The "Photos From Today's Ride" thread...

[Master Bean]

100 mile loop around Cirencester. Out to Aston Pottery, then Chedworth Farm Shop and finally Jolly Nice. This is the Lardy Cake in Chedworth. Pom Bears were also very welcome.

[GraemeP]

Rogate DMR line - pretty gnarly in this slop!

[old'uns]

A rather crisp 3deg c but blue skies opposite side of the river loir to the normal stomping ground

[DJFish]

Decided to stay on road for a change (& it’s the first time in years the bike’s been clean).
Bleedin’ cold & foggy this morning....

[MikeGoodwin]

Are random photos ok?

Slung some tires on the bike, hoping to test them out this weekend. Nobby Nics have been torture. Gone from 3.0 NNs to 2.6 High Rollers. Could not get tubeless to work, no seal, so looking at compressors or decent pumps now

New seat - scoop. Feels heaps better than the 16th century torture device supplied by Norco. Dead exciting stuff lol

20200103_153607 by Michael Goodwin, on Flickr

20200103_162802 by Michael Goodwin, on Flickr

Hopefully keep me happy while I make my mind up about a new bike

[FRG0]

First ride out on the gravel bike this morning. Just after taking this photo I realised the bar clamp had worked loose on the stem, luckily I’d taken some tools with me. I blame the idiot who put it together

[Mr Ted]

Mr Evil the MTB has a knack for getting me into trouble! This was the easiest section of this particular bridleway, I had to do 'hike a bike' and eventually carry the bike up some steps to escape the impassable section.

I managed to emerge back onto the road, covered in mud and grinning like mad, only to meet a club ride peloton of about 30 riders looking miserable. Good job fellas, a rolling roadblock on a twisty B road to maximise the pissing off of other road users, tw*ts!

[Solocle]

Mr Ted said:

Mr Evil the MTB has a knack for getting me into trouble! This was the easiest section of this particular bridleway, I had to do 'hike a bike' and eventually carry the bike up some steps to escape the impassable section.

I managed to emerge back onto the road, covered in mud and grinning like mad, only to meet a club ride peloton of about 30 riders looking miserable. Good job fellas, a rolling roadblock on a twisty B road to maximise the pissing off of other road users, tw*ts!

For some reason drivers on dual carriageway A roads seem to get angry at cyclists, even though they're not inconvenienced at all. Cts.

[mike80]

Great having some decent weather over the Christmas period, I've managed to get out a few times. This is at Pitsford Water in Northamptonshire.

[GravelBen]

Hitting some XC trails... tight and twisty enough in places that some of the local riders reckon 26" wheels are still best. Good bike handling practice, especially the rocky tech sections.

Edited by GravelBen on Monday 6th January 11:17

[yellowjack]

vwsurfbum said:

MikeGoodwin said:

20191229_100934 by Michael Goodwin, on Flickr

Swinley

3.0 tires are going in the bin

Why? i love the 2.8 versions around there?

If you're serious about binning them, I'll pay the postage...

Yours, the reuse, repurpose, recycle angel...

[marky911]

Trying to ease back into it after a knee effusion resulting in 2 years of very little (don’t ask).

Out before dawn this morning in Northumberland towards Corbridge in Tyne Valley.
Blowing’ a hooli. 30 odd mile and it felt like I’d done 50.

[Mr Ted]

marky911 said:

Trying to ease back into it after a knee effusion resulting in 2 years of very little (don’t ask).

Out before dawn this morning in Northumberland towards Corbridge in Tyne Valley.
Blowing’ a hooli. 30 odd mile and it felt like I’d done 50.

Well done but do take care with knees and hips!

[MikeGoodwin]

yellowjack said:

vwsurfbum said:

MikeGoodwin said:

20191229_100934 by Michael Goodwin, on Flickr

Swinley

3.0 tires are going in the bin

Why? i love the 2.8 versions around there?

If you're serious about binning them, I'll pay the postage...

Yours, the reuse, repurpose, recycle angel...

I've hung them up for now mate as may sell the bike with the tires as spares.

Running 2.6 now maxxis... heaps better

[smifffymoto]

marky911 said:

Trying to ease back into it after a knee effusion resulting in 2 years of very little (don’t ask).

