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- Sun Apr 27, 2025 7:18 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Handlebar accessory bar thingamajigs
- Replies: 5
- Views: 350
Re: Handlebar accessory bar thingamajigs
I have an Oxford with a single clamp, hasn't budged in 4 years attached. I might go for one with a double clamp for the weight of a Maxx, and to get the light centred over the stem.
- Wed Apr 23, 2025 10:03 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Isle of Rum
- Replies: 2
- Views: 208
Re: Isle of Rum
When I found the mausoleum I was very confused, looking forward to watching the film later.
- Fri Apr 04, 2025 7:16 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: All the things that could go wrong
- Replies: 30
- Views: 3045
Re: All the things that could go wrong
Three of us loaded the car for an overnighter. Only two bike racks so two bikes on the roof and split the rear seats to put the third bike in the back of the car. Drove 90 minutes to the ride start and realised we'd left the front wheel of the third bike at home when loading the car. D'oh ,!!! :lol...
- Sat Mar 22, 2025 11:50 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: All the things that could go wrong
- Replies: 30
- Views: 3045
Re: All the things that could go wrong
Six hour train journey to start of route, a week-long ride. Line closure due to overhead issues, so disassemble bikes and put into the back of a taxi for two hours (thankfully paid for by Virgin). Arrive four hours later than expected, sun is starting to set. Hastily reassemble bikes in car park. Go...
- Thu Mar 20, 2025 8:19 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Not a real cyclist…
- Replies: 36
- Views: 4592
Re: Not a real cyclist…
The whole premise of ‘done x, y , z’ really grates on me. Regularly hear it in the office “yeah we done snowdonia last week, ticked it off like”. - a drive to llanberis, hiked up and down the walkers path and that’s the entire snowdonia region , ticked off! Aah well at least the rest of the region ...
- Thu Mar 13, 2025 8:27 pm
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: wtd, Tiagra 2 x 10 brifters.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 616
Re: wtd, Tiagra 2 x 10 brifters.
Pm sent.
- Sun Mar 09, 2025 8:16 pm
- Forum: Routes
- Topic: Arran to Inverness
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1002
Re: Arran to Inverness
The canal path north of Fort William is a motorway. From KM 240 is a wide forestry road, so maybe slow but not an issue (no brainer against the A82). There is a path parallel with the loch shore at KM 245 which will be a bit less climbing. There's also a small camping area on the lower path (with a ...
- Thu Feb 13, 2025 1:41 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Veloviewer map - explorer tiles
- Replies: 834
- Views: 189320
Re: Veloviewer map - explorer tiles
I'm not particularly interested in max square size or scores, I like the visual aid for trying to visit new places and following where I have been previously. I only use the Map tab on the activity screen. You could log some walking activities in Strava and import those, for where cycling may not be...
- Sun Feb 09, 2025 8:36 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Veloviewer map - explorer tiles
- Replies: 834
- Views: 189320
Re: Veloviewer map - explorer tiles
Not sure if it’s something that I’ve missed but is there an option in VV on a mobile to show your current location? I missed a square yesterday by about 20m. TBF I didn’t realise that the route went close to it nor that I was close at the time Should be a 4 pointed compass above the zoom buttons in...
- Tue Feb 04, 2025 11:21 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Footpacking aka hiking - LDP recs?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3421
Re: Footpacking aka hiking - LDP recs?
I walked the Cambrian Way from Llandovery to Abergavenny over 5 days at the beginning of January, the ground was frozen so the peaty sections were rock solid. 135km and 6,500m ascent, I think the single biggest height gain is 500m vertical to climb Pen y Fan. It was enjoyable, not as much continuous...
- Tue Dec 17, 2024 8:16 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What you done t' your bike today
- Replies: 1717
- Views: 461734
Re: What you done t' your bike today
Not to the bike, but my bike trousers. Second or 3rd set of recycled (to me, off ebay) Singletracks. Sadly the belt would always slip and the other day was a little annoying. Just another smidgen to add to the stress of trying to ride outdoors cold (in the). So out comes the McNett and off comes th...
- Mon Oct 14, 2024 11:13 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: (Winter) bib tights....over bib shorts?!!
- Replies: 26
- Views: 5485
Re: (Winter) bib tights....over bib shorts?!!
I find shorts pockets very useful for stashing multiple gloves/glove liners (often rides start before sunrise in winter) and means that I don't drop them while trying to put back into full jersey pockets. Or I use a bumbag. :geek: Fleeced bib shorts were the same warmth for me as a regular padded sh...
