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by ledburner
Mon Nov 11, 2024 11:35 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: What you done t' your bike today
Replies: 1717
Views: 461731

Re: What you done t' your bike today

https://i.imgur.com/kiViGNn.jpg Chain, looking rusted and stiff. Most of the crap on a chain comes off the front wheel. Either fit a fuller front guard or a chainring case. I know it's left field /may look unaethetically pleasing but your ride time to maintenance ration will shift in your favour. D...
by ledburner
Thu Aug 08, 2024 10:36 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Photos you have taken in the last month of which you like.
Replies: 1539
Views: 498366

Re: Photos you have taken in the last month of which you like.

GregMay wrote: Wed Jul 24, 2024 6:07 pm London innit.



ImageL1010425-Edit.jpg by Greg.May, on Flickr
Snap!
by ledburner
Thu Aug 08, 2024 10:24 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: New Bike Gear Out And Due Out...
Replies: 1158
Views: 241119

Re: New Bike Gear Out And Due Out...

faustus wrote: Wed Jul 24, 2024 10:39 am Yeah, I kinda agree on 'rigid', I find it a bit awkward. ...assume as an 'mtb' - rigid/no-sus is probably such a small proportion of mtbs now.
May I suggest WKR?
Wrist & knacker 'recker
by ledburner
Thu Aug 08, 2024 10:14 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Replies: 4498
Views: 850893

Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.

😅
Looks nice
by ledburner
Thu Aug 08, 2024 9:59 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Replies: 4498
Views: 850893

Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.

Corrugated downtubes, is bamboo so last year?😅
by ledburner
Thu Apr 11, 2024 11:09 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: New Bike Gear Out And Due Out...
Replies: 1158
Views: 241119

Re: New Bike Gear Out And Due Out...

Never heard of him but, seems a decent chap and a nice review too :-bd Where the hell is he riding? Absolutely stunning scenery and the road looks vaguely exciting He's an ex BBC local news presenter (Newcastle IIRC, I do remember seeing him on Nationwide way back in the day) and from other videos ...
by ledburner
Thu Dec 07, 2023 1:19 am
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Todays ride
Replies: 3458
Views: 843742

Re: Todays ride

fatbikephil wrote: Sat Nov 18, 2023 5:39 pm ... The water was pouring out me pants!
Water tablets are a bugger...
:grin:
by ledburner
Thu Dec 07, 2023 1:15 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: What you done t' your bike today
Replies: 1717
Views: 461731

Re: What you done t' your bike today

redefined_cycles wrote: Mon Nov 20, 2023 12:21 pm Yesterdays (training) ride up towards Luddenden Foot and the longest continuous road climb in britain (I forget the name),
Crag vale .. (Of crag vale coiners (counterfeiter noriety)...
by ledburner
Fri Nov 17, 2023 11:36 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Wildlife
Replies: 770
Views: 213167

Re: Wildlife

A glorious blue sky low sun I could hear them but not see them. A directly over head 'ma-hous-ive' skein of Geese going off for winter. Fubble fingers with the phone camera then they were almost gone.. Apologies not the best of pictures, top right. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/ADCreHcAXRxt4n...
by ledburner
Fri Nov 17, 2023 10:43 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Replies: 4498
Views: 850893

Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.

I've had puncture woes today. ..... Flat tyre this morning again, so I gave it a coat of looking at .. I've fixed a puncture on my cargo fat tyre unicycle. It was,a bugger to remove the tyre and inner tube so I gave up. :sad: I had to resort to desperate measures. ... The 2nd cannister of sealant, 5...
by ledburner
Fri Nov 17, 2023 10:41 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: What you done t' your bike today
Replies: 1717
Views: 461731

Re: What you done t' your bike today

I've had puncture woes today. ..... Flat tyre this morning again, so I gave it a coat of looking at .. I've fixed a puncture on my cargo fat tyre unicycle. It was,a bugger to remove the tyre and inner tube so I gave up. :sad: I had to resort to desperate measures. ... The 2nd cannister of sealant, 5...
by ledburner
Fri Nov 17, 2023 1:03 am
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Todays ride
Replies: 3458
Views: 843742

Re: Todays ride

On Sunday I had a good old mooch around the Dramatic views... I'm not the first to bike around here..... https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/ADCreHf18cb2SYDvfHyB64RXlEKt7ft-ad_vNdHmOUJDwKi8knnkBRx_orteSuMqCR-E_z7Z7d9YZZHVEBuK9KnpbfIbQRVqsJUMaYyDhhrQwNh1ce-H8NbL=w1500-h750 So a small front ring is ...
by ledburner
Tue Nov 14, 2023 8:52 am
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Turkey Türkiye
Replies: 9
Views: 6431

Re: Turkey Türkiye

https://geographical.co.uk/culture/julian-sayarer-pedalling-through-turkiye I would have thought such a prestigious club/publication as the Geographical Society wouldn't be using such a cheap website host. Packed with irrelevant adverts. Liposuction! :lol: An interesting read but also hard to read ...
by ledburner
Fri Nov 10, 2023 7:51 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Replies: 4498
Views: 850893

Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.

