Ahhhh! f^^k it ! – 8 o’clock train from Leeds on Saturday – should be in Glasgow by lunch time, therefore should be sat by the side of a Loch getting eaten alive by tea time.
2 days on the bike + 2days working.

(alternative was to stay at home -and my missus kindly pointed out that by mid afternoon Saturday I would have been mad at myself and sulking for not going and would have become unbearable to live with).

I’ve got some Jungle Formula extra strength and some Mosi Guard extra strength in the cupboard – are these any good ? or do I need to get something else ?

LochKatrine has been mentioned above – I’m planning on getting over that way at somepoint on my short stay – any decent camping spots ?

…and its supposed to be raining 🙁

I’ll post up details of the other cycling related stuff a bit later.

cheers
stAn

hhhhmmmmm!
The 07:10 from Leeds on Monday morning is slowly but surely looking like the best option.

Think I might spend Friday/Saturday in the good ol’Yorkshire Dales.

Not exactly selling it to me guys.

Thing is I have a meeting in Glasgow Monady and Tuesday next week. So I was thinking of travelling upeither Friday/Saturday and cycling round and doing a bit of camping.
I’ve got to start from Glasgow, as thats where my train ticket is to, and I’ve gotto be back in Glasgow for Monday morning.
Would a more midge free option be to look at a mini-tour South of Glasgow, rather than Loch Lomond and the Trossachs ? Any suggestions ?

Old Peugeot 405 estate car.

Pick ’em up dirt cheap. Pretty much bomb proof and you won’t be bothered about scratching it etc.
I’ve had two – diesel I bought for £450 lasted 4 years before I got rid, and a petrol for £500 lasted 3 years before I got rid, and only then ‘cos I can’t justify having it anymore (have use of wifes car. use train and bicycle for work). Both were bought with the intention of having for 12 months and then getting rid, but both went through MOT without much bother or cost.
Used both for many weekends away and was always pretty amazed at how much you could get in – I’ve even slept in one of them with the bike inside at the same time.

Carry a plastic tent peg in back pocket.Use the pointy end to digand scrape mud away from frame and tyres.
Watch out for the grassy descent back towards the road – i slid down the full length of it on my @r$£ a few years back(in the hours of darkness ),it would have been much more fun if I hadn’t been watching my Sanderson bounce down with me. Cut my leg somewhere and didn’t realise I was bleeding so much until after another lap, the rain was washing away the blood and the cold and wet had numbed my legs.
Still the cold ‘shower’ (read;pouring water carrier over self) was nice, and tucking into the sleeping bag for a couple of hours was snug – especially as I listened to the wind picking up force as I dosed off. Got up an hour or so later and everything apart from my bike had gone.
The Gazebo had blown away, the club kitchen had been salvaged and packed away and everyone was sat in their car.
Great fun.

It gotted Knicked from South Elmsall area – not sure about rest of spec , I’ll get Dave to give me more info andpost it up later

Those that are near other shopsthat are openSundays are open(usually 10-4) but those on their own are closed.

Always thought a lot of shops were missing a trick by not been open late and at weekends. It can be anything from a pain in the @r$£ to nigh on impossible to get to a bike shop during working hours for some people. And been closed 12-2 for lunch has got to be commercial suicide.

I recently snapped a pedal axle on the way to work and was over the moon when the LBS was open before 8:30 so I was able to get some new pedals and carry on my way, and still not be late for work.

£0.02 of my own.

ingrowing penis ?

Just put together a penny stove kit – everything fits neatly inside my mug, so I’m well chuffed.
2x penny stove, primer dish, snuffer, windshield, pot stand

…but first it all goes inside a used (small) Pringles tub …

…pretty neat even though I say so myself.

Cost nowt. Got rolling boil on a pan of water in 6mins 40 secs from the stove with the most holes. Used other one to succesfully heat a can of beans in an army style bivvy tin.

