Could watch all of the lectures to be honest, good range of topics/places on the list. Two highlights that I’ll endeavour to tune into is the Timmy Mallet talk (for those that don’t know, he’s just toured most of the UK coastline) and our ‘own’ Jack T as he always comes across well on GCN :-bd If y...

This is no boner trip, its full on touring. Think of a bike with stuff strapped to every possible part you get the picture.
Bit of a practice for maybe living on a bike for a year.

Follow me on Insta search for Numplumz and you'll get the idea, doing daily picture dumps there

More than a plan, it's reality. About one fifth ot the way round my lap and loving it so far. Just have to survive the madness of the jubilee 4 days in possibly the busiest area :| There's a tracker thing, seems to work OK. https://new.spotwalla.com/trip/165b-22f8165-64f1/view?homeActive=1&showA...

I have some beautiful Thompsom 730mm 12 deg Titanium bars, in original sale cloth bag.
Ready for a bling build £100

Good to hear its still going. Might have to return to show some new people some fun, did many of these a long time ago. Always used to give our tickets to the "full pisshead" riders who only did the first checkpoint as there was alaways afew barrels unaccompanied at the far points. Stayed ...

Definately will Dave if timing works for you, will be in touch

Anyone here noticed anything odd with there VV explorer score of late? My squares dropped from 50x50 to 33x33 when I looked yesterday on two different devices. Not sure if I have altered a setting or if Ben has updated something like he did a few years ago when a similar drop in my squares happened...

Giving up work at the end of Jan to rebalance work and home life More time with OH and dogs Tour Divide in June Enjoy Steve, time is precious, will look forward to following tour TD exploits, still on the "one day" list for me. Starting April sometime I'm going to ride round the full coas...

Can't find a thread in search, please point me in that direction if there is one. I'm on a trip and smashed my phone, so had to buy another; suddenly I'm thrust into a world of USB-C my always reliable battery pack and amps monitor now shows me its charging at a pathetic 20mA So is it a fast charge ...

ton wrote: ↑Wed Mar 10, 2021 10:11 am just a bit of a update.

i have given my notice at work, and finish on 14th may, 3 days before my 55th birthday.
so fingers crossed..................

Nice one, enjoy the new adventure

I've had a Tailfin rack from the very beginning and have added the trunkpack. It's been abused, battered, used off road and overloaded on mixed terrain tours to Italy and Spain on several bikes (one of its strengths) I like how I can ride to a race or site and then fully remove it quickly if I want ...

kvragu wrote: ↑Fri Feb 26, 2021 11:13 am https://youtu.be/3yNZswI0If4?t=626

@10:26 these guys mounted an oldie clamp on the handlebars, much like the above suggestions.

Going to get me one of those handy bamboo sticks
Could be a new market for Stuart, carbon photo prop sticks

Find a mtb shifter that is removable from the original clamp, and adapt onto a correct size clamp...maybe

effectively stay at home ends on 29th march....i think
https://www.outandaboutlive.co.uk/campi ... m-12-april

Dave Barter wrote: ↑Mon Feb 22, 2021 9:58 pm Am I right in thinking April 12th??

oh yes indeed....solo

Niner Carbon fork, convinced me that riding fully rigid could be great fun after only ever going off rood bouncing

Lumicycle changed the game for me. I can still remember being blown away by the Ridgeway at night after saving up for my first set. I feel they should get more credit fir leading the charge (sic) on modern lights I remember getting the Lumicycle Halide light. Unbelievably expensive at the time, but...

I don't really get what drop bar MTBs give you over an MTB with loops or similar bars with multiple positions. If you set them nice and high for comfort there's little aero benefit to them anyway I can't hang onto loop or flat bars for long periods nowadays, my hands are mullered from years of mtb ...

I want to start riding round the coast. The plan is to set off from the East coast and keep the sea on my left, trying out all the tracks that will go as close as possible. Thinking of trying to visit as many people who live near the coast I've met over the years and kip in their gardens :wink: Was ...

Yes doing it and have been for 3 years now. quit work at 55, I say I'm not retired as I haven't had any income or touched any pension yet. Always though I would work till I drop, I enjoyed it. I worked in engineering maintenance all my life and that came with time restrictions in summer generally an...

Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Sat Jan 23, 2021 2:38 pm Similar lines Jack - I've just crayoned out a down-tube mounted crud catcher come trowel

Oh yes combine the two, good idea Stu.....................I'd probably slash my leg open on it though
Did think of a trowel come temporary bike stand prop too.

Good post getting some ideas here. I was bought some nice fork cargo bags for christmas and I have a stash of Aluminium test gas bottles I was trying to find a use for. Being over 2 Kilo in weight and 7mm thick I slimmed the bottle down, split it and roughly bent them into shape and added a few stra...

Steve, I've got a route that a group doing "lap of my mind" for charity did a few years ago, 4900 miles and just over 98Km of climbing :grin: Have no intention of following that, I want to do every coastal track I can and ride on the sands. No rush and plenty of random dead ends for me. Th...

Yes FLV prepping for a ride round the Coast at the moment. Boy this Island had a lot of coast 😜 Only thing keeping me sane is pouring over the maps and doing an hour a day on the hamster wheel in these times. My body seems to have gone metric lately, where once I would consider 200 miles in a day an...

1. Ride down the bumpiest track you know fully loaded before you set off or even better a long set of stairs, you will change something after that. 2. Take a hard copy route profile map with you, knowing whats coming and what to get over or stop before can be a game changer 3. Smile, its better than...