Recent content by Russell

Just ridiculously skillful. This is my favourite thing on the internet.

A classic tandem, clearly loved, hanging forlornly on a garage wall and unused because the owner ‘has no one to ride with now’! Why not? What’s happened to your riding partner? Have they passed? Divorced? I need to know more, I’m half tempted to get in touch with the seller just make sure...

Save yourself £120… https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/brakes/0-suntour-selfenergising-se-cantilever-brakes-rear/

Yeah, the ride is ‘of its time’ I would say.

I can guarantee that you are correct 😃

Titanium cantilever = flex. Awful brakes. But still, titanium eh? 😂 Look great on someone’s wall.

It would be wrong of me (as a Cheltonian) not to flag up the ‘Cheltenham Pedersen’

531 frame with a complete XT groupset was never lowbrow. The problem was the links to Halfords upset the bike snobs…. And still does.

Reverse elitism?

If there was a class from 1850-2025, there would be even more participants. Jeez, it’s a fun thing, just stick to the organisers loose rules and you know… have fun?

A = Actual. Eloquent, Sophisticated etc.

Selling my smart trainer as title. Bought new in January 2020 for £489 from Tredz, have original receipt. Has done 8000km in that time (should smart trainer use be measured in hours or miles?). Still works as it should but it’s a bit noisier than it was when new. Adaptors included for QR and...

☹️ https://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/rip-jez-avery/

Their accounts show a small drop in turnover of 5% from £129m to £122m and a drop in unit sales of 8% from 92k bikes in 2023 to 85k bikes in 2024. Neither of these explain a £10.7m drop in profits or correlate with the line that competition has hit sales hard. gross profit is only down £3m...