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by dlovett
Sat Jan 11, 2025 9:05 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Watership Down is Cancelled
Replies: 0
Views: 963

Watership Down is Cancelled

Just had an email from the organiser saying its cancelled due to the bad weather.
by dlovett
Fri Dec 06, 2024 1:09 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: redshift Stem and seat post
Replies: 26
Views: 5150

Re: redshift Stem and seat post

Just been told that Westbrook cycles sell both the stem and seat post, take cycle to work and my company is a member.........
by dlovett
Thu Dec 05, 2024 10:50 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: redshift Stem and seat post
Replies: 26
Views: 5150

Re: redshift Stem and seat post

Do you have a link to the one you bought? Keen to see if there is much of a price saving over the genuine ones. Tia Out of curiosity....how do you know your knock-offs are the same as the real thing? For example, the Redshift stem doesn't move upwards. I compared the eeSilk stem to a genuine one tha...
by dlovett
Thu Dec 05, 2024 10:49 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: redshift Stem and seat post
Replies: 26
Views: 5150

Re: redshift Stem and seat post

I did wonder about if it would move bikes as well and work with my jibes bars….. Good to know about the lights. quote=godivatrailrider post_id=330660 time=1733386285 user_id=3905] I have the stem on the Jones with Jones bars. Hands forward on the front loop it works very well ( had to try all the el...
by dlovett
Thu Dec 05, 2024 1:33 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: redshift Stem and seat post
Replies: 26
Views: 5150

Re: redshift Stem and seat post

I like the stem and dont really notice it (.seem.to get less movement as elastometer age ??) In terms.of movement or handling have ridden my other bike and boy can you tell even on tarmac Indo recomend it as a decent solutionnand ended my palm paim Please note you cannot strap a light to your bars ...
by dlovett
Wed Dec 04, 2024 2:58 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: redshift Stem and seat post
Replies: 26
Views: 5150

Re: redshift Stem and seat post

Ta for the recommendation, I didn't think they would make much of a difference on road but sounds like it could help in day to day stuff, like this years audax events. Their website is pretty misleading with the deal, they picture both, but you only get one at the super deal price. Still the Stem is...
by dlovett
Wed Dec 04, 2024 2:32 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: redshift Stem and seat post
Replies: 26
Views: 5150

redshift Stem and seat post

Who here owns either or both? Are they any good? I'm looking at them for my Camino, which I use for all terrains. It's got normal carbon forks and a 650b wheelset, so sus forks are pricey and would add quite a bit of weight. Was thinking about a Redshift and now have seen their Black Friday bundle d...
by dlovett
Wed Dec 04, 2024 2:26 pm
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: FS: Hunka Bivy
Replies: 2
Views: 2575

Re: FS: Hunka Bivy

Post it on the alpkit/sonder for sale FB group. I know there is somebody who wants one on there
by dlovett
Mon Dec 02, 2024 6:55 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: BB200 - a tale from the trenches
Replies: 9
Views: 2650

Re: BB200 - a tale from the trenches

A very enjoyable read. I could feel the cold and wet as if I was there!!

Sorry to hear about your friend.

d
by dlovett
Mon Dec 02, 2024 3:03 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Bargain Alert Thread
Replies: 5167
Views: 1536048

Re: Bargain Alert Thread

Decent price on (IMO) the best tubeless valves https://www.stifmtb.com/products/reserve-filmore-valves Stif also have some pretty nuts deals on reserve wheels Smashing price I thought I had a deal last week at £20. Really great valves, made tyre swap so much easier. Still Stan's race is a bit trick...
by dlovett
Mon Dec 02, 2024 3:00 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Mudguards
Replies: 5
Views: 2212

Re: Mudguards

Would these work? https://www.spacycles.co.uk/m19b0s80p1622/STRONGLIGHT-S-Type-Mudguard I'm liking these, and cheap! I find that the distance between the tyre and the underside of the fork crown is key - if you are running 650b wheels on a 700 fork, there should be plenty of room?? I've also cut a ...
by dlovett
Mon Dec 02, 2024 2:58 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Mudguards
Replies: 5
Views: 2212

Re: Mudguards

I'd just put the old mudguards and old (narrower) tyres back on. It's 100km on minor roads and I'm sure there'll be many riders will be on 28mm tyres. Hardly worth spending money on a single use item. Don't forget to fit a mud flap at the bottom of your rear mudguard - if you fashion one from an em...
by dlovett
Mon Dec 02, 2024 2:57 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Christmas presents
Replies: 36
Views: 7974

Re: Christmas presents

For a unique Christmas present check out our Can-dles. www.can-dles.co.uk What a job! “sorry lads, someone has just ordered 4 Beavertown candles, one of you will have to down 4 cans to get this order out tomorrow…” :lol: Edit - also, as black hound says, we only gift to the grandparents and kids th...
by dlovett
Mon Dec 02, 2024 1:05 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Mudguards
Replies: 5
Views: 2212

