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Just throwing this in to the mix…

For those on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/adelangers/status/1 ... 1706709292

Since you’re in York and thinking about going out to the coast you could do worse than visit East Yorkshire to complete the Holy Trinity of Dales, Moors and Wolds. Field House campsite is on the Way of the Roses route. Showers, pub a couple of miles away (Wolds Inn, Huggate) and exceptionally bike friendly. £10 a night, I think.


https://www.fieldhousecamping.co.uk/

I have that wheelset. I never use a tool to fit a tyre with them. From memory I’ve only ever fitted Continental GP4000Sii and GP5000 (clincher). No bother at all even with my slightly arthritic hands (and I fit at the valve first).

Trigger’s broom? The core of any bike is the frame. The rest are just replaceable components that are fastened to it to make it work.

All that remains of my oldest bike’s original components include the seat pin, brake levers, calipers and downtube shifters. (I can’t remember if I had a shorter stem fitted at the point of sale or later.) Swap those components on to another frame and they’re on a different bike.

Thanks for the update - glad you got sorted. I always like to read this sort of thing, especially when others have gone to the trouble of posting detailed advice.

gbnz wrote: ↑15 Feb 2024, 8:24pm

keyboardmonkey wrote: ↑15 Feb 2024, 4:27pm … Alternatively, look at your area and seek out - or better still create - a themed ride. Here’s that ride I did last summer if you still get up to the Yorkshire & the Humber region:

https://www.yorkshirewoldscycleroute.co ... ists-route

Wouldn't mind a Yorkshire & Humberside Rd. Train down to Lincoln & head North ?

Depending on where you’re coming from the Hockney Trail is not far from York or Malton - or even Hull, which is also a stop of a through train from Sheffield to Scarborough. The same train stops at Bridlington and Bempton, both stations along this Yorkshire Wolds route.

I first started cycling on my patch around 45 years ago and I’ve never got bored - although I have got appreciably slower in the last five years or so. It helps that my route options include cycling over the best bridge in the world, but even without that there are still roads and hills around the Yorkshire Wolds that I have yet to ride.

I last did a 100-miler back in August. Took me an hour longer than I had hoped, but it was a bit lumpy and with a bit of a head wind for quite a while. Set off earlier?

Alternatively, look at your area and seek out - or better still create - a themed ride. Here’s that ride I did last summer if you still get up to the Yorkshire & the Humber region:

https://www.yorkshirewoldscycleroute.co ... ists-route

Thanks for sharing and for the links. The coastal routes are not my sort of thing, but look good for those who have gone down the gravel bike route.

Yes, judging by the length of exposed seat post I would agree that your bike is on the small side for you. And bar ends would give you a couple of inches of stretch. Maybe.

Depending on the type of journey, but mainly on the kind of bike, I have used bike packing gear and I’ve used panniers. Having a pair of panniers, for me anyway, is by far the most practical option. Basically, if your bike gives you the option of fitting a rack then use it.



Larger bikepacking underseat packs have a tendency to swing about and, especially if you’ve had to retrieve something from the bottom of one mid-ride, often droop quite a bit.

puffin wrote: ↑15 Aug 2023, 8:45am The footpath option at the Aldwark bridge is definitely open and the bridge at the end displays a p7blic footpath sign. The footpath is actually the edge of a golf fairway delineated by small wooden pegs. I pushed my bike rather than rode it being very aware of both the rules and of not annoying anyone.

Just wondering how the rest of the trip went, particularly Stamford Bridge-Wansford-Stamford Bridge.

Thanks for all the updates/info, gang. Sadly, I’m not convinced that the replacement SKS mudguards quite match up to the expectations I had of the last version of the Longboards.

I have three bikes with 700x25mm tyres and SKS Longboards that I’ve fitted. Not a quick procedure (for me, anyway), but very satisfying when completed. Fit and forget and - so far - rattle-free.

I was contemplating getting a pair of the 35mm model “just in case” and the 45mm for my tourer. Although I use 28mm Gatorskins on that bike there’s not a lot of wiggle room on the 25mm-tyre bikes, but sadly it seems it is not to be. (The tourer’s guards aren’t broken, but that was another just in case thing.)

I reckon the front guard was over a metre in length originally (very difficult to measure accurately in situ even with a piece of string), but I have always cut off a good couple of inches anyway.


Below is an illustration of the minimum coverage I’d be looking for if using the supplied flaps. Any shorter and I’d be fitting longer Raw-type flaps…

pete75 wrote: ↑1 Jan 2024, 9:46pm Try Amazon https://www.amazon.co.uk/SKS-Longboard- ... 541&sr=8-4

"Temporarily out of stock" and has been for many months. Thanks anyway.

I can't seem to find anywhere online that is still stocking either the 35mm or 45mm SKS Longboards and, unless I'm mistaken, they're not listed on SKS Germany's web site. Have they been discontinued? Did I miss that?

A undercover mechanic writes...

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jackt wrote: ↑20 Dec 2023, 2:08pm Thanks for the replies.

This is for a potential Spa Elan build - so disc brakes. My preference is hydraulic (but don't worry - my other bikes have rim brakes and triples )

Unless there's way of doing this with bar end shifters (ie. hydraulic non-STI brakes levers on drop bars - is that even a thing?) I reckon I am looking at STIs either 105 or GRX-810 11sp or Tiagra 4720 / GRX-400 10sp. These seem to be about the same price at present.

Probably a 2x with a 46-30 - GRX most likely. Suspect this is tilting me towards GRX STIs.

I’ve drawn my line in the sand at 10-speed road triples on rim brake bikes. But if I was looking to future-proof and wanting to go down the route of disc brakes - especially favouring hydraulics - then I’d probably go with 11-speed. Which means most likely a GRX option with its smaller chain rings than, say, Shimano 105.