I can’t drill the walls, as the prefabricated concrete just shatters, so no tool wall.

make a timber frame from 3×2,make it the width of a sheet of peg board and about 1/4inch, 8mm,higher than floor to ceiling height, ensure its a tight fit. Knock it into place (interference fit is the phrase we are looking for) fasten a sheet of peg board to it and your done – one made to measure tool wall.
Its a bodge but its one that will work – I know at least three people who have done this and they are still holding strong after a coupleof years.

forgot to mention. This is my creamof choice at the moment.

Not quite sure about the shape of the bottle – suppose it hints at the general area.

used to use sudacreme,and its OK, but proper chamois cream is definately the way to go.

Prevention is better than cure. Problem I’ve found is what is the best way to sort out the healing process if/when you do get chaffed.
Try this,as passed down to me by a very old and very rugged cyclist.
Warning this is not for the faint hearted,but it does the trick.
After (or instead of if on tour etc.) bathing ensure affected area is as dry as possible and then douse some folded toilet paper with surgical spirit and give yourself a good wipe down. It’ll sting/burn like a b#st#rd (if its really bad chaffing you could even gointo shock) – apply a liberal amount of talc, either babypowder or medicated works best,this will also cool down the affected area.
Repeat morning and night until it clears, which will be quicker than other methods. The surgical spirit will also toughen the skin which has the added effect of helping prevent chaffing.
Another alternative is to use wich hazel. You can get it as a gel. Again it smarts a bit,not as much as surgical spirit,but it’ll do the job.

1. varies from week to week can be anything fromonce to every day.
2. Minimum 10 miles each way
3. Wakefield to Leeds
4. approx.14mph (fastest speed on commute = 37.2mph. Must have been windy)
Touring bike with at least a full rack bag, mostly with at least rack bag and one medium pannier, sometimes rack bag and large pannier and sometimes, but not often two panniers and rack bag. Put simply its heavy.

FCN = 9

on the outside edge of the pedal (edge opposite the crank arm) you should find a cap that can be removed.
remove this and proceed to disassemble pedal until you are left with it completely in bits.
Take the axle and about half way along file two falts parellel to each other.
Using a 12″ adjustable spanner or large mole grips tighten the axle into the crank and re assemble pedal in situ as it were.
Once assembled you won’t be able to see the flats and they’ll look bob on kid.

many moons ago I had a sh#t job and not much money, so economics dictated that I could only have one bike. Orange Clockwork – couldn’t drive so no car, worked shifts so no bus/train. Used to run worn out nobby tyres as semi slicks during the commute and then remove the mudguards and rack and fit decent tyres for the weekend rides/races.
So it’svery doable , but to be honest its a proper pain in the ar#e – getting back from an epic ride on a sunday evening knowing that before you go to bed you’ve got to clean the bike,change the tyres, fit the mudguards/racks etc. ‘cos you’re back out on it at 5am, can be a bit dreary, especially mid winter when its raining.

I’ve now got a better job, 5 bikes (can drive but choose not to).
TBH – two bikes is probably the best option, one to fuel your passion (either very nice road bike, or very nice mtb etc.) and one for the daily grind ( in my case a Kona Sutra, for the commute, shopping, and some camping trips and a Sanderson Life for real off road riding etc. Theother 3 are more sentimental value , Clockwork that I’ve had for ever is now SS, Scott racing hardtail,son uses it and cheap road bike on turbo trainer – probably gets more use as a clothes prop TBH)

save up a bit more and get a Sanderson Life.

i used them back in the day (as they say ).Thought they were great when I first got them, soon realised they were actually ruining my knees big time. In principal they are a good idea – in practice they put too much pressure/pull on knee joints and , to some extent,your calves.
Of course this is only my opinion based upon myown personal experiences.

Having spent the last 6 months riding a touring bike onalmost a daily basis I would suggest that a something like Crank Bros Candys and a pair of trail/touring spd shoes are the best option.
I use these – shimano mt32 and Candy’s. Good for riding and walking in.

+1 for greasing up the rear QR skewer
(and rest of above)

I’m using these at the mo…

quite comfortable (I have sufferedin the past with very painful hands – arthritis you see) , not that pricey, and lock on too.

Cos it’s just lovely to ride and I think it looks beautiful.
and the Sanderson

Cosit’s lovely to ride and suits me.

i got a couple ….

