Nevis Range got rights to 10 Under the Ben & Macavalanche.
Enduro Sports Association got the rights to the SES.

Entry list here
https://www.sientries.co.uk/event.php?elid=Y&event_id=9516
I guess the competitors information email will come out a week or so before.

Mtbs, front wheels off and hanging from hooks in the ceiling.
Road bike hanging by front wheel from a hook in the ceiling.

Trouble is I’ve got another couple of bikes in an asgard shed In the garden.

Can’t you find space in your plans for a bike cupboard?
I’ve got a 3′ x 5’6″ cupboard in the house that I can fit 3 mtbs & 1 road bike in.

I got it when I was 17.
The first of the spots appeared on my John Thomas😲
That made for very painful mornings.

If the PTFE settles out its a suspension not a solution, grumble, grumble.

I did that to a set of isis turbines too.
I stood up to power up a hill and ping, driveside crank snapped in two.
I got an updated set of x-type deus cranks with bottom bracket under the lifetime warranty.
I needed proof of purchase to claim the warranty through the shop I bought them from.

Nope.
I had an XT pedal axle shear at the nut.
The 2 pairs of M520’s have been out lasted the XT’s by a long way.

How much of that is tied up with Boris I’ve no idea, but I’m guessing its not just 20 quid.

About 2 million quid

Hope AM stem is 6-7Nm

Diesel?
Hydraulic lock☹

are the Uberbike pads any good.

Not in my experience.
Tried the E-bike/endurance ones and the squealed like a pig when they got hot. The stopping power was ok but I couldn’t stand the noise.
I went back to Hope standard pads

Why should you have to fix someone else’s mess?
Don’t pay them until they come back and do it properly.

A Grabber inserted from the top.
Other suppliers are available 😁

My Topeak D2 was good enough until it died after years of use.
There’s a ribbon cable between the head and the body & 2 out of 4 wires broke.
Replaced it with an SKS Airchecker which I don’t find as easy to use.

Out of the two I’d go back to a D2 but go easy on twisting the head back & forth.

You see why your mates hands are useful!

If you miss the punch with the BFH you don’t get mashed fingers. Your mate on the other hand….😁

That has to be a piss take?

I’ll get my coat😁

What’s the score with families being kicked off the estate?

gamekeepers, gardeners, farming and domestic staff, who were employed by the previous owner, have been laid off and the properties they lived in put up for sale.
P & J link
Times paywall link

What onzadog said!

I’ve had a betd one go like that. I did **** it of a rock though.
Given the mechanism of damage I’m not surprised it snapped like that.
I’d just buy another ebay one tbh.

10.5 Never take sugar free haribo on a ride 😱💩😱

If you want to complain to a regulatory body it’s IPSO for the Daily Heil not OFCOM.

Check on Fixmystreet.com to see if the holes had been reported

Some councils (Fife for example) don’t accept reports from 3rd party sites.

All done, all outside.
Today’s ride was a bit of a joyless grovel. Not helped by forgetting my water bottle and having to turn back to get it after 15 minutes. It was raining when I started off, I got my layering wrong and was overheating after about 45 minutes.
512km I total.
Glad it’s all over.
Until next time.

This any good?

TRP FF2-F160 if you can find stock anywhere!
Shimano on Amazon

I use a go & made a cosy out of bubble wrap & gaffa tape, keeps it hot when brewing inverted outside.
Brew it strong & add water is the way to go.
I don’t bother with a metal filter, extra faff and I broke it by being ham fisted😮

Sitting at 210km after today’s 50km ride in the pissing rain so on target.
Got a 95km planned for tomorrow, I’ve run out of chamois cream and my bum is sore!
Forecast looks OK for tomorrow compared to the rest of the week.

I’ve been informed I have to go to the in-laws tomorrow afternoon.
MIL & AIL compete to see who’s vapid conversation can be loudest.
BIL will bicker with everyone, the level of severity depending on how many arsehole tablets he had for lunch.
Mrs_H is on day 2 of a row of night shifts and won’t have slept properly & I’ll be in a mardy because tomorrow afternoons forecast is good and I won’t be out on my bike.

RONNIE PICKERING

Who?

Taxi driver this afternoon “I’ll knock your face off”
After I pointed out that his pass was close enough to knock off his wing mirror.

Anyone actually riding tomorrow?

I’ll probably nip out for a night ride once Mrs_H is off for her nightshift.
TV will be shite anyway 😁

125km planned for tomorrow & the weather looks meh😁
Doing it indoors is cheating though.

One of them is in my cycling club😪
But he is a roadie😂😂

Is that from Viz or The Daily Mash?

Nope😮

They aren’t always dressed in red coats
“FIFE FOXHOUNDS COVID-19 GUIDANCE
…… Hunting Dress – For the time being, the Hunting Office recommends that there should be no red coats on the Hunting field. Public perception is crucial at this time of national sensitivity – we therefore advise that Hunt Staff and followers should not wear red coats. Packs with larger mounted fields, those in the public eye or those with a larger anti presence, should also consider asking their followers to remain as low key as possible and continue to hunt in tweed or ratcatcher. This is an evolving situation and will be kept under constant review.”

I can’t find a thread about it yet

Ahem!😀

Shite.
From the Puffer forum on Facebook
“Sadly it looks like the Puffer’s off….. We’re working on the details so we’ll have more info for you in the next few days.
Meantime get vaxxed, wear a mask and stay safe.”

Just fitted a set of sks 28″x 57mm bluemels to my sonder al camino.
Loads of clearance.
Dead easy to fit this time, unlike fitting the 35mm versions to my Trek road bike😱

From the Pitmedden trail crew Facebook page.
State of the trails after storm Arwen.
50/50 All clear
Wormhole – All clear
Gruffalo Hunt – All clear
Gruffalos Child – All clear
Short trail before the gruffalos – All clear
Rootmageddon – All clear
Down son of a c*nt – All clear
All the jumps – Multiple trees down in lower section
Right Jump line – All clear
Centre Jump line – Trees down
Loam Lover – Lots of big trees down (impassable)
Roam Rover – Tree down after the second chute (passable on foot).
A River Runs Through It – fallen tree after bombhole (passable)
Flow – clear (but covered in leaves)
COVID-19 – clear
Towball – clear
Don’t Send It – clear
Name and Shame – clear
Trig to Tyre – clear
Apparently trees down at Heart of Darkness and Red Arrows too 🙁

A moat.
Given I live mid terrace I’m not sure my neighbours would appreciate it.