Members' bikes

[gene hunt]

Last few updates done, happy now so leaving it alone apart from black bar tape to go on tomorrow.

[Charlotte]

My new-old Dave Yates, loaded and ready for touring tomorrow:







A vote of thanks to Mike for the bar-end shifters, Roger for the front mech shims, robgul for the tyres and The Liz for the chainset.  I built up the rear wheel with Deore on a Mavic A719 and it's geared down to a ridiculous 30x29.

Bloody norah but it's heavy  

[robgul]

My new-old Dave Yates, loaded and ready for touring tomorrow:







A vote of thanks to Mike for the bar-end shifters, Roger for the front mech shims, robgul for the tyres and The Liz for the chainset.  I built up the rear wheel with Deore on a Mavic A719 and it's geared down to a ridiculous 30x29.

Bloody norah but it's heavy  

Ah, I thought I recognised the tyres when I saw the picture 

Have a great trip

Rob

[Zoidburg]

Aunty C

That front rack has at least a square foot of unused space on top that you could strap something else to.

[TimO]

How many months are you off for?

[Luke]

What bar tape is that? 

[rogerzilla]

30 x 29?  My Hewitt has 22 x 32, and they offered 22 x 34 instead 

[Zoidburg]

I have an abiding principle that it becomes counter productive to twiddle the cranks like mad at a pace that is moving the bike more slowly than I can push it.

[rogerzilla]

You haven't met Smalldean Lane yet 

[Sergeant Pluck]

My new-old Dave Yates, loaded and ready for touring tomorrow:

Very nice indeed. What is the mount you have for your GPS?

[Charlotte]

Standard one wot Garmin make.  I just wrap a towel wristband round it to stop the vibrations - works a treat 

Oh - the bar tape's from On-One.  Same stuff as they use on Pompinos, they had it in a sale a while back for a fiver a pack.  It's got a little white stitching running through it.

[Andrij]

On the climb along the D65 from Vieux Port to Le Val-Anger in Normandy.

[αdαmsκι]

Aunty C

That front rack has at least a square foot of unused space on top that you could strap something else to.

That's were Liz sits.

*runs - quickly*

[rogerzilla]

Prize for the first person to photoshop Liz onto the bike...

[αdαmsκι]

The prize being an identity change and a one way airline ticket to South America.

[Sergeant Pluck]

Standard one wot Garmin make.  I just wrap a towel wristband round it to stop the vibrations - works a treat 

Ah. Very good  

[Tewdric]

Prize for the first person to photoshop Liz onto the bike...

 

[fuzzy]

You haven't met Smalldean Lane yet 

Smalldean lane where Roger?

[Andrew Br]

You haven't met Smalldean Lane yet  

Smalldean lane where Roger?

Somewhere between Oxford and London. OK, not too specific....................
Walking up it pushing a bike (me) or cycling up it (Roger) is good exercise.
In my defence, I believe that Roger walked up on his 1st attempt (though I don't think on that occasion he had 27 gears like I did).
Next time I'll get up it in one.

[JL]

Aunty C

That front rack has at least a square foot of unused space on top that you could strap something else to.

Some people like to travel heavy!! Also its extra training!



My mate Mark having a rest by a loch on Barra last summer. We were wild camping and not traveling light!


Mine is the green Malc Cowle, bought off Karen Sutton on here. It was too heavy to lift, but once we got used to the extra weight, our daily mileage kept on climbing! 50 miles on day2 seemed like a long way, but on the last day we did about 130 miles and felt good.

[fuzzy]

You haven't met Smalldean Lane yet 

Smalldean lane where Roger?

Somewhere between Oxford and London. OK, not too specific....................
Walking up it pushing a bike (me) or cycling up it (Roger) is good excercise.
In my defence, I believe that Roger walked up on his 1st attempt (though I don't think on that occasion be had 27 gears like I did).
Next time I'll get up it in one.

That sounds very much like Smalldean Lane, Saunderton. This is within 10 miles of where I live. I will have to explore this beast and report back

[rogerzilla]

That's the one.  You go round a corner and suddenly there's a wall coated with loose gravel.  It only has one chevron on the OS map...yeah right.

[Palinurus]

It doesn't look that bad on the map. The hill going out of Speen looks worse, but it isn't.



Parts of it really are quite steep. I've got up in in the 25, but with little in the way of style. I would've got off and walked but I reckon I was going too slow to dismount.

[jane]

I have an abiding principle that it becomes counter productive to twiddle the cranks like mad at a pace that is moving the bike more slowly than I can push it.

In my experience it is infinitely harder to push a fully loaded cycle up a chevronned hill than ride it, however slowly your lowest gear enables you to go.  I was once forced onto the verge by a passing car three quarters of the way up the hill at Cock Bridge near Tomintoul, and had to finish off pushing (my old Orbit packed for cyclecamping in a Scottish autumn).  I've never done anything so hard.  I love my Roberts Roughstuff with its 22 34 low gear- never had to do that yet on the road, anyway. 

[ed_o_brain]

Speedy ready for tomorrow's Manchester 100.