Looks good that Bob!

I rode that concrete track a few weeks ago when I was riding up to the lakes for Coledale Horseshoe race. There were plenty of 'no vehicle' signs and it felt a bit like I was trespassing, but I enjoyed its curiosity.

faustus wrote: ↑Wed Apr 30, 2025 5:05 pm

Bloody lovely that

Slightly biased, but I still think the Speedball is the best looking Stooge ever built, closely followed by the Speedbomb. They ride lovely too!!

I was going to update this after riding my new wheels. I can't ride due to injury, but I have managed to get them on the bike. As per the quote above, they're DT350 hubs, 28 Sapim CX ray spokes and wide, carbon farsports rims. I communicated directly with the seller via his website and email, which ...

Hyppy wrote: ↑Wed Apr 30, 2025 2:44 pm

Johnallan wrote: ↑Tue Apr 29, 2025 9:51 pm What is the hub?

Do you really need to ask? Hunt, obviously. Whichever hubs they were or are using on the Trail Wide V2s. Did we decide they're possibly made by Novatec?

I'm saying nothing

Hyppy wrote: ↑Sat Mar 08, 2025 4:08 pm There's always something else … went to give my brakes a bit of TLC, removed the rear wheel, and the cassette immediately fell off, taking half the axle with it.

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Not good. What is the hub? It's an interesting fracture face

Buzzard circling over my house yesterday. As common as they are elsewhere in the country, I've never seen them from my garden

Good to hear you're OK Reg! It must be tough lugging those hefty organs around

The NHS has been wonderful for me this week also, long may it continue

Thats a heartbreaking read Phil

Glad to hear you have mostly recovered Phil. My bars are set relatively high on most bikes, but even on my 'proper' road bike, I (did) find it comfortable to spend long periods down low in the drops. If I'm totally honest with myself though, I've probably just been doing too much recently, without e...

Lovely stuff! Thanks for taking the time to write the post and add the photos. It looks like a great trip

Thanks folks, I'm sure it'll be fine with a bit of patience and self care. Neither of which I'm very good at.

On the plus side, forced rest should be an opportunity to pursue some less strenuous hobbies. Thankfully, the TV went a few years ago so that's the lazy option taken care of

I've no advice to offer, other than go for it and enjoy the experience

Good to see the above cheeryness :-bd Not quite so here... I've spent all day in hospital with back pain, following an issue yesterday that came on suddenly while riding, and stopped me dead until I was kindly rescued by Herself. MRI scan showed a severely herniated disk ,narrowed spinal canal and b...

Very cheery yesterday. Finally got round to checking the valve clearances on my Speed Triple for it's 24k service. All are well within spec so she's buttoned back together with new plugs, filters and oil.

I really need to get my arse in gear and get set up for lacing my own.

Let us know how it all comes together Phil

Loki wrote: ↑Fri Apr 04, 2025 1:19 pm Ryan Builds Wheels in Bristol are an excellent option and well worth a look.

https://www.ryanbuildswheels.co.uk/

Unless I'm missing something, they don't seem to list any carbon rims for the gravel wheelsets

JRA won't build onto anything other than Bitex hubs, and my local well respected bike tech (Cycle Fast) hasn't replied to my request. I'd really like to be rolling faster than the light-bicycle lead time and they also don't have an option for microspline in the 350 hubs.. I found a builder via eBay ...

faustus wrote: ↑Thu Apr 03, 2025 12:16 pm A very large parcel containing a moby grape colour Stooge speedball plus extras. Looking fabulous.

Please share build photos. I love my Speedball and really should ride it more

Thanks for all the replies. I've messaged JRA about building something onto DT hubs, just waiting for a reply. Failing that, it looks like ordering the rims from Light Bicycle and having them built on DT hubs by the LBS is the next option, although I'd really like to be riding them sooner than this ...

Thanks James. I did find the JRA wheels and it looks like they're building on the kind of rims in my price point, but I'm wary of unbranded/rebranded hubs, and the availability of spares down the line. I don't mind paying the extra for something like a DT350 hub and I'm tempted to just get some buil...

My Hunt 35's are going back under the 60 day 'ride and return' policy due to a couple of hub issues. Are there any reputable wheel builders, building wheels on similarly reasonably priced carbon rims, but with greater care and options for better hubs (DT, Hope etc.)? I've done a fair bit of web traw...

I'm definitely not a real cyclist. It'd be weird to be defined by a single hobby, especially one as simple as riding a bike

This weekends activities. A group of fell running friends who I don't see much anymore, mostly because I don't really run anymore, kindly invited me a for a social weekend in the Lake District. They had booked a large cottage near Brotherswater and intended to race the Coledale Horseshoe Fell Race. ...

If I didn't already have a speedball, I would've bitten your hand off

As above, I always love Jennride but this year and last year have clashed with other commitments.

Thankfully, the winter additions have provided my annual Jennride fix