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yostumpy

this method is ok if there is a 'flap' left, but when said flap is missing or its a tiny slit??? I have has some success in the past with slits, using that black roofing mastic , its rubberised, extremely sticky and flexible. It won't stick it together, but it plugs the hole, and stops water getting in.

yostumpy

Camera on helmet, ooo, be careful, remember what happened to Schumakermikermakermikermakermoo.

yostumpy

http://yojimg.net/bike/web_tools/stem.php

A very, most useful website, where by you can put in your head angle, and choice of stems, and see how, the difference in reach and height .

EG 73 deg headset,,

stem 1) 100mm -7 deg on 30mm spacers

stem 2) 90 mm +7deg on 10mm spacers

Whats the difference????????????????????????

well stem 1, is 1mm higher and 10mm more reach.

yostumpy

UpWrong wrote: ↑7 Nov 2022, 5:01am Now that's weird. Someone joining and then repeating one of your posts without credit or comment.

Ah, that’s what happened. I remember your write up on a similar ride through Kent, and thought someone had done something similar on a similar bike. Have they really copied your write up?

Edit, yes they did , didn’t they. ????????

yostumpy

In all seriousness, if it comes to a choice of pain and not riding, I can wholeheartedly recommend a touring recumbent,

254351900_4857060280995314_1730347258099699494_n by mark tilley, on Flickr

yostumpy

I ride all year round, snow 'n'all, but I've just had 3 weeks off, due to being busy,and having had a really bad, lingering cold, seemingly contracted at a BHPC race, (chilly wind). Also been down in Cornwall for a week,struggling with cliff top walks, and wheezing. Yesterday I had a double flu and covid jab session. Today went for a short ride, and struggled with 22km.. So yes,it's nice to take a break,but it does you no favours in the end. Best keep going all year.

yostumpy

Mick F wrote: ↑2 Oct 2022, 3:43pm
Bmblbzzz wrote: ↑2 Oct 2022, 3:22pm I like that photo, Mick F.

But the socks are of a past time!

It was the end of a sponsored 500mile ride from Niagara Falls, Canada to Portsmouth, New Hampshire raising money for a local orphanage. The ship I was in at the time - HMS Sirius - was affiliated to Portsmouth NH because it was built in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England.

Raleigh Clubman bought in Dales Cycles Glasgow in 1983, sort of "gearing modified" by me.
Swapped to a Stronglight 99 double with custom rings ............. still have it with a variety of extra rings and it was used on Mercian ............ and I fitted a Campag Rally long-cage rear mech to it.

It’s amazing how ‘not’ stretched out you are, compared to modern geometry. Fashions, hey, who needs ‘em.

yostumpy

https://www.google.com/aclk?sa=l&ai=DCh ... Qx6BAgFEAE

Take a look at scaffolding mesh, or debris mesh.

You can find it in MUCH smaller quantities elsewhere, but this is an example. I did think about building a streamlined fairing from it.

yostumpy

Ianwhitwell wrote: ↑3 Sep 2022, 10:52pm Hi

I was looking to buy an 'everyday bike' that I could use for occasional touring and visited SPA to try their Wayfarer. I did like it, but they didn't have my size in stock and after many months of waiting ( covid and Taiwan, from what I can gather). When I rang up the last time the owner suggested I try the 725 Elan, and I could put a steel fork on it for front panniers. This I did ( Spec below) and I've had it a couple of years and have never regretted the purchase. I would def go and try one out if your interested, they had a big range to try.

