Most exciting we have is Wetwang !! ... as seen on Dave :)

As yesterday was a total washout up here in east Yorkshire ! , I decided to see what's involved in sorting some grid reference's out for my Virtual winter event partner. After a quick message with my virtual partner we decided on a 25km radius around our homes , and while it doesn't sound a lot , wh...

Cheers to all involved in sorting this, Looking forward to it

Stumpy

Add me to the list please :)

Anthony - Stumpm4 - East riding / North Yorkshire border

May need to push it back a day or so as work a lot of weekends now, but get days off in the week

cheers

Only just come across this after john mentioned it on a facebook thread , gutted ive missed the boat :( .. will have to just go and ride for a few days ... cant even bivi as just reseeded the grass !
enjoy and stay safe

yep done a few with that little gadget, works ok , just make sure the receiving cylinder is very cold, it takes the gas better :) .. time to save a few quid

All this talk about weather etc, ive not even plotted a route yet !!

yep , will be there on the gravel bike with 42mm tyres, not done it for the last 2 years but always a great turnout and ride, Im looking forward to it but dont think my legs are as havent ridden in 2 weeks , so its gonna hurt

@ jaminb Is this required for the WRT ?? ..if so i can offer a lift as heading from Birmingham , although its looking like i may be doing the lite version wrt only now and heading back to brum on the sunday afternoon ...
If maybe a one way lift is ok then get in touch ?

@ Stu , do i get a discount for all the sales ?? :) ... Let us know price etc when you've finished

Just realised ive double booked this weekend , !!! .. this and the Birmingham Velo which is on my doorstep !

Wifes just bought me a lunar solo for my early birthday pressie :) , managed to put it up after work today just as it was going dark, bigger than i thought, and so far impressed :) Wasnt the best pitch really as my lawn slopes slighly as well @ Stu , have you ever thought about doing a pair of carbo...

Ive a pair of the Alpkit Fu-man-chu bars , direct copy of the jones bars , had them a few years now and love them , They were sold to me direct after a email to alpkit , no mention of them on the website after the lawsuit threat ! ... Just looks like brant just gone back to on-one and ordered more a...

postierich wrote:Bomb track Ortileb and Surly will be joining us for the weekend!

Rich

Always fancied a good look around a surly ... must leave my card at home!

Looking like its gonna be a top weekend Rich :)

Ticket bought and plans to ride the Friday 50 mile bikepacking route :)

i visited 3 pubs on route, had a pint in each, took a few (local knowledge) short cuts, which turned out to no longer be short cuts, because nobody rides em nowadays, they all go to dalby. was nice to meet a few off here. thanks for the pint Jase. oh and i dragged my arse round 101 miles. :-bd What...

How long a route are you looking for? Not finally ridden my own gravel extravaganza route yet as been laid up with a kidney stone :sad: Maybe 60 - 120 miles, ill be riding a good 2 days possibly 3 .... found a couple of routes , the Galloway gallop has 2 routes of varying distance , may combine those

Thought the Borders lot would have been on this by now! :mrgreen: https://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=zgeqtutawmxpluzi details my bike friendly Southern Upland Way route from Stranraer to Moffat. I'd be doubtful about doing it on a gravel bike in its entirety so maybe do selected double track high...

Have a few days off next month, fancy taking the gravel bike to scotland and galloway looks like it could be suitable for the bike and camping gear :)
Any route suggestions please ?
what the midges like in September ?
Thanks

wouldnt mind a orange one myself , matches the bike :)

700c with 40mm Nanos. I don't have any 650b wheels to try on it, but can ping you some photos when the forksarrive if you like? yeah ping away :) ... ive got a set of 40mm nanos as well on 700c, the maxis wouldnt fit on 650 wheels , but ive just picked up some strava clements at 42mm, they fit fine...

Retiredtester wrote:If you can wait a couple of weeks I'll let you know what they're like

yeah will do , what tyres will u be running ? ... 700c or 650b ??
i bought some 2 inch maxxis re fuse tyres in 650b size and have zero clearance on my forks :(

As luck would have it, I found a set of eBay Chinese forks v similar to the kinesis ones only with an alloy steerer and less than half the price at 40 quid. Unlikely anyone else is in the lookout, but they have a few more sets as well as thru axle and full carbon ones - https://rover.ebay.com/rover...

Gutted as you, entered etc , only to find work change my rota so im working all weekend and bank holiday Monday .... thanks for that .... utterly pissed off !!
Heading up to Scotland from Thursday so not all is lost ... currently packing my bags

Was hoping to join the lonely hearts club this year , but sadly working now :( ... enjoy