Have you got it on battery saver? I’ve used Endomondo for a while and tried the battery saver, the GPS trace was just useless, straight lines, 100miles+ distance for 15 mile rides, ridiculous top speeds (I think 500+ mph was the best!)

I did it a couple of years ago on a Spesh with cabling designed like a U-bend. The only problem is as its full suss it can turn into an automatic if the suspension gets a good work out whilst pedaling. Anyone got a link to those crimps/clamps?

land rover Td5 SWB mud tyres and roof rack, some towing 50%off road. average 25mpg

2008 1.9tdci Ford focus hatchback 55+mpg have managed 70mpg on motoway at a steady 60-65mph

1986 VWT3 1.9d hightop 35mpg

Old passat estate 1.9tdi (before Ford) 55mpg

Oh the pain, the cramps, the filth!
I’m in!

I love my VW T3 even though its slow and rusty. Chuck stuff in, get changed, make a brew, have a nap, stand up etc. Its slow but manages to do the maximum permitted speed in this country so not to fussed.
Also I always have a clear road in front of me so its stress free 😉
Wish I’d have bought a van years ago.
Get about 35-40mpg, not bad for an old hightop van. Handles really well at legal speeds and no power steering

Its only my opinion but keep away from Deore steel rings. I just bought two in the last 6 months, both bent (Im 5’8″ and 9 and a 1/2stone so hardly a beast). The last bent within the first 10k of the first ride. Really poor quality for £18 but I thought they would last better than the £30+ LX/SLX alloy middle rings which last about 6 months before sucky sucky time.
It does boil my wee a bit especially when you see the price of Motorbike sprockets (bigger more metal designed to take more stress?) http://www.sportsbikeshop.co.uk/motorcycle_parts/content_prod/53095

Think I will try Middleburn next if they are getting good reviews

Well it seems to have worked with Singletrack and CMBC. If you have the opinions of 10 MTBers saying the trail is great and doesn’t need any work against one person who says the track is impassable. You might be able to put off proposed work on trails.

I use this method all the time. If someone complains about a section I ask horse riders what they think (most of them like a challenging route as well) and I’ll go out and look at it also (as a MTBer).

With budget cuts as they are, LA (local Authorities) are always trying to spend their budget wisely so if they have a group of people saying, ‘look this track is fine, its passable and its rideable’ the PROW officer will go with that as it may save them money and they can channel their funds elsewhere.

I used to go to a lot of IMBA conferences but got a bit fed up with the whole trail centre emphasis of it all. Wwaswas is right, either the CTC or IMBA need to sort out a national ‘This Trail Is Ace And It Doesnt Need Any Work…For A Bit’ (I know, catchy huh!) where people can map the bits they like and send it in.

HOWEVER, its really not that hard to do it. Get on your LA website find the Public Rights of Way contact, arrange a meeting, get a map and a highlight pen and discuss.

Making a sweeping statement/generalization, those who complain are usually quite nesh. Ive had complaints about puddles because someone had spent £150 on new hiking boots and didn’t want to get them dirty! Unfortunatly these type of complaints are the ones that make trails become sanitized.

Do your bit!

As someone who works in the Public Sector and Countryside its always hard to put up with the ‘oh no they’ve gone and ruined another trail’ complaints AFTER the event.
I did write into the Access debate but it never got mentioned so here is my advice:
The Public Sector does what the Public asks them to do. If the public say a section of FP/BW is impassable then the Local Authority will go out and do something about it.

Singletrack have met CMBC staff about which trails they really like in there current state. They have marked them on a CMBC map so if any complaints come in about the state of the route CMBC can now decide whether to leave the route as it is or to carry out work. IF they carry out the work they know to contact MTB groups.

Did anyone here write to Cumbria to say which routes they like, have they met with the PROW dept and marked on a map the routes that they like?

If and when the LA do the work it will be to the standard specification for Bridleways which is 3m wide with a camber or crossfall and no obstructions.

Looking at the picture of Walna Scar it looks like some kind of Sub soil track with a kind of softcore IMBA spec. It is hard to use the full IMBA spec for BW (we’ve used it on the new PBW section over the moors down to Thursden and Tony has used it to link Lee and Cragg Quarry) as horses struggle to see the rolling grade dips and this can cause them to trip/stumble. We have had complaints about them.

