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i never really trained to race so why would I train to tour? :lol: As long as your touring targets are 'sensible' you will ride yourself in quite quickly. I don't often ride even 2 days consecutively but when on tour I might ride for a fortnight, its a matter of looking after yourself, taking proper...

Try doing what I do with car parts - take the old one off,and pop along to your bike shop and ask for matching items. Then keep the old ones, or the packaging for the new ones, ready for next time around. Or compare them with the chart on this page https://www.wiggle.co.uk/clarks-sintered-pair-of-d...

I've cooked 'meal in a tin' stuff in the tin, soup, beans etc in a pan (or even kettle a few times) and the answer is to use the lowest flame you can and stir continually. The first couple of times I used my folding kettle pan I burnt stuff but then realised that the alu base was heating quicker tha...

Hi, Normally sitting up tents go from 1.5 kgs. One kg tents are somewhat restrictive in height. I guess that if they were not then they would blow down easy. 0.7 high is a crawling around tent ideal for quick stop and leave again in the morning. my 1kg tent has a full 90cm height, afaic the minimum...

June is here and so far things here in GOC are looking good. May was unexceptional, the one planned 'missed' day compensated by another unplanned 200km plus! 12 riding days with no events. The May numbers 1508km av ride 126km 16717m av ride 1393m climb ratio 11.09m/km Year to date 7552km av ride 101...

brynpoeth wrote:Are Sheffield Stands ubiquitous in Steel City?

there are a few around - my new local Aldi has a strip of @ a dozen - I've even seen bikes parked there! given its less than a km from home I walk.

If you just want to take up exercise to lose weight and haven't yet bought a flash bike, then don't. Buy some running shoes instead and run 5-6 miles a day. It will literally save you £££££££. Cut out all the crap in your diet - refined sugar, processed foods, pizzas, cakes, pies, sweets and alcoho...

BITD some RDs came with circular pulleys, i.e. ones with no detectable teeth at all. Some old campag mechs had (steel) pulleys with many small bumps on them; https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0105/7312/products/RM288_VTG_Campagnolo_Gran_Sport_Vintage_Rear_Derailleur.jpg?v=1501679556 presumably so t...

have a look for 'J&L Titanium Bicycle Seatpost' on Ebay. Full Ti< available in different sizes and lengths. I have two of them - on my Airnimal and the carbon toy neither of which are spared bad roads! The newer one is now @ 5 years old, the first @ 7 with no issues whatsoever, they are using th...

Whenever the health profession have asked me the question I've only had positive feedback. Mind you, I don't tell them quite how much riding I do, just confirm its at least their 20/40 mins three times a week (they probably would gawp at my usual 15 hours!) OTOH, as a yoof I would race 5 times a wee...

Thanks for the feedback. Me and my friends all study a science so I think rigorous planning only comes naturally. I do like the idea of making it up as we go along. I was just conscious of the fact that we could decide to go one way and encounter some fairly ugly hills that could've been avoided. I...

What happened to Spring? Have to say that my enthusiasm through April was down somewhat, only the impending trip to Germany keeping me on the straight and narrow! So here's how it panned out; Km ridden 1565 M climbed 13107 ytd km 6044 ytd m 67648 That's currently giving me just over 50km per day of ...

if you are accumulating fatigue you aren't doing it right.

I've tried all sorts down the years, microfibre, blow up etc, etc. as I usually don't end up with them under my head I've given up and now use my spare clothing in its stuff sack - costs nothing, weighs nothing extra and is actually bigger than the travel pillows so I might actually get some benefit...

Is the road open or has that got a diversion too? Guess it will be low priority to be done and in the meantime those 'kin trucks will keep on using the road.