Out before dawn this morning in Northumberland towards Corbridge in Tyne Valley.
Blowing’ a hooli. 30 odd mile and it felt like I’d done 50.

Not seen down tube shifters for 20 years,for added oldie worldy are they friction or indexed.

[marky911]

Thanks Mr Ted, yep I’ve got to go steady.
Long story with regards to my knee but by the time we got to the bottom of something else that was ruling out an MRI scan the knee was better, so I cancelled my next appointment.
Sod’s law it’s not quite right again but I’ll have to go all the way through the various NHS routes to see the specialist again (as he closed my file), so I’m just trying to strengthen it and hope I can live with it.
It’s frustrating riding around like an old man, mainly using my left leg but at least I’m out.

Smiffy, nothing gets past you mind.

They are indexed for those clicks of satisfaction.
They are actually either. Old Suntour gear that you can turn a screw on the lever to enable/disable the indexing.
I got back into cycling about 7 years ago, aged 35. Hadn’t ridden since school. I asked around for a cheap bike and my mate at work says “I think my dad has something in the shed”. He came back “Yeah it’s a 1989 Bianchi. Yours for £50”.

I restored it with modern wheels, tyres, cables, and a compact chain set but I’ve kept all the original parts. I may put it back to original with some tan sidewalls etc but it’s not valuable or anything.

After a year on that I bought this.



The Bianchi “the anvil” is now my winter bike and it weighs a ton too. It’s actually really nice to ride though on the level or downhill. Steel frame and no clicky freewheel, it just glides silently and is really compliant.
I love it.
The winters are beginning to take their toll on it though unfortunately.


I did a sportive with my mates on their modern stuff years ago and they reckoned from behind it looks like I’m operating a crane.

[yellowjack]

marky911 said:

...Smiffy, nothing gets past you mind.

They are indexed for those clicks of satisfaction.
They are actually either. Old Suntour gear that you can turn a screw on the lever to enable/disable the indexing.
I got back into cycling about 7 years ago, aged 35. Hadn’t ridden since school. I asked around for a cheap bike and my mate at work says “I think my dad has something in the shed”. He came back “Yeah it’s a 1989 Bianchi. Yours for £50”.

I restored it with modern wheels, tyres, cables, and a compact chain set but I’ve kept all the original parts. I may put it back to original with some tan sidewalls etc but it’s not valuable or anything...



...The Bianchi “the anvil” is now my winter bike and it weighs a ton too. It’s actually really nice to ride though on the level or downhill. Steel frame and no clicky freewheel, it just glides silently and is really compliant.
I love it.
The winters are beginning to take their toll on it though unfortunately.


I did a sportive with my mates on their modern stuff years ago and they reckoned from behind it looks like I’m operating a crane.

I've got similar downtube shifters on my old steel bike. Shimano, 8-speed (I think) and they are actually mixed. The front derailleur/shifter isn't indexed at all, to allow for "trimming" the cage to reduce chain rub. The rear derailleur/shifter is indexed, but also has a 'D' ring on the side which, if given a ¼ (or ½?) turn, takes the indexing off. Ideal if you are a lazy rider who can't be bothered to re-index his gears after the cable has stretched...

[PomBstard]

Smoke haze has returned to Sydney - this is from North Head, could only just make out South Head which is only a few hundred metres away, should be able to see the city...

[GravelBen]

More summer holiday riding

Start with 3km of sweaty grind up a skifield access road...

Richmond MTB Trail, Tekapo by Ben, on Flickr

Richmond MTB Trail, Tekapo by Ben, on Flickr

Richmond MTB Trail, Tekapo by Ben, on Flickr

Then 13km of single (sheep) track meandering along a terrace and a rutted, rocky descent back to the lake.

Richmond MTB Trail, Tekapo by Ben, on Flickr

Richmond MTB Trail, Tekapo by Ben, on Flickr

Richmond MTB Trail, Tekapo by Ben, on Flickr

Richmond MTB Trail, Tekapo by Ben, on Flickr

Richmond MTB Trail, Tekapo by Ben, on Flickr

Good day out.

[Gilhooligan]

Out at Innerleithen on a group ride and a new member rocked up with the carbon version of my Transition Sentinel. Very nicely specced too with coil shock and coil internals on the Lyric fork. I was a tad jealous!