I got a side loading cage from Halfords, cheap and it works, i’m using it for my Norco though, i can fit a 750ml bottle in there.

Joe Breeze & Edwina Currie, not on the same ride mind. 🙂

Sorry to hear a this, hope you get them back.

My Vaya Ti.

Surely if you can afford a Jones and a Vaya Ti you can afford a new shed?

Well, and a house too remember. The Jones is just a steel one and i’ve had it since 2013 and the Vaya Ti…..ok you got me there.

Thanks for the replies everyone, i haven’t been able to rely to questions until i finished work.

[quoteStore the other bikes at a mates house till you get your new shed sorted?[/quote]
Not an option i’m afraid.

[quoteKeep the bikes in the house.[/quote]
Nope.

[quoteHavent you got a jones?[/quote]
Yes i do and it’s the one that makes the most sense to keep out of the three, however it can leave me feeling a bit battered at some places which is why i had a full sus bike too, my fave bike of the three though is my gravel bike.

What don’t you like about your 120mm fs bike you already have?

I’m not sure to be honest, it rides fine, it just lacks something, x factor? I can’t be more specific than that i’m afraid, it’s a Norco Fluid btw.

I’d thought about keeping the Jones and having a second set of wheels for it e.g. B+ & B fat combo and a set of 29er wheels. Or keeping the gravel bike and fitting a Lauf grit fork and bigger tyres ( it’s a Salsa Vaya Ti btw ). Its a hard decision to be honest.

vikings
black sails
man in the high castle
mr robot
11.22.63 ( we’ve really loved this one )
re-watching star trek voyager on netflix as well.

29 x 2 inch tyres will fit in my Vaya, i haven’t ridden it with tyres that wide yet, I’ve just tried my girlfriends stans tyres in the frame and they just about fit, I’ve also tried a shwalbe marathon supreme 2 inch tyre in there and that fits too.

I’ve found i average about the same speed on the mixed surface routes i have locally, i’m a little faster on the road bits when i ride my Vaya and a little faster on the dirt bits on my MTB.

McCullin, dreadful to watch and makes you lose faith in humanity. It’s hard to imagine what he sees when he closes his eyes.

Distance 2,988.7 mi
Time 276h 4m
Elev Gain 125,525 ft
Rides 183

Not including turbo time.
I’m not a mountain biker or a roadie but my rides tend to be 50/50 dirt tarmac type rides, non of those miles are commuting miles.

Great pictures op.

😀

We only ride for fun here, we are doing some structured rides at the mo, but thats only because we want to improve our climbing ( hilly routes really wipe us out, its pretty flat on out local stuff ).

I used to race when i was in the local road club, but the training rides i was doing to improve my TT times really sucked all the fun out of my rides, so i stopped racing.

We mostly ride because we like to be outdoors and enjoy single track riding.

Or the 3T Exploro.

Rawland cycles Ravn & Ulv

Rawland

Or the Elephant national forest explorer.

Elephant

Not mega high peaks but here you go,

Soma Wolverine

Soma Bikes

Thanks bikesian65, good to know as rocky terrain is what i was thinking of building this combo for.

Ton, i’ve used super moto on rabbit hole rims for road touring, they look massive on wide rims.

It’s not the best pic to show what i mean.

No photos? Shocking.
Here you go

29 x 3 inch knard on the front and a 29 x 2.4 ardent at the back.

As anyone tried a fat front with a B plus rear on their Jones? I have been thinking about it but worried it will be crap.

Top post Tang, i love the bike and the pictures. What tyres are you using?

My steel spaceframe is the closest I’ve come to a bike i would never sell, however i may be getting rid of it to fund a new bike i have in mind, so i guess no bike is immune from getting the chop from my collection.

I’m hoping these get over to the UK….

Reminds me of this…

The X Files, Arcadia.

Have a look at these over on grit.cx

Not looking too bad i think.

LIKE
Nice pics there.

We loved our time in the bay area a couple of years ago.

Just spotted this vid by Jeff on youtube, i’ll pop it here for anyone interested.

Spaceframe vid.

This vid for anyone interested the bike like Tons.

Plus Bike

Yes it’s the Ju 390.

The “Amerikabomber” the Messerschmitt 264.

It looked a lot like the B-29 super fortress.

I’ve just been reading about this.

In 1944 one of these flew from Bordeaux to within 12 miles of New York and took pictures of the skyline and then flew back, the flight took took 32 hours.

Compass Rat Trap Pass.

Get them from here

Read more about the tyres and what they were designed for here.

Link

Yep, a carbon road bike, hasn’t been used in years, i have no intention of riding it ever again, i keep promising Susie i will be putting on eBay next, it’s still in the garage and in the way, i hate myself. 😡

Something like these might suit him.

Ice Adventure

Catlike Villager

I’ll second the recommendation for Fallout 4, fantastic game, it’ll keep you busy for hours. I am enjoying Far Cry Primal at the moment, despite some poor reviews, i quite like that there are no guns or grenades in it, riding around on a sabre tooth tiger is fun and getting chased by a group of wooly rhinos is pretty intense.

I have a set of those Shimano LX RR levers that mat outandabout posted a pic of up there ^^ I think i have the rear mech and maybe the front too. I remember them being very well suited to the Titec j bars.

I can’t have gluten and Susie can’t have dairy which makes deserts a challenge, i started making some of my own from recipes from here Recipes, you may have to substitute some ingredients for a wheat/Gluten free alternative, some of the things i’ve made are pretty nice.

I always wanted one of those when i was a young un.

How about making your own slingshot and ammo… out of your beard (you might need to grow one first). 😯

Very good, i did suspect one of them.