Run 11 – 28 on my bike and love it with 44, 32, 22 at the front. Speed and fitness have increased no end, but then again I don’t ride techy trail centres, just single track and bridleways.

Tennyson trail

I think its you, way too cool for the rest of us.

Friend of mine fell off on the ice on Monday, hit his head, no helmet thankfully only a mild concussion. He is now off to get a helmet.

Ride, I fit in 3 – 4 rides a week, summer/ winter set times. Am married with kids and 40. the wife knows my cycling times and we live around them. Only cycle for an hour each time, but keeps me fit.

Just got in, that slows you down a bit.

I had an awesome ride, had to slowly introduce myself to the shower when I got in, started it cold and slowly warmed it up. The ground was hard and really fast rolling. A change from last night where it was a frosty crust on some pretty wet mud. Like riding through a creme brulee. 😆

If its skipping gears because the casette and chain are both that badly worn the middle chain ring (if you ride in the middle ring most) is probably worn out too.
If you ride everything till its all worn out you will usually end up needing to fit chain casstette and chaing ring together. New chains will skip badly over worn gears.
Some people fit 3 to 4 new chains a year to try to reduce running stretched chains on chainrings and causing more wear. Swings & roundabouts….

Only ride in the big ring, no wear at all on that. I feel like I’m being told off like the naughty boy I am. Just ride hard thats all.

You can buy the small separate rings separately if you think the rest is okay. Rose bike sell them but you should be able to get them in other places.

PS looks like you’ve been stomping up hills in those couples of sprockets. Try moving up to a larger chainring and sprocket combination to get the same gearing but spreading the force over more teeth.

Good call, may try mixing the gears a bit. Have been considering changing to single speed or 1 x 9, but want the larger front gear. so dont know on that score.

New chain is a spanker, that was first ride with it, 8 miles pedaling, 7 miles walking. So hopefully wont have any wear. Might try alternating chains, every 100 miles or so. Agree with all the dedication on mechanics I would rather ride than faff.

Enjoyed the walk btw except the calves hurt a bit today. Spd’s are not the comfiest to walk in.

Have just changed the tube and there were 4 seperate puncture and had to get the thorns out with pliers. So I think I would have been extremely lucky to change inner and get very far before it punctured again. Also dont enjoy mechanics in the dark.

Was starting to get annoying on the old chain, so will replace the cassette I think. And know I am usually very particular with the drive. The photo is just after a very dirty ride, It was raining last night. And the bridlepaths are filthy.

I wish I knew.

And the dirt is last nights ride, avoiding non working gears, got a pissing flat 7 miles from home, so had more of a walk than a ride.

Ace GPS on my Desire S, with Endomondo, I do use GPS fix though, which just retingles the GPS signal via an internet connection (I think).

my standard response to this type of question is Hesiod’s Word and Days, the idea of the past being better has always been a part of human existence. This is something Hesiod recognised c700BC. I suspect that this is something recognised even earlier but my knowledge of ancient texts doesn’t go back that far.

I know the bible talks of the fall of man, and i know it roots are ancient, just not sure how far back Genesis goes.

You are right, a great deal of the bible can be traced back to the Egyptians beliefs and borrowed from them, and therefore can be taken back even further than that. I definately like the idea that throughout life all people have looked back with rose coloured glasses.

This landed near me whilst out riding, on my own so no pics of me.

Don’t think I’ll see this very often.

My two retro bikes, both still used

and

And my decent bike, not as expensive as some on here, but I love it and it suits me.

And sometimes seen on this

about £20 i reckon. message me i might be interested 😉

Love night riding, go out 3 times a week on my own. My brother knows my routes, so if anything was to happen my wife could get in touch with him. Have seen some awesome wildlife, just really enjoy it. Especially if its nice and icy or better still snowing. Last year was ace. Work at a joiners bench in a factory so feel the need to get fresh air at the end of a day.

I’d look a bit of a prat turning up to work in a suit.

I’m a bench joiner. 😆

just been through this myself, never dropped saddle, just used to slow down and occasionally have saddle whack me in the nuts. Got a Reverb from On One and first ride out absolutely loved it. has started to alter the way I ride already. Bit of a gamble at £200 but it paid off.

Conn Igulden

nuff said

In that case my current road bike

Note Horizontal top tube

and my still used (less so now got a Specialized) mountain bike bought when I was 22. Am now 40)

Marcel

How did we survive before Hi viz and only having ever ready lights 🙄

In fact about here

You would have thought so, but a brook one side, then an open field, and an open field the other side. No fences for miles around, only hedgerows.

Mine so far

And getting some, although she does say she hates the Tache.

I’ve heard Clown Fish are very funny.

boom tish

i’m here all night

aka_Gilo: Was that the only thing you looked at in the club book in your formative years?

We always used to go srtaight to the gossard glossys and underwear pages in my mums club book.

The paint work is in remarkable condition for its age, However old it is. Anyone know much about them.

I have only made the above 2 so far, more of a hobby, but I am a joiner so am at a slight advantage.

This is the build of the Archtop posted from another forum under and old username.

http://www.volkszone.com/VZi/showthread.php?t=611781&highlight=making+an+archtop+guitar

And have just found the thread for the electric.

http://www.volkszone.com/VZi/showthread.php?t=521500&highlight=making+an+electric+guitar

If you take the time to read them, please forgive me any mistakes, but they both play, and there are links to videos of them working.

I have more planned, but time is conspiring against me at the mo.

Thanks for asking.

Marcel

Sorry if they are a bit boring.

And

And

both made by myself.

On a recent ride

I must admit I got a 3rd one month on purely recreational rides, including a family holiday to the Isle of Wight where I had and hour and a half workout every morning on their excellent bridleways. However this was an especially good month for me and I was still well over 100 miles down on the top two commuters. Haven’t bothered since as there is no challenge as you could never win. Just enjoy my rides to myself now.