Train to chesterfield, ride monsal trail,bit of pennine and then tissington trail,camping in ashbourne,next day ride back to birmingham via canals home , just a tad over 100 miles of steady riding the cx bike with panniers

Currently taking propranolol , beta blockers for anxiety, upto 40 mg tabs at the minute, not sure they have helped if im honest and dont really want to increase dosage but doc says i can ?
pretty certain its work causing the issue so im looking at changing jobs as no job is worth getting ill over
Good luck in sorting it

muppetWrangler – Member
I’ve been thinking about going back to full time regular employment recently (currently a self employed homeworker) but I know that a couple of days this sort of shit would drive me nuts and i would end up being labelled as the grumpy new fella that doesn’t join in. Either that or on a manslaughter charge.

Is it possible to go to work and just do a good job with having to pretend like everything is awesome? Even the job descriptions I’ve been looking at are making me want to vomit.
Funny that cus thats me and ive been labelled as the grumpy new fella with a bad attitude , all i want to do is my job without all the bullshit !

Our team briefs are always on about yammer , never heard of it outside the waste water place i work?
havent even looked let alone comment !

Can do a big chunk on the canal 🙂 …. Im riding ashbourne (derbyshire) to birmingham in a few weeks and im no where near the A38 🙂

Sorry forgot to say im on android nexus 5 if that helps ?

cool , looks exactly what im looking for thanks, rides will be 5-6 hrs max

Have a new Voodoo wanga frame sat in the box 17″ , did partly build it then changed my plans , skinny steel and a very pretty cherry red color, can also be run SS with slidey dropouts , yours for £100 posted

As long as they arent the £8 ones from superstar as my last set have gone rusty , very rusty !

Im only 5`6 🙂

Have a brand new 17″ voodoo wanga frame sitting in the box if interested ?
I did partly build it, but plans changed and so stripped back dowm again , £100 Posted

what you planning ton ? 😀

@Munro Biker , Campsite looks very scenic, can i ask where it is ?

disco_stu – Member
So like a gravelly audax?

Sounds good, count me in 🙂

still waking me up at stupid o’clock in the morning and dominating every waking moment

Sounds very much like my new job, cant sleep ,always on my mind and unable to switch off , went to see the doc for a chat , helped a little but have decided that no job is worth ill health and so time to move on and find something else ,
Good luck in getting it sorted

853 SS,Old but well loved, this ones a keeper

My Arkose 3 in touring mode , great bike and recently built london road in SS flavour

It will be in the next few months and price wise I’d say no more than £75

changed your mind flybywire

gobuchul – Member
Seriously? That looks like an awful piece of kit.

A snorkel is only as good as the mask you use with it and masks are like walking boots, you need to try them on to see if they fit. If they fit hen they are good.
yep seriously works a treat and they do different sizes, so trying on is needed

get these, absolutely brilliant

http://www.tribord.co.uk/content/easybreath-snorkeling-mask
£35 ish from decathlon

scotroutes – Member
Fargo
http://salsacycles.com/bikes/fargo

thanks just found it

Whats the salsa on page one , looks interesting ?

Have used SS a fair bit and most is ok stuff, bought a set of wheels for my cx that went out of true after only 100 miles, sent them back for a free true for life which they offer and they came back worse than when i sent them !

i have an arkose 3 2014, which hs been a fab commuter and touring/cx gravel bike 😀

yep and me, first thing this morning ?

@ Swdan , the black ring with the rim around goes underneath the domed black cover with writing on it and on top of the silver split ring if if that makes sense ?

The crown race (thin black split ring)
The bottom bearing unit
The corresponding top bearing unit
The top race (silver split ring)
black ring with rim around
The black domed thing with the writing on
Star fangled nut
Stem cap
the thin washers i still have in the bag ????

yep same here 🙁 .. what happened to guy ?

Ive got a london road Ton , see here for more info, mines the single speed lime one 🙂

PSA – Planet X London Road frameset for £150

Ive never rode sheepwalks lane so ill be planning a route over there in the next few weeks, looks interesting

Maybe post on the beacons road cycling clubs facebook page as i know they do a hilly session on a wednesday and they may suggest something ?

https://www.facebook.com/groups/beaconrcc/

rose hill , past the lickeys is a good warm up 😯

ive got 105 and BB7 sl on one bike and tektro and hayes cx pro on the other bike , both work great 🙂

Did it over 3 days in march Ton, wouldnt fancy it in 2 as that means you`ll have the biggest 2 climbs all on the first day 🙁
I stopped in Burnsall and then york
the one out of settle and then the one from burnsall , both arent nice 🙁
have the proper sustrans map if you want to borrow ?

and that told me 🙂

Specs on planet x site for said FSA headset states 52mm ID for bottom bearing , not 51.8 brant ?
Maybe the fact that the supplied headset is a caged bearing type and not a sealed bearing type as shown ??
Lifeline says 52.2 mm …. end of the day you make your choice and the FSA one was the wrong one for my london road !
Puts me off further planet X purchases after this 🙁

Sounds like there may be some tolerance issues with the headtube as well as the seatube 😯

As above and ive already said the lifeline one fits alot better than the FSA from planet X, the bottom race just pushed in no problem and the fork race fitted unlike the FSA one !

@ fingerbike, i have a lime one and can confirm the decals are lacquered over

Mines not exactly tight in the seat tube but clamped up ok,

cheers simmy , ill look into it 🙂