- Tue Oct 01, 2024 10:19 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Inreach plans
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2413
Re: Inreach plans
I also went with Protegear. Turning it on for a single day whenever you want, and preprogramming when it turns on and off through the browser; I find it much more flexible than Garmin's own (paying for a whole month to use it for five days). Make sure you use a different email to your previous Garmi...
- Wed Sep 25, 2024 12:48 am
- Forum: Anyone playing out?
- Topic: Second City Divide in November doable in 4 days?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6490
Re: Second City Divide in November doable in 4 days?
Greg's Hut is at the top of the big climb out of Garrigill, would be over half way for the second night. The bridleway descent from the top to Kirkland is indistinct for the first half, I didn't follow the RoW to find easier ground.
- Sun Sep 22, 2024 4:30 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Lairg - Crask Inn to Loch Choire
- Replies: 4
- Views: 980
Re: Lairg - Crask Inn to Loch Choire
Path up from the loch is mostly rideable, a few peaty sections, some planks for quads on the worse sectionss and some large rocks. Over the bealach it is a faint path, I pulled the tyre off of my front wheel sliding on a slab (I saw how much sealant was inside the tyre) but somehow it popped back in...
- Fri Jul 26, 2024 10:57 pm
- Forum: Routes
- Topic: Great Glen way & Badger Divide
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5669
Re: Great Glen way & Badger Divide
If you are talking about the housing estate being built on the hill in Inverness, there was some rubble rock put down to make a temporary path around the building area and a small diversion through the estate (up Polvanie View, and immediately turn north at the start of the carpark area). Info corre...
- Fri Jul 19, 2024 2:14 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Pain and suffering
- Replies: 22
- Views: 4835
Re: Pain and suffering
If you're planning to ride the route again, take this iron horse out the first time.


- Mon Jul 01, 2024 8:02 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Scotland 24
- Replies: 42
- Views: 13641
Re: Scotland 24
After 10 miles we passed Altnabreac Station. I had wondered what facilities might be at the station? https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53827666713_ee9d3a6c60_c.jpg Basic :lol: You get a platform and a shed for a waiting room which is boarded up. There's not even a station name sign to take a pict...
- Thu Jun 27, 2024 1:03 am
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: MSR Hubba Bubba for sale
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2345
Re: MSR Hubba Bubba for sale
Can I offer you to gitoffermyland?
- Thu Jun 27, 2024 1:01 am
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Carbon neutralising deliveries and other plastic sparing 'goings on'!
- Replies: 32
- Views: 15346
Re: Carbon neutralising deliveries and other plastic sparing 'goings on'!
Contraption stile gate allows dogs to pass through without needing to jump/be lifted. 

- Sun Jun 16, 2024 9:44 pm
- Forum: Anyone playing out?
- Topic: Calder Divide
- Replies: 18
- Views: 13469
Re: Calder Divide
Pretty sure I've done exactly this from imgur When you click it this appears( [ i m g ].........[ / img ] )* and you just paste the url link where I've put the dots. No 'voile' for me. It's worked in the past URL needs to be the link to the image, not the hosting page. Right click on the image in I...
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 6:07 pm
- Forum: Routes
- Topic: West highland 550
- Replies: 18
- Views: 13394
Re: West highland 550
Bing Maps suggests that the singletrack is part gravel stalker's path, part underwater for 2km. I suppose if I wanted to save wet feet I could go by the road, there won't be heavy traffic there. 40mm tyres I can ride at almost 30km/h on heavy road and nice gravel, 2.8" can barely reach 20km/h o...
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 5:34 pm
- Forum: Routes
- Topic: West highland 550
- Replies: 18
- Views: 13394
Re: West highland 550
Probably do-able on a gravel bike... Is it just Corrieyairack you're uncertain about regarding tyre width? I find the hairpins hard going no matter the width of the tyres. I've never been out West into Ardnamurchan or the peninsulas, I am interested in going. But there is a lot of road (but actuall...
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 10:43 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: New Front Harness / Longer Bag?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 5861
Re: New Front Harness / Longer Bag?
Anyone know where I might be able to get high quality clamps like these? My Oxford clamp (hinged rather than double clamped) has not budged since I attached it three years ago, even shimmed with bar tape to fit my small diameter handlebar. Light/GPS mounted to a single bar extender. https://www.oxf...
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 12:02 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Proposed Wind Farm near Glaslyn
- Replies: 101
- Views: 10267
Re: Proposed Wind Farm near Glaslyn
Micro-hydro schemes certainly have their place. A lot of disturbance during the installation but nature does hide things quite well given time. It'd be interesting to see the current state of the ground around the scheme being installed in 2017 above Loch Claire in Torridon. There's a micro scheme ...