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Thank you for your speedy reply: I have recently retired and apart from climbing all the decent hills in the Peak District and surrounding area I fancied another challenge.

Paul

Hi, I have been trying to find a link to a cycling challenge which I believe is arranged under auspices of the 'old CTC and involves cycling to various points within each and all of the counties in the UK. If I recall correctly, at each location it is necessary to write down the answer to a clue sub...

Sometimes good things happen..... :D I good friend of mine (John) was recently cycling in the Peak District on a road that is well known as being full of pot holes. The only safe way to navigate the road is to cycle away from the kerb and more towards the cente of the road. My friend was in this pos...

As the original poster of this accident I am appalled at the reporting of this incident by the BBC and would urge all forum members to complain.

Returning from today's club run, I came across a terrible accident on one of the hills leading out of the Peak District and into Sheffield (Baslow Hill). All day long motor cyclists had been hammering it along the roads in Derbyshire and I am used to their high speed antics on this particular hill a...

It registered -11 degrees last Sunday when several of us gathered for our normal club run in the Peak District
We all looked at each other, shook our heads; decided that it was a fool's errand and went home to an early shower.

I find the farm workers and tractor drivers round here are usually fine- i.e.those that need a 4x4 or wide vehicle and actually know how to drive one At the risk of veering off-topic, I find that a rather surprising comment. I live and do most of my daily riding in a farming area. In the past few y...

Just as well that the driver did not meet a horse..... or a tractor.

I wonder if he would have slowed to less that 30mph to avoid a tractor????

Just wondering if anyone has successfully fitted an eleven speed front derailleur to a ten speed (compact) set up?

If not, can anyone please throw any light onto whether this would work?

Thank you

A buddy and I rode from London back to Sheffield (ish) on canal paths in 3 days; worse decision that we ever made :( Once we travelled away from any type of civalisation the paths turned wild, bumpy, overgrown and downright dangerous. Best part of the ride was at a point when we had deserted the can...

Thanks for your sage advice Mick,
On the question of the powerlink there is no pressing reason as to why I might wish to use a 9 speed on a 10 speed chain; I just happen to have a few of the former lying around.

Hi, I have just fitted a new campag medium cage rear derailleur to bike to accomodate the 13-29 ten speed cassette also recently fitted (running a 34-50 compact chainset) At the same time I decided to fit a new chain. In order to size the chain I consulted Sheldon Brown and various other sources and...

Thank you gents

Hi,
I wish to change my cassette from a 13-26 to a 13-29. (Peak district hills )

My drivetrain is campag with a 34-50 compact chain set.

Will I need to change the rear derailleur or/and increase chain length

Another vote here for Tracklogs.

Did LEJoG two years ago using a garmin vista and the aformentioned mapping software; not a problem