…

and I’m getting another on my left leg as soon as the design is finished

All joking aside, these people are a real problem and should be reported to the police. A few years back we had a riderdie from injuries sustained after crashing into branches placed as an obstacle in one of our local woods. I’ve also come across wire strung at neck height across trails. Once saw an old guy putting rocks across a local trail when out with my dogs, asked him what he was doing and he said it was to stop the motorbikes, suspect it may have been him that did the wire too – although I don’t agree with motorbikes in the woods its usually young kids that are riding them there.

Surely the intention of any blockage is to make the rider fall off which will inevitably result in injury or worse – therefore I would say again it’s amatter for the police.

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I went to watch the Three Peaks CX this last year – at the bottom of Pen Y Ghent I helped a bloke to singlespeedhis bike after ripping the mech off. ‘Thanks’ he said ‘you’ve just helped the second oldest bloke in the race- 73!’

Live to ride – ride to live – ride ’til you die

if your buying steel it just has to be 853, anything else simply won’t do .

+1 Sanderson Life

Had mine for 4 and half years – best mountain bike I’ve ever ridden

Please forgive me if thisis obvious – if you fit a new chain and cassette did you remember to split the chain to the correct length ? only asking as a slack chain would cause skipping on bottom 3 cogs.
for correct length wrap chain round largest chainring and largest cassette cog without going through rear mech. find wher the end meets and add a link.
shift rear mech into highest gear (i.e. largest cog on cassette) if possible grab cable and pull away from frame(only possible if not using full cableouters) to take up any slack.
Let go of cable and rotate cranks – its possible that the chain may drop to the next cog down at this stage.
Shift to lowest gear (i.e. smallest cog at back)
try one click shift from smallest to second cog – if no joy shift back to smallest and wind out adjuster barrel at either mech or shifter half a turn.
repeat -until it shifts – if you have to do this more than 4 times, wind the barrel adjuster in all the way, undo your cable and pull it tighter into the mech and repeat above
Once you are something like near clean shifting go for a quick spin and tweak the settings – wind barrel adjuster/s out to move up a gear and wind in to go down etc.

If the skipping still occurs after the above its probably not the chain cassette, cables or chainrings

could be the freehub body thats wearing/worn out – i.e. fails to engage into the pawls of the ratchet fullycausing it to skip under high pressure (i.e. biggest gears)

Alternatively it could be a bent mech hanger causing the problems with indexing, but its unlikely to cause the skipping

try GPS Babel – not ideal but it works
i’ve got a new garmin and an old version of MM but GPS Babel lets me work with both

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+1 for Some Velvet Morning

@infidel

don’t use one anymore got this instead

got proper racks n’stuff

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OMG ! how did we manage back in the day ?

Cannock Chase,like the rest of the countryside, has got a whole lot more rad and tech’ since that bike was made, and obviously you won’t be able even consider riding it off road.
Grass is grassier
Rocks are harder
Mud is muddier
Hills are steeper
Them old bikes just simply won’t do.

big_n_daft – Member

I would have thought that all that really matters is how does the bike/ fork combo perform

or do people stare at their bike as they ride along?/ sit in a cafe?
stare at bike while riding along – NO
stare at bike while sitting in cafe – YES 😳

Bad Brains MBC ride Tuesdays and Thursdays (we’ve never done club rides on a Wednesday)
have a poke around our forum to see what we are up to
Bad Brains MBC forum
Although mainly Wakefield based we do ride all over this fair county and most rides are not a million miles away from where you willbe based.

touring bike – pretty much covers all bases, jack of all trades,master of none. If it had to be one bike it’d be the tourer,with discs and lots of different tyres.

uplink – Member

Naively, I guess – I didn’t expect you’d have to pay to be a volunteer

You’re not exactly paying to be a volunteer – its more that you have to raise the funds to facilitate the project and your placement on it.

thanks for the advice and positive responses – keep ’em coming

U-lock mounting fail !

Sanderson

The Life is a beautiful frame – has a slighter longer than normal top tube – comes in 20″