I've just plotted a (very) rough 1st draft of a Highest English Railway Station to Highest Scottish Railway Station. 500km-ish. Would be a nice wee jaunt...

Calling Vegancheese to the forum, with his "g-string" tarp......

Very interesting! How tall are you/whats your inseam length? I had a couple of bikefits and none mentioned using shorter cranks (mine are 175mm). I had knee pain in the past and found that boring physio exercises worked well....only issue is staying on top of them! 5' 10" Asking about my insea...

Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Tue Dec 10, 2024 8:06 pm Oooh I've just kneed the edge of my desk ... not sure cranks are gonna help

You need to raise yer desk by 15mm, like I had to with my saddle, to compensate for my child sized cranks.

Very interesting. But who makes affordable 160mm MTB cranks? A quick search only throws up very expensive options. Yeah, Shimano and Sram go down to 165mm. Hope and Dev5 are too spendy for me. Ended up using Unite. Reasonable price with their seemingly constant discount code AND just down the road ...

Firstly, I know that knee pain covers a huge range of issues. But for me the last year or so on the bike has been getting less and less enjoyable...but I may have found the solution... I have a leg length difference (3/4"), a bit of cartilage wear and tear, early arthritis, blah blah blah. I've...

Sonder Broken Road Frame. Size Large.
Great condition. £499.

Based near Oldham

I'll include the headset and the Rockshox Reba forks (100mm). for free!
Stanchions in perfect condition.

Sad to see it go. There's an ad. on Facebook - Alpkit and Sonder things for sale.

The Exposure battery could belong to Debs. I'll check with her...
Thanks again Dee and Stu. It's a unique event, there really is nothing like it. Thanks.
I think that was my 4th and final BB. But already looking forward to the WRT. xxx

Mr and Mrs Polisherman will be having a swift pint at the Wynnstay. See you later...

Strada Florida was ok, a tad moist. The real crux was having Rhayader at the half way point with it's lovely road straight back to Llanbrynmair. I nearly bailed, but a hot air dryer in a public loo raised the spirits. Oh, and the knowledge that Mrs Polisherman (who was not far behind), would be very...

Usually happy enough to casually filters puddles with a Sayers mini, but got a route coming up where the speed of an in line filter could be useful. Any one had any success with other brands?

Yeah Boi!!! As the yoofs say.

I'm feeling a little emotional and inspired. We'll done that man.

But...is the Goldie Looking Bear going to be there this year?

Can we check the 2nd GR on the list?
There be no bridleways in sight. Does look like it might be interesting round shaped thing...possibly...

Cheers, I think it's starting to make sense now!
The map on bikepacking.com must be the revised version. It avoids Raelees Wood AND GOES TO SELKIRK

'ow do. We're going to have a go at this in April. But I'm not sure which "Capital trail" we'll be doing at the moment! Has anyone got the current gpx file? The map on bikepacking.com in places doesn't match the written description. I've not checked the whole thing, but around Minch Moor/T...

And from my phone.......
20240225_125136 by andy.tromans, on Flickr

Excellent, that was easy!

20180109_203235 by andy.tromans, on Flickr

vegancheese wrote: ↑Mon Feb 05, 2024 7:34 pm

gecko76 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 05, 2024 8:32 amWhere?

About half way between Quick and Roaches, near Oldham. 20m from canal.
Yes...we don't have slow insects here

He's always been a bit slow

RIP wrote: ↑Tue Jan 30, 2024 9:10 am

fatbikephil wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2024 11:03 pm Good bit of tarp minimalism there Vegancheese

Aye, bonus point. Although at first glance I thought it was an innovative use of a towel, what with the colour .

That's his best effort yet!

^^^^^ You and the Mrs put me to shame VeganCheese!

My Lanshan failed miserably when pitched in the garden of nice pub at Stanbury.
Nowhere in the instructions does it say "Drinking 6 pints of refreshing ale before zipping yours self in for the night will create moist conditions for sleeping"

Well I think it all looks smashing. Classic Bearboning territory.
Plenty of pork pies and lashings of ginger beer.
Nice one Stu!

Met up with Annie Le at Kinlochleven this evening. She was pretty chilled, and said she was aiming to enjoy the last 50 miles.
Liz is steady away, she was super rapid for the first couple of days. I haven't spoken to her, sent a few texts. She'll likely be up at 5 tomorrow to start the Torridon bit.