My spec to cover daily rides and tours with full panniers. I specifically wanted a front triple, but they had some excellent double ring options as well. I liked the fact it was almost like a custom build (frame excepted)

Frame 725 Elan 105 5700 Build 52cm
Colour Blue
Fork Steel fork
Headset FSA Orbit ITA
Bottom Bracket Shimano R60
Chainset TD2 165mm 46/36/24 all black
Front Wheel Deore M6000 blk/XR-26RTS black 32h
Rear Wheel Deore M6000 blk/XR-26RTS black 36h
Spokes Silver spokes
Cassette 10spd HG81 11/36
Tyres Schwalbe Marathon Mondial 700x40 folding
Tubes Schwalbe SV17
Chain KMC X10-93
Front Mech Shimano 105 5700
Rear Mech Shimano Deore M592 black
Gear Shifters Shimano 105 5700 mechanical
Brake Levers Shimano 105 5700 mechanical
Brake Calipers TRP Spyre
Saddle Brooks B17 black
Seat Pin FSA SL-280
Collar Clamp Spa
Headset Spacer Black Full length steerer (cut on collection)
Stem FSA OS-168mm 80mm
Handlebars FSA Wing Compact 42cm
Bartape/Grips Spa Cork with EVA Gel blk
Gel pads below bartape
Mudguards SKS Chromoplastic 45mm black
Front Rack Tubus Tara blk
Rear Rack Tubus Logo blk

any chance of some photos, and a weight of bike (but will be less as it is small)

yostumpy

Hillingdon by mark tilley, on Flickr

253298502_4857060854328590_2020082065938976246_n by mark tilley, on Flickr

IMG_1560 by mark tilley, on Flickr

IMG_1569 by mark tilley, on Flickr

yostumpy

Vantage wrote: ↑3 Sep 2022, 10:05am One of my very first rides after fitting ekit. I'd had a long hiatus from cycling due to health and the battery and motor got me out again.
I've scenery and rides like this just around the corner

IMG_20220623_143911.jpg

Do you still have the motor assist, or have your ‘legs’ returned.

yostumpy

My gains seem to come in a financial way. Basically keep your eyes open. I seem to regularly find things on a ride, quite often money! A few months ago, I found 2 five pound notes in the verge on a lane, so I thought ….hmmmm, I wonder how they got there, and were they blown about a bit by traffic/ wind, I’ll just have a look on the ‘other’ side of the road, and sure enough another fiver and a tenner ! Whoopeedoo! A year before another tenner about a mile further up the same road, a £20 in the bushes on a local cycle way, twice. A Lezyne usb charge front light, numerous phones, tools, waterproof jackets , Nike running tops, fruit, etc. Also Most of my cycling kit is either old, second hand or free, ie had it for years because some stuff just never wears out, or forum stuff that is silly cheap secondhand, and that doesn’t wear out either, eBay stuff that is cheap (retro acrylic tops, I like, because the are retro and they are much longer than modern tops, and I am tall.) And free stuff, well the amount of stuff people on forums give away is amazing, tops,shorts, shoes. I’m no snob when it comes to kit, I run 7 speed with friction bar cons on my disc brake tourer, ……spend money …pah.

https://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=53164.0
Here’s a link to some of the stuff I’ve found, some older images are now lost ( thank you photobucket)

yostumpy

This post reminds me of a chums wife. He has type 1 diabetes, and ‘can’t be trusted to go out on his own!’ Which is a fair point , as he needs constant nagging to check his bloods, and eat sweets when we go out for a ride. He enjoys it immensely, he is quicker than me, but his bike is prob half the weight. Anyway, his wife, a miserable sort, says ‘ any form of exercise , that doesn’t produce anything, is a waste of time !’ Hmmmm. Once, we were gone a little longer than expected, and it was the hottest day of the year, he ‘was in trouble’ with ‘her indoors’. When I casually said, that he had enjoyed himself, and it was good for him to get out, her reply was ‘ Bo!!*cks!’ Some people just don’t get it.

yostumpy

Being perfectly blunt......perhaps you need a much bigger No2 before the ride, ie one when you first get up, then a secondary 'drop' before leaving the house. It's amazing what a number 2 No2 can produce. The nausea can be simply the fact that you need to go, and the toxins are building up in your body. You say 100km is fine, but do you then have a 'drop' soon after?
Some folks are regular, which is very useful, others are completely random, which is not so useful, in situations such as this. Me, I am awoken daily at 'bowel'o'clock . Told you it was blunt.

yostumpy

All these folks saying how wonderful the Elan is, but are you talking about the TI or 725?

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