Gear Ratios: How to Select Touring Bike Gearing

and this

http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/touring-bike-gearing

might help

Terrible politically incorrect but i have a suspension seat post does the job.

Do you mean Hell lane between Symondsbury and Charmouth?

Thanks :-)

Cat and kids dont always mix well, the cat will need enough space preferably access to the outside world as the constant attention of kids treating it like a toy can cause some aggressive a dirty behaviour

Eldest had a rat it bit her a lot.

Or buy my medium London road with Tiagra and cable disc brakes fit your own wheels for 400.

hmm a lot of peeps wiling to sell of the Grinder.

Thats a versatile piece of kit for the money well done .

love it! certainly looks the part and much cheaper and lighter than some boutique gravel bikes i have seen

woow your right about those Boardmans great spec for little cash

hmmm Less sex, less violence, less gore, and not as in depth as previous seasons imo and feels a little teenish not as adult.

Discus

Sometimes a light bulb just flashes on reading a thread on here.

My left leg is 8 mm shorter than my right, I always set pedal height with my right leg at the bottom of the stroke duuuuuh I also often get the hot spot thing in the left knee, god how àç_èkin stupid am I.

Anyone loving their gravel/adventure/road bike that…….No to be the voice of dissent here but its just to limited.

If you want to tow anything that big then you need a C1 + E licence but the trailer cannot exceed the weight of the towing vehicle.

How does that work with a tractor unit usually around 8 ton and a total weight can be 42 ton on 6 axles 3 trailer 3 for the tractor.

Took me a lot of money to learn you cant buy skillz. :oops:

Iam 5’9″ and wanted the same dual purpose choices as you, got the recommended medium and its to small to flat bar with out a stem that looks like a boat tiller..its 54 virtual not actual ….i wish manufacturers would settle on one convention for frame sizes.

So has any one loaded up their LR with panniers and toured yet ? ho did it handle ?

I just striped my Inbred and resurrected my old GF Cobia a kilo lighter is hard to ignore.

@ jambalaya I believe your in France any where near the centre the Cher ?

any tips on how to find places to ride i am near orleans lots of forest but mostly private with to much chasse.

Interesting post I have recently hankered after the quick handling bikes of my past .

Great kivk ass you yanks company,s like VAG and banks etc need to learn there are consequences and I hope to see a suite or two go to jail.

France may be about to have their Thatcher moment!

Yes its a like for like hub.

Another question heroes of wheel building, I want to fit a new hub in an old wheel am I going to be able to reuse all my old spokes and nipples or should I have spares on hand?

Hi can I ask what tools (investment)you need apart from the driver is a tension meter necessary?

Cheapo Aldi own brand,the blades are really cheap and last much longer than gillete.

Hmmm freshen up the lowers can of Fabeeze

or something more scary?

Trading Standards +1

Think of the next poor pensioner that they steal from and imo it is theft.

Well if you go back far enough you will get to 4″ travel 2004 ish.

Changed the Sora front mech for a Tiagra all good so far.

OK I am sold, suggest to me some xc full sus no more than 4″ travel bikes that might be found second hand 26″ wheels are fine I can think of

Kona kikapu
giant NRS
Specialized stump jumper
Cannondale scalpel

Some one forward this to Planet X warranty department please

omg :roll:

55 my body is beat to hell 3 hour ride on the rigid yesterday and ache all over,maybe nows the time.

Yup I am definitely unduroing :lol:

The internet computers and smartphones.

They show people there is an alternative to the shit they live in so being human and wanting better they look for away to improve there lives, you cant keep people in ignorance any more ,unless of course your the boss of North Korea

I have been a year on a gravel bike and just this week came to the same conclusion a light weight XC bike or dare I say it a of road oriented hybrid would be better my trails are to rutted for a gravel bike, and to be honest gravel here is not like gravel/dirt roads in the USA to much water damage makes for really poor surfaces deeply rutted and bloody dangerous when on a head down ass up drop bar bike, My gravel bike will get guards and slicks for winter and I have resurrected my old inbred for the gravel and trails.

I am soo dumb I fall for the marketing hype at my age.

Really dumb mistake here.

Went to a new place on my brand new bike (Pudeltown woods) at the car park met a young chap on something really not very noteworthy and he offers to show me round, ok off we go we do some fairly techy single track nothing to hairy and end up on a gravel road that has a steep drop hidden to my right he turns in between some bushes and I just follow there is a near vertical drop to a plank bridge a bout 6/8 feet above a bomb hole, little narrow bridge and i collide over the bars and over the side of the bridge i go he is off in the distance when I wake up I have 3 crushed vertebrae.

learnt an important lesson that day about knowing trails and trusting people.

On the positive side if Bexit as sugested by many “wise” men leads to a breakup of the EU we would be able to trade with every one :wink:

What rim width is that? I have 19 mm internal and don’t suffer the dreaded P Flats.

Running 35 mm cx tires at the moment on 45/40 psi what’s every one else on? maybe room for improvement in the comfort dept.