That's a very good deal. Looks to be a Pocket Tourist model. Was that the predecessor to the much loved New World Tourist or, with the triple chainset, essentially the same bike? They now do a Diamond Llama the world touring model, and the All-Packa as the bikepacking model, with up to 2.8inch tyres...

.. you'd find many people using it and sharing their rides (and crucially, comments and photos on sections and trails) who are just regular users. That unfortunately doesn't seem to happen with rwgps. Komoot understood the community aspect and why people share stuff, mostly - to get some level of r...

Agree with others on having an overall average speed (defined as distance / elapsed time) showing on your GPS. For my unit this required turning off the 'auto pause' setting. It's painful to see how a stop puts a dent in your average speed and how hard it is to make it up again. This is probably mos...

I am a member of my local council's Local Access Forum and at our last meeting we had a presentation about access issues on land owned / managed by Natural Resources Wales (equivalent of the Forestry Commission in England). They have an enlightened attitude to cycling - all their forest tracks are f...

That's a great map. Missing a few mentioned here, it also led me to the Wye Valley Walk which appeals. It appeals for being more low level alongside a river and through wooded areas, could be lovely in early spring among the green shoots and birdsong. https://www.wyevalleywalk.org/walk The one thou...

Big hill views? There is the Beacons Way which runs East/West across the Black Mountains, Brecon Beacons and The Black Mountain. About 100 miles total and certainly some big hills! https://ldwa.org.uk/ldp/members/show_path.php?path_name=Beacons+Way+%28Brecon%29 At my end (the eastern end) the Beaco...

For Wales and big hill views, you will want to take a look at the Cambrian Way, whose aim is to be the 'high level' walking route across Wales. https://www.cambrianway.org.uk/maps5.htm#overall Choosing a section that suits you for distance with a train and/or bus return is the tricky bit. Barmouth t...

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Tempted, given how everyone here raves about them. How does this Titanium variant compare to the jolly green giant "Outdry Extreme" variant currently on sale at Sport Pursuit? Is it the same stuff, more or less?

Nice one. Thought it sounded ambitious but would have been tempted to join you if I lived down that way. The others were fine, it was just me struggling. The other time I’ve done it at the winter solstice we routed via a 24h McDonalds for a mid ride break. And I didn’t have a cold or crash my bike!

Was a bit of an ordeal in the end, for me least. Were it not for a bunch of last minute cancellations, I may have pulled out myself as I've had the chesty cold that's been around and was feeling rotten. But decided to toughen up and ignore good sense. So, hacking, wheezing and firing off snot rocket...

Route and some timings... 11pm Abergavenny start 1.15am Severn Bridge 3.30am Bath (Fieldings Road Footbridge) 4.30am Bradford on Avon 7am Stonehenge 8.08am Sunrise https://ridewithgps.com/routes/49265765 Different route to last time means no mid-way stop at the 24h McDonalds outside Chippenham. Whic...

All 'boners are welcome to join, a small group of us riding through the longest night from Abergavenny to Stonehenge to greet the sunrise on the winter solstice. Free access to the stones makes for a great time to see the stones along with a few thousand other freaks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

The history of the Cambrian Way walking route may be illustrative and contain some parallels? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambrian_Way might it be good if one day James’s TN route is adopted or endorsed by the government agencies who have the capacity to maintain and safeguard the actual tracks ...

At the risk of wading into what has become a very nuanced discussion specific to the particularities of the TNR, komoot (heroes or villains?!) etc… I was wondering whether the appropriate ethos for sharing original routes might be something like Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike. “allows re-d...

James should be proud that his route has achieved this status Isnt the obejction someone else is monitising his hard work/ his route ? Apples hard worj gave us the iphone, this does not mean i can make them and sell them. Well, every smart phone after the iPhone has looked and functioned more or le...

Can you copyright the Annapurna Circuit trekking route? Can you copyright the Ridgeway? Or the Route of St James to Santiago de Compostela? No. You can’t.

At a certain point a route becomes a cultural artefact / a tradition. And James should be proud that his route has achieved this status.

Very funny to read that, Dave. I found and rode that tunnel near Inverness last summer. Will prob be in a route in Lost Lanes Scotland. But not your route, mine is different. :-bd BTW there is fantastic old Wade bridge near the tunnel. Track beyond much rough stuff though. fwiw I agree with what’s b...

Mudguards were once a requirement on all audax events, but is now at the discretion of the organiser. Perhaps worth taking a step back to understand why. In part it's a courtesy to other riders not to have a stream of filthy water cascading up from your rear wheel (note that a crudcatcher style on t...

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 emp...

I've used HDEW in the past and have had to make use of the 3 year warrantee for a faulty on-off switch on an EM5ii. They have a repair contract with A. J. Johnstone & Co in Glasgow, and it was all fine, though the on-off switch failed a third time out of warrantee. It's a well-documented design ...

Hi all, I am in a very similar position to @faustus right down to my original camera 40 years ago was an om-10 . Been looking for a while and nearly bought the om-5 when they had a cash back offer. That offer is on again £999 for an om-5 and a 12-45 lens https://www.lcegroup.co.uk/New/OM-SYSTEM-OM-...

I realise you're asking about a single shelter for all three/four of you, but I've done various camping trips with my two kids and generally works best - and is more enjoyable for everyone involved - with two shelters. Kids share a small two person tent and I kip under the Gatewood cape. I've done t...

It could take the form of a choose your own adventure book, but based on real places:

To turn down the lane that leads to the Black Bull pub, turn to page 83, if you prefer the three miles of hike-a-bike to the bothy, turn to page 124.

Looks great Dave!

Have been playing with Google’s new Notebook LM. The AI podcast generation feature is remarkable. Be amazing if you could drop a GPX into it and it would generate a 10 minute podcast about the route.