cheers for the map and weather links trekster, looks like its going to be wet,windy and cold juat how i like it

tried to get CR to do a price check but they wouldn’t go that low, went with James’s in the end for £34

Bob of the routes you sent me which would be the least boggy and mountainous with minimum of walking all day type rides? if you can remember 😀

I have got all the uk in memory map on my phone, but prefer the conveinience of printed maps to be honest.Thanks for the offer of meeting up trekster but there are a few of us going so maybe difficult to get everyones agreement on where exactly we will be going.
cheers for your link too Bob, lots of ideas so far, anymore ?
I did think the snow may have thawed by now- has it?

So I supposed all weather routes are preferable to a snow/slush/bog fest

I was thinking to the west of Ae, but open to ideas

forget about VW’s you should get one of these

if it was now I would be interested but hope to be working full time by may 🙂

AFAIK no when I last insured I had been made redundant and they put down my last job, not sure i’d put motor trade though.
Adrian Flux are very good-cheap btw

Unless you want something that you can use without banging your knees on it, fiddling with a wobbly mounting, having it conk out on you thanks to dodgy wiring, or stopping to change batteries every hour..

if you change power settings they last a lot longer than 1 hour- you dont need it on full power except on fast downhills, even then its more than enough , and I dont bang my knees on it cos I mounted it properly 😆 , I have a 10W HID and my P7 pisses on it, for £50 its a no brainer.

YOU DO NO NEED TO SPEND MORE THAN £50 FROM DEAL EXTREME!!!

in future use a split pin instead- i did for my martas after same happenend, the bolts always get stuck eventually

do this

you dont need any and its lighter

option 4 cost about £1.75 (for both wheels) with stans sealant or less if you make your own super ghetto
this is lighter than other tubeless systems also

sealskins winter technical mtb are the warmest gloves I’ve ever had, I use them for paragliding where your ahands are held up at head level for hours at time without really moving much and they keep my hands toasty. O :mrgreen:n the mountain bike they are too hot for anything much above freezing though

msr xgk, had one for 20 years still going strong burns kerosine, petrol and diesel

Panaracer 🙁

it is lighter cos all you are using is about 70g of sealant, an old valve and a bit of tape and you are removing the old thick rimstrip

you really dont need rim strips or even ust valves, just cut the valves out of old tubes and use insulating tape as per my link

super ghetto
less of a faff than it sounds, done 3 sets of wheels so far and loving it. I used stans rims and standard conti MK and Slash.There is a definate feel of more grip and better rolling resistance for a given psi.
do get a compressor tho 2.5 hp with adecent tank 25l then you have plent of spare capacity without the compressor working constantly

if you have a windows mobile phone there is a handy programable auto redialler that is freeware, saved a lot of hassle for me

prophet

im sure you can find soem if you look, they really are wiorth the effort

impulse purchase 2nd hand off here a few years ago, you can get them here
they may be expensive but if you dont use them on the road too much, i reckon they should last a good few winters
seriously soem of the looks you get from people expecting you to fall off and the thrill of riding on ice without a second thought is priceless 😆

Schwalbe btw

Rab puffa

🙄

cheers, seems unanimous 8)

thanks for that, next question is does flikr have the highest monthly limit as well?

get a high top mazda bongo the you can sleep in the top and keep your bikes in the bottom perfect and you can pick up low milage ones for less than £4k

😳 that explains it, must have used up my balance

not the first time i have used paypal and have of course tried all the options 🙄

this is only for £25

look here

new XT is actually 256 grams as opposed to 280gram and 276 grams for the 990 and 980 respectively 11-32

steel v alloy 🙄

none 😆
works for me

I ride defensively and never ride near enough to a car door to get knocked of.
The main point of my original post was to try and get people to make some noise and get some media coverage sometheing like the anti drink driving campaigns they were pretty hard hitting and I’m sure they had some measurable affect

just bought 2 XT for £61.93delivered from wooly hat in light of impending price rises

Its kinda common sense(to me)to make yourself more visable and I have 2 flashing lights at the rear and one on the front on whether its is day or night

The days when cars and bikes could share the roads are long gone. Cyclists NEED cycle lanes jsut to be safe, it’s as simple as that.

you are missing the point, all vehicles have a duty to share the road with other road users, i dont agree with marginalising bikes, sure cycle paths should be available and funding should be there to improve and expand them but those who choose to cycle on the road have the right to be treated with repect by other road users