Getting away from all the willy waving

I did the dales cycleway on my crossbike and I’m not that fit so I knew I wouldn’t be able to do it with a 50/34 and 25 on the back carrying all my camping gear.

I used a MTB cassette and an old LX mech with a J-TEK shift mate 2 to allow me to use the 10 speed shifters with the 9 speed cassette and after a little adjusting it worked a treat. You get them from SJS cycles on-line there about 30 quid.

My Limba cyclocross frame snapped at the lug for the front gear cable, never used off road, at 50mph decending into Hawes on the Dales cycleway. I may have been one of the warrenty claim Halfords were trying to get Tim to help out on. I decided I didn’t want another voodoo and Halfords sorted me out with a nice Kinesis frame.

Nick