In my search for a cafe/hack/back of van bike I found this:-

https://bobbinbikes.com/products/shadowplay-bike

£183 delivered using their discount code. I'm sure it will be basic but meets my need

I’m maybe an outlier as I didn’t think it was that amazing. Only place that blew me away was near the end dropping into a plain after Pie Town before Beaverhead station. So many passes you get to the top with trees obscuring everything. For me it was the people and challenge that made it. Still want...

Off to the smoke to row in a set of races up and down the Thames. Sadly it clashes with the rugby which means lots of posh idiots shouting at us from riverside pubs

faustus wrote: ↑Thu Jun 12, 2025 3:34 pm

prequel 1883

I though that was excellent.

Agree, my favourite of the saga!
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Hmmm not sure about the sickly snuffing it under the tree scene, apart from that pretty good

Happy vicarious Friday as my friend Geof lines up for his Nobo ITT on a tandem

https://trackleaders.com/tourdivide25i. ... le_Tuurtle

Good luck for tomorrow Geof!

Thanks Charlie, it's a bit too far for me

I need a hack bike for getting about town and campsite to pub in the van. I’m a size medium. Don’t want the faff of gears and nothing swank that will get nicked. I have a budget of f-all but do have various bits to swap including bike baggage and various other bits. Or a chromebook, Nikon 3100 or pl...

PeddarsWayJason wrote: ↑Mon Jun 02, 2025 1:37 pm Nature gives women the ability to forget the pain of child birth so they do it again. I think men have the same thing when it comes to riding

Hmm, Helen stopped at two .. I wanted a football team

Looks like Alan has had enough.

Half term …

My Dad went out to “Lily the pink” don’t ask why

pistonbroke wrote: ↑Fri May 02, 2025 6:18 pm Ever thought of changing your username to Dave Bartarrrgh, shiver me timbers!!

I was christened that but changed back as soon as I legally could

Not cheery here in Brixham. It’s Pirate Festival weekend and the town is full of annoying pi55ed cosplayers. If family weren’t down I’d be at WRT in a flash.

Our seagulls were shagging this afternoon and the nest on the wall will soon be populated

We seem pretty open here about sharing health problems, which can be a good thing. Unlike poor John I had a somewhat cheerier Friday after a hospital visit.... Had my yearly MOT in February. This time, for no specific reason and on the spur of the moment, I asked them to add a prostate antigen test...

ton wrote: ↑Fri Apr 18, 2025 11:32 am and various on AliExpress.

Ooo that rubs it in further

Where’s Dees sweary cake

Well Donald is about to feck any chance I ever had of not earning

Cambridge Audio Topaz CD player, latest eBay bargain.

Friends are off to NY for a week this Summer and had a lot of 'are you a terrorist' type questions on the visa application. Stories are abounding of loads of hassle at customs but it's always been like that to a degree. Between s*** for brains and the bears the last vestiges of my desire to do the ...

The roadside Trump store I rode past in Montana might be bigger. The horribly rascist truck driver I spoke to might be fatter. All the lovely people I met will be more lovely.

Learn how to eat like pistonbroke .. you can save hours in a day

And to be fair to Memory Map they are a small company who have never veered from what they do.

Pawl failure on rear hub thank f-ck for cable ties Forgetting lighter Forgetting pump Forgetting to load gps route Forgetting key to bike lock when bike is locked to carrier on back of van Rubbing hole in poorly secured rear seat pack Repeat for front food pouch Breaking spokes, realising the spares...

Currently trying out the HiiKER app, seems ok at the moment (ditched the OS app now) I got a years OS sub for £12 in a recent offer and I'm not convinced that was good vfm if I'm honest. 🤣 The OS app is a disgrace. It takes over a minute to load a map on my phone even when the map has been download...