The no cycling sign is off to the left down to the upper reservoir

Did this last year and met no one except some girls on a DoE jaunt who all insisted on taking my photo, as they were amazed to see someone riding a bike on what they regarded as the equivalent of Everest base camp.
May be more people around (and less friendly) in the grouse shooting season.

What if the bike was nearer 20lb?

Stop it Matt, I’m supposed to be working.
Oh, alright then
You need roughly 1m3 of helium to lift 1kg
So 20lbs (9kg) needs 9m3 of helium, giving a balloon 1.6m (about 5 foot) in diameter.
Although that doesn’t really work because in order to inflate the balloon the helium would need to be under pressure so would weigh more so the balloon would need to be bigger than that.

Quick back of the envelope calculation

Density of air is 1.25 kg/m3
To lift a 12.5 kg bike (27lbs) you need to displace 10m3 of air
Assuming a gas of zero density you’d need a balloon 2.66 metres in diameter. (Can’t be bothered to work out what size you’d need for a helium balloon, but it would be larger)

Balloon in video is clearly less than 2.66m (looks less than 1m) therefore it’s a fake.

Anyone totally not doing Le Tour?

Wiggins?

Sir Brad of Yorkieshire is riding

No he’s not.
Sir Bradley Wiggins to miss British Championships race with injury[/url] An unspecified injury (presumably sustained watching Wimbledon)

Yeah, but there was that amazing moment when Wiggo in yellow led Cav out on the Champs-Élysées. How mental was that?

One Brit in yellow leading out another in rainbow stripes. A high point for British cycling

Discovered this beautiful blonde when I was up in Yorkshire. Vive le Tour!

free campervan parking is available on Petty Whin Close, Harrogate, HG3 2YB

Excellent news. I’ll pass this on to my Dutch friends

A beautiful day, friends coming round for a BBQ at 6.00 this evening.
American clients have just scheduled an urgent meeting requiring my presence – at 6.00 this evening :evil:

Are you running an XT front mech rusty?

Yep, top pull double. Full XT drive train on an Italian frame. Let the purists sniff, but it works for me.

hey, how’s come there’s no audio?

Followed by loads of people missing the joke :-)

Even he’s not doing sleeveless. He’s just pulled the sleeves up to remove the harsh tanlines

Better?

Sleeveless rainbow jersey for the win. The ever shy and modest Cipo

Rusty what’s your setup with the 42/30, are you running square taper cranks/STIs?

XT M785 2×10 chainset with TA Chinook rings, 11-32 XT 10 speed cassette, XT 9 Speed rear mech, Ultegra 10 speed STI shifters and TRP CX8.4 V brakes.

doing it on dropped bars is virtually unheard of outside the UK

I know what you mean. I met a German cycle-tourist in Lake Garda last year. His saddle and handlebars seem to have come off an exercise bike and he was carrying more luggage on his bike than I’d brought by plane. But as he explained, he wasn’t in a hurry.

The Rapha ones are hilarious

Just leave the price tag on, that’ll give everyone a good laugh.

Off to watch the telly…

Too late. Contador back sitting on Froome’s wheel again.

I’m not in the least bit macho about it. I’ll go as low as the kit allows and freewheel at the top end

Me too. My ‘cross’ bike (off-road tourer really) has an XT drive train with 42/30 x 11-32. This is low enough to get up the 1000ft fire road climb that is the start of my regular rides in comfort whilst still having a top gear bigger than Eddy Merckx used to set the World Hour Record with.
As a Granddad I’m not ashamed of my granny gear :-)

I’ve got a few old trade caps that I wear under my (road) helmet when it’s raining. Keeps rain out of my eyes and my bald head warm, whilst giving the ‘grizzled old pro’ look.

I’ve also got a genuine yellow Campagnolo cap from the 1991 Tour de France that I had to fight an old French lady for. Far too valuable to ever wear.

If you do wear one, try to look like this :

Not this :

Well he was off-road at the time!

I’d keep my money and let him hold on to the lock.

But how does he get his bike back?

Dual brake levers, hi-rise stem; just like Merckx used to ride. And secured by chaining two spokes to the bike rack.

IANAL but sounds like criminal damage to me. If someone had parked their car in a prohibited spot, the attendant wouldn’t be allowed to smash the car windscreen in order to move it would they?

1000 gauge visqueen old feedsack and gaffer tape seems to be the welsh solution to that dilemma.

:-)

Good old fashioned framefit pump here – Zéfal HPX Classic.

Silly isn’t it. I’ve had lots of fun evenings in the woods with a couple of big fat rubber queens.

BC have ‘Handmade in Germany’ on them. Ordinary ones don’t.

The Daily Express; accurate and informative. Who needs more?
What a sizzler! UK set for THREE MONTHS of scorching hot weather in spring heatwave

He’s going to die coming down!

Probably, but he’ll have a smile on his face :-) Coming next, 1st ascent of Everest carrying a grand piano.

I’ve got some super duper new road tyres to try out
It’s not raining
I finish work in an hour …

I wondered why people do it

“Just to cause chaos and mayhem. Isn’t that a good enough reason?” – Jens Voigt

Bike carrying bike AND rider

(Chris Horner in the Cascade Classic)

But would like to see Evans and Porte do well too

Porte isn’t riding (pulled out after abandoning the Tour de Romandie)

They’ll have to do something utterly disgusting to avoid nul points

Who do I send suggestions to? :-)
Every year we have an assortment of neighbours up to watch Eurovision together, accompanied by lashings of alcohol. An excellent evening’s entertainment.

I dont understand why you would start the Giro in Northern Ireland.

Coming back from Lake Garda last year we got held up on the way to Verona airport by the Tour of Poland of all things.

At school in the ’70s it was fashionable to talk like a cockney gangster. In retrospect a bunch of Welsh schoolboys all trying to sound like Michael Caine in Get Carter must have been pretty funny.

Just seen this recommendation on a French forum – Voitures de campeur bienvenue à Petty Whin Close, Harrogate, pour Le Tour.

I heard there was unlimited free parking for motorhomes and camper vans at Petty Whin Close in Harrogate.

You have your go-bag ready, yes?

Yep.