RIP wrote: Fri Nov 10, 2023 7:45 pm
ledburner wrote: Fri Nov 10, 2023 7:42 pm
The next adjoining neighbours said the heard nothing.


Next job hire a skip...£120 seems steep. #-O
.
Chuck it over the fence instead - the neighbours won't hear it :smile:
:-bd
I tell em Reg authorised it...
by ledburner
Fri Nov 10, 2023 7:49 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Turkey Türkiye
Replies: 9
Views: 6431

Re: Turkey Türkiye

Rasta wrote: Wed Nov 08, 2023 9:23 pm My luxury items were a mask, snorkel and trunks.
I hope it goes well, :-bd
Sorry I can't help... ...except

Ditch the trunks

#TakeLessStuff. :grin:
by ledburner
Fri Nov 10, 2023 7:42 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Replies: 4498
Views: 850893

Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.

Cheery Friday at 2pm this afternoon. I finaly busted the last block out of a 2ft high wall in the cellar. Hired for 2day, charged. For one! :-bd Unfortunately it filled an 4ft wide alcove by 2"6 deep. A SDS drill + hammer & chisel the firstly hired 5kg breaker hammer made little progress, b...
by ledburner
Fri Nov 10, 2023 4:34 pm
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: FREE:Dave’s book…I’m a cyclist
Replies: 5
Views: 3063

Re: FREE:Dave’s book…I’m a cyclist

First dibs when you've finished with it!
Next year maybe? :smile:
by ledburner
Fri Nov 10, 2023 4:30 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Fat Fighters '23
Replies: 483
Views: 110276

Re: Fat Fighters '23

02/07/21 76.5kg 31/12/21 77.6 kg 01/01/22 78.2Kg 08/04/22 73.3kg : : 10/03/23 77.9kg. 17/03/23 77.6kg. 24/03/23 77.5kg. 24/03/23 77.1kg. 31/03/23 76.9kg : 07/04/23 77.3 kg. 14/04/23 78.3 kg. 21/04/23 78.1 . 28/04/23 77.7 . 05/05/23 78.5Kg 13/05/23 79.5 kg 19/05/23 77.9Kg 27/05/23 77.5kg 02/06/23 77....
by ledburner
Sun Nov 05, 2023 7:28 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Photos you have taken in the last month of which you like.
Replies: 1539
Views: 498366

Re: Photos you have taken in the last month of which you like.

I like that, mainly the red reflection on the leaves. Looks like a nice slow exposure with some Ektar. Why thanks! :grin: On opportunist picture with a smart phone walking home.... Mrs ledburner said 'Where is that'?' Its at the bottom of our road but the fog makes it so other worldly.. I noticed t...
by ledburner
Sun Nov 05, 2023 7:15 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a month 2023.
Replies: 1037
Views: 277307

Re: Bivvy a month 2023.

RIP wrote: Fri Nov 03, 2023 10:51 pm Wild Stallion :wink:
Having floppy issues & erection problems getting your pole up? :grin:
Wild Camping woes :roll:



[Edit:] Only available by mail order*?
*We strive to ship in plain brown paper packaging. :grin:
by ledburner
Sun Nov 05, 2023 3:33 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Photos you have taken in the last month of which you like.
Replies: 1539
Views: 498366

Re: Photos you have taken in the last month of which you like.

*sigh* Not going to get into the "it's not photography" argument, but can we at least keep the images as things we took while physically there- otherwise, what is the point? AI, overuse of faux, filters & pushed HDR. Totally agree. :shock: :-bd. Edit else we'll be submitting pictures ...
by ledburner
Sun Nov 05, 2023 3:23 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Lachlan Morton on the great divide
Replies: 70
Views: 9169

Re: Lachlan Morton on the great divide

Blister review outdoor gear winter & summer. Gerk-out.
Ant way saw this ..lachlan-morton-on-the-tour-divide-record-bears-payday-bars-more-ep-194
by ledburner
Fri Nov 03, 2023 8:48 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: What are you listening to now?
Replies: 1278
Views: 325633

Re: What are you listening to now?

Dave Barter wrote: Fri Nov 03, 2023 8:13 pm Vinyl night so I’m listening to Sea Green Spiral by Salad from Atlantis
Journey outer space...BBCR4X

. Jolly do Dearing do. Chicks away
by ledburner
Fri Nov 03, 2023 8:46 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Replies: 4498
Views: 850893

Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.

Hyppy wrote: Fri Nov 03, 2023 4:28 pm Called it for the week at lunchtime and went for a spin. Not too shabby out … 
Image
Glorious autumn vista
:-bd
by ledburner
Fri Nov 03, 2023 8:39 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: The post man's been ...
Replies: 11623
Views: 2439850

Re: The post man's been ...

I've just been give a packet and said "why haven't you opened it". It been on the dining room table all week (now Mrs ledburner WFH office). My answer "that's your space , why not the kitchen table as usual?" Any 5 10mm dia. M5 threaded 5mm spacers. To fit a chainset. Custom mad...