So to summarize, please dont complain AFTER the event. Next time you enjoy a ride over an eroded section of trail. Mark it on a map and go to the PROW officer and say ‘this bit is fantastic’, ‘please dont do any work to it’ and if you do please can you consult my local MTB club/IMBA/CTC first.

If you dont someone will complain its too rocky and before you know it, its 3m wide with no obstructions.

I use a tubigrip(?) and ibuprofen gel when mine get bad. Mine got a lot worse when I changed to a wider bar!

Stihl or Husqvarna (better vibe protection)
And for the Leylandii a can of petrol and a match! I seem to remember it grows (on average) a foot annually so hack it well below your desired finished level. Your annual cuts will then be easier.
A chainsaw is often best with big ones to get them lowered. If its Leylandii rather than Thuja then the leyandii tends to get scabby from the bottom upwards. The older it gets the more it will do it so you can end up with a 2-3 foot gap at the bottom. If this is the case just rip the boggers out, as they’ll never grow back.
Have fun and cover your arms

Right last one I promise:

Looks like it. Ive just found a website and there are some real 70 sci fi ones on it. I dont know if its the look or the fact that its got a honking V8 in that makes me want one!

Just beautiful! And with the ecofriendly 7.5litre V8

Im not a big fan of French cars, so thats why theres so many in my Fuggly (cars I shouldnt like but do really list.

This is beyond Fuggly but I’d really like one for some bizarre reason.
Probably in purple metalflake with Barry White pumpin’ out of the stereo 😆

Rusty Spanner, Google CX Tissier. As mentioned they were loadrunners and designed to deliver the early newspaper edition across France….at high speed. Love the Scammel and also the Unimog. Im always jealous when I have to site visit and the contractors have unimogs.

nearly done now

and last one

Right I think I’ve done now

early skoda’s rock

always liked these as a kid…..dont know why

And I know its cars but can I have this:

I was booked in the same day as the dog. Luckily my wife manged to drop us of at the correct places.
The dog licked his better and was bouncing around the next day. I had a general and Im sure Mrs B snuck in and took a meat tenderizer to the old chap. I waddled around for a while, mine were sore and hot and I remember sitting down with baggies on and catching them badly 8O.
Tight pants, talc, and ibuprofen.
Oh and achy balls is a quite common side effect.

I bought a few all metal spades with kick plates from Williamson in Oldham (fire surplus) Dont know if they still sell them, Ive had it for 6 years. the only failure Ive had with one of them when the blade lost its strength after using it to support a rock I’d prised up with my 5ft crowbar.

My son did similar when he was younger and the peak of his helmet saved his face. Im now that annoying git that goes round telling parents to adjust the helmet properly! Sorry, just dont like the thought of kids smashing faces on the ground.
However, fantastic tankslapper and reminded me of this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmtoOmq3ppw

Ive done bits of it on my old touring bike with cx tyres. Quite fancy doing the whole route sometimes but worried the old bike might just collapse half way round! The old stone packhorse sections will be the hardest on the body I reckon, from Mankinholes to Bottomeley area.
We had a guy on an old rigid Trek with cantilever brakes do the loop a couple of years ago. I seem to remember he had pumped up foremarms and a death grip on the brake levers coming down from Cragg Quarries. He was smiling though…..or maybe it was a grimace of pain?
Let us know how you get on and enjoy!

Blocky email me
william.brady@lancsahire.gov.uk
Up dates about the trail can be found here:
http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/penninebridleway/downloads.asp?PageId=48
you need the novemeber 10 newsletter.
The route in the Dales is not officially open due to three rail crossings which we dont have permission to cross yet. Once these have been sorted out we will hopefully be putting a .gpx file on the National Trails, Pennine Bridleway website as well as a map. The more people who download it the better argument we have for creating bridleways so once its on please download it from there (it will be free of course)
I have maps for my section including the interim route for cyclists which I hope to get signed up n the ground in the next couple of weeks.
So briefly
OS will NOT have the PBW on their maps until we officially ‘open’ it
Pennine Way National trail is for walkers
Pennine Bridleway is for Horses cyclists and walkers
Pennine cycleway/transpennine trail are Sustrans routes I think and are road based.
Peter Lambert is worth contacting in the Yorkshire Dales as its his patch you need
Cheers

LOL even better (note to self dont wear round at Grans house)

“what a load of Spaff!”

