploaded: 13th January 2014
Date published/launched: November 2013

This study looked at whether drivers overtaking a bicyclist changed the proximities of their passes in response to the level of experience and skill signalled by the bicyclist’s appearance.

This study looked at whether drivers overtaking a bicyclist changed the proximities of their passes in response to the level of experience and skill signalled by the bicyclist’s appearance.

Five outfits were tested, ranging from a stereotypical sport rider’s outfit, portraying high experience and skill, to a vest with ‘novice cyclist’ printed on the back, portraying low experience.

A high-visibility bicycling jacket was also used, as were two commercially available safety vests, one featuring a prominent mention of the word ‘police’ and a warning that the rider was video-recording their journey, and one modelled after a police officer’s jacket but with a letter changed so it read ‘POLITE’.

An ultrasonic distance sensor recorded the space left by vehicles passing the bicyclist on a regular commuting route. 5,690 data points fulfilled the criteria for the study and were included in the analyses. The only outfit associated with a significant change in mean passing proximities was the police/video-recording jacket. Contrary to predictions, drivers treated the sports outfit and the ‘novice cyclist’ outfit equivalently, suggesting they do not adjust overtaking proximity as a function of a rider’s perceived experience.

Notably, whilst some outfits seemed to discourage motorists from passing within 1 metre of the rider, approximately 1-2% of overtakes came within 50 cm no matter what outfit was worn. This suggests there is little riders can do, by altering their appearance, to prevent the very closest overtakes; it is suggested that infrastructural, educational or legal measures are more promising for preventing drivers from passing extremely close to bicyclists.

For more information contact:
Ian Walker, Bath University
T: 01225 383908

An interesting quote from the discussion in this article:

But it is striking that driver behaviour to POLICE was so different to POLITE given
the key word differed by just one letter. Not only was passing much closer on average with
POLITE, but subjectively the experimenter reported feeling much more at risk, and encountered
overt acts of aggression from several drivers, when wearing POLITE.

Mansell came back to F1 for a few odd races for Williams and (I think) McLaren a year or two after Indycar, and used red 5 IIRC

Edit: but yeah he was off in the US when he was the reigning champ

Edit 2: after a quick Google…he used red 5 in Indy car and red 2 in his guest appearances for Williams after, but not either with McLaren