Mudguards

I have been sent this requirement for Watership down. MUDGUARDS, BOTH FRONT AND REAR, ARE REQUIRED ON THIS RIDE OUT OF COURTESY TO THE VENUES WE USE AND YOUR FELLOW RIDERS. AS A MINIMUM THESE CAN BE A CRUDCATCHER-STYLE GUARD AT THE FRONT AND A 'WHALE TAIL' (MIN 50 CM) AT THE BACK. I ...
by dlovett
Sun Dec 01, 2024 11:03 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Christmas presents
Replies: 36
Views: 7974

Re: Christmas presents

For a unique Christmas present check out our
Can-dles. www.can-dles.co.uk
by dlovett
Sun Dec 01, 2024 11:01 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Adult tricycle
Replies: 6
Views: 2408

Re: Adult tricycle

Christ on a bike, well I need him it’s scary as ****. I had to ride it home on busy urban roads. Too fast in a bend and you pop the inside wheel up! With some disassembly we got it in the car and drove it over to Sussex and it’s now in my parents garage ready for my mother to try it out tomorrow. I ...
by dlovett
Sun Dec 01, 2024 9:21 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Adult tricycle
Replies: 6
Views: 2408

Re: Adult tricycle

Thanks but I have to view it a 9am!! quote=Hyppy post_id=330508 time=1733004518 user_id=5616] Perhaps worth getting in touch with someone from Wheels For All for advice. If there’s not anyone local to you, I can put you in touch with club mates round here who volunteer. https://wheelsforall.org.uk/l...
by dlovett
Sat Nov 30, 2024 8:53 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Adult tricycle
Replies: 6
Views: 2408

Adult tricycle

Hey there, I am after advice about adult trikes. My mother is turning 80 and gave up her bike this year as she fell off and lost confidence in it. I know she has talked about getting a trike as she would feel more confident on one. I have seen a few listed used locally anything I should think about ...
by dlovett
Wed Nov 27, 2024 12:51 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Anybody Ridden Watership Down?
Replies: 7
Views: 1605

Re: Anybody Ridden Watership Down?

dlovett, had not picked up you had been off the bike, sounds a wise decision. I have just rejoined AUK, now to get my monies worth. Yep, it's been a frustrating time, but for once I've actually been sensible and not rushed back to sports till things were properly healed. A crazy year work wise help...
by dlovett
Tue Nov 26, 2024 3:29 pm
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: Used Tyres
Replies: 0
Views: 3262

Used Tyres

Used 650b tyres. It's "Winter Cleaning" season at our house so a load of other things that aren't used have to go. 1x WTB Byway 650b x 47. Used but still has Reasonable Life left. £10 1x WTB Horizon 650b x 47, Used but still has Reasonable Life left. £10 1x WTB Horizon 650b x 47, Used slig...
by dlovett
Tue Nov 26, 2024 3:25 pm
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: XS Sonder Camino bike. SOLD
Replies: 3
Views: 3169

Re: XS Sonder Camino bike. New in August.

Stick an ad on the Sonder/Alpkit For sale FB group. There are some people on there after one.
by dlovett
Tue Nov 26, 2024 3:24 pm
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: Free Tyre, Cover the Postage
Replies: 0
Views: 3131

Free Tyre, Cover the Postage

2023 WTB Venture 650bx47. It has had approx 35km on it before a piece of flint went straight through the middle of the tread. It was the first tubeless failure I've had in years. The gash is straight and approx 10mm x 5mm. I have stitched it closed and patched it on both the outside and the inside, ...
by dlovett
Tue Nov 26, 2024 2:41 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Recommend me a REAR wheel
Replies: 17
Views: 2753

Re: Recommend me a REAR wheel

Hey Valerio,

If you want to try it yourself I can lend you the book.

d
by dlovett
Tue Nov 26, 2024 2:40 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Anybody Ridden Watership Down?
Replies: 7
Views: 1605

Re: Anybody Ridden Watership Down?

You could (should?) be doing the BB Winter Event that weekend, mister. I want to get out and do a few next year, only done 2 or 3 since Covid. I should enter a couple which will motivate me to get out. Sadly, I've not been on a bike for over a year now, thanks to a few injuries, but the last one is...
by dlovett
Tue Nov 26, 2024 2:36 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Storm Bert 2024 Flooding
Replies: 14
Views: 3211

Re: Storm Bert 2024 Flooding

Rough here on Sat with the rivers as high as I've ever seen them in 20 years. Good luck sorting the bees out Rich. Alas it appears they're dead. Hives intact, but there's wasps in one of them and none at all in the other. Might have been the sudden cold snap rather than the flood, but either way th...