T-shirt for the weekender anyone?

I reckon Evel Knievel was more a Daredevil.

Bud Ekins was a stuntman and excellent rider, as was his mate Steve McQueen.

As TJ say he was paid to ride an overweight underpowered Harley instead of the better lighter faster European bikes.

Knievel was good at crashing though

I found the gentle use of a blow torch made the job a lot easier. I did mine (Spesh Epic)with some specialist equipment…….a hammer and an old set of sockets!

not enough, every time I get on a bike this month it seems to fall apart. I really will pull my finger out next month.

I promise.

Just checked endonmondo: MTB was 107km road was 66km

Jond,
probably a bit late now but I made up 5 lights with the 980mA driver and all but one have bust (overheating?). I have an old 670mA led that has been bullet proof and just keeps on going so Im going to rebuild them all as 670ma.
Anyone had any over heating issues with the 830mA?

I’m going astroturf as soon as i get the money. Our grassed area is completely in the shade and we have 2 kids and a dog. Its re sown every year but looks like a mud pit from October to now.

We are going for the spring lawn (the one with artificial thatch in!). A lot of the suppliers provide there own how to sections on the websites.

I cant wait, however will have to tell my dad in case he ‘helps’ by giving the lawn a short cut with a mower 😯

There is a garden on the way to Hardcastle Craggs that has astroturf, I ended up doing a double take this winter wondering how they had kept their lawn so green!

rear window seal or is it bonded on.

Time to get the hose pipe out

SJS and Spa cycles are good places to find parts for the ‘older’ bike. Ive used them quite a bit to change the gearing on my mid eighties ‘Ernie Clements’ bike. You can get new transfers from http://www.hlloydcycles.com including all the Reynolds stickers if you need them.

The only problem I found was the older freewheels only go down to 13 or 12 in some cases, but for a tourer flat out speed doesnt really matter. SJS and Spa do plenty of freewheels. Spa have a good selection of Stronglight chainrings

Retrobike is a good website for info but I found responses can take a while.

Im trying to save up for these http://www.freshtripe.co.uk/Freshtripe/Blog/88DB4907-A8E8-44E4-9022-7FEE2673EE3C.html to go with my campag hubs on an old Cinelli im doing up. Mmmmmmm nice!

Email me and I’ll send you the pdf that my colleague Ian Hart sent me…or email him direct (same as mine just swap the names)

That was the first bit of the Northern section that me and Chipps did on a cold miserable day, but thats a rarity in the Pennines *cough*.

Ive got the signposts going in next week for the Northern Section from Long Preston down to Kelbrook area then we will have a road diversion through to Wycoller until the final agreements are sorted for that section. Its suddenly coming together and its going to be a Loooooooooong ride (No doubt someone will do it all in 24hrs!)

If you email me ( william.brady@lancashire.gov.uk ) I’ll send you the Derbyshire Pennine Bridleway Ranger contact details (not got them to hand just yet) might be worth finding out if there are any planned works/diversions/large holes for your trip

I’ve done a few road rides but have endomondo running as mountain biking all the time

the previous lot did sell off lots but it was re-invested in new forestry planting. However they did cock up on Rigg Wood in the Lake District. That was sold and all public access (not RoW) were fenced off. Most of the outcry has been based on this.

I hope its true about the U turn but will wait for Friday before I believe anything

To prevent build up of soot in your engine just blank the EGR valve off, most places do them as a performance upgrade.

Its already been mentioned but keep the engine in gear as long as possible, this uses less fuel, if you dip the clutch or coast in neutral modern cars ‘idle’ using more fuel.
If you get to a set of traffic lights you know that have turned red, turn the engine off and wait for your turn before starting the engine. You use a lot of fuel in a modern car sat at traffic lights idle-ing.
We had to do a smart driving course in a new stop start BMW. Great technology and the difference with the system on and off is about 10mpg about town. It was also mentioned about energy saving tyres, keeping windows shut at high speed, aerodynamics etc. I even got a lovely certificate saying I had improved my mpg by 20% and would save the council £300 quid over the year. I then drove back in my works Landrover with mud terrain tyres a full roof rack and the